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Berthet P, Haatveit BC, Kjelkenes R, Worker A, Kia SM, Wolfers T, Rutherford S, Alnaes D, Dinga R, Pedersen ML, Dahl A, Fernandez-Cabello S, Dazzan P, Agartz I, Nesvåg R, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Simonsen C, Westlye LT, Melle I, Marquand A. A 10-Year Longitudinal Study of Brain Cortical Thickness in People with First-Episode Psychosis Using Normative Models. Schizophr Bull 2024:sbae107. [PMID: 38970378 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinical forecasting models have potential to optimize treatment and improve outcomes in psychosis, but predicting long-term outcomes is challenging and long-term follow-up data are scarce. In this 10-year longitudinal study, we aimed to characterize the temporal evolution of cortical correlates of psychosis and their associations with symptoms. DESIGN Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from people with first-episode psychosis and controls (n = 79 and 218) were obtained at enrollment, after 12 months (n = 67 and 197), and 10 years (n = 23 and 77), within the Thematically Organized Psychosis (TOP) study. Normative models for cortical thickness estimated on public MRI datasets (n = 42 983) were applied to TOP data to obtain deviation scores for each region and timepoint. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) scores were acquired at each timepoint along with registry data. Linear mixed effects models assessed effects of diagnosis, time, and their interactions on cortical deviations plus associations with symptoms. RESULTS LMEs revealed conditional main effects of diagnosis and time × diagnosis interactions in a distributed cortical network, where negative deviations in patients attenuate over time. In patients, symptoms also attenuate over time. LMEs revealed effects of anterior cingulate on PANSS total, and insular and orbitofrontal regions on PANSS negative scores. CONCLUSIONS This long-term longitudinal study revealed a distributed pattern of cortical differences which attenuated over time together with a reduction in symptoms. These findings are not in line with a simple neurodegenerative account of schizophrenia, and deviations from normative models offer a promising avenue to develop biomarkers to track clinical trajectories over time.
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- Pierre Berthet
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Department Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK
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- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Center for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Moon SY, Park H, Lee W, Lee S, Lho SK, Kim M, Kim KW, Kwon JS. Magnetic resonance texture analysis reveals stagewise nonlinear alterations of the frontal gray matter in patients with early psychosis. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:5309-5318. [PMID: 37500824 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02163-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Although gray matter (GM) abnormalities are present from the early stages of psychosis, subtle/miniscule changes may not be detected by conventional volumetry. Texture analysis (TA), which permits quantification of the complex interrelationship between contrasts at the individual voxel level, may capture subtle GM changes with more sensitivity than does volume or cortical thickness (CTh). We performed three-dimensional TA in nine GM regions of interest (ROIs) using T1 magnetic resonance images from 101 patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP), 85 patients at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis, and 147 controls. Via principal component analysis, three features of gray-level cooccurrence matrix - informational measure of correlation 1 (IMC1), autocorrelation (AC), and inverse difference (ID) - were selected to analyze cortical texture in the ROIs that showed a significant change in volume or CTh in the study groups. Significant reductions in GM volume and CTh of various frontotemporal regions were found in the FEP compared with the controls. Increased frontal AC was found in the FEP group compared to the controls after adjusting for volume and CTh changes. While volume and CTh were preserved in the CHR group, a stagewise nonlinear increase in frontal IMC1 was found, which exceeded both the controls and FEP group. Increased frontal IMC1 was also associated with a lesser severity of attenuated positive symptoms in the CHR group, while neither volume nor CTh was. The results of the current study suggest that frontal IMC1 may reflect subtle, dynamic GM changes and the symptomatology of the CHR stage with greater sensitivity, even in the absence of gross GM abnormalities. Some structural mechanisms that may contribute to texture changes (e.g., macrostructural cortical lamina, neuropil/myelination, cortical reorganization) and their possible implications are explored and discussed. Texture may be a useful tool to investigate subtle and dynamic GM abnormalities, especially during the CHR period.
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- Sun Young Moon
- Department of Public Health Service, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Zhou H, Wang D, Cao B, Zhang X. Association of reduced cortical thickness and psychopathological symptoms in patients with first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2022; 27:42-50. [PMID: 36193901 DOI: 10.1080/13651501.2022.2129067] [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] [Indexed: 10/10/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE There is growing evidence that reduced cortical thickness has been considered to be a central abnormality in schizophrenia. Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that the cerebral cortex becomes thinner in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. This study aimed to examine whether cortical thickness is altered in drug-naïve schizophrenia in a Chinese Han population and the relationship between cortical thickness and clinical symptoms. METHODS We compared cortical thickness in 41 schizophrenia patients and 30 healthy controls. Psychopathology of patients with schizophrenia was assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). RESULTS The cortical thickness of left banks of superior temporal sulcus, left lateral occipital gyrus, left rostral middle frontal gyrus, right inferior parietal lobule and right lateral occipital gyrus in schizophrenia patients was generally thinner compared with healthy controls. Correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between cortical thickness of the left banks of superior temporal sulcus and general psychopathology of PANSS. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that cortical thickness abnormalities are already present early in the onset of schizophrenia and are associated with psychopathological symptoms, suggesting that it plays an important role in the pathogenesis and symptomatology of schizophrenia.Key points(1) The first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia had reduced cortical thickness than the controls.(2) Cortical thickness was associated with psychopathological symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Huixia Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Zhang M, Hong X, Yang F, Fan H, Fan F, Song J, Wang Z, Tan Y, Tan S, Elliot Hong L. Structural brain imaging abnormalities correlate with positive symptom in schizophrenia. Neurosci Lett 2022; 782:136683. [PMID: 35595192 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136683] [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: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Accumulating evidence indicates neuroanatomical mechanisms underlying positive symptoms in schizophrenia; however, the exact structural determinants of positive symptoms remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate associations between positive symptoms and structural brain changes, including alterations in grey matter (GM) volume and cortical thickness, in patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES). This study included 44 patients with FES and 48 healthy controls (HCs). Clinical symptoms of patients were evaluated and individual-level GM volume and cortical thickness were assessed. Patients with FES showed reduced GM volume in the right superior temporal gyrus (STG) and increased cortical thickness in the left inferior segment of the circular sulcus of the insula (S_circular_insula_inf) compared with HCs. Increased thickness of the left S_circular_insula_inf correlated positively with positive symptoms in patients with FES. Exploratory correlation analysis found that increased thickness of the left S_circular_insula_inf correlated positively with conceptual disorganization and excitement symptoms, and the right STG GM volume correlated negatively with hallucinations. This study suggests that GM abnormalities in the STG and altered cortical thickness of the S_circular_insula_inf, which were detected at the early stage of schizophrenia, may underlie positive symptoms in patients with FES.
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- Meng Zhang
- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital, Chongqing 404000, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China.
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21288, USA
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Hua JPY, Mathalon DH. Cortical and Subcortical Structural Morphometric Profiles in Individuals with Nonaffective and Affective Early Illness Psychosis. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN OPEN 2022; 3:sgac028. [PMID: 39144757 PMCID: PMC11206002 DOI: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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Research has found strong evidence for common and distinct morphometric brain abnormality profiles in nonaffective psychosis (NAff-P) and affective psychosis (Aff-P). Due to chronicity and prolonged medication exposure confounds, it is crucial to examine structural morphometry early in the course of psychosis. Using Human Connectome Project-Early Psychosis data, multivariate profile analyses were implemented to examine regional profiles for cortical thickness, cortical surface area, subcortical volume, and ventricular volume in healthy control (HC; n = 56), early illness NAff-P (n = 83), and Aff-P (n = 30) groups after accounting for normal aging. Associations with symptom severity, functioning, and cognition were also examined. Group regional profiles were significantly nonparallel and differed in level for cortical thickness (P < .001), with NAff-P having widespread cortical thinning relative to HC and Aff-P and some regions showing greater deficits than others. Significant nonparallelism of group regional profiles was also evident for cortical surface area (P < .006), with Aff-P and N-Aff-P differing from HC and from each other (P < .001). For subcortical volume, there was significant profile nonparallelism with NAff-P having an enlarged left pallidum and smaller accumbens and hippocampus (P < .028), and Aff-P having a smaller accumbens and amygdala (P < .006), relative to HC. NAff-P also had larger basal ganglia compared to Aff-P. Furthermore, NAff-P had enlarged ventricles (P < .055) compared to HC and Aff-P. Additionally, greater ventricular volume was associated with increased manic symptoms in NAff-P and Aff-P. Overall, this study found common and distinct regional morphometric profile abnormalities in early illness NAff-P and Aff-P, providing evidence for both shared and disease-specific pathophysiological processes.
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- Jessica P Y Hua
- Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers, San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the University of California, San Francisco, CA,USA
- Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Burke L, Androutsos C, Jogia J, Byrne P, Frangou S. The Maudsley Early Onset Schizophrenia Study: The effect of age of onset and illness duration on fronto-parietal gray matter. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 23:233-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Revised: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AbstractObjectiveIn Early Onset Schizophrenia (EOS; onset before the 18th birthday) late brain maturational changes may interact with disease mechanisms leading to a wave of back to front structural changes during adolescence. To further explore this effect we examined the relationship between age of onset and duration of illness on brain morphology in adolescents with EOS.Subjects and methodsStructural brain magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained from 40 adolescents with EOS. We used Voxel Based Morphometry and multiple regressions analyses, implemented in SPM, to examine the relationship between gray matter volume with age of onset and illness duration.ResultsAge of onset showed a positive correlation with regional gray matter volume in the right superior parietal lobule (Brodmann Area 7). Duration of illness was inversely related to regional gray matter volume in the left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 11/47).ConclusionsParietal gray matter loss may contribute to the onset of schizophrenia while orbitofrontal gray matter loss is associated with illness duration.
