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Kawakami I, Iga J, Takahashi S, Lin Y, Fujishiro H. Towards an understanding of the pathological basis of senile depression and incident dementia: Implications for treatment. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 76:620-632. [PMID: 36183356 PMCID: PMC10092575 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Senile depression (SD) is a heterogeneous syndrome. Several clinical profiles are more likely to appear in SD than in early-life depression, but it remains unclear whether the pathophysiology is different. The prevalence of dementia increases with aging, and the underlying pathophysiological processes in the preclinical phase begin even before cognitive deficits or neurological signs appear. SD may be either a risk factor for developing dementia or a prodromal stage of dementia. The inconsistent findings regarding the association between SD and incident dementia may be attributable to the neuropathological heterogeneity underlying SD. Most studies have focused on patients with the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) as an outcome, but several clinicopathological studies suggest that primary age-related tauopathy and argyrophilic grain disease may account for a proportion of cases clinically misdiagnosed as AD in the elderly population. Furthermore, most AD cases have additional neuropathologic changes such as cerebrovascular disease and Lewy body disease. Here, we review the neuropathological findings linking SD to incident dementia, focusing on common age-related neuropathologies. In particular, the roles of disturbance of neural circuity, imbalance of monoaminergic systems, dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and elevated neuroinflammatory status are discussed. Finally, we review the current treatment of SD in the context of age-related neuropathological changes.
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- Ito Kawakami
- Department of PsychiatryJuntendo University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
- Dementia Research ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryEhime University Graduate School of MedicineMatsuyamaJapan
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- Department of Disaster and Community Psychiatry, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaJapan
- Department of Community and Disaster Assistance, Ibaraki Prefectural Medical Research Center of PsychiatryUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaJapan
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- Department of PsychiatryNational Taiwan University HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
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- Department of PsychiatryNagoya University Graduate School of MedicineAichiJapan
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Hanseeuw BJ, Jonas V, Jackson J, Betensky RA, Rentz DM, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Donovan NJ. Association of anxiety with subcortical amyloidosis in cognitively normal older adults. Mol Psychiatry 2020; 25:2599-2607. [PMID: 30116029 PMCID: PMC6377864 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0214-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Late-life anxiety has been associated with increased progression from normal cognition to amnestic MCI, suggesting that anxiety may be a neuropsychiatric symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathological changes and a possible marker of anatomical progression in preclinical AD. This study examined whether cortical or subcortical amyloidosis, indicating earlier or later stages of preclinical AD, was associated with greater self-reported anxiety among 118 cognitively normal volunteers, aged 65-90 years, and whether this association was stronger in APOEε4 carriers. Participants underwent Pittsburgh Compound B Positron Emission Tomography (PiB-PET) to assess fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cortical and subcortical regions, and measurement of anxiety using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety subscale. Higher PiB-PET measures in the subcortex (striatum, amygdala, and thalamus), but not in the cortex, were associated with greater anxiety, adjusting for demographics, cognition, and depression. Findings were similar using a cortico-striatal staging system and continuous PET measurements. Anxiety was highest in APOEε4 carriers with subcortical amyloidosis. This work supports in vivo staging of amyloid-β deposition in both cortical and subcortical regions as a promising approach to the study of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anxiety in cognitively normal older individuals. Elevated anxiety symptoms in combination with high-risk biological factors such as APOEε4 and subcortical amyloid-β may identify participants closest to MCI for secondary prevention trials.
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- Bernard J. Hanseeuw
- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,grid.7942.80000 0001 2294 713XDepartment of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institute of Neurosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA ,Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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Ly M, Andreescu C. Advances and Barriers for Clinical Neuroimaging in Late-Life Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2018; 20:7. [PMID: 29492705 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-018-0870-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Mood and anxiety disorders are very commonly experienced by older adults and are becoming a growing concern due to the rapidly aging global population. Recent advances in neuroimaging may help in improving outcomes in late-life mood and anxiety disorders. The elucidation of mechanisms contributing to late-life mental health disorders may ultimately lead to the identification of novel therapeutic interventions. Alternatively, clinically validated imaging biomarkers may allow for the prediction of treatment response and identification of better therapeutic approaches in late-life mood and anxiety disorders. RECENT FINDINGS In community samples, late-life depression and late-life generalized anxiety disorder occur up to 38 and 15%, respectively, while late-life bipolar disorder is less common and occur in approximately 0.5% of the population. There are significant challenges in treating and improving outcome in late-life mood and anxiety disorders. Time to treatment response and treatment resistance are increased in older adults. Novel neuroimaging techniques have the potential to improve diagnostic and therapeutic outcome in late-life mood and anxiety disorders either through "personalized pharmacotherapy" or through identifying dysfunction regions/networks to be subsequently used for direct interventions such as transcranial magnetic stimulation. This review will provide an overview of recent literature that substantiates the potential role of neuroimaging in clinical practice, as well as the barriers that must be overcome prior to clinical translation.
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- Maria Ly
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Sachs-Ericsson NJ, Hajcak G, Sheffler JL, Stanley IH, Selby EA, Potter GG, Steffens DC. Putamen Volume Differences Among Older Adults: Depression Status, Melancholia, and Age. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2018; 31:39-49. [PMID: 29251178 DOI: 10.1177/0891988717747049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) may exhibit smaller striatal volumes reflecting deficits in the reward circuit. Deficits may change with age and be more pronounced among the melancholic subtype. Limited research has investigated striatal volume differences in older adults and by depression subtypes. METHOD We used baseline data from the Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly study. We examined volumetric differences in the putamen and caudate nucleus among older adults (60 years and older), comparing healthy control participants (n = 134) to depressed participants (n = 226), and comparing nonmelancholic depressed participants (n = 93) to melancholic depressed participants (n = 133). Group-by-age interactions were examined. RESULTS There were no significant group differences for the caudate nucleus. For the left putamen, investigation of the significant group-by-age interaction revealed that volume size was greater for the healthy controls compared to the depressed participants but only at younger ages (60-65 years); group differences diminished with increasing age. Examining volume by depression subtype revealed that the melancholic depressed participants had a smaller left putamen compared to the nonmelancholic depressed participants. Anhedonia symptoms were related to both smaller left and right putamen. CONCLUSION Structural abnormalities in reward regions may underlie the anhedonic phenotype. Volume loss associated with MDD may attenuate in older age.
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- 1 Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- 1 Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- 1 Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- 2 Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- 3 Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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Sacchet MD, Camacho MC, Livermore EE, Thomas EA, Gotlib IH. Accelerated aging of the putamen in patients with major depressive disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2017; 42:164-171. [PMID: 27749245 PMCID: PMC5403661 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.160010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Growing evidence indicates that major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by accelerated biological aging, including greater age-related changes in physiological functioning. The disorder is also associated with abnormal neural reward circuitry, particularly in the basal ganglia (BG). Here we assessed age-related changes in BG volume in both patients with MDD and healthy control participants. METHODS We obtained whole-brain T1-weighted images from patients with MDD and healthy controls. We estimated grey matter volumes of the BG, including the nucleus accumbens, caudate, pallidum and putamen. Volumes were assessed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with age as a covariate, followed by appropriate post hoc tests. RESULTS We included 232 individuals (116 patients with MDD) in our analysis. The MANCOVA yielded a significant group × age interaction (p = 0.043). Analyses for each region yielded a significant group × age interaction in the putamen (univariate test, p = 0.005; permutation test, p = 0.004); this effect was not significant in the other regions. The negative association between age and putamen volume was twice as large in the MDD than in the control group (-35.2 v. -16.7 mm3/yr), indicating greater age-related volumetric decreases in the putamen in individuals with MDD than in controls. LIMITATIONS These findings are cross-sectional; future studies should assess the longitudinal impact of accelerated aging on anhedonia and neural indices of reward processing. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that putamen aging is accelerated in patients with MDD. Thus, the putamen may uniquely contribute to the adverse long-term effects of depressive psychopathology and may be a useful target for the treatment of MDD across the lifespan.
