functional brain imaging Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:40:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 functional brain imaging Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Limbic and Prefrontal Connectivity and Treatment Selection for Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/limbic-and-prefrontal-connectivity-and-treatment-selection-for-depression/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12607 Boadie Dunlop, M.D., M.S., and Helen Mayberg, M.D., both of Emory University School of Medicine, and colleagues assessed resting-state functional connectivity between the subcallosal cingulate cortex (SCC) and three other brain regions—the dorsal midbrain, the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior insula, and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex—in 122 patients with depression. The patients were then randomized to 12 weeks of cognitive-behavioral ...

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]]> 12607 Predicting Lithium Response with Brain Imaging https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/predicting-lithium-response-brain-imaging/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/predicting-lithium-response-brain-imaging/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:22:31 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=14796 Predicting lithium response with brain imaging may be an option in the future if the preliminary results of a study published in 2017 are confirmed. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati used three tools to create a program that was remarkably successful at predicting which bipolar patients would respond to lithium. 20 first onset bipolar patients who received adequate trials ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/predicting-lithium-response-brain-imaging/feed/ 0 14796 State and Trait Brain Function in Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/state-trait-brain-function-depression/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/state-trait-brain-function-depression/#respond Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:15:44 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=14789 Understanding the neurobiology of depression involves more than just knowing about serotonin, we need to know how state and trait brain function in depression is different from brain functioning in those who have never had a major depression. State and trait are key concepts in understanding psychiatric conditions: state refers to those alterations in functioning that occur when someone is ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/state-trait-brain-function-depression/feed/ 0 14789 Brain Response to Stress in Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/brain-response-stress-depression/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/brain-response-stress-depression/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:39:03 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=14196 A study looking at the brain response to stress in depression offers important clues about changes in brain function that may be associated with vulnerability to depression and what happens when a vulnerable individual becomes depressed. Researchers looked at brain activity using functional MRI in three groups of people: people with untreated first episode major depression, people with a history ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/brain-response-stress-depression/feed/ 0 14196 Negative Self-Appraisal and Brain Activity https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/negative-self-appraisal-brain-activity/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/negative-self-appraisal-brain-activity/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 02:09:08 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=13993 Negative Self-Appraisal and Brain Activity: Altered Function in Depression Within the Default Mode Network (DMN) are three structures that link negative self-appraisal and brain activity: The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) The posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) And the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) Negative self-appraisal refers to the relentless critical self talk that occurs in many people with depression. Many patients report ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/negative-self-appraisal-brain-activity/feed/ 0 13993 Functional Brain Imaging in Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/functional-brain-imaging-depression/ Mon, 15 May 2017 08:14:22 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12993 Is there a role for functional brain imaging in depression? Many people seeking treatment are interested in the notion that the brain imaging, particularly imaging that looks at neural activity, might be useful in guiding treatment. Up until the last couple of years the answer to this question has always been that the role is primarily restricted to research settings ...

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]]> 12993 Functional Brain Imaging and Antidepressant Response https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/functional-brain-imaging-and-antidepressant-response/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:33:45 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=10053 One of the most exciting initiatives currently in the important area of  the treatment of depression is the International Study to Predict Optimized Treatment in Depression (iSPOT-D). This large multi-center initiative is based on a private industry and academic partnership that is designed to both identify best practices in the treatment of depression and also commercialize them. The most recent publication from this ...

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