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Makowski C, Lewis JD, Lepage C, Malla AK, Joober R, Lepage M, Evans AC. Structural Associations of Cortical Contrast and Thickness in First Episode Psychosis. Cereb Cortex 2019; 29:5009-5021. [PMID: 30844050 PMCID: PMC6918925 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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There is growing evidence that psychosis is characterized by brain network abnormalities. Analyzing morphological abnormalities with T1-weighted structural MRI may be limited in discovering the extent of deviations in cortical associations. We assess whether structural associations of either cortical white-gray contrast (WGC) or cortical thickness (CT) allow for a better understanding of brain structural relationships in first episode of psychosis (FEP) patients. Principal component and structural covariance analyses were applied to WGC and CT derived from T1-weighted MRI for 116 patients and 88 controls, to explore sets of brain regions that showed group differences, and associations with symptom severity and cognitive ability in patients. We focused on 2 principal components: one encompassed primary somatomotor regions, which showed trend-like group differences in WGC, and the second included heteromodal cortices. Patients' component scores were related to general psychopathology for WGC, but not CT. Structural covariance analyses with WGC revealed group differences in pairwise correlations across widespread brain regions, mirroring areas derived from PCA. More group differences were uncovered with WGC compared with CT. WGC holds potential as a proxy measure of myelin from commonly acquired T1-weighted MRI and may be sensitive in detecting systems-level aberrations in early psychosis, and relationships with clinical/cognitive profiles.
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- Carolina Makowski
- McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Canada
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- McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada
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- McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
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- McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada
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Lin Y, Li M, Zhou Y, Deng W, Ma X, Wang Q, Guo W, Li Y, Jiang L, Hu X, Zhang N, Li T. Age-Related Reduction in Cortical Thickness in First-Episode Treatment-Naïve Patients with Schizophrenia. Neurosci Bull 2019; 35:688-696. [PMID: 30790217 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-019-00348-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Substantial evidence supports the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia. Meanwhile, progressive neurodegenerative processes have also been reported, leading to the hypothesis that neurodegeneration is a characteristic component in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. However, a major challenge for the neurodegenerative hypothesis is that antipsychotic drugs used by patients have profound impact on brain structures. To clarify this potential confounding factor, we measured the cortical thickness across the whole brain using high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in 145 first-episode and treatment-naïve patients with schizophrenia and 147 healthy controls. The results showed that, in the patient group, the frontal, temporal, parietal, and cingulate gyri displayed a significant age-related reduction of cortical thickness. In the control group, age-related cortical thickness reduction was mostly located in the frontal, temporal, and cingulate gyri, albeit to a lesser extent. Importantly, relative to healthy controls, patients exhibited a significantly smaller age-related cortical thickness in the anterior cingulate, inferior temporal, and insular gyri in the right hemisphere. These results provide evidence supporting the existence of neurodegenerative processes in schizophrenia and suggest that these processes already occur in the early stage of the illness.
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- Yin Lin
- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,Department of Psychology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518038, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital for Chengdu Office of Tibetan Autonomous Region, Branch Hospital of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huaxi Biobank, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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- Mental Health Centre and Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. .,West China Brain Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Studies investigating postnatal brain growth disorders inform the biology underlying the development of human brain circuitry. This research is becoming increasingly important for the diagnosis and treatment of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and related disorders. Here, we review recent research on typical and abnormal postnatal brain growth and examine potential biological mechanisms. RECENT FINDINGS Clinically, brain growth disorders are heralded by diverging head size for a given age and sex, but are more precisely characterized by brain imaging, post-mortem analysis, and animal model studies. Recent neuroimaging and molecular biological studies on postnatal brain growth disorders have broadened our view of both typical and pathological postnatal neurodevelopment. Correlating gene and protein function with brain growth trajectories uncovers postnatal biological mechanisms, including neuronal arborization, synaptogenesis and pruning, and gliogenesis and myelination. Recent investigations of childhood neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders highlight the underlying genetic programming and experience-dependent remodeling of neural circuitry. SUMMARY To understand typical and abnormal postnatal brain development, clinicians and researchers should characterize brain growth trajectories in the context of neurogenetic syndromes. Understanding mechanisms and trajectories of postnatal brain growth will aid in differentiating, diagnosing, and potentially treating neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Mutluer T, Şar V, Kose-Demiray Ç, Arslan H, Tamer S, Inal S, Kaçar AŞ. Lateralization of Neurobiological Response in Adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Related to Severe Childhood Sexual Abuse: the Tri-Modal Reaction (T-MR) Model of Protection. J Trauma Dissociation 2018; 19:108-125. [PMID: 28281921 DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2017.1304489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
This study inquires into neurobiological response to stress and its clinical correlates among adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of cerebral anatomy were carried out on 23 female adolescents with PTSD related to severe childhood sexual abuse and 21 matched healthy controls. Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents, Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children, Beck Depression Scale, and a set of neuro-cognitive tests were administered to all participants. Compared to controls, PTSD group bilaterally had smaller amygdala, hippocampus, anterior cingulate, and thinner prefrontal cortex but normal thalamus. Further analyses within the PTSD group suggested an association between symptoms of PTSD and sizes of right brain structures including smaller amygdala but larger hippocampus and anterior cingulate. Thinner right prefrontal cortex and larger right thalamus seemed to be related to denial and response prevention, respectively. Being related to both hemispheres, dissociative amnesia was negatively associated with proportion of the right amygdala to right thalamus and to both left and right prefrontal cortex. Suggesting a neuro-protective effect against traumatic stress at least through adolescence, depersonalization-derealization and identity alteration were correlated with thicker left prefrontal cortex. Unlike the lateralization within PTSD group, correlations between regions of interest were rather symmetrical in controls. The graded response to stress seemed to be aimed at mental protection by lateralization of brain functions and possibly diminished connection between two hemispheres. A Tri-Modal Reaction (T-MR) Model of protection is proposed.
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- Tuba Mutluer
- a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Koc University Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey
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- b Department of Psychiatry , Koc University School of Medicine (KUSOM) , Istanbul , Turkey
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- d Department of Radiology , Van Yuzuncu Yıl University School of Medicine , Van , Turkey
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- e Department of Neurology , Sincan Koru Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- f Psychology Unit , Van Regional Research and Education Hospital , Van , Turkey
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- g Department of Psychiatry, Koc University School of Medicine (KUSOM) , Istanbul , Turkey
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Ceyhan E, Nishino T, Botteron KN, Miller MI, Ratnanather JT. Analysis of cortical morphometric variability using labeled cortical distance maps. STATISTICS AND ITS INTERFACE 2016; 10:313-341. [PMID: 37476472 PMCID: PMC10358742 DOI: 10.4310/sii.2017.v10.n2.a13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Morphometric (i.e., shape and size) differences in the anatomy of cortical structures are associated with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Such differences can be quantized and detected by a powerful tool called Labeled Cortical Distance Map (LCDM). The LCDM method provides distances of labeled gray matter (GM) voxels from the GM/white matter (WM) surface for specific cortical structures (or tissues). Here we describe a method to analyze morphometric variability in the particular tissue using LCDM distances. To extract more of the information provided by LCDM distances, we perform pooling and censoring of LCDM distances. In particular, we employ Brown-Forsythe (BF) test of homogeneity of variance (HOV) on the LCDM distances. HOV analysis of pooled distances provides an overall analysis of morphometric variability of the LCDMs due to the disease in question, while the HOV analysis of censored distances suggests the location(s) of significant variation in these differences (i.e., at which distance from the GM/WM surface the morphometric variability starts to be significant). We also check for the influence of assumption violations on the HOV analysis of LCDM distances. In particular, we demonstrate that BF HOV test is robust to assumption violations such as the non-normality and within sample dependence of the residuals from the median for pooled and censored distances and are robust to data aggregation which occurs in analysis of censored distances. We recommend HOV analysis as a complementary tool to the analysis of distribution/location differences. We also apply the methodology on simulated normal and exponential data sets and assess the performance of the methods when more of the underlying assumptions are satisfied. We illustrate the methodology on a real data example, namely, LCDM distances of GM voxels in ventral medial prefrontal cortices (VMPFCs) to see the effects of depression or being of high risk to depression on the morphometry of VMPFCs. The methodology used here is also valid for morphometric analysis of other cortical structures.
