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Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Drug Resistant Depressed Patients  

Chung, Yong-An (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Yoo, Ie-Ryung (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kang, Bong-Joo (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Chae, Jeong-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Hye-Won (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Moon, Hyun-Jin (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Sung-Hoon (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Sohn, Hyung-Sun (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Chung, Soo-Kyo (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.41, no.1, 2007 , pp. 9-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has recently been clinically applied in the treatment of drug resistant depressed patients. There are mixed findings about the efficacy of rTMS on depression. Furthermore, the influence of rTMS on the physiology of the brain is not clear. We prospectively evaluated changes of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) between pre- and post-rTMS treatment in patients with drug resistant depression. Materials and Methods: Twelve patients with drug-resistant depression (7 male, 5 female; age range: $19{\sim}52$ years; mean age: $29.3{\pm}9.3$ years) were given rTMS on right prefrontal lobe with low frequency (1 Hz) and on left prefrontal lobe with high frequency (20 Hz), with 20-minute-duration each day for 3 weeks. Tc-99m ECD brain perfusion SPECT was obtained before and after rTMS treatment. The changes of cerebral perfusion were analyzed using statistical parametric mapping (SPM; t=3.14, uncorrected p<0.01, voxel=100). Results: Following areas showed significant increase in rCBF after 3 weeks rTMS treatment: the cingulate gyrus, fusiform gyrus of right temporal lobe, precuneus, and left lateral globus pallidus. Significant decrement was noted in: the precental and middle frontal gyrus of right frontal lobe, and fusiform gyrus of left occipital lobe. Conclusion: Low-frequency rTMS on the right prefrontal cortex and high-frequency rTMS on the left prefrontal cortex for 3 weeks as an add-on regimen have increased and decreased rCBF in the specific brain regions in drug-resistant depressed patients. Further analyses correlating clinical characteristics and treatment paradigm with functional imaging data may be helpful in clarifying the pathophysiology of drug-resistant depressed patients.
Keywords
drug-resistant depression; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; regional cerebral blood flow;
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