Attention network dysfunction and treatment response of geriatric depression. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The Attention Network Test was used to assess the efficiency of the executive, orienting and vigilance attention networks and their association to treatment response in older patients with major depression. There were no significant performance differences between depressives and controls. However, within the depressed group, executive-related performance, but not orienting- or vigilance-related performance was correlated with time to remission. The association of executive-attention network efficiency and antidepressant response provides the background for focused structural and functional neuroimaging studies aimed at identifying the functional neuroanatomy of antidepressant response.

publication date

  • January 1, 2006

Research

keywords

  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
  • Attention
  • Citalopram
  • Depression
  • Geriatric Assessment

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 32144462254

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/13803390490918101

PubMed ID

  • 16448978

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 1