Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
While functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) had previously been suggested for major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis, the clinical application to predict antidepressant treatment response (ATR) is still unclear. To address this, the aim of the current study is to investigate MDD ATR using fNIRS and micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs). Our proposed algorithm includes a custom inter-subject variability reduction based on the Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
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In this study, 31 Chinese patients diagnosed with depression (mean age 26.60±9.21) and 33 healthy control participants (mean age 26.00±7.36) participated, during which emotional picture descriptions and interview dialogues are collected. The experiment underwent review and received approval from the hospital's Bioethics Committee and the school's Medical Ethics Committee, and all the participants signed for the informed consent.
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