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Study M925

Study name

He JL 2022

Title

Similarities and differences in working memory and neurometabolism of obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder

Overall design

The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of working memory and neurometabolic changes in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder. A total of 32 unmedicated MDD patients (MDD group) and 33 healthy controls (control group) were included. All subjects underwent protons magnetic resonance spectroscopy to collect neurometabolic ratios of N-acetyl aspartate and choline-containing compounds in the prefrontal cortex and lentiform nucleus. Metabolite quantification was reported relative to total creatine as the reference peak.

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Human;

Categories of depression

Depressive disorder; Depression; Depression;

Criteria for depression

DSM-5 diagnosed MDD, HAMD-24 > 20

Sample size

65

Tissue

Central; Brain; Lentiform nucleus;

Central; Brain; Prefrontal cortex;

Platform

MRS; MRS: 3.0 T GE magnetic resonance system (Discovery MR 750 system, General Electric, Milwaukee, WI, USA);

PMID

35588910

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.069

Citation

He J, Yan S, Song Z, et al. Similarities and differences in working memory and neurometabolism of obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord. 2022 May 16;311:556-564.

Metabolite

N-Acetyl aspartate/(Creatine and Phosphocreatine) ratio;