Abnormal resting state effective connectivity within the default mode network in major depressive disorder: A spectral dynamic causal modeling study.
Liang LiBaojuan LiYuanhan BaiWenlei LiuHuaning WangHoi-Chung LeungPing TianLinchuan ZhangFan GuoLong-Biao CuiHong YinHongbing LuQingrong TanPublished in: Brain and behavior (2017)
These findings suggest that the reduced excitatory causal influence of the left parietal cortex is the key alteration of the DMN in patients with MDD, and the disrupted causal influences that parietal cortex exerts on the posterior cingulate cortex is responsive to antidepressant treatment.