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Beheshti M, Rabiei N, Taghizadieh M, Eskandari P, Mollazadeh S, Dadgostar E, Hamblin MR, Salmaninejad A, Emadi R, Mohammadi AH, Mirazei H. Correlations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in obsessive-compulsive disorder with the clinical features or response to therapy. J Psychiatr Res 2023; 157:223-238. [PMID: 36508934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder, in which the patient endures intrusive thoughts or is compelled to perform repetitive or ritualized actions. Many cases of OCD are considered to be familial or heritable in nature. It has been shown that a variety of internal and external risk factors are involved in the pathogenesis of OCD. Among the internal factors, genetic modifications play a critical role in the pathophysiological process. Despite many investigations performed to determine the candidate genes, the precise genetic factors involved in the disease remain largely undetermined. The present review summarizes the single nucleotide polymorphisms that have been proposed to be associated with OCD symptoms, early onset disease, neuroimaging results, and response to therapy. This information could help us to draw connections between genetics and OCD symptoms, better characterize OCD in individual patients, understand OCD prognosis, and design more targeted personalized treatment approaches.
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- Masoumeh Beheshti
- Pathophysiology Laboratory, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Center for Women's Health Research Zahra, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biology, School of Basic Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Science, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa
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- Regenerative Medicine, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Multi Disciplinary Center, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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- School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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- Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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- Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Institute for Basic Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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Impact of brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism and response to escitalopram or paroxetine in obsessive-compulsive disorder. CNS Spectr 2022; 27:645-651. [PMID: 34313207 DOI: 10.1017/s1092852921000687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by its heterogeneous nature and by different dimensions of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are used to treat OCD, but up to 40% to 60% of patients do not show a significant improvement with these medications. In this study, we aimed to test the impact of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism on the efficacy of antidepressants in OCD overall, and in relation to the different OC dimensions. METHODS In a 6-month prospective treatment study, 69 Caucasian OCD patients were treated with escitalopram for 24 weeks or with escitalopram for 12 weeks followed by paroxetine for an additional 12-week period. Patients were genotyped and assessed for treatment response. The main clinical outcomes were improvement of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale score and in different OC symptom dimension scores. RESULTS The Val/Val group comprised 43 (62%) patients, the Val/Met and Met/Met group comprised 26 (38%) patients. Forty-two patients were classified as responders at 12 weeks and 38 at 24 weeks; no significant association was found between BDNF Val66Met and SRIs response at 12 and 24 weeks. In analyses of the different OC symptom dimensions, the Met allele was associated with a slightly reduced score in the aggressive/checking dimension at 6 months (P = .048). CONCLUSIONS Our findings do not support the usefulness of BDNF Val66Met genotyping to predict overall response to treatment with SRIs in OCD; they did however suggest a better outcome at 6 months for the aggressive/checking symptom dimension for patients carrying the Met allele.
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Schosser A, Fischer-Hansal D, Swoboda MM, Ludwig B, Carlberg L, Swoboda P, Kienesberger K, Bernegger A, Fuxjäger M, Zotter M, Schmelzle N, Inaner M, Koller R, Kapusta ND, Haslacher H, Aigner M, Kasper S, Senft B. BDNF gene polymorphisms predicting treatment response to CBT-based rehabilitation of depression: to be submitted to: European Neuropsychopharmacology. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2022; 58:103-108. [PMID: 35453068 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Genetic factors were shown to play a major role in both variation of treatment response and incidence of adverse effects to medication in affective disorders. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of therapygenetic studies, investigating the prediction of psychological therapy outcomes from genetic markers. Neuroplasticity and one of its mediators, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), are potential research targets in this field. We aimed to investigate Tag SNP polymorphisms of the BDNF gene in depressed patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the context of a standardized 6-weeks outpatient rehabilitation program. Treatment response was assessed calculating the mean differences in BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory) scores from admission to discharge. Six BDNF SNPs, including the Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265), were genotyped. Both genotypic data and BDI-II-scores at admission and discharge were available for 277 patients. Three SNPs, rs10501087 (p = 0.005, FDRp=0.015), rs11030104 (p = 0.006, FDRp=0.012), and the Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265, p<0.001, FDRp=0.006), were significantly associated with treatment response in depressed patients, even after multiple testing correction using the false discovery rate method (FDRp). We conclude that BDNF might serve as promising genetic marker for treatment response to psychological treatment in depression. However, due to our limited sample size, further studies are needed to disentangle the role of BDNF as potential therapygenetic marker.
