IAH Seminar - Late life depression, cardiovascular instability and brain imaging
Location: Great Gable Meeting Room, Clinical Ageing Research Unit, CAV
Time/Date: 26th January 2012, 12:15 - 13:00
You are invited to the IAH research seminar which will take place on Thursday 26 January 2012 which will be held in the Great Gable meeting room of the Clinical Ageing Research Unit. The meeting will start at 12.15 and will be followed at approximately 13.00 by a sandwich lunch.
The speaker is Dr Michael Firbank of the IAH and the title of his talk will be 'Late life depression, cardiovascular instability and brain imaging'.
Abstract:
The vascular depression hypothesis suggests that vascular disease is associated with development and prolongation of depression. In this study we investigated the role of cardiovascular autonomic regulation in older subjects with depression, along with extensive MR imaging of the brain (brain volume, blood flow, white matter integrity).
We found impaired autonomic regulation in depression, along with MRI changes in the white matter, suggesting that poor regulation of the blood flow may contribute to brain changes associated with depression.
Published: 21st December 2011
