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Du Y, Niu J, Xing Y, Li B, Calhoun VD. Neuroimage Analysis Methods and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Reliable Biomarkers and Accurate Diagnosis of Schizophrenia: Achievements Made by Chinese Scholars Around the Past Decade. Schizophr Bull 2024:sbae110. [PMID: 38982882 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS Schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by significant cognitive and behavioral disruptions. Neuroimaging techniques, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have been widely utilized to investigate biomarkers of SZ, distinguish SZ from healthy conditions or other mental disorders, and explore biotypes within SZ or across SZ and other mental disorders, which aim to promote the accurate diagnosis of SZ. In China, research on SZ using MRI has grown considerably in recent years. STUDY DESIGN The article reviews advanced neuroimaging and artificial intelligence (AI) methods using single-modal or multimodal MRI to reveal the mechanism of SZ and promote accurate diagnosis of SZ, with a particular emphasis on the achievements made by Chinese scholars around the past decade. STUDY RESULTS Our article focuses on the methods for capturing subtle brain functional and structural properties from the high-dimensional MRI data, the multimodal fusion and feature selection methods for obtaining important and sparse neuroimaging features, the supervised statistical analysis and classification for distinguishing disorders, and the unsupervised clustering and semi-supervised learning methods for identifying neuroimage-based biotypes. Crucially, our article highlights the characteristics of each method and underscores the interconnections among various approaches regarding biomarker extraction and neuroimage-based diagnosis, which is beneficial not only for comprehending SZ but also for exploring other mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS We offer a valuable review of advanced neuroimage analysis and AI methods primarily focused on SZ research by Chinese scholars, aiming to promote the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of SZ, as well as other mental disorders, both within China and internationally.
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- Yuhui Du
- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- The Tri-Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, 30303, GA, USA
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Skandalakis GP, Linn W, Yeh F, Kazim SF, Komaitis S, Neromyliotis E, Dimopoulos D, Drosos E, Hadjipanayis CG, Kongkham PN, Zadeh G, Stranjalis G, Koutsarnakis C, Kogan M, Evans LT, Kalyvas A. Unveiling the axonal connectivity between the precuneus and temporal pole: Structural evidence from the cingulum pathways. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26771. [PMID: 38925589 PMCID: PMC11199201 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Neuroimaging studies have consistently demonstrated concurrent activation of the human precuneus and temporal pole (TP), both during resting-state conditions and various higher-order cognitive functions. However, the precise underlying structural connectivity between these brain regions remains uncertain despite significant advancements in neuroscience research. In this study, we investigated the connectivity of the precuneus and TP by employing parcellation-based fiber micro-dissections in human brains and fiber tractography techniques in a sample of 1065 human subjects and a sample of 41 rhesus macaques. Our results demonstrate the connectivity between the posterior precuneus area POS2 and the areas 35, 36, and TG of the TP via the fifth subcomponent of the cingulum (CB-V) also known as parahippocampal cingulum. This finding contributes to our understanding of the connections within the posteromedial cortices, facilitating a more comprehensive integration of anatomy and function in both normal and pathological brain processes. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Our investigation delves into the intricate architecture and connectivity patterns of subregions within the precuneus and temporal pole, filling a crucial gap in our knowledge. We revealed a direct axonal connection between the posterior precuneus (POS2) and specific areas (35, 35, and TG) of the temporal pole. The direct connections are part of the CB-V pathway and exhibit a significant association with the cingulum, SRF, forceps major, and ILF. Population-based human tractography and rhesus macaque fiber tractography showed consistent results that support micro-dissection outcomes.
