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Morris CW, Watkins DS, Shah NR, Pennington T, Hens B, Qi G, Doud EH, Mosley AL, Atwood BK, Baucum AJ. Spinophilin Limits Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Scaffolding to the Postsynaptic Density and Cell Type Specifically Mediates Excessive Grooming. Biol Psychiatry 2023; 93:976-988. [PMID: 36822932 PMCID: PMC10191892 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Grooming dysfunction is a hallmark of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder trichotillomania. Numerous preclinical studies have utilized SAPAP3-deficient mice for understanding the neurobiology of repetitive grooming, suggesting that excessive grooming is caused by increased metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) activity in striatal direct- and indirect-pathway medium spiny neurons (MSNs). However, the MSN subtype-specific signaling mechanisms that mediate mGluR5-dependent adaptations underlying excessive grooming are not fully understood. Here, we investigated the MSN subtype-specific roles of the striatal signaling hub protein spinophilin in mediating repetitive motor dysfunction associated with mGluR5 function. METHODS Quantitative proteomics and immunoblotting were utilized to identify how spinophilin impacts mGluR5 phosphorylation and protein interaction changes. Plasticity and repetitive motor dysfunction associated with mGluR5 action were measured using our novel conditional spinophilin mouse model in which spinophilin was knocked out from striatal direct-pathway MSNs and/or indirect-pathway MSNs. RESULTS Loss of spinophilin only in indirect-pathway MSNs decreased performance of a novel motor repertoire, but loss of spinophilin in either MSN subtype abrogated striatal plasticity associated with mGluR5 function and prevented excessive grooming caused by SAPAP3 knockout mice or treatment with the mGluR5-specific positive allosteric modulator VU0360172 without impacting locomotion-relevant behavior. Biochemically, we determined that the spinophilin-mGluR5 interaction correlates with grooming behavior and that loss of spinophilin shifts mGluR5 interactions from lipid raft-associated proteins toward postsynaptic density proteins implicated in psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS These results identify spinophilin as a novel striatal signaling hub molecule in MSNs that cell subtype specifically mediates behavioral, functional, and molecular adaptations associated with repetitive motor dysfunction in psychiatric disorders.
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- Cameron W Morris
- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Medical Scientists Training Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Becker HC, Norman LJ, Yang H, Monk CS, Phan KL, Taylor SF, Liu Y, Mannella K, Fitzgerald KD. Disorder-specific cingulo-opercular network hyperconnectivity in pediatric OCD relative to pediatric anxiety. Psychol Med 2023; 53:1468-1478. [PMID: 37010220 PMCID: PMC10009399 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291721003044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prior investigation of adult patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has found greater functional connectivity within orbitofrontal-striatal-thalamic (OST) circuitry, as well as altered connectivity within and between large-scale brain networks such as the cingulo-opercular network (CON) and default mode network (DMN), relative to controls. However, as adult OCD patients often have high rates of co-morbid anxiety and long durations of illness, little is known about the functional connectivity of these networks in relation to OCD specifically, or in young patients near illness onset. METHODS In this study, unmedicated female patients with OCD (ages 8-21 years, n = 23) were compared to age-matched female patients with anxiety disorders (n = 26), and healthy female youth (n = 44). Resting-state functional connectivity was used to determine the strength of functional connectivity within and between OST, CON, and DMN. RESULTS Functional connectivity within the CON was significantly greater in the OCD group as compared to the anxiety and healthy control groups. Additionally, the OCD group displayed greater functional connectivity between OST and CON compared to the other two groups, which did not differ significantly from each other. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that previously noted network connectivity differences in pediatric patients with OCD were likely not attributable to co-morbid anxiety disorders. Moreover, these results suggest that specific patterns of hyperconnectivity within CON and between CON and OST circuitry may characterize OCD relative to non-OCD anxiety disorders in youth. This study improves understanding of network dysfunction underlying pediatric OCD as compared to pediatric anxiety.
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- Hannah C. Becker
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Russman Block S, Norman LJ, Zhang X, Mannella KA, Yang H, Angstadt M, Abelson JL, Himle JA, Taylor SF, Fitzgerald KD. Resting-State Connectivity and Response to Psychotherapy Treatment in Adolescents and Adults With OCD: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Psychiatry 2023; 180:89-99. [PMID: 36475374 PMCID: PMC10956516 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21111173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cortical-subcortical hyperconnectivity related to affective-behavioral integration and cortical network hypoconnectivity related to cognitive control have been demonstrated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); the study objective was to examine whether these connectivity patterns predict treatment response. METHODS Adolescents (ages 12-17) and adults (ages 24-45) were randomly assigned to 12 sessions of exposure and response prevention (ERP) or stress management therapy (SMT), an active control. Before treatment, resting-state connectivity of ventromedial prefrontal cortical (vmPFC), cingulo-opercular, frontoparietal, and subcortical regions was assessed with functional MRI. OCD severity was assessed with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale before, during, and after treatment. Usable fMRI and longitudinal symptom data were obtained from 116 patients (68 female; 54 adolescents; 60 medicated). RESULTS ERP produced greater decreases in symptom scores than SMT. ERP was selectively associated with less vmPFC-subcortical (caudate and thalamus) connectivity in both age groups and primarily in unmedicated participants. Greater symptom improvement with both ERP and SMT was associated with greater cognitive-control (cingulo-opercular and frontoparietal) and subcortical (putamen) connectivity across age groups. Developmental specificity was observed across ERP and SMT treatments, such that greater improvements with ERP than SMT were associated with greater frontoparietal-subcortical (nucleus accumbens) connectivity in adolescents but greater connectivity between frontoparietal regions in adults. Comparison of response-predictive connections revealed no significant differences compared with a matched healthy control group. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that less vmPFC-subcortical connectivity related to affect-influenced behavior may be important for ERP engagement, whereas greater cognitive-control and motor circuit connectivity may generally facilitate response to psychotherapy. Finally, neural predictors of treatment response may differ by age.
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- Stefanie Russman Block
- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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- Department of Psychiatry (Russman Block, Norman, Zhang, Mannella, Angstadt, Abelson, Himle, Taylor, Fitzgerald) and School of Social Work (Himle), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China (Zhang); Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (Yang); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Fitzgerald)
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Tan V, Dockstader C, Moxon-Emre I, Mendlowitz S, Schacter R, Colasanto M, Voineskos AN, Akingbade A, Nishat E, Mabbott DJ, Arnold PD, Ameis SH. Preliminary Observations of Resting-State Magnetoencephalography in Nonmedicated Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2022; 32:522-532. [PMID: 36548364 PMCID: PMC9917323 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2022.0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background: Cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) network alterations are hypothesized to contribute to symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). To date, very few studies have examined whether CSTC network alterations are present in children with OCD, who are medication naive. Medication-naive pediatric imaging samples may be optimal to study neural correlates of illness and identify brain-based markers, given the proximity to illness onset. Methods: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) data were analyzed at rest, in 18 medication-naive children with OCD (M = 12.1 years ±2.0 standard deviation [SD]; 10 M/8 F) and 13 typically developing children (M = 12.3 years ±2.2 SD; 6 M/7 F). Whole-brain MEG-derived resting-state functional connectivity (rs-fc), for alpha- and gamma-band frequencies were compared between OCD and typically developing (control) groups. Results: Increased MEG-derived rs-fc across alpha- and gamma-band frequencies was found in the OCD group compared to the control group. Increased MEG-derived rs-fc at alpha-band frequencies was evident across a number of regions within the CSTC circuitry and beyond, including the cerebellum and limbic regions. Increased MEG-derived rs-fc at gamma-band frequencies was restricted to the frontal and temporal cortices. Conclusions: This MEG study provides preliminary evidence of altered alpha and gamma networks, at rest, in medication-naive children with OCD. These results support prior findings pointing to the relevance of CSTC circuitry in pediatric OCD and further support accumulating evidence of altered connectivity between regions that extend beyond this network, including the cerebellum and limbic regions. Given the substantial portion of children and youth whose OCD symptoms do not respond to conventional treatments, our findings have implications for future treatment innovation research aiming to target and track whether brain patterns associated with having OCD may change with treatment and/or predict treatment response.
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- Vinh Tan
- Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics Research Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
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- Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, The Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Cui W, Wang S, Chen B, Fan G. White matter structural network alterations in congenital bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss children: A graph theory analysis. Hear Res 2022; 422:108521. [PMID: 35660126 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have revealed a functional reorganization in patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The structural basement of functional changes has also been investigated recently. Graph theory analysis brings a new understanding of the structural connectome and topological features in central neural system diseases. However, little is known about the structural network connectome changes in SNHL patients, especially in children. We explored the differences in topologic organization, rich-club organization, and structural connection between children with congenital bilateral profound SNHL and normal hearing under the age of three using graph theory analysis and probabilistic tractography. Compared with the normal-hearing (NH) group, the SNHL group showed no difference in global and nodal topological parameters. Increased structural connection strength were found in the right cortico-striatal-thalamus-cortical circuity. Decreased cross-hemisphere connections were found between the right precuneus and the left auditory cortex as well as the left subcortical regions. Rich-club organization analysis found increased local connection in the SNHL group. These results revealed structural organizations after hearing deprivation in congenital bilateral profound SNHL children.