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- Alexandra Schosser
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Zentren für seelische Gesundheit, BBRZ-Med, Vienna, Austria; Faculty of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University, Freudplatz 3, Vienna 1020, Austria; Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Verhaltensmodifikation, Salzburg, Austria.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Zentren für seelische Gesundheit, BBRZ-Med, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Karl Landsteiner University for Health and Science, Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Neurology, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; St. John of God Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Zentren für seelische Gesundheit, BBRZ-Med, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Karl Landsteiner University for Health and Science, Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Zentren für seelische Gesundheit, BBRZ-Med, Vienna, Austria
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Sookman D, Phillips KA, Anholt GE, Bhar S, Bream V, Challacombe FL, Coughtrey A, Craske MG, Foa E, Gagné JP, Huppert JD, Jacobi D, Lovell K, McLean CP, Neziroglu F, Pedley R, Perrin S, Pinto A, Pollard CA, Radomsky AS, Riemann BC, Shafran R, Simos G, Söchting I, Summerfeldt LJ, Szymanski J, Treanor M, Van Noppen B, van Oppen P, Whittal M, Williams MT, Williams T, Yadin E, Veale D. Knowledge and competency standards for specialized cognitive behavior therapy for adult obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res 2021; 303:113752. [PMID: 34273818 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a leading cause of disability world-wide (World Health Organization, 2008). Treatment of OCD is a specialized field whose aim is recovery from illness for as many patients as possible. The evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment for OCD is specialized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT, NICE, 2005, Koran and Simpson, 2013). However, these treatments are not accessible to many sufferers around the world. Currently available guidelines for care are deemed to be essential but insufficient because of highly variable clinician knowledge and competencies specific to OCD. The phase two mandate of the 14 nation International OCD Accreditation Task Force (ATF) created by the Canadian Institute for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders is development of knowledge and competency standards for specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan deemed by experts to be foundational to transformative change in this field. This paper presents knowledge and competency standards for specialized CBT for adult OCD developed to inform, advance, and offer a model for clinical practice and training for OCD. During upcoming ATF phases three and four criteria and processes for training in specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan for certification (individuals) and accreditation (sites) will be developed based on the ATF standards.
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- Debbie Sookman
- Department of Psychology, McGill University Health Center, 1025 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G4, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Marcus Family Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, P.O.B. 653 Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, 1 John St, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia.
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- Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Interventions Clinic and Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom; UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, Holborn, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom.
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- Anxiety and Depression Research Center, Depression Grant Challenge, Innovative Treatment Network, Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health, UCLA Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Box 951563, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania Perelman SOM, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St, West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel.
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- Rogers Behavioral Health, 34700 Valley Road, Oconomowoc, WI, 53066, United States.
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States.
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- Bio-Behavioral Institute, 935 Northern Boulevard, Suite 102, Great Neck, NY, 11021, United States.
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Zucker Hillside Hospital - Northwell Health, 265-16 74th Avenue, Glen Oaks, NY, 11004, United States.
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- Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders, Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, 1129 Macklind Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, United States; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St, West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
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- 34700 Valley Road, Rogers Behavioral Health, Oconomowoc, WI, 53066, United States.
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- Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Hospital Institute of Child Health, Holborn, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Departments of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, K9L 0G2 Ontario, Canada.
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- International OCD Foundation, 18 Tremont Street, #308, Boston MA, 02108, United States.
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- Anxiety and Depression Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951563, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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- Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, OCD Southern California, 2514 Jamacha Road Ste, 502-35 El Cajon, CA, 92019, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute - Mental Health, Netherlands; GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Netherlands.
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- Vancouver CBT Centre, 302-1765 W8th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6J5C6, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier Pvt, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Reading, PO Box 217, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AH, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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- South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8 AZ, United Kingdom.
