Spectral dynamics of resting state fMRI within the ventral tegmental area and dorsal raphe nuclei in medication-free major depressive disorder in young adults
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2018
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
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9
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Frontiers Research Foundation
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) are major brainstem monamine nuclei consisting of serotonin and dopamine neurons respectively. Animal studies show that firing patterns in both nuclei are altered when animals exhibit depression like behaviors. Functional MRI studies in humans have shown reduced VTA activation and DRN connectivity in depression. This study for the first time aims at investigating the functional integrity of local neuronal firing concurrently in both the VTA and DRN in vivo in humans using spectral analysis of resting state low frequency fluctuation fMRI. Method: A total of 97 medication-free subjects-67 medication-free young patients (ages 18-30) with major depressive disorder and 30 closely matched healthy controls were included in the study to detect aberrant dynamics in DRN and VTA. For the investigation of altered localized dynamics we conducted power spectral analysis and above this spectral cross correlation between the two groups. Complementary to this, spectral dependence of permutation entropy, an information theoretical measure, was compared between groups. Results: Patients displayed significant spectral slowing in VTA vs. controls (p = 0.035, corrected). In DRN, spectral slowing was less pronounced, but the amount of slowing significantly correlated with 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating scores of depression severity (p = 0.038). Signal complexity as assessed via permutation entropy showed spectral alterations inline with the results on spectral slowing. Conclusion: Our results indicate that altered functional dynamics of VTA and DRN in depression can be detected from regional fMRI signal. On this basis, impact of antidepressant treatment and treatment response can be assessed using these markers in future studies.
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Depression; dopamine; dorsal raphe nucleus; resting state; resting state fMRI; serotonin; ventral tegmental nucleus., Dopamine, Dorsak raphe nucleus, Resting state, Resting state fMRI, Serotonin, Ventral tegmental nucleus
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1664-0640
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Englisch
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Ja
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WOHLSCHLÄGER, Afra, Harish KARNE, Denis JORDAN, Mark J. LOWE, Stephen E. JONES und Amit ANAND, 2018. Spectral dynamics of resting state fMRI within the ventral tegmental area and dorsal raphe nuclei in medication-free major depressive disorder in young adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2018. Bd. 9. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00163. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-9558