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- Matthew D. Sacchet
- Correspondence to: M.D. Sacchet, Department of Psychology, Jordan Hall, Building 01-420, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA;
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McDonald WM. Neuromodulation Treatments for Geriatric Mood and Cognitive Disorders. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2016; 24:1130-1141. [PMID: 27889282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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There is increasing evidence for the efficacy of neuromodulation in the treatment of resistant mood disorders and emerging data supporting the use of neuromodulation in cognitive disorders. A significant minority of depressed elders do not respond to pharmacotherapy and/or psychotherapy. This has led clinicians to recommend the increasing use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of medication-resistant or life-threatening geriatric depression. Multiple studies have supported the safety and efficacy of ECT in the elderly, yet ECT is associated with side effects including cardiovascular and cognitive side effects. Neuromodulation therapies have the potential for providing effective treatment for treatment-resistant older adults with reduced side effects and this review will outline the risks and benefits of neuromodulation treatment in geriatric psychiatry. There is also emerging evidence of the efficacy of neuromodulation devices in the treatment of cognitive disorders. Pharmacotherapy has been largely ineffective in changing the course of neurodegenerative diseases causing dementia and other treatments are clearly needed. This review will outline the available evidence for neuromodulation in the treatment of mood and cognitive disorders in the elderly.
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- William M McDonald
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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van Uden IW, van der Holst HM, van Leijsen EM, Tuladhar AM, van Norden AG, de Laat KF, Claassen JA, van Dijk EJ, Kessels RP, Richard E, Tendolkar I, de Leeuw FE. Late-onset depressive symptoms increase the risk of dementia in small vessel disease. Neurology 2016; 87:1102-9. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Agudelo C, Aizenstein HJ, Karp JF, Reynolds CF. Applications of magnetic resonance imaging for treatment-resistant late-life depression. DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2016. [PMID: 26246790 PMCID: PMC4518699 DOI: 10.31887/dcns.2015.17.2/cagudelo] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Late-life depression (LLD) is a growing public and global health concern with diverse clinical manifestations and etiology. This literature review summarizes neuroimaging findings associated with depression in older adults and treatment-response variability. LLD has been associated with cerebral atrophy, diminished myelin integrity, and cerebral lesions in frontostriatal-limbic regions. These associations help explain the depression-executive dysfunction syndrome observed in LLD, and support cerebrovascular burden as a pathogenic mechanism. Furthermore, this review suggests that neuroimaging determinants of treatment resistance also reflect cerebrovascular burden. Of the theoretical etiologies of LLD, cerebrovascular burden may mediate treatment resistance. This review proposes that neuroimaging has the potential for clinical translation. Controlled trials may identify neuroimaging biomarkers that may inform treatment by identifying depressed adults likely to remit with pharmacotherapy, identifying individualized therapeutic dose, and facilitating earlier treatment response measures. Neuroimaging also has the potential to similarly inform treatment response variability from treatment with aripiprazole (dopamine modulator) and buprenorphine (opiate modulator).
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- Christian Agudelo
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Current taxonomic approaches in medicine and psychiatry are limited in validity and utility. They do serve simple communication purposes for medical coding, teaching, and reimbursement, but they are not suited for the modern era with its rapid explosion of knowledge from the “omics” revolution. The National Academy of Sciences published a report entitled Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease. The authors advocate a new taxonomy that would integrate molecular data, clinical data, and health outcomes in a dynamic, iterative fashion, bringing together research, public health, and health-care delivery with the interlinked goals of advancing our understanding of disease pathogenesis and thereby improving health. As the need for an information hub and a knowledge network with a dynamic taxonomy based on integration of clinical and research data is vital, and timely, this proposal merits consideration.
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- Ranga R Krishnan
- Professor, Duke University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, North Carolina, USA; Dean, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
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Subcortical volumes differentiate Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and remitted Major Depressive Disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2015; 68:91-8. [PMID: 26228406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Subcortical gray matter regions have been implicated in mood disorders, including Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD). It is unclear, however, whether or how these regions differ among mood disorders and whether such abnormalities are state- or trait-like. In this study, we examined differences in subcortical gray matter volumes among euthymic BD, MDD, remitted MDD (RMD), and healthy (CTL) individuals. Using automated gray matter segmentation of T1-weighted MRI images, we estimated volumes of 16 major subcortical gray matter structures in 40 BD, 57 MDD, 35 RMD, and 61 CTL individuals. We used multivariate analysis of variance to examine group differences in these structures, and support vector machines (SVMs) to assess individual-by-individual classification. Analyses yielded significant group differences for caudate (p = 0.029) and ventral diencephalon (VD) volumes (p = 0.003). For the caudate, both the BD (p = 0.004) and the MDD (p = 0.037) participants had smaller volumes than did the CTL participants. For the VD, the MDD participants had larger volumes than did the BD and CTL participants (ps < 0.005). SVM distinguished MDD from BD with 59.5% accuracy. These findings indicate that mood disorders are characterized by anomalies in subcortical gray matter volumes and that the caudate and VD contribute uniquely to differential affective pathology. Identifying abnormalities in subcortical gray matter may prove useful for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mood disorders.
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Dusi N, Barlati S, Vita A, Brambilla P. Brain Structural Effects of Antidepressant Treatment in Major Depression. Curr Neuropharmacol 2015; 13:458-65. [PMID: 26412065 PMCID: PMC4790407 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x1304150831121909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Depressive disorder is a very frequent and heterogeneous syndrome. Structural imaging techniques offer a useful tool in the comprehension of neurobiological alterations that concern depressive disorder. Altered brain structures in depressive disorder have been particularly located in the prefrontal cortex (medial prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex, OFC) and medial temporal cortex areas (hippocampus). These brain areas belong to a structural and functional network related to cognitive and emotional processes putatively implicated in depressive symptoms. These volumetric alterations may also represent biological predictors of response to pharmacological treatment. In this context, major findings of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, in relation to treatment response in depressive disorder, will here be presented and discussed.
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Salute Mentale, Università degli Studi di Milano, U.O.C. Psichiatria, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza 35 - 20122 Milano.
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Yang X, Ma X, Li M, Liu Y, Zhang J, Huang B, Zhao L, Deng W, Li T, Ma X. Anatomical and functional brain abnormalities in unmedicated major depressive disorder. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2015; 11:2415-23. [PMID: 26425096 PMCID: PMC4581780 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s93055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) to explore the mechanism of brain structure and function in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty patients with MDD and 50 matched healthy control participants free of psychotropic medication underwent high-resolution structural and rsfMRI scanning. Optimized diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra and the Data Processing Assistant for rsfMRI were used to find potential differences in gray-matter volume (GMV) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) between the two groups. A Pearson correlation model was used to analyze associations of morphometric and functional changes with clinical symptoms. RESULTS Compared to healthy controls, patients with MDD showed significant GMV increase in the left posterior cingulate gyrus and GMV decrease in the left lingual gyrus (P<0.001, uncorrected). In ReHo analysis, values were significantly increased in the left precuneus and decreased in the left putamen (P<0.001, uncorrected) in patients with MDD compared to healthy controls. There was no overlap between anatomical and functional changes. Linear correlation suggested no significant correlation between mean GMV values within regions with anatomical abnormality and ReHo values in regions with functional abnormality in the patient group. These changes were not significantly correlated with symptom severity. CONCLUSION Our study suggests a dissociation pattern of brain regions with anatomical and functional alterations in unmedicated patients with MDD, especially with regard to GMV and ReHo.