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- Georgios P. Skandalakis
- Section of NeurosurgeryDartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanonNew HampshireUSA
- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of New Mexico HospitalAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of New Mexico HospitalAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Section of NeurosurgeryDartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanonNew HampshireUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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Chang X, Zhao W, Kang J, Xiang S, Xie C, Corona-Hernández H, Palaniyappan L, Feng J. Language abnormalities in schizophrenia: binding core symptoms through contemporary empirical evidence. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 8:95. [PMID: 36371445 PMCID: PMC9653408 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-022-00308-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Both the ability to speak and to infer complex linguistic messages from sounds have been claimed as uniquely human phenomena. In schizophrenia, formal thought disorder (FTD) and auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are manifestations respectively relating to concrete disruptions of those abilities. From an evolutionary perspective, Crow (1997) proposed that "schizophrenia is the price that Homo sapiens pays for the faculty of language". Epidemiological and experimental evidence points to an overlap between FTD and AVHs, yet a thorough investigation examining their shared neural mechanism in schizophrenia is lacking. In this review, we synthesize observations from three key domains. First, neuroanatomical evidence indicates substantial shared abnormalities in language-processing regions between FTD and AVHs, even in the early phases of schizophrenia. Second, neurochemical studies point to a glutamate-related dysfunction in these language-processing brain regions, contributing to verbal production deficits. Third, genetic findings further show how genes that overlap between schizophrenia and language disorders influence neurodevelopment and neurotransmission. We argue that these observations converge into the possibility that a glutamatergic dysfunction in language-processing brain regions might be a shared neural basis of both FTD and AVHs. Investigations of language pathology in schizophrenia could facilitate the development of diagnostic tools and treatments, so we call for multilevel confirmatory analyses focused on modulations of the language network as a therapeutic goal in schizophrenia.
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- Xiao Chang
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, China
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- MOE-LCSM, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, PR China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
- Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
- MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
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Yu S, Xu J, Shen Z, Wang Y, Wei W, Guo X, Tian J, Liu L, Yang Y, Zeng F, Liang F, Yang J. Frequency-Specific Alterations in Brain Function in Patients with Primary Dysmenorrhea. PAIN MEDICINE 2021; 23:902-911. [PMID: 34314503 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnab225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent neuroimaging studies have found that brain function is abnormal in primary dysmenorrhea (PDM). The present study aimed to explore frequency-specific brain alterations and their occurrence in the PDM. METHODS Forty-seven patients with PDM and 36 matched healthy controls were enrolled in the study and underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The alterations in brain function in patients with PDM were assessed using different frequency filter bands (Slow5, Slow4, Slow3, and full low frequency) and functional connectivity density (FCD) approach. The clinical significance of the altered FCD was then explored. Additionally, mediation analysis was employed to detect the altered FCD-mediated clinical relationships in PDM. RESULTS Frequency-specific FCD alterations have been observed in patients with PDM, especially in the central executive, default mode, sensorimotor networks, and the hippocampus. The altered full low-frequency FCD in the hippocampus was associated with the duration of disease and pain severity scores. The altered Slow 5 FCD in the second somatosensory area (S2) was associated with the severity of pain in PDM. Furthermore, the FCD in S2 mediated the duration associated with pain symptoms in PDM. CONCLUSION The present study identified frequency-specific FCD alterations in PDM and suggested that the S2 area is a potential treatment target for PDM.
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- Siyi Yu
- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.,Acupuncture and Chronobiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.,Acupuncture and Chronobiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Acupuncture and Brain Science Research Center, A, cupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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Skandalakis GP, Komaitis S, Kalyvas A, Lani E, Kontrafouri C, Drosos E, Liakos F, Piagkou M, Placantonakis DG, Golfinos JG, Fountas KN, Kapsalaki EZ, Hadjipanayis CG, Stranjalis G, Koutsarnakis C. Dissecting the default mode network: direct structural evidence on the morphology and axonal connectivity of the fifth component of the cingulum bundle. J Neurosurg 2021; 134:1334-1345. [PMID: 32330886 DOI: 10.3171/2020.2.jns193177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although a growing body of data support the functional connectivity between the precuneus and the medial temporal lobe during states of resting consciousness as well as during a diverse array of higher-order functions, direct structural evidence on this subcortical circuitry is scarce. Here, the authors investigate the very existence, anatomical consistency, morphology, and spatial relationships of the cingulum bundle V (CB-V), a fiber tract that has been reported to reside close to the inferior arm of the cingulum (CingI). METHODS Fifteen normal, formalin-fixed cerebral hemispheres from adults were treated with Klingler's method and subsequently investigated through the fiber microdissection technique in a medial to lateral direction. RESULTS A distinct group of fibers is invariably identified in the subcortical territory of the posteromedial cortex, connecting the precuneus and the medial temporal lobe. This tract follows the trajectory of the parietooccipital sulcus in a close spatial relationship with the CingI and the sledge runner fasciculus. It extends inferiorly to the parahippocampal place area and retrosplenial complex area, followed by a lateral curve to terminate toward the fusiform face area (Brodmann area [BA] 37) and lateral piriform area (BA35). Taking into account the aforementioned subcortical architecture, the CB-V allegedly participates as a major subcortical stream within the default mode network, possibly subserving the transfer of multimodal cues relevant to visuospatial, facial, and mnemonic information to the precuneal hub. Although robust clinical evidence on the functional role of this stream is lacking, the modern neurosurgeon should be aware of this tract when manipulating cerebral areas en route to lesions residing in or around the ventricular trigone. CONCLUSIONS Through the fiber microdissection technique, the authors were able to provide original, direct structural evidence on the existence, morphology, axonal connectivity, and correlative anatomy of what proved to be a discrete white matter pathway, previously described as the CB-V, connecting the precuneus and medial temporal lobe.
