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Doolub D, Vibert N, Botta F, Razmkon A, Bouquet C, Wassouf I, Millet B, Harika-Germaneau G, Jaafari N. Neurological soft signs as trait markers of a subset of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder with low insight and altered cognitive abilities. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 175:42-49. [PMID: 38704980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are subtle motor control impairments that include involuntary movements and abnormalities of motor coordination, sensory integration and lateralization. They engage different brain networks, including the prefrontal networks that support the higher cognitive functions that are dysfunctional in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study investigated the relationships between the presence of NSS and patients' severity of OCD symptoms, insight, and treatment resistance in a sample of 63 patients. Treatment-resistance was assessed considering all the treatments the patients received during the course of their disease. The four dimensions of OCD defined in the dimensional obsessive-compulsive scale were considered. Links between the patients' cognitive abilities and NSS were assessed using tests targeting specifically the core components of executive functions. As expected, OCD patients displayed more NSS than individually matched control participants. In OCD patients, high NSS scores were associated with poor insight and lower cognitive abilities. Multiple regression analysis identified worse visuospatial working memory, attentional control, and verbal fluency as predictive factors of high NSS scores among cognitive functions. Unexpectedly, the patients displaying symptoms in the contamination/washing dimension displayed less NSS than the other patients. In contrast, neither the severity of OCD symptoms nor long-range treatment resistance was significantly related to patients' NSS scores. Altogether, our findings suggest that high NSS scores may be a trait marker of a subset of OCD patients with low insight and particularly altered cognitive abilities who would not express the contamination/washing dimension of the pathology.
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- Damien Doolub
- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France; Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France.
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- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France; Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz, Iran
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- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France
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- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France; Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France; Centre Hospitalier du Nord Deux-Sèvres, Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Thouars, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, UMR 7225, CNRS, INSERM, Sorbonne Université et Département de Psychiatrie Adulte, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France; Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France
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- CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, CeRCA, Poitiers, France; Unité de Recherche Clinique Pierre Deniker du Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers, France
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Dazzan P. Is motor function a potential therapeutic target in individuals at risk of psychosis? Lancet Psychiatry 2023; 10:73-74. [PMID: 36610441 DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Paola Dazzan
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Bonke EM, Bonfert MV, Hillmann SM, Seitz-Holland J, Gaubert M, Wiegand TLT, De Luca A, Cho KIK, Sandmo SB, Yhang E, Tripodis Y, Seer C, Kaufmann D, Kaufmann E, Muehlmann M, Gooijers J, Lin AP, Leemans A, Swinnen SP, Bahr R, Shenton ME, Pasternak O, Tacke U, Heinen F, Koerte IK. Neurological soft signs in adolescents are associated with brain structure. Cereb Cortex 2022; 33:5547-5556. [PMID: 36424865 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor deviations in motor performance. During childhood and adolescence, NSS are examined for functional motor phenotyping to describe development, to screen for comorbidities, and to identify developmental vulnerabilities. Here, we investigate underlying brain structure alterations in association with NSS in physically trained adolescents. Male adolescent athletes (n = 136, 13–16 years) underwent a standardized neurological examination including 28 tests grouped into 6 functional clusters. Non-optimal performance in at least 1 cluster was rated as NSS (NSS+ group). Participants underwent T1- and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Cortical volume, thickness, and local gyrification were calculated using Freesurfer. Measures of white matter microstructure (Free-water (FW), FW-corrected fractional anisotropy (FAt), axial and radial diffusivity (ADt, RDt)) were calculated using tract-based spatial statistics. General linear models with age and handedness as covariates were applied to assess differences between NSS+ and NSS− group. We found higher gyrification in a large cluster spanning the left superior frontal and parietal areas, and widespread lower FAt and higher RDt compared with the NSS− group. This study shows that NSS in adolescents are associated with brain structure alterations. Underlying mechanisms may include alterations in synaptic pruning and axon myelination, which are hallmark processes of brain maturation.
