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ArticleEJNMMI research2017

Beta-amyloid deposition in patients with major depressive disorder with differing levels of treatment resistance: a pilot study.

Peng Li, Ing-Tsung Hsiao, Chia-Yih Liu, Chia-Hsiang Chen, She-Yao Huang, Tzu-Chen Yen, Kuan-Yi Wu, Kun-Ju Lin

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Article in EJNMMI research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preliminary Evidence That Cortical Amyloid Burden Predicts Poor Response to Antidepressant Medication Treatment in Cognitively Intact Individuals With Late-Life Depression.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2021
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  4. Trajectories of late-life depression: insights from molecular imaging.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  18. Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019
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  20. Stopping Cognitive Decline in Patients With Late-Life Depression: A New Front in the Fight Against Dementia.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peng LiDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, 5. Fu-Hsing Street. Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Ing-Tsung HsiaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Chia-Yih LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, 5. Fu-Hsing Street. Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Chia-Hsiang ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, 5. Fu-Hsing Street. Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
She-Yao HuangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Tzu-Chen YenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Kuan-Yi WuDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, 5. Fu-Hsing Street. Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. kuanyiwu1@gmail.com.
Kun-Ju LinDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. kunjulin@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-4564
Chang Gung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLack of treatment response in patients with late-life depression is common. The role of brain beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition in treatment outcome in subjects with late-life depression remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate brain Aβ deposition in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with differing treatment outcomes in vivo using

resultsThe MDD patients with moderate-to-severe treatment resistance had higher

conclusionsThis study provided preliminary evidence that region-specific Aβ deposition was present in some (but not all) MDD patients, especially in those with moderate-to-severe treatment resistance, and their depressive symptoms may represent prodromal manifestations of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Depressive symptomatology in old age, particularly in subjects with a poor treatment response, may underscore early changes of AD-related pathophysiology.

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18F-Florbetapir (AV-45/Amyvid)Alzheimer’s diseaseAmyloidDementiaMajor depressive disorderTreatment resistance

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PMID28324341
PMCPMC5360749
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