Predicting responses to electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia patients undergoing antipsychotic treatment: Baseline functional connectivity among regions with strong electric field distributions

Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging
Xuejuan YangWei Qin

Abstract

This study explored imaging predictors of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) outcome in schizophrenia patients based on pre-treatment functional connectivity (FC) within regions with strong ECT electric fields distribution. Forty-seven patients received standard antipsychotic drugs combined with ECT as well as two brain imaging sessions. Regions of interest (ROI) with strong electric field distribution were determined by ECT simulation. Using baseline functional connectivity between ROIs, a model was constructed to predict the percentage reduction of Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) scores. The strong electric fields were distributed in the orbital prefrontal lobe, medial temporal lobe, and other parts of the temporal lobe. Ten functional connectivity features within the electric field distribution areas showed a predictive ability for ECT outcome. The correlation coefficient between the predictive and real values of cross-validation was 0.7165. Among the predictive features, ECT induced a significant decrease in functional connectivity between the right amygdala and the left hippocampus. These results suggest that pretreatment functional connectivity patterns in brain regions with strong electric field distributions d...Continue Reading

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