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Simpson HB, Foa EB, Wheaton MG, Gallagher T, Gershkovich M, Schmidt AB, Huppert JD, Campeas RB, Imms PA, Cahill SP, DiChiara C, Tsao SD, Puliafico AC, Chazin D, Asnaani A, Moore K, Tyler J, Steinman SA, Sanchez-LaCay A, Capaldi S, Snorrason I, Turk-Karan E, Vermes D, Kalanthroff E, Pinto A, Hahn CG, Xu B, Van Meter PE, Katechis M, Scodes J, Wang Y. Maximizing remission from cognitive-behavioral therapy in medicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behav Res Ther 2021; 143:103890. [PMID: 34089924 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Practice guidelines for adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) recommend augmenting serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) with exposure and ritual prevention (EX/RP). However, fewer than half of patients remit after a standard 17-session EX/RP course. We studied whether extending the course increased overall remission rates and which patient factors predicted remission. Participants were 137 adults with clinically significant OCD (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale [Y-BOCS] score ≥18) despite an adequate SRI trial (≥12 weeks). Continuing their SRI, patients received 17 sessions of twice-weekly EX/RP (standard course). Patients who did not remit (Y-BOCS ≤12) received up to 8 additional sessions (extended course). Of 137 entrants, 123 completed treatment: 49 (35.8%) remitted with the standard course and another 46 (33.6%) with the extended course. Poorer patient homework adherence, more Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) traits, and the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Val66MET genotype were associated with lower odds of standard course remission. Only homework adherence differentiated non-remitters from extended course remitters. Extending the EX/RP course from 17 to 25 sessions enabled many (69.3%) OCD patients on SRIs to achieve remission. Although behavioral (patient homework adherence), psychological (OCPD traits), and biological (BDNF genotype) factors influenced odds of EX/RP remission, homework adherence was the most potent patient factor overall.
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- Helen B Simpson
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA; Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy, Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy, Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Rutgers University/Biomedical Health Sciences New Brunswick, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA; Department of Psychology, WVU, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA; McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, 11004, USA
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- Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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Viol K, Schiepek G, Kronbichler M, Hartl A, Grafetstätter C, Strasser P, Kastinger A, Schöller H, Reiter EM, Said-Yürekli S, Kronbichler L, Kravanja-Spannberger B, Stöger-Schmidinger B, Hütt MT, Aichhorn W, Aas B. Multi-level assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reveals relations between neural and neurochemical levels. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:559. [PMID: 33238940 PMCID: PMC7687999 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02913-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND While considerable progress has been made in exploring the psychological, the neural, and the neurochemical dimensions of OCD separately, their interplay is still an open question, especially their changes during psychotherapy. METHODS Seventeen patients were assessed at these three levels by psychological questionnaires, fMRI, and venipuncture before and after inpatient psychotherapy. Seventeen controls were scanned at comparable time intervals. First, pre/post treatment changes were investigated for all three levels separately: symptom severity, whole-brain and regional activity, and the concentrations of cortisol, serotonin, dopamine, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and immunological parameters (IL-6, IL-10, TNFα). Second, stepwise linear modeling was used to find relations between the variables of the levels. RESULTS The obsessive-compulsive, depressive, and overall symptom severity was significantly reduced after psychotherapy. At the neural level, the activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), in frontal regions, in the precuneus, and in the putamen had significantly decreased. No significant changes were found on the neurochemical level. When connecting the levels, a highly significant model was found that explains the decrease in neural activity of the putamen by increases of the concentrations of cortisol, IL-6, and dopamine. CONCLUSION Multivariate approaches offer insight on the influences that the different levels of the psychiatric disorder OCD have on each other. More research and adapted models are needed.
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- Kathrin Viol
- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Strasse 79, 5020 Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Strasse 79, 5020, Salzburg, Austria. .,Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. .,Department of Psychology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
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- grid.7039.d0000000110156330Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Neuroscience Institute, Christian-Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute for Ecomedicine, Christian-Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute for Ecomedicine, Christian-Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute of Biochemical Diagnostic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Strasse 79, 5020 Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Strasse 79, 5020 Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department for Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, Christian-Doppler University Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.7039.d0000000110156330Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Neuroscience Institute, Christian-Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department for Neurology, Christian-Doppler University Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.7039.d0000000110156330Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Neuroscience Institute, Christian-Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.15078.3b0000 0000 9397 8745Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Strasse 79, 5020 Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Psychosomatics and Inpatient Psychotherapy, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Working memory moderates the relation between the brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) and psychotherapy outcome for depression. J Psychiatr Res 2020; 130:424-432. [PMID: 32891918 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Insight into patient characteristics that predict response to treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) may help to personalize treatment and improve outcomes. One mechanism that has been linked to the success of treatment for MDD is brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF). BDNF is implicated in learning and memory and may play a role in the effects of psychotherapy that involves changing cognitions and behaviors. In addition, only in individuals with low BDNF, low working memory capacity has been associated with increased symptoms of depression. However, the role of BDNF and working memory capacity in psychotherapy outcome is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of BDNF and its interaction with working memory capacity in psychotherapy outcomes for MDD. METHOD Adult patients with MDD were randomized to weekly or twice weekly sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy or interpersonal psychotherapy. BDNF Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) (n = 138) was defined and serum BDNF was quantified before (n = 138) and after psychotherapy (n = 82). RESULTS Baseline serum BDNF and the Val66Met polymorphism were not associated with outcome and associations did not differ between treatment conditions. Working memory capacity significantly moderated the relation between baseline serum BDNF and outcome: high serum BDNF at baseline was related to less depressive symptoms following psychotherapy in the presence of high working memory capacity, but not low working memory capacity. DISCUSSION These findings, if replicated, might indicate that while BDNF may not be related to psychotherapy outcomes in general, they may play a role in the presence of specific learning processes such as working memory capacity.
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Savaheli S, Ahmadiani A. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and growth factors: A comparative review. Behav Brain Res 2019; 372:111967. [PMID: 31136772 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.111967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The goal of this article is to clarify the role of various growth factors in the establishment and progression of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is a chronic mental disorder with recurrent intrusive thoughts and/or repetitive compulsive behaviors that increase during stressful periods. Growth and neurotrophic factors may be contributing factors in the pathophysiology of OCD. Many of them are synthesized and released within the central nervous system and act as trophic agents in neurons; some of them are involved in brain growth, development, neurogenesis, myelination and plasticity, while others take part in the protection of the nervous system following brain injuries. This paper attempts to identify all articles investigating the relationship between OCD and neurotrophic and growth factors, in both animal and human studies, with a focus on adult brain studies. Based on the PubMed and Scopus and Science Direct search tools, the available articles and studies are reviewed. Out of 230 records in total, the ones related to our review topic were taken into account to further understand the pathophysiological mechanism(s) of OCD, providing methods to improve its symptoms via the modification of neurotrophins and growth factor imbalances.
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- Sara Savaheli
- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Shen Z, Zhu J, Yuan Y, Ren L, Qian M, Lin M, Cai M, Zhang Z, Shen X. The roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in predicting treatment remission in a Chinese Han population with generalized anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Res 2019; 271:319-324. [PMID: 30529313 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neurotrophic factors, particularly brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), are involved in neuroplasticity in the nervous system. To explore the characteristics of BDNF and GDNF and their roles in predicting treatment remission in a Chinese Han population with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), 85 GAD patients were treated with escitalopram or venlafaxine randomly for 8 weeks. The serum BDNF/GDNF levels were detected, while Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) scores were measured at baseline and after 8 weeks of treatment. The differences in serum BDNF/GDNF levels between GAD patients (n = 85) and healthy controls (n = 73) and between remission and nonremission were then compared. The serum BDNF levels were lower in GAD patients (1197.24 ± 367.41 µg/L) than in healthy controls (1378.09 ± 382.46 µg/L) (P < 0.05). The serum GDNF levels were also lower in GAD patients (10.19 ± 9.86 µg/L) than in healthy controls (13.73 ± 9.44 µg/L) (P < 0.05). The BDNF level was negatively correlated with baseline HAMA score (P < 0.05). The GDNF level was negatively correlated with baseline HAMA score (P < 0.05). The BDNF level was positively correlated with GDNF level (P < 0.05). Both baseline BDNF/GDNF levels in remission and nonremission showed no statistically significant differences. No significant correlation was found between baseline BDNF level and the HAMA reduction rate or between baseline GDNF levels and the HAMA reduction rate. Both serum BDNF and GDNF were demonstrated to be potential biomarkers of GAD, it seems that serum BDNF and GDNF levels can be used to assess the baseline anxiety severity of GAD but cannot serve as a factor to predict treatment remission.
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- Zhongxia Shen
- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou 3rd Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, PR China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, PR China.
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Exploring Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Polymorphism and Extinction Learning-Based Treatment Outcome in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2019; 39:91-93. [PMID: 30531475 PMCID: PMC7326118 DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0000000000000994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Pittig A, Treanor M, LeBeau RT, Craske MG. The role of associative fear and avoidance learning in anxiety disorders: Gaps and directions for future research. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 88:117-140. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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More than just noise: Inter-individual differences in fear acquisition, extinction and return of fear in humans - Biological, experiential, temperamental factors, and methodological pitfalls. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 80:703-728. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Empirically supported psychological treatments and the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). J Affect Disord 2017; 216:78-88. [PMID: 27836118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) has been developed as an alternative approach to studying psychiatric disorders. The RDoC constructs and units of analysis, from genes up through paradigms, are intended to describe a hierarchy of priority measurements. Several of these have been investigated in the context of empirically-supported treatments, as either moderators or mediators of outcome. METHOD This review considers the available research on the moderating and mediating role of genes, molecules, circuits and physiology in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) outcome studies for negative valence system conditions. FINDINGS Based on the review, research has aspired to identify candidate genes, molecules, circuits and physiological moderators or mediators of treatment, but no definitive tests have been conducted. Instead, several candidate variables have been found that deserve further investigation. LIMITATIONS The available research is based on diagnoses from the DSM, whereas the RDoC initiative endeavors to determine empirically valid taxonomic signs. CONCLUSIONS The results of this review are discussed in the joint context of developments in empirically-supported psychological therapy and the specific aims of the RDoC initiative, and conclude with recommendations for future research.
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Santacana M, Arias B, Mitjans M, Bonillo A, Montoro M, Rosado S, Guillamat R, Vallès V, Pérez V, Forero CG, Fullana MA. Predicting Response Trajectories during Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Panic Disorder: No Association with the BDNF Gene or Childhood Maltreatment. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158224. [PMID: 27355213 PMCID: PMC4927091 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and result in low quality of life and a high social and economic cost. The efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is well established, but a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to this treatment. Understanding which genetic and environmental factors are responsible for this differential response to treatment is a key step towards "personalized medicine". Based on previous research, our objective was to test whether the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and/or childhood maltreatment are associated with response trajectories during exposure-based CBT for panic disorder (PD). METHOD We used Growth Mixture Modeling to identify latent classes of change (response trajectories) in patients with PD (N = 97) who underwent group manualized exposure-based CBT. We conducted logistic regression to investigate the effect on these trajectories of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and two different types of childhood maltreatment, abuse and neglect. RESULTS We identified two response trajectories ("high response" and "low response"), and found that they were not significantly associated with either the genetic (BDNF Val66Met polymorphism) or childhood trauma-related variables of interest, nor with an interaction between these variables. CONCLUSIONS We found no evidence to support an effect of the BDNF gene or childhood trauma-related variables on CBT outcome in PD. Future studies in this field may benefit from looking at other genotypes or using different (e.g. whole-genome) approaches.
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- Martí Santacana
- Department of Mental Health, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Anthropology Unit, Department of Animal Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Salud Mental), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERSAM (Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Salud Mental), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Clinical Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- CIBERSAM (Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Salud Mental), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBERESP (Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red, Epidemiología y Salud Pública), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Health Services Research Group, IMIM (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Life Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Umehara H, Numata S, Kinoshita M, Watanabe S, Nakaaki S, Sumitani S, Ohmori T. No association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Japanese population. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2016; 12:611-5. [PMID: 27042072 PMCID: PMC4795591 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s102100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family, and it promotes the development and function of dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons. The Met allele of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with a decrease in activity-dependent secretion of BDNF compared with the Val allele, and a number of studies have provided evidence for the association between this polymorphism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether this functional variant of the BDNF gene is associated with OCD and treatment response in patients with OCD in the Japanese population. METHODS We first performed a case-control association study between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and OCD (175 cases and 2,027 controls). Then, we examined an association between this polymorphism and treatment response in 96 patients with OCD. RESULTS We found no significant association between the Met allele and OCD risk or between the Met allele and treatment responses to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin reuptake inhibitor with an atypical antipsychotic (P>0.05). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism may not be associated as a risk factor for developing OCD or with therapeutic response in patients with OCD in the Japanese population.
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- Hidehiro Umehara
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aging, Behavior and Cognition, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan; Academic Support Office for Students with Special Needs, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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Meta-analysis of the association of brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2015; 27:327-35. [PMID: 26503495 DOI: 10.1017/neu.2015.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in neural survival and was proposed to be related to psychiatric disorders. Val66Met (also known as rs6265 or G196A), the only known functional polymorphism of the BDNF gene, has been widely studied and considered to be associated with risk of some psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. However, studies evaluating its association with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) obtained inconsistent results. The purpose of this study was to derive a more precise estimation of the association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and OCD susceptibility by a meta-analysis. METHOD We carried a structured literature search in PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Chinese Biomedical Database up to December 2014; and retrieved all eligible case-control studies according to the including criteria. Meta-analysis was performed for four genetic models: allelic model: Met versus Val; additive model: Met/Met versus Val/Val; recessive model: Met/Met versus Val/Val+Val/Met; and dominant model: Val/Met+Met/Met versus Val/Val. Stratified analyses were performed by ethnicity and gender where appropriate. RESULTS A total of eight articles with nine studies including 1632 OCD cases and 2417 controls were identified. No significant association was detected in any comparison when the whole data were pooled together or stratified by ethnicity or gender in all four genetic models (p>0.05 for each comparison). CONCLUSION Despite some limitations, our meta-analysis suggests that no significant association exists between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and OCD susceptibility.
