Neurophysiologic Monitoring of Antidepressant Treatment
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
1996-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The overall goal of this proposal is to study quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG ) as
a method for the detection of antidepressant treatment response. The investigators have
developed a QEEG algorithm called "cordance" that appears to provide much the same
information about brain function as PET or SPECT scanning, and has shown patterns of brain
function that appear to be indicative of depression. Of greatest interest is that these
patterns appear to normalize in response to antidepressant treatment.