Effect of Deep brain stimulation on the brain metabolic pattern in patients with Depression: Comparison of pre and post therapy PET/CT scans-A pilot study.

Conclusions: Despite significant symptomatic clinical improvement in patients with resistant depression after DBS, there was no significant change in the brain metabolic findings using FDG PET/CT. Additionally, different areas of the brain demonstrated minimal improvement in quantitative analysis.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Kaur, H., Gayed, I., Fenoy, A. Tags: Brain Imaging Reloaded II Source Type: research