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Long JY, Li B, Ding P, Mei H, Li Y. Correlations between multimodal neuroimaging and peripheral inflammation in different subtypes and mood states of bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Int J Bipolar Disord 2024; 12:5. [PMID: 38388844 PMCID: PMC10884387 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-024-00327-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Systemic inflammation-immune dysregulation and brain abnormalities are believed to contribute to the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder (BD). However, the connections between peripheral inflammation and the brain, especially the interactions between different BD subtypes and episodes, remain to be elucidated. Therefore, we conducted the present study to provide a comprehensive understanding of the complex association between peripheral inflammation and neuroimaging findings in patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. METHODS This systematic review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) database (CRD42023447044) and conducted according to the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Study Design (PICOS) framework. Online literature databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library) were searched for studies that simultaneously investigated both peripheral inflammation-related factors and magnetic resonance neurography of BD patients up to July 01, 2023. Then, we analysed the correlations between peripheral inflammation and neuroimaging, as well as the variation trends and the shared and specific patterns of these correlations according to different clinical dimensions. RESULTS In total, 34 publications ultimately met the inclusion criteria for this systematic review, with 2993 subjects included. Among all patterns of interaction between peripheral inflammation and neuroimaging, the most common pattern was a positive relationship between elevated inflammation levels and decreased neuroimaging measurements. The brain regions most susceptible to inflammatory activation were the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, prefrontal cortex, striatum, hippocampus, orbitofrontal cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and posterior cingulate cortex. LIMITATIONS The small sample size, insufficiently explicit categorization of BD subtypes and episodes, and heterogeneity of the research methods limited further implementation of quantitative data synthesis. CONCLUSIONS Disturbed interactions between peripheral inflammation and the brain play a critical role in BD, and these interactions exhibit certain commonalities and differences across various clinical dimensions of BD. Our study further confirmed that the fronto-limbic-striatal system may be the central neural substrate in BD patients.
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- Jing-Yi Long
- Wuhan Mental Health Center, No. 89, Gongnongbing Rd., Jiang'an District, Wuhan, 430012, Hubei Province, China
- Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Wuhan Mental Health Center, No. 89, Gongnongbing Rd., Jiang'an District, Wuhan, 430012, Hubei Province, China
- Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, No. 169, East Lake Rd., Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430062, Hubei Province, China.
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- Wuhan Mental Health Center, No. 89, Gongnongbing Rd., Jiang'an District, Wuhan, 430012, Hubei Province, China.
- Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Rodrigues JM, Ventura C, Abreu M, Santos C, Monte J, Machado JP, Santos RV. Electro-Acupuncture Effects Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 12:2. [PMID: 38200908 PMCID: PMC10778902 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Electro-acupuncture, an innovative adaptation of traditional acupuncture, combines electrical stimulation with acupuncture needles to enhance therapeutic effects. While acupuncture is widely used, its biological mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Recent research has explored the neurophysiological aspects of acupuncture, particularly through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate its effects on brain activity. METHODS In this systematic review, we conducted an extensive search for randomized clinical trials examining electro-acupuncture effects measured by fMRI. We employed strict eligibility criteria, quality assessment, and data extraction. RESULTS Five studies met our inclusion criteria and were analyzed. The selected studies investigated electro-acupuncture in various medical conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and obesity. Notably, electro-acupuncture was found to modulate brain activity and connectivity in regions associated with pain perception, emotional regulation, and cognitive processing. These findings align with the holistic approach of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing the interconnectedness of body and mind. DISCUSSION In carpal tunnel syndrome, electro-acupuncture at both local and distal sites showed neurophysiological improvements, suggesting distinct neuroplasticity mechanisms. In fibromyalgia, somatosensory electro-acupuncture correlated with reduced pain severity, enhanced brain connectivity, and increased gamma-aminobutyric acid levels. For Crohn's disease, electro-acupuncture influenced the homeostatic afferent processing network, potentially mitigating gut inflammation. Electro-acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome led to decreased activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, offering pain relief, while electro-acupuncture for obesity impacted brain regions associated with dietary inhibition and emotional regulation. CONCLUSION This systematic review provides evidence that electro-acupuncture can positively impact a range of medical conditions, possibly by modulating brain activity and connectivity. While the quality of the reviewed studies is generally good, further research with larger sample sizes and longer-term assessments is needed to better understand the mechanisms and optimize electro-acupuncture protocols for specific health conditions. The limited number of studies in this review emphasizes the need for broader investigations in this promising field. The research protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023465866).
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- Jorge Magalhães Rodrigues
- IPTC—Research Department in Complementary Therapies, Portuguese Institute of Taiji and Qigong, 4470-765 Maia, Portugal
- ABS—Health Level Department, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- CBSin—Center of BioSciences in Integrative Health, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS—School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- IPTC—Research Department in Complementary Therapies, Portuguese Institute of Taiji and Qigong, 4470-765 Maia, Portugal
- ABS—Health Level Department, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- IPTC—Research Department in Complementary Therapies, Portuguese Institute of Taiji and Qigong, 4470-765 Maia, Portugal
- ABS—Health Level Department, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- IPTC—Research Department in Complementary Therapies, Portuguese Institute of Taiji and Qigong, 4470-765 Maia, Portugal
- ABS—Health Level Department, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- ABS—Health Level Department, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- CBSin—Center of BioSciences in Integrative Health, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS—School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Li D, Hao J, Hao J, Cui X, Niu Y, Xiang J, Wang B. Enhanced Dynamic Laterality Based on Functional Subnetworks in Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1646. [PMID: 38137094 PMCID: PMC10741828 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13121646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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An ocean of studies have pointed to abnormal brain laterality changes in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Determining the altered brain lateralization will help us to explore the pathogenesis of BD. Our study will fill the gap in the study of the dynamic changes of brain laterality in BD patients and thus provide new insights into BD research. In this work, we used fMRI data from 48 BD patients and 48 normal controls (NC). We constructed the dynamic laterality time series by extracting the dynamic laterality index (DLI) at each sliding window. We then used k-means clustering to partition the laterality states and the Arenas-Fernandez-Gomez (AFG) community detection algorithm to determine the number of states. We characterized subjects' laterality characteristics using the mean laterality index (MLI) and laterality fluctuation (LF). Compared with NC, in all windows and state 1, BD patients showed higher MLI in the attention network (AN) of the right hemisphere, and AN in the left hemisphere showed more frequent laterality fluctuations. AN in the left hemisphere of BD patients showed higher MLI in all windows and state 3 compared to NC. In addition, in the AN of the right hemisphere in state 1, higher MLI in BD patients was significantly associated with patient symptoms. Our study provides new insights into the understanding of BD neuropathology in terms of brain dynamic laterality.
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- Dandan Li
- College of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, China; (J.H.)
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Zhang G, Xiao Q, Wang C, Gao W, Su L, Lu G, Zhong Y. The Different Impact of Depressive or Manic First-episode on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Patients: Evidence From Resting-state fMRI. Neuroscience 2023; 526:185-195. [PMID: 37385333 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Bipolar disorder may begin as depression or mania, which can affect the treatment and prognosis of bipolar disorder. However, the physiological and pathological differences of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) patients with different onset symptoms are not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of clinical, cognitive function and intrinsic brain networks in PBD patients with first-episode depression and first-episode mania. A total of 63 participants, including 43 patients and 20 healthy controls, underwent resting-state fMRI scans. PBD patients were classified as first-episode depressive and first-episode manic based on their first-episode symptoms. Cognitive tests were used to measure attention and memory of all participants. Independent component analysis (ICA) was used to extract the salience network (SN), default-mode network (DMN), central executive network (ECN) and limbic network (LN) for each participant. Spearman rank correlation analysis was performed between abnormal activation and clinical and cognitive measures. The results showed that there were differences in cognitive functions such as attention and visual memory between first-episode depression and mania, as well as differences activation in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), precuneus, inferior parietal cortex and parahippocampus. And significant associations of brain activity with clinical assessments or cognition were found in different patients. In conclusion, we found differential impairments in cognitive and brain network activation in first-episode depressive and first-episode manic PBD patients, and correlations were found between these impairments. These evidences may shed light on the different developmental paths of bipolar disorder.
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- Gui Zhang
- School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
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- Mental Health Centre of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Children's Hospital affiliated to the Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, 210093 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China.
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Wu YK, Su YA, Zhu LL, Li JT, Li Q, Dai YR, Lin JY, Li K, Si TM. Intrinsic functional connectivity correlates of cognitive deficits involving sustained attention and executive function in bipolar disorder. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:584. [PMID: 37568112 PMCID: PMC10416380 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05083-2] [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] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The neural correlate of cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder (BD) is an issue that warrants further investigation. However, relatively few studies have examined the intrinsic functional connectivity (FC) underlying cognitive deficits involving sustained attention and executive function at both the region and network levels, as well as the different relationships between connectivity patterns and cognitive performance, in BD patients and healthy controls (HCs). METHODS Patients with BD (n = 59) and HCs (n = 52) underwent structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and completed the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), the continuous performance test and a clinical assessment. A seed-based approach was used to evaluate the intrinsic FC alterations in three core neurocognitive networks (the default mode network [DMN], the central executive network [CEN] and the salience network [SN]). Finally, we examined the relationship between FC and cognitive performance by using linear regression analyses. RESULTS Decreased FC was observed within the DMN, in the DMN-SN and DMN-CEN and increased FC was observed in the SN-CEN in BD. The alteration direction of regional FC was consistent with that of FC at the brain network level. Decreased FC between the left posterior cingulate cortex and right anterior cingulate cortex was associated with longer WCST completion time in BD patients (but not in HCs). CONCLUSIONS These findings emphasize the dominant role of the DMN in the psychopathology of BD and provide evidence that cognitive deficits in BD may be associated with aberrant FC between the anterior and posterior DMN.
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- Yan-Kun Wu
- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China
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- PLA Strategic Support Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, 100191, China.
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Sharma R, Dillon K, Williams SEE, McIntosh R. Does emotion regulation network mediate the effect of social network on psychological distress among older adults? Soc Neurosci 2023; 18:142-154. [PMID: 37267049 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2023.2218619] [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: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Socio-emotional interactions are integral for regulating emotions and buffering psychological distress. Social neuroscience perspectives on aging suggest that empathetic interpersonal interactions are supported by the activation of brain regions involved in regulating negative affect. The current study tested whether resting state functional connectivity of a network of brain regions activated during cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., emotion regulation network (ERN), statistically mediates the frequency of social contact with friends or family on psychological distress. Here, a 10-min resting-state functional MRI scan was collected along with self-reported anxiety/depressive, somatic, and thought problems and social networking from 90 community-dwelling older adults (aged 65-85 years). The frequency of social interactions with family, but not friends and neighbors, was associated with lower psychological distress. The magnitude of this effect was reduced by 33.34% to non-significant upon adding resting state ERN connectivity as a mediator. Follow-up whole-brain graph network analyses revealed that efficiency and centrality of the left inferior frontal gyrus and the right middle temporal gyrus relate to greater family interactions and lower distress. These hubs may help to buffer psychological problems in older adults through interactions involving empathetic and cognitive emotion regulation with close family.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Hu Z, Zhou C, He L. Abnormal dynamic functional network connectivity in patients with early-onset bipolar disorder. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1169488. [PMID: 37448493 PMCID: PMC10338119 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1169488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Objective To explore the changes in dynamic functional brain network connectivity (dFNC) in patients with early-onset bipolar disorder (BD). Methods Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data were collected from 39 patients with early-onset BD and 22 healthy controls (HCs). Four repeated and stable dFNC states were characterised by independent component analysis (ICA), sliding time windows and k-means clustering, and three dFNC temporal metrics (fraction of time, mean dwell time and number of transitions) were obtained. The dFNC temporal metrics and the differences in dFNC between the two groups in different states were evaluated, and the correlations between the differential dFNC metrics and neuropsychological scores were analysed. Results The dFNC analysis showed four connected patterns in all subjects. Compared with the HCs, the dFNC patterns of early-onset BD were significantly altered in all four states, mainly involving impaired cognitive and perceptual networks. In addition, early-onset BD patients had a decreased fraction of time and mean dwell time in state 2 and an increased mean dwell time in state 3 (p < 0.05). The mean dwell time in state 3 of BD showed a positive correlation trend with the HAMA score (r = 0.4049, p = 0.0237 × 3 > 0.05 after Bonferroni correction). Conclusion Patients with early-onset BD had abnormal dynamic properties of brain functional network connectivity, suggesting that their dFNC was unstable, mainly manifesting as impaired coordination between cognitive and perceptual networks. This study provided a new imaging basis for the neuropathological study of emotional and cognitive deficits in early-onset BD.
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- Ziyi Hu
- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Chen H, Wang L, Li H, Song H, Zhang X, Wang D. Altered intrinsic brain activity and cognitive impairment in euthymic, unmedicated individuals with bipolar disorder. Asian J Psychiatr 2023; 80:103386. [PMID: 36495730 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder (BD) contributes to poor functional outcomes. Resting-state magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)may help us understand the neurobiology of cognitive impairment in BD. Here, forty unmedicated euthymic BD patients and thirty-nine healthy controls were recruited, undergoing MRI scans and neuropsychological measures. The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and ALFF-based functional connectivity (FC) analysis was employed to explore the potential alterations of neural activity. Voxel-wised correlation was calculated between clinical and cognitive variables and abnormal brain activity. Compared with healthy controls, euthymic BD patients showed worse cognitive performance in Trail Making Test, Digit Span Test, and Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT). The euthymic BD group had significantly lower ALFF in the left medial frontal gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus, right postcentral gyrus, and left superior frontal gyrus. Furthermore, we found decreased ALFF values in the right middle frontal gyrus that was negatively correlated with cognitive inhibition, (r = -0.43, P = 0.015). ALFF-based FC analysis showed that BD group showed significantly decreased FC between the right middle frontal gyrus (seed) and left middle temporal gyrus and left medial frontal gyrus, (Two-tailed, PFWE < 0.05, TFCE corrected). The findings demonstrated that individuals with BD during the euthymic phase exhibited decreased ALFF and hypoconnectivity of key brain areas within the frontoparietal network. These altered spontaneous brain activity in euthymic BD patients may be involved in the pathophysiology mechanism of cognitive deficits.
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- Hao Chen
- Department of Radiology, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, the Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of laboratory, Rongfu Military Hospital of Jining city, Jining, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Suzhou Mental Health Center, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, the Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Suzhou Mental Health Center, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, the Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Suzhou Mental Health Center, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, the Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Baez-Lugo S, Deza-Araujo YI, Maradan C, Collette F, Lutz A, Marchant NL, Chételat G, Vuilleumier P, Klimecki O. Exposure to negative socio-emotional events induces sustained alteration of resting-state brain networks in older adults. NATURE AGING 2023; 3:105-120. [PMID: 37118519 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-022-00341-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Basic emotional functions seem well preserved in older adults. However, their reactivity to and recovery from socially negative events remain poorly characterized. To address this, we designed a 'task-rest' paradigm in which 182 participants from two independent experiments underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while exposed to socio-emotional videos. Experiment 1 (N = 55) validated the task in young and older participants and unveiled age-dependent effects on brain activity and connectivity that predominated in resting periods after (rather than during) negative social scenes. Crucially, emotional elicitation potentiated subsequent resting-state connectivity between default mode network and amygdala exclusively in older adults. Experiment 2 replicated these results in a large older adult cohort (N = 127) and additionally showed that emotion-driven changes in posterior default mode network-amygdala connectivity were associated with anxiety, rumination and negative thoughts. These findings uncover the neural dynamics of empathy-related functions in older adults and help understand its relationship to poor social stress recovery.
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- Sebastian Baez-Lugo
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- GIGA-CRC In Vivo Imaging Research Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- EDUWELL team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre (INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon 1 University), Lyon, France
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- Université Normandie, Inserm, Université de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1237, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France
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- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Dresden, Germany.
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Chang Z, Wang X, Wu Y, Lin P, Wang R. Segregation, integration and balance in resting-state brain functional networks associated with bipolar disorder symptoms. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 44:599-611. [PMID: 36161679 PMCID: PMC9842930 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a serious mental disorder involving widespread abnormal interactions between brain regions, and it is believed to be associated with imbalanced functions in the brain. However, how this brain imbalance underlies distinct BD symptoms remains poorly understood. Here, we used a nested-spectral partition (NSP) method to study the segregation, integration, and balance in resting-state brain functional networks in BD patients and healthy controls (HCs). We first confirmed that there was a high deviation in the brain functional network toward more segregation in BD patients than in HCs and that the limbic system had the largest alteration. Second, we demonstrated a network balance of segregation and integration that corresponded to lower anxiety in BD patients but was not related to other symptoms. Subsequently, based on a machine-learning approach, we identified different system-level mechanisms underlying distinct BD symptoms and found that the features related to the brain network balance could predict BD symptoms better than graph theory analyses. Finally, we studied attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in BD patients and identified specific patterns that distinctly predicted ADHD and BD scores, as well as their shared common domains. Our findings supported an association of brain imbalance with anxiety symptom in BD patients and provided a potential network signature for diagnosing BD. These results contribute to further understanding the neuropathology of BD and to screening ADHD in BD patients.
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- Zhao Chang
- College of ScienceXi'an University of Science and TechnologyXi'anChina
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- College of ScienceXi'an University of Science and TechnologyXi'anChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical StructuresSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanics EducationXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
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- Center for Mind & Brain Sciences and Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan ProvinceHunan Normal UniversityChangshaHunanChina
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- College of ScienceXi'an University of Science and TechnologyXi'anChina,State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical StructuresSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanics EducationXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
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Li W, Lei D, Tallman MJ, Ai Y, Welge JA, Blom TJ, Fleck DE, Klein CC, Patino LR, Strawn JR, Gong Q, Strakowski SM, Sweeney JA, Adler CM, DelBello MP. Pretreatment Alterations and Acute Medication Treatment Effects on Brain Task-Related Functional Connectivity in Youth With Bipolar Disorder: A Neuroimaging Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022; 61:1023-1033. [PMID: 35091050 PMCID: PMC9479201 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Disruptions in cognition are a clinically significant feature of bipolar disorder (BD). The effects of different treatments on these deficits and the brain systems that support them remain to be established. METHOD A continuous performance test was administered to 55 healthy controls and 71 acutely ill youths with mixed/manic BD to assess vigilance and working memory during task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging studies. Patients, who were untreated for at least 7 days at baseline, and controls were scanned at pretreatment baseline and at weeks 1 and 6. After baseline testing, patients (n = 71) were randomly assigned to 6-week double-blind treatment with lithium (n = 26; 1.0-1.2 mEq/L) or quetiapine (n = 45; 400-600 mg). Weighted seed-based connectivity (wSBC) was used to assess regional brain interactions during the attention task compared with the control condition. RESULTS At baseline, youths with BD showed reduced connectivity between bilateral anterior cingulate cortex and both left ventral lateral prefrontal cortex and left insula and increased connectivity between left ventral lateral prefrontal cortex and left temporal pole, left orbital frontal cortex and right postcentral gyrus, and right amygdala and right occipital pole compared with controls. At 1-week follow-up, quetiapine, but not lithium, treatment led to a significant shift of connectivity patterns toward those of the controls. At week 6, compared with baseline, there was no difference between treatment conditions, at which time both patient groups showed significant normalization of brain connectivity toward that of controls. CONCLUSION Functional alterations in several brain regions associated with cognitive processing and the integration of cognitive and affective processing were demonstrated in untreated youths with BD before treatment. Treatment reduced several of these alterations, with significant effects at week 1 only in the quetiapine treatment group. Normalization of functional connectivity might represent a promising biomarker for early target engagement in youth with BD. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION Multimodal Neuroimaging of Treatment Effects in Adolescent Mania; https://clinicaltrials.gov/; NCT00893581.
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- Wenbin Li
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.,Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou, University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.,Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Radiology, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.,Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Texas
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- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.,Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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- Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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Drachman R, Colic L, Sankar A, Spencer L, Goldman DA, Villa LM, Kim JA, Oquendo MA, Pittman B, Blumberg HP. Rethinking "aggression" and impulsivity in bipolar disorder: Risk, clinical and brain circuitry features. J Affect Disord 2022; 303:331-339. [PMID: 35181384 PMCID: PMC9109470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Elevated aggression and impulsivity are implicated in Bipolar Disorder (BD); however, relationships between these behavioral constructs have not been clarified, which can lead to misconceptions with negative consequences including stigma and adverse outcomes including suicide. The study aimed to clarify brain-based distinctions between the two constructs and their associations to risk factors, symptoms and suicide thoughts and behaviors. METHODS Self-rated Brown-Goodwin Aggression (BGA) and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) scores were compared between adults with BD (n = 38, 74% female) and healthy controls (HC, n = 29, 64% female). Relationships were examined between BGA and BIS with childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), mood, comorbidities, and magnetic resonance imaging gray matter volume (GMV) assessments. RESULTS In BD, BGA and BIS total scores were both elevated and associated with childhood maltreatment (CM), particularly emotional CM, depression, substance use disorders (SUDs) and suicide attempts (SAs). BGA scores were increased by items corresponding to dysregulation of emotional and social behavior and associated with elevated mood states and suicide ideation and GMV decreases in bilateral orbitofrontal cortex and left posterior insula brain regions, previously associated with these behaviors and clinical features. BIS motor impulsiveness scores were associated with GMV decreases in anterior cingulate cortex implicated in mood and behavioral dyscontrol. LIMITATIONS modest sample size, self-reports CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest separable brain-based domains of dysfunction in BD of motor impulsiveness versus emotionally dysregulated feelings that are primarily self-directed. Both domains are associated with suicide behavior and modifiable risk factors of CM, depression and SUDs that could be targeted for prevention.
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- Rebecca Drachman
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 60 Temple Street, Suite 6B, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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Cha J, Spielberg JM, Hu B, Altinay M, Anand A. Resting-state functional connectivity graph-properties correlate with bipolar disorder-risk in young medication-free depressed subjects: Bipolar-risk Resting State Functional Connectivity in Major Depression. J Affect Disord 2022; 301:52-59. [PMID: 35007643 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is frequently associated with risk factors for the development of Bipolar Disorder (BD). Using graph theory, we investigated brain network properties associated with BD risk factors in young MDD subjects. METHODS Resting-state fMRI was acquired from a large cohort (N= 104) of medication-free currently depressed participants (25 BD depression (BDD), 79 MDD). Lifetime mania symptom count (LMSC), current Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score, and family history of mood disorders (FHMD) were examined as BD risk factors. Functional connectivity matrices from 280 regions of interests (ROIs) were first entered into the Network Based Statistic (NBS) toolbox to identify connections that varied with each risk factor. Next, within the correlated network for each risk factor, global and nodal graph properties for the top five linked nodes were calculated. Last, using identified graph properties, machine learning classification (MLC) between BDD, MDD with BD risk factors (MDD+), and without BD risk factors (MDD-) was conducted. RESULTS LMSC positively correlated with left lateral orbitofrontal cortex (LOFC) Communication Efficiency and with left middle temporal Eigenvector Centrality. Current YMRS score positively correlated with right amygdala Communication Efficiency and Closeness Centrality. FHMD positively correlated with right insula Eigenvector Centrality. Acceptable MLC accuracy was seen between BDD and MDD- using middle temporal Eigenvector Centrality, whereas moderate accuracy was seen between MDD+ and MDD- using OFC Communication Efficiency. LIMITATION Although participants were medication-free, they were not medication-naïve. CONCLUSION Functional connectome graph properties may serve as BD vulnerability biomarkers in young individuals with MDD.
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- Jungwon Cha
- Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, United States
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- Center for Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, United States
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- Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, United States.
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Marino M, Romeo Z, Angrilli A, Semenzato I, Favaro A, Magnolfi G, Padovan GB, Mantini D, Spironelli C. Default mode network shows alterations for low-frequency fMRI fluctuations in euthymic bipolar disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2021; 144:59-65. [PMID: 34600288 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric condition causing acute dysfunctional mood states and emotion regulation. Specific neuropsychological features are often present also among patients in euthymic phase, who do not show clear psychotic symptoms, and for whom the characterization from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is very limited. This study aims at identifying the neural and behavioral correlates of the default mode network (DMN) using the fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF). Eighteen euthymic BD patients (10 females; age = 54.50 ± 11.38 years) and sixteen healthy controls (HC) (8 females; age = 51.16 ± 11.44 years) underwent a 1.5T fMRI scan at rest. The DMN was extracted through independent component analysis. Then, DMN time series was used to compute the fALFF, which was correlated with clinical scales. From the between-group comparison, no significant differences emerged in correspondence to regions belonging to the DMN. For fALFF analysis, we reported significant increase of low-frequency fluctuations for lower frequencies, and decreases for higher frequencies compared to HC. Correlations with clinical scales showed that an increase in higher frequency spectral content was associated with lower levels of mania and higher levels of anxious symptoms, while an increase in lower frequencies was linked to lower depressive symptoms. Starting from our findings on the DMN in euthymic BD patients, we suggest that the fALFF derived from network time series represents a viable approach to investigate the behavioral correlates of resting state networks, and the pathophysiological mechanisms of different psychiatric conditions.
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- Marco Marino
- Department of Movement Sciences, Research Center for Motor Control and Neuroplasticity, KU, Leuven, Belgium; IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy.
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Italy
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- Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Italy; Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Italy
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- Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Italy
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- Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Italy; Unit of Penitentiary Medicine, ULSS6, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Movement Sciences, Research Center for Motor Control and Neuroplasticity, KU, Leuven, Belgium; IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Italy.
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Fronto-limbic neural variability as a transdiagnostic correlate of emotion dysregulation. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:545. [PMID: 34675186 PMCID: PMC8530999 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01666-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Emotion dysregulation is central to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, and is common across many psychiatric disorders. Neurobiological models of emotion dysregulation involve the fronto-limbic brain network, including in particular the amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC). Neural variability has recently been suggested as an index of cognitive flexibility. We hypothesized that within-subject neural variability in the fronto-limbic network would be related to inter-individual variation in emotion dysregulation in the context of low affective control. In a multi-site cohort (N = 166, 93 females) of healthy individuals and individuals with emotional dysregulation (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder (BD), and borderline personality disorder (BPD)), we applied partial least squares (PLS), a multivariate data-driven technique, to derive latent components yielding maximal covariance between blood-oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal variability at rest and emotion dysregulation, as expressed by affective lability, depression and mania scores. PLS revealed one significant latent component (r = 0.62, p = 0.044), whereby greater emotion dysregulation was associated with increased neural variability in the amygdala, hippocampus, ventromedial, dorsomedial and dorsolateral PFC, insula and motor cortex, and decreased neural variability in occipital regions. This spatial pattern bears a striking resemblance to the fronto-limbic network, which is thought to subserve emotion regulation, and is impaired in individuals with ADHD, BD, and BPD. Our work supports emotion dysregulation as a transdiagnostic dimension with neurobiological underpinnings that transcend diagnostic boundaries, and adds evidence to neural variability being a relevant proxy of neural efficiency.
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Piguet C, Karahanoğlu FI, Saccaro LF, Van De Ville D, Vuilleumier P. Mood disorders disrupt the functional dynamics, not spatial organization of brain resting state networks. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 32:102833. [PMID: 34619652 PMCID: PMC8498469 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Spontaneous fluctuations in the blood oxygenation level dependent signal measured through resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging have been corroborated to aggregate into multiple functional networks. Abnormal resting brain activity is observed in mood disorder patients, however with inconsistent results. How do such alterations relate to clinical symptoms; e.g., level of depression and rumination tendencies? Here we recovered spatially and temporally overlapping functional networks from 31 mood disorder patients and healthy controls during rest, by applying novel methods that identify transient changes in spontaneous brain activity. Our unique approach disentangles the dynamic engagement of resting-state networks unconstrained by the slow hemodynamic response. This time-varying characterization provides moment-to-moment information about functional networks in terms of their durations and dynamic coupling, and offers novel evidence for selective contributionsto particular clinical symptoms. Patients showed increased duration of default-mode network (DMN), increased duration and occurrence of posterior DMN as well as insula- and amygdala-centered networks, but decreased occurrence of visual and anterior salience networks. Coupling between limbic (insula and amygdala) networks was also reduced. Depression level modulated DMN duration, whereas intrusive thoughts correlated with occurrence of insula and posterior DMN. Anatomical network organization was similar to controls. In sum, altered brain dynamics in mood disorder patients appear to mediate distinct clinical dimensions including increased self-processing, and decreased attention to external world.
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- Camille Piguet
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland
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Dynamics of amygdala connectivity in bipolar disorders: a longitudinal study across mood states. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1693-1701. [PMID: 34099869 PMCID: PMC8280117 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-01038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Alterations in activity and connectivity of brain circuits implicated in emotion processing and emotion regulation have been observed during resting-state for different clinical phases of bipolar disorders (BD), but longitudinal investigations across different mood states in the same patients are still rare. Furthermore, measuring dynamics of functional connectivity patterns offers a powerful method to explore changes in the brain's intrinsic functional organization across mood states. We used a novel co-activation pattern (CAP) analysis to explore the dynamics of amygdala connectivity at rest in a cohort of 20 BD patients prospectively followed-up and scanned across distinct mood states: euthymia (20 patients; 39 sessions), depression (12 patients; 18 sessions), or mania/hypomania (14 patients; 18 sessions). We compared them to 41 healthy controls scanned once or twice (55 sessions). We characterized temporal aspects of dynamic fluctuations in amygdala connectivity over the whole brain as a function of current mood. We identified six distinct networks describing amygdala connectivity, among which an interoceptive-sensorimotor CAP exhibited more frequent occurrences during hypomania compared to other mood states, and predicted more severe symptoms of irritability and motor agitation. In contrast, a default-mode CAP exhibited more frequent occurrences during depression compared to other mood states and compared to controls, with a positive association with depression severity. Our results reveal distinctive interactions between amygdala and distributed brain networks in different mood states, and foster research on interoception and default-mode systems especially during the manic and depressive phase, respectively. Our study also demonstrates the benefits of assessing brain dynamics in BD.
