Depression
Findings from National Cheng-Kung University, Department of Nuclear Medicine broaden understanding of depression
Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, April 5th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Reduced frontal perfusion in depressed postmenopausal women: a SPECT study with WCST' have been presented. In this recent article published in the journal Maturitas, scientists in Tainan, Taiwan conducted a study "To investigate frontal cerebral blood flow (CBF) in depressed postmenopausal women and its relation to cognitive function and the severity of depressive symptoms. Regional CBF of 20 unmedicated depressed postmenopausal women was measured using Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT, both at rest and during frontal activation using the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST)."
"Frontal CBF was semi-quantified by comparing the radioactivity in the prefrontal...
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