Chronic stress exacerbates neuropathic pain via the integration of stress-affect–related information with nociceptive information in the central nucleus of the amygdala

MJ Li, LY Liu, L Chen, J Cai, Y Wan, GG Xing - Pain, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Exacerbation of pain by chronic stress and comorbidity of pain with stress-related psychiatric
disorders, including anxiety and depression, represent significant clinical challenges …

The combination of serum BDNF, cortisol and IFN-gamma can assist the diagnosis of major depressive disorder

S Chen, Y Zhang, Y Yuan - Neuropsychiatric Disease and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment are common in major depressive disorder
(MDD) in current clinical practice, while the combination of various serum proteins may …

Increased temporal variability of striatum region facilitating the early antidepressant response in patients with major depressive disorder

Z Hou, Y Kong, X He, Y Yin, Y Zhang, Y Yuan - Progress in Neuro …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to identify the difference of temporal variability among major
depressive disorder (MDD) patients (with different early antidepressant responses) and …

Early improvement predicts outcome of major depressive patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy

CH Lin, MC Chen, WC Yang, HY Lane - European …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to test whether early symptom improvement predicts final response
and remission for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) receiving electroconvulsive …

Connectivity between the anterior insula and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex links early symptom improvement to treatment response

H Yuan, X Zhu, W Tang, Y Cai, S Shi, Q Luo - Journal of affective disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Early improvement (EI) following treatment with antidepressants is a widely
reported predictor to the treatment response. This study aimed to identify the resting-state …

Defined symptom-change trajectories during acute-phase cognitive therapy for depression predict better longitudinal outcomes

JR Vittengl, LA Clark, ME Thase, RB Jarrett - Behaviour Research and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Acute-phase cognitive therapy (CT) is an efficacious treatment for major
depressive disorder (MDD), but responders experience varying post-acute outcomes (eg …

Distinctive pretreatment features of bilateral nucleus accumbens networks predict early response to antidepressants in major depressive disorder

Z Hou, L Gong, M Zhi, Y Yin, Y Zhang, C Xie… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
The pretreatment neuroimaging markers from the resting-state brain network that could
predict the early response to antidepressants are still unclear. The aim of the present study …

[HTML][HTML] Divergent topological architecture of the default mode network as a pretreatment predictor of early antidepressant response in major depressive disorder

Z Hou, Z Wang, W Jiang, Y Yin, Y Yue, Y Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Identifying a robust pretreatment neuroimaging marker would be helpful for the selection of
an optimal therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD). We recruited 82 MDD patients [n …

[HTML][HTML] Variance of the global signal as a pretreatment predictor of antidepressant treatment response in drug-naïve major depressive disorder

J Zhu, H Cai, Y Yuan, Y Yue, D Jiang, C Chen… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
Several behavioral and neuroimaging markers could be used to predict eventual
antidepressant medication (ADM) outcomes in patients with major depressive disorder …

Improvement after two sessions of electroconvulsive therapy predicts final remission in in‐patients with major depression

TK Birkenhager, J Roos… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate whether early improvement, measured after two electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) sessions, is a good predictor of eventual remission in severely depressed in …