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@ARTICLE{Saberi:1032008,
author = {Saberi, Amin and Ebneabbasi, Amir and Rahimi, Sama and
Sarebannejad, Sara and Sen, Zumrut Duygu and Graf, Heiko and
Walter, Martin and Sorg, Christian and Camilleri, Julia and
Laird, Angela R. and Fox, Peter T. and Valk, Sofie L. and
Eickhoff, Simon B. and Tahmasian, Masoud},
title = {{C}onvergent functional effects of antidepressants in major
depressive disorder: a neuroimaging meta-analysis},
journal = {Molecular psychiatry},
volume = {30},
issn = {1359-4184},
address = {London},
publisher = {Macmillan},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-05924},
pages = {736–751},
year = {2025},
abstract = {BackgroundNeuroimaging studies have provided valuable
insights into the macroscale impacts of antidepressants on
brain functions in patients with major depressive disorder.
However, the findings of individual studies are
inconsistent. Here, we aimed to provide a quantitative
synthesis of the literature to identify convergence of the
reported findings at both regional and network levels and to
examine their associations with neurotransmitter
systems.MethodsThrough a comprehensive search in PubMed and
Scopus databases, we reviewed 5258 abstracts and identified
36 eligible functional neuroimaging studies on
antidepressant effects in major depressive disorder.
Activation likelihood estimation was used to investigate
regional convergence of the reported foci of antidepressant
effects, followed by functional decoding and connectivity
mapping of the convergent clusters. Additionally, utilizing
group-averaged data from the Human Connectome Project, we
assessed convergent resting-state functional connectivity
patterns of the reported foci. Next, we compared the
convergent circuit with the circuits targeted by
transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. Last, we studied
the association of regional and network-level convergence
maps with selected neurotransmitter receptors/transporters
maps.ResultsNo regional convergence was found across foci of
treatment-associated alterations in functional imaging.
Subgroup analysis in the Treated > Untreated contrast
revealed a convergent cluster in the left dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex, which was associated with working memory
and attention behavioral domains. Moreover, we found
network-level convergence of the treatment-associated
alterations in a circuit more prominent in the
frontoparietal areas. This circuit was co-aligned with
circuits targeted by “anti-subgenual” and “Beam F3”
transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. We observed no
significant correlations between our meta-analytic findings
with the maps of neurotransmitter
receptors/transporters.ConclusionOur findings highlight the
importance of the frontoparietal network and the left
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the therapeutic effects of
antidepressants, which may relate to their role in improving
executive functions and emotional processing.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5253 - Neuroimaging (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5253},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {39406999},
UT = {WOS:001332746300003},
doi = {10.1038/s41380-024-02780-6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1032008},
}