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- Wenzhuo Cui
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, LN, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, LN, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, LN, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, LN, China.
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Sakai Y, Sakai Y, Abe Y, Narumoto J, Tanaka SC. Memory trace imbalance in reinforcement and punishment systems can reinforce implicit choices leading to obsessive-compulsive behavior. Cell Rep 2022; 40:111275. [PMID: 36044850 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111275] [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: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We may view most of our daily activities as rational action selections; however, we sometimes reinforce maladaptive behaviors despite having explicit environmental knowledge. In this study, we model obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms as implicitly learned maladaptive behaviors. Simulations in the reinforcement learning framework show that agents implicitly learn to respond to intrusive thoughts when the memory trace signal for past actions decays differently for positive and negative prediction errors. Moreover, this model extends our understanding of therapeutic effects of behavioral therapy in OCD. Using empirical data, we confirm that patients with OCD show extremely imbalanced traces, which are normalized by serotonin enhancers. We find that healthy participants also vary in their obsessive-compulsive tendencies, consistent with the degree of imbalanced traces. These behavioral characteristics can be generalized to variations in the healthy population beyond the spectrum of clinical phenotypes.
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- Yuki Sakai
- ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group, 2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-Cho, Soraku-Gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1, Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group, 2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-Cho, Soraku-Gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan; Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-Cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.
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Tan B, Yan J, Zhang J, Jin Z, Li L. Aberrant Whole-Brain Resting-State Functional Connectivity Architecture in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An EEG Study. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2022; 30:1887-1897. [PMID: 35786557 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2022.3187966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions), and few studies have assessed the whole-brain functional connectivity architecture of OCD with electroencephalogram (EEG) during different resting states. Graph theory and network-based statistics (NBS) were employed to examine the neural synchronization and the whole-brain functional connectivity (FC) based on the phase-locking value (PLV) of OCD patients and healthy controls (HCs) during eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) states. Compared with HCs, OCD patients exhibited not only decreased global synchronization in terms of phase synchrony but also aberrant global topological properties (decreased average shortest path lengths and normalized shortest path lengths together with increased global efficiencies and normalized clustering coefficients) together with inhibited intra-hemispheric and interhemispheric FCs during rest, which suggested an imbalance between functional integration and segregation of brain networks for OCD patients. Meanwhile, OCD patients had increased global efficiencies and normalized clustering coefficients, but decreased average clustering coefficients and normalized shortest path lengths together with significantly decreased FCs in the alpha band from EC to EO states, which suggested a dynamic switch between highly integrated (EC state) and highly specialized (EO state) modes of information processing. Moreover, the decreased FCs of OCD patients showed obvious hemispheric asymmetry within or between groups during EC and EO states, which might serve as a potential biomarker to classify OCD patients from HCs.
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Li Q, Fu Y, Liu C, Meng Z. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex for Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:893955. [PMID: 35711693 PMCID: PMC9195619 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.893955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is a key node of the frontal cognitive circuit. It is involved in executive control and many cognitive processes. Abnormal activities of DLPFC are likely associated with many psychiatric diseases. Modulation of DLPFC may have potential beneficial effects in many neural and psychiatric diseases. One of the widely used non-invasive neuromodulation technique is called transcranial direct current stimulation (or tDCS), which is a portable and affordable brain stimulation approach that uses direct electrical currents to modulate brain functions. Objective This review aims to discuss the results from the past two decades which have shown that tDCS can relieve clinical symptoms in various neurological and psychiatric diseases. Methods Here, we performed searches on PubMed to collect clinical and preclinical studies that using tDCS as neuromodulation technique, DLPFC as the stimulation target in treating neuropsychiatric disorders. We summarized the stimulation sites, stimulation parameters, and the overall effects in these studies. Results Overall, tDCS stimulation of DLPFC could alleviate the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia, depression, drug addiction, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other mental disorders. Conclusion The stimulation parameters used in these studies were different from each other. The lasting effect of stimulation was also not consistent. Nevertheless, DLPFC is a promising target for non-invasive stimulation in many psychiatric disorders. TDCS is a safe and affordable neuromodulation approach that has potential clinical uses. Larger clinical studies will be needed to determine the optimal stimulation parameters in each condition.
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- Qing Li
- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction, Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Viral Vectors for Biomedicine, Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Manipulation, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Chang Liu,
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction, Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Manipulation, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Zhiqiang Meng,
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To date, much of the focus of gut-brain axis research has been on gut microbiota regulation of anxiety and stress-related behaviors. Much less attention has been directed to potential connections between gut microbiota and compulsive behavior. Here, we discuss a potential link between gut barrier dysfunction and compulsive behavior that is mediated through "type 2" rather than "type 1" inflammation. We examine connections between compulsive behavior and type 2 inflammation in Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Next, we discuss potential connections between gut barrier dysfunction, type 2 inflammation, and compulsive behavior. We posit a potential mechanism whereby gut barrier dysfunction-associated type 2 inflammation may drive compulsive behavior through histamine regulation of dopamine neurotransmission. Finally, we discuss the possibility of exploiting the greater accessibility of the gut relative to the brain in identifying targets to treat compulsive behavior disorders.
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Liu J, Cao L, Li H, Gao Y, Bu X, Liang K, Bao W, Zhang S, Qiu H, Li X, Hu X, Lu L, Zhang L, Hu X, Huang X, Gong Q. Abnormal resting-state functional connectivity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 135:104574. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Naaz F, Chen L, Gold AI, Samuels J, Krasnow J, Wang Y, Nestadt P, Kamath V, Chib VS, Nestadt G, Bakker A. Neural correlates of doubt in decision-making. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 317:111370. [PMID: 34464764 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The experience of doubt, the lack of confidence in one's perceptions, internal states, memory and attention, can be due to the variability in occurrence of a phenomenon or can be driven by the internal experience of uncertainty based on subjective evaluation of the environment. Although the experience of some doubt is adaptive in normal cognitive functioning, excessive doubt can significantly impair decision-making and in extreme cases give rise to psychopathology. Although neuroimaging studies have provided some insight into the network of brain areas that is engaged when decision-making involves uncertainty, it remains unclear if dysfunction in these areas also gives rise to the experience and pathological expression of doubt. This study examined the neural correlates of doubt using neuroimaging during the performance of a forced-choice perceptual decision-making task under varying levels of uncertainty in participants who reported either low or high doubt. Participants reporting high doubt exhibited increased activation in the bilateral inferior parietal lobule (IPL) during perceptual decision-making which was not observed in participants who reported low doubt. Furthermore, activity in the IPL in high doubt participants was associated with clinical measures of doubt and showed functional connectivity differences between the high and low doubt groups. The findings of the current study suggest a key role of the IPL and provide a network of brain regions that may play a role in the experience and expression of doubt.
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- Farah Naaz
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; F.M. Kirby Research Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Cyr M, Pagliaccio D, Yanes-Lukin P, Goldberg P, Fontaine M, Rynn MA, Marsh R. Altered fronto-amygdalar functional connectivity predicts response to cognitive behavioral therapy in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depress Anxiety 2021; 38:836-845. [PMID: 34157177 PMCID: PMC8328961 DOI: 10.1002/da.23187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Based on findings from adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), this study examined alterations in resting-state functional connectivity (rs-fc) between the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) in children and adolescents with OCD. We also assessed whether such BLA-vmPFC connectivity changed with or predicted response to exposure and response prevention (E/RP), the first-line treatment for pediatric OCD, given the involvement of these regions in fear processing, regulation, and extinction learning-a probable mechanism of action of E/RP. METHODS Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were acquired from 25 unmedicated, treatment-naïve pediatric patients with OCD (12.8 ± 2.9 years) and 23 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs; 11.0 ± 3.3 years). Patients completed a 12-16-week E/RP intervention for OCD. Participants were rescanned after the 12-16-week period. ANCOVAs tested group differences in baseline rs-fc. Cross-lagged panel models examined relationships between BLA-vmPFC rs-fc and OCD symptoms pre- and posttreatment. All tests were adjusted for participants' age, sex, and head motion. RESULTS Right BLA-vmPFC rs-fc was significantly reduced (more negative) in patients with OCD relative to HCs at baseline, and increased following treatment. In patients, more positive (less negative) right BLA-vmPFC rs-fc pretreatment predicted greater OCD symptoms reduction posttreatment. Changes in BLA-vmPFC rs-fc was unassociated with change in OCD symptoms pre- to posttreatment. CONCLUSIONS These results provide further evidence of the BLA-vmPFC pathway as a potential target for novel treatments or prevention strategies aimed at facilitating adaptive learning and fear extinction in children with OCD or subclinical OCD symptoms.
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- Marilyn Cyr
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Yoo JH, Chun JW, Choi MR, Cho H, Kim JY, Choi J, Kim DJ. Caudate nucleus volume mediates the link between glutamatergic neurotransmission and problematic smartphone use in youth. J Behav Addict 2021; 10:338-346. [PMID: 33905351 PMCID: PMC8996795 DOI: 10.1556/2006.2021.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is growing rapidly among teens. It has similar presentations as other behavioral addictions in terms of excessive use, impulse control problems, and negative consequences. However, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms remain undiscovered. We hypothesized that structural changes in the striatum might serve as an important link between alteration in glutamate signaling and development of PSU. METHODS Among 88 participants, twenty (F:M, 12:8; age 16.2 ± 1.1) reported high scores in the smartphone addiction proneness scale (SAPS) with a cut-off score of 42; the other 68 (F:M, 19:49; age 15.3 ± 1.7) comprised the control group. Sociodemographic data and depression, anxiety, and impulsivity traits were measured. Striatal volumes (caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens) were estimated from T1 imaging data. Serum glutamate levels were estimated from peripheral blood samples. Group comparisons of each data were performed after controlling for age and gender. Mediation analyses were conducted to test the indirect effects of glutamate level alteration on PSU through striatal volumetric alteration. RESULTS The PSU group showed a decrease in both caudate volumes than the control group. Left caudate volume was positively correlated with serum glutamate level, and negatively with impulsivity traits and SAPS scores. The mediation model revealed a significant indirect effect of serum glutamate on SAS scores through the reduced left caudate volume. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that altered glutamatergic neurotransmission may be associated with PSU among teens, possibly through reduced left caudate volume. Current findings might support neural mechanisms of smartphone addiction.
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- Jae Hyun Yoo
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea,Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Shi TC, Pagliaccio D, Cyr M, Simpson HB, Marsh R. Network-based functional connectivity predicts response to exposure therapy in unmedicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1035-1044. [PMID: 33446895 PMCID: PMC8115173 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-00929-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with alterations in cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical brain networks, but some resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging studies report more diffuse alterations in brain connectivity. Few studies have assessed functional connectivity within or between networks across the whole brain in unmedicated OCD patients or how patterns of connectivity predict response to exposure and ritual prevention (EX/RP) therapy, a first-line treatment for OCD. Herein, multiband resting-state functional MRI scans were collected from unmedicated, adult patients with OCD (n = 41) and healthy participants (n = 36); OCD patients were then offered twice weekly EX/RP (17 sessions). A whole-brain-network-based statistic approach was used to identify group differences in resting-state connectivity. We detected altered pre-treatment functional connectivity between task-positive regions in the temporal gyri (middle and superior) and regions of the cingulo-opercular and default networks in individuals with OCD. Signal extraction was performed using a reconstruction independent components analysis and isolated two independent subcomponents (IC1 and IC2) within this altered connectivity. In the OCD group, linear mixed-effects models tested whether IC1 or IC2 values predicted the slope of change in Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) scores across EX/RP treatment. Lower (more different from controls) IC2 score significantly predicted greater symptom reduction with EX/RP (Bonferroni-corrected p = 0.002). Collectively, these findings suggest that an altered balance between task-positive and task-negative regions centered around temporal gyri may contribute to difficulty controlling intrusive thoughts or urges to perform ritualistic behaviors.
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- Tracey C. Shi
- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032 USA
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Steis N, Oddo-Sommerfeld S, Echterhoff G, Thiel A, Thiel J, Briem K, Ciaramidaro A, Freitag CM, Mecklinger A, Unterhorst K, Stirn A. The obsessions of the green-eyed monster: jealousy and the female brain. SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2019.1615047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Nadine Steis
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Social Psychology Group, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Education and Human Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Experimental Neuropsychology Unit, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute for Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Centre for Integrative Psychiatry, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Centre for Integrative Psychiatry, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Zhao Q, Xu T, Wang Y, Chen D, Liu Q, Yang Z, Wang Z. Limbic cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical functional connectivity in drug-naïve patients of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychol Med 2021; 51:70-82. [PMID: 31640827 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719002988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains unclear despite extensive neuroimaging work on the disorder. Exposure to medication and comorbid mental disorders can confound the results of OCD studies. The goal of this study was to explore differences in brain functional connectivity (FC) within the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) loop of drug-naïve and drug-free OCD patients and healthy controls (HCs). METHODS A total of 29 drug-naïve OCD patients, 22 drug-free OCD patients, and 25 HCs matched on age, gender and education level underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning at resting state. Seed-based connectivity analyses were conducted among the three groups. The Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and clinical inventories were used to assess the clinical symptoms. RESULTS Compared with HCs, the drug-naïve OCD patients had reduced FC within the limbic CSTC loop. In the drug-naïve OCD participants, we also found hyperconnectivity between the supplementary motor area and ventral and dorsal putamen (p < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons). CONCLUSIONS Exposure to antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may affect the function of some brain regions. Future longitudinal studies could help to reveal the pharmacotherapeutic mechanisms in these loops.
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- Qing Zhao
- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Institute of Psychological and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Institute of Psychological and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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In the last 20 years, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been extensively used to investigate system-level abnormalities in the brain of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In this chapter, we start by reviewing the studies assessing regional brain differences between patients with OCD and healthy controls in task-based fMRI. Specifically, we review studies on executive functioning and emotional processing, protocols in which these patients have been described to show alterations at the behavioral level, as well as research using symptom provocation protocols. Next, we review studies on brain connectivity alterations, focusing on resting-state studies evaluating disruptions in fronto-subcortical functional connectivity and in cortical networks. Likewise, we also review research on effective connectivity, which, different from functional connectivity, allows for ascertaining the directionality of inter-regional connectivity alterations. We conclude by reviewing the most significant findings on a topic of translational impact, such as the use of different fMRI measurements to predict response across a variety of treatment approaches. Overall, results suggest that there exists a pattern of regions, involving, but not limited to, different nodes of the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical circuits, showing robust evidence of functional alteration across studies, although the nature of the alterations critically depends on the specific tasks and their particular demands. Moreover, such findings have been, to date, poorly translated into clinical practice. It is suggested that this may be partially accounted for by the difficulty to integrate into a common framework results obtained under a wide variety of analysis approaches.
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- Carles Soriano-Mas
- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain. .,Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Murayama K, Tomiyama H, Tsuruta S, Ohono A, Kang M, Hasuzawa S, Mizobe T, Kato K, Togao O, Hiwatashi A, Nakao T. Aberrant Resting-State Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity in Unmedicated Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:659616. [PMID: 33967861 PMCID: PMC8102723 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background: Although abnormality of cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity at rest in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been hypothesized, only a few studies have investigated the neural mechanism. To verify the findings of previous studies, a large sample of patients with OCD was studied because OCD shows possible heterogeneity. Methods: Forty-seven medication-free patients with OCD and 62 healthy controls (HCs) underwent resting-state functional magnetic imaging scans. Seed-based connectivity was examined to investigate differences in cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity in OCD patients compared with HCs. Correlations between functional connectivity and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms were analyzed. Results: In OCD, we found significantly increased functional connectivity between the right lobule VI and the left precuneus, which is a component of the default mode network (DMN), compared to HCs. However, there was no correlation between the connectivity of the right lobule VI-left precuneus and obsessive-compulsive severity. Conclusions: These findings suggest that altered functional connectivity between the cerebellum and DMN might cause changes in intrinsic large-scale brain networks related to the traits of OCD.
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- Keitaro Murayama
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Karatsu Red Cross Hospital, Karatsu, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Beucke JC, Simon D, Sepulcre J, Talukdar T, Feusner JD, Kaufmann C, Kathmann N. Heightened degree connectivity of the striatum in obsessive-compulsive disorder induced by symptom provocation. J Affect Disord 2020; 276:1069-1076. [PMID: 32768879 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neurosurgical intervention studies have provided direct evidence that the ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens (NAc) mediates symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), yet meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies using symptom provocation revealed no striatal activation differences, and the existing studies reporting hyperactivity found abnormalities in dorsal but not ventral striatal subdivisions. Resting-state neuroimaging evidence holds that corticostriatal areas are more connected both locally and to distant regions, but the functional inferences to be drawn from these altered network characteristics regarding the present experience of OCD symptoms remain limited. METHODS The present study tested whether symptom provocation induces abnormally high striatal network connectivity using two independent datasets of unmedicated patients with OCD. One study (14 patients, 14 matched controls) required passive viewing of OC-related, emotionally aversive and neutral pictures, the other (21 patients, 21 controls) involved self-referential evaluation of the same picture types, as well as distraction from these stimuli (engagement in a simple task). RESULTS Heightened local connectivity of the dorsal striatum occurred during passive viewing of briefly presented OC-related pictures in patients, however group differences were also observed in a neutral control condition. In contrast, distracted symptom provocation selectively yielded local connectivity differences of the ventral striatum, as heightened NAc connectivity to its immediate neighborhood was exclusively observed when OC-related pictures were accompanied by concurrent task demands. LIMITATIONS Small samples sizes. CONCLUSIONS In moderately affected patients with OCD, symptom provocation induces a discrete, condition-specific network abnormality anchored in NAc, the location targeted by deep brain stimulation for refractory patients with OCD.
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- Jan C Beucke
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Resting-state functional connectivity in drug-naive pediatric patients with Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2020; 129:129-140. [PMID: 32912593 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Previous studies in cohorts of Tourette syndrome (TS) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients have not clarified whether these two disorders represent two clinical conditions or they are distinct clinical phenotypes of a common disease spectrum. The study aimed to compare functional connectivity (FC) patterns in a pediatric drug-naive cohort of 16 TS patients without any comorbidity (TS), 14 TS patients with OCD (TS + OCD), and 10 pure OCD patients as well as 11 matched controls that underwent resting state fMRI. Via independent component analysis, we examined FC in the basal ganglia (BGN), sensorimotor (SMN), cerebellum (CBN), frontoparietal (FPN), default-mode (DMN), orbitofrontal (OBFN), and salience (SAN) networks among the above cohorts and their association with clinical measures. Compared to controls, TS and TS + OCD patients showed higher FC in the BGN, SMN, CBN and DMN and lower FC in the FPN and SAN. The TS and TS + OCD groups showed comparable FC in all networks. In contrast to controls, OCD patients exhibited increased FC in the BGN, SMN, CBN, DMN, FPN, and SAN. OCD patients also showed higher FC in CBN and FPN when compared with TS and TS + OCD patients both separately and as one group. Tic severity negatively correlated with FC in CBN and FPN in the TS group, while the compulsiveness scores positively correlated with the same two networks in OCD patients. Our findings suggest common FC changes in TS and TS + OCD patients. In contrast, OCD is characterized by a distinctive pattern of FC changes prominently involving the CBN and FPN.
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Sha Z, Versace A, Edmiston EK, Fournier J, Graur S, Greenberg T, Santos JPL, Chase HW, Stiffler RS, Bonar L, Hudak R, Yendiki A, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen S, Liu H, Quirk G, Haber S, Phillips ML. Functional disruption in prefrontal-striatal network in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 300:111081. [PMID: 32344156 PMCID: PMC7266720 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive, compulsive behaviors. While a cortico-striatal-limbic network has been implicated in the pathophysiology of OCD, the neural correlates of this network in OCD are not well understood. In this study, we examined resting state functional connectivity among regions within the cortico-striatal-limbic OCD neural network, including the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, thalamus and caudate, in 44 OCD and 43 healthy participants. We then examined relationships between OCD neural network connectivity and OCD symptom severity in OCD participants. OCD relative to healthy participants showed significantly greater connectivity between the left caudate and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. We also found a positive correlation between left caudate-bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex connectivity and depression scores in OCD participants, such that greater positive connectivity was associated with more severe symptoms. This study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of functional networks and their relationship with depression in OCD.
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- Zhiqiang Sha
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Cyr M, Pagliaccio D, Yanes-Lukin P, Fontaine M, Rynn MA, Marsh R. Altered network connectivity predicts response to cognitive-behavioral therapy in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020; 45:1232-1240. [PMID: 31952071 PMCID: PMC7235012 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0613-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is commonly associated with alterations in cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical brain networks. Yet, recent investigations of large-scale brain networks suggest that more diffuse alterations in brain connectivity may underlie its pathophysiology. Few studies have assessed functional connectivity within or between networks across the whole brain in pediatric OCD or how patterns of connectivity associate with treatment response. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were acquired from 25 unmedicated, treatment-naive children and adolescents with OCD (12.8 ± 2.9 years) and 23 matched healthy control (HC) participants (11.0 ± 3.3 years) before participants with OCD completed a course of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Participants were re-scanned after 12-16 weeks. Whole-brain connectomic analyses were conducted to assess baseline group differences and group-by-time interactions, corrected for multiple comparisons. Relationships between functional connectivity and OCD symptoms pre- and post-CBT were examined using longitudinal cross-lagged panel modeling. Reduced connectivity in OCD relative to HC participants was detected between default mode and task-positive network regions. Greater (less altered) connectivity between left angular gyrus and left frontal pole predicted better response to CBT in the OCD group. Altered connectivity between task-positive and task-negative networks in pediatric OCD may contribute to the impaired control over intrusive thoughts early in the illness. This is the first study to show that altered connectivity between large-scale network regions may predict response to CBT in pediatric OCD, highlighting the clinical relevance of these networks as potential circuit-based targets for the development of novel treatments.
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- Marilyn Cyr
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. .,Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- grid.26009.3d0000 0004 1936 7961Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY USA ,grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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Jacobs E. A potential role for psilocybin in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. JOURNAL OF PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1556/2054.2020.00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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AbstractThe recent revivification of interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelics has had a particular focus on mood disorders and addiction, although there is reason to think these drugs may be effective more widely. After outlining pertinent aspects of psilocybin and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the current review summarizes the evidence indicating that there may be a role for psilocybin in the treatment of OCD, as well as highlighting a range of potential therapeutic mechanisms that reflect the action of psilocybin on brain function. Although the current evidence is limited, that multiple signals point in directions consistent with treatment potential, alongside the psychological and physiological safety of clinically administered psilocybin, support the expansion of research, both in animal models and in further randomized controlled trials, to properly investigate this potential.
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- Edward Jacobs
- 1Centre for Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK
- 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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The functional connectivity profile of tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Tourette Syndrome. J Psychiatr Res 2020; 123:128-135. [PMID: 32065948 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is characterized by the presence of tics and sensory phenomena, such as premonitory urges, and is often accompanied by significant obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS). The goal of this exploratory study was to determine the association between functional connectivity and the different symptom domains of TS, as little is currently known about how they differ. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 39 patients with TS and 20 matched healthy controls. Seed-based functional connectivity of the supplementary motor area (SMA), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), insula, caudate and putamen were compared between the groups, and correlated with clinical measures within the patient group. When compared to controls, patients with TS exhibited greater connectivity between the temporal gyri, insula and putamen, and between the OFC and cingulate cortex. Tic severity was associated with greater connectivity between the putamen and the sensorimotor cortex; OCS severity was associated with less connectivity between the SMA and thalamus and between the caudate and precuneus; and premonitory urge severity was associated with less connectivity between the OFC and sensorimotor cortex and between the inferior frontal gyrus and the putamen and insula seeds. Functional connectivity within sensorimotor processing regions were associated with all of the investigated symptom domains, including OCS, suggesting dysfunctions in the sensorimotor system may explain most of the observed symptoms in TS, and not just tics.
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Straathof M, Blezer ELA, van Heijningen C, Smeele CE, van der Toorn A, Buitelaar JK, Glennon JC, Otte WM, Dijkhuizen RM. Structural and functional MRI of altered brain development in a novel adolescent rat model of quinpirole-induced compulsive checking behavior. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2020; 33:58-70. [PMID: 32151497 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is increasingly considered to be a neurodevelopmental disorder. However, despite insights in neural substrates of OCD in adults, less is known about mechanisms underlying compulsivity during brain development in children and adolescents. Therefore, we developed an adolescent rat model of compulsive checking behavior and investigated developmental changes in structural and functional measures in the frontostriatal circuitry. Five-weeks old Sprague Dawley rats were subcutaneously injected with quinpirole (n = 21) or saline (n = 20) twice a week for five weeks. Each injection was followed by placement in the middle of an open field table, and compulsive behavior was quantified as repeated checking behavior. Anatomical, resting-state functional and diffusion MRI at 4.7T were conducted before the first and after the last quinpirole/saline injection to measure regional volumes, functional connectivity and structural integrity in the brain, respectively. After consecutive quinpirole injections, adolescent rats demonstrated clear checking behavior and repeated travelling between two open-field zones. MRI measurements revealed an increase of regional volumes within the frontostriatal circuits and an increase in fractional anisotropy (FA) in white matter areas during maturation in both experimental groups. Quinpirole-injected rats showed a larger developmental increase in FA values in the internal capsule and forceps minor compared to control rats. Our study points toward a link between development of compulsive behavior and altered white matter maturation in quinpirole-injected adolescent rats, in line with observations in pediatric patients with compulsive phenotypes. This novel animal model provides opportunities to investigate novel treatments and underlying mechanisms for patients with early-onset OCD specifically.
