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Psychiatry Res ; 213(3): 179-85, 2013 Sep 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23850106

ABSTRACT

Altered function in the limbic-cortical-striatial-pallidal-thalamic (LCSPT) circuit has been implicated in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study evaluated volumetric differences in subcortical volumes between depressed subjects with MDD (N=142), subjects with MDD in remission (N=72), and healthy controls (N=169). Participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning, and subcortical volumes were extracted using FMRIB's Integrated Registration and Segmentation Tool (FIRST), University of Oxford, UK. The depressed MDD subjects exhibited significantly smaller volumes in the bilateral thalamus and hippocampus compared to control subjects, and the differences in the bilateral thalamus remained significant after controlling for total intracranial volume. In a smaller subset of healthy controls and depressed MDD subjects matched to the remitted MDD subjects, significant differences in volume were observed across groups in the bilateral thalamus, as well as the right lateralized caudate, hippocampus, and pallidum; these were primarily accounted for by differences between the depressed MDD subjects versus both the remitted and healthy subjects, though none of these changes remained significant after controlling for total intracranial volume (TIV). Volumetric reductions in the thalamus and hippocampus may contribute to dysfunction within subcortical-cortical networks, consistent with previous evidence of metabolic and hemodynamic abnormalities in these regions in MDD.


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Depressive Disorder, Major/pathology , Thalamus/pathology , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use , Depressive Disorder, Major/drug therapy , Female , Functional Laterality , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Thalamus/drug effects , Young Adult
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Psychiatry Res ; 191(1): 1-8, 2011 Jan 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21129936

ABSTRACT

Research indicates that major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with alterations in autonomic control, particularly cardiac control as measured by heart rate variability (HRV). In this preliminary study, we investigated the neural correlates of autonomic control by measuring both HRV and associated brain activity during the performance of mildly stressful tasks. Medically healthy female subjects with MDD (N=10) and healthy controls (N=7) underwent H(2)(15)O-positron emission tomography (PET) and electrocardiographic ECG recording while performing a handgrip motor task and an n-back task. Indices of HRV were calculated and correlated with regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). Differences in the rCBF and HRV correlations between depressed and healthy subjects were evident in both the medial and lateral orbital cortices. In addition, these areas appeared to be involved in different facets of autonomic control with regard to sympathetic or parasympathetic dominance of cardiac control. These results are consistent with the known roles of networks within the orbital cortex in both autonomic control and the pathophysiology of MDD.


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Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology , Cognition/physiology , Depressive Disorder/physiopathology , Hand Strength/physiology , Heart Rate/physiology , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Brain Mapping , Depressive Disorder/diagnostic imaging , Depressive Disorder/pathology , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Electrocardiography/methods , Female , Humans , Neuropsychological Tests , Positron-Emission Tomography/methods , Statistics as Topic , Young Adult
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