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- E. Ceyhan
- Dept. of Mathematics, Koç University, 34450, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Dept. of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Dept. of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Institute for Computational Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Institute for Computational Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Seitz J, Zuo JX, Lyall AE, Makris N, Kikinis Z, Bouix S, Pasternak O, Fredman E, Duskin J, Goldstein JM, Petryshen TL, Mesholam-Gately RI, Wojcik J, McCarley RW, Seidman LJ, Shenton ME, Koerte IK, Kubicki M. Tractography Analysis of 5 White Matter Bundles and Their Clinical and Cognitive Correlates in Early-Course Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2016; 42:762-71. [PMID: 27009248 PMCID: PMC4838095 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbv171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE Tractography is the most anatomically accurate method for delineating white matter tracts in the brain, yet few studies have examined multiple tracts using tractography in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). We analyze 5 white matter connections important in the pathophysiology of SCZ: uncinate fasciculus, cingulum bundle (CB), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), superior longitudinal fasciculus, and arcuate fasciculus (AF). Additionally, we investigate the relationship between diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) markers and neuropsychological measures. METHODS High-resolution DTI data were acquired on a 3 Tesla scanner in 30 patients with early-course SCZ and 30 healthy controls (HC) from the Boston Center for Intervention Development and Applied Research study. After manually guided tracts delineation, fractional anisotropy (FA), trace, radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) were calculated and averaged along each tract. The association of DTI measures with the Scales for the Assessment of Negative and Positive Symptoms and neuropsychological measures was evaluated. RESULTS Compared to HC, patients exhibited reduced FA and increased trace and RD in the right AF, CB, and ILF. A discriminant analysis showed the possible use of FA of these tracts for better future group membership classifications. FA and RD of the right ILF and AF were associated with positive symptoms while FA and RD of the right CB were associated with memory performance and processing speed. CONCLUSION We observed white matter alterations in the right CB, ILF, and AF, possibly caused by myelin disruptions. The structural abnormalities interact with cognitive performance, and are linked to clinical symptoms.
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- Johanna Seitz
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA;,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA;,Department of Medicine, Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Center for Human Genetic Research, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetic Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;,Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Division, Brockton, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;
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Ansell BRE, Dwyer DB, Wood SJ, Bora E, Brewer WJ, Proffitt TM, Velakoulis D, McGorry PD, Pantelis C. Divergent effects of first-generation and second-generation antipsychotics on cortical thickness in first-episode psychosis. Psychol Med 2015; 45:515-527. [PMID: 25077698 PMCID: PMC4413868 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291714001652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Whether there are differential effects of first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) and second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) on the brain is currently debated. Although some studies report that FGAs reduce grey matter more than SGAs, others do not, and research to date is limited by a focus on schizophrenia spectrum disorders. To address this limitation, this study investigated the effects of medication in patients being treated for first-episode schizophrenia or affective psychoses. METHOD Cortical thickness was compared between 52 first-episode psychosis patients separated into diagnostic (i.e. schizophrenia or affective psychosis) and medication (i.e. FGA and SGA) subgroups. Patients in each group were also compared to age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 28). A whole-brain cortical thickness interaction analysis of medication and diagnosis was then performed. Correlations between cortical thickness with antipsychotic dose and psychotic symptoms were examined. RESULTS The effects of medication and diagnosis did not interact, suggesting independent effects. Compared with controls, diagnostic differences were found in frontal, parietal and temporal regions. Decreased thickness in FGA-treated versus SGA-treated groups was found in a large frontoparietal region (p < 0.001, corrected). Comparisons with healthy controls revealed decreased cortical thickness in the FGA group whereas the SGA group showed increases in addition to decreases. In FGA-treated patients cortical thinning was associated with higher negative symptoms whereas increased cortical thickness in the SGA-treated group was associated with lower positive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that FGA and SGA treatments have divergent effects on cortical thickness during the first episode of psychosis that are independent from changes due to illness.
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- B. R. E. Ansell
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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Wagshal D, Knowlton BJ, Cohen JR, Bookheimer SY, Bilder RM, Fernandez VG, Asarnow RF. Cognitive correlates of gray matter abnormalities in adolescent siblings of patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2015; 161:345-50. [PMID: 25541139 PMCID: PMC4405249 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Patients with childhood onset schizophrenia (COS) display widespread gray matter (GM) structural brain abnormalities. Healthy siblings of COS patients share some of these structural abnormalities, suggesting that GM abnormalities are endophenotypes for schizophrenia. Another possible endophenotype for schizophrenia that has been relatively unexplored is corticostriatal dysfunction. The corticostriatal system plays an important role in skill learning. Our previous studies have demonstrated corticostriatal dysfunction in COS siblings with a profound skill learning deficit and abnormal pattern of brain activation during skill learning. This study investigated whether structural abnormalities measured using volumetric brain morphometry (VBM) were present in siblings of COS patients and whether these were related to deficits in cognitive skill learning. Results revealed smaller GM volume in COS siblings relative to controls in a number of regions, including occipital, parietal, and subcortical regions including the striatum, and greater GM volume relative to controls in several subcortical regions. Volume in the right superior frontal gyrus and cerebellum were related to performance differences between groups on the weather prediction task, a measure of cognitive skill learning. Our results support the idea that corticostriatal and cerebellar impairment in unaffected siblings of COS patients are behaviorally relevant and may reflect genetic risk for schizophrenia.
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- Dana Wagshal
- University of California San Francisco, United States.
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Tsitsipa E, Fountoulakis KN. The neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder: a systematic review of data. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2015; 14:42. [PMID: 26628905 PMCID: PMC4666163 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-015-0081-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During the last decades, there have been many different opinions concerning the neurocognitive function in Bipolar disorder (BD). The aim of the current study was to perform a systematic review of the literature and to synthesize the data in a comprehensive picture of the neurocognitive dysfunction in BD. METHODS Papers were located with searches in PubMed/MEDLINE, through June 1st 2015. The review followed a modified version of the recommendations of the Preferred Items for Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. RESULTS The initial search returned 110,403 papers. After the deletion of duplicates, 11,771 papers remained for further evaluation. Eventually, 250 were included in the analysis. CONCLUSION The current review supports the presence of a neurocognitive deficit in BD, in almost all neurocognitive domains. This deficit is qualitative similar to that observed in schizophrenia but it is less severe. There are no differences between BD subtypes. Its origin is unclear. It seems it is an enduring component and represents a core primary characteristic of the illness, rather than being secondary to the mood state or medication. This core deficit is confounded (either increased or attenuated) by the disease phase, specific personal characteristics of the patients (age, gender, education, etc.), current symptomatology and its treatment (especially psychotic features) and long-term course and long-term exposure to medication, psychiatric and somatic comorbidity and alcohol and/or substance abuse.
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- Division of Neurosciences, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 6, Odysseos street (1st Parodos, Ampelonon str.) 55536 Pournari Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Xiao Y, Lui S, Deng W, Yao L, Zhang W, Li S, Wu M, Xie T, He Y, Huang X, Hu J, Bi F, Li T, Gong Q. Altered cortical thickness related to clinical severity but not the untreated disease duration in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2015; 41:201-10. [PMID: 24353097 PMCID: PMC4266280 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Although previous studies have reported deficits in the gray matter volume of schizophrenic patients, it remains unclear whether these deficits occur at the onset of the disease, before treatment, and whether they are progressive over the duration of untreated disease. Furthermore, the gray matter volume represents the combinations of cortical thickness and surface area; these features are believed to be influenced by different genetic factors. However, cortical thickness and surface area in antipsychotic-naive first-episode schizophrenic patients have seldom been investigated. Here, the cortical thicknesses and surface areas of 128 antipsychotic-naive first-episode schizophrenic patients were compared with 128 healthy controls. The patients exhibited significantly lower cortical thickness, primarily in the bilateral prefrontal and parietal cortex, and increased thickness in the bilateral anterior temporal lobes, left medial orbitofrontal cortex, and left cuneus. Furthermore, decreased cortical thickness was related to positive schizophrenia symptoms but not to the severity of negative symptoms and the untreated disease duration. No significant difference of surface area was observed between the 2 groups. Thus, without the confounding factors of medication and illness progression, this study provides further evidence to support anatomical deficits in the prefrontal and parietal cortex early in course of the illness. The increased thicknesses of the bilateral anterior temporal lobes may represent a compensatory factor or may be an early-course neuronal pathology caused by preapoptotic osmotic changes or hypertrophy. Furthermore, these anatomical deficits are crucial to the pathogenesis of positive symptoms and relatively stable instead of progressing during the early stages of the disease.
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- Yuan Xiao
- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;,These authors contributed equally to the article
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;,These authors contributed equally to the article
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;,These authors contributed equally to the article
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Oncology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xuexiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Chou PH, Koike S, Nishimura Y, Satomura Y, Kinoshita A, Takizawa R, Kasai K. Similar age-related decline in cortical activity over frontotemporal regions in schizophrenia: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study. Schizophr Bull 2015; 41:268-79. [PMID: 24948388 PMCID: PMC4266293 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Although recent studies have demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls did not differ in the speed of age-related decline in cortical thickness and performances on cognitive tests, hemodynamic changes assessed by functional neuroimaging remain unclear. This study investigated age effects on regional brain cortical activity to determine whether there is similar age-related decline in cortical activity as those observed in cortical thickness and cognitive test performance. METHOD A total of 109 patients with schizophrenia (age range: 16-59 y) and 106 healthy controls (age range: 16-59 y) underwent near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) while performing a verbal fluency test (VFT). Group comparison of cortical activity was examined using 2-tailed t tests, adopting the false discovery rate method. The relationship between age and cortical activity was investigated using correlational and multiple regression analyses, adjusting for potential confounding variables. A 2-way ANOVA was conducted to investigate differences in the age effects between diagnostic groups. RESULTS The patient group exhibited significantly decreased cortical activity in several regions of the frontotemporal cortices. However, slopes of age-dependent decreases in cortical activity were similar between patients and healthy individuals at the bilateral frontotemporal regions. CONCLUSIONS Our study showed no significant between-group differences in the age-related decline in cortical activity, as measured by NIRS, over the frontotemporal regions during a VFT. The results of our study may indicate a decrease in cortical activity in a relatively limited period around illness onset rather than continuously progressing over the course of the illness.