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- Milou Straathof
- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wang L, Bi K, Song Z, Zhang Z, Li K, Kong QM, Li XN, Lu Q, Si TM. Disturbed Resting-State Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity of Striatal Subregions in Bulimia Nervosa. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2020; 23:356-365. [PMID: 32215560 PMCID: PMC7311647 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaa023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Disturbed self-regulation, taste reward, as well as somatosensory and visuospatial processes were thought to drive binge eating and purging behaviors that characterize bulimia nervosa. Although studies have implicated a central role of the striatum in these dysfunctions, there have been no direct investigations on striatal functional connectivity in bulimia nervosa from a network perspective. METHODS We calculated the functional connectivity of striatal subregions based on the resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging data of 51 bulimia nervosa patients and 53 healthy women. RESULTS Compared with the healthy women, bulimia nervosa patients showed increased positive functional connectivity in bilateral striatal nuclei and thalamus for nearly all of the striatal subregions, and increased negative functional connectivity in bilateral primary sensorimotor cortex and occipital areas for both ventral striatum and putamen subregions. Only for the putamen subregions, we observed reduced negative functional connectivity in the prefrontal (bilateral superior and middle frontal gyri) and parietal (right inferior parietal lobe and precuneus) areas. Several striatal connectivities with occipital and primary sensorimotor cortex significantly correlated with the severity of bulimia. CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate bulimia nervosa-related alterations in striatal functional connectivity with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex supporting self-regulation, the subcortical striatum and thalamus involved in taste reward, as well as the visual occipital and sensorimotor regions mediating body image, which contribute to our understanding of neural circuitry of bulimia nervosa and encourage future therapeutic developments for bulimia nervosa by modulating striatal pathway.
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- Li Wang
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Peking University the Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health); National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science, School of Biological Sciences & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Taiyuan Psychiatric Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Taiyuan Psychiatric Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Peking University the Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health); National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
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- Peking University the Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health); National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, 306 Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science, School of Biological Sciences & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Peking University the Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health); National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
- Correspondence: Tian-Mei Si, PhD, Clinical Psychopharmacology Division, Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, No. 51 Hua Yuan Bei Road, Hai Dian District 100191, Beijing, China ()
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Park J, Kim T, Kim M, Lee TY, Kwon JS. Functional Connectivity of the Striatum as a Neural Correlate of Symptom Severity in Patient with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatry Investig 2020; 17:87-95. [PMID: 32000480 PMCID: PMC7047004 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2019.0206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE It is well established that the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuit is implicated in the pathophysiology of obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD). However, reports on corticostriatal functional connectivity (FC) in OCD have been inconsistent due to the structural and functional heterogeneity of the striatum. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated corticostriatal FC using a fine 12-seed striatal parcellation to overcome this heterogeneity and discover the neural correlates of symptoms in OCD patients. METHODS We recruited 23 OCD patients and 23 healthy controls (HCs). Whole-brain FC based on striatal seeds was examined using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data and compared across OCD patients and HCs. We conducted correlation analysis between FCs of striatal subregions with significant group differences and symptom severity scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A). RESULTS Compared to HCs, patients demonstrated increased FC of the dorsal caudal putamen and ventral rostral putamen (VRP) with several cortical regions, such as the intracalcarine cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, supramarginal/angular gyrus (SMG/AG), and postcentral gyrus (PCG). Furthermore, FC between the VRP and SMG/AG and between the VRP and PCG was negatively correlated with scores on the Y-BOCS compulsive subscale and the HAM-A, respectively. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that striatal subregions have strengthened FC with extensive cortical regions, which may reflect neural correlates of compulsive and anxious symptoms in OCD patients. These results contribute to an improved understanding of OCD pathophysiology by complementing the current evidence regarding striatal FC.
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- Junha Park
- Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, 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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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, 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.,Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University-Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Xing X, Jin L, Li Q, Yang Q, Han H, Xu C, Wei Z, Zhan Y, Zhou XS, Xue Z, Chu X, Peng Z, Shi F. Modeling essential connections in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients using functional MRI. Brain Behav 2020; 10:e01499. [PMID: 31893565 PMCID: PMC7010589 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECT Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disease in which people experience uncontrollable and repetitive thoughts or behaviors. Clinical diagnosis of OCD is achieved by using neuropsychological assessment metrics, which are often subjectively affected by psychologists and patients. In this study, we propose a classification model for OCD diagnosis using functional MR images. METHODS Using functional connectivity (FC) matrices calculated from brain region of interest (ROI) pairs, a novel Riemann Kernel principal component analysis (PCA) model is employed for feature extraction, which preserves the topological information in the FC matrices. Hierarchical features are then fed into an ensemble classifier based on the XGBoost algorithm. Finally, decisive features extracted during classification are used to investigate the brain FC variations between patients with OCD and healthy controls. RESULTS The proposed algorithm yielded a classification accuracy of 91.8%. Additionally, the well-known cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical (CSTC) circuit and cerebellum were found as highly related regions with OCD. To further analyze the cerebellar-related function in OCD, we demarcated cerebellum into three subregions according to their anatomical and functional property. Using these three functional cerebellum regions as seeds for brain connectivity computation, statistical results showed that patients with OCD have decreased posterior cerebellar connections. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a new and efficient method to characterize patients with OCD using resting-state functional MRI. We also provide a new perspective to analyze disease-related features. Despite of CSTC circuit, our model-driven feature analysis reported cerebellum as an OCD-related region. This paper may provide novel insight to the understanding of genetic etiology of OCD.
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- Xiaodan Xing
- Medical Imaging Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Child Psychiatry, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, China.,Department of Child Psychiatry, The Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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Cui G, Ou Y, Chen Y, Lv D, Jia C, Zhong Z, Yang R, Wang Y, Meng X, Cui H, Li C, Sun Z, Wang X, Guo W, Li P. Altered Global Brain Functional Connectivity in Drug-Naive Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:98. [PMID: 32194450 PMCID: PMC7062961 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Abnormal functional connectivity (FC) within discrete brain networks is involved in the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with inconsistent results. In the present study, we investigated the FC patterns of 40 drug-naive patients with OCD and 38 healthy controls (HCs) through an unbiased voxel-wise global brain FC (GFC) analysis at rest. Compared with HCs, patients with OCD showed decreased GFC within the default mode network (DMN) (i.e., left posterior cingulate cortex/lingual gyrus) and sensorimotor network (i.e., left precentral gyrus/postcentral gyrus) and increased GFC within the executive control network (ECN) (i.e., left dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex and left inferior parietal lobule). Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses further indicated that the altered GFC values within the DMN, ECN, and sensorimotor network may be used as neuroimaging markers to differentiate patients with OCD from HCs. These findings indicated the aberrant FC patterns of the DMN, ECN, and sensorimotor network associated with the pathophysiology of OCD and provided new insights into the changes in brain organization function in OCD.
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- Guangcheng Cui
- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, China
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Vieira-Fonseca T, Fontenelle LF, Kohlrausch FB. OLIG2 gene polymorphisms are associated with nasty, unpleasant and uncontrollable thoughts in obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Clin Neurosci 2019; 70:202-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Akkermans SEA, Rheinheimer N, Bruchhage MMK, Durston S, Brandeis D, Banaschewski T, Boecker-Schlier R, Wolf I, Williams SCR, Buitelaar JK, van Rooij D, Oldehinkel M. Frontostriatal functional connectivity correlates with repetitive behaviour across autism spectrum disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychol Med 2019; 49:2247-2255. [PMID: 30362446 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291718003136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are neurodevelopmental disorders with considerable overlap in terms of their defining symptoms of compulsivity/repetitive behaviour. Little is known about the extent to which ASD and OCD have common versus distinct neural correlates of compulsivity. Previous research points to potentially common dysfunction in frontostriatal connectivity, but direct comparisons in one study are lacking. Here, we assessed frontostriatal resting-state functional connectivity in youth with ASD or OCD, and healthy controls. In addition, we applied a cross-disorder approach to examine whether repetitive behaviour across ASD and OCD has common neural substrates. METHODS A sample of 78 children and adolescents aged 8-16 years was used (ASD n = 24; OCD n = 25; healthy controls n = 29), originating from the multicentre study COMPULS. We tested whether diagnostic group, repetitive behaviour (measured with the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised) or their interaction was associated with resting-state functional connectivity of striatal seed regions. RESULTS No diagnosis-specific differences were detected. The cross-disorder analysis, on the other hand, showed that increased functional connectivity between the left nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and a cluster in the right premotor cortex/middle frontal gyrus was related to more severe symptoms of repetitive behaviour. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate the fruitfulness of applying a cross-disorder approach to investigate the neural underpinnings of compulsivity/repetitive behaviour, by revealing a shared alteration in functional connectivity in ASD and OCD. We argue that this alteration might reflect aberrant reward or motivational processing of the NAcc with excessive connectivity to the premotor cortex implementing learned action patterns.
