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Regional cerebral blood flow and lateralized hemispheric dysfunction in depression.

par Uytdenhoef, P;Portelange, P;Jacquy, J;Charles, Gérard ;Linkowski, Paul ;Mendlewicz, Julien
Référence British journal of psychiatry, 143, page (128-132)
Publication Publié, 1983-08

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Cerebral blood flow is known as an indicator of cerebral metabolism. Using the 133Xenon inhalation method, we studied the regional cerebral blood flow (r-CBF) in patients with different subtypes of depression and in remission. A left frontal hypervascularization and a right posterior hypovascularization were found in major depressives, compared to normal subjects, minor depressives, and normothymic bipolar patients. These results tend to confirm the existence of cerebral dysfunction in both hemispheres in major depression, as reported by other authors using different techniques.