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- Elena M Bonke
- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich , Germany
- NeuroImaging Core Unit Munich (NICUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität , Munich, Germany
- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA , United States
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- University Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
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- University Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
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- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA , United States
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- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- CHU Rennes Radiology Department, , Rennes, France
- University of Rennes Inria, CNRS, Inserm, IRISA UMR 6074, Empenn ERL, , Rennes, France
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- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- NeuroImaging Core Unit Munich (NICUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität , Munich, Germany
- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA , United States
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- University Medical Center Utrecht Image Sciences Institute, , Utrecht, the Netherlands
- University Medical Center Utrecht Department of Neurology, , Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
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- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, , Oslo, Norway
- Oslo University Hospital Division of Mental Health and Addiction, , Oslo, Norway
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- Boston University School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, , Boston, MA , United States
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- Boston University School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, , Boston, MA , United States
- Boston University School of Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Centers, , Boston, MA , United States
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- University Hospital Augsburg Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, , Augsburg, Germany
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- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Department of Neurology, , Munich, Germany
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- University Hospital Department of Clinical Radiology, , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School Center for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
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- University Medical Center Utrecht Image Sciences Institute, , Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, , Oslo, Norway
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- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
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- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, , Boston, MA, United States
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- University Children's Hospital (UKBB) , Basel, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, , , Munich, Germany
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- University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, , Munich, Germany
- Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
- NeuroImaging Core Unit Munich (NICUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität , Munich , Germany
- Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, , Boston, MA , United States
- Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, , Boston, MA , United States
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Kong L, Lui SSY, Wang Y, Hung KSY, Ho KKH, Wang Y, Huang J, Mak HKF, Sham PC, Cheung EFC, Chan RCK. Structural network alterations and their association with neurological soft signs in schizophrenia: Evidence from clinical patients and unaffected siblings. Schizophr Res 2022; 248:345-352. [PMID: 34872833 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Grey matter abnormalities and neurological soft signs (NSS) have been found in schizophrenia patients and their unaffected relatives. Evidence suggested that NSS are associated with grey matter morphometrical alterations in multiple regions in schizophrenia. However, the association between NSS and structural abnormalities at network level remains largely unexplored, especially in the schizophrenia and unaffected siblings. METHOD We used source-based morphometry (SBM) to examine the association of structural brain network characteristics with NSS in 62 schizophrenia patients, 25 unaffected siblings, and 60 healthy controls. RESULTS Two components, namely the IC-5 (superior temporal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus and insula network) and the IC-10 (parahippocampal gyrus, fusiform, thalamus and insula network) showed significant grey matter reductions in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls and unaffected siblings. Further association analysis demonstrated separate NSS-related grey matter covarying patterns in schizophrenia, unaffected siblings and healthy controls. Specifically, NSS were negatively associated with IC-1 (hippocampus, caudate and thalamus network) and IC-5 in schizophrenia, but with IC-3 (caudate, superior and middle frontal cortices network) in unaffected siblings and with IC-5 in healthy controls. CONCLUSION Our results confirmed the key cortical and subcortical network abnormalities and NSS-related grey matter covarying patterns in the schizophrenia and unaffected siblings. Our findings suggest that brain regions implicating genetic liability to schizophrenia are partly separated from brain regions implicating neural abnormalities.
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- Li Kong
- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Centre for PanorOmic Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Hirjak D, Henemann GM, Schmitgen MM, Götz L, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Leménager T, Koenig J, Wolf RC. Cortical surface variation in individuals with excessive smartphone use. Dev Neurobiol 2022; 82:277-287. [PMID: 35332986 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Excessive smartphone use has been repeatedly related to adverse effects on mental health and psychological well-being in young adults. The continued investigation of the neurobiological mechanism underlying excessive smartphone use - sometimes also referred to as "smartphone addiction" (SPA) - is considered a top priority in system neuroscience research. Despite progress in the past years, cortical morphology associated with SPA is still poorly understood. Here, we used structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 T to investigate two cortical surface markers of distinct neurodevelopmental origin such as the complexity of cortical folding (CCF) and cortical thickness (CTh) in individuals with excessive smartphone use (n = 19) compared to individuals not fulfilling SPA criteria (n-SPA; n = 22). SPA was assessed using the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI). CCF and CTh were investigated using the Computational Anatomy Toolbox (CAT12). SPA individuals showed lower CCF in the right superior frontal gyrus as well as in the right caudal (cACC) and rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) compared to n-SPA individuals (TFCE, uncorrected at p < 0.001). Following a dimensional approach, across the entire sample CCF of the right cACC was significantly associated with SPAI total score, as well as with distinct SPAI subdimensions, particularly time spent with the device, compulsivity, and sleep interference in all participants (n = 41; p < 0.05, FDR-corrected). Collectively, these findings suggest that SPA is associated with aberrant structural maturation of regions important for cognitive control and emotional regulation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Wasserthal J, Maier-Hein KH, Neher PF, Wolf RC, Northoff G, Waddington JL, Kubera KM, Fritze S, Harneit A, Geiger LS, Tost H, Hirjak D. White matter microstructure alterations in cortico-striatal networks are associated with parkinsonism in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2021; 50:64-74. [PMID: 33984810 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The specific role of white matter (WM) microstructure in parkinsonism among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is largely unknown. To determine whether topographical alterations of WM microstructure contribute to parkinsonism in SSD patients, we examined healthy controls (HC, n=16) and SSD patients with and without parkinsonism, as defined by Simpson-Angus Scale total score of ≥4 (SSD-P, n=33) or <4 (SSD-nonP, n=62). We used whole brain tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), tractometry (along tract statistics using TractSeg) and graph analytics (clustering coefficient (CCO), local betweenness centrality (BC)) to provide a framework of specific WM microstructural changes underlying parkinsonism in SSD. Using these methods, post hoc analyses showed (a) decreased fractional anisotrophy (FA), as measured via tractometry, in the corpus callosum, corticospinal tract and striato-fronto-orbital tract, and (b) increased CCO, as derived by graph analytics, in the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and left superior frontal gyrus (SFG), in SSD-P patients when compared to SSD-nonP patients. Increased CCO in the left OFC and SFG was associated with SAS scores. These findings indicate the prominence of OFC alterations and aberrant connectivity with fronto-parietal regions and striatum in the pathogenesis of parkinsonism in SSD. This study further supports the notion of altered "bottom-up modulation" between basal ganglia and fronto-parietal regions in the pathobiology of parkinsonism, which may reflect an interaction between movement disorder intrinsic to SSD and antipsychotic drug-induced sensorimotor dysfunction.