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- Georgios P Skandalakis
- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 10Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 4Hellenic Center for Neurosurgical Research, "Petros Kokkalis," Athens, Greece
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 5Department of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- 6Department of Neurosurgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- 8Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
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- 9Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Union Square, New York; and
- 10Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 4Hellenic Center for Neurosurgical Research, "Petros Kokkalis," Athens, Greece
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- 1Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 3Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 4Hellenic Center for Neurosurgical Research, "Petros Kokkalis," Athens, Greece
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Li Y, Liang Y, Tan X, Chen Y, Yang J, Zeng H, Qin C, Feng Y, Ma X, Qiu S. Altered Functional Hubs and Connectivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Without Mild Cognitive Impairment. Front Neurol 2020; 11:1016. [PMID: 33071928 PMCID: PMC7533640 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.01016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related cognitive decline is associated with neuroimaging changes. However, only a few studies have focused on early functional alteration in T2DM prior to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study aimed to investigate the early changes of global connectivity patterns in T2DM by using a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) technique. Methods: Thirty-four T2DM subjects and 38 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent rs-fMRI in a 3T MRI scanner. Degree centrality (DC) was used to identify the functional hubs of the whole brain in T2DM without MCI. Then the functional connectivity (FC) between hubs and the rest of the brain was assessed by using the hub-based approach. Results: Compared with HCs, T2DM subjects showed increased DC in the right cerebellum lobules III-V. Hub-based FC analysis found that the right cerebellum lobules III-V of T2DM subjects had increased FC with the right cerebellum crus II and lobule VI, the right temporal inferior/middle gyrus, and the right hippocampus. Conclusions: Increased DC in the right cerebellum regions III-V, as well as increased FC within cerebellar regions and ipsilateral cerebrocerebellar regions, may indicate an important pathophysiological mechanism for compensation in T2DM without MCI.
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- Yifan Li
- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Wan Z, Rolls ET, Cheng W, Feng J. Sensation-seeking is related to functional connectivities of the medial orbitofrontal cortex with the anterior cingulate cortex. Neuroimage 2020; 215:116845. [PMID: 32289458 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Sensation-seeking is a multifaceted personality trait with components that include experience-seeking, thrill and adventure seeking, disinhibition, and susceptibility to boredom, and is an aspect of impulsiveness. We analysed brain regions involved in sensation-seeking in a large-scale study with 414 participants and showed that the sensation-seeking score could be optimally predicted from the functional connectivity with typically (in different participants) 18 links between brain areas (measured in the resting state with fMRI) with correlation r = 0.34 (p = 7.3 × 10-13) between the predicted and actual sensation-seeking score across all participants. Interestingly, 8 of the 11 links that were common for all participants were between the medial orbitofrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex and yielded a prediction accuracy r = 0.30 (p = 4.8 × 10-10). We propose that this important aspect of personality, sensation-seeking, reflects a strong effect of reward (in which the medial orbitofrontal cortex is implicated) on promoting actions to obtain rewards (in which the anterior cingulate cortex is implicated). Risk-taking was found to have a moderate correlation with sensation-seeking (r = 0.49, p = 3.9 × 10-26), and three of these functional connectivities were significantly correlated (p < 0.05) with the overall risk-taking score. This discovery helps to show how the medial orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortices influence behaviour and personality, and indicate that sensation-seeking can involve in part the medial orbitofrontal cortex reward system, which can thereby become associated with risk-taking and a type of impulsiveness.
