Despite the extensive therapy options available for depression, up to 80% of patients will suffer from a relapse. Consequently, understanding the neural correlates underlying the depression will optimize the diagnosis and treatment of individual depressed patients. The purpose of our study was to investigate alterations of white matter integrity in a large cohort of patients suffering from depression using diffusion tensor imaging. Our findings provide robust evidence that the reduction of white-matter integrity in the interhemispheric connections and fronto-limbic neuronal circuits may play an important role in depression pathogenesis.
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