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- Jakob Wasserthal
- Division of Medical Imaging Computing (MIC), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Imaging Computing (MIC), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Section of Automated Image Analysis, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Imaging Computing (MIC), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group System Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group System Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group System Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
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Wolf RC, Werler F, Wittemann M, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Reith W, Hirjak D. Structural correlates of sensorimotor dysfunction in heavy cannabis users. Addict Biol 2021; 26:e13032. [PMID: 33951262 DOI: 10.1111/adb.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sensorimotor dysfunction has been previously reported in persons with cannabis dependence. Such individuals can exhibit increased levels of neurological soft signs (NSS), particularly involving motor coordination and sensorimotor integration. Whether such abnormalities may also apply to non-dependent individuals with heavy cannabis use (HCU) is unknown, as much as the neural correlates underlying such deficits. In this study, we investigated associations between NSS and gray matter volume (GMV) in males with HCU and male controls. Twenty-four persons with HCU and 17 controls were examined using standardized assessment of NSS and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 T. GMV was calculated using voxel-based morphometry algorithms provided by the Computational Anatomy Toolbox (CAT12). Individuals with HCU showed higher NSS total scores compared to controls. In particular, significant NSS-subdomain effects were found for "motor coordination" (MoCo), "complex motor tasks" (CoMT), and "hard signs" (HS) expression in HCU (p < 0.05, Bonferroni-corrected). Compared to controls, persons with HCU showed significant NSS/GMV interactions in putamen and inferior frontal cortex (MoCo), right cerebellum (CoMT) and middle and superior frontal cortices, and bilateral precentral cortex and thalamus (HS). In between-group analyses, individuals with HCU showed lower GMV in the right anterior orbital and precentral gyrus, as well as higher GMV in the right superior frontal gyrus and left supplementary motor cortex compared to controls. The data support the notion of abnormal sensorimotor performance associated with HCU. The data also provide a neuromechanistic understanding of such deficits, particularly with respect to aberrant cortical-thalamic-cerebellar-cortical circuit.
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- Robert Christian Wolf
- Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Saarland University Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of General Psychiatry at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology Saarland University Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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Viher PV, Stegmayer K, Bracht T, Federspiel A, Bohlhalter S, Strik W, Wiest R, Walther S. Neurological Soft Signs Are Associated With Altered White Matter in Patients With Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2021; 48:220-230. [PMID: 34355246 PMCID: PMC8781326 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are related to grey matter and functional brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. Studies in healthy subjects suggest, that NSS are also linked to white matter. However, the association between NSS and white matter abnormalities in schizophrenia remains to be elucidated. The present study investigated, if NSS are related to white matter alterations in patients with schizophrenia. The total sample included 42 healthy controls and 41 patients with schizophrenia. We used the Neurological Evaluation Scale (NES), and we acquired diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging to assess white matter on a voxel-wise between subject statistic. In patients with schizophrenia, linear associations between NES with fractional anisotropy (FA), radial, axial, and mean diffusivity were analyzed with tract-based spatial statistics while controlling for age, medication dose, the severity of the disease, and motion. The main pattern of results in patients showed a positive association of NES with all diffusion measures except FA in important motor pathways: the corticospinal tract, internal capsule, superior longitudinal fascicle, thalamocortical radiations and corpus callosum. In addition, exploratory tractography analysis revealed an association of the right aslant with NES in patients. These results suggest that specific white matter alterations, that is, increased diffusivity might contribute to NSS in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Petra Verena Viher
- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland,To whom correspondence should be addressed; Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland; tel: +41-31-930-97-57, fax: +41-31-930-94-04, e-mail:
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland,Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Support Center of Advanced Neuroimaging, Institute of Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Bachmann S, Beck M, Tsai DH, Haupt F. Neurological Soft Signs (NSS) in Census-Based, Decade-Adjusted Healthy Adults, 20 to >70 Years of Age. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:670539. [PMID: 34248707 PMCID: PMC8264425 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.670539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Neurological soft signs (NSS) represent minor neurological features and have been widely studied in psychiatric disease. The assessment is easily performed. Quantity and quality may provide useful information concerning the disease course. Mostly, NSS scores differ significantly between patients and controls. However, literature does not give reference values. In this pilot study, we recruited 120 healthy women and men to build a cross-sectional, census-based sample of healthy individuals, aged 20 to >70 years, subdivided in 10-year blocks for a close approach to the human lifeline. Testing for NSS and neurocognitive functioning was performed following the exclusion of mental and severe physical illness. NSS scores increased significantly between ages 50+ and 60+, which was primarily accountable to motor signs. Gender and cognitive functioning were not related to changes of scores. Although the number of individuals is small, study results may lay a foundation for further validation of NSS in healthy individuals.
