title: Effects of sleep deprivation on the limbic system and the frontal lobes in affective disorders: a study with Tc-99m-HMPAO SPECT.
abstract: We studied 10 patients with melancholia before and after sleep deprivation and 8 controls with Tc-99m-hexamethylpropylenamineoxime (HMPAO) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). All depressed subjects showed relative hypoperfusion in the left anterolateral prefrontal cortex under both conditions. Only responders showed relative hyperperfusion in parts of the limbic system and a reduction of blood flow in these regions after sleep deprivation.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feistel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barocka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime