METHOD OF EVALUATING SUITABILITY FOR DRUG THERAPY FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ANXIETY DISORDERS USING CHOLINERGIC TYPE II THETA RHYTHM

摘要

The present invention relates to a drug suitability assessment method for the prevention or treatment of anxiety disorders using the cholinergic type II theta rhythm, and, more specifically, to a method for detecting individuals suffering from anxiety disorders induced by an abnormality occurring in the cholinergic system using the type II theta rhythm profile which is based on findings that the cholinergic type II theta rhythm is lower in an animal anxiety model than in normal subjects and that cholinergic drug treatment induces the cholinergic type II theta rhythm to return to normal and reduces anxiety and thereby making it possible to determine if a subject can be appropriately administered with a cholinergic drug and to monitor progress after cholinergic drug treatment.