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- Silke Bachmann
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals and Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Geriatriezentrum Zwenkau, Sana Kliniken AG, Zwenkau, Germany
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- Swiss Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (SCOEH), Winterthur, Switzerland
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Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Waddington JL, Schmitgen MM, Fritze S, Rashidi M, Thieme CE, Sambataro F, Geiger LS, Tost H, Hirjak D. A neurodevelopmental signature of parkinsonism in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2021; 231:54-60. [PMID: 33770626 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
While sensorimotor abnormalities in schizophrenia (SZ) are of increasing scientific interest, little is known about structural changes and their developmental origins that may underlie parkinsonism. This multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study examined healthy controls (HC, n = 20) and SZ patients with (SZ-P, n = 38) and without (SZ-nonP, n = 35) parkinsonism, as defined by Simpson-Angus Scale total scores of ≥4 or ≤1, respectively. Using the Computational Anatomy Toolbox (CAT12), voxel- and surface-based morphometry were applied to investigate cortical and subcortical gray matter volume (GMV) and three cortical surface markers of distinct neurodevelopmental origin: cortical thickness (CTh), complexity of cortical folding (CCF) and sulcus depth. In a subgroup of patients (29 SZ-nonP, 25 SZ-P), resting-state fMRI data were also analyzed using a regions-of-interest approach based on fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF). SZ-P patients showed increased CCF in the left supplementary motor cortex (SMC) and decreased left postcentral sulcus (PCS) depth compared to SZ-nonP patients (p < 0.05, FWE-corrected at cluster level). In SMC, CCF was associated negatively with activity, which also differed significantly between the patient groups and between patients and HC. In regression models, severity of parkinsonism was associated negatively with left middle frontal CCF and left anterior cingulate CTh. These data provide novel insights into altered trajectories of cortical development in SZ patients with parkinsonism. These cortical surface changes involve the sensorimotor system, suggesting abnormal neurodevelopmental processes tightly coupled with cortical activity and subcortical morphology that convey increased risk for sensorimotor abnormalities in SZ.
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- Robert Christian Wolf
- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience (DNS), University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group System Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group System Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Cai XL, Wang YM, Wang Y, Zhou HY, Huang J, Wang Y, Lui SSY, Møller A, Hung KSY, Mak HKF, Sham PC, Cheung EFC, Chan RCK. Neurological Soft Signs Are Associated With Altered Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity in Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2021; 47:1452-1462. [PMID: 33479738 PMCID: PMC8379549 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Cerebellar dysfunction is associated with neurological soft signs (NSS), which is a promising endophenotype for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. However, the relationship between cerebellar-cerebral resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and NSS is largely unexplored. Moreover, both NSS and cerebellar-cerebral rsFC have been found to be correlated with negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Here, we investigated the correlations between NSS and cerebellar-cerebral rsFC, explored their relationship with negative symptoms in a main dataset, and validated the significant findings in a replication dataset. Both datasets comprised schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. In schizophrenia patients, we found positive correlations between NSS and rsFC of the cerebellum with the inferior frontal gyrus and the precuneus, and negative correlations between NSS and rsFC of the cerebellum with the inferior temporal gyrus. In healthy controls, NSS scores were positively correlated with rsFC of the cerebellum with the superior frontal gyrus and negatively correlated with rsFC between the cerebellum and the middle occipital gyrus. Cerebellar-prefrontal rsFC was also positively correlated with negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients. These findings were validated in the replication dataset. Our results suggest that the uncoupling of rsFC between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex may underlie the expression of NSS in schizophrenia. NSS-related cerebellar-prefrontal rsFC may be a potential neural pathway for possible neural modulation to alleviate negative symptoms.
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- Xin-Lu Cai
- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
- Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Center for PanorOmic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed; 16 Lincui Road, Beijing 100101, China; tel: +86(0)10-64836274, fax: 86(0)10-64836274, e-mail:
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Ferruccio NP, Tosato S, Lappin JM, Heslin M, Donoghue K, Giordano A, Lomas B, Reininghaus U, Onyejiaka A, Chan RCK, Croudace T, Jones PB, Murray RM, Fearon P, Doody GA, Morgan C, Dazzan P. Neurological Signs at the First Psychotic Episode as Correlates of Long-Term Outcome: Results From the AESOP-10 Study. Schizophr Bull 2020; 47:118-127. [PMID: 32656567 PMCID: PMC7824991 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Minor neurological signs are subtle deficits in sensory integration, motor coordination, and sequencing of complex motor acts present in excess in the early stages of psychosis. Still, it remains unclear whether at least some of these signs represent trait or state markers for psychosis and whether they are markers of long-term disease outcome of clinical utility. We examined the relationship between neurological function at illness onset assessed with the Neurological Evaluation Scale and subsequent illness course in 233 patients from AESOP-10 (Aetiology and Ethnicity in Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses), a 10-year follow-up study of a population-based cohort of individuals recruited at the time of their first episode of psychosis in the United Kingdom. In 56 of these patients, we also explored changes in neurological function over time. We included a group of 172 individuals without psychosis as controls. After 10 years, 147 (63%) patients had developed a non-remitting course of illness, and 86 (37%) a remitting course. Already at first presentation, patients who developed a non-remitting course had significantly more primary, motor coordination, and total signs than both remitting patients and healthy controls. While Motor Coordination signs did not change over time, rates of Primary, Sensory Integration, and Total signs increased, independently of illness course type. These findings suggest that motor coordination problems could be a useful early, quick, and easily detectable marker of subsequent clinical outcome. With other motor abnormalities, a measure of motor incoordination could contribute to the identification of the most vulnerable individuals, who could benefit from targeted and more assertive treatment approaches.