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Chen J, Yu J, Liu Y, Zhang L, Zhang J. BDNF Val66Met, stress, and positive mothering: Differential susceptibility model of adolescent trait anxiety. J Anxiety Disord 2015; 34:68-75. [PMID: 26119141 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Etiological research has indicated the gene-environment interaction (G × E) on adolescent anxiety. This study aimed to examine how the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism interacted with stressful life events and positive mothering to influence youth trait anxiety. The study sample included 780 community adolescents of Chinese Han ethnicity (M = 13.6, 51.3% females). Participants' trait anxiety, exposure to stressful life events, and mother's warmth-reasoning were assessed by self-reported questionnaires. We found that BDNF Val66Met polymorphism significantly moderated the influences of stressful life events and mother's warmth-reasoning on adolescent anxiety. The influences were significantly greater in adolescents carrying one or two Val allele than those with Met/Met genotype. Moreover, the G × E interactions were more consistent with the differential susceptibility than the diathesis-stress model. Adolescents carrying Val allele who were more susceptible to adversity were also more likely to benefit from supportive experiences. These findings provide novel evidence for the role of BDNF Val66Met as a genetic susceptibility modulating the influences of stressful life events and mother's warmth-reasoning on adolescent anxiety. We speculate that BDNF Val66Met may moderate anxious youths' responses to mindfulness-based stress reduction program and family-based treatment targeting the enhancement of positive parenting.
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- Jie Chen
- Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Notaras M, Hill R, van den Buuse M. The BDNF gene Val66Met polymorphism as a modifier of psychiatric disorder susceptibility: progress and controversy. Mol Psychiatry 2015; 20:916-30. [PMID: 25824305 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has a primary role in neuronal development, differentiation and plasticity in both the developing and adult brain. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the proregion of BDNF, termed the Val66Met polymorphism, results in deficient subcellular translocation and activity-dependent secretion of BDNF, and has been associated with impaired neurocognitive function in healthy adults and in the incidence and clinical features of several psychiatric disorders. Research investigating the Val66Met polymorphism has increased markedly in the past decade, and a gap in integration exists between and within academic subfields interested in the effects of this variant. Here we comprehensively review the role and relevance of the Val66Met polymorphism in psychiatric disorders, with emphasis on suicidal behavior and anxiety, eating, mood and psychotic disorders. The cognitive and molecular neuroscience of the Val66Met polymorphism is also concisely reviewed to illustrate the effects of this genetic variant in healthy controls, and is complemented by a commentary on the behavioral neuroscience of BDNF and the Val66Met polymorphism where relevant to specific disorders. Lastly, a number of controversies and unresolved issues, including small effect sizes, sampling of allele inheritance but not genotype and putative ethnicity-specific effects of the Val66Met polymorphism, are also discussed to direct future research.
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- M Notaras
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- 1] Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia [2] School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Greenberg BD, Haber SN, Quirk GJ. A Cross Species Approach to Understanding DBS Modulation of Fear. Brain Stimul 2015; 8:986-8. [PMID: 26358491 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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Lonsdorf TB, Golkar A, Lindström KM, Haaker J, Öhman A, Schalling M, Ingvar M. BDNFval66met affects neural activation pattern during fear conditioning and 24 h delayed fear recall. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2014; 10:664-71. [PMID: 25103087 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), the most abundant neutrophin in the mammalian central nervous system, is critically involved in synaptic plasticity. In both rodents and humans, BDNF has been implicated in hippocampus- and amygdala-dependent learning and memory and has more recently been linked to fear extinction processes. Fifty-nine healthy participants, genotyped for the functional BDNFval66met polymorphism, underwent a fear conditioning and 24h-delayed extinction protocol while skin conductance and blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) responses (functional magnetic resonance imaging) were acquired. We present the first report of neural activation pattern during fear acquisition 'and' extinction for the BDNFval66met polymorphism using a differential conditioned stimulus (CS)+ > CS- comparison. During conditioning, we observed heightened allele dose-dependent responses in the amygdala and reduced responses in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in BDNFval66met met-carriers. During early extinction, 24h later, we again observed heightened responses in several regions ascribed to the fear network in met-carriers as opposed to val-carriers (insula, amygdala, hippocampus), which likely reflects fear memory recall. No differences were observed during late extinction, which likely reflects learned extinction. Our data thus support previous associations of the BDNFval66met polymorphism with neural activation in the fear and extinction network, but speak against a specific association with fear extinction processes.