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Lippard ET, Weber W, Welge J, Adler CM, Fleck DE, Almeida J, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM. Variation in rostral anterior cingulate functional connectivity with amygdala and caudate during first manic episode distinguish bipolar young adults who do not remit following treatment. Bipolar Disord 2021; 23:500-508. [PMID: 33089593 PMCID: PMC8060357 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.13025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Altered activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices, as well as subcortical and amygdala projection sites, was previously reported during a first manic episode in youth with bipolar disorder and observed to be associated with treatment response. To extend these findings, we investigated functional connectivity among these regions in first-episode manic participants who remitted after 8 weeks of treatment compared to those who did not. METHODS Forty-two participants with bipolar disorder (60% female) during their first manic episode were recruited and received 8 weeks of treatment. Twenty-one remitted following treatment. Participants completed fMRI scans, at baseline and following 8 weeks of treatment, while performing a continuous performance task with emotional and neutral distractors. A healthy comparison group (n = 41) received fMRI evaluations at the same intervals. Differences in functional connectivity of the amygdala and caudate with the rostral anterior cingulate and ventrolateral prefrontal cortices at baseline (and changes in functional connectivity following treatment) were modeled between groups. RESULTS At baseline, non-remitters showed an increase in positive connectivity between right anterior cingulate and caudate and a loss of negative connectivity between right anterior cingulate and amygdala, compared to healthy participants. Individuals who remitted following treatment showed an increase in negative connectivity between amygdala and left anterior cingulate 8 weeks following treatment. CONCLUSIONS Results provide evidence of alterations in anterior cingulate amygdala and caudate functional connectivity in bipolar disorder non-remitters during a first manic episode and changes in anterior cingulate functional connectivity associated with remission suggesting targets to predict treatment response. Registered at ClinicalTrials.Gov; Functional and Neurochemical Brain Changes in First-episode Bipolar Mania. NCT00609193. URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00609193?term=strakowskirank=1.
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- Elizabeth T.C. Lippard
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Institute of Early Life Adversity Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA,Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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Guo Y, Wang J, Jiao Q, Cao W, Cui D, Gao W, Qiu J, Su L, Lu G. Altered spatiotemporal consistency of corticolimbic circuitry in euthymic pediatric bipolar disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:1290-1299. [PMID: 32712799 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00327-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a life-threatening illness which clinically defined by an alternating pattern of depressive and manic episodes with a separated period of euthymia. It remains unknown about the consistency of temporal-spatial spontaneous brain activity in euthymic patients, especially in pediatric BD (PBD) patients.Resting-state fMRI signals of sixteen euthymic PBD patients and 16 healthy controls were processed and FOur-dimensional (spatiotemporal) Consistency of local neural Activities (FOCA) and functional connectivity were calculated in the present study. Voxel-wised correlation between clinical and cognitive indices and FOCA in PBD was calculated.Compared with healthy subjects, euthymic PBD patients showed worse performance in tests of Stroop Color-Word Test, Digit Span Test and Trail Making Test. Euthymic PBD patients demonstrated increased FOCA in left inferior frontal gyrus, left anterior cingulate cortex and left superior frontal gyrus and decreased FOCA in right orbital frontal gyrus, bilateral precuneus, right superior occipital gyrus and bilateral superior parietal gyrus. Decreased functional connectivities were found between right orbital frontal gyrus and left amygdala, between left superior frontal gyrus and left putamen, and between left superior frontal gyrus and left insula. And increased functional connectivity was found between right superior occipital gyrus and right hippocampus. FOCA of parahippocampal gyrus was negatively correlated with the SCWT-B score in PBD patients.Abnormal spatiotemporal consistency of brain regions of corticolimbic circuitry is possible to contribute to an imbalance between emotional processing and cognitive control in euthymic PBD. The measurement of FOCA measure may provide important clues of understanding PBD.
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- Yongxin Guo
- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Department of Child Psychology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 310003, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Central South University, 410011, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, 210002, Nanjing, China
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Gaviria J, Rey G, Bolton T, Ville DVD, Vuilleumier P. Dynamic functional brain networks underlying the temporal inertia of negative emotions. Neuroimage 2021; 240:118377. [PMID: 34256139 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Affective inertia represents the lasting impact of transient emotions at one time point on affective state at a subsequent time point. Here we describe the neural underpinnings of inertia following negative emotions elicited by sad events in movies. Using a co-activation pattern analysis of dynamic functional connectivity, we examined the temporal expression and reciprocal interactions among brain-wide networks during movies and subsequent resting periods in twenty healthy subjects. Our findings revealed distinctive spatiotemporal expression of visual (VIS), default mode (DMN), central executive (CEN), and frontoparietal control (FPCN) networks both in negative movies and in rest periods following these movies. We also identified different reciprocal relationships among these networks, in transitions from movie to rest. While FPCN and DMN expression increased during and after negative movies, respectively, FPCN occurrences during the movie predicted lower DMN and higher CEN expression during subsequent rest after neutral movies, but this relationship was reversed after the elicitation of negative emotions. Changes in FPCN and DMN activity correlated with more negative subjective affect. These findings provide new insights into the transient interactions of intrinsic brain networks underpinning the inertia of negative emotions. More specifically, they describe a major role of FPCN in emotion elicitation processes, with prolonged impact on DMN activity in subsequent rest, presumably involved in emotion regulation and restoration of homeostatic balance after negative events.
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- Julian Gaviria
- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medical Image Processing Lab, Institute of Bioengineering/Center for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Medical Image Processing Lab, Institute of Bioengineering/Center for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Increased Global-Brain Functional Connectivity Is Associated with Dyslipidemia and Cognitive Impairment in First-Episode, Drug-Naive Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Neural Plast 2021; 2021:5560453. [PMID: 34194487 PMCID: PMC8203345 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5560453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Objectives Previous researches have demonstrated that abnormal functional connectivity (FC) is associated with the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). However, inconsistent results were obtained due to different selections of regions of interest in previous researches. This study is aimed at examining voxel-wise brain-wide functional connectivity (FC) alterations in the first-episode, drug-naive patient with BD in an unbiased way. Methods A total of 35 patients with BD and 37 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Global-brain FC (GFC) was applied to analyze the image data. Support vector machine (SVM) was adopted to probe whether GFC abnormalities could be used to identify the patients from the controls. Results Patients with BD exhibited increased GFC in the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG), pars triangularis and left precuneus (PCu)/superior occipital gyrus (SOG). The left PCu belongs to the default mode network (DMN). Furthermore, increased GFC in the LIFG, pars triangularis was positively correlated with the triglycerides (TG) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and negatively correlated with the scores of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) coding test and Stroop color. Increased GFC values in the left PCu/SOG can be applied to discriminate patients from controls with preferable sensitivity (80.00%), specificity (75.68%), and accuracy (77.78%). Conclusions This study found increased GFC in the brain regions of DMN; LIFG, pars triangularis; and LSOG, which was associated with dyslipidemia and cognitive impairment in patients with BD. Moreover, increased GFC values in the left PCu/SOG may be utilized as a potential biomarker to differentiate patients with BD from controls.
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Sankar A, Purves K, Colic L, Lippard ETC, Millard H, Fan S, Spencer L, Wang F, Pittman B, Constable RT, Gross JJ, Blumberg HP. Altered frontal cortex functioning in emotion regulation and hopelessness in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2021; 23:152-164. [PMID: 32521570 PMCID: PMC7790437 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Emotion regulation difficulties precipitate and exacerbate acute mood symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD), and contribute to suicidal behavior. However, few studies have examined regional brain responses in explicit emotion regulation during acute BD mood states, or hopelessness, a major suicide risk factor. We assessed brain responses during explicit emotion regulation, and their relationship with hopelessness, in acutely symptomatic and euthymic individuals with BD. METHODS Functional MRI data were obtained from individuals with BD who were either in acute negative (BD-A; n = 24) or euthymic (BD-E; n = 24) mood states, and from healthy volunteers (HV; n = 55), while participants performed a paradigm that instructed them to downregulate their responses to fearful (EmReg-Fear) and happy (EmReg-Happy) facial stimuli. Emotion regulation-related differences in brain responses during negative and euthymic BD states, as well as their associations with negative affective symptoms (hopelessness and depression), were examined. RESULTS Decreased responses were observed in ventral and dorsal frontal regions, including medial orbitofrontal (mOFC) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortices, during EmReg-Fear across symptomatic and euthymic states in participants with BD relative to HVs. The lowest responses were observed in the BD-A group. Across BD participants, negative associations were observed between mOFC responses and hopelessness, particularly due to loss of motivation. Differences were not significant during EmReg-Happy. CONCLUSIONS Lesser emotion regulation-related ventral and dorsal frontal engagement in BD could represent a trait abnormality that worsens during acute negative states. The reduced mOFC engagement in BD during explicit regulation of negative emotions may contribute to hopelessness particularly in the context of diminished motivation.
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- Anjali Sankar
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Social, Genetic Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Yoon S, Kim TD, Kim J, Lyoo IK. Altered functional activity in bipolar disorder: A comprehensive review from a large-scale network perspective. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e01953. [PMID: 33210461 PMCID: PMC7821558 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Growing literature continues to identify brain regions that are functionally altered in bipolar disorder. However, precise functional network correlates of bipolar disorder have yet to be determined due to inconsistent results. The overview of neurological alterations from a large-scale network perspective may provide more comprehensive results and elucidate the neuropathology of bipolar disorder. Here, we critically review recent neuroimaging research on bipolar disorder using a network-based approach. METHODS A systematic search was conducted on studies published from 2009 through 2019 in PubMed and Google Scholar. Articles that utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging technique to examine altered functional activity of major regions belonging to a large-scale brain network in bipolar disorder were selected. RESULTS A total of 49 studies were reviewed. Within-network hypoconnectivity was reported in bipolar disorder at rest among the default mode, salience, and central executive networks. In contrast, when performing a cognitive task, hyperconnectivity among the central executive network was found. Internetwork functional connectivity in the brain of bipolar disorder was greater between the salience and default mode networks, while reduced between the salience and central executive networks at rest, compared to control. CONCLUSION This systematic review suggests disruption in the functional activity of large-scale brain networks at rest as well as during a task stimuli in bipolar disorder. Disrupted intra- and internetwork functional connectivity that are also associated with clinical symptoms suggest altered functional connectivity of and between large-scale networks plays an important role in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder.
