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Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences 3/2021

07.01.2021 | Review Article

Imaging and depression in multiple sclerosis: a historical perspective

verfasst von: Fabio Giuseppe Masuccio, Giulia Gamberini, Massimiliano Calabrese, Claudio Solaro

Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 3/2021

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Abstract

Purpose

Patients affected with multiple sclerosis suffer from depression more frequently than the general population. Beyond psychosocial, genetic and immune-inflammatory factors, also the brain damage which is peculiar of multiple sclerosis has been claimed to have a role in the aetiology of depression in those patients. The study of this interesting relation has been implemented with both conventional and advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques. The aim of this review is to provide a historical perspective on the link between multiple sclerosis-related depression and structural and functional brain damage.

Methods

In this review, the results of the MRI studies regarding multiple sclerosis-related brain damage and the presence of depression are presented.

Results

The findings of the reports reveal a link between brain pathology and depressive symptoms or the diagnosis of depression in multiple sclerosis.

Conclusions

Although a multifactorial aetiology has been theorized for depression and depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis, this review supports the hypothesis that the structural and functional brain impairment might substantially be amongst those factors. Thus, depression itself might be a symptom with a neuro-biological basis and not only the consequence of the disability derived from the neurological impairment.
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Metadaten
Titel
Imaging and depression in multiple sclerosis: a historical perspective
verfasst von
Fabio Giuseppe Masuccio
Giulia Gamberini
Massimiliano Calabrese
Claudio Solaro
Publikationsdatum
07.01.2021
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04951-z

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