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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2022

A comparative study of amplitude of low-frequence fluctuation of resting-state fMRI between the younger and older treatment-resistant depression in adults.

Jifei Sun, Chunlei Guo, Yue Ma, Zhongming Du, Zhi Wang, Yi Luo, Limei Chen, Deqiang Gao, Xiaojiao Li, Ke Xu and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022. 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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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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15 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jifei SunGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chunlei GuoGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yue MaGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhongming DuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Zhi WangGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yi LuoGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Limei ChenGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Deqiang GaoGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaojiao LiGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ke XuGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yang HongGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xue YuBeijing First Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xue XiaoBeijing First Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jiliang FangGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yong LiuAffiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Guang’anmen Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNIntegrated Chinese Medicine (China) · CNDongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSouthwest Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) may have different physiopathological neuromechanism in different age groups. This study used the amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) to initially compare abnormalities in local functional brain activity in younger and older patients with TRD. Materials and methods: A total of 21 older TRD patients, 19 younger TRD, 19 older healthy controls (HCs), and 19 younger HCs underwent resting-state functional MRI scans, and the images were analyzed using the ALFF and further analyzed for correlation between abnormal brain regions and clinical symptoms in TRD patients of different age groups. Results: Compared with the older TRD, the younger TRD group had increased ALFF in the left middle frontal gyrus and decreased ALFF in the left caudate nucleus. Compared with the matched HC group, ALFF was increased in the right middle temporal gyrus and left pallidum in the older TRD group, whereas no significant differences were found in the younger TRD group. In addition, ALFF values in the left middle frontal gyrus in the younger TRD group and in the right middle temporal gyrus in the older TRD were both positively correlated with the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression score. Conclusion: Different neuropathological mechanisms may exist in TRD patients of different ages, especially in the left middle frontal gyrus and left caudate nucleus. This study is beneficial in providing potential key targets for the clinical management of TRD patients of different ages.

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ageamplitude of low-frequency fluctuationmajor depressive disorder (MDD)MRItreatment-resistant depression (TRD)

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