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- Tina B Lonsdorf
- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Brain Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurogenetics Section, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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McGuire JF, Lewin AB, Storch EA. Enhancing exposure therapy for anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Expert Rev Neurother 2014; 14:893-910. [PMID: 24972729 DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.934677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Translating findings from basic science, several compounds have been identified that may enhance therapeutic outcomes and/or expedite treatment gains when administered alongside exposure-based treatments. Four of these compounds (referred to as cognitive enhancers) have been evaluated in the context of randomized controlled trials for anxiety disorders (e.g., specific phobias, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. These cognitive enhancers include D-cycloserine, yohimbine hydrochloride, glucocorticoids and cortisol and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. There is consistent evidence that cognitive enhancers can enhance therapeutic outcomes and/or expedite treatment gains across anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Emerging evidence has highlighted the importance of within-session fear habituation and between-session fear learning, which can either enhance fear extinction or reconsolidate of fear responses. Although findings from these trials are promising, there are several considerations that warrant further evaluation prior to widespread use of cognitive enhancers in exposure-based treatments. Consistent trial design and large sample sizes are important in future studies of cognitive enhancers.
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- Joseph F McGuire
- Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, PCD 4118G, Tampa, FL, USA
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Domingos da Silveira da Luz AC, Pereira Dias G, do Nascimento Bevilaqua MC, Cocks G, Gardino PF, Thuret S, Nardi AE. Translational findings on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and anxiety: contributions from basic research to clinical practice. Neuropsychobiology 2014; 68:129-38. [PMID: 24051499 DOI: 10.1159/000353269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Anxious responses are evolutionarily adaptive, but excessive fear can become disabling and lead to anxiety disorders. Translational models of anxiety might be useful sources for understanding the neurobiology of fear and anxiety and can contribute to future proposals of therapeutic intervention for the disorders studied. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is known for its importance on neuroplasticity and contextual memory, has emerged as a relevant element for emotional memory. Recent studies show that the Val(66)Met BDNF polymorphism correlates with various psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, but there are several differences between experimental and clinical studies. METHODS In this work, we review the literature focused on the BDNF Val(66)Met polymorphism and anxiety, and discuss biological findings from animal models to clinical studies. RESULTS As occurs with other psychiatric disorders, anxiety correlates with anatomical, behavioral and physiological changes related to the BDNF polymorphism. In animal studies, it has been shown that a significant decrease in regulated secretion from both BDNFVal/Met and BDNFMet/Met neurons represented a significant decrease in available BDNF. CONCLUSION These studies suggest that developing pharmacological strategies facilitating the release of BDNF from synapses or prolongation of the half-life of secreted BDNF may improve the therapeutic responses of humans expressing the BDNF polymorphism.
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Bakker JM, Lieverse R, Menne-Lothmann C, Viechtbauer W, Pishva E, Kenis G, Geschwind N, Peeters F, van Os J, Wichers M. Therapygenetics in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: do genes have an impact on therapy-induced change in real-life positive affective experiences? Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e384. [PMID: 24755993 PMCID: PMC4012287 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Positive affect (PA) has an important role in resilience against depression and has been shown to increase with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of change in PA as well as develop insights that may benefit personalized medicine, the current study examined the contribution of genetic variation to individual differences in change in PA in response to MBCT. Individuals (n=126) with residual depressive symptoms were randomized to either an MBCT group or treatment as usual. PA was assessed using experience sampling methodology (ESM). Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes known to be involved in reward functioning were selected. SNPs in the genes for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 (CHRM2), the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) and the μ1 opioid receptor (OPRM1) significantly moderated the impact of treatment condition over time on PA. Genetic variation in the genes for CHRM2 and OPRM1 specifically had an impact on the level of PA following MBCT. The current study shows that variation in response to MBCT may be contingent on genetic factors associated with the regulation of PA. These findings contribute to our understanding of the processes moderating response to treatment and prediction of treatment outcome.
