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ArticleBMC psychiatry2023

Bifrontal electroconvulsive therapy leads to improvement of cerebral glucose hypometabolism in frontotemporal dementia with comorbid psychotic depression - a case report.

Sebastian Schröder, Lena Bönig, Phileas Johannes Proskynitopoulos, Eva Janke, Johannes Heck, Nima Mahmoudi, Adrian Groh, Georg Berding, Felix Wedegärtner, Stephanie Deest-Gaubatz and 4 more

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Depression and apathy in frontotemporal dementia: a short assessment of facts and outlook.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian SchröderDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Lena BönigDepartment of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Phileas Johannes ProskynitopoulosDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Eva JankeDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Johannes HeckInstitute for Clinical Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Nima MahmoudiDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Adrian GrohDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Georg BerdingDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Felix WedegärtnerDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Stephanie Deest-GaubatzDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Hannah Benedictine MaierDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Stefan BleichDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Helge FrielingDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Martin Schulze WesthoffDepartment of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. schulzewesthoff.martin@mh-hannover.de.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDifferentiating depression and dementia in elderly patients represents a major clinical challenge for psychiatrists. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options for both conditions are often used cautiously due to fear of adverse effects. If a clinically indicated therapy is not initiated due to fear of adverse effects, the quality of life of affected patients may significantly be reduced. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we describe the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented to the department of psychiatry of a university hospital with depressed mood, pronounced anxiety, and nihilistic thoughts. While several pharmacological treatments remained without clinical response, further behavioral observation in conjunction with

conclusionsIn this case, ECT was a beneficial treatment option for depressive symptoms in FTD. Also,

Indexed as

Electroconvulsive TherapyFrontotemporal DementiaAgedDepressionFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18GlucoseHumansPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyQuality of LifeRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18GlucoseRadiopharmaceuticals18F-FDG PET/CTDepressionECTFrontotemporal dementia

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PMID37081424
PMCPMC10120124
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