Cortical haemodynamic response measured by functional near infrared spectroscopy during a verbal fluency task in patients with major depression and borderline personality disorder

• Published in: EBioMedicine Vol. 51; p. 102586
• Main Authors: Husain, Syeda F., Tang, Tong-Boon, Yu, Rongjun, Tam, Wilson W., Tran, Bach, Quek, Travis T., Hwang, Shi-Hui, Chang, Cheryl W., Ho, Cyrus S., Ho, Roger C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Advanced Basic Science; Aged; Borderline personality disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder - complications; Borderline Personality Disorder - physiopathology; Depressive Disorder, Major - complications; Depressive Disorder, Major - physiopathology; Female; Haemodynamic response; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Major depressive disorder; Male; Middle Aged; Near-infrared spectroscopy; Neuropsychological Tests; Prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal Cortex - physiopathology; Research paper; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; Task Performance and Analysis; Verbal fluency task; Young Adult; Verbal fluency task; Haemodynamic response; Prefrontal cortex; Borderline personality disorder; Major depressive disorder; Near-infrared spectroscopy

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) provides a direct and quantitative assessment of cortical haemodynamic function during a cognitive task. This functional neuroimaging modality may be used to elucidate the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, and identify neurophysiological differen...