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- Sujung Yoon
- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea.,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha W. University, Seoul, South Korea.,The Brain Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Lin X, Zhou RB, Huang J, Su YS, Mao RZ, Niu ZA, Cao L, Hu YY, Yang T, Wang X, Zhao GQ, Wang Y, Peng DH, Wu ZG, Wang ZW, Yuan CM, Chen J, Fang YR. Altered resting-state fMRI signals and network topological properties of bipolar depression patients with anxiety symptoms. J Affect Disord 2020; 277:358-367. [PMID: 32861836 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study aims to explore the changes in functional neuroimaging in bipolar depression patients with anxiety symptoms (BDP-A). METHODS Forty-five BDP-A patients, 22 bipolar depression patients without anxiety symptoms (BDP-NA), and 48 healthy controls (HC) were finally involved. The low-frequency oscillation characteristics, functional connectivity (FC), and network properties among the three groups of participants were analyzed. RESULTS Compared with the BDP-NA group, BDP-A patients exhibited significantly decreased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG), superior occipital gyrus, and inferior parietal, but supramarginal and angular gyri (IPL). Enhanced FC from left IPL to middle temporal gyrus, from left precentral gyrus (PreCG) to bilateral angular gyri, medial superior frontal gyrus, and left superior frontal gyrus (SFG)/MFG were also revealed. Compared with HC, the BDP-A group showed remarkably increased ALFF in the left MFG/PreCG, right superior parietal gyrus, while decreased ALFF in the left inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part, and SFG. In addition, higher regional homogeneity in the left MFG/PreCG was found. LIMITATIONS The limitations are as follows: (1) relatively small sample size; (2) not all the patients were drug-naive; (3) lack of pure anxiety disorder patients as a controlled group; (4) mental health conditions of HC were not systemic evaluated. CONCLUSIONS BDP-A patients showed significant differences in resting-state fMRI properties when compared with BDP-NA or HC group. These results may infer the dysfunction of the dorsal attention network, the default network, and the fronto-limbic system as well as disrupted brain network efficiency in BDP-A patients.
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- Xiao Lin
- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Psychology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021,China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Shanghai Hongkou District Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200080, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 200031, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai 201108, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, China.
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- Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 South Wan Ping Rd, Shanghai 200030, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 200031, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai 201108, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, China.
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Sobczak AM, Bohaterewicz B, Marek T, Fafrowicz M, Dudek D, Siwek M, Tereszko A, Krupa A, Bryll A, Chrobak AA. Altered Functional Connectivity Differences in Salience Network as a Neuromarker of Suicide Risk in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Patients. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:585766. [PMID: 33281585 PMCID: PMC7705642 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.585766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Objective The occurrence of death by suicide in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder is as much as 60 times greater than in the general population. Even during the state of euthymia patients are characterized by suicide risk. The aim of the study is to investigate the baseline brain activity in euthymic bipolar disorder patients in regard to suicide risk. We hypothesized that patients compared to healthy control group will demonstrate altered functional connectivity among resting state networks which will be directly related to current suicide risk. Method 41 subjects were enrolled in the study consisting control group (n = 21) and euthymic bipolar disorder patients group (n = 20). Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to evaluate resting state brain activity and ROI-ROI functional connectivity analysis was performed. Suicidal risk was estimated using The Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised. Results A two sample t-test revealed decreased functional connectivity between regions involved in the salience network in patients compared to the control group. This decrease was negatively correlated with current suicide risk. Conclusion Obtained results suggest the association between risk of suicide and activity of regions responsible for functions such as learning from mistakes, prospective thinking, and sensory integration.
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- Anna Maria Sobczak
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.,Department of Psychology of Individual Differences, Psychological Diagnosis, and Psychometrics, Institute of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroergonomics, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Affective Disorders, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Chair of Radiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Kovács LN, Takacs ZK, Tóth Z, Simon E, Schmelowszky Á, Kökönyei G. Rumination in major depressive and bipolar disorder - a meta-analysis. J Affect Disord 2020; 276:1131-1141. [PMID: 32777651 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND rumination, defined as repetitive thoughts about emotionally relevant experiences, has been linked extensively with mood disorders, especially major depressive disorder (MDD).1 However, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting the importance of rumination in bipolar disorder (BD)2 as well. METHODS we searched for studies that investigated rumination in both BD and MDD in four databases. Our systematic search identified 12 studies with an overall sample size of 2071 clinical patients. RESULTS results demonstrated no significant difference in the ruminative tendencies of the two patient groups when all rumination measures were included. We tested for the effect of rumination subtype, BD subgroups, and the current mood state of BD and MDD patients. There were no significant differences in terms of depressive rumination, however, BD patients reported more rumination on positive affect. This difference remained significant when examining in BD-I3 and BD-II4 patient groups, with similar effect sizes. LIMITATIONS due to the lack of sufficient data in the literature, only a few self-report studies qualified to be included in our analysis. Thus additional moderating factors, such as the current mood state of the two patient groups could not be analyzed. CONCLUSIONS this review demonstrates that rumination is a significant process in both MDD and BD, highlighting the importance of interventions to reduce rumination in mood disorders. The two patient groups share several commonalities in terms of rumination, however, rumination subtype was found to be an important moderating variable underlining a difference in rumination on positive affect.
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- Lilla Nóra Kovács
- Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Education, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; SE-NAP2 Genetic Brain Imaging Migraine Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Fateh AA, Cui Q, Duan X, Yang Y, Chen Y, Li D, He Z, Chen H. Disrupted dynamic functional connectivity in right amygdalar subregions differentiates bipolar disorder from major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 304:111149. [PMID: 32738725 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Notwithstanding being the object of a growing field of clinical research, the investigation of the dynamic resting-state functional connectivity alterations in psychiatric illnesses is still in its early days. Current research on major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) has evidenced abnormal resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC), especially in regions subserving emotional processing and regulation such as the amygdala. However, dynamic changes in functional connectivity within the amygdalar subregions in distinguishing BD and MDD has not yet been fully understood. In this paper, we aim at analyzing the patterns characterizing dynamic FC (dFC) in the right amygdala to investigate the differences between similarly depressed BD and MDD. A number of 40 BD patients, 61 MDD patients and 63 healthy controls (HCs) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at rest. Using the right-amygdala as seed region, we compared the dFC within three subdivisions, namely, laterobasal (LB), centromedial (CM) and superficial (SF) between all the groups. To do so, one-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc t-tests were employed. Compared to HCs, patients with BD had a decreased dFC between right LB and the left postcentral gyrus as well as an increased dFC between right CM and the right cerebellum.Compared to BD patients, patients with MDD showed a decreased dFC between right CM and the cerebellum and an increased dFC between right LB and the left postcentral gyrus. These findings present initial evidence that abnormal patterns of the right-amygdalar subregions shared by BD and MDD supports the differential pathophysiology of these disorders.
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- Ahmed Ameen Fateh
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
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Liu M, Wang Y, Zhang A, Yang C, Liu P, Wang J, Zhang K, Wang Y, Sun N. Altered dynamic functional connectivity across mood states in bipolar disorder. Brain Res 2020; 1750:147143. [PMID: 33068632 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aims to identify how the large-scale brain dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) differs between mood states in bipolar disorder (BD). The authors analyzed dFC in subjects with BD in depressed and euthymic states using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) data, and compared these states to healthy controls (HCs). METHOD 20 subjects with BD in a depressive episode, 23 euthymic BD subjects, and 31 matched HCs underwent rsfMRI scans. Using an existing parcellation of the whole brain, we measured dFC between brain regions and identified the different patterns of brain network connections between groups. RESULTS In the analysis of whole brain dFC, the connectivity between the left Superior Temporal Gyrus (STG) in the somatomotor network (SMN), the right Middle Temporal Gyrus (MTG) in the default mode network (DMN) and the bilateral Postcentral Gyrus (PoG) in the DMN of depressed BD was greater than that of euthymic BD, while there was no significant difference between euthymic BD and HCs in these brain regions. Euthymic BD patients had abnormalities in the frontal-striatal-thalamic (FST) circuit compared to HCs. CONCLUSIONS Differences in dFC within and between DMN and SMN can be used to distinguish depressed and euthymic states in bipolar patients. The hyperconnectivity within and between DMN and SMN may be a state feature of depressed BD. The abnormal connectivity of the FST circuit can help identify euthymic BD from HCs.
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- Min Liu
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China; Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
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Stange JP, Jenkins LM, Pocius S, Kreutzer K, Bessette KL, DelDonno SR, Kling LR, Bhaumik R, Welsh RC, Keilp JG, Phan KL, Langenecker SA. Using resting-state intrinsic network connectivity to identify suicide risk in mood disorders. Psychol Med 2020; 50:2324-2334. [PMID: 31597581 PMCID: PMC7368462 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719002356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the neural substrates of suicide risk in mood disorders. Improving the identification of biomarkers of suicide risk, as indicated by a history of suicide-related behavior (SB), could lead to more targeted treatments to reduce risk. METHODS Participants were 18 young adults with a mood disorder with a history of SB (as indicated by endorsing a past suicide attempt), 60 with a mood disorder with a history of suicidal ideation (SI) but not SB, 52 with a mood disorder with no history of SI or SB (MD), and 82 healthy comparison participants (HC). Resting-state functional connectivity within and between intrinsic neural networks, including cognitive control network (CCN), salience and emotion network (SEN), and default mode network (DMN), was compared between groups. RESULTS Several fronto-parietal regions (k > 57, p < 0.005) were identified in which individuals with SB demonstrated distinct patterns of connectivity within (in the CCN) and across networks (CCN-SEN and CCN-DMN). Connectivity with some of these same regions also distinguished the SB group when participants were re-scanned after 1-4 months. Extracted data defined SB group membership with good accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity (79-88%). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that individuals with a history of SB in the context of mood disorders may show reliably distinct patterns of intrinsic network connectivity, even when compared to those with mood disorders without SB. Resting-state fMRI is a promising tool for identifying subtypes of patients with mood disorders who may be at risk for suicidal behavior.