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- Xiao Yang
- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Dong Feng Mao Jian Hospital, Shiyan, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China ; National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Cerullo MA, Eliassen JC, Smith CT, Fleck DE, Nelson EB, Strawn JR, Lamy M, DelBello MP, Adler CM, Strakowski SM. Bipolar I disorder and major depressive disorder show similar brain activation during depression. Bipolar Disord 2014; 16:703-12. [PMID: 24990479 PMCID: PMC4213254 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Despite different treatments and courses of illness, depressive symptoms appear similar in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar I disorder (BP-I). This similarity of depressive symptoms suggests significant overlap in brain pathways underlying neurovegetative, mood, and cognitive symptoms of depression. These shared brain regions might be expected to exhibit similar activation in individuals with MDD and BP-I during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS fMRI was used to compare regional brain activation in participants with BP-I (n = 25) and MDD (n = 25) during a depressive episode as well as 25 healthy comparison (HC) participants. During the scans, participants performed an attentional task that incorporated emotional pictures. RESULTS During the viewing of emotional images, subjects with BP-I showed decreased activation in the middle occipital gyrus, lingual gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus compared to both subjects with MDD and HC participants. During attentional processing, participants with MDD had increased activation in the parahippocampus, parietal lobe, and postcentral gyrus. However, among these regions, only the postcentral gyrus also showed differences between MDD and HC participants. CONCLUSIONS No differences in cortico-limbic regions were found between participants with BP-I and MDD during depression. Instead, the major differences occurred in primary and secondary visual processing regions, with decreased activation in these regions in BP-I compared to major depression. These differences were driven by abnormal decreases in activation seen in the participants with BP-I. Posterior activation changes are a common finding in studies across mood states in participants with BP-I.
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- Michael A Cerullo
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA,Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA,Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA,Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Hu H, Xu Y, Liu C, Zhao H, Zhang H, Wang L. Changes in behavior and in brain glucose metabolism in rats after nine weeks on a high fat diet: a randomized controlled trial. SHANGHAI ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY 2014; 26:129-37. [PMID: 25114487 PMCID: PMC4118009 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background A high-fat diet (HFD) is a well-known risk factor for cardio-cerebrovascular disease but the relationship between a HFD and depressive symptoms remains unknown. Objective Compare changes in behavioral and measures of brain glucose metabolism in rats fed a HFD to those of rats fed a standard diet. Methods Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to a study group (n=10) that received a high fat diet for 9 weeks or a control group (n=10) that received a standard diet for 9 weeks. At baseline and at the end of the 9-week trial assessments included body weight, serum lipids (total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol), the sucrose preference test, and the open field test. The rate of brain glucose metabolism in different brain regions (assessed using micro-positron emission tomography) at the end of the trial was also compared between the two groups of rats. Results Nine weeks of a HFD in rats resulted in the expected increase in weight and changes in serum lipid levels, but it was also associated with a decreased preference for sucrose (which may be due to a loss of interest in pleasurable activities), increased weight-adjusted water intake, and a significant deactivation of the right thalamus and right striatum (based on decreased rates of glucose metabolism). In the HFD group the magnitude of the drop in the sucrose preference was strongly correlated to the magnitude of the deactivation of the right thalamus (r=0.78) and the right striatum (r=0.81). Conclusions These findings support hypotheses about the role of a HFD in the causal pathway for depressive symptoms. Further work is needed to clarify the underling mechanism, but it appears that the interaction between the content of the diet and the limbic system-striatum-thalamus circuit plays a role in both eating behavior and depressive symptoms.
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- Hua Hu
- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China ; Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Nagao S, Yokota O, Ikeda C, Takeda N, Ishizu H, Kuroda S, Sudo K, Terada S, Murayama S, Uchitomi Y. Argyrophilic grain disease as a neurodegenerative substrate in late-onset schizophrenia and delusional disorders. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2014; 264:317-31. [PMID: 24272318 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0472-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To study the relationship between neurodegenerative diseases including argyrophilic grain disease (AGD) and late-onset schizophrenia and delusional disorders (LOSD; onset ≥40 years of age), we pathologically examined 23 patients with LOSD, 71 age-matched normal controls, and 22 psychiatric disease controls (11 depression, six personality disorder, two bipolar disorders, and three neurotic disorders cases). In all LOSD cases (compared to age-matched normal controls), the frequencies of Lewy body disease (LBD), AGD, and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) were 26.1 % (11.3 %), 21.7 % (8.5 %), and 4.3 % (0.0 %), respectively. There was no case of pure Alzheimer's disease (AD). The total frequency of LBD, AGD, and CBD was significantly higher in LOSD cases than in normal controls. Argyrophilic grains were significantly more severe in LOSD than in controls, but were almost completely restricted to the limbic system and adjacent temporal cortex. In LOSD patients whose onset occurred at ≥65 years of age (versus age-matched normal controls), the frequencies of LBD and AGD were 36.4 % (19.4 %) and 36.4 % (8.3 %), respectively, and AGD was significantly more frequent in LOSD patients than in normal controls. In LOSD patients whose onset occurred at <65 years of age, the frequencies of LBD, AGD, and CBD were 16.7, 8.3, and 8.3 %, comparable to those of age-matched normal controls (10.2, 5.1, and 0.0 %). In all psychiatric cases, delusion was significantly more frequent in AGD cases than in cases bearing minimal AD pathology alone. Given these findings, LOSD patients may have heterogeneous pathological backgrounds, and AGD may be associated with the occurrence of LOSD especially after 65 years of age.
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- Shigeto Nagao
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Risk factors for depressive disorders in very old age: a population-based cohort study with a 5-year follow-up. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2014; 49:831-9. [PMID: 24100915 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0771-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Depressive disorders are common among the very old, but insufficiently studied. The present study aims to identify risk factors for depressive disorders in very old age. METHODS The present study is based on the GERDA project, a population-based cohort study of people aged ≥85 years (n = 567), with 5 years between baseline and follow-up. Factors associated with the development of depressive disorders according to DSM-IV criteria at follow-up were analysed by means of a multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS At baseline, depressive disorders were present in 32.3 % of the participants. At follow-up, 69 % of those with baseline depressive disorders had died. Of the 49 survivors, 38 still had depressive disorders. Of the participants without depressive disorders at baseline, 25.5 % had developed depressive disorders at follow-up. Baseline factors independently associated with new cases of depressive disorders after 5 years were hypertension, a history of stroke and 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale score at baseline. CONCLUSIONS The present study supports the earlier findings that depressive disorders among the very old are common, chronic and malignant. Mild depressive symptoms as indicated by GDS-15 score and history of stroke or hypertension seem to be important risk factors for incident depressive disorders in very old age.
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Rajashekaran P, Pai K, Thunga R, Unnikrishnan B. Post-stroke depression and lesion location: A hospital based cross-sectional study. Indian J Psychiatry 2013; 55:343-8. [PMID: 24459304 PMCID: PMC3890916 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.120546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression is a common neuro-psychiatric consequence of stroke, affecting approximately 40% of the patients. Many studies show that in addition to the psychosocial stress, neurobiological factors such as site of infarct and brain atrophy may also be related to Post Stroke Depression (PSD). There are conflicting results in this area of research and paucity of such data in Indian literature. Thus the aim of this study is to weigh the importance of lesion location in PSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty two subjects with their first ever stroke were interviewed using a semi-structured proforma and PSD diagnosed using MINI Plus interview. Scales of Beck Depression Inventory and Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale were used to assess severity of depression. Mini mental state examination was used to assess cognitive impairment and Barthel Index to measure Activities of Daily Living. Neuro-imaging provided information on site and side of lesion. Collected data was analysed using SPSS version 15.0. RESULTS PSD was diagnosed in 28 subjects, amongst who 19 had left sided lesions. Left sided cortical infarcts and sub cortical infarcts showed statistically significant association with PSD. CONCLUSION Results are in keeping with previous landmark studies. Differences in emotional reactions depending on hemisphere and site of the infarct as shown in this study suggest organic biological basis for post stroke depression. Understanding the etiological basis would allow clinicians to monitor patients at risk of developing PSD, enabling early detection and treatment thus improving their quality of life and rehabilitation.
