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Advanced MRI in Major Depression

NCT00613912 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2011-11-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder.

* 3-5% of a given population has major depression.
* Less than 50% of the depressed in Denmark are diagnosed with major depression.
* 25-50% of the depressed have a relative with major depression-underlying brain pathology?

The purpose of this study is to use MRI to evaluate cerebral morphology and function in ambulant patients with major depression

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorder, Major

Interventions

OTHER

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

* Morphological sequences * Arterial Spin Labelling (Perfusion) * Spectroscopy: anterior cingulate cortex Naa, Cho, Cr, Myo-inositol, glutamate TE 30 Reference voxel in Parietal white matter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elna-Marie B Larsson, Professor · Uppsala University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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