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- Po-Han Chou
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan;,Department of Psychiatry, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan;,Division for Counseling and Support, Office for Mental Health Support, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan;,Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan;
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Song X, Quan M, Lv L, Li X, Pang L, Kennedy D, Hodge S, Harrington A, Ziedonis D, Fan X. Decreased cortical thickness in drug naïve first episode schizophrenia: in relation to serum levels of BDNF. J Psychiatr Res 2015; 60:22-8. [PMID: 25282282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 08/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
This study was to examine cortical thickness in drug naïve, first episode schizophrenia patients, and to explore its relationship with serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Forty-five drug naive schizophrenia patients and 28 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Freesurfer was used to parcellate cortical regions, and vertex-wise group analysis was used for whole brain cortical thickness. The clusters for the brain regions that demonstrated group differences were extracted, and the mean values of thickness were calculated. Serum levels of BDNF were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). After controlling for age and gender, significantly thinner cortical thickness was found in left insula and superior temporal gyrus in the patient group compared with the healthy control group (HC group) (p's < 0.001). Lower serum levels of BDNF were also found in the patient group compared with the HC group (p = 0.001). Correlation analysis showed a significant positive relationship between thickness of left insula and serum levels of BDNF within the HC group (r = 0.396, p = 0.037) but there was no such relationship within the patient group (r = 0.035, p = 0.819). Cortical thinning is present in drug naïve, first episode schizophrenia patients, indicating neurodevelopmental abnormalities at the onset of schizophrenia. Left insula might be an imaging biomarker in detecting the impaired protective role of neurotrophic factor for the brain development in schizophrenia.
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- Xueqin Song
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Henan Province Biological Psychiatry Key Laboratory, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China; Henan Province Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Grey-matter texture abnormalities and reduced hippocampal volume are distinguishing features of schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2014; 223:179-86. [PMID: 25028155 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neurodevelopmental processes are widely believed to underlie schizophrenia. Analysis of brain texture from conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect disturbance in brain cytoarchitecture. We tested the hypothesis that patients with schizophrenia manifest quantitative differences in brain texture that, alongside discrete volumetric changes, may serve as an endophenotypic biomarker. Texture analysis (TA) of grey matter distribution and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) of regional brain volumes were applied to MRI scans of 27 patients with schizophrenia and 24 controls. Texture parameters (uniformity and entropy) were also used as covariates in VBM analyses to test for correspondence with regional brain volume. Linear discriminant analysis tested if texture and volumetric data predicted diagnostic group membership (schizophrenia or control). We found that uniformity and entropy of grey matter differed significantly between individuals with schizophrenia and controls at the fine spatial scale (filter width below 2mm). Within the schizophrenia group, these texture parameters correlated with volumes of the left hippocampus, right amygdala and cerebellum. The best predictor of diagnostic group membership was the combination of fine texture heterogeneity and left hippocampal size. This study highlights the presence of distributed grey-matter abnormalities in schizophrenia, and their relation to focal structural abnormality of the hippocampus. The conjunction of these features has potential as a neuroimaging endophenotype of schizophrenia.
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Greater clinical and cognitive improvement with clozapine and risperidone associated with a thinner cortex at baseline in first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2014; 158:223-9. [PMID: 25088730 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cortical thickness may be useful as a treatment response predictor in first-episode (FE) patients with schizophrenia, although this possibility has been scarcely assessed. In this study we assessed the possible relation between cortical thickness in regions of interest selected because of previously reported structural alterations in schizophrenia and clinical and cognitive changes after two years of treatment with risperidone or clozapine in 31 neuroleptic-naïve FE patients with schizophrenia (16 of them treated with clozapine and 15 with risperidone). Using the last-observation-carried-forward (LOCF), a larger improvement in positive, negative and total symptoms was predicted by the amount of baseline cortical thinning in the right prefrontal cortex (pars orbitalis). After two years of treatment, cognitive status was reassessed in the 17 patients (11 on clozapine) who had not dropped out. Working memory improvement after reassessment was associated with a greater baseline cortical thinning in the left prefrontal cortex (pars orbitalis), and verbal memory improvement with a greater baseline cortical thinning in the left pars triangularis. Significant but weak cortical thickness decrease from baseline to follow-up was observed in patients in comparison to controls (left pars triangularis and opercularis, and left caudal middle frontal areas). These results may support a positive predictive role for cortical thinning in the frontal region with regard to clinical and cognitive improvement with clozapine and risperidone in FE patients with schizophrenia.
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Benetti S, Pettersson-Yeo W, Hutton C, Catani M, Williams SC, Allen P, Kambeitz-Ilankovic LM, McGuire P, Mechelli A. Elucidating neuroanatomical alterations in the at risk mental state and first episode psychosis: a combined voxel-based morphometry and voxel-based cortical thickness study. Schizophr Res 2013; 150:505-11. [PMID: 24084578 PMCID: PMC3824077 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Previous studies have reported alterations in grey matter volume and cortical thickness in individuals at high risk of developing psychosis and patients in the early stages of the disorder. Because these studies have typically focused on either grey matter volume or cortical thickness separately, the relationship between these two types of alterations is currently unclear. In the present investigation we used both voxel-based cortical thickness (VBCT) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to examine neuroanatomical differences in 21 individuals with an At Risk Mental State (ARMS) for psychosis, 26 patients with a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) and 24 healthy controls. Statistical inferences were made at P<0.05 after correction for multiple comparisons. Cortical thinning in the right superior temporal gyrus was observed in both individuals at high risk of developing psychosis and patients with a first episode of the disorder, and therefore is likely to represent a marker of vulnerability. In contrast, the right posterior cingulate cortex showed cortical thinning in FEP patients relative to individuals at high risk, and therefore appears to be implicated in the onset of the disease. These neuroanatomical differences were expressed in terms of cortical thickness but not in terms of grey matter volume, and therefore may reflect specific cortical atrophy as opposed to variations in sulcal and gyral morphology.
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- Stefania Benetti
- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
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Zugman A, Gadelha A, Assunção I, Sato J, Ota VK, Rocha DL, Mari JJ, Belangero SI, Bressan RA, Brietzke E, Jackowski AP. Reduced dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex in treatment resistant schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2013; 148:81-6. [PMID: 23721966 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Treatment resistance affects up to one third of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). A better understanding of its biological underlying processes could improve treatment. The aim of this study was to compare cortical thickness between non-resistant SCZ (NR-SCZ), treatment-resistant SCZ (TR-SCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC). METHODOLOGY Structural MRI scans were obtained from 3 groups of individuals: 61 treatment resistant SCZ individuals, 67 non-resistant SCZ and 80 healthy controls. Images were analyzed using cortical surface modelling (implemented in freesurfer package) to identify group differences in cortical thickness. Statistical significant differences were identified using Monte-Carlo simulation method with a corrected p-cluster<0.01. RESULTS Patients in the TR-SCZ group showed a widespread reduction in cortical thickness in frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital regions bilaterally. NR-SCZ group had reduced cortex in two regions (left superior frontal cortex and left caudal middle frontal cortex). TR-SCZ group also showed decreased thickness in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) when compared with patients from NR-SCZ group. CONCLUSIONS The reduction in cortical thickness in DLPFC indicates a more severe form of the disease or a specific finding for this group. Alterations in this region should be explored as a putative marker for treatment resistance. Prospective studies, with individuals being followed from first episode psychosis until refractoriness is diagnosed, are needed to clarify these hypotheses.
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- André Zugman
- Interdiciplinary Laboratory in Clinical Neuroscience (LiNC), Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Early cognitive experience prevents adult deficits in a neurodevelopmental schizophrenia model. Neuron 2012; 75:714-24. [PMID: 22920261 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Brain abnormalities acquired early in life may cause schizophrenia, characterized by adulthood onset of psychosis, affective flattening, and cognitive impairments. Cognitive symptoms, like impaired cognitive control, are now recognized to be important treatment targets but cognition-promoting treatments are ineffective. We hypothesized that cognitive training during the adolescent period of neuroplastic development can tune compromised neural circuits to develop in the service of adult cognition and attenuate schizophrenia-related cognitive impairments that manifest in adulthood. We report, using neonatal ventral hippocampus lesion rats (NVHL), an established neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, that adolescent cognitive training prevented the adult cognitive control impairment in NVHL rats. The early intervention also normalized brain function, enhancing cognition-associated synchrony of neural oscillations between the hippocampi, a measure of brain function that indexed cognitive ability. Adolescence appears to be a critical window during which prophylactic cognitive therapy may benefit people at risk of schizophrenia.