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- Sophie E A Akkermans
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- NICHE Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Tomiyama H, Nakao T, Murayama K, Nemoto K, Ikari K, Yamada S, Kuwano M, Hasuzawa S, Togao O, Hiwatashi A, Kanba S. Dysfunction between dorsal caudate and salience network associated with impaired cognitive flexibility in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A resting-state fMRI study. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 24:102004. [PMID: 31622840 PMCID: PMC6812295 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Impaired cognitive flexibility has been implicated in the genetic basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Recent endophenotype studies of OCD showed neural inefficiency in the cognitive control network and interference by the limbic network of the cognitive control network. Exploring the relationship between the functional brain network and impaired cognitive flexibility may provide novel information about the neurobiological basis of OCD. Methods We obtained resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) scans and measured the cognitive flexibility of 37 medication-free OCD patients and 40 healthy control (HC) participants using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). We explored the difference between OCD and HC groups in the functional brain network related to impaired cognitive flexibility from the amygdala and dorsal striatal regions of interest (ROIs) by using a seed-based approach. Results Significant differences between the OCD and HC groups were identified in the resting state functional network from the dorsal caudate. Increased functional connectivity from the dorsal caudate to the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and anterior insula (AI) was associated with poorer cognitive flexibility in the OCD group, but better cognitive flexibility in the HC group. Conclusions These results provide evidence that the impaired cognitive flexibility of OCD may be associated with dysfunctions of the brain network from the dorsal caudate (DC) to important nodes of the salience network. Our results extend the neuropsychological model of OCD by showing intrinsically different associations between OCD and HC in functional network and cognitive flexibility. Increased functional connectivity from the dorsal caudate to the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula was associated with poorer cognitive flexibility in the OCD group, but better cognitive flexibility in the HC group. Our results may suggest that the dysfunction from DC to SN is associated with impaired cognitive flexibility of OCD. These findings could provide additional insights into the important role of cooperative interactions between the dorsal striatum and the large-scale intrinsic brain networks in human cognitive function.
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- Hirofumi Tomiyama
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Diagnosis, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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Lipton DM, Gonzales BJ, Citri A. Dorsal Striatal Circuits for Habits, Compulsions and Addictions. Front Syst Neurosci 2019; 13:28. [PMID: 31379523 PMCID: PMC6657020 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Here, we review the neural circuit bases of habits, compulsions, and addictions, behaviors which are all characterized by relatively automatic action performance. We discuss relevant studies, primarily from the rodent literature, and describe how major headway has been made in identifying the brain regions and neural cell types whose activity is modulated during the acquisition and performance of these automated behaviors. The dorsal striatum and cortical inputs to this structure have emerged as key players in the wider basal ganglia circuitry encoding behavioral automaticity, and changes in the activity of different neuronal cell-types in these brain regions have been shown to co-occur with the formation of automatic behaviors. We highlight how disordered functioning of these neural circuits can result in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and drug addiction. Finally, we discuss how the next phase of research in the field may benefit from integration of approaches for access to cells based on their genetic makeup, activity, connectivity and precise anatomical location.
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- David M Lipton
- Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Institute of Life Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Program in Child and Brain Development, MaRS Centre, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Popa T, Morris LS, Hunt R, Deng ZD, Horovitz S, Mente K, Shitara H, Baek K, Hallett M, Voon V. Modulation of Resting Connectivity Between the Mesial Frontal Cortex and Basal Ganglia. Front Neurol 2019; 10:587. [PMID: 31275221 PMCID: PMC6593304 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: The mesial prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, and the ventral striatum are key nodes of the human mesial fronto-striatal circuit involved in decision-making and executive function and pathological disorders. Here we ask whether deep wide-field repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) targeting the mesial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) influences resting state functional connectivity. Methods: In Study 1, we examined functional connectivity using resting state multi-echo and independent components analysis in 154 healthy subjects to characterize default connectivity in the MPFC and mid-cingulate cortex (MCC). In Study 2, we used inhibitory, 1 Hz deep rTMS with the H7-coil targeting MPFC and dorsal anterior cingulate (dACC) in a separate group of 20 healthy volunteers and examined pre- and post-TMS functional connectivity using seed-based and independent components analysis. Results: In Study 1, we show that MPFC and MCC have distinct patterns of functional connectivity with MPFC-ventral striatum showing negative, whereas MCC-ventral striatum showing positive functional connectivity. Low-frequency rTMS decreased functional connectivity of MPFC and dACC with the ventral striatum. We further showed enhanced connectivity between MCC and ventral striatum. Conclusions: These findings emphasize how deep inhibitory rTMS using the H7-coil can influence underlying network functional connectivity by decreasing connectivity of the targeted MPFC regions, thus potentially enhancing response inhibition and decreasing drug-cue reactivity processes relevant to addictions. The unexpected finding of enhanced default connectivity between MCC and ventral striatum may be related to the decreased influence and connectivity between the MPFC and MCC. These findings are highly relevant to the treatment of disorders relying on the mesio-prefrontal-cingulo-striatal circuit.
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- Traian Popa
- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, United States
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- Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Unit, Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Marques RC, Vieira L, Marques D, Cantilino A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the medial prefrontal cortex for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PSIQUIATRIA (SAO PAULO, BRAZIL : 1999) 2019; 41:447-457. [PMID: 31166547 PMCID: PMC6796817 DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is a highly connected cortical region that acts as a hub in major large-scale brain networks. Its dysfunction is associated with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism, depression, substance use disorder (SUD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety disorders. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) studies targeting the mPFC indicate that it may be a useful therapeutic resource in psychiatry due to its selective modulation of this area and connected regions. METHODS This review examines six mPFC rTMS trials selected from 697 initial search results. We discuss the main results, technical and methodological details, safety, tolerability, and localization strategies. RESULTS Six different protocols were identified, including inhibitory (1 Hz) and excitatory (5, 10, and 20 Hz) frequencies applied therapeutically to patient populations diagnosed with major depressive disorder, OCD, autistic spectrum disorder, SUD, specific phobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the OCD and acrophobia trials, rTMS significantly reduced symptoms compared to placebo. CONCLUSION These protocols were considered safe and add interesting new evidence to the growing body of mPFC rTMS literature. However, the small number and low methodological quality of the studies indicate the need for further research.
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- Rodrigo C. Marques
- Departamento de Neuropsiquiatria, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Laboratório de Neurociência Aplicada, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Laboratório de Neurociência Aplicada, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Neuropsiquiatria, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Shan PW, Liu W, Liu C, Han Y, Wang L, Chen Q, Tian H, Sun X, Luan S, Lin X, Jiang D, Zhuo C. Aberrant functional connectivity density in patients with treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study. J Int Med Res 2019; 47:2434-2445. [PMID: 31006380 PMCID: PMC6567710 DOI: 10.1177/0300060518807058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objective Functional connectivity (FC) is altered in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Most previous studies have focused on the strength of FC in patients with OCD; few have examined the number of functional connections in these patients. The number of functional connections is an important index for assessing aberrant FC. In the present study, we used FC density (FCD) mapping to explore alterations in the number of functional connections in patients with treatment-refractory OCD (TROCD) using the FCD index. Methods Twenty patients with TROCD and 20 patients with OCD in clinical remission were enrolled in the study. Global FCD (gFCD) was adopted to compare the differences between the two groups of patients. Results The gFCD in the left middle temporal gyrus was lower in the patients with TROCD than in those with remitted OCD, suggesting that decreased information processing ability may play a significant role in TROCD. Conclusion The left middle temporal gyrus is a key component of the emotional processing circuit and attentional processing circuit. Decreased information processing ability in this brain region may play a significant role in TROCD; however, further well-designed follow-up studies are needed to support this hypothesis.
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- Pei Wei Shan
- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- 3 Department of Psychiatry, Qingdao Mental Health Center, Shandong Province, China
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin City 300300, China
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin City 300300, China
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- 4 Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin City 300300, China
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- 5 Department of Neurology, Zoucheng People's Hospital, Jining Medical University Affiliated to Zoucheng Hospital, Shandong Province, China
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- 6 Department of Psychiatry, Jilin University, Jinlin Province, China
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,4 Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin City 300300, China
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de Vries FE, de Wit SJ, van den Heuvel OA, Veltman DJ, Cath DC, van Balkom AJLM, van der Werf YD. Cognitive control networks in OCD: A resting-state connectivity study in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their unaffected relatives. World J Biol Psychiatry 2019; 20:230-242. [PMID: 28918693 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2017.1353132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Executive network deficits are putative neurocognitive endophenotypes for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Yet, unlike alterations in fronto-striatal and limbic connectivity, connectivity in the fronto-parietal (FPN) and cingulo-opercular (CON) networks involved in cognitive control has received little attention. METHODS The coherence of FPN, CON and fronto-limbic networks was investigated in 39 unmedicated OCD patients, 16 of their unaffected siblings and 36 healthy controls using resting-state functional-connectivity MRI and a seed-based analysis approach. RESULTS FPN and CON connectivity was similar for patients and controls. Siblings showed higher connectivity than patients within the CON, and between the CON and FPN compared to patients and controls (trend level). In OCD patients, but not in siblings, fronto-limbic hyperconnectivity was present compared to controls. In contrast to our expectations, no group differences in resting-state connectivity of the cognitive control networks were observed between OCD patients and controls. CONCLUSIONS The increased within- and between-network connectivity in siblings, but not in patients, could indicate a mechanism of increased cognitive control that may act as a protective mechanism. None of the observed network alterations can be considered an endophenotype for OCD since differences were present in either patients or siblings, but not in both groups.
