Mao Yi,Yuan Zhuo,Zhang Guangyin,Shen Li,Review of the brain areas activated in fMRI after escitalopram antidepressant treatment inpatients with major depressive disorder[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2021,34(4):382-386
Review of the brain areas activated in fMRI after escitalopram antidepressant treatment inpatients with major depressive disorder
DOI:10.11886/scjsws20210307002
English keywords:Escitalopram  Major depressive disorder  Functional magnetic resonance imaging  Systematic review
Fund projects:天津市科技计划项目(项目名称:“三位一体”疗法治疗抑郁发作的临床疗效评价研究,项目编号:17ZXMFSY00100)
Author NameAffiliationPostcode
Mao Yi First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin 300193 China 300193
Yuan Zhuo First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin 300193 China 300193
Zhang Guangyin First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin 300193 China 300193
Shen Li First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin 300193 China 300193
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      The purpose of this paper is to investigate the altered brain areas activated in functional magnetic resonance imaging before and after escitalopram antidepressant treatment in patients with major depressive disorder. Functional magnetic resonance studies showed abnormal activity in brain regions such as prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex and striatum in patients prior to treatment, meantime, the abnormal activation of anterior cingulate, dorsolateral prefrontal and thalamus reflected the outcomes of escitalopram antidepressant therapy. Following the treatment with escitalopram, the fMRI activation of brain areas returned to normal, and those changes were significantly correlated with the improvement of depressive symptoms. So this paper provides a review of the brain functional activity changes in patients with major depressive disorder before treatment and at different time point of medication, as well as the correlation between altered brain functional activity and clinical symptoms.
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