Near-infrared brain imaging study of depressive disorder with liver qi stagnation syndrome before and after treatment

This indicates that the activation of the lDLPFC improved after the treatment, and this improvement can remain stable. Hemodynamic activation can reflect the changes of brain function after the one-month treatment, even before the changes of clinical symptoms in depression liver-qi stagnation syndrome. Physiological indicators like fNIRS result may better reflect the improvement of depression liver-qi stagnation syndrome than ethological indicators like HAMD.