Impaired Prefronto-Thalamic Functional Connectivity as a Key Feature of Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Combined MEG, PET and rTMS Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Li, Cheng Ta ^a,b   Chen, Li Fen ^a,b   Tu, Pei Chi ^a,b   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a   Chen, Mu Hong ^a   Su, Tung Ping ^a,b   Hsieh, Jen Chuen ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c National Health and Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUCOSE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84880991847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070089     Document Type: Article

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