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- Pooja Rajashekaran
- Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Namekawa Y, Baba H, Maeshima H, Nakano Y, Satomura E, Takebayashi N, Nomoto H, Suzuki T, Arai H. Heterogeneity of elderly depression: increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and Aβ protein metabolism. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2013; 43:203-8. [PMID: 23276885 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Epidemiological studies have proposed that depression may increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), even in patients with early-onset depression. Although metabolism of amyloid β protein (Aβ) in elderly depression received attention in terms of their correlation, there is a serious heterogeneity in elderly depression in terms of age at onset of depression. Moreover, it is unknown whether early-onset major depressive disorder (MDD) has a long-term effect on the involvement of Aβ metabolism and later development of AD. Thus, we evaluated serum Aβ40 and Aβ42 levels, the Aβ40/Aβ42 ratio in 89 elderly (≥60 years of age) inpatients with MDD and 81 age-matched healthy controls, and compared them among patients with early-onset (<60 years) and late-onset (≥60years) MDD and controls. The results showed that the serum Aβ40/Aβ42 ratio was significantly higher in patients with both early- and late-onset MDD than in controls (early-onset, p=0.010; late-onset, p=0.043), and it is of great interest that the serum Aβ40/Aβ42 ratio was negatively correlated with the age at MDD onset (R=-0.201, p=0.032). These results suggest that an earlier onset of MDD may have a more serious abnormality in Aβ metabolism, possibly explaining a biological mechanism underlying the link between depression and AD.
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- Yuki Namekawa
- Juntendo University Mood Disorder Project (JUMP), Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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The age-by-disease interaction hypothesis of late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; 21:418-32. [PMID: 23570886 PMCID: PMC3549303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Revised: 04/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The phenomenologic diagnosis of depression is successful in increasing diagnostic reliability, but it is a classification scheme without biologic bases. One subtype of depression for which evidence suggests a unique biologic basis is late-life depression (LLD), with first onset of symptoms after the age of 65. LLD is common and poses a significant burden on affected individuals, caretakers, and society. The pathophysiology of LLD includes disruptions of the neural network underlying mood, which can be conceptualized as the result of dysfunction in multiple underlying biologic processes. Here, we briefly review current LLD hypotheses and then describe the characteristics of molecular brain aging and their overlap with disease processes. Furthermore, we propose a new hypothesis for LLD, the age-by-disease interaction hypothesis, which posits that the clinical presentation of LLD is the integrated output of specific biologic processes that are pushed in LLD-promoting directions by changes in gene expression naturally occurring in the brain during aging. Hence, the brain is led to a physiological state that is more susceptible to LLD, because additional pushes by genetic, environmental, and biochemical factors may now be sufficient to generate dysfunctional states that produce depressive symptoms. We put our propositions together into a decanalization model to aid in illustrating how age-related biologic changes of the brain can shift the repertoire of available functional states in a prodepression direction, and how additional factors can readily lead the system into distinct and stable maladaptive phenotypes, including LLD. This model brings together basic research on neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases more closely with the investigation of normal aging. Specifically, identifying biologic processes affected during normal aging may inform the development of new interventions for the prevention and treatment of LLD.
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Sexton CE, Mackay CE, Ebmeier KP. A systematic review and meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies in late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; 21:184-95. [PMID: 23343492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Revised: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gray matter abnormalities within frontal-subcortical and limbic networks are hypothesized to play a key role in the pathophysiology of late-life depression. In this work, gray matter abnormalities in late-life depression are examined in a systematic review and meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies. In the systematic review, 27 articles were identified that compared participants with late-life depression with comparison group participants, and 17 studies were suitable for inclusion in meta-analyses of volumes of the whole brain, orbitofrontal cortex, caudate, hippocampus, putamen, and thalamus. Volume reductions were detected in 7 of 15 comparisons of the hippocampus and a meta-analysis revealed a significant, but small, effect size. Although examined by fewer studies, meta-analyses also revealed significant volume reductions in the orbitofrontal cortex, putamen, and thalamus. A more systematic and comprehensive analysis of the global distribution of gray matter abnormalities, and an examination of subcortical abnormalities were identified as key areas for future research.
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- Claire E Sexton
- University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Shi L, Wang D, Liu S, Pu Y, Wang Y, Chu WCW, Ahuja AT, Wang Y. Automated quantification of white matter lesion in magnetic resonance imaging of patients with acute infarction. J Neurosci Methods 2012; 213:138-46. [PMID: 23261771 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE It has been reported that increased white matter lesions (WML) is one of the risk factors for stroke. To quantify WML objectively with the presence of acute infarcts, we proposed an automated segmentation scheme to locate WMLs in combined T1-weighted MRI, fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI). MATERIALS AND METHODS The proposed method detects WMLs by a coarse-to-fine mathematical morphology method. It has been evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively using voxel-based, volume-based, score-based, and atlas-based approaches on MRI data of 91 subjects with acute infarction. RESULT The proposed WML detection algorithm yields average sensitivity, positive predictive value and similarity index of 0.803, 0.818, and 0.836, respectively. Experimental results demonstrated that the segmentation from the proposed method is in high agreement with that from manual segmentation (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.9892), and with a good correlation with visual scores (R=0.8442, p<0.0001).
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- Lin Shi
- Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Alexopoulos GS, Bruce ML, Silbersweig D, Kalayam B, Stern E. Vascular depression: a new view of late-onset depression. DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2012. [PMID: 22033775 PMCID: PMC3181568 DOI: 10.31887/dcns.1999.1.2/galexopoulos] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have suggested that cerebrovascular disease may predispose, precipitate, or perpetuate some late-life depressive syndromes. The mechanisms of "vascular depression" include disruption of cortico-striato-pallido-thalamo-cortical (CSPTC) pathways or their modulating systems. This view is supported by the presentation of vascular depression, which consists of depressive symptoms, cognitive abnormalities, as well as neuroimaging findings that may result from CSPTC impairment. Moreover, clinical and electrophysiological evidence of CSPTC impairment, an abnormality frequently found in patients with vascular depression, appears to be associated with poor response to antidepressant treatment and early relapse and recurrence. The vascular depression hypothesis provides the conceptual background for studies that may have clinical and theoretical impact. Agents influencing dopamine, acetylcholine, and opioid neurotransmitters may be studied in vascular depression, since these are essential neurotransmitters of the frontostriatal circuitry. Drugs used for prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular disease may be shown to reduce the risk for vascular depression or improve its outcomes. The choice of antidepressants in vascular depression may depend on their effect on neurological recovery from ischemic lesions. Finally, identification of specific relationships between specific symptoms, cognitive deficits, and disability may lead to interventions that target the patients' deficits as well as their interactions with psychosocial factors known to contribute to depression. Research can clarify the pathways to vascular depression by focusing on the site of lesion, the resultant brain dysfunction, the presentation of depression and time of onset, and the contribution of nonbiological factors.
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- G S Alexopoulos
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY, USA. Professor of Psychiatry, Director Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry
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Neuroimaging and neuropathological studies of major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) have identified abnormalities of brain structure in areas of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, striatum, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, and raphe nucleus. These structural imaging abnormalities persist across illness episodes, and preliminary evidence suggests they may in some cases arise prior to the onset of depressive episodes in subjects at high familial risk for MDD. In other cases, the magnitude of abnormality is reportedly correlated with time spent depressed. Postmortem histopathological studies of these regions have shown abnormal reductions of synaptic markers and glial cells, and, in rare cases, reductions in neurons in MDD and BD. Many of the regions affected by these structural abnormalities show increased glucose metabolism during depressive episodes. Because the glucose metabolic signal is dominated by glutamatergic transmission, these data support other evidence that excitatory amino acid transmission is elevated in limbic-cortical-striatal-pallidal-thalamic circuits during depression. Some of the subject samples in which these metabolic abnormalities have been demonstrated were also shown to manifest abnormally elevated stressed plasma cortisol levels. The co-occurrence of increased glutamatergic transmission and Cortisol hypersecretion raises the possibility that the gray matter volumetric reductions in these depressed subjects are partly accounted for by processes homologous to the dendritic atrophy induced by chronic stress in adult rodents, which depends upon interactions between elevated glucocorticoid secretion and N-meihyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-glutamate receptor stimulation. Some mood-stabilizing and antidepressant drugs that exert neurotrophic effects in rodents appear to reverse or attenuate the gray matter volume abnormalities in humans with mood disorders. These neurotrophic effects may be integrally related to the therapeutic effects of such agents, because the regions affected by structural abnormalities in mood disorders are known to play major roles in modulating the endocrine, autonomic, behavioral, and emotional experiential responses to stressors.