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Since its discovery in 1997, the default mode network (DMN) and its components have been extensively studied in both healthy individuals and psychiatric patients. Several studies have investigated possible DMN alterations in specific mental conditions such as bipolar disorder (BD). In this review, we describe current evidence from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging studies with the aim to understand possible changes in the functioning of the DMN in BD. Overall, several types of analyses including seed-based and independent component have been conducted on heterogeneous groups of patients highlighting different results. Despite the differences, findings seem to indicate that BD is associated with alterations in both frontal and posterior DMN structures, mainly in the prefrontal, posterior cingulate and inferior parietal cortices. We conclude this review by suggesting possible future research directions.
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Goldwaser EL, Miller CWT. The Genetic and Neural Circuitry Predictors of Benefit From Manualized or Open-Ended Psychotherapy. Am J Psychother 2020; 73:72-84. [DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20190041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eric Luria Goldwaser
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical Center and Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical Center and Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore
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Xu J, Wei Q, Bai T, Wang L, Li X, He Z, Wu J, Hu Q, Yang X, Wang C, Tian Y, Wang J, Wang K. Electroconvulsive therapy modulates functional interactions between submodules of the emotion regulation network in major depressive disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:271. [PMID: 32759936 PMCID: PMC7406501 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-00961-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An increasing number of neuroimaging studies have consistently revealed that disrupted functional interactions within the cognitive emotion regulation network (ERN) contribute to the onset of major depressive disorders (MDD). To disentangle the functional reorganization of ERN after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in MDD is curial for understanding its neuropathology. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data was collected from 23 MDD patients before and after ECT, as well as 25 healthy controls. Network modularity analysis was used to identify the submodules and functional connectivity (FC) was used to investigate the functional reorganization of ERN in the MDD patients after ECT. Four submodules of ERN were identified, including emotion response module (ERM), emotion integration module (EIM), emotion generation module (EGM), and emotion execution module (EEM). The increased intra-modular FC of EEM and inter-modular FCs of EEM with EIM\ERM were found in MDD patients after ECT. Modular transition analysis revealed that left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, supplementary motor area, posterior cingulate cortex, right angular gyrus, and right precentral gyrus were transferred across different submodules across the three groups. Further analyses showed correlations between changed FC and clinical symptoms in the MDD patients after ECT. Finally, we also identified 11 increased connections between nodes belonging to different submodules of ERN in MDD patients after ECT. These results showed that ECT could induce functional reorganization of intra- and inter-modules within the ERN, and the functional changes were related to therapeutic efficacy or memory impairments of ECT in MDD patients.
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- Jinping Xu
- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- College of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
- Department of Neurology, Shannan People's Hospital, Shannan, 856000, China.
- Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230022, China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.
- Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, 518057, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
- Department of Medical Psychology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230022, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei, 230022, China
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Zhang L, Li W, Wang L, Bai T, Ji GJ, Wang K, Tian Y. Altered functional connectivity of right inferior frontal gyrus subregions in bipolar disorder: a resting state fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2020; 272:58-65. [PMID: 32379621 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) is a key cortical node in the circuits of emotion and cognitive control, and it has been frequently associated with bipolar disorder (BP); however, a reliable pattern of aberrant rIFG activation and connectivity in bipolar disorder has yet to be established. To further elucidate rIFG abnormalities in different states of bipolar disorder, we examined activation and functional connectivity (FC) in five subregions of rIFG in bipolar disorder. A total of 83 participants, including those with bipolar depression (BPD; n = 25) and bipolar mania (BPM; n = 37) along with healthy control (HC) subjects (n = 26), were examined by resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Both BPD and BPM groups showed higher values of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) than healthy control in four of the five rIFG subregions except cluster 2(posterior-ventral rIFG). Using five subregions of rIFG as seeds, the decreased FC in bipolar disorder was mainly between posterior-ventral rIFG(cluster 2) and multiple brain regions including the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, paracentral lobule, lingual Gyrus, fusiform and cerebellum posterior lobe. These results indicated that local activity and FC were altered within specific subregions of the rIFG in BP. These findings may provide the distinct functional connectivity of rIFG subregions in BP and suggest that the cluster2 (posterior-ventral rIFG) circuitry plays a crucial role in BP. Also, such abnormalities might help define a more precise intervention targets.
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- Li Zhang
- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China;; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, China; Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China;; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei 230022, China;; Department of Medical Psychology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China;; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei 230022, China;; Department of Medical Psychology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China;; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, China; Department of Medical Psychology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.
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The Amygdala in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Synthesis of Structural MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Resting-State Functional Connectivity Findings. Harv Rev Psychiatry 2020; 27:150-164. [PMID: 31082993 DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Frequently implicated in psychotic spectrum disorders, the amygdala serves as an important hub for elucidating the convergent and divergent neural substrates in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the two most studied groups of psychotic spectrum conditions. A systematic search of electronic databases through December 2017 was conducted to identify neuroimaging studies of the amygdala in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, focusing on structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and resting-state functional connectivity studies, with an emphasis on cross-diagnostic studies. Ninety-four independent studies were selected for the present review (49 structural MRI, 27 DTI, and 18 resting-state functional MRI studies). Also selected, and analyzed in a separate meta-analysis, were 33 volumetric studies with the amygdala as the region-of-interest. Reduced left, right, and total amygdala volumes were found in schizophrenia, relative to both healthy controls and bipolar subjects, even when restricted to cohorts in the early stages of illness. No volume abnormalities were observed in bipolar subjects relative to healthy controls. Shape morphometry studies showed either amygdala deformity or no differences in schizophrenia, and no abnormalities in bipolar disorder. In contrast to the volumetric findings, DTI studies of the uncinate fasciculus tract (connecting the amygdala with the medial- and orbitofrontal cortices) largely showed reduced fractional anisotropy (a marker of white matter microstructure abnormality) in both schizophrenia and bipolar patients, with no cross-diagnostic differences. While decreased amygdalar-orbitofrontal functional connectivity was generally observed in schizophrenia, varying patterns of amygdalar-orbitofrontal connectivity in bipolar disorder were found. Future studies can consider adopting longitudinal approaches with multimodal imaging and more extensive clinical subtyping to probe amygdalar subregional changes and their relationship to the sequelae of psychotic disorders.
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Wang Y, Gao Y, Tang S, Lu L, Zhang L, Bu X, Li H, Hu X, Hu X, Jiang P, Jia Z, Gong Q, Sweeney JA, Huang X. Large-scale network dysfunction in the acute state compared to the remitted state of bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity. EBioMedicine 2020; 54:102742. [PMID: 32259712 PMCID: PMC7136605 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental disorder characterized by mood fluctuations between an acute episodic state of either mania or depression and a clinically remitted state. Dysfunction of large-scale intrinsic brain networks has been demonstrated in this disorder, but it remains unknown whether those network alterations are related to different states. Methods In the present study, we performed a meta-analysis of whole-brain seed-based resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) studies in BD patients to compare the intrinsic function of brain networks between episodic and remitted states. Thirty-nine seed-based voxel-wise rsFC datasets from thirty publications (1047 BD patients vs 1081 controls) were included in the meta-analysis. Seeds were categorized into networks by their locations within a priori functional networks. Seed-based d mapping analysis of between-state effects identified brain systems in which different states were associated with increased connectivity or decreased connectivity within and between each seed network. Findings We found that BD patients presented decreased connectivity within the affective network (AN) in acute episodes but not in the remitted state of the illness. Similar decreased connectivity within the default-mode network (DMN) was also found in the acute state, but it was replaced by increased connectivity in the remitted state. In addition, different patterns of between-network dysconnectivity were observed between the acute and remitted states. Interpretation This study is the first to identify different patterns of intrinsic function in large-scale brain networks between the acute and remitted states of BD through meta-analysis. The findings suggest that a shift in network function between the acute and remitted states may be related to distinct emotional and cognitive dysfunctions in BD, which may have important implications for identifying clinically relevant biomarkers to guide alternative treatment strategies for BD patients during active episodes or remission. Funding This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81171488, 81671669 and 81820108018) and by a Sichuan Provincial Youth Grant (2017JQ0001).
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- Yanlin Wang
- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Nabulsi L, McPhilemy G, Kilmartin L, Whittaker JR, Martyn FM, Hallahan B, McDonald C, Murphy K, Cannon DM. Frontolimbic, Frontoparietal, and Default Mode Involvement in Functional Dysconnectivity in Psychotic Bipolar Disorder. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2020; 5:140-151. [PMID: 31926904 PMCID: PMC7613114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Functional abnormalities, mostly involving functionally specialized subsystems, have been associated with disorders of emotion regulation such as bipolar disorder (BD). Understanding how independent functional subsystems integrate globally and how they relate with anatomical cortical and subcortical networks is key to understanding how the human brain's architecture constrains functional interactions and underpins abnormalities of mood and emotion, particularly in BD. METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance time series were averaged to obtain individual functional connectivity matrices (using AFNI software); individual structural connectivity matrices were derived using deterministic non-tensor-based tractography (using ExploreDTI, version 4.8.6), weighted by streamline count and fractional anisotropy. Structural and functional nodes were defined using a subject-specific cortico-subcortical mapping (using Desikan-Killiany Atlas, FreeSurfer, version 5.3). Whole-brain connectivity alongside a permutation-based statistical approach and structure-function coupling were employed to investigate topological variance in individuals with predominantly euthymic BD relative to psychiatrically healthy control subjects. RESULTS Patients with BD (n = 41) exhibited decreased (synchronous) connectivity in a subnetwork encompassing frontolimbic and posterior-occipital functional connections (T > 3, p = .048), alongside increased (antisynchronous) connectivity within a frontotemporal subnetwork (T > 3, p = .014); all relative to control subjects (n = 56). Preserved whole-brain functional connectivity and comparable structure-function coupling among whole-brain and edge-class connections were observed in patients with BD relative to control subjects. CONCLUSIONS This study presents a functional map of BD dysconnectivity that differentially involves communication within nodes belonging to functionally specialized subsystems-default mode, frontoparietal, and frontolimbic systems; these changes do not extend to be detected globally and may be necessary to maintain a remitted clinical state of BD. Preserved structure-function coupling in BD despite evidence of regional anatomical and functional deficits suggests a dynamic interplay between structural and functional subnetworks.
