Perani D, Colombo C, Bressi S, Bonfanti A, Grassi F, Scarone S, Bellodi L, Smeraldi E, Fazio F
Istituto di Neuroscienze and Bioimmagini CNR. c/o H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Br J Psychiatry. 1995 Feb;166(2):244-50. doi: 10.1192/bjp.166.2.244.
We used [18F]FDG and PET in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to evaluate cerebral metabolic involvement before and after treatment with serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors.
In 11 untreated, drug-free adults, regional cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (rCMRglu) was compared with that of 15 age-matched normal controls.
rCMRglu values were significantly increased in the cingulate cortex, thalamus and pallidum/putamen complex. After treatment a significant improvement in obsessive-compulsive symptoms on the Y-BOC scale (t = 3.59, P < 0.01) was associated with a significant bilateral decrease of metabolism in the whole cingulate cortex (P < 0.001). Clinical and metabolic data were significantly intercorrelated (Kendall's tau = 0.65; P < 0.01).
These findings indicate that OCD is associated with functional hyperactivity of a selected neuronal network and that treatment to reduce symptoms may have a selective neuromodulatory effect on cingulate cortex.
我们使用[18F]氟脱氧葡萄糖([18F]FDG)和正电子发射断层扫描(PET)对强迫症(OCD)患者进行研究,以评估血清素特异性再摄取抑制剂治疗前后大脑代谢的变化情况。
选取11名未经治疗且未服用药物的成年患者,将其大脑葡萄糖区域代谢率(rCMRglu)与15名年龄匹配的正常对照者进行比较。
扣带回皮质、丘脑以及苍白球/壳核复合体的rCMRglu值显著升高。治疗后,耶鲁-布朗强迫症量表(Y-BOC)上强迫症症状有显著改善(t = 3.59,P < 0.01),同时整个扣带回皮质的代谢显著双侧下降(P < 0.001)。临床和代谢数据显著相关(肯德尔等级相关系数tau = 0.65;P < 0.01)。
这些发现表明,强迫症与特定神经网络的功能亢进有关,减轻症状的治疗可能对扣带回皮质有选择性的神经调节作用。