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ArticleDepression and anxiety2021

Neurobiological predictors for clinical trajectories in fully remitted depressed patients.

Thomas S Blank, Bernhard M Meyer, Ulrich Rabl, Paul Schögl, Marie-Kathrin Wieser, Lukas Pezawas

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Article in Depression and anxiety, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Functional connectivity of salience and affective networks among remitted depressed patients predicts episode recurrence.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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  3. A lateralized model of the pain-depression dyad.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2021
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Thomas S BlankDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Bernhard M MeyerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Ulrich RablDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Paul SchöglDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Marie-Kathrin WieserDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Lukas PezawasDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1329-6352

Funding

Austrian Science Fund F3514-B11Austrian Science Fund KLI597-B27
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSerious long term health and economic detriment accompany residual depressive symptoms even in fully remitted depressed patients (rMDD). Neurobiological predictors for rMDD patients' illness trajectory are absent.

methodsrMDD patients (n = 39, female = 26) underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Baseline analyses of brain structure via voxel-based morphometry and brain function via functional connectivity (FC) at rest were correlated with changes in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale between baseline and follow-up, and incidence of a recurrent major depressive episode (MDE) within a 2-year period.

resultsGray matter increases in default mode (DN) regions in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and increased resting-state FC within the DN both predicted change of depressive symptoms. Patients with recurrent MDE had larger bilateral nucleus accumbens and left insula volumes. Post hoc exploratory analysis of nucleus accumbens and insula conceptualized as part of the brain's reward circuit demonstrated reduced connectivity in patients with recurrent MDE.

conclusionsHigher DN connectivity and PCC volume coinciding with a more favorable course of symptoms suggest neural mechanisms of self-recovery beyond the phase of active medical treatment. Alterations in the brain's reward circuit might be a starting point for designing maintenance treatments that prevent recurrent MDEs in rMDD patients.

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Major Depressive DisorderBrainBrain MappingFemaleGyrus CinguliHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural Pathways

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