09/20/2019 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
In this study, researchers from Hong Kong and China investigated brain connectomic associations with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) subtypes of major depressive disorder (MDD). The results of their study were published in the journal Chinese Medicine.
The researchers concluded that the LQS subtype has aberrant connectivity of the audiovisual perception-related temporal-occipital network, while the HSD subtype has hyperconnectivity and microstructural abnormalities of the limbic-paralimbic network. Based on these findings, they further concluded that insular connectivity can be used as a biomarker for TCM-based classification of depression.
Read the full study at this link.
Journal Reference:
Liu LY, Xu XP, Luo LY, Zhu CQ, Li YP, Wang PR, Zhang YY, Yang CY, Hou HT, Cao YL, Wang G, Hui ES, Zhang ZJ. BRAIN CONNECTOMIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: A DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING STUDY. Chinese Medicine. 11 April 2019;14(1). DOI: 10.1186/s13020-019-0239-8
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