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Yan NE, Dimick MK, Kennedy KG, Zai CC, Kennedy JL, MacIntosh BJ, Goldstein BI. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Polymorphism rs699947 Is Associated with Neurostructural Phenotypes in Youth with Bipolar Disorder. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2023; 33:243-254. [PMID: 37459144 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2022.0083] [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] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may be relevant to bipolar disorder (BD) and brain structure. We evaluated VEGF rs699947 single-nucleotide polymorphism in relation to structural neuroimaging phenotypes in youth BD. Methods: We collected 3 T anatomical magnetic resonance images from 154 youth (79 BD and 75 healthy control [HC]) genotyped for VEGF rs699947. The participants were age (BD = 17.28 ± 1.40 and HC = 17.01 ± 1.83, t = -1.02, p = 0.31) and sex (BD = 63.3% females and HC = 52.0% females, χ2 = 2.01, p = 0.16) matched. Cortical thickness, surface area (SA), and volume were examined by region-of-interest (ROI) and vertex-wise analyses using general linear models (GLMs). ROI investigations selected for the prefrontal cortex (PFC), amygdala, and hippocampus. Vertex-wise analyses controlled for age, sex, and intracranial volume. Results: ROI results found lower PFC SA (p = 0.003, ηp2 = 0.06) and volume (p = 0.04, ηp2 = 0.03) in BD and a main effect of rs699947 on hippocampal volume (p = 0.03, ηp2 = 0.05). The latter two findings did not survive multiple comparisons. Vertex-wise analyses found rs699947 main effects on left postcentral gyrus volume (p < 0.001), right rostral anterior cingulate SA (p = 0.004), and right superior temporal gyrus thickness (p = 0.004). There were significant diagnosis-by-genotype interactions in the left superior temporal, left caudal middle frontal, left superior frontal, right fusiform, and right lingual gyri, and the left insular cortex. Posthoc analyses revealed the AA allele was associated with larger brain structures among HC, but smaller brain structures in BD for most clusters. Conclusions: Overall, we found preliminary evidence of divergent associations between BD and HC youth in terms of neurostructural correlates of VEGF rs699947 encompassing highly relevant frontotemporal regions.
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- Nicole E Yan
- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurogenetics Section and Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Neurogenetics Section and Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jørgensen JL, Macoveanu J, Petersen JZ, Knudsen GM, Kessing LV, Jørgensen MB, Miskowiak KW. Association of childhood trauma with cognitive impairment and structural brain alterations in remitted patients with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2023:S0165-0327(23)00719-X. [PMID: 37236273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.078] [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: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment affects many patients with bipolar disorder (BD). No pro-cognitive treatment with robust efficacy exists partly due to limited insight into underlying neurobiological abnormalities. METHODS This magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study investigates structural neuronal correlates of cognitive impairment in BD by comparing brain measures in a large sample of cognitively impaired versus cognitively intact patients with BD or cognitively impaired patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy controls (HC). Participants underwent neuropsychological assessments and MRI scans. The cognitively impaired and - intact BD and MDD patient groups were compared with each other and HC regarding prefrontal cortex measures, hippocampus shape/volume, and total cerebral white (WM) and grey matter (GM). RESULTS Cognitively impaired BD patients showed lower total cerebral WM volume than HC, which scaled with poorer global cognitive performance and more childhood trauma. Cognitively impaired BD patients also showed lower adjusted GM volume and thickness in the frontopolar cortex than HC but greater adjusted GM volume in the temporal cortex than cognitively normal BD patients. Cognitively impaired BD patients showed decreased cingulate volume than cognitively impaired MDD patients. Hippocampal measures were similar across all groups. LIMITATIONS The cross-sectional study design prevented insights into causal relationships. CONCLUSIONS Lower total cerebral WM and regional frontopolar and temporal GM abnormalities may constitute structural neuronal correlates of cognitive impairment in BD, of which the WM deficits scale with the degree of childhood trauma. The results deepen the understanding of cognitive impairment in BD and provide a neuronal target for pro-cognitive treatment development.
