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Linking connectivity of deep brain stimulation of nucleus accumbens area with clinical depression improvements: a retrospective longitudinal case series

Leserri, Simona
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Segura-Amil, Alba
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Nowacki, Andreas
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April 1, 2024
European Archives Of Psychiatry And Clinical Neuroscience

Treatment-resistant depression is a severe form of major depressive disorder and deep brain stimulation is currently an investigational treatment. The stimulation's therapeutic effect may be explained through the functional and structural connectivities between the stimulated area and other brain regions, or to depression-associated networks. In this longitudinal, retrospective study, four female patients with treatment-resistant depression were implanted for stimulation in the nucleus accumbens area at our center. We analyzed the structural and functional connectivity of the stimulation area: the structural connectivity was investigated with probabilistic tractography; the functional connectivity was estimated by combining patient-specific stimulation volumes and a normative functional connectome. These structural and functional connectivity profiles were then related to four clinical outcome scores. At 1-year follow-up, the remission rate was 66%. We observed a consistent structural connectivity to Brodmann area 25 in the patient with the longest remission phase. The functional connectivity analysis resulted in patient-specific R-maps describing brain areas significantly correlated with symptom improvement in this patient, notably the prefrontal cortex. But the connectivity analysis was mixed across patients, calling for confirmation in a larger cohort and over longer time periods.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s00406-023-01683
Web of Science ID

WOS:001058947100001

Author(s)
Leserri, Simona
Segura-Amil, Alba
Nowacki, Andreas
Debove, Ines
Petermann, Katrin
Schappi, Lea
Preti, Maria Giulia  
van de Ville, Dimitri  
Pollo, Claudio
Walther, Sebastian
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Date Issued

2024-04-01

Publisher

Springer Heidelberg

Published in
European Archives Of Psychiatry And Clinical Neuroscience
Volume

274

Issue

3

Start page

685

End page

696

Subjects

Clinical Neurology

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Psychiatry

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Neurosciences & Neurology

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deep brain stimulation

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treatment-resistant depression

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nucleus accumbens area

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connectivity

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depression networks

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subgenual anterior cingulate cortex

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medial forebrain-bundle

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transcranial magnetic stimulation

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major depression

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term outcomes

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disorder

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scale

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mood

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patient

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region

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EPFL

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MIPLAB  
FunderGrant Number

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Frderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

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