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- Wayne C Drevets
- MD, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIH NIMH/MIB, 15K North Dr, Bethesda, Md, USA
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Szczepanska-Gieracha J, Morka J, Kowalska J, Kustrzycki W, Rymaszewska J. The role of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the evaluation of cardiac rehabilitation efficacy after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012; 42:e108-14. [PMID: 22906598 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of early 3-week cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in terms of the reduction of negative psychological symptoms, and to determine which factors predispose patients to worse rehabilitation results in this regard. METHODS The study involved a random group of 50 patients (11 women and 39 men) who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, with a mean age of 63.3 (± 7.2) years. The following screening tests were used: Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Acceptance of Illness Scale. The pulse rate during the first session of physical training was recorded (t(1) P), and after training the patients assessed their level of exertion (t(1) E) on the Borg Scale (BS). The same procedure was repeated at the end of the rehabilitation (t(2) P, t(2) E). RESULTS Among the psychological parameters examined at t(1) (at baseline), the strongest relationship with poor acceptance of illness after 3 weeks of rehabilitation was indicated by the level of depression (P < 0.001), with a slightly lower correlation with the state anxiety and the trait anxiety results (P = 0.005 and 0.027, respectively). A relationship was also found between the severity of depression in t(1) and the level of exertion measured by the BS at the end of rehabilitation (P = 0.007). Before rehabilitation, depressed patients exhibited higher levels of both trait and state anxiety (P = 0.009 and 0.018, respectively). After rehabilitation in the depressed subgroup, there was no improvement in the subjective assessment of exertion or reduction of state anxiety. Sex and co-morbidities also had considerable importance in the context of CR efficacy. The women showed more severe depressive symptoms (P = 0.01), a higher personality tendency to anxiety (P = 0.036) and poorer results of rehabilitation (in relation to the level of exertion after physical training and the intensity of state anxiety symptoms). There was no reduction of state anxiety in patients who suffered from at least two co-morbidities. CONCLUSIONS The presence of severe anxiety-depressive symptoms before rehabilitation has an effect on its outcome. Psychiatric symptomatology should be diagnosed as early as possible and patients should receive additional therapeutic support.
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Naismith SL, Norrie LM, Mowszowski L, Hickie IB. The neurobiology of depression in later-life: Clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging and pathophysiological features. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 98:99-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Revised: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Shad MU, Muddasani S, Rao U. Gray matter differences between healthy and depressed adolescents: a voxel-based morphometry study. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2012; 22:190-7. [PMID: 22537357 PMCID: PMC3373217 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2011.0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) frequently begins during adolescence and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the neurobiology of adolescent depression. A better understanding of the neurobiology will be helpful in developing more effective preventive and treatment interventions for this highly disabling illness. METHODS Using a voxel-based morphometric method, the study compared gray matter and white matter volumes in 22 adolescents with MDD and 22 age- and gender-matched normal controls. RESULTS Compared with controls, depressed adolescents had smaller gray matter volume in the frontal lobe and caudate nucleus bilaterally and right superior and middle temporal gyri. However, the groups did not differ significantly on white matter volume. CONCLUSIONS These findings in depressed adolescents are consistent with the previous findings of gray matter abnormalities in frontolimbic areas and the striatum in depressed adults and suggest the presence of these structural changes at the onset of depressive illness.
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- Mujeeb U. Shad
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Mehary Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Bora E, Harrison BJ, Davey CG, Yücel M, Pantelis C. Meta-analysis of volumetric abnormalities in cortico-striatal-pallidal-thalamic circuits in major depressive disorder. Psychol Med 2012; 42:671-681. [PMID: 21910935 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291711001668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abnormalities in cortico-striatal-pallidal-thalamic (CSPT) circuits have been implicated in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the robustness of these findings across studies is unclear, as is the extent to which they are influenced by demographic, clinical and pharmacological factors. METHOD With the aim of clarifying these questions, we conducted a meta-analysis to map the volumetric abnormalities that were most robustly identified in CSPT circuits of individuals with MDD. A systematic search identified 41 studies meeting our inclusion criteria. RESULTS There were significant volume reductions in prefrontal (especially orbitofrontal) and anterior cingulate cortices, and also in subcortical structures such as the caudate nucleus and putamen, with effect sizes ranging from small to moderate. The subgenual anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal cortices were significantly smaller in antidepressant-free samples compared to medicated patients. Late-life depression (LLD) tended to be associated with smaller volumes in circumscribed frontal and subcortical structures, with the most robust differences being found in thalamic volume. CONCLUSIONS Individuals with major depression demonstrate volumetric abnormalities of CSPT circuits. However, these observations may be restricted to certain subgroups, highlighting the clinical heterogeneity of the disorder. On the basis of this meta-analysis, CSPT abnormalities were more prominent in those with LLD whereas antidepressant use seemed to normalize certain cortical volumetric abnormalities.
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- E Bora
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, VIC, Australia.
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Hegerl U, Holtzheimer P, Mergl R, McDonald W. The neurobiology and treatment of late-life depression. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2012; 106:265-278. [PMID: 22608627 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52002-9.00016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- Ulrich Hegerl
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Magnetic resonance imaging studies in unipolar depression: systematic review and meta-regression analyses. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2012; 22:1-16. [PMID: 21723712 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Revised: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Previous meta-analyses of structural MRI studies have shown diffuse cortical and sub-cortical abnormalities in unipolar depression. However, the presence of duplicate publications, recruitment of particular age groups and the selection of specific regions of interest means that there is uncertainty about the balance of current research. Moreover, the lack of systematic exploration of highly significant heterogeneity has prevented the generalisability of finding. A systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis was carried out to estimate effect sizes. Possible publication bias, and the impact of various study design characteristics on the magnitude of the observed effect size were systematically explored. The aim of this study was 1) to include structural MRI studies systematically comparing unipolar depression with bipolar disorder and healthy volunteers; 2) to consider all available structures of interest without specific age limits, avoiding data duplication, and 3) to explore the influence of factors contributing to the measured effect sizes systematically with meta-regression analyses. Unipolar depression was characterised by reduced brain volume in areas involved in emotional processing, including the frontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, hippocampus and striatum. There was also evidence of pituitary enlargement and an excess of white matter hyperintensity volume in unipolar depression. Factors which influenced the magnitude of the observed effect sizes were differences in methods, clinical variables, pharmacological interventions and sample age.
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van Uden IWM, van Norden AGW, de Laat KF, van Oudheusden LJB, Gons RAR, Tendolkar I, Zwiers MP, de Leeuw FE. Depressive Symptoms and Amygdala Volume in Elderly with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The RUN DMC Study. J Aging Res 2011; 2011:647869. [PMID: 22007299 PMCID: PMC3189594 DOI: 10.4061/2011/647869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Introduction. Late onset depressive symptoms (LODSs) frequently occur in elderly with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). SVD cannot fully explain LODS; a contributing factor could be amygdala volume. We investigated the relation between amygdala volume and LODS, independent of SVD in 503 participants with symptomatic cerebral SVD. Methods. Patients underwent FLAIR and T1 scanning. Depressive symptoms were assessed with structured questionnaires; amygdala and WML were manually segmented. The relation between amygdala volume and LODS/EODS was investigated and adjusted for age, sex, intracranial volume, and SVD. Results. Patients with LODS had a significantly lower left amygdala volume than those without (P = 0.02), independent of SVD. Each decrease of total amygdala volume (by mL) was related to an increased risk of LODS (OR = 1.77; 95% CI 1.02–3.08; P = 0.04).
Conclusion. Lower left amygdala volume is associated with LODS, independent of SVD. This may suggest differential mechanisms, in which individuals with a small amygdala might be vulnerable to develop LODS.
