Subgenual cingulate connectivity as a treatment predictor during low-frequency right dorsolateral prefrontal rTMS: A concurrent TMS-fMRI study.
Brain Stimul
; 16(4): 1165-1172, 2023.
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INTRODUCTION: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is effective in alleviating treatment-resistant depression (TRD). It has been proposed that regions within the left DLPFC that are anti-correlated with the right subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) may represent optimal individualized target sites for high-frequency left rTMS (HFL). OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: This study aimed to explore the effects of low-frequency right rTMS (LFR) on left sgACC connectivity during concurrent TMS-fMRI. METHODS: 34 TRD patients underwent an imaging session that included both a resting-state fMRI run (rs-fMRI0) and a run during which LFR was applied to the right DLPFC (TMS-fMRI). Participants subsequently completed four weeks of LFR treatment. The left sgACC functional connectivity was compared between the rs-fMRI0 run and TMS-fMRI run. Personalized e-fields and a region-of-interest approach were used to calculate overlap of left sgACC functional connectivity at the TMS target and to assess for a relationship with treatment effects. RESULTS: TMS-fMRI increased left sgACC functional connectivity to parietal regions within the ventral attention network; differences were not significantly associated with clinical improvements. Personalized e-fields were not significant in predicting treatment outcomes (p = 0.18). CONCLUSION: This was the first study to examine left sgACC anti-correlation with the right DLPFC during an LFR rTMS protocol. In contrast to studies that targeted the left DLPFC, we did not find that higher anti-correlation was associated with clinical outcomes. Our results suggest that the antidepressant mechanism of action of LFR to the right DLPFC may be different than for HFL.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Brain Stimul
Asunto de la revista:
CEREBRO
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos