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ABSTRACT: Aims
This study assessed whether antidepressant drug treatment has a common effect on gray matter (GM) volume in MDD patients with and without childhood maltreatment (CM).Methods
T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 168 participants, including 51 MDD patients with CM, 31 MDD patients without CM, 48 normal controls with CM, and 38 normal controls without CM. MDD patients received 6 months of treatment with paroxetine, and 24 patients with CM, and 16 patients without CM received a second MRI scan. A whole-brain voxel-based morphometry approach was used to estimate GM volume in each participant at two time points. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the effects of MDD and CM on GM volume at baseline. Repeated measures two-way ANOVA was used to determine the treatment-by-CM interactive effect and main effect of treatment during paroxetine treatment. We further investigated the relationship between GM volume and clinical variables.Results
At baseline, significant MDD-by-CM interactive effects on GM volume were mainly observed in the left parahippocampal gyrus, left entorhinal cortex, and left cuneus. GM volume was significantly lower mainly in the right middle temporal gyrus in patients with MDD than in normal controls. We did not find any significant treatment-by-CM interactive effects. However, a treatment-related increase in GM was found in the right middle temporal gyrus in both MDD groups.Conclusions
These results suggest that paroxetine treatment operates via a shared neurobiological mechanism in MDD patients with and without CM.
SUBMITTER: Lu XW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489845 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Xiao-Wen XW Guo Hua H Sun Jing-Rong JR Dong Qiang-Li QL Zhao Fu-Tao FT Liao Xu-Hong XH Zhang Li L Zhang Yan Y Li Wei-Hui WH Li Ze-Xuan ZX Liu Tie-Bang TB He Yong Y Xia Ming-Rui MR Li Ling-Jiang LJ
CNS neuroscience & therapeutics 20180912 11
<h4>Aims</h4>This study assessed whether antidepressant drug treatment has a common effect on gray matter (GM) volume in MDD patients with and without childhood maltreatment (CM).<h4>Methods</h4>T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 168 participants, including 51 MDD patients with CM, 31 MDD patients without CM, 48 normal controls with CM, and 38 normal controls without CM. MDD patients received 6 months of treatment with paroxetine, and 24 patients with CM, ...[more]