Grey Matter changes in treatment-resistant depression during electroconvulsive therapy.
J Affect Disord
; 258: 42-49, 2019 11 01.
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INTRODUCTION: 20-30% of depressed patients experience Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD). Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) remains the treatment of choice for TRD. However, the exact mechanism of ECT remains unclear. We aim to assess grey matter changes in patients with TRD undergoing bilateral ECT treatment at different points during and after treatment. METHODS: Patients are recruited at the University Hospital of Toulouse. Eligibility criteria include a diagnosis of TRD and an age between 50 and 70 years old. Patients received clinical assessments (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) and structural scans (MRI) at three points: baseline (within 48â¯h before the first ECT); V2 (after the first ECT considered effective); and V3 (within 1 week of completing ECT). RESULTS: At baseline, controls had significantly higher cortical thickness than patients in the fusiform gyrus, the inferior, middle and superior temporal gyrus, the parahippocampal gyrus and the transverse temporal gyrus (respectively: t(35)=2.7, pâ¯=â¯0.02; t(35)=2.89, pâ¯=â¯0.017; t(35)=3.1, pâ¯=â¯0.015; t(35)=3.6, pâ¯=â¯0.009; t(35)=2.37, pâ¯=â¯0.031; t(35)=2.46, pâ¯=â¯0.03). This difference was no longer significant after ECT. We showed an increase in cortical thickness in superior temporal gyrus between (i) baseline and V3 (t(62)=-3.43 pâ¯=â¯0.009) and (ii) V2 and V3 (t(62)=-3.42 pâ¯=â¯0.009). We showed an increase in hippocampal volume between (i) baseline and V3 (t(62)=-5.23 p < 0.001) and (ii) V2 and V3 (t(62)=-5.3 p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: We highlight that there are grey matter changes during ECT treatment in a population with TRD compared to a healthy control population. These changes seem to occur after several rounds of ECT.
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Asunto principal:
Terapia Electroconvulsiva
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Trastorno Depresivo Resistente al Tratamiento
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Sustancia Gris
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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J Affect Disord
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2019
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