• J Affect Disord · Dec 2013

    Dissociation of regional activity in the default mode network in first-episode, drug-naive major depressive disorder at rest.

    • Wenbin Guo, Feng Liu, Jian Zhang, Zhikun Zhang, Liuyu Yu, Jianrong Liu, Huafu Chen, and Changqing Xiao.
    • Mental Health Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China. Electronic address: guowenbin76@163.com.
    • J Affect Disord. 2013 Dec 1; 151 (3): 1097-101.

    BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with altered neural activity in the default mode network (DMN). In the present study, we used a fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) approach to directly investigate the features of spontaneous brain activity of the DMN in patients with the first-episode, drug-naive MDD at rest.MethodsTwenty-four first-episode, drug-naive patients with MDD and 24 age-, gender-, and education-matched healthy subjects participated in the study. The fALFF and independent component analysis (ICA) approaches were utilized to analyze the data.ResultsPatients with MDD exhibited a dissociation pattern of resting-state fALFF in the DMN, with increased fALFF in the left dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and decreased fALFF in the left parahippocampal gyrus (PHG). The increased fALFF values of the left dorsal MPFC were positively correlated to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) scores.ConclusionsOur results first suggested that there was a dissociation pattern of resting-state fALFF in the DMN in patient with MDD, which highlighted the importance of the DMN in the pathogenesis of MDD.© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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