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- I W M van Uden
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Reinier Postlaan 4, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Aizenstein HJ, Andreescu C, Edelman KL, Cochran JL, Price J, Butters MA, Karp J, Patel M, Reynolds CF. fMRI correlates of white matter hyperintensities in late-life depression. Am J Psychiatry 2011; 168:1075-82. [PMID: 21799066 PMCID: PMC3656408 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10060853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study tests whether or not the structural white matter lesions that are characteristic of late-life depression are associated with alterations in the functional affective circuits of late-life depression. This study used an emotional faces paradigm that has been shown to engage the affective limbic brain regions. METHOD Thirty-three elderly depressed patients and 27 nondepressed comparison subjects participated in this study. The patients were recruited through the NIMH-sponsored Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research for the Study of Late-Life Mood Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law. Structural and functional MRI was used to assess white matter hyperintensity (WMH) burden and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) response on a facial expression affective-reactivity task in both elderly participants with nonpsychotic and nonbipolar major depression (unmedicated) and nondepressed elderly comparison subjects. RESULTS As expected, greater subgenual cingulate activity was observed in the depressed patients relative to the nondepressed comparison subjects. This same region showed greater task-related activity associated with a greater burden of cerebrovascular white matter change in the depressed group. Moreover, the depressed group showed a significantly greater interaction of WMH by fMRI activity effect than the nondepressed group. CONCLUSIONS The observation that high WMH burden in late-life depression is associated with greater BOLD response on the affective-reactivity task supports the model that white matter ischemia in elderly depressed patients disrupts brain mechanisms of affective regulation and leads to limbic hyperactivation.
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Kempton MJ, Salvador Z, Munafò MR, Geddes JR, Simmons A, Frangou S, Williams SCR. Structural neuroimaging studies in major depressive disorder. Meta-analysis and comparison with bipolar disorder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 68:675-90. [PMID: 21727252 DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 559] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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CONTEXT Although differences in clinical characteristics exist between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD), consistent structural brain abnormalities that distinguish the disorders have not been identified. OBJECTIVES To investigate structural brain changes in MDD using meta-analysis of primary studies; assess the effects of medication, demographic, and clinical variables; and compare the findings with those of a meta-analysis of studies on BD. DATA SOURCES The MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases were searched for studies from January 1, 1980, to February 2, 2010. STUDY SELECTION Two hundred twenty-five studies that used magnetic resonance imaging or x-ray computed tomography to compare brain structure in patients with MDD with that of controls were included in an online database, and 143 that measured common brain structures were selected for meta-analysis. DATA EXTRACTION Twenty-five variables, including demographic and clinical data, were extracted from each study, when available. For the meta-analysis, mean structure size and standard deviation were extracted for continuous variables, and the proportion of patients and controls with an abnormality in brain structure was extracted for categorical variables. DATA SYNTHESIS Compared with the structure of a healthy brain, MDD was associated with lateral ventricle enlargement; larger cerebrospinal fluid volume; and smaller volumes of the basal ganglia, thalamus, hippocampus, frontal lobe, orbitofrontal cortex, and gyrus rectus. Patients during depressive episodes had significantly smaller hippocampal volume than patients during remission. Compared with BD patients, those with MDD had reduced rates of deep white matter hyperintensities, increased corpus callosum cross-sectional area, and smaller hippocampus and basal ganglia. Both disorders were associated with increased lateral ventricle volume and increased rates of subcortical gray matter hyperintensities compared with healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS The meta-analyses revealed structural brain abnormalities in MDD that are distinct from those observed in BD. These findings may aid investigators attempting to discriminate mood disorders using structural magnetic resonance imaging data.
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- Matthew J Kempton
- Department of Neuroimaging, PO89, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, England.
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Lee HY, Tae WS, Yoon HK, Lee BT, Paik JW, Son KR, Oh YW, Lee MS, Ham BJ. Demonstration of decreased gray matter concentration in the midbrain encompassing the dorsal raphe nucleus and the limbic subcortical regions in major depressive disorder: an optimized voxel-based morphometry study. J Affect Disord 2011; 133:128-36. [PMID: 21546094 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous neuroimaging studies in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have reported changes in several brain areas, such as the medial and dorsolateral orbital cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and basal ganglia. However, the results of these studies are inconsistent, and relatively few studies have been conducted using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to detect gray matter concentration (GMC) abnormalities in patients with MDD. METHODS We examined 47 MDD patients and 51 healthy controls to investigate structural abnormalities using a 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging system, which was normalized to a customized T1 template and segmented with optimized VBM. Analysis of covariance with age and gender as covariates was adopted for the VBM statistics; the level of statistical significance was set at P<0.05 for the corrected false discovery rate. RESULTS Decreased GMC was found in MDD patients in the bilateral amygdalae, hippocampi, fusiform gyri, lingual gyri, insular gyri, middle-superior temporal gyri, thalami, cingulate gyri, the central lobule of the cerebellum, and the midbrain encompassing the dorsal raphe nuclei (DRN). LIMITATIONS Half of our study subjects were taking antidepressants. This may have been a potential confounding factor if any of the medications affected cortical volume. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that the GMC of several regions associated with emotion regulation was lower in MDD patients. In particular, we found decreased GMC in the DRN. These findings may provide a better understanding of the anatomical properties of the neural mechanisms underlying the etiology of MDD.
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- Hwa-Young Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Vago DR, Epstein J, Catenaccio E, Stern E. Identification of neural targets for the treatment of psychiatric disorders: the role of functional neuroimaging. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2011; 22:279-305, x. [PMID: 21435577 DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neurosurgical treatment of psychiatric disorders has been influenced by evolving neurobiological models of symptom generation. The advent of functional neuroimaging and advances in the neurosciences have revolutionized understanding of the functional neuroanatomy of psychiatric disorders. This article reviews neuroimaging studies of depression from the last 3 decades and describes an emerging neurocircuitry model of mood disorders, focusing on critical circuits of cognition and emotion, particularly those networks involved in the regulation of evaluative, expressive and experiential aspects of emotion. The relevance of this model for neurotherapeutics is discussed, as well as the role of functional neuroimaging of psychiatric disorders.
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- David R Vago
- Department of Psychiatry, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham & Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 824 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02143, USA.
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Skoog I. Psychiatric disorders in the elderly. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 2011; 56:387-97. [PMID: 21835102 DOI: 10.1177/070674371105600702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent research has shown that depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis are more common than previously supposed in elderly populations without dementia. It is unclear whether the frequency of these disorders increases or decreases with age. Clinical expression of psychiatric disorders in old age may be different from that seen in younger age groups, with less and often milder symptoms. Concurrently, comorbidity between different psychiatric disorders is immense, as well as comorbidity with somatic disorders. Cognitive function is often decreased in people with depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis, but whether these disorders are risk factors for dementia is unclear. Psychiatric disorders in the elderly are often related to cerebral neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular disease, although psychosocial risk factors are also important. Psychiatric disorders, common among the elderly, have consequences that include social deprivation, poor quality of life, cognitive decline, disability, increased risk for somatic disorders, suicide, and increased nonsuicidal mortality.
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- Ingmar Skoog
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Section for Psychiatry Section, Unit of Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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There is a large literature on the neuroanatomy of late-life depression that continues to grow with the discovery of novel structural imaging techniques along with innovative methods to analyze the images. Such advances have helped identify specific areas, characteristic lesions, and changes in the chemical composition in these regions that might be important in the pathophysiology of this complex disease. This article reviews relevant findings by each structural neuroimaging technique. When validated across many studies, such findings can serve as neuroanatomic markers that can help generate rational hypotheses for future studies to further understanding of geriatric depression.
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- Sophiya Benjamin
- Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, DHSP, Box 3837, Durham- 27710, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, DHSP, Box 3837, Durham- 27710, NC, USA,Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, 2200 West Main Street, Suite B210, Durham, NC 27705
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Bennett MR. The prefrontal-limbic network in depression: Modulation by hypothalamus, basal ganglia and midbrain. Prog Neurobiol 2011; 93:468-87. [PMID: 21349315 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala and hippocampus form part of an interconnected prefrontal neocortical and limbic archicortical network that is dysregulated in major depressive disorders (MDD). Modulation of this prefrontal-limbic network (PLN) is principally through the hypothalamus, basal ganglia and midbrain. Here the likely mechanisms by which these modulations are affected are described and the implications of their failure for depression associated with suicidal diathesis, late-life and psychoses discussed.