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- Josefine Lærke Jørgensen
- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neurobiology Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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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]
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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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Gao W, Cui D, Jiao Q, Su L, Yang R, Lu G. Brain structural alterations in pediatric bipolar disorder patients with and without psychotic symptoms. J Affect Disord 2021; 286:87-93. [PMID: 33714175 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) with psychotic symptoms is a specific phenotype that presents greater risk of relapse and worse outcomes than nonpsychotic BD, however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown and are less revealed in youth. Thus, the aims of the present study were to investigate brain structural alterations in pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) patients with and without psychotic symptoms, and specifically to evaluate the impact of psychotic features on gray matter volume (GMV) in PBD patients. METHOD A total of 73 individuals were recruited into three groups, n = 28, psychotic PBD, P-PBD; n = 26, nonpsychotic PBD, NP-PBD; and n = 19, healthy controls, HC. All participants underwent high-resolution structural magnetic resonance scans. Voxel-based morphometry was used to investigate GMV alterations. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) were performed to obtain brain regions with significant differences among three groups and then post hoc tests were calculated for inter-group comparisons. RESULTS The ANOVA revealed significant GMV differences among three groups in the bilateral amygdala-hippocampus-parahippocampal complex (AMY-HIS-ParaHIS complex), left superior temporal gyrus (STG), left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), bilateral putamen (PUT), left precentral gyrus (PG), left supramarginal gyrus (SMG), and right inferior parietal lobule (IPL). Compared with HCs, P-PBD patients showed decreased GMV in the bilateral AMY-HIS-ParaHIS complex, left STG, left IFG, bilateral PUT, and left PG; while NP-PBD patients exhibited decreased GMV in the left IFG, left PG, left SMG, and right IPL. Furthermore, P-PBD patients showed increased GMV in the right IPL when comparing to NP-PBD patients. LIMITATION The present findings require replication in larger samples and verification in medication free subjects. CONCLUSION The present findings suggested that psychotic features in PBD were associated with extensive brain structural lesions mainly located in the prefrontal-limbic-striatum circuit, which might represent the pathological basis of more sever symptoms in patients with psychotic PBD.
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- Weijia Gao
- Department of Child Psychology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, Shandong, China.
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- Mental Health Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Child Psychology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Grey and white matter alteration in euthymic children with bipolar disorder: a combined source-based morphometry (SBM) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 16:22-30. [PMID: 33846953 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition driving frequent mood swings between periodic extremes of happiness and depression in patients. In this study, a source-based morphometry (SBM) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis was utilized to measure the differences in the white matter (WM) and grey matter (GM) between euthymic children with BPD and typically developing (TD) children. We adapted both multivariate (SBM) and univariate (VBM) analysis in 20 children with BPD euthymia /remission and compared to the same number of TD age-matched children. The VBM did not reveal any increase in GM and WM voxel values in children with BPD. However, a decrease in the GM voxel values in the bilateral middle frontal and WM voxels in the left hippocampus, left caudate, left orbitofrontal and right inferior parietal cortices was identified. Conversely, SBM analysis in BPD displayed a high GM value in bilateral angular gyrus, bilateral inferior temporal, left supplementary motor area and left middle temporal region, while a low value was observed in left inferior and middle occipital, cerebellum, thalamus, left premotor area and left lingual gyrus. These findings suggested a crucial GM and WM alteration in multiple neural regions in BPD children even during sustained and substantial remission.
