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Erschienen in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 3/2015

01.04.2015 | Original Paper

Focus on ECT seizure quality: serum BDNF as a peripheral biomarker in depressed patients

verfasst von: Jan Malte Bumb, Suna Su Aksay, Christoph Janke, Laura Kranaster, Olga Geisel, Peter Gass, Rainer Hellweg, Alexander Sartorius

Erschienen in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Ausgabe 3/2015

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Abstract

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established, safe and effective treatment in severest or drug-resistant affective disorders. The potential relation between any peripheral biological marker and the seizure quality as a surrogate for treatment efficacy has not been investigated so far. We prospectively examined serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in 20 patients with major depression before and after electroconvulsive therapy. A seizure quality sum score for every ECT session was build up on the basis of the seizure duration, seizure amplitude, central inhibition, interhemispheric coherence and sympathetic activation. Serum BDNF levels were significantly higher after ECT (P = 0.036). In the linear regression analysis, a significant correlation of the serum BDNF levels and the time between the last ECT and the blood withdrawal (P = 0.01) was observed. The ANOVA revealed a significant influence of the interval between the last ECT and the blood withdrawal (P = 0.0017) as well as the seizure quality (P = 0.038) on the variance of BDNF serum levels. Our data corroborate the neurotrophin hypothesis suggesting an ECT-induced central BDNF rise leading to a delayed (>6 days) and increased equilibrium of the peripheral BDNF. The association of seizure adequacy with a BDNF rise might underline the importance of monitoring seizure quality markers in daily practice.
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Metadaten
Titel
Focus on ECT seizure quality: serum BDNF as a peripheral biomarker in depressed patients
verfasst von
Jan Malte Bumb
Suna Su Aksay
Christoph Janke
Laura Kranaster
Olga Geisel
Peter Gass
Rainer Hellweg
Alexander Sartorius
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-014-0543-3

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