TABLE 1. Metabolic rate correlation coefficients

(Kendall's tau)


Normal
controls
Unipolar
depressives		 Obessive-
compulsives
(n = 13)
Locationa (n = 12) (n = 10) preTx postTxb
L Cd to orb -0.09 -0.20
    0.49a
0.00
R Cd to orb 0.05 -0.20
    0.44c
-0.03
L orb to thal 0.09 -0.24 0.33 -0.21
R orb to thal 0.13 -0.11
    0.41c
-0.21

a Cd, caudate head; orb, orbital gyri; thal, thalamus.

b All pre- to posttreatment (Tx) changes p < 0.05. Significant changes occurred pre- to posttreatment.

c p < 0.05.

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published 2000