Changes in White Matter Microstructure After Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

被引：17

作者：

Gryglewski, Gregor ^{[1
]}

Seiger, Rene ^{[1
]}

Baldinger-Melich, Pia ^{[1
]}

Unterholzner, Jakob ^{[1
]}

Spurny, Benjamin ^{[1
]}

Vanicek, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Hahn, Andreas ^{[1
]}

Kasper, Siegfried ^{[1
]}

Frey, Richard ^{[1
]}

Lanzenberger, Rupert ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Med Univ Vienna, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 2020年 / 23卷 / 01期

基金：

奥地利科学基金会;

关键词：

electroconvulsive therapy; treatment-resistant depression; diffusion weighted imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; INTERNAL CAPSULE; POSTERIOR LIMB; DIFFUSION; ABNORMALITIES; MOVEMENT; PATTERNS; DISORDER;

D O I：

10.1093/ijnp/pyz059

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Background: Treatment-resistant depression is among the most debilitating conditions in psychiatry. Recent studies have associated alterations in white matter microstructure measured with magnetic resonance imaging with poor antidepressant response. Therefore, the extent to which electroconvulsive therapy, the most effective therapeutic option for treatmentresistant depression, affects white matter microstructure warrants investigation. Methods: A total 13 patients suffering from severe unipolar treatment-resistant depression underwent magnetic resonance imaging with a diffusion tensor imaging sequence before and after undergoing a series of right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy. Diffusivity metrics were compared voxel-wise using tract-based spatial statistics and repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: A total 12 patients responded to electroconvulsive therapy and 9 were classified as remitters. An increase in axial diffusivity was observed in the posterior limb of the internal capsule of the right hemisphere (P-FWE <=.05). The increase in this area was higher in the right compared with the left hemisphere (P <.05). No correlation of this effect with treatment response could be found. Conclusions: The strong lateralization of effects to the hemisphere of electrical stimulation suggests an effect of electroconvulsive therapy on diffusivity metrics which is dependent of electrode placement. Investigation in controlled studies is necessary to reveal to what extent the effects of electroconvulsive therapy on white matter microstructure are related to clinical outcomes and electrode placement.

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