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Effect of antipsychotic drugs on cortical thickness. A randomized controlled one-year follow-up study of haloperidol, risperidone and olanzapine. Schizophr Res 2012; 141:22-8. [PMID: 22884754 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Imaging evidence indicates that brain alterations are primary to the full-blown onset of schizophrenia and seem to progress across time. The potential effects of antipsychotic medication on brain structure represent a key factor in understanding brain changes in psychosis. We aimed to investigate the effects of low doses of haloperidol, risperidone and olanzapine on cortical thickness. METHOD We investigated the effects of risperidone (N=16), olanzapine (N=18) and low doses of haloperidol (N=18) in cortical thickness changes during 1-year follow-up period in a large and heterogeneous sample of schizophrenia spectrum patients. The relationship between cortical thickness changes and clinical and cognitive outcome was also assessed. A group of 45 healthy volunteers was also longitudinally evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans (1.5T) were obtained and images were analyzed by using BRAINS2. RESULTS There were no significant effects of time (F(1,47)<1.66; P>0.204), treatment group (F(2,47)<1.47; P>0.242) or group-by-time interaction (F(2,47)<1.82; P>0.174) for any of the cortical thickness variables. When the group of healthy controls was included in the analyses, it is of note that group-by-time interaction showed a significant result for the frontal lobe at trend level (F(3,81)=2.686; P=0.052). After the Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons, there were no significant associations between changes in cortical thickness and clinical and cognitive outcome. CONCLUSIONS Low doses of haloperidol, risperidone, and olanzapine seem to equally affect gray matter cortical thickness, overall and lobes, at the medium-term (1 year). The clinical effectiveness of treatments was not significantly related to changes in cortical thickness.
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Gogtay N, Weisinger B, Bakalar JL, Stidd R, Fernandez de la Vega O, Miller R, Clasen L, Greenstein D, Rapoport JL. Psychotic symptoms and gray matter deficits in clinical pediatric populations. Schizophr Res 2012; 140:149-54. [PMID: 22835806 PMCID: PMC3448116 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuroanatomic studies have not yet addressed how subtle phenotypic distinctions in psychosis alter the underlying brain changes, and whether there is evidence for psychosis as a dimensional construct. We explored the relationship of cortical GM thickness to psychotic phenotypes in children. METHODS Cross-sectional comparison of anatomic brain imaging between patients referred as childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) but ruled out after a drug free inpatient observation. Groups included: patients with no evidence of psychosis (n=22) after drug free observation, patients with psychosis not otherwise specified (PNOS; total n=29) further divided into those without other axis I diagnoses (n=13) and those with other axis I comorbidities (n=16), age/sex matched COS patients (n=48), and 51 matched healthy controls. GM cortical thickness was compared between the groups, and regressed on patients' SAPS, SANS and GAS scores. RESULTS Patients with no evidence of psychosis showed no cortical GM deficits. Presence of psychosis (PNOS with or without co-morbidities) showed some areas of temporal and prefrontal deficits, more subtle compared to the extensive bilateral cortical deficits seen for COS. GAS SAPS and SANS scores showed a relationship with cortical GM thickness although it did not survive adjustment for multiple comparisons. CONCLUSIONS These results highlight the need for careful phenotypic characterization, as subtle diagnostic distinctions appear to reflect distinct underlying patterns of brain deficits. The incremental nature of cortical deficits from no psychosis to PNOS to COS may further support dimensional model for psychosis.
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- Nitin Gogtay
- Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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van Swam C, Federspiel A, Hubl D, Wiest R, Boesch C, Vermathen P, Kreis R, Strik W, Dierks T. Possible dysregulation of cortical plasticity in auditory verbal hallucinations-A cortical thickness study in schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res 2012; 46:1015-23. [PMID: 22626530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Investigations of gray matter changes in relation with auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) have reported conflicting results. Assuming that alterations in gray matter might be related to certain symptoms in schizophrenia this study aimed to investigate changes in cortical thickness specific to AVH. It was hypothesized that schizophrenia patients suffering from persistent AVH would show significant differences in cortical thickness in regions involved in language-production and perception when compared to schizophrenia patients which had never experienced any hallucinations. METHODS Using cortical thickness analysis the present study investigated ten schizophrenic patients suffering from AVH, ten non-hallucinating schizophrenic patients, and ten healthy control subjects. Anatomical data were acquired on a 3 T MRI system, transformed into standard space and cortically aligned to investigate local differences in whole brain cortical thickness between the two patient groups. Based on this comparison, brain regions with alterations specific for the patients with AVH were identified and then used as regions of interest to compare both patient groups to the healthy subjects respectively. RESULTS Hallucinating patients showed gray matter reductions in the dominant hemisphere predominantly in sensory language areas relevant for speech processing. Increased cortical thickness was found in regions related to self-monitoring. CONCLUSIONS Gray matter reductions in chronic schizophrenic patients may be the sequel of synaptic derangement or disease-related deregulation of language circuits. In order to clarify the ambiguous information processing additional demands might be put on cortical structures responsible for self-monitoring processes leading to changes in cortical thickness in the sense of neural plasticity.
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- Claudia van Swam
- Dept. of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University-Hospital of Psychiatry Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, Bern, Switzerland
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Oertel-Knochel V, Knochel C, Rotarska-Jagiela A, Reinke B, Prvulovic D, Haenschel C, Hampel H, Linden DEJ. Association between Psychotic Symptoms and Cortical Thickness Reduction across the Schizophrenia Spectrum. Cereb Cortex 2012; 23:61-70. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cobia DJ, Csernansky JG, Wang L. Cortical thickness in neuropsychologically near-normal schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2011; 133:68-76. [PMID: 21981933 PMCID: PMC3225719 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2011] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric illness with widespread impairments of cognitive functioning; however, a certain percentage of subjects are known to perform in the normal range on neuropsychological measures. While the cognitive profiles of these individuals have been examined, there has been relatively little attention to the neuroanatomical characteristics of this important subgroup. The aims of this study were to statistically identify schizophrenia subjects with relatively normal cognition, examine their neuroanatomical characteristics relative to their more impaired counterparts using cortical thickness mapping, and to investigate relationships between these characteristics and demographic variables to better understand the nature of cognitive heterogeneity in schizophrenia. Clinical, neuropsychological, and MRI data were collected from schizophrenia (n = 79) and healthy subjects (n = 65). A series of clustering algorithms on neuropsychological scores was examined, and a 2-cluster solution that separated subjects into neuropsychologically near-normal (NPNN) and neuropsychologically impaired (NPI) groups was determined most appropriate. Surface-based cortical thickness mapping was utilized to examine differences in thinning among schizophrenia subtypes compared with the healthy participants. A widespread cortical thinning pattern characteristic of schizophrenia emerged in the NPI group, while NPNN subjects demonstrated very limited thinning relative to healthy comparison subjects. Analysis of illness duration indicated minimal effects on subtype classification and cortical thickness results. Findings suggest a strong link between cognitive impairment and cortical thinning in schizophrenia, where subjects with near-normal cognitive abilities also demonstrate near-normal cortical thickness patterns. While generally supportive of distinct etiological processes for cognitive subtypes, results provide direction for further examination of additional neuroanatomical differences.
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- Derin J. Cobia
- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 E. Ontario, Suite 7-100, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 E. Ontario, Suite 7-100, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 E. Ontario, Suite 7-100, Chicago, IL 60611 USA,Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 E. Ontario, Suite 7-100, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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Crespo-Facorro B, Roiz-Santiáñez R, Pérez-Iglesias R, Rodriguez-Sanchez JM, Mata I, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Sanchez E, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Andreasen N, Magnotta V, Vázquez-Barquero JL. Global and regional cortical thinning in first-episode psychosis patients: relationships with clinical and cognitive features. Psychol Med 2011; 41:1449-60. [PMID: 20942995 PMCID: PMC3954972 DOI: 10.1017/s003329171000200x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND The thickness of the cortical mantle is a sensitive measure for identifying alterations in cortical structure. We aimed to explore whether first episode schizophrenia patients already show a significant cortical thinning and whether cortical thickness anomalies may significantly influence clinical and cognitive features. METHOD We investigated regional changes in cortical thickness in a large and heterogeneous sample of schizophrenia spectrum patients (n=142) at their first break of the illness and healthy controls (n=83). Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans (1.5 T) were obtained and images were analyzed by using brains2. The contribution of sociodemographic, cognitive and clinical characterictics was investigated. RESULTS Patients showed a significant total cortical thinning (F=17.55, d=-0.62, p<0.001) and there was a diffuse pattern of reduced thickness (encompassing frontal, temporal and parietal cortices) (all p's<0.001, d's>0.53). No significant group×gender interactions were observed (all p's>0.15). There were no significant associations between the clinical and pre-morbid variables and cortical thickness measurements (all r's<0.12). A weak significant negative correlation between attention and total (r=-0.24, p=0.021) and parietal cortical thickness (r=-0.27, p=0.009) was found in patients (thicker cortex was associated with lower attention). Our data revealed a similar pattern of cortical thickness changes related to age in patients and controls. CONCLUSIONS Cortical thinning is independent of gender, age, age of onset and duration of the illness and does not seem to significantly influence clinical and functional symptomatology. These findings support a primary neurodevelopment disorder affecting the normal cerebral cortex development in schizophrenia.