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Jiang X, Wu F, Zhang Y, Li H, Kang J, Kong L, Wang F, Tang Y. Gender differences of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in bipolar disorder: A resting state fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2021; 280:189-196. [PMID: 33217701 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The clinical and epidemiological features of bipolar disorder (BD) between females and males have many differences. The association between brain function and gender in BD is unknown. This research aimed to investigate the association between brain function and gender in BD by using amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFFs). METHODS Ninety-eight patients (49 females and 49 males) with BD and 171 matched healthy controls (HCs, 89 females and 82 males) were recruited for resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. ALFF was used to estimate brain function. RESULTS A main effect of diagnosis in ALFF was observed in the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC), caudate and occipital lobe. A main effect of gender in ALFF was found in the right VPFC, DLPFC, thalamus, and occipital lobe. A main effect of diagnosis gender interaction in ALFF was observed in the left DLPFC. Analyses of two-sample t-test indicated that male patients with BD had increased ALFF in the right hippocampus, right amygdala, left caudate, and left DLPFC, and decreased ALFF in the occipital lobe compared with male HC. Female patients with BD demonstrated increased ALFF in the right VPFC and right DLPFC compared with female HC. Male patients with BD exhibited increased ALFF in the right VPFC and left DLPFC and decreased ALFF in the occipital lobe compared with female patients with BD. LIMITATIONS This study did not consider the effect of medications and emotional states on brain activity. CONCLUSIONS Results suggested gender differences in the dysfunctions of the cortico-limbic neural system in BD.
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- Xuejun Jiang
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China; Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China; Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Brain structural correlates of familial risk for mental illness: a meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry studies in relatives of patients with psychotic or mood disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020; 45:1369-1379. [PMID: 32353861 PMCID: PMC7297956 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0687-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BD), and major depressive disorder (MDD) are heritable psychiatric disorders with partially overlapping genetic liability. Shared and disorder-specific neurobiological abnormalities associated with familial risk for developing mental illnesses are largely unknown. We performed a meta-analysis of structural brain imaging studies in relatives of patients with SCZ, BD, and MDD to identify overlapping and discrete brain structural correlates of familial risk for mental disorders. Search for voxel-based morphometry studies in relatives of patients with SCZ, BD, and MDD in PubMed and Embase identified 33 studies with 2292 relatives and 2052 healthy controls (HC). Seed-based d Mapping software was used to investigate global differences in gray matter volumes between relatives as a group versus HC, and between those of each psychiatric disorder and HC. As a group, relatives exhibited gray matter abnormalities in left supramarginal gyrus, right striatum, right inferior frontal gyrus, left thalamus, bilateral insula, right cerebellum, and right superior frontal gyrus, compared with HC. Decreased right cerebellar gray matter was the only abnormality common to relatives of all three conditions. Subgroup analyses showed disorder-specific gray matter abnormalities in left thalamus and bilateral insula associated with risk for SCZ, in left supramarginal gyrus and right frontal regions with risk for BD, and in right striatum with risk for MDD. While decreased gray matter in right cerebellum might be a common brain structural abnormality associated with shared risk for SCZ, BD, and MDD, regional gray matter abnormalities in neocortex, thalamus, and striatum appear to be disorder-specific.
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Xiao Q, Zhong Y, Jiao Q, Lu G, Su Y. Gray matter voxel-based morphometry in mania and remission states of children with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2020; 268:47-54. [PMID: 32158006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND It has been found by many studies that gray matter (GM) abnormalities exist in both adults and children with bipolar disorder (PBD) which is a serious mental illness characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression. However, there are few studies on the comparison between brain imaging of different mood states shown by patients with bipolar disorder. This study is aimed at exploring the differences existing in brain structures between children with bipolar disorder and that of healthy controls, and then it tries to further explore whether there is a structural difference between the states of mania and remission in children with bipolar disorder. METHODS 21 PBD-mania subjects, 19 PBD-remission subjects and 18 control subjects aged 12-17 years old were engaged in this study. In the present study, magnetic resonance imaging was obtained by employing a Siemens 3.0 T scanner. With regard to the volumes of gray matter in the mania group, remission group and healthy control group, analysis was carried out by using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Further analysis was conducted on the correlation between MRI data and clinical features of patients with PBD. RESULTS In comparison with the healthy control subjects, the gray matter volume measured from the left hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala in both manic and euthymic groups showed a decreasing trend, while the volume of left orbitofrontal cortex increased. However, no significant difference in volumes was found between BD manic and euthymic groups. It was observed that the volume of orbitofrontal cortex had a positive correlation with onset age in PBD euthymic group. CONCLUSIONS Our study came to the conclusion that extensive brain structural changes are available in patients with PBD. The brain regions with structural changes are distributed in the anterior limbic network (ALN), which has been proved to have been involved in the abnormal emotional and cognitive regulation of PBD. However, there is no difference in the volumes of gray matter between mania and remission in PBD .
