"This is important news for patients. Normally, it takes 6 to 8 weeks before it is known whether an antidepressant will work," Professor of Neuroradiology at Amsterdam UMC Liesbeth Reneman said in a statement.
"The algorithm suggested that blood flow in the anterior cingulate cortex, the area of the brain involved in emotion regulation, would be predictive of the efficacy of the drug. And at the second measurement, a week after the start, the severity of their symptoms turned out to be additionally predictive," Radboudumc psychiatrist Eric Ruhé added.
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