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- M R Bennett
- Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.
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OBJECTIVES A large and diverse literature has implicated abnormalities of striatal structure and function in both unipolar and bipolar disorder. Recent functional imaging studies have greatly expanded this body of research. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive and critical appraisal of the relevant literature. METHODS A total of 331 relevant articles were reviewed to develop an integrated overview of striatal function in mood disorders. RESULTS There is compelling evidence from multiple studies that functional abnormalities of the striatum and greater corticostriatal circuitry exist in at least some forms of affective illness. The literature does not yet provide data to determine whether these aberrations represent primary pathology or they contribute directly to symptom expression. Finally, there is considerable evidence that bipolar disorder may be associated with striatal hyperactivity and some suggestion that unipolar illness may be associated with hypoactivation. CONCLUSIONS Additional research investigating striatal function in affective disorders will be critical to the development of comprehensive models of the neurobiology of these conditions.
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- William R Marchand
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 19 MIRECC, 5500 Foothill, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
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White matter hyperintensities and their association with suicidality in major affective disorders: a meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies. CNS Spectr 2010; 15:375-81. [PMID: 20625370 PMCID: PMC2976664 DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900029242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Individuals who have deep and periventricular white matter hyperintensities may have a higher risk for suicidal behavior. There are mixed results in the literature regarding whether unipolar or bipolar patients who have attempted suicide have more deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMH) or periventricular hyperintensities (PVH) relative to those who have no history of suicide attempts. METHODS A meta-analysis of studies examining white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in mood disorder patients with and without a history of suicide attempts was performed. RESULTS Four studies, including a total of 173 patients who attempted suicide and 183 who did not attempt suicide, were included. A significantly higher number of attempters were found to have WMH than non-attempters. Unipolar depressed patients who had attempted suicide had 1.9 times more DWMH and 2.1 times more PVH than those who did not. Bipolar patients who had attempted suicide had 5.4 times more PVH than those who had not. Taken together, unipolar and bipolar patients who had attempted suicide had 2.8 times more DWMH and 4.5 times more PVH than those who had never attempted suicide. CONCLUSION These findings raise the possibility that WMH are biological substrates of symptoms that lead to suicidal behavior.
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Canbeyli R. Sensorimotor modulation of mood and depression: An integrative review. Behav Brain Res 2010; 207:249-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Price JL, Drevets WC. Neurocircuitry of mood disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010; 35:192-216. [PMID: 19693001 PMCID: PMC3055427 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1088] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2009] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review begins with a brief historical overview of attempts in the first half of the 20th century to discern brain systems that underlie emotion and emotional behavior. These early studies identified the amygdala, hippocampus, and other parts of what was termed the 'limbic' system as central parts of the emotional brain. Detailed connectional data on this system began to be obtained in the 1970s and 1980s, as more effective neuroanatomical techniques based on axonal transport became available. In the last 15 years these methods have been applied extensively to the limbic system and prefrontal cortex of monkeys, and much more specific circuits have been defined. In particular, a system has been described that links the medial prefrontal cortex and a few related cortical areas to the amygdala, the ventral striatum and pallidum, the medial thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the periaqueductal gray and other parts of the brainstem. A large body of human data from functional and structural imaging, as well as analysis of lesions and histological material indicates that this system is centrally involved in mood disorders.
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- Joseph L Price
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
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Gos T, Krell D, Bielau H, Steiner J, Trübner K, Brisch R, Bernstein HG, Jankowski Z, Bogerts B. Demonstration of disturbed activity of external globus pallidus projecting neurons in depressed patients by the AgNOR staining method. J Affect Disord 2009; 119:149-55. [PMID: 19344956 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Revised: 03/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The external globus pallidus (EGP) is thought to play the most important integrating and conveying role in the striatopallidal system involved in the transfer from motivation to action. The aim to find a morphological biomarker of disturbed EGP activity in depression was approached by the karyometric analysis of large projecting neurons. METHODS The study was performed on paraffin-embedded brains from 19 depressed patients from both the major depressive disorder (MDD) and the bipolar disorder (BD) diagnostic groups encompassing 10 suicides and from 24 controls. The karyometric parameters of EGP neurons bilaterally were evaluated by argyrophilic nucleolar organiser (AgNOR) silver staining method. RESULTS A significantly decreased AgNOR area was found in the left EGP neurons in depressed patients compared to controls. The distinctness of the diagnostic groups and suicidal vs non-suicidal patients was not shown in the statistical comparisons. The AgNOR parameter which was decreased correlated positively with the mean dose of benzodiazepines in non-suicidal patients. LIMITATIONS A major limitation of this study is the relatively small number of cases. A further limitation is given by the lack of data on drug exposure across the whole lifespan of patients. CONCLUSION The results suggest disturbed, most likely decreased, activity of the left EGP projecting neurons in depressed patients, a disturbed activity that should hypothetically be counteracted by the applied pharmacotherapy in non-suicidal patients.
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- Tomasz Gos
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
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The relation of worry to prefrontal cortex volume in older adults with and without generalized anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Res 2009; 173:121-7. [PMID: 19559575 PMCID: PMC5206907 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Revised: 07/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Despite the widespread prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in later life, almost nothing is known about the neural aspects of worry in adults over the age of 60. Given the ongoing rapid increase in the older adult population, the relatively poor response rates to current interventions for late life GAD, and the effects of age-related changes to the brain, additional research on worry neurobiology is needed. The study group comprised 15 older GAD patients and 15 matched controls who were compared on clinical measures and brain volumes. It was expected that prefrontal cortex (PFC) volumes [medial orbital cortex (mOFC), dorsolateral cortex (DLPFC)] would show positive relations to worry scores, and weaker relations to more general measures of anxiety and depression. Negative relations were expected between amygdala volumes and worry scores. As expected, mOFC volumes were positively related to worry scores; however, DLPFC and amygdala volumes were not. The mOFC is involved in emotional decision-making under uncertain conditions and has the ability to suppress the amygdala, both of which are hypothesized functions of worry. Results are partly consistent with GAD theory and suggest that worry may involve neural areas that are also involved in the successful control of anxiety.
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A longitudinal community-based study of chronic illness, cognitive and physical function, and depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009; 17:632-41. [PMID: 19634203 PMCID: PMC3690465 DOI: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e31819c498c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent studies have tried to determine which aspects of chronic illness heighten the risk for depression, with functional impairment receiving the most attention. There is growing evidence that functional impairment accounts for most of the association between chronic illness and depression. This study examines the relative contribution of cognitive function, physical function, and chronic illness to depression 2 years later in a nationwide sample of elders aged 70 and older. METHODS This is a longitudinal community-based study of 5,289 elders completing two waves of assessment in the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old study. Depression assessment included an abbreviated version of the CES-D and of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (the CESD-8 and the CIDI-S). Cognitive function, physical function, and presence of chronic illness assessed at Wave 1 were examined as predictors of depression at Wave 2 while controlling for Wave 1 CESD-8 score. RESULTS In a full multivariate model, most baseline cognitive function, physical function, and chronic illness variables predicted depression as measured by the CESD-8 at Wave 2. The associations were markedly weaker between baseline variables and the Wave 2CIDI-S. The Wave 1 CESD-8 score predicted all-cause mortality by Wave 2 (Z =3.13; p Z = 0.002) even after controlling for key health and functioning variables. CONCLUSION Chronic illness, physical function, and cognitive function all independently predict depressive morbidity in late-life. The CIDI-S appeared less informative about these key relationships when compared to the CESD-8. The significance of depressive symptoms was demonstrated by their independent association with all-cause mortality at 2-year follow-up.
