Reduced frontopolar activation during verbal fluency task associated with poor social functioning in late‐onset major depression: Multi‐channel near‐infrared spectroscopy study

Shenghong Pu, Hiroshi Matsumura, Takeshi Yamada, Satoru Ikezawa, Hideaki Mitani, Akiko Adachi, Kazuyuki Nakagome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences · 2008 · 111 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Reduced frontopolar cortical activation was associated with social functioning impairment in patients with LOD, and NIRS may be an efficient clinical tool for monitoring these characteristics.

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