Pharmacotherapy response and regional cerebral blood flow characteristics in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Behavioral and Brain Functions - Tập 9 - Trang 1-8 - 2013
Sheng-lin Wen1, Mu-hua Cheng2, Min-feng Cheng1, Ji-hui Yue3, Hong Wang3
1Department of Psychiatry, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, China
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, China
3Department of Psychology, Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China

Tóm tắt

To analyze the correlation between the pharmacotherapy response and the characteristics of the pre-treatment regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Single-photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT) was used to determine the pre-treatment rCBF in 30 OCD patients and 30 normal controls. Based on their clinical remission response, the subjects were divided into two groups: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and SSRIs plus quetiapine. The subjects with clinical remission response were identified after treatment for a period of 24 weeks, and the rCBF imaging data were processed using statistical parametric mapping (SPM) software with two-sample Z-tests. Nineteen OCD patients who achieved clinical remission were included in the study. Increased rCBF in forebrain regions, including the frontal lobe, cingulate gyrus, hypothalamus, and basal ganglia, was found in 11 responders to SSRIs compared to normal control patients. The eight SSRI plus quetiapine responders exhibited a decrease in rCBF within posterior brain regions, including the parietal lobe, cerebellar vermis, and occipital lobe, and an increase in rCBF in the frontal lobe, thalamus, basal ganglia, and cerebellum tonsil compared to normal control patients. The characteristics of increased rCBF in forebrain regions and decreased rCBF in posterior brain regions before treatment of OCD patients was a potentially predictor of treatment response to guide treatment options.

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