Panic Disorder Treatment Imaged

Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The, October, 2006 by Anonymous

In an article e-published ahead of print on August 2 in Neuroimage, Sakai and colleagues from a consortium of Japanese hospitals and universities reported on ^sup 18^F-FDG PET imaging to elucidate the mechanisms by which cognitive-behavioral therapy improves symptoms in individuals with panic disorder.

The study included 12 patients who showed improvement in panic disorder after cognitive-behavoral therapy and who underwent ^sup 18^F-FDG PET brain imaging both before and after therapy. In 11 of these 12 patients, decreased glucose utilization was seen in the right hippocampus, left ...