Abstract
The fronto-limbic network is implicated in the neurobiology of major depressive disorder. However, no studies are designed to assess directly the abnormalities of regional activity and network homogeneity of this network in major depressive disorder. A total of 44 drug-naive major depressive disorder patients and 44 healthy controls participated in the study, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were obtained. The fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and network homogeneity methods were employed to analyze the data. Compared with the controls, the patients exhibited reduced fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the right middle frontal gyrus (orbital part) and decreased network homogeneity in the left middle frontal gyrus. There was no correlation between abnormal fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations/network homogeneity and clinical variables. Our findings suggest that decreased regional activity and network homogeneity in the frontal cortex may be the key impairment of the fronto-limbic network in major depressive disorder, and thus highlight the importance of the fronto-limbic network in the neurobiology of major depressive disorder.
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