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Pan CC, McQuoid DR, Taylor WD, Payne ME, Ashley-Koch A, Steffens DC. Association analysis of the COMT/MTHFR genes and geriatric depression: an MRI study of the putamen. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009; 24:847-55. [PMID: 19235787 PMCID: PMC2711996 DOI: 10.1002/gps.2206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) and Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) had been reported to relate to depression but with inconsistent results. The basal ganglia are also important in the pathophysiology of affective disorder via connections with limbic system and prefrontal cortex. The authors examined the relationship between an interaction of COMT/MTHFR polymorphisms and volumes of putamen in depressed and nondepressed elders. METHODS Participants included 170 depressed and 83 nondepressed subjects aged 60 years or older. Subjects completed cross-sectional assessments, including clinical evaluation, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, and COMT Val158Met and MTHFR C677T genotyping. Putamen volumes were measured using 1.5-Tesla whole-body MRI system. Statistical models examined the relationship between COMT/MTHFR genotype, proportional volumes of putamen and depression while controlling for age and sex. RESULTS After controlling for covariates, among depressed subjects with MTHFR C/C, both the right and left putamen had smaller volumes as the number of COMT 158Val increased. The left putamen volumes of depressed subjects with COMT Met/Met were smaller as the number of MTHFR 677T increased compared to nondepressed subjects. CONCLUSIONS Our findings do not support a major role for COMT or MTHFR alone. However, an epigenetic interaction of COMT Val158Met and MTHFR C677T polymorphisms may contribute to putamen volumes differences between depressed and nondepressed subjects. Further studies with a larger sample size are necessary to support a genetically based role for basal ganglia structures in the etiopathogenesis of depression.
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- Chih-Chuan Pan
- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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Yuan Y, Zhang Z, Bai F, Yu H, You J, Shi Y, Qian Y, Liu W, Jiang T. Larger regional white matter volume is associated with executive function deficit in remitted geriatric depression: an optimized voxel-based morphometry study. J Affect Disord 2009; 115:225-9. [PMID: 18945494 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate structural abnormalities in first-episode remitted geriatric depression (RGD) using optimized voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in closely matched patients and healthy controls, and examining the relationship of performances on neuropsychological tests with regional white matter volumes. METHODS Forty subjects with first-episode RGD and 36 well-matched healthy controls were recruited for this study and neuropsychological tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were conducted on the subjects. The differences in regional white matter volume were determined between these two groups by optimized VBM. RESULTS The white matter volumes of left inferior parietal lobule and right inferior frontal gyrus were significantly larger in patients with RGD relative to healthy controls. RGD patients performed significantly worse in the delayed recall of RAVLT, Trail Making Test A and B (seconds), and Symbol Digit Modalities Test when compared with the control group (all P<0.01). And there was a significant positive correlation between white matter volume of right inferior frontal gyrus and Trail Making Test A (r=0.319, P=0.045) in patients with RGD. LIMITATIONS This study is cross-sectional, therefore it cannot determine whether increased white matter volume is a state marker or trait marker of RGD. CONCLUSION These results reveal that RGD is associated with larger white matter volumes of left inferior parietal lobule and right inferior frontal gyrus, and the right inferior frontal gyrus may thus be involved in the pathophysiology of executive function in RGD.
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- Yonggui Yuan
- School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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Potter G, McQuoid D, Steffens D, Welsh-Bohmer K, Krishnan K. Neuropsychological correlates of magnetic resonance imaging-defined subcortical ischemic depression. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009; 24:219-25. [PMID: 18655212 PMCID: PMC2645482 DOI: 10.1002/gps.2093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The goal of the current study was to examine the neuropsychological profile of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-defined subcortical ischemic depression (SID). METHODS Clinically depressed older adults with MRI-defined SID (n = 70) and depressed elders without SID (n = 75) were compared on neuropsychological performance, depression symptoms, and medical burden. RESULTS Group comparisons revealed that the SID was associated with worse performance on all neuropsychological measures, but also with greater age, higher cardiac illness burden, and greater deficits in the depression symptoms of self-initiation and concentration. In multivariate regression models, auditory working memory and nonverbal memory remained worse among the SID group after controlling for contributions of age, cardiovascular risk, and depression symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Although auditory working memory span and nonverbal memory appear to be specifically associated with the ischemic pathology that defines SID, the typical individual with SID is also likely to have a broader profile of neuropsychological deficits than those without SID because they are typically older and have specific depression symptoms that predispose them to compromised neurocognitive performance.
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- G.G. Potter
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina,Department of Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina and Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Fernandes B, Gama CS, Massuda R, Torres M, Camargo D, Kunz M, Belmonte-de-Abreu PS, Kapczinski F, de Almeida Fleck MP, Inês Lobato M. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is not associated with response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a pilot study in drug resistant depressed patients. Neurosci Lett 2009; 453:195-8. [PMID: 19429034 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Refractory depression is a highly debilitating mental condition that originates major social and economic burden. About 50% of the patients experience a chronic course of illness and up to 20% show an insufficient response to drug treatments. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment method in refractory depression, although its mechanism of action is still unknown. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is decreased in depressive episodes, and increases with antidepressant treatment, being suggested as a biomarker of response to ECT. We report the findings of a study on the effects of ECT on BDNF and clinical outcomes in a group of drug resistant depressive patients before and after ECT. The patients post-ECTs have shown an important improvement of depressive symptomatology on the HDRS (p=0.001), of psychotic features on the BPRS (p=0.001) and of the severity of illness on the CGI (p=0.001). There were no changes in the serum BDNF before and after the ECT treatment (p=0.89). These results do not support the hypothesis that the clinical improvement following ECT is due to changes in the BDNF.
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- Brisa Fernandes
- Bipolar Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Butters MA, Aizenstein HJ, Hayashi KM, Meltzer CC, Seaman J, Reynolds CF, Toga AW, Thompson PM, Becker JT. Three-dimensional surface mapping of the caudate nucleus in late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009; 17:4-12. [PMID: 18790876 PMCID: PMC2970509 DOI: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e31816ff72b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the volumes of the caudate nucleus, using traditional volumetry and a three-dimensional brain mapping technique, in a group of individuals with late-life depression and a group of age- and education-equated nondepressed comparison subjects. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING University Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-three nondemented subjects with late-life depression and 15 age- and education-equated elderly comparison subjects (depressed mean years of age: 70.5 +/- 5.7 SD, comparison subjects = 69.9 years +/- 6.4) with no history of psychiatric or neurologic disease. MEASUREMENTS Structural magnetic resonance imaging. Three-dimensional (3-D) surface models were created from manually traced outlines of the caudate nucleus from spoiled gradient echo images. Models were geometrically averaged across subjects and statistical maps created to localize any regional volume differences between groups. RESULTS Relative to comparison subjects, depressed subjects had significantly lower mean volumes for both the left (p = 0.029) and right (p = 0.052) caudate nucleus as well as total caudate volume (p = 0.032). Total volumes were 13.1% less in the depressed group (13.5% on the left and 12.6% on the right). 3-D maps further localized these reductions to the caudate head. Volume reductions were correlated with depression severity, as measured by the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. CONCLUSION Late-life depression is associated with left and right caudate nucleus reduction especially in anterior portions. Among depressed subjects, greater caudate reduction was associated with more severe depression. These results are consistent with growing evidence that the anterior caudate nucleus, especially the head, may be structurally and functionally abnormal in affective disorders.
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- Meryl A Butters
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Many concepts have been introduced into the classification of depression, including manic-depressive/bipolar disorder depression, etc. Kraepelin's original concept of manic-depressive disorder has evolved into the concept of polarity, and bipolar and unipolar disorders. Psychiatric classification is characterized by an inflation of the diagnostic categories, including subtypes of depression. This rapid multiplier effect is primarily descriptive, and there is a need to rethink, in a pragmatic fashion, the classification system, in order to develop one that is likely to be of utility and which has a scientific basis. Is the time now right to ask whether there are essential conditions relevant to depression? I think that it is, and here I will introduce the notion with two such conditions. The first is early life stress disorder, and the second vascular depression. These conditions have reached a point where the data supports them as distinct entities. In this paper, the rationale for this is discussed.
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- K Ranga Rama Krishnan
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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