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Article: Brain blood flow may hold cues to treat depression
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- The Hindustan Times
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- August 9, 2007
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Washington, Aug. 9 -- Israel researchers have found cues for treating depression in impaired cerebral (brain) blood flow.
The study entitled '99mTc-HMPAO SPECT Study of Cerebral Perfusion After Treatment With Medication and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depression', was conducted by a team of researchers led by Omer Bonne at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel.
Earlier studies have shown that cerebral blood flow in depressed patients is lower than in healthy control subjects, especially in frontal, limbic and subcortical brain regions.
As part of the study to see whether ...