Posted by Larry Hoover on April 6, 2009, at 8:36:30
In reply to Re: fMRI study of GAD and treatment responsiveness » Larry Hoover, posted by garnet71 on April 4, 2009, at 20:54:34
You're welcome.
I have no idea why they chose Effexor as the treatment. I thought it interesting that activity in one small region of the brain (cingulate cortex) predicted response to medication, not only in GAD but in depression also. What I didn't like is their conclusion that this could become a clinical indicator for treatment. Just what would they tell someone who sought treatment who did not have this activation? It's a correlative finding, not an absolute criterion.
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:888687
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20090330/msgs/888944.html