Relationship between regional cerebral blood flow and separate symptom clusters of major depression: A single photon emission computed tomography study using statistical parametric mapping

Determinants of brain SPECT perfusion and connectivity in treatment-resistant depression

“…However, this correlation was weak and we did not replicate the finding using a specific depression scale; this could be explained by our use of a self-rating subjective scale (BDI). The heterogeneous pattern of brain regions implicated in the literature (Kimbrell et al, 1999;Périco et al, 2005;Konarski et al, 2007;Bhardwaj et al, 2010) warrants further exploration to improve our understanding of the specificity of the relationship between depression severity and brain functional abnormalities.…”

Statistical parametric mapping analysis of the relationship between regional cerebral blood flow and symptom clusters of the depressive mood in patients with pre-dialytic chronic kidney disease

“…In several reports, diverse, heterogeneous, and confl icting results, showing both increases and discordance in the locations of reduced rCBF, have also been reported [17][18][19][20]. Perico et al [21] reported that the severity of depressive mood and rCBF were inversely correlated in the left amygdala, lentiform nucleus, and parahippocampal gyrus, and positively correlated with the right postero-lateral parietal cortex in depressive mood factor of HDRS items. In addition to depressive mood factor, several abnormal rCBF regions were reported in insomnia and anxiety factor of HDRS items.…”

Detection of Lewy body disease in patients with late‐onset depression, anxiety and psychotic disorder with myocardial meta‐iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy

“…Similarly, the temporal lobe hypoperfusion, found in the Group PCD, is considered to be compatible in part with rCBF abnormality in schizophrenics and related illness (Min et al, 1999;Zakzanis et al, 2000;Périco et al, 2005;Kohno et al, 2006). Cases 25-30 of Group PCD showed late-onset psychotic features without Parkinsonism and severe cognitive disturbance.…”