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- Leila Nabulsi
- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
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- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
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- College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
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Apazoglou K, Küng AL, Cordera P, Aubry JM, Dayer A, Vuilleumier P, Piguet C. Rumination related activity in brain networks mediating attentional switching in euthymic bipolar patients. Int J Bipolar Disord 2019; 7:3. [PMID: 30637531 PMCID: PMC6330377 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-018-0137-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Mood disorder patients have a tendency to be more internally oriented, with difficulties in switching attentional focus, which might result in the generation of negative thoughts, such as rumination. The present study explored self-referential neural activity correlating with rumination tendency and attentional switching capacity in bipolar disorder. Methods Twenty euthymic bipolar patients and twenty matched healthy controls underwent a novel introspection task of switching between internally and externally focused attention during a word processing task, while their brain activity was assessed using functional MRI. Results During internal focus, higher activity in self-related regions (mPFC, PCC) was found in euthymic bipolar patients as compared to controls, verifying the hypothesis of exaggerated recruitment of self-referential processes in bipolar subjects. Switching from internal to external focus revealed higher parahippocampal activity in patients as compared to controls, additionally more pronounced when switching away from negative as compared to positive self-referential information. Furthermore, rumination traits correlated with activity in PCC, subgenual and pregenual ACC, and bilateral anterior insula during repetition of internal focus, specifically when evaluating negative words. Finally, we used ACC subregions that correlated with tendency to ruminate as seeds for a whole brain connectivity analysis. Patients showed stronger connectivity between sgACC (seed), pgACC, dPFC, and anterior insula during internal focus, whereas pgACC (seed) was more strongly connected to parahippocampal gyrus when switching from internal to external focus. Conclusions These findings reveal an overactive rumination-related network whose activity is enhanced by negative information in euthymic bipolar patients, which could possibly contribute to impaired switching of thoughts away from internal attention. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40345-018-0137-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Kallia Apazoglou
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Damborská A, Piguet C, Aubry JM, Dayer AG, Michel CM, Berchio C. Altered Electroencephalographic Resting-State Large-Scale Brain Network Dynamics in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Patients. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:826. [PMID: 31803082 PMCID: PMC6873781 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background: Neuroimaging studies provided evidence for disrupted resting-state functional brain network activity in bipolar disorder (BD). Electroencephalographic (EEG) studies found altered temporal characteristics of functional EEG microstates during depressive episode within different affective disorders. Here we investigated whether euthymic patients with BD show deviant resting-state large-scale brain network dynamics as reflected by altered temporal characteristics of EEG microstates. Methods: We used high-density EEG to explore between-group differences in duration, coverage, and occurrence of the resting-state functional EEG microstates in 17 euthymic adults with BD in on-medication state and 17 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Two types of anxiety, state and trait, were assessed separately with scores ranging from 20 to 80. Results: Microstate analysis revealed five microstates (A-E) in global clustering across all subjects. In patients compared to controls, we found increased occurrence and coverage of microstate A that did not significantly correlate with anxiety scores. Conclusion: Our results provide neurophysiological evidence for altered large-scale brain network dynamics in BD patients and suggest the increased presence of A microstate to be an electrophysiological trait characteristic of BD.
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- Alena Damborská
- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Campus Biotech, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Campus Biotech, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Lemanic Biomedical Imaging Centre (CIBM), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Campus Biotech, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Service of Psychiatric Specialties, Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Syan SK, Smith M, Frey BN, Remtulla R, Kapczinski F, Hall GBC, Minuzzi L. Resting-state functional connectivity in individuals with bipolar disorder during clinical remission: a systematic review. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2018; 43:298-316. [PMID: 30125243 PMCID: PMC6158027 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.170175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder is chronic and debilitating. Studies investigating resting-state functional connectivity in individuals with bipolar disorder may help to inform neurobiological models of illness. METHODS We conducted a systematic review with the following goals: to summarize the literature on resting-state functional connectivity in bipolar disorder during clinical remission (euthymia) compared with healthy controls; to critically appraise the literature and research gaps; and to propose directions for future research. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and grey literature up to April 2017. RESULTS Twenty-three studies were included. The most consistent finding was the absence of differences in resting-state functional connectivity of the default mode network (DMN), frontoparietal network (FPN) and salience network (SN) between people with bipolar disorder and controls, using independent component analysis. However, 2 studies in people with bipolar disorder who were positive for psychosis history reported DMN hypoconnectivity. Studies using seed-based analysis largely reported aberrant resting-state functional connectivity with the amygdala, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex in people with bipolar disorder compared with controls. Few studies used regional homogeneity or amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations. LIMITATIONS We found heterogeneity in the analysis methods used. CONCLUSION Stability of the DMN, FPN and SN may reflect a state of remission. Further, DMN hypoconnectivity may reflect a positive history of psychosis in patients with bipolar disorder compared with controls, highlighting a potentially different neural phenotype of psychosis in people with bipolar disorder. Resting-state functional connectivity changes between the amygdala, prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex may reflect a neural correlate of subthreshold symptoms experienced in bipolar disorder euthymia, the trait-based pathophysiology of bipolar disorder and/or a compensatory mechanism to maintain a state of euthymia.
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- Sabrina K Syan
- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- From the MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University (Syan, Frey, Kapczinski, Hall, Minuzzi); the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (Syan, Frey, Remtulla, Minuzzi); the Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare (Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University (Smith, Frey, Kapczinski, Minuzzi, Smith); and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University (Hall), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Kotzalidis GD, Rapinesi C, Savoja V, Cuomo I, Simonetti A, Ambrosi E, Panaccione I, Gubbini S, De Rossi P, De Chiara L, Janiri D, Sani G, Koukopoulos AE, Manfredi G, Napoletano F, Caloro M, Pancheri L, Puzella A, Callovini G, Angeletti G, Del Casale A. Neurobiological Evidence for the Primacy of Mania Hypothesis. Curr Neuropharmacol 2018; 15:339-352. [PMID: 28503105 PMCID: PMC5405607 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x14666160708231216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Athanasios Koukopoulos proposed the primacy of mania hypothesis (PoM) in a 2006 book chapter and later, in two peer-reviewed papers with Nassir Ghaemi and other collaborators. This hypothesis supports that in bipolar disorder, mania leads to depression, while depression does not lead to mania. OBJECTIVE To identify evidence in literature that supports or falsifies this hypothesis. METHOD We searched the medical literature (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library) for peer-reviewed papers on the primacy of mania, the default mode function of the brain in normal people and in bipolar disorder patients, and on illusion superiority until 6 June, 2016. Papers resulting from searches were considered for appropriateness to our objective. We adopted the PRISMA method for our review. The search for consistency with PoM was filtered through the neurobiological results of superiority illusion studies. RESULTS Out of a grand total of 139 records, 59 were included in our analysis. Of these, 36 were of uncertain value as to the primacy of mania hypothesis, 22 favoured it, and 1 was contrary, but the latter pooled patients in their manic and depressive phases, so to invalidate possible conclusions about its consistency with regard to PoM. All considered studies were not focused on PoM or superiority illusion, hence most of their results were, as expected, unrelated to the circuitry involved in superiority illusion. A considerable amount of evidence is consistent with the hypothesis, although indirectly so. LIMITATIONS Only few studies compared manic with depressive phases, with the majority including patients in euthymia. CONCLUSION It is possible that humans have a natural tendency for elation/optimism and positive self-consideration, that are more akin to mania; the depressive state could be a consequence of frustrated or unsustainable mania. This would be consistent with PoM.
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- Georgios D Kotzalidis
- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,ASL Roma 3, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Clinica Neuropsichiatrica Villa von Siebenthal, Genzano di Roma (Rome), Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy.,USL Umbria 2, Terni, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- Core Trainee in Psychiatry, NELFT (North East London Foundation Trust), London, UK.,King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychosis Studies, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF London, UK
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Department of Psychiatry, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Sapienza University - Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.,Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Father A. Mileno Onlus Foundation, San Francesco Institute, Vasto (Chieti), Italy
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Resting-state fMRI signals in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder at the high-risk and ultra-high-risk stages and their relations with cognitive function. J Psychiatr Res 2018; 98:99-106. [PMID: 29331931 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) has been associated with dysfunctional resting-state brain functioning. However, it is still not known whether the aberrant functioning occurs and predict cognitive functioning before illness onset. AIMS We examined the resting-state regional and network dysfunctioning, and their correlates with neurocognitive performance, in the high-risk (HR) and ultra-high-risk (UHR) stages of bipolar disorder. METHODS Using amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), region homogeneity (ReHo) and hypothesis-driven region-of-interest (ROI)-based connectivity, we examined resting-state fMRI data of 8- to 25-year-old healthy offspring (HR, n = 28) and offspring with subthreshold syndromes (UHR, n = 22) of a BD parent, and age-matched healthy controls without any personal or family psychopathology (HC, n = 46). Participants' neurocognitive profiles were assessed using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB). RESULTS ALFF signals in the left putamen and right rolandic operculum were lower in the HR group compared to the HC group. In contrast, ALFF signals were increased in the UHR group in the right middle pars orbitalis of the inferior frontal gyrus, right calcarine sulcus and right cerebellum. Connectivities between the right amygdala and left inferior temporal gyrus, between the left hippocampus and inferior occipital gyrus, and between the left hippocampus and middle pars orbitalis gyrus were decreased in the HR group compared to the HC group. In UHR versus HC group, connectivity between the right amygdala and the left hippocampus and left insula was increased, and connectivity between the left hippocampus and the left insula and the cerebellum was also increased. Among cognitive measures, processing speed was positively correlated with ALFF signals in the left putamen in the HR offspring. In the UHR offspring, processing speed, attention, and verbal learning/memory were positively correlated with the functional connectivity between the left hippocampus and cerebellum. CONCLUSIONS Offspring of parents with BD in the HR and UHR stages show largely non-overlapping patterns of atypical resting-state signals and functional connectivity that predicted cognitive functioning, possibly reflecting inherited abnormalities and/or complimentary reactions.