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- Qian Xiao
- Mental Health Centre of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.
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- School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097,China; Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Taishan Medical University, Taian 271016, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002, China.
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- Child Language Lab, School of Foreign Languages, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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Mana S, Paillère Martinot ML, Martinot JL. Brain imaging findings in children and adolescents with mental disorders: A cross-sectional review. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 25:345-54. [PMID: 20620025 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 04/08/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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AbstractBackgroundWhile brain imaging studies of juvenile patients has expanded in recent years to investigate the cerebral neurophysiologic correlates of psychiatric disorders, this research field remains scarce. The aim of the present review was to cluster the main mental disorders according to the differential brain location of the imaging findings recently reported in children and adolescents reports. A second objective was to describe the worldwide distribution and the main directions of the recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron tomography (PET) studies in these patients.MethodsA survey of 423 MRI and PET articles published between 2005 and 2008 was performed. A principal component analysis (PCA), then an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis, were applied on brain regional information retrieved from articles in order to cluster the various disorders with respect to the cerebral structures where alterations were reported. Furthermore, descriptive analysis characterized the literature production.ResultsTwo hundred and seventy-four articles involving children and adolescent patients were analyzed. Both the PCA and ALE methods clustered, three groups of diagnosed psychiatric disorders, according to the brain structural and functional locations: one group of affective disorders characterized by abnormalities of the frontal-limbic regions; a group of mental disorders with “cognition deficits” mainly related to cortex abnormalities; and one psychomotor condition associated with abnormalities in the basal ganglia. The descriptive analysis indicates a focus on attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and autism spectrum disorders, a general steady rise in the number of annual reports, and lead of US research.ConclusionThis cross-sectional review of child and adolescent mental disorders based on neuroimaging findings suggests overlaps of brain locations that allow to cluster the diagnosed disorders into three sets with respectively marked affective, cognitive, and psychomotor phenomenology. Furthermore, the brain imaging research effort was unequally distributed across disorders, and did not reflect their prevalence.
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- S Mana
- Service hospitalier central de médecine nucléaire et neurospin, INSERM-CEA, Research Unit 1000 Neuroimaging & psychiatry, University Paris Sud and University Paris Descartes, 4, place Gl.-Leclerc, 91401 Orsay, France.
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Yin Z, Chang M, Wei S, Jiang X, Zhou Y, Cui L, Lv J, Wang F, Tang Y. Decreased Functional Connectivity in Insular Subregions in Depressive Episodes of Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:842. [PMID: 30487732 PMCID: PMC6246657 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: Clinically, it is very difficult to distinguish between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) in the period of depression. Increasing evidence shows that the insula plays an important role in depression. We aimed to compare the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of insular subregions in patients with MDD and BD in depressive episodes (BDD), who had never experienced manic or hypomanic episodes when they were scanned to identify biomarkers for the identification of two diseases. Methods: We recruited 21 BDD patients, 40 MDD patients and 70 healthy controls (HC). Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) was performed. BDD patients had never had manic or hypomanic episodes when they were scanned, and the diagnoses were determined by follow-up. We divided the insula into three parts including the ventral anterior insular cortex (v-AIN), dorsal anterior insular cortex (d-AIN), and posterior insula (PI). The insular-based rsFC was compared among the three groups, and an analysis of the correlation between the rsFC value and Hamilton depression and anxiety scales was carried out. Results: BDD and MDD patients demonstrated decreased rsFC from the v-AIN to the left superior/middle frontal gyrus compared with the HC group. Versus MDD and HC groups, BDD patients exhibited decreased rsFC from the v-AIN to the area in the left orbital frontal gyrus and left superior temporal gyrus (included temporal pole), from the PI to the right lateral postcentral gyrus and from all three insular subregions to the somatosensory and motor cortex. Meanwhile, a correlation between the rsFC value of the PI-right lateral postcentral gyrus and anxiety score was observed in patients. Conclusion: Our findings show BDD and MDD patients have similar decreases in insular connectivity in the dorsal lateral frontal regions, and BDD patients have specific decreased insular connectivity, especially in the somatosensory and motor cortex, which may be used as imaging evidence for clinical identification.
