Posted by undopaminergic on September 8, 2021, at 13:12:32
In reply to Depression and brain blood flow, posted by Prefect on September 7, 2021, at 18:03:17
> Can depression cause reduced blood flow in the brain?
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> I had a SPECT scan done and the report says I have slight reduction in brain blood flow to the left frontal lobe.
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> The report and the neurologist who ordered it says the scan does not follow a pattern of classic neurological diseases but instead points to depression. (?!)
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> I've been trying to look up brain reduced blood flow in depression and I can't find much. All I get on reduced blood flow to frontal lobe is Alzheimers.
>SLS (Scott) posted a link to an image of a brain scan recently. I can't find it now; maybe he can point to it or repost the link if he reads this.
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