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- B Crespo-Facorro
- University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, CIBERSAM, IFIMAV, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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Rapoport JL, Gogtay N. Childhood onset schizophrenia: support for a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder. Int J Dev Neurosci 2010; 29:251-8. [PMID: 20955775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Structural brain abnormalities have become an established feature of schizophrenia and increasing evidence points towards the progressive nature of these abnormalities. The brain abnormalities are most profound in early onset cases, which have a severe, treatment refractory phenotype and more salient genetic features. Unique insights could thus be gained in schizophrenia pathology from studying the earliest manifestations of the illness. This paper reviews and updates the findings on anatomic brain development in patients with very early onset schizophrenia while showing preliminary data from ongoing studies. Collectively, our studies demonstrate that childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) subjects show progressive loss of gray matter, delayed/disrupted white matter (WM) growth, and a progressive decline in cerebellar volume, some of which are shared by their healthy siblings. The developmental patterns or the 'trajectories' of brain development are often more striking than anatomic brain differences at any one point in time; highlighting the importance of longitudinal studies. The sibling findings of partially shared gray matter (GM) deficits which appear to normalize with age, along with other genetic analyses, provide evidence that the brain developmental 'patterns/trajectories' for several regions at particular ages could be useful endophenotypes (trait markers).
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Gutiérrez-Galve L, Wheeler-Kingshott CA, Altmann DR, Price G, Chu EM, Leeson VC, Lobo A, Barker GJ, Barnes TR, Joyce EM, Ron MA. Changes in the frontotemporal cortex and cognitive correlates in first-episode psychosis. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 68:51-60. [PMID: 20452574 PMCID: PMC3025327 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Loss of cortical volume in frontotemporal regions has been reported in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives. Cortical area and thickness are determined by different genetic processes, and measuring these parameters separately may clarify disturbances in corticogenesis relevant to schizophrenia. Our study also explored clinical and cognitive correlates of these parameters. METHODS Thirty-seven patients with first-episode psychosis (34 schizophrenia, 3 schizoaffective disorder) and 38 healthy control subjects matched for age and sex took part in the study. Imaging was performed on an magnetic resonance imaging 1.5-T scanner. Area and thickness of the frontotemporal cortex were measured using a surface-based morphometry method (Freesurfer). All subjects underwent neuropsychologic testing that included measures of premorbid and current IQ, working and verbal memory, and executive function. RESULTS Reductions in cortical area, more marked in the temporal cortex, were present in patients. Overall frontotemporal cortical thickness did not differ between groups, although regional thinning of the right superior temporal region was observed in patients. There was a significant association of both premorbid IQ and IQ at disease onset with area, but not thickness, of the frontotemporal cortex, and working memory span was associated with area of the frontal cortex. These associations remained significant when only patients with schizophrenia were considered. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest an early disruption of corticogenesis in schizophrenia, although the effect of subsequent environmental factors cannot be excluded. In addition, cortical abnormalities are subject to regional variations and differ from those present in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Leticia Gutiérrez-Galve
- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom,Hospital Clínico Universitario and Universidad de Zaragoza, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental and Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom,Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario and Universidad de Zaragoza, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental and Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
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- King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom,Address correspondence to Maria A. Ron, Ph.D., FRCP, FRCPsych, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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Roiz-Santiáñez R, Pérez-Iglesias R, Quintero C, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Mata I, Ayesa R, Sánchez JMR, Gutiérrez A, Sanchez E, Vázquez-Barquero JL, Crespo-Facorro B. Insular cortex thinning in first episode schizophrenia patients. Psychiatry Res 2010; 182:216-22. [PMID: 20488679 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Overall and regional cortical thinning has been observed at the first break of schizophrenia. Due to the fact that structural abnormalities in the insular cortex have been described in schizophrenia, we investigated insular thickness anomalies in first episode schizophrenia. Participants comprised 118 schizophrenia patients and 83 healthy subjects. Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans (1.5T) were obtained, and images were analyzed by using BRAINS2. The contribution of sociodemographic, cognitive and clinical characterictics was controlled. Schizophrenia patients demonstrated a significant right insular thinning, and a significant group by gender interaction was found for left insular thickness. Post-hoc comparisons revealed that male schizophrenia patients had a significant left insular thinning compared with healthy male subjects. There were no significant associations between insular thickness, the severity of symptoms at baseline and cognitive measurements and premorbid variables. The fact that insular thinning is already present at early phases of the illness and is independent of intervening variables offers evidence for the potential of these changes to be a biological marker of the illness.
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- Roberto Roiz-Santiáñez
- University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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Gogtay N, Thompson PM. Mapping gray matter development: implications for typical development and vulnerability to psychopathology. Brain Cogn 2010; 72:6-15. [PMID: 19796863 PMCID: PMC2815268 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recent studies with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have scanned large numbers of children and adolescents repeatedly over time, as their brains develop, tracking volumetric changes in gray and white matter in remarkable detail. Focusing on gray matter changes specifically, here we explain how earlier studies using lobar volumes of specific anatomical regions showed how different lobes of the brain matured at different rates. With the advent of more sophisticated brain mapping methods, it became possible to chart the dynamic trajectory of cortical maturation using detailed 3D and 4D (dynamic) models, showing spreading waves of changes evolving through the cortex. This led to a variety of time-lapse films revealing characteristic deviations from normal development in schizophrenia, bipolar illness, and even in siblings at genetic risk for these disorders. We describe how these methods have helped clarify how cortical development relates to cognitive performance, functional recovery or decline in illness, and ongoing myelination processes. These time-lapse maps have also been used to study effects of genotype and medication on cortical maturation, presenting a powerful framework to study factors that influence the developing brain.
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- Nitin Gogtay
- Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH, NIH, Building 10, Rm 3N202, 10 Center Drive, MSC-1600, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Schultz CC, Koch K, Wagner G, Roebel M, Schachtzabel C, Gaser C, Nenadic I, Reichenbach JR, Sauer H, Schlösser RGM. Reduced cortical thickness in first episode schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2010; 116:204-9. [PMID: 19926451 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previous morphometric studies are suggesting altered cortical thickness mainly in prefronto-temporal regions in first episode schizophrenia. In an extension of these earlier studies, we used an entire cortex vertex-wise approach and an automated clustering for the detection and exact quantification of cortical thickness alterations in first episode schizophrenia. METHODS A group of 54 patients with first episode schizophrenia according to DSM-IV and 54 age and gender matched healthy control subjects were included. All participants underwent high-resolution T1-weighted MRI scans on a 1.5 T scanner. Cortical thickness was estimated as the distance between the gray-white matter border and the pial surface using an automated computerized algorithm (Freesurfer Software). Statistical cortical maps were created to estimate differences of cortical thickness between groups based on this entire cortex analysis. RESULTS Significant cortical thinning was observed in first episode schizophrenia patients relative to controls in a number of cortical areas including the dorsolateral and frontopolar cortices, the anterior cingulate cortex, a ventrolateral-orbitofrontal cluster, as well as the superior temporal cortices and superior parietal lobe. Cortical thinning within these regions was on average 4.4-5.7% with strongest reductions in orbitofrontal regions (7.1%). CONCLUSIONS The present findings suggest widespread reduction of cortical thickness, mostly in heteromodal cortices of fronto-temporal networks to be present at an early stage of schizophrenia. Taken together, the present morphometric data in first episode schizophrenia provide further evidence for potential neurodevelopmental deficits and disruption of cortical maturation in this disorder.
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- C Christoph Schultz
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany.
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It has recently been suggested that cognitive impairment should be included in the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia. One of the main arguments in support of this suggestion has been the hope that cognitive impairment can help distinguish schizophrenia from bipolar disorder (BD). However, recent evidence shows that cognitive deficits occur in BD and persist beyond euthymia. Further, mood disorders with psychotic features might be expected to manifest greater cognitive impairment, which further complicates the potential to differentiate these disorders. The goal of the current meta-analysis was to examine the magnitude and characteristics of cognitive impairments in affective psychoses (AP). A systematic search of the existing literature sourced 27 studies that met the inclusion criteria. These studies compared cognitive performances of 763 patients with AP (550 BD and 213 major depressive disorder) and 1823 healthy controls. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses were used to examine the effects of moderator variables. Meta-analyses of these studies showed that patients with AP were impaired in all 15 cognitive tasks with large effect sizes for most measures. There were no significant differences between the magnitude of impairments between the BD and major depressive disorder groups. The largest effect size was found for symbol coding, stroop task, verbal learning, and category fluency, reflecting impairments in elementary and complex aspects of attentional processing, as well as learning and memory. In general, the pattern of cognitive impairments in AP was similar to reported findings in euthymic patients with BD, but relatively more pronounced.
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- Emre Bora
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Alan Gilbert Building NNF Level 3, Carlton 3053, Australia.
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Levitt JJ, Bobrow L, Lucia D, Srinivasan P. A selective review of volumetric and morphometric imaging in schizophrenia. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2010; 4:243-81. [PMID: 21312403 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2010_53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Brain imaging studies have long supported that schizophrenia is a disorder of the brain, involving many discrete and widely spread regions. Generally, studies have shown decreases in cortical gray matter (GM) volume. Here, we selectively review recent papers studying GM volume changes in schizophrenia subjects, both first-episode (FE) and chronic, in an attempt to quantify and better understand differences between healthy and patient groups. We focused on the cortical GM of the prefrontal cortex, limbic and paralimbic structures, temporal lobe, and one subcortical structure (the caudate nucleus). We performed a search of the electronic journal database PsycINFO using the keywords "schizophrenia" and "MRI," and selected for papers published between 2001 and 2008. We then screened for only those studies utilizing manual or manually edited tracing methodologies for determining regions of interest (ROIs). Each region of interest was indexed independently; thus, one paper might yield results for numerous brain regions. Our review found that in almost all ROIs, cortical GM volume was decreased in the patient populations. The only exception was the caudate nucleus - most studies reviewed showed no change, while one study showed an increase in volume; this region, however, is particularly sensitive to medication effects. The reductions were seen in both FE and chronic schizophrenia. These results clearly support that schizophrenia is an anatomical disorder of the brain, and specifically that schizophrenia patients tend to have decreased cortical GM in regions involved in higher cognition and emotional processing. That these reductions were found in both FE and chronic subjects supports that brain abnormalities are present at the onset of illness, and are not simply a consequence of chronicity. Additional studies assessing morphometry at different phases of the illness, including prodromal stages, together with longitudinal studies will elucidate further the role of progression in this disorder.
