Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain functional connectivity predicts therapeutic efficacy in patients with schizophrenia: a multivariate pattern recognition study

Electroconvulsive therapy: Connectivity networks reveal good candidates for brain stimulation Connectivity patterns in the brain may help identify patients with schizophrenia most likely to benefit from electroconvulsive therapy. A team led by Lin Lu from Peking University, China, and Yong Fan from...

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Autores principales: Peng Li, Ri-xing Jing, Rong-jiang Zhao, Zeng-bo Ding, Le Shi, Hong-qiang Sun, Xiao Lin, Teng-teng Fan, Wen-tian Dong, Yong Fan, Lin Lu
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/9c0a5f4edc9b442a9171849dad01cc49
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Sumario:Electroconvulsive therapy: Connectivity networks reveal good candidates for brain stimulation Connectivity patterns in the brain may help identify patients with schizophrenia most likely to benefit from electroconvulsive therapy. A team led by Lin Lu from Peking University, China, and Yong Fan from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, took functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 34 people with schizophrenia and 34 control individuals without mental illness. Those with schizophrenia were scanned before and after treatment; some received antipsychotics alone, others received medication plus electroconvulsive therapy. The researchers created organizational brain maps known as “intrinsic connectivity networks” for each individual, and showed that the neuroimaging pattern could discriminate between people with and without schizophrenia. For the schizophrenia patients, the connectivity networks taken prior to treatment also helped predict who would benefit from the brain-stimulation procedure. Such a biomarker could prove a useful diagnostic tool for clinicians.