65 year old client has been treated for major depressive disorder for most of their adult life. The client agrees to participate in a study designed to observe brain activity in individuals with this disorder and is scheduled for a PET scan. What will this scan likely reveal? Question 58 options: absence of the locus ceruleus

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A 65 year old client has been treated for major depressive disorder for most of their adult life. The client agrees to participate in a study designed to observe brain activity in individuals with this disorder and is scheduled for a PET scan. What will this scan likely reveal?

Question 58 options:

absence of the locus ceruleus


increased volume of the lateral ventricles


decreased frontal and temporal lobe activity


reduced grey matter in the prefrontal lobe

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