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- Zhuo Wan
- Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China; Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience, Oxford, UK.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China; Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; School of Mathematical Sciences, School of Life Science and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China.
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Lin Y, Li M, Zhou Y, Deng W, Ma X, Wang Q, Guo W, Li Y, Jiang L, Hu X, Zhang N, Li T. Age-Related Reduction in Cortical Thickness in First-Episode Treatment-Naïve Patients with Schizophrenia. Neurosci Bull 2019; 35:688-696. [PMID: 30790217 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-019-00348-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Substantial evidence supports the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia. Meanwhile, progressive neurodegenerative processes have also been reported, leading to the hypothesis that neurodegeneration is a characteristic component in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. However, a major challenge for the neurodegenerative hypothesis is that antipsychotic drugs used by patients have profound impact on brain structures. To clarify this potential confounding factor, we measured the cortical thickness across the whole brain using high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in 145 first-episode and treatment-naïve patients with schizophrenia and 147 healthy controls. The results showed that, in the patient group, the frontal, temporal, parietal, and cingulate gyri displayed a significant age-related reduction of cortical thickness. In the control group, age-related cortical thickness reduction was mostly located in the frontal, temporal, and cingulate gyri, albeit to a lesser extent. Importantly, relative to healthy controls, patients exhibited a significantly smaller age-related cortical thickness in the anterior cingulate, inferior temporal, and insular gyri in the right hemisphere. These results provide evidence supporting the existence of neurodegenerative processes in schizophrenia and suggest that these processes already occur in the early stage of the illness.
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- Yin Lin
- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,Department of Psychology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518038, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital for Chengdu Office of Tibetan Autonomous Region, Branch Hospital of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huaxi Biobank, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. .,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Liu Z, Zhang J, Zhang K, Zhang J, Li X, Cheng W, Li M, Zhao L, Deng W, Guo W, Ma X, Wang Q, Matthews PM, Feng J, Li T. Distinguishable brain networks relate disease susceptibility to symptom expression in schizophrenia. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:3503-3515. [PMID: 29691943 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Disease association studies have characterized altered resting-state functional connectivities describing schizophrenia, but failed to model symptom expression well. We developed a model that could account for symptom severity and meanwhile relate this to disease-related functional pathology. We correlated BOLD signal across brain regions and tested separately for associations with disease (disease edges) and with symptom severity (symptom edges) in a prediction-based scheme. We then integrated them in an "edge bi-color" graph, and adopted mediation analysis to test for causality between the disease and symptom networks and symptom scores. For first-episode schizophrenics (FES, 161 drug-naïve patients and 150 controls), the disease network (with inferior frontal gyrus being the hub) and the symptom-network (posterior occipital-parietal cortex being the hub) were found to overlap in the temporal lobe. For chronic schizophrenis (CS, 69 medicated patients and 62 controls), disease network was dominated by thalamocortical connectivities, and overlapped with symptom network in the middle frontal gyrus. We found that symptom network mediates the relationship between disease network and symptom scores in FEP, but was unable to define a relationship between them for the smaller CS population. Our results suggest that the disease network distinguishing core functional pathology in resting-state brain may be responsible for symptom expression in FES through a wider brain network associated with core symptoms. We hypothesize that top-down control from heteromodal prefrontal cortex to posterior transmodal cortex contributes to positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Our work also suggests differences in mechanisms of symptom expression between FES and CS, highlighting a need to distinguish between these groups.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhaowen Liu
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, 1801 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College, London, W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.,Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.,Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.,Zhongshan Hosipital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China.,West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People's Republic of China
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