The association among cognitive function, arteriosclerosis and GABA-A receptor in geriatric depressive patients.
- Conditions
- Major depressive patitents from 50 to 79 years old and healthy controls
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000017484
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Gunma university hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Not provided
1) The subjects can not receive MRIbecause of medical condition, e.g., heart pacer. 2) The subjects have the following illness, i.e., DM, stroke, AMI, angina pectoris, liver dysfunction, renal dysfunction, cancer, epilepsy, or dementia. 3) The subjects have been receiveing the following drug treatments, i.e., hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, steroid, or insomnia. 4) Involuntary admission 5) Hospitalization for Medical Care and Protection 6) unconscousness 7) The patient without notice of diagnosis. 8) The subjects disallowed by medical staff in this research
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional,observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method CANTAB, HOMA-R, voxel based morphometory, GABA-A recepror distribution
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method euronal connectivety