Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous condition. Identifying the
brain responses to antidepressant treatment is of particular interest as these may represent …

Background: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has many advantages over
other neuroimaging modalities for routine measurement of task-dependent cortical …

Neurocognitive cognitive deficits including working memory (WM) impairment is a key
component of schizophrenia (SCZ). Though a prefrontal cortex (PFC) abnormality is …

Functional neuroimaging studies to date have shown prefrontal dysfunction during executive
tasks in schizophrenia. However, relationships between hemodynamic response in …

Objective Accumulated evidence collected via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
has been reported with regard to mental disorders. A previous finding revealed that …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are frequently
comorbid with each other, and both associated with substantial cognitive impairments; …

Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have been reported to show cognitive
impairments in attention, cognition control, and motivation. The purpose of this study is to …

Background: Frontal asymmetry plays a major role in depression. However, patients with
treatment-resistant depression (TRD) have widespread hypofrontality. We investigated …

Objectives: Although recent studies have demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia and
healthy controls did not differ in the speed of age-related decline in cortical thickness and …

Cognitive impairment and associated frontal lobe dysfunction characterize schizophrenia.
The letter fluency test (LFT) has been used as one of the most sensitive measures of the …