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- Froukje E de Vries
- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,c Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- d Department of Clinical and Health psychology , Altrecht Academic Anxiety Centre, Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,e EMGO + Institute , VU University , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Psychiatry , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,c Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences , VU University Medical Centre , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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Pujol J, Blanco-Hinojo L, Maciá D, Alonso P, Harrison BJ, Martínez-Vilavella G, Deus J, Menchón JM, Cardoner N, Soriano-Mas C. Mapping Alterations of the Functional Structure of the Cerebral Cortex in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Cereb Cortex 2019; 29:4753-4762. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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AbstractWe mapped alterations of the functional structure of the cerebral cortex using a novel imaging approach in a sample of 160 obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. Whole-brain functional connectivity maps were generated using multidistance measures of intracortical neural activity coupling defined within isodistant local areas. OCD patients demonstrated neural activity desynchronization within the orbitofrontal cortex and in primary somatosensory, auditory, visual, gustatory, and olfactory areas. Symptom severity was significantly associated with the degree of functional structure alteration in OCD-relevant brain regions. By means of a novel imaging perspective, we once again identified brain alterations in the orbitofrontal cortex, involving areas purportedly implicated in the pathophysiology of OCD. However, our results also indicated that weaker intracortical activity coupling is also present in each primary sensory area. On the basis of previous neurophysiological studies, such cortical activity desynchronization may best be interpreted as reflecting deficient inhibitory neuron activity and altered sensory filtering.
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- Jesus Pujol
- MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
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- MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
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- MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Department, Parc Taulí Sabadell University Hospital, Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Sanitària Parc Taulí (I3PT), Barelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Calzà J, Gürsel DA, Schmitz-Koep B, Bremer B, Reinholz L, Berberich G, Koch K. Altered Cortico-Striatal Functional Connectivity During Resting State in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:319. [PMID: 31133898 PMCID: PMC6524661 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Background: Neuroimaging studies show that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by an alteration of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) system in terms of an imbalance of activity between the direct and the indirect loop of the CSTC. As resting-state functional connectivity (FC) studies investigated only specific parts of the CSTC in patients with OCD up to now, the present study aimed at exploring FC in the CSTC as a whole. Methods: We investigated potential alterations in resting-state FC within the CSTC system in 44 OCD patients and 40 healthy controls by taking into consideration all relevant nodes of the direct and indirect CSTC loop. Results: Compared to healthy controls, OCD patients showed an increased FC between the left subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the left external globus pallidus (GPe), as well as an increased FC between the left GPe and the left internal globus pallidus (GPi). Conclusion: These findings may contribute to a better understanding of the OCD pathophysiology by providing further information on the connectivity alterations within specific regions of the CSTC system. In particular, increased FC between the STN and the left GPe may play a major role in OCD pathology. This assumption is consistent with the fact that these regions are also the main target sites of therapeutic deep brain stimulation in OCD.
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- Jessica Calzà
- Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,TUM-Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,TUM-Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Windach Institute and Hospital of Neurobehavioural Research and Therapy (WINTR), Windach, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,TUM-Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich, Germany.,Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences GSN, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Biocenter, Munich, Germany
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Wang L, Wang K, Liu JH, Wang YP. Altered Default Mode and Sensorimotor Network Connectivity With Striatal Subregions in Primary Insomnia: A Resting-State Multi-Band fMRI Study. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:917. [PMID: 30574065 PMCID: PMC6291517 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background: Primary insomnia is a high prevalent sleep disorder. Disturbed brain activity during reward, emotional, and cognitive processing have been observed in insomnia patients. Studies have implicated a critical role of the striatum in these dysfunctions. However, there have been no direct investigations on the whole-brain functional connectivity (FC) of the striatum in insomnia. Methods: We analyzed the group differences in the FC images of 6 predefined striatal subregions based on the multi-band resting-state fMRI data of 18 insomnia patients and 16 healthy controls. Results: We found increased positive FC in the bilateral medial frontal gyrus for bilateral dorsal caudate (DC) and left inferior ventral striatum (VS) subregions, but increased negative FC in the bilateral inferior parietal lobe for the left inferior VSi and right dorsal caudal putamen (DCP) subregions, and in the lateral temporal, occipital, and primary sensorimotor areas for the bilateral DC and left superior VS subregions. The FC between the right DCP and right inferior parietal lobe showed significant positive correlation with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Conclusion: The findings indicate disturbed striatal FC with the default mode network (DMN), the visual and somatosensory areas in insomnia, which likely reflects an inappropriate reward or emotional significance attribute to self-reflection, episodic memory, sensory-perception processes. The altered striatal FC might increase the risk of insomnia patients to develop depression and anxiety.
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- Li Wang
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Puren Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Apergis-Schoute AM, Bijleveld B, Gillan CM, Fineberg NA, Sahakian BJ, Robbins TW. Hyperconnectivity of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brain Neurosci Adv 2018; 2:1-10. [PMID: 31742235 PMCID: PMC6861127 DOI: 10.1177/2398212818808710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Neuroimaging research has highlighted maladaptive thalamo-cortico-striatal interactions in obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as a more general deficit in prefrontal functioning linked with compromised executive functioning. More specifically, dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a central hub in coordinating flexible behaviour, is thought to be central to obsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatology. We sought to determine the intrinsic alterations of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder employing resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging analyses with a ventromedial prefrontal cortex seed region of interest. A total of 38 obsessive-compulsive disorder patients and 33 matched controls were included in our analyses. We found widespread ventromedial prefrontal cortex hyperconnectivity during rest in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, displaying increased connectivity with its own surrounding region in addition to hyperconnectivity with several areas along the thalamo-cortico-striatal loop: thalamus, caudate and frontal gyrus. Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients also exhibited increased functional connectivity from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to temporal and occipital lobes, cerebellum and the motor cortex, reflecting ventromedial prefrontal cortex hyperconnectivity in large-scale brain networks. Furthermore, hyperconnectivity of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and caudate correlated with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatology. Additionally, we used three key thalamo-cortico-striatal regions that were hyperconnected with our ventromedial prefrontal cortex seed as supplementary seed regions, revealing hypoconnectivity along the orbito- and lateral prefrontal cortex-striatal pathway. Taken together, these results confirm a central role of a hyperconnected ventromedial prefrontal cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder, with a special role for maladaptive crosstalk with the caudate, and indications for hypoconnectivity along the lateral and orbito pathways.
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- Annemieke M Apergis-Schoute
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Psychology and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, University of Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, UK.,Postgraduate Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Nagarajan N, Jones BW, West PJ, Marc RE, Capecchi MR. Corticostriatal circuit defects in Hoxb8 mutant mice. Mol Psychiatry 2018; 23:1868-1877. [PMID: 28948967 PMCID: PMC5970001 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hoxb8 mutant mice exhibit compulsive grooming and hair removal dysfunction similar to humans with the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-spectrum disorder, trichotillomania. As, in the mouse brain, the only detectable cells that label with Hoxb8 cell lineage appear to be microglia, we suggested that defective microglia cause the neuropsychiatric disorder. Does the Hoxb8 mutation in microglia lead to neural circuit dysfunctions? We demonstrate that Hoxb8 mutants contain corticostriatal circuit defects. Golgi staining, ultra-structural and electrophysiological studies of mutants reveal excess dendritic spines, pre- and postsynaptic structural defects, long-term potentiation and miniature postsynaptic current defects. Hoxb8 mutants also exhibit hyperanxiety and social behavioral deficits similar to mice with neuronal mutations in Sapap3, Slitrk5 and Shank3, reported models of OCD and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Long-term treatment of Hoxb8 mutants with fluoxetine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, reduces excessive grooming, hyperanxiety and social behavioral impairments. These studies provide linkage between the neuronal defects induced by defective Hoxb8-microglia and neuronal dysfunctions directly generated by mutations in synaptic components that result in mice, which display similar pathological grooming, hyperanxiety and social impairment deficits. Our results shed light on Hoxb8 microglia-driven circuit-specific defects and therapeutic approaches that will become essential to developing novel therapies for neuropsychiatric diseases such as OCD and ASDs with Hoxb8-microglia being the central target.
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- N Nagarajan
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.
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- John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.
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Although the application of noninvasive brain stimulation methods to children and adolescents has been frequently studied in depression, autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other neuropsychiatric disorders, invasive methods such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) and vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) have received less attention. DBS and VNS have demonstrated utility in young patients especially for dystonia and epilepsy. VNS has FDA clearance for intractable epilepsy in patients aged 4 years and older. Further measured work with invasive neuromodulation for children and adolescents with debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders could provide new treatment options and expand current knowledge base of neurocircuitry across development.
