期刊
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 39, 期 6, 页码 1303-1314出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.28
关键词
major depression; deep brain stimulation; reward system; neuromodulation; nucleus accumbens; medial forebrain bundle
资金
- Medtronic Inc.
- Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF)
- Institute for Affective Neuroscience (ISAN)
- Volkswagen Foundation (Hanover, Germany)
- Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MIWFT)
- University of Bonn
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a putative approach for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) has now been researched for about a decade. Several uncontrolled studies all in relatively small patient populations and different target regions have shown clinically relevant antidepressant effects in about half of the patients and very recently, DBS to a key structure of the reward system, the medial forebrain bundle, has yielded promising results within few days of stimulation and at much lower stimulation intensities. On the downside, DBS procedures in regions are associated with surgical risks (eg, hemorrhage) and psychiatric complications (suicidal attenuation, hypomania) as well as high costs. This overview summarizes research on the mechanisms of brain networks with respect to psychiatric diseases and as a novelty extrapolates to the role of the reward system in DBS for patients with treatment-resistant depression. It further evaluates relevant methodological aspects of today's research in DBS for TRD. On the scientific side, the reward system has an important yet clearly under-recognized role in both neurobiology and treatment of depression. On the methodological side of DBS research in TRD, better animal models are clearly needed to explain clinical effects of DBS in TRD. Larger sample sizes, long-term followup and designs including blinded sham control are required to draw final conclusions on efficacy and side effects. Practical research issues cover study design, patient tracking, and the discussion of meaningful secondary outcome measures.
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