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- James J Levitt
- Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Brockton Campus, 116A4, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA.
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Smiley JF, Rosoklija G, Mancevski B, Mann JJ, Dwork AJ, Javitt DC. Altered volume and hemispheric asymmetry of the superficial cortical layers in the schizophrenia planum temporale. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:449-63. [PMID: 19656176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06838.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In vivo structural MRI studies in schizophrenia auditory cerebral cortex have reported smaller volumes and, less consistently, have reported altered hemispheric asymmetry of volumes. We used autopsy brains from 19 schizophrenia and 18 nonpsychiatric male subjects to measure the volume asymmetry of the planum temporal (PT). We then used the most recently autopsied 11 schizophrenia and 10 nonpsychiatric brains to measure the widths and fractional volumes of the upper (I-III) and lower (IV-VI) layers. Measurements of whole PT gray matter volumes did not show significant changes in schizophrenia. Nevertheless, laminar volume measurements revealed that the upper layers of the PT comprise a smaller fraction of the total cortex in schizophrenia than in nonpsychiatric brains. Subdivision of the PT showed that this change was especially prominent caudally, beyond Heschl's gyrus, whereas similar but less pronounced changes were found in the rostral PT and Heschl's gyrus. Complementary measures of laminar widths showed that the altered fractional volume in the caudal left PT was due mainly to approximately 8% thinner upper layers. However, the caudal right PT had a different profile, with thicker lower layers and comparatively unchanged upper layers. Thus, in the present study, laminar measurements provided a more sensitive method for detecting changes than measurement of whole PT volumes. Besides findings in schizophrenia, our cortical width measurements revealed normal hemispheric asymmetries consistent with previous reports. In schizophrenia, the thinner upper layers of the caudal PT suggest disrupted corticocortical processing, possibly affecting the multisensory integration and phonetic processing of this region.
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- John F Smiley
- Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA.
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Goldman AL, Pezawas L, Mattay VS, Fischl B, Verchinski BA, Chen Q, Weinberger DR, Meyer-Lindenberg A. Widespread reductions of cortical thickness in schizophrenia and spectrum disorders and evidence of heritability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 66:467-77. [PMID: 19414706 DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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CONTEXT Schizophrenia is a brain disorder with predominantly genetic risk factors, and previous research has identified heritable cortical and subcortical reductions in local brain volume. To our knowledge, cortical thickness, a measure of particular interest in schizophrenia, has not previously been evaluated in terms of its heritability in relationship to risk for schizophrenia. OBJECTIVE To quantify the distribution and heritability of cortical thickness changes in schizophrenia. DESIGN We analyzed a large sample of normal controls, affected patients, and unaffected siblings using a surface-based approach. Cortical thickness was compared between diagnosis groups on a surfacewide node-by-node basis. Heritability related to disease risk was assessed in regions derived from an automated cortical parcellation algorithm by calculating the Risch lambda. SETTING Research hospital. PARTICIPANTS One hundred ninety-six normal controls, 115 affected patients with schizophrenia, and 192 unaffected siblings. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Regional cortical thickness. RESULTS Node-by-node mapping statistics revealed widespread thickness reductions in the patient group, most pronouncedly in the frontal lobe and temporal cortex. Unaffected siblings did not significantly differ from normal controls at the chosen conservative threshold. Risch lambda analysis revealed widespread evidence for heritability for cortical thickness reductions throughout the brain. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, the present study provides the first evidence of broadly distributed and heritable reductions of cortical thickness alterations in schizophrenia. However, since only trend-level reductions of thickness were observed in siblings, cortical thickness per se (at least as measured by this approach) is not a strong intermediate phenotype for schizophrenia.
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- Aaron L Goldman
- Neuroimaging Core Facility, Genes, Cognition, and Psychosis Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Haller S, Borgwardt SJ, Schindler C, Aston J, Radue EW, Riecher-Rössler A. Can Cortical Thickness Asymmetry Analysis Contribute to Detection of At-Risk Mental State and First-Episode Psychosis?: A Pilot Study. Radiology 2009; 250:212-21. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2501072153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cortical thickness abnormalities in cocaine addiction--a reflection of both drug use and a pre-existing disposition to drug abuse? Neuron 2008; 60:174-88. [PMID: 18940597 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Revised: 01/30/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The structural effects of cocaine on neural systems mediating cognition and motivation are not well known. By comparing the thickness of neocortical and paralimbic brain regions between cocaine-dependent and matched control subjects, we found that four of 18 a priori regions involved with executive regulation of reward and attention were significantly thinner in addicts. Correlations were significant between thinner prefrontal cortex and reduced keypresses during judgment and decision making of relative preference in addicts, suggesting one basis for restricted behavioral repertoires in drug dependence. Reduced effortful attention performance in addicts also correlated with thinner paralimbic cortices. Some thickness differences in addicts were correlated with cocaine use independent of nicotine and alcohol, but addicts also showed diminished thickness heterogeneity and altered hemispheric thickness asymmetry. These observations suggest that brain structure abnormalities in addicts are related in part to drug use and in part to predisposition toward addiction.
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Bora E, Yucel M, Fornito A, Berk M, Pantelis C. Major psychoses with mixed psychotic and mood symptoms: are mixed psychoses associated with different neurobiological markers? Acta Psychiatr Scand 2008; 118:172-87. [PMID: 18699952 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Evidence related to overlapping clinical and genetic risk factors in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) have raised concerns about the validity of 'Kraepelinian dichotomy'. As controversies mainly arise in mixed psychoses that occupy the intermediate zone between schizophrenia and BD, investigating neurobiological markers of mixed psychoses may be relevant to understanding the nature of psychotic disorders. METHOD In this article, we review studies comparing magnetic resonance imaging, neuropsychological and electrophysiological findings in mixed psychoses with each other, as well as with more prototypical cases of schizophrenia and BD. RESULTS The evidence reviewed suggests that mixed psychoses may be associated with different genetic and neurobiological markers compared with prototypical forms of schizophrenia and BD. CONCLUSION These findings may be compatible with more sophisticated versions of dimensional and continuum models or, alternatively, they may suggest that there is an intermediate third category between prototypical schizophrenia and BD.
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- E Bora
- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, and Melbourne Health, ORYGEN research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
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Venkatasubramanian G, Jayakumar PN, Gangadhar BN, Keshavan MS. Automated MRI parcellation study of regional volume and thickness of prefrontal cortex (PFC) in antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2008; 117:420-31. [PMID: 18479318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Prefrontal cortical dysfunction is considered to be critical in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. However, structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies on the PFC have yielded inconsistent results because of various confounding factors. METHOD In this study we examined the volume and thickness abnormalities of the PFC in antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia patients (n = 51) in comparison with age-, sex-, and handedness-matched (as a group) healthy comparison subjects (n = 47) using a newly described automated MRI parcellation analysis. RESULTS Schizophrenia patients showed i) significant volume deficits in bilateral lateral orbitofrontal and left medial orbitofrontal cortices as well as bilateral pars triangularis; and ii) significant thickness deficit in bilateral medial orbitofrontal cortices. Negative syndrome score had a significant negative correlation with the thickness of the left medial orbitofrontal cortex. CONCLUSION The study findings emphasize that prefrontal deficit in schizophrenia is differential and involves primarily the regions essential for 'social cognition'.
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- G Venkatasubramanian
- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
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Rapoport JL, Gogtay N. Brain neuroplasticity in healthy, hyperactive and psychotic children: insights from neuroimaging. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008; 33:181-97. [PMID: 17851542 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Noninvasive brain imaging permits longitudinal studies of anatomic brain development in healthy and psychiatrically ill children. The time course for gray matter maturation varies by region and parallels earlier histological studies, indicating dynamic patterns of overproduction and regression. Developmental trajectories vary in relation to gender, intelligence, and overall functioning. Twin studies show high heritability for brain volumes, which varies with region and with age. Diagnostically specific, illness-related changes as well as outcome-associated plastic response are observed as illustrated for two pediatric populations, childhood-onset schizophrenia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conditions which may be, in part, disorders of brain plasticity.
