The fronto-cingulate executive function in recurrent depression revealed by the magnetic source imaging
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.11.015
- VernacularTitle:反复发作抑郁症患者前扣带回额叶执行功能的磁源性影像研究
- Author:
Hao TANG
;
Yinglin HAN
;
Li HAN
;
Haiteng JIANG
;
Qing LU
;
Zhijian YAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Executive function;
Magnetoencephaloraphy;
Cingulate gyrus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(11):1005-1007
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the variation of executive function of fronto-cingulate cortex in spatio-temporal sequence in recurrent depressed patients.MethodsEighteen recurrent depressed patients and twenty-one age-,gender- and education- matched healthy controls were involved in the Stroop word-color interference test to detect the executive function of anterior cingulate and prefrontal regions by magnetoencephaloraphy scanning.Results 1.Compared to healthy controls,the increased activation of brain regions in depressed patients during different time periods were separately shown as follows( t represents activation strength):( 1 ) 100 ~ 200 ms:the right anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =1.81,T value means activation strength),the bilateral medial frontal gyrus ( t =1.91,t =1.86),the left superior frontal gyms( t =1.79 ),the right middle frontal gyrus( t =1.82 ),the right inferior frontal gyrus ( t =1.82 ).( 2 ) 200 ~ 300 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =1.82 ).( 3 ) 250 ~ 350 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =2.67 ),the left medial frontal gyrus ( t =2.43 ),the left inferior frontal gyrus ( t=1.91 ).(4)300 ~400ms:the left anterior frontal gyrus(t=2.26),the bilateral inferior gyrus( t=1.97,t=2.66),the left medial frontal gyrus(t=2.35).(5)350 ~450ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus(t=2.02),the left medial frontal gyrus ( t =2.00),the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus ( t =1.74,t =1.78 ).( 6 ) 400 ~ 500 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus( t=2.01 ),the left medial frontal gyrus( t =1.97).2.Compared to healthy controls,patients showed decreased activation in the left middle frontal gyms ( t =1.79) and the left superior gyrus(t =1.76) in 200 ~ 300 ms.ConclusionExecutive dysfunction is reflected in depressed patients with the activation inefficiency in anterior cingulate and prefrontal regions in spatio-temporal sequence.