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- J M Bakker
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail:
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, King's Health Partners, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hudson JL, Lester KJ, Lewis CM, Tropeano M, Creswell C, Collier DA, Cooper P, Lyneham HJ, Morris T, Rapee RM, Roberts S, Donald JA, Eley TC. Predicting outcomes following cognitive behaviour therapy in child anxiety disorders: the influence of genetic, demographic and clinical information. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2013; 54:1086-94. [PMID: 23772677 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Within a therapeutic gene by environment (G × E) framework, we recently demonstrated that variation in the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Polymorphism; 5HTTLPR and marker rs6330 in Nerve Growth Factor gene; NGF is associated with poorer outcomes following cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for child anxiety disorders. The aim of this study was to explore one potential means of extending the translational reach of G × E data in a way that may be clinically informative. We describe a 'risk-index' approach combining genetic, demographic and clinical data and test its ability to predict diagnostic outcome following CBT in anxious children. METHOD DNA and clinical data were collected from 384 children with a primary anxiety disorder undergoing CBT. We tested our risk model in five cross-validation training sets. RESULTS In predicting treatment outcome, six variables had a minimum mean beta value of 0.5:5HTTLPR, NGF rs6330, gender, primary anxiety severity, comorbid mood disorder and comorbid externalising disorder. A risk index (range 0-8) constructed from these variables had moderate a predictive ability (AUC = .62-.69) in this study. Children scoring high on this index (5-8) were approximately three times as likely to retain their primary anxiety disorder at follow-up as compared with those children scoring 2 or less. CONCLUSION Significant genetic, demographic and clinical predictors of outcome following CBT for anxiety-disordered children were identified. Combining these predictors within a risk index could be used to identify which children are less likely to be diagnosis-free following CBT alone and require longer or enhanced treatment. The 'risk-index' approach represents one means of harnessing the translational potential of G × E data.
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- Jennifer L Hudson
- Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Do-Monte FH, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Rosas-Vidal LE, Quirk GJ. Deep brain stimulation of the ventral striatum increases BDNF in the fear extinction circuit. Front Behav Neurosci 2013; 7:102. [PMID: 23964215 PMCID: PMC3737469 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS) reduces the symptoms of treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and improves response to extinction-based therapies. We recently reported that DBS-like stimulation of a rat homologue of VC/VS, the dorsal-VS, reduced conditioned fear and enhanced extinction memory (Rodriguez-Romaguera et al., 2012). In contrast, DBS of the ventral-VS had the opposite effects. To examine possible mechanisms of these effects, we assessed the effects of VS DBS on the expression of the neural activity marker Fos and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a key mediator of extinction plasticity in prefrontal-amygdala circuits. Consistent with decreased fear expression, DBS of dorsal-VS increased Fos expression in prelimbic and infralimbic prefrontal cortices and in the lateral division of the central nucleus of amygdala, an area that inhibits amygdala output. Consistent with improved extinction memory, we found that DBS of dorsal-VS, but not ventral-VS, increased neuronal BDNF expression in prelimbic and infralimbic prefrontal cortices. These rodent findings are consistent with the idea that clinical DBS of VC/VS may augment fear extinction through an increase in BDNF expression.
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- Fabricio H. Do-Monte
- Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineSan Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineSan Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineSan Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineSan Juan, Puerto Rico
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Lester KJ, Eley TC. Therapygenetics: Using genetic markers to predict response to psychological treatment for mood and anxiety disorders. BIOLOGY OF MOOD & ANXIETY DISORDERS 2013; 3:4. [PMID: 23388219 PMCID: PMC3575379 DOI: 10.1186/2045-5380-3-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Considerable variation is evident in response to psychological therapies for mood and anxiety disorders. Genetic factors alongside environmental variables and gene-environment interactions are implicated in the etiology of these disorders and it is plausible that these same factors may also be important in predicting individual differences in response to psychological treatment. In this article, we review the evidence that genetic variation influences psychological treatment outcomes with a primary focus on mood and anxiety disorders. Unlike most past work, which has considered prediction of response to pharmacotherapy, this article reviews recent work in the field of therapygenetics, namely the role of genes in predicting psychological treatment response. As this is a field in its infancy, methodological recommendations are made and opportunities for future research are identified.
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- Kathryn J Lester
- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
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- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
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Current world literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry 2012; 25:565-73. [PMID: 23037966 DOI: 10.1097/yco.0b013e328359edae] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Torrents-Rodas D, Fullana MA, Arias B, Bonillo A, Caseras X, Andión O, Mitjans M, Fañanás L, Torrubia R. Acquisition and generalization of fear conditioning are not modulated by the BDNF-val66met polymorphism in humans. Psychophysiology 2012; 49:713-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David Torrents-Rodas
- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine; Institute of Neurosciences; School of Medicine; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences; School of Psychology; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; Spain
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; Cardiff University; Cardiff; UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine; Institute of Neurosciences; School of Medicine; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; Spain
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