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- Naika P Ferruccio
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK,Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- University of Cambridge, and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK,To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: +44-(0)207-848-0700, fax: +44-(0)207-848-0287, e-mail:
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Rohleder C, Koethe D, Fritze S, Topor CE, Leweke FM, Hirjak D. Neural correlates of binocular depth inversion illusion in antipsychotic-naïve first-episode schizophrenia patients. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2019; 269:897-910. [PMID: 29556734 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-018-0886-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Binocular depth inversion illusion (BDII), a visual, 'top-down'-driven information process, is impaired in schizophrenia and particularly in its early stages. BDII is a sensitive measure of impaired visual information processing and represents a valid diagnostic tool for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. However, neurobiological underpinnings of aberrant BDII in first-episode schizophrenia are largely unknown at present. METHODS In this study, 22 right-handed, first-episode, antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia patients underwent BDII assessment and MRI scanning at 1.5 T. The surface-based analysis via new version of Freesurfer (6.0) enabled calculation of cortical thickness and surface area. BDII total and faces scores were related to the two distinct cortical measurements. RESULTS We found a significant correlation between BDII performance and cortical thickness in the inferior frontal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus (p < 0.003, Bonferroni corr.), as well as superior parietal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, and precentral gyrus (p < 0.05, CWP corr.), respectively. BDII performance was significantly correlated with surface area in the superior parietal gyrus and right postcentral gyrus (p < 0.003, Bonferroni corr.). CONCLUSION BDII performance may be linked to cortical thickness and surface area variations in regions involved in "adaptive" or "top-down" modulation and stimulus processing, i.e., frontal and parietal lobes. Our results suggest that cortical features of distinct evolutionary and genetic origin differently contribute to BDII performance in first-episode, antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia patients.
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- Cathrin Rohleder
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.,Institute of Radiochemistry and Experimental Molecular Imaging, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.,Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.
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Wang X, Herold CJ, Kong L, Schroeder J. Associations between brain structural networks and neurological soft signs in healthy adults. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2019; 293:110989. [PMID: 31634787 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.110989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Neurological soft signs (NSS), as minor neurological deficits, have been identified in several psychiatric disorders, especially in schizophrenia. However, it's unclear how the neuropathological processes of the disease affect NSS related brain morphological changes and whether it is confounded by the use of medication. As NSS also exist in healthy people, the potential confounding effects of psychopathology or medication will be excluded if NSS are investigated in healthy people. Therefore, we applied a novel multivariate approach, source-based morphometry (SBM), to study structural networks in relation to NSS in healthy adults based on structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. The Heidelberg Scale was applied to evaluate NSS. Using SBM, we constructed structural networks and investigated their associations with NSS in healthy adults. Six grey matter (GM) structural networks were identified. Sensory integration subscores were associated with the cerebellar component and the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic component. Motor coordination subscores and total NSS scores were associated with the sensorimotor component. The present findings indicated that structural network abnormalities in cerebellar, subcortical and cortical sensorimotor areas contribute to NSS performance in healthy adults.
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- Xingsong Wang
- College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, No. 100 Guilin Road, 200234, Shanghai, China
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- Section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Vossstrasse 4, DE-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, No. 100 Guilin Road, 200234, Shanghai, China.
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- Section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Vossstrasse 4, DE-69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Fritze S, Bertolino AL, Topor CE, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC. Cortical Contributions to Distinct Symptom Dimensions of Catatonia. Schizophr Bull 2019; 45:1184-1194. [PMID: 30753720 PMCID: PMC6811823 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Catatonia is a central aspect of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) and most likely associated with abnormalities in affective, motor, and sensorimotor brain regions. However, contributions of different cortical features to the pathophysiology of catatonia in SSD are poorly understood. Here, T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging data at 3 T were obtained from 56 right-handed patients with SSD. Using FreeSurfer version 6.0, we calculated cortical thickness, area, and local gyrification index (LGI). Catatonic symptoms were examined on the Northoff catatonia rating scale (NCRS). Patients with catatonia (NCRS total score ≥3; n = 25) showed reduced surface area in the parietal and medial orbitofrontal gyrus and LGI in the temporal gyrus (P < .05, corrected for cluster-wise probability [CWP]) as well as hypergyrification in rostral cingulate and medial orbitofrontal gyrus when compared with patients without catatonia (n = 22; P < .05, corrected for CWP). Following a dimensional approach, a negative association between NCRS motor and behavior scores and cortical thickness in superior frontal, insular, and precentral cortex was found (34 patients with at least 1 motor and at least 1 other affective or behavioral symptom; P < .05, corrected for CWP). Positive associations were found between NCRS motor and behavior scores and surface area and LGI in superior frontal, posterior cingulate, precentral, and pericalcarine gyrus (P < .05, corrected for CWP). The data support the notion that cortical features of distinct evolutionary and genetic origin differently contribute to catatonia in SSD. Catatonia in SSD may be essentially driven by cortex variations in frontoparietal regions including regions implicated in the coordination and goal-orientation of behavior.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany,To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 49-621-1703-0, fax: 0049-621-1703-2305, e-mail:
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Sarrazin S, Cachia A, Hozer F, McDonald C, Emsell L, Cannon DM, Wessa M, Linke J, Versace A, Hamdani N, D'Albis MA, Delavest M, Phillips ML, Brambilla P, Bellani M, Polosan M, Favre P, Leboyer M, Mangin JF, Houenou J. Neurodevelopmental subtypes of bipolar disorder are related to cortical folding patterns: An international multicenter study. Bipolar Disord 2018; 20:721-732. [PMID: 29981196 PMCID: PMC6516086 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Brain sulcation is an indirect marker of neurodevelopmental processes. Studies of the cortical sulcation in bipolar disorder have yielded mixed results, probably due to high variability in clinical phenotype. We investigated whole-brain cortical sulcation in a large sample of selected patients with high neurodevelopmental load. METHODS A total of 263 patients with bipolar disorder I and 320 controls were included in a multicentric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study. All subjects underwent high-resolution T1-weighted brain MRI. Images were processed with an automatized pipeline to extract the global sulcal index (g-SI) and the local sulcal indices (l-SIs) from 12 a priori determined brain regions covering the whole brain. We compared l-SI and g-SI between patients with and without early-onset bipolar disorder and between patients with and without a positive history of psychosis, adjusting for age, gender and handedness. RESULTS Patients with early-onset bipolar disorder had a higher l-SI in the right prefrontal dorsolateral region. Patients with psychotic bipolar disorder had a decreased l-SI in the left superior parietal cortex. No group differences in g-SI or l-SI were found between healthy subjects and the whole patient cohort. We could replicate the early-onset finding in an independent cohort. CONCLUSIONS Our work suggests that bipolar disorder is not associated with generalized abnormalities of sulcation, but rather with localized changes of cortical folding restricted to patients with a heavy neurodevelopmental loading. These findings support the hypothesis that bipolar disorder is heterogeneous but may be disentangled using MRI, and suggest the need for investigations into neurodevelopmental deviations in the disorder.
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- Samuel Sarrazin
- APHP, DHU PePSY, Pôle de psychiatrie et d'addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- INSERM U955, Team 15, "Translationnal Psychiatry", IMRB, Créteil, France
- Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France
- Lab. UNIACT, NeuroSpin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Imaging Biomarkers for Brain Development and Disorders, UMR INSERM 894, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de l'Éducation de l'enfant (LaPsyDÉ), UMR CNRS 8240, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Lab. UNIACT, NeuroSpin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Corentin-Celton Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Paris Descartes University, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Old Age Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Centre (UPC)-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Translational MRI & Radiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Institute, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Institute, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- APHP, DHU PePSY, Pôle de psychiatrie et d'addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- INSERM U955, Team 15, "Translationnal Psychiatry", IMRB, Créteil, France
- Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France
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- APHP, DHU PePSY, Pôle de psychiatrie et d'addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- INSERM U955, Team 15, "Translationnal Psychiatry", IMRB, Créteil, France
- Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France
- Lab. UNIACT, NeuroSpin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- APHP, Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Lariboisiere Fernand Widal, INSERM U 705 CNRS UMR 8206, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, AOUI Verona/Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences/University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U1216 Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- APHP, DHU PePSY, Pôle de psychiatrie et d'addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- INSERM U955, Team 15, "Translationnal Psychiatry", IMRB, Créteil, France
- Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Est, Créteil, France
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- APHP, DHU PePSY, Pôle de psychiatrie et d'addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
- INSERM U955, Team 15, "Translationnal Psychiatry", IMRB, Créteil, France
- Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France
- Lab. UNIACT, NeuroSpin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Est, Créteil, France
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Ciufolini S, Ponteduro MF, Reis-Marques T, Taylor H, Mondelli V, Pariante CM, Bonaccorso S, Chan R, Simmons A, David A, Di Forti M, Murray RM, Dazzan P. Cortical thickness correlates of minor neurological signs in patients with first episode psychosis. Schizophr Res 2018; 200:104-111. [PMID: 29785932 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are subtle abnormalities of motor and sensory function that are present in the absence of localized brain pathological lesions. In psychoses they have been consistently associated with a distinct pattern of cortical and subcortical brain structural alterations at the level of the heteromodal cortex and basal ganglia. However, a more specific and accurate evaluation of the cytoarchitecture of the cortical mantle could further advance our understanding of the neurobiological substrate of psychosis. We investigated the relationship between brain structure and NSS in a sample of 66 patients at their first episode of psychosis. We used the Neurological Evaluation Scale for neurological assessment and high-resolution MRI and Freesurfer to explore cortical thickness and surface area. Higher rates of NSS were associated with a reduction of cortical thickness in the precentral and postcentral gyri, inferior-parietal, superior temporal, and fusiform gyri. Higher rates of NSS were also associated with smaller surface areas of superior temporal gyrus and frontal regions (including middle frontal, superior and orbito-frontal gyri). Finally, more sensory integration signs were also associated with larger surface area of the latero-occipital region. We conclude that the presence of NSS in psychosis is associated with distinct but widespread changes in cortical thickness and surface area, in areas crucial for sensory-motor integration and for the fluid execution of movement. Studying these morphological correlates with advanced neuroimaging techniques can continue to improve our knowledge on the neurobiological substrate of these important functional correlates of psychosis.
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- Simone Ciufolini
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, UK
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Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Maier-Hein KH, Thomann PA, Hirjak D, Wolf RC. Differential contributions of cortical thickness and surface area to trait impulsivity in healthy young adults. Behav Brain Res 2018; 350:65-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Wolf RC. Motor dysfunction as research domain in the period preceding manifest schizophrenia: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 87:87-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The cerebral cortex of the human brain has a complex morphological structure consisting of folded or smooth cortical surfaces. These morphological features are referred to as cortical gyrification and are characterized by the gyrification index (GI). A number of cortical gyrification studies have been published using the manual tracing GI, automated GI, and local GI in patients with schizophrenia. In this review, we highlighted abnormal cortical gyrification in patients with schizophrenia, first-episode schizophrenia, siblings of patients, and high-risk and at-risk individuals. Previous researches also indicated that abnormalities in cortical gyrification may underlie the severity of clinical symptoms, neurological soft signs, and executive functions. A substantial body of research has been conducted; however, some researches showed an increased GI, which is called as "hypergyria," and others showed a decreased GI, which is called as "hypogyria." We discussed that different GI methods and a wide variety of characteristics, such as age, sex, stage, and severity of illness, might be important reasons for the conflicting findings. These issues still need to be considered, and future studies should address them.
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- Yukihisa Matsuda
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan, .,Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan,
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Li Z, Huang J, Xu T, Wang Y, Li K, Zeng YW, Lui SSY, Cheung EFC, Jin Z, Dazzan P, Glahn DC, Chan RCK. Neural mechanism and heritability of complex motor sequence and audiovisual integration: A healthy twin study. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 39:1438-1448. [PMID: 29266498 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Complex motor sequencing and sensory integration are two key items in scales assessing neurological soft signs. However, the underlying neural mechanism and heritability of these two functions is not known. Using a healthy twin design, we adopted two functional brain imaging tasks focusing on fist-edge-palm (FEP) complex motor sequence and audiovisual integration (AVI). Fifty-six monozygotic twins and 56 dizygotic twins were recruited in this study. The pre- and postcentral, temporal and parietal gyri, the supplementary motor area, and the cerebellum were activated during the FEP motor sequence, whereas the precentral, temporal, and fusiform gyri, the thalamus, and the caudate were activated during AVI. Activation in the supplementary motor area during FEP motor sequence and activation in the precentral gyrus and the thalamic nuclei during AVI exhibited significant heritability estimates, ranging from 0.5 to 0.62. These results suggest that activation in cortical motor areas, the thalamus and the cerebellum associated with complex motor sequencing and audiovisual integration function may be heritable.
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- Zhi Li
- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- MRI Center, Hospital 306, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- MRI Center, Hospital 306, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University & Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center, Institute of Living, United States of America
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Pfeifer B, Kubera KM, Thomann AK, Seidl U, Maier-Hein KH, Schröder J, Thomann PA. Cortical signature of clock drawing performance in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 90:133-142. [PMID: 28284155 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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It is unclear whether clock drawing test (CDT) performance relies on a widely distributed cortical network, or whether this test predominantly taps into parietal cortex function. So far, associations between cortical integrity and CDT impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) largely stem from cortical volume analyses. Given that volume is a product of thickness and surface area, investigation of the relationship between CDT and these two cortical measures might contribute to better understanding of this cognitive screening tool for AD. 38 patients with AD, 38 individuals with MCI and 31 healthy controls (HC) underwent CDT assessment and MRI at 3 Tesla. The surface-based analysis via Freesurfer enabled calculation of cortical thickness and surface area. CDT was scored according to the method proposed by Shulman and related to the two distinct cortical measurements. Higher CDT scores across the entire sample were associated with cortical thickness in bilateral temporal gyrus, the right supramarginal gyrus, and the bilateral parietal gyrus, respectively (p < 0.001 CWP corr.). Significant associations between CDT and cortical thickness reduction in the parietal lobe remained significant when analyses were restricted to AD individuals. There was no statistically significant association between CDT scores and surface area (p < 0.001 CWP corr.). In conclusion, CDT performance may be driven by cortical thickness alterations in regions previously identified as "AD vulnerable", i.e. regions predominantly including temporal and parietal lobes. Our results suggest that cortical features of distinct evolutionary and genetic origin differently contribute to CDT performance.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University Mannheim, Germany; Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Prießnitzweg 24, Stuttgart 70374, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Center for Mental Health, Odenwald District Healthcare Center, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 10-20, 64711 Erbach, Germany
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Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Goch C, Hering J, Maier-Hein KH. White matter microstructure variations contribute to neurological soft signs in healthy adults. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:3552-3565. [PMID: 28429448 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Neurological soft signs (NSS) are core features of psychiatric disorders with significant neurodevelopmental origin. However, it is unclear whether NSS correlates are associated with neuropathological processes underlying the disease or if they are confounded by medication. Given that NSS are also present in healthy persons (HP), investigating HP could reveal NSS correlates, which are not biased by disease-specific processes or drug treatment. Therefore, we used a combination of diffusion MRI analysis tools to provide a framework of specific white matter (WM) microstructure variations underlying NSS in HP. METHOD NSS of 59 HP were examined on the Heidelberg Scale and related to diffusion associated metrics. Using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), we studied WM variations in fractional anisotropy (FA) as well as radial (RD), axial (AD), and mean diffusivity (MD). Using graph analytics (clustering coefficient-CC, local betweenness centrality -BC), we then explored DTI-derived structural network variations in regions identified by previous MRI studies on NSS. RESULTS NSS scores were negatively associated with RD, AD and MD in corpus callosum, brainstem and cerebellum (P < 0.05, corr.). NSS scores were negatively associated with CC and BC of the pallidum, the superior parietal gyrus, the precentral sulcus, the insula, and the cingulate gyrus (P < 0.05, uncorr.). CONCLUSION The present study supports the notion that WM microstructure variations in subcortical and cortical sensorimotor regions contribute to NSS expression in young HP. Hum Brain Mapp 38:3552-3565, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Mental Health, Odenwald District Healthcare Center, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 10-20, 64711, Erbach, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Galindo L, Bergé D, Murray GK, Mané A, Bulbena A, Pérez V, Vilarroya O. Default Mode Network Aberrant Connectivity Associated with Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia Patients and Unaffected Relatives. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:298. [PMID: 29375404 PMCID: PMC5767074 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Brain connectivity and neurological soft signs (NSS) are reportedly abnormal in schizophrenia and unaffected relatives, suggesting they might be useful neurobiological markers of the illness. NSS are discrete sensorimotor impairments thought to correspond to deviant brain development. Although NSS support the hypothesis that schizophrenia involves disruption in functional circuits involving several hetero modal association areas, little is known about the relationship between NSS and brain connectivity. We explored functional connectivity abnormalities of the default mode network (DMN) related to NSS in schizophrenia. A cross-sectional study was performed with 27 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, 23 unaffected relatives who were unrelated to the schizophrenia subjects included in the study, and 35 healthy controls. Subjects underwent magnetic resonance imaging scans including a functional resting-state acquisition and NSS evaluation. Seed-to-voxel and independent component analyses were used to study brain connectivity. NSS scores were significantly different between groups, ranging from a higher to lower scores for patients, unaffected relatives, and healthy controls, respectively (analysis of variance effect of group F = 56.51, p < 0.001). The connectivity analysis revealed significant hyperconnectivity in the fusiform gyrus, insular and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices, inferior and middle frontal gyri, middle and superior temporal gyri, and posterior cingulate cortex [minimum p-family wise error (FWE) < 0.05 for all clusters] in patients with schizophrenia as compared with in controls. Also, unaffected relatives showed hyperconnectivity in relation to controls in the supramarginal association and dorsal posterior cingulate cortices (p-FWE < 0.05 for all clusters) in patients with schizophrenia as compared with in controls. Also, unaffected relatives showed hyperconnectivity in relation to controls in the supramarginal association and dorsal posterior cingulate cortices (p-FWE = 0.001) and in the anterior prefrontal cortex (42 voxels, p-FWE = 0.047). A negative correlation was found between left caudate connectivity and NSS [p-FWE = 0.044, cluster size (k) = 110 voxels]. These findings support the theory of widespread abnormal connectivity in schizophrenia, reinforcing DMN hyperconnectivity and NSS as neurobiological markers of schizophrenia. The results also indicate the caudate nucleus as the gateway to the motor consequences of abnormal DMN connectivity.
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- Liliana Galindo
- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Institute of Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, Neuroscience, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Cortical folding patterns are associated with impulsivity in healthy young adults. Brain Imaging Behav 2016; 11:1592-1603. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9618-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cerebellar contributions to neurological soft signs in healthy young adults. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2016; 266:35-41. [PMID: 25708455 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-015-0582-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are frequently found in psychiatric disorders of significant neurodevelopmental origin, e.g., in patients with schizophrenia and autism. Yet NSS are also present in healthy individuals suggesting a neurodevelopmental signature of motor function, probably as a continuum between health and disease. So far, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying these motor phenomena in healthy persons, and it is even less known whether the cerebellum contributes to NSS expression. Thirty-seven healthy young adults (mean age = 23 years) were studied using high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and "resting-state" functional MRI at three Tesla. NSS levels were measured using the "Heidelberg Scale." Cerebellar gray matter volume was investigated using cerebellum-optimized voxel-based analysis methods. Cerebellar function was assessed using regional homogeneity (ReHo), a measure of local network strength. The relationship between cerebellar structure and function and NSS was analyzed using regression models. There was no significant relationship between cerebellar volume and NSS (p < 0.005, uncorrected for height, p < 0.05 corrected for spatial extent). Positive associations with cerebellar lobule VI activity were found for the "motor coordination" and "hard signs" NSS domains. A negative relationship was found between lobule VI activity and "complex motor task" domain (p < 0.005, uncorrected for height, p < 0.05 corrected for spatial extent). The data indicate that in healthy young adults, distinct NSS domains are related to cerebellar activity, specifically with activity of cerebellar subregions with known cortical somatomotor projections. In contrast, cerebellar volume is not predictive of NSS in healthy persons.
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Neurological soft signs in recent-onset schizophrenia: Focus on the cerebellum. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2015; 60:18-25. [PMID: 25640318 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous structural neuroimaging studies linked cerebellar deficits to neurological soft signs (NSS) in schizophrenia. However, no studies employed a methodology specifically designed to assess cerebellar morphology. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between NSS levels and abnormalities of the human cerebellum in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia and healthy individuals using an exclusive cerebellar atlas. METHODS A group of 26 patients with recent-onset schizophrenia and 26 healthy controls were included. All participants underwent a high-resolution T1-weighted MRI scan on a 3 Tesla scanner. We used a voxel-based morphometry (VBM) approach utilizing the Spatially Unbiased Infratentorial (SUIT) toolbox to provide an optimized and fine-grained exploration of cerebellar structural alterations associated with NSS. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, patients had significantly smaller cerebellar volumes for both hemispheres. In the patients' group, we identified a significant negative correlation between NSS levels and gray matter volume in the left lobule VI and the right lobule VIIa, corrected for multiple comparisons. Further, NSS performance was significantly associated with white matter volume in the left midbrain and corpus medullare and the right lobule VIIa. In contrast, no significant associations between NSS scores and cerebellar subregions in healthy subjects arose. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate the benefits of SUIT when investigating cerebellar correlates of NSS. These results support the view that distinct parts of sensorimotor and cognitive cerebellum play an important role in the pathogenesis of NSS in schizophrenia.
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