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Hong JS, Kim SM, Aboujaoude E, Han DH. Investigation of a Mobile "Serious Game" in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. Games Health J 2018; 7:317-326. [PMID: 30129775 DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2017.0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy is considered a first-line treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dysregulation in the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuit has been implicated in the pathophysiology of OCD, as have decreased functional connectivity (FC) between the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the prefrontal cortex and increased FC between the dACC and the basal ganglia. We hypothesized that a new ERP-inspired mobile "serious game" would improve clinical symptoms in OCD and that symptom improvement would be associated with altered FC within CSTC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen OCD subjects and 15 healthy controls were recruited. All subjects completed questionnaires covering demographic data, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, the Beck Depressive Inventory, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. In addition, all subjects were scanned at baseline to assess brain FC using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS After 3 weeks of gameplay, FC from the left dACC seed to the right frontal precentral gyrus and from the right dACC seed to the left inferior frontal gyrus and the right middle frontal gyrus, increased in the OCD group. Responders showed increased brain connectivity from the left dACC seed to the right superior frontal gyrus compared with nonresponders. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that serious games may improve symptoms in OCD and that this improvement may be related to increased brain connectivity between the dACC and the prefrontal cortex. Further exploration is needed to assess the potential role of serious games in OCD treatment.
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- Ji Sun Hong
- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University Hospital , Seoul, South Korea
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University Hospital , Seoul, South Korea
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, California
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University Hospital , Seoul, South Korea
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Brennan BP, Wang D, Li M, Perriello C, Ren J, Elias JA, Van Kirk NP, Krompinger JW, Pope HG, Haber SN, Rauch SL, Baker JT, Liu H. Use of an Individual-Level Approach to Identify Cortical Connectivity Biomarkers in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2018; 4:27-38. [PMID: 30262337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Existing functional connectivity studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) support a model of circuit dysfunction. However, these group-level observations have failed to yield neuroimaging biomarkers sufficient to serve as a test for the OCD diagnosis, predict current or future symptoms, or predict treatment response, perhaps because these studies failed to account for the substantial intersubject variability in structural and functional brain organization. METHODS We used functional regions, localized in each of 41 individual OCD patients, to identify cortical connectivity biomarkers of both global and dimension-specific symptom severity and to detect functional connections that track changes in symptom severity following intensive residential treatment. RESULTS Global OCD symptom severity was directly linked to dysconnectivity between large-scale intrinsic brain networks-particularly among the dorsal attention, default, and frontoparietal networks. Changes within a subset of connections among these networks were associated with symptom resolution. Additionally, distinct and nonoverlapping cortical connectivity biomarkers were identified that were significantly associated with the severity of contamination/washing and responsibility for harm/checking symptoms, highlighting the contribution of dissociable neural networks to specific OCD symptom dimensions. By contrast, when we defined functional regions conventionally, using a population-level brain atlas, we could no longer identify connectivity biomarkers of severity or improvement for any of the symptom dimensions. CONCLUSIONS Our findings would seem to encourage the use of individual-level approaches to connectivity analyses to better delineate the cortical and subcortical networks underlying symptom severity and improvement at the dimensional level in OCD patients.
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- Brian P Brennan
- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
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Giménez M, Guinea-Izquierdo A, Villalta-Gil V, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Segalàs C, Subirà M, Real E, Pujol J, Harrison BJ, Haro JM, Sato JR, Hoexter MQ, Cardoner N, Alonso P, Menchón JM, Soriano-Mas C. Brain alterations in low-frequency fluctuations across multiple bands in obsessive compulsive disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 11:1690-1706. [PMID: 27771857 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9601-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The extent of functional abnormalities in frontal-subcortical circuits in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is still unclear. Although neuroimaging studies, in general, and resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI), in particular, have provided relevant information regarding such alterations, rs-fMRI studies have been typically limited to the analysis of between-region functional connectivity alterations at low-frequency signal fluctuations (i.e., <0.08 Hz). Conversely, the local attributes of Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) signal across different frequency bands have been seldom studied, although they may provide valuable information. Here, we evaluated local alterations in low-frequency fluctuations across different oscillation bands in OCD. Sixty-five OCD patients and 50 healthy controls underwent an rs-fMRI assessment. Alterations in the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) were evaluated, voxel-wise, across four different bands (from 0.01 Hz to 0.25 Hz). OCD patients showed decreased fALFF values in medial orbitofrontal regions and increased fALFF values in the dorsal-medial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) at frequency bands <0.08 Hz. This pattern was reversed at higher frequencies, where increased fALFF values also appeared in medial temporal lobe structures and medial thalamus. Clinical variables (i.e., symptom-specific severities) were associated with fALFF values across the different frequency bands. Our findings provide novel evidence about the nature and regional distribution of functional alterations in OCD, which should contribute to refine neurobiological models of the disorder. We suggest that the evaluation of the local attributes of BOLD signal across different frequency bands may be a sensitive approach to further characterize brain functional alterations in psychiatric disorders.
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- Mònica Giménez
- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08907, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, 08950, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08907, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,Research Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, 08950, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center of Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, 5001, Brazil
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- Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, 05403-903, Brazil
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- Depression and Anxiety Program, Department of Mental Health, Parc Taulí Sabadell, Hospital Universitari, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08907, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08907, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain. .,Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain.
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Zerbi V, Ielacqua GD, Markicevic M, Haberl MG, Ellisman MH, A-Bhaskaran A, Frick A, Rudin M, Wenderoth N. Dysfunctional Autism Risk Genes Cause Circuit-Specific Connectivity Deficits With Distinct Developmental Trajectories. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:2495-2506. [PMID: 29901787 PMCID: PMC5998961 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a set of complex neurodevelopmental disorders for which there is currently no targeted therapeutic approach. It is thought that alterations of genes regulating migration and synapse formation during development affect neural circuit formation and result in aberrant connectivity within distinct circuits that underlie abnormal behaviors. However, it is unknown whether deviant developmental trajectories are circuit-specific for a given autism risk-gene. We used MRI to probe changes in functional and structural connectivity from childhood to adulthood in Fragile-X (Fmr1-/y) and contactin-associated (CNTNAP2-/-) knockout mice. Young Fmr1-/y mice (30 days postnatal) presented with a robust hypoconnectivity phenotype in corticocortico and corticostriatal circuits in areas associated with sensory information processing, which was maintained until adulthood. Conversely, only small differences in hippocampal and striatal areas were present during early postnatal development in CNTNAP2-/- mice, while major connectivity deficits in prefrontal and limbic pathways developed between adolescence and adulthood. These findings are supported by viral tracing and electron micrograph approaches and define 2 clearly distinct connectivity endophenotypes within the autism spectrum. We conclude that the genetic background of ASD strongly influences which circuits are most affected, the nature of the phenotype, and the developmental time course of the associated changes.
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- Valerio Zerbi
- Neural Control of Movement Lab, HEST, ETH Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neural Control of Movement Lab, HEST, ETH Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, U1215, Bordeaux, France
- University of Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, U1215, Bordeaux, France
- University of Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale, Bordeaux, France
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University and ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neural Control of Movement Lab, HEST, ETH Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University and ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
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Cocchi L, Zalesky A, Nott Z, Whybird G, Fitzgerald PB, Breakspear M. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A focus on network mechanisms and state dependence. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2018; 19:661-674. [PMID: 30023172 PMCID: PMC6047114 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Background Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that has shown promise as an adjunct treatment for the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Establishing a clear clinical role for TMS in the treatment of OCD is contingent upon evidence of significant efficacy and reliability in reducing symptoms. Objectives We present the basic principles supporting the effects of TMS on brain activity with a focus on network-based theories of brain function. We discuss the promises and pitfalls of this technique as a means of modulating brain activity and reducing OCD symptoms. Methods Synthesis of trends and critical perspective on the potential benefits and limitations of TMS interventions in OCD. Findings Our critical synthesis suggests the need to better quantify the role of TMS in a clinical setting. The context in which the stimulation is performed, the neural principles supporting the effects of local stimulation on brain networks, and the heterogeneity of neuroanatomy are often overlooked in the clinical application of TMS. The lack of consideration of these factors may partly explain the variable efficacy of TMS interventions for OCD symptoms. Conclusions Results from existing clinical studies and emerging knowledge about the effects of TMS on brain networks are encouraging but also highlight the need for further research into the use of TMS as a means of selectively normalising OCD brain network dynamics and reducing related symptoms. The combination of neuroimaging, computational modelling, and behavioural protocols known to engage brain networks affected by OCD has the potential to improve the precision and therapeutic efficacy of TMS interventions. The efficacy of this multimodal approach remains, however, to be established and its effective translation in clinical contexts presents technical and implementation challenges. Addressing these practical, scientific and technical issues is required to assess whether OCD can take its place alongside major depressive disorder as an indication for the use of TMS.
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- Luca Cocchi
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Epworh Clinic Epworth Healthcare, Camberwell, Victoria Australia and the MAPrc, Monash University Central Clinical School and The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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A common brain network among state, trait, and pathological anxiety from whole-brain functional connectivity. Neuroimage 2018; 172:506-516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Gürsel DA, Avram M, Sorg C, Brandl F, Koch K. Frontoparietal areas link impairments of large-scale intrinsic brain networks with aberrant fronto-striatal interactions in OCD: a meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 87:151-160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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