Activity and Connectivity of Brain Mood Regulating Circuit in Depression: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Study
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 May 2005
Amit Anand, Yu Li, Yang Wang, Jingwei Wu, Sujuan Gao, Lubna Bukhari
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The finding of increased activation of limbic regions and decreased LFBF correlations between ACC and limbic areas is consistent with the hypothesis that decreased cortical regulation of limbics activation in response to negative stimuli may be present in depression.
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The finding of increased activation of limbic regions and decreased LFBF correlations between ACC and limbic regions is consistent with the hypothesis that decreased cortical regulation of limbic activation in response to negative stimuli may be present in depression.
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