摘要
抑郁症是一种常见的心境障碍,部分患者对抗抑郁药物治疗反应不佳,成为难治性抑郁症(TRD)。颈部手术植入式迷走神经刺激仪是TRD辅助的治疗技术,但耳电针刺激迷走神经治疗尚未应用到TRD的治疗中。对1例TRD患者采用耳电针刺激迷走神经治疗8周,临床症状明显改善;治疗前后fMRI扫描发现默认网络的功能连接增强。通过对该例TRD的分析,初步探讨耳电针刺激迷走神经治疗的临床有效性及潜在神经机制,以期为今后开展大样本临床试验提供依据。
引文
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