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- Zhiyang Yin
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Geriatric Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Geriatric Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Islam AH, Metcalfe AWS, MacIntosh BJ, Korczak DJ, Goldstein BI. Greater body mass index is associated with reduced frontal cortical volumes among adolescents with bipolar disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2017; 43:170041. [PMID: 29077553 PMCID: PMC5837884 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.170041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Higher body mass index (BMI) and obesity is common among youth with bipolar disorder (BD) and is associated with greater psychiatric illness severity, including suicidality. Obesity has been associated with frontal, temporal and subcortical volumetric reductions in adults with BD. We examined the neurostructural correlates of BMI in adolescents early in their course of BD. METHODS We processed T1-weighted images of adolescents with BD and psychiatrically healthy controls using FreeSurfer to derive a priori region of interest (ROI) volumes/cortical thickness for the frontal lobe (FL), prefrontal cortex (PFC) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) as well as volumes for the amygdala and hippocampus. General linear models assessed the association between BMI and the ROIs, controlling for age, sex and intracranial volume. We also conducted exploratory within-BD group and whole brain vertex-wise analyses. RESULTS We included 40 adolescents with BD and 48 controls in our analyses. In addition to a main effect of BMI on the ROIs, there were significant diagnosis × BMI interaction effects on FL volumes. In the BD group only, BMI was negatively associated with FL, OFC and PFC cortical thickness. Whole brain analysis of BMI-volume correlations revealed 2 significant interaction clusters: 1 in the medial OFC and 1 in the caudal anterior cingulate cortex, with BD showing a stronger negative correlation. LIMITATIONS Reliance on BMI rather than a more nuanced measure of obesity may have influenced the findings. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that elevated BMI among adolescents with BD is associated with frontal neurostructural differences that are not observed in controls. Prospective studies examining the direction of the observed associations and the effect of BMI optimization on brain structure in adolescents with BD are warranted.
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- Alvi H Islam
- From the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Islam, Metcalfe, Goldstein); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak, Goldstein); the Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh); the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh, Goldstein); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak); the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); the Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Goldstein)
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- From the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Islam, Metcalfe, Goldstein); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak, Goldstein); the Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh); the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh, Goldstein); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak); the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); the Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Goldstein)
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- From the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Islam, Metcalfe, Goldstein); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak, Goldstein); the Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh); the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh, Goldstein); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak); the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); the Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Goldstein)
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- From the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Islam, Metcalfe, Goldstein); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak, Goldstein); the Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh); the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh, Goldstein); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak); the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); the Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Goldstein)
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- From the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Islam, Metcalfe, Goldstein); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak, Goldstein); the Hurvitz Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh); the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Metcalfe, MacIntosh, Goldstein); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Korczak); the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); the Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada (MacIntosh); and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Goldstein)
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Lopez-Larson MP, Shah LM, Weeks HR, King JB, Mallik AK, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Anderson JS. Abnormal Functional Connectivity Between Default and Salience Networks in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2016; 2:85-93. [PMID: 29560889 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) (occurring prior to 18 years of age) is a developmental brain disorder that is among the most severe and disabling psychiatric conditions affecting youth. Despite increasing evidence that brain connectivity is atypical in adults with bipolar disorder, it is not clear how brain connectivity may be altered in youths with PBD. METHODS This cross-sectional resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study included 80 participants recruited over 4 years: 32 youths with PBD, currently euthymic (13 males; 15.1 years old), and 48 healthy control (HC) subjects (27 males; 14.5 years old). Functional connectivity between eight major intrinsic connectivity networks, along with connectivity measurements between 333 brain regions, was compared between PBD and HC subjects. Additionally, connectivity differences were evaluated between PBD and HC samples in negatively correlated connections, as defined by 839 subjects of the Human Connectome Project dataset. RESULTS We found increased inter- but not intranetwork functional connectivity in PBD between the default mode and salience networks (p = .0017). Throughout the brain, atypical connections showed failure to develop anticorrelation with age during adolescence in PBD but not HC samples among connections that exhibit negative correlation in adulthood. CONCLUSIONS Youths with PBD demonstrate reduced anticorrelation between default mode and salience networks. Further evaluation of the interaction between these networks is needed in development and with other mood states such as depression and mania to clarify if this atypical connectivity is a PBD trait biomarker.
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- Melissa P Lopez-Larson
- The Brain Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah, University of Utah Medical School, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- The Brain Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Radiology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah, University of Utah Medical School, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- University of Utah, University of Utah Medical School, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- The Brain Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Radiology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- The Brain Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah, University of Utah Medical School, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; VISN 19 MIRECC, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- The Brain Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Radiology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Bioengineering, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah, University of Utah Medical School, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Knöchel C, Reuter J, Reinke B, Stäblein M, Marbach K, Feddern R, Kuhlmann K, Alves G, Prvulovic D, Wenzler S, Linden DEJ, Oertel-Knöchel V. Cortical thinning in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2016; 172:78-85. [PMID: 26876312 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Although schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share some clinical features such as psychotic symptoms and cognitive dysfunctions, little is known about possible pathophysiological similarities between both diseases. Therefore, we investigated the potential topographical overlap and segregation of cortical thickness abnormalities in SZ and BD patients. We analyzed 3D-anatomical magnetic resonance imaging datasets with the FreeSurfer 5.1.0 software to examine cortical thickness and volumes in three groups of participants: n=34 BD patients, n=32 SZ patients and n=38 healthy controls. We observed similar bilateral cortical thickness reductions in BD and SZ patients predominantly in the pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus and in the anterior and posterior cingulate. We also found disease-specific cortical reductions in the orbitofrontal cortex for BD patients and in dorsal frontal and temporal areas for SZ. Furthermore, inferior frontal gyrus cortical thinning was associated with deficits in psychomotor speed and executive functioning in SZ patients and with age at onset in both groups. Our findings support the hypothesis that thinning of the frontal cortex may represent a biological feature shared by both disease groups. The associations between cognitive deficits and the reported findings in SZ and to a lesser degree in BD patients add to the functional relevance of our results. However, further studies are needed to corroborate a model of shared pathophysiological disease features across BD and SZ.
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- Christian Knöchel
- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics & Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Tosun D, Siddarth P, Levitt J, Caplan R. Cortical thickness and sulcal depth: insights on development and psychopathology in paediatric epilepsy. BJPsych Open 2015; 1:129-135. [PMID: 27703737 PMCID: PMC4995587 DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.001719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The relationship between cortical thickness (CThick) and sulcal depth (SDepth) changes across brain regions during development. Epilepsy youth have CThick and SDepth abnormalities and prevalent psychiatric disorders. AIMS This study compared the CThick-SDepth relationship in children with focal epilepsy with typically developing children (TDC) and the role played by seizure and psychopathology variables. METHOD A surface-based, computational high-resolution three-dimesional (3D) magnetic resonance image analytic technique compared regional CThick-SDepth relationships in 42 participants with focal epilepsy and 46 TDC (6-16 years) imaged in a 1.5 Tesla scanner. Psychiatric interviews administered to each participant yielded psychiatric diagnoses. Parents provided seizure-related information. RESULTS The TDC group alone demonstrated a significant negative medial fronto-orbital CThick-SDepth correlation. Focal epilepsy participants with but not without psychiatric diagnoses showed significant positive pre-central and post-central CThick-SDepth associations not found in TDC. Although the history of prolonged seizures was significantly associated with the post-central CThick-SDepth correlation, it was unrelated to the presence/absence of psychiatric diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS Abnormal CThick-SDepth pre-central and post-central associations might be a psychopathology biomarker in paediatric focal epilepsy. DECLARATION INTEREST None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE © 2015 The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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- Duygu Tosun
- , PhD, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, California, and Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- , PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- , MD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- , MD, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Oertel-Knöchel V, Reuter J, Reinke B, Marbach K, Feddern R, Alves G, Prvulovic D, Linden DEJ, Knöchel C. Association between age of disease-onset, cognitive performance and cortical thickness in bipolar disorders. J Affect Disord 2015; 174:627-35. [PMID: 25577157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Neuroimaging studies in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have indicated a number of structural brain changes, including reduced cortical thickness. However, the effects of the course of illness, clinical and cognitive variables on cortical thickness in BD patients have not yet been evaluated. METHODS A total of 67 individuals (32 patients with euthymic BD and 35 healthy and age-matched controls) underwent 3D-anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Whole-brain cortical thickness and group differences were assessed using the Freesurfer software. Course of disease variables, clinical and cognitive parameters were correlated with cortical thickness measures. RESULTS We found reduced cortical thickness in BD patients compared with controls in the frontal and temporal lobes and in several limbic areas. We also report significant associations between cortical thickness and age of disease-onset, speed of cognitive processing, executive function and depression severity in BD patients. CONCLUSIONS Cortical thickness reduction across frontal and limbic areas is a structural correlate of affective symptom severity and cognitive impairments in BD as well of age of disease-onset. We may assume that frontal lobe structural abnormalities are present in bipolar disorder, and might lead to dysfunctional cognitive functioning. The causality and functional relevance beyond mere correlation, however, is yet to be established. Our findings encourage further longitudinal studies in BD patients and in healthy at-risk subjects in order to discern the temporal order and development of morphological changes and clinical symptoms.
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- Viola Oertel-Knöchel
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Center for Alzheimer׳s Disease and Related Disorders, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom; MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics & Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Serafini G, Pompili M, Borgwardt S, Houenou J, Geoffroy PA, Jardri R, Girardi P, Amore M. Brain changes in early-onset bipolar and unipolar depressive disorders: a systematic review in children and adolescents. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2014; 23:1023-41. [PMID: 25212880 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0614-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and unipolar disorder (UD) share common symptomatic and functional impairments. Various brain imaging techniques have been used to investigate the integrity of brain white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) in these disorders. Despite promising preliminary findings, it is still unclear whether these alterations may be considered as common trait markers or may be used to distinguish BD from UD. A systematic literature search of studies between 1980 and September 2013 which reported WM/GM changes in pediatric and adolescent BD/UD, as detected by diffusion tensor imaging and voxel-based analysis was conducted. Of the 34 articles judged as eligible, 17 fulfilled our inclusion criteria and were finally retained in this review. More abnormalities have been documented in the brains of children and adolescents with BD than UD. Reductions in the volume of basal ganglia and the hippocampus appeared more specific for pediatric UD, whereas reduced corpus callosum volume and increased rates of deep WM hyperintensities were more specific for pediatric BD. Seminal papers failed to address the possibility that the differences between unipolar and bipolar samples might be related to illness severity, medication status, comorbidity or diagnosis. UD and BD present both shared and distinctive impairments in the WM and GM compartments. More WM abnormalities have been reported in children and adolescents with bipolar disease than in those with unipolar disease, maybe as a result of a low number of DTI studies in pediatric UD. Future longitudinal studies should investigate whether neurodevelopmental changes are diagnosis-specific.
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- Gianluca Serafini
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16100, Genoa, Italy,
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Bücker J, Popuri S, Muralidharan K, Kozicky JM, Baitz HA, Honer WG, Torres IJ, Yatham LN. Sex differences in cognitive functioning in patients with bipolar disorder who recently recovered from a first episode of mania: data from the Systematic Treatment Optimization Program for Early Mania (STOP-EM). J Affect Disord 2014; 155:162-8. [PMID: 24238868 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies investigating bipolar disorder (BD) showed that healthy patterns of sex differences in cognitive functioning are altered within this population, but is it unknown whether these alterations are present in BD patients early in their course of illness. METHODS Patients with bipolar I disorder (36 males, 38 female), who had recently experienced their first manic or mixed episode were tested along with healthy controls (39 males, 59 females) similar in age, sex and premorbid IQ. Cognitive function was assessed through a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery. RESULTS Significant group effects were found in a majority of administered tests (p<0.05) with patients performing worse than healthy controls. Significant sex effects (p<0.05) were observed on tasks of spatial working memory and sustained attention, with males performing better than females. No significant group by sex interaction was found in any of the tasks administered. LIMITATIONS The cognitive battery employed in this study may not have been optimally sensitive in detecting sex differences. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that unlike patients with long standing multi-episode BD or schizophrenia, healthy cognitive sex differences are maintained in patients with early BD, following recovery from a first-episode of mania. These findings highlight the progressive nature of the illness and provide justification for an early intervention.
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- Joana Bücker
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1; Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1
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- Centre for Complex Disorders, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2A1.
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Gao W, Jiao Q, Qi R, Zhong Y, Lu D, Xiao Q, Lu S, Xu C, Zhang Y, Liu X, Yang F, Lu G, Su L. Combined analyses of gray matter voxel-based morphometry and white matter tract-based spatial statistics in pediatric bipolar mania. J Affect Disord 2013; 150:70-6. [PMID: 23477846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ample evidence has suggested the presence of gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) abnormalities in bipolar disorder (BD) patients, including pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). However, little research has been done in PBD patients that carefully classify the mood states. The aim of the present study is to investigate the brain structural changes in PBD-mania children and adolescents. METHODS Eighteen children and adolescents with bipolar mania (male/female, 6/12) aged 10-18 years old and 18 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included in the present study. The 3D T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data were obtained on a Siemens 3.0 T scanner. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analysis were conducted to compare the gray matter volume and white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) value between patients and controls. Correlations of the MRI data of each survived area with clinical characteristics in PBD patients were further analyzed. RESULTS As compared with the control group, PBD-mania children showed decreased gray matter volume in the left hippocampus. Meanwhile, significant lower FA value was detected in the right anterior cingulate (AC) in the patient group. No region of increased gray matter volume or FA value was observed in PBD-mania. The hippocampal volume was negatively associated with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score when controlling for clinical characteristics in PBD-mania patients, however, there was no significant correlation of FA value of the survived area with illness duration, the onset age, number of episodes, or the YMRS score in PBD-mania patients. LIMITATION The present outcomes require replication in larger samples and verification in medication free subjects. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlighted that extensive brain structural lesions (including GM and WM) were existed in PBD-mania. The widespread occurrence of structural abnormalities mainly located in the anterior limbic network (ALN) which suggested that this network might contribute to emotional and cognitive dysregulations in PBD.
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- Weijia Gao
- Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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A systematic review of brain frontal lobe parcellation techniques in magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Struct Funct 2013; 219:1-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0527-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wang F, Bobrow L, Liu J, Spencer L, Blumberg HP. Corticolimbic functional connectivity in adolescents with bipolar disorder. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50177. [PMID: 23185566 PMCID: PMC3503984 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Convergent evidence supports regional dysfunction within a corticolimbic neural system that subserves emotional processing and regulation in adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder (BD), with abnormalities prominent within the amygdala and its major anterior paralimbic cortical connection sites including ventral anterior cingulate, orbitofrontal, insular and temporopolar cortices. Recent studies of adults with BD demonstrate abnormalities in the functional connectivity between the amygdala and anterior paralimbic regions suggesting an important role for the connections between these regions in the development of the disorder. This study tests the hypothesis that these functional connectivity abnormalities are present in adolescents with BD. Fifty-seven adolescents, twenty-one with BD and thirty-six healthy comparison (HC) adolescents, participated in functional magnetic resonance imaging