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Tu PC, Li CT, Lin WC, Chen MH, Su TP, Bai YM. Structural and functional correlates of serum soluble IL-6 receptor level in patients with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2017; 219:172-177. [PMID: 28558364 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Inflammation is reported to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder (BD). Higher serum levels of soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R), which forms a ligand-receptor complex with the potent proinflammatory cytokine IL-6, have been consistently observed in patients with BD. However, the effect of sIL-6R on neural structure and function remains unclear. This study investigated the association between serum sIL-6R levels and the structural and functional connectivity (FC) of the brain in patients with BD. METHODS Seventy-four stable patients with BD-I or BD-II were enrolled from the outpatient clinic. Structural and resting functional MRI and clinical evaluations were performed in all participants, and serum sIL-6R levels were measured. We used an automated surface-based method (FreeSurfer) to measure cortical thickness and a seed-based FC analysis to derive the FC map of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a key region implicated in the fronto-limbic disconnection hypothesis of BD. Brain-wise regression analyses of cortical thickness and FC mapping on IL-6 levels were performed using a general linear model. RESULTS Higher sIL-6R levels were associated with a thinner cortex in the right middle temporal gyrus. Furthermore, higher sIL-6R levels were associated with increased FC between the mPFC and amygdala, pallidum, putamen, and insula and decreased FC between the mPFC and subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and frontal pole. CONCLUSION The results evidence that higher serum inflammatory marker levels are associated with a severer deficit in structural and connectivity abnormalities implicated in BD.
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- Pei-Chi Tu
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ambrosi E, Arciniegas DB, Madan A, Curtis KN, Patriquin MA, Jorge RE, Spalletta G, Fowler JC, Frueh BC, Salas R. Insula and amygdala resting-state functional connectivity differentiate bipolar from unipolar depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2017; 136:129-139. [PMID: 28369737 PMCID: PMC5464981 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Distinguishing depressive episodes due to bipolar disorder (BD) or major depressive disorder (MDD) solely on clinical grounds is challenging. We aimed at comparing resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of regions subserving emotional regulation in similarly depressed BD and MDD. METHOD We enrolled 76 in-patients (BD, n = 36; MDD, n = 40) and 40 healthy controls (HC). A seed-based approach was used to identify regions showing different rsFC with the insula and the amygdala. Insular and amygdalar parcellations were then performed along with diagnostic accuracy of the main findings. RESULTS Lower rsFC between the left insula and the left mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and between bilateral insula and right frontopolar prefrontal cortex (FPPFC) was observed in BD compared to MDD and HC. These results were driven by the dorsal anterior and posterior insula (PI). Lower rsFC between the right amygdala and the left anterior hippocampus was observed in MDD compared to BD and HC. These results were driven by the centromedial and laterobasal amygdala. Left PI/right FPPC rsFC showed 78% accuracy differentiating BD and MDD. CONCLUSION rsFC of amygdala and insula distinguished between depressed BD and MDD. The observed differences suggest the possibility of differential pathophysiological mechanisms of emotional dysfunction in bipolar and unipolar depression.
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- Elisa Ambrosi
- Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,The Menninger Clinic, Houston TX, USA,IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, Rome, Italy
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- Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,The Menninger Clinic, Houston TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Micheal E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,The Menninger Clinic, Houston TX, USA
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- Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Micheal E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston TX, USA
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- Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, Rome, Italy
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,The Menninger Clinic, Houston TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Micheal E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston TX, USA,Corresponding Author: Ramiro Salas, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza – room A277 Houston, TX 77030, USA. ; TE 713-798-3502; Fax 713-798-4488
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Ishida T, Donishi T, Iwatani J, Yamada S, Takahashi S, Ukai S, Shinosaki K, Terada M, Kaneoke Y. Interhemispheric disconnectivity in the sensorimotor network in bipolar disorder revealed by functional connectivity and diffusion tensor imaging analysis. Heliyon 2017; 3:e00335. [PMID: 28721394 PMCID: PMC5486438 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Little is known regarding interhemispheric functional connectivity (FC) abnormalities via the corpus callosum in subjects with bipolar disorder (BD), which might be a key pathophysiological basis of emotional processing alterations in BD. Methods We performed tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in 24 healthy control (HC) and 22 BD subjects. Next, we analyzed the neural networks with independent component analysis (ICA) in 32HC and 25 BD subjects using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Results In TBSS analysis, we found reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) in the corpus callosum of BD subjects. In ICA, functional within-connectivity was reduced in two clusters in the sensorimotor network (SMN) (right and left primary somatosensory areas) of BD subjects compared with HCs. FC between the two clusters and FA values in the corpus callosum of BD subjects was significantly correlated. Further, the functional within-connectivity was related to Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) total scores in the right premotor area in the SMN of BD subjects. Limitations Almost all of our BD subjects were taking several medications which could be a confounding factor. Conclusions Our findings suggest that interhemispheric FC dysfunction in the SMN is associated with the impaired nerve fibers in the corpus callosum, which could be one of pathophysiological bases of emotion processing dysregulation in BD patients.
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- Takuya Ishida
- Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Wakayama-Minami Radiology Clinic, 870-2 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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Takamura T, Hanakawa T. Clinical utility of resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging for mood and cognitive disorders. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2017; 124:821-839. [PMID: 28337552 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-017-1710-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has long been used to assess task-related brain activity in neuropsychiatric disorders, it has not yet become a widely available clinical tool. Resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) has been the subject of recent attention in the fields of basic and clinical neuroimaging research. This method enables investigation of the functional organization of the brain and alterations of resting-state networks (RSNs) in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. Rs-fMRI does not require participants to perform a demanding task, in contrast to task fMRI, which often requires participants to follow complex instructions. Rs-fMRI has a number of advantages over task fMRI for application with neuropsychiatric patients, for example, although applications of task fMR to participants for healthy are easy. However, it is difficult to apply these applications to patients with psychiatric and neurological disorders, because they may have difficulty in performing demanding cognitive task. Here, we review the basic methodology and analysis techniques relevant to clinical studies, and the clinical applications of the technique for examining neuropsychiatric disorders, focusing on mood disorders (major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder) and dementia (Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment).
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- T Takamura
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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Savic I, Frisen L, Manzouri A, Nordenstrom A, Lindén Hirschberg A. Role of testosterone and Y chromosome genes for the masculinization of the human brain. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:1801-1814. [PMID: 28070912 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) have a male (46,XY) karyotype but no functional androgen receptors. Their condition, therefore, offers a unique model for studying testosterone effects on cerebral sex dimorphism. We present MRI data from 16 women with CAIS and 32 male (46,XY) and 32 female (46,XX) controls. METHODS FreeSurfer software was employed to measure cortical thickness and subcortical structural volumes. Axonal connections, indexed by fractional anisotropy, (FA) were measured with diffusion tensor imaging, and functional connectivity with resting state fMRI. RESULTS Compared to men, CAIS women displayed a "female" pattern by having thicker parietal and occipital cortices, lower FA values in the right corticospinal, superior and inferior longitudinal tracts, and corpus callosum. Their functional connectivity from the amygdala to the medial prefrontal cortex, was stronger and amygdala-connections to the motor cortex weaker than in control men. CAIS and control women also showed stronger posterior cingulate and precuneus connections in the default mode network. Thickness of the motor cortex, the caudate volume, and the FA in the callosal body followed, however, a "male" pattern. CONCLUSION Altogether, these data suggest that testosterone modulates the microstructure of somatosensory and visual cortices and their axonal connections to the frontal cortex. Testosterone also influenced functional connections from the amygdala, whereas the motor cortex could, in agreement with our previous reports, be moderated by processes linked to X-chromosome gene dosage. These data raise the question about other genetic factors masculinizing the human brain than the SRY gene and testosterone. Hum Brain Mapp 38:1801-1814, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Ivanka Savic
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden.,Department of Neurology, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden
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- Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden.,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Center, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-113 30, Sweden.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wu H, Sun H, Wang C, Yu L, Li Y, Peng H, Lu X, Hu Q, Ning Y, Jiang T, Xu J, Wang J. Abnormalities in the structural covariance of emotion regulation networks in major depressive disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 84:237-242. [PMID: 27770743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric disorder that is characterized by cognitive deficits and affective symptoms. To date, an increasing number of neuroimaging studies have focused on emotion regulation and have consistently shown that emotion dysregulation is one of the central features and underlying mechanisms of MDD. Although gray matter morphological abnormalities in regions within emotion regulation networks have been identified in MDD, the interactions and relationships between these gray matter structures remain largely unknown. Thus, in this study, we adopted a structural covariance method based on gray matter volume to investigate the brain morphological abnormalities within the emotion regulation networks in a large cohort of 65 MDD patients and 65 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. A permutation test with p < 0.05 was used to identify the significant changes in covariance connectivity strengths between MDD patients and healthy controls. The structural covariance analysis revealed an increased correlation strength of gray matter volume between the left angular gyrus and the left amygdala and between the right angular gyrus and the right amygdala, as well as a decreased correlation strength of the gray matter volume between the right angular gyrus and the posterior cingulate cortex in MDD. Our findings support the notion that emotion dysregulation is an underlying mechanism of MDD by revealing disrupted structural covariance patterns in the emotion regulation network.
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- Huawang Wu
- Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China; The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- School of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, 510370, China
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- Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China; Brainnetome Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China; National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.
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