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Nesvåg R, Lawyer G, Varnäs K, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Frigessi A, Jönsson EG, Agartz I. Regional thinning of the cerebral cortex in schizophrenia: effects of diagnosis, age and antipsychotic medication. Schizophr Res 2008; 98:16-28. [PMID: 17933495 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2007] [Revised: 09/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Morphological abnormalities of the cerebral cortex have been reported in a number of MRI-studies in schizophrenia. Uncertainty remains regarding cause, mechanism and progression of the alterations. It has been suggested that antipsychotic medication reduces total gray matter volumes, but results are inconsistent. In the present study differences in regional cortical thickness between 96 patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia (n=81) or schizoaffective disorder (n=15) and 107 healthy subjects (mean age 42 years, range 17-57 years) were investigated using MRI and computer image analysis. Cortical thickness was estimated as the shortest distance between the gray/white matter border and the pial surface at numerous points across the entire cortical mantle. The influence of age and antipsychotic medication on variation in global and regional cortical thickness was explored. Thinner cortex among patients than controls was found in prefrontal and temporal regions of both hemispheres, while parietal and occipital regions were relatively spared. Some hemispheric specificity was noted, as regions of the prefrontal cortex were more affected in the right hemisphere, and regions of the temporal cortex in the left hemisphere. No significant interaction effect of age and diagnostic group on variation in cortical thickness was demonstrated. Among patients, dose or type of antipsychotic medication did not affect variation in cortical thickness. The results from this hitherto largest study on the topic show that prefrontal and temporal cortical thinning in patients with schizophrenia compared to controls is as pronounced in older as in younger subjects. The lack of significant influence from antipsychotic medication supports that regional cortical thinning is an inherent feature of the neurobiological disease process in schizophrenia.
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- Ragnar Nesvåg
- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, and Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Kleinlogel H, Strik W, Begré S. Increased NoGo-anteriorisation in first-episode schizophrenia patients during Continuous Performance Test. Clin Neurophysiol 2007; 118:2683-91. [PMID: 17910935 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 08/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE NoGo-stimuli during a Continuous Performance Test (CPT) activate prefrontal brain structures such as the anterior cingulate gyrus and lead to an anteriorisation of the positive electrical field of the NoGo-P300 relative to the Go-P300, so-called NoGo-anteriorisation (NGA). NGA during CPT is regarded as a neurophysiological standard index for cognitive response control. While it is known that patients with chronic schizophrenia exhibit a significant reduction in NGA, it is unclear whether this also occurs in patients undergoing their first-episode. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine NGA in a group of patients with first-episode schizophrenia by utilizing a CPT paradigm. METHODS Eighteen patients with first-episode schizophrenia and 18 matched healthy subjects were investigated electrophysiologically during a cued CPT, and the parameters of the Go- and NoGo-P300 were determined using microstate analysis. Low resolution tomography analysis (LORETA) was used for source determination. RESULTS Due to a more posterior Go- and a more anterior NoGo-centroid, NGA was greater in patients than in healthy controls. LORETA indicated the same sources for both groups after Go-stimuli, but a more anterior source in patients after NoGo-stimuli. In patients P300-amplitude responses to both Go- and NoGo-stimuli were decreased, and P300-latency to NoGo-stimuli was increased. After the Go-stimuli false reactions and reaction times were increased in patients. CONCLUSIONS Attention was reduced in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, as indicated by more false reactions, prolongation of reaction time, P300-latencies and by a decrease in P300-amplitude. Significantly however, the NGA and prefrontal LORETA-sources indicate intact prefrontal brain structures in first-episode schizophrenia patients. Previously described changes in this indicator of prefrontal function may be related to a progressive decay in chronic schizophrenia. SIGNIFICANCE The results support the idea of a possible new biological marker of first episode psychosis, which may be a useful parameter for the longitudinal measurement of changing prefrontal brain function in a single schizophrenia patient.
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- H Kleinlogel
- Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Neuroimaging and electrophysiological investigations have demonstrated numerous differences in brain morphology and function of chronic schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls. Studying patients at the beginning of their disease without the confounding effects of chronicity, medication, and institutionalization may provide a better understanding of schizophrenia. Recently, at many institutions around the world, special projects have been launched for specialized treatment and research of this interesting patient group. Using the PubMed search engine in this update, the authors summarize recent investigations between January 2002 and September 2006 that focus on whether signs of disconnectivity already exist early in the disease process. They discuss gray and white matter changes, their impact on symptomatology, electroencephalogram-based studies on connectivity, and possible influences of medication. NEUROSCIENTIST 14(1):19—45, 2008. DOI: 10.1177/1073858406298391
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- S Begré
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland.
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Wong PCM, Warrier CM, Penhune VB, Roy AK, Sadehh A, Parrish TB, Zatorre RJ. Volume of left Heschl's Gyrus and linguistic pitch learning. Cereb Cortex 2007; 18:828-36. [PMID: 17652466 PMCID: PMC2805072 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Research on the contributions of the human nervous system to language processing and learning has generally been focused on the association regions of the brain without considering the possible contribution of primary and adjacent sensory areas. We report a study examining the relationship between the anatomy of Heschl's Gyrus (HG), which includes predominately primary auditory areas and is often found to be associated with nonlinguistic pitch processing and language learning. Unlike English, most languages of the world use pitch patterns to signal word meaning. In the present study, native English-speaking adult subjects learned to incorporate foreign pitch patterns in word identification. Subjects who were less successful in learning showed a smaller HG volume on the left (especially gray matter volume), but not on the right, relative to learners who were successful. These results suggest that HG, typically shown to be associated with the processing of acoustic cues in nonspeech processing, is also involved in speech learning. These results also suggest that primary auditory regions may be important for encoding basic acoustic cues during the course of spoken language learning.
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- Patrick C M Wong
- The Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Yoon U, Lee JM, Im K, Shin YW, Cho BH, Kim IY, Kwon JS, Kim SI. Pattern classification using principal components of cortical thickness and its discriminative pattern in schizophrenia. Neuroimage 2006; 34:1405-15. [PMID: 17188902 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2006] [Revised: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We proposed pattern classification based on principal components of cortical thickness between schizophrenic patients and healthy controls, which was trained using a leave-one-out cross-validation. The cortical thickness was measured by calculating the Euclidean distance between linked vertices on the inner and outer cortical surfaces. Principal component analysis was applied to each lobe for practical computational issues and stability of principal components. And, discriminative patterns derived at every vertex in the original feature space with respect to support vector machine were analyzed with definitive findings of brain abnormalities in schizophrenia for establishing practical confidence. It was simulated with 50 randomly selected validation set for the generalization and the average accuracy of classification was reported. This study showed that some principal components might be more useful than others for classification, but not necessarily matching the ordering of the variance amounts they explained. In particular, 40-70 principal components rearranged by a simple two-sample t-test which ranked the effectiveness of features were used for the best mean accuracy of simulated classification (frontal: (left(%)|right(%))=91.07|88.80, parietal: 91.40|91.53, temporal: 93.60|91.47, occipital: 88.80|91.60). And, discriminative power appeared more spatially diffused bilaterally in the several regions, especially precentral, postcentral, superior frontal and temporal, cingulate and parahippocampal gyri. Since our results of discriminative patterns derived from classifier were consistent with a previous morphological analysis of schizophrenia, it can be said that the cortical thickness is a reliable feature for pattern classification and the potential benefits of such diagnostic tools are enhanced by our finding.
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- Uicheul Yoon
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong PO Box 55, Seoul 133-605, Korea
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Greenstein D, Lerch J, Shaw P, Clasen L, Giedd J, Gochman P, Rapoport J, Gogtay N. Childhood onset schizophrenia: cortical brain abnormalities as young adults. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2006; 47:1003-12. [PMID: 17073979 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01658.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Childhood onset schizophrenia (COS) is a rare but severe form of the adult onset disorder. While structural brain imaging studies show robust, widespread, and progressive gray matter loss in COS during adolescence, there have been no longitudinal studies of sufficient duration to examine comparability with the more common adult onset illness. METHODS Neuro-anatomic magnetic resonance scans were obtained prospectively from ages 7 through 26 in 70 children diagnosed with COS and age and sex matched healthy controls. Cortical thickness was measured at 40,962 points across the cerebral hemispheres using a novel, fully automated, validated method. Patterns of patient-control differences in cortical development were compared over a 19-year period. RESULTS Throughout the age range, the COS group had significantly smaller mean cortical thickness compared to controls. However, the COS brain developmental trajectory appeared to normalize in posterior (parietal) regions, and remained divergent in the anterior regions (frontal and temporal) regions, and the pattern of loss became more like that seen in adults. CONCLUSIONS Cortical thickness loss in COS appears to localize with age to prefrontal and temporal regions that are seen for both medication naïve and medicated adult onset patients.
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Makris N, Kaiser J, Haselgrove C, Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Boriel D, Valera EM, Papadimitriou GM, Fischl B, Caviness VS, Kennedy DN. Human cerebral cortex: a system for the integration of volume- and surface-based representations. Neuroimage 2006; 33:139-53. [PMID: 16920366 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.04.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
We describe an MRI-based system for topological analysis followed by measurements of topographic features for the human cerebral cortex that takes as its starting point volumetric segmentation data. This permits interoperation between volume-based and surface-based topographic analysis and extends the functionality of many existing segmentation schemes. We demonstrate the utility of these operations in individual as well as to group analysis. The methodology integrates analyses of cortical segmentation data generated by manual and semi-automated volumetric morphometry routines (such as the program cardviews) with the procedures of the FreeSurfer program to generate a cortical ribbon of the cerebrum and perform cortical topographic measurements (including thickness, surface area and curvature) in individual subjects as well as in subject populations. This system allows the computation of topographical cortical measurements for segmentation data generated from manual and semi-automated volumetric sources other than FreeSurfer. These measurements can be regionally specific and integrated with systems of cortical parcellation that subdivides the neocortex into gyral-based parcellation units (PUs). This system of topographical analysis of the cerebral cortex is consistent with current views of cortical development and neural systems organization of the human and non-human primate brain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nikos Makris
- Center for Morphometric Analysis, MGH-East, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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