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Study M626

Study name

Lewis CP 2020

Title

Altered anterior cingulate glutamatergic metabolism in depressed adolescents with current suicidal ideation

Overall design

The aim of this study was to quantify anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) glutamatergic concentrations and to examine relationships with suicidal ideation (SI) in a sample of healthy and depressed adolescents. Forty adolescents underwent clinical evaluation and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) at 3 T. Cerebrospinal fluid-corrected ACC metabolite concentrations were compared between healthy control (control group, n = 16), depressed without SI (depressed without suicidal ideation group, n = 13), and depressed with SI (depressed with suicidal ideation group, n = 11) youth.

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Human;

Categories of depression

Depressive disorder; Pediatric depression; Pediatric depression;

Criteria for depression

K-SADS-PL diagnosed MDD, CDRS-R raw scores >= 35

Sample size

40

Tissue

Central; Brain; Anterior cingulate cortex;

Platform

MRS; MRS: General Electric 3 T Discovery 750 scanner (GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA);

PMID

32327639

DOI

10.1038/s41398-020-0792-z

Citation

Lewis CP, Port JD, Blacker CJ, et al. Altered anterior cingulate glutamatergic metabolism in depressed adolescents with current suicidal ideation. Transl Psychiatry. 2020;10(1):119.

Metabolite

(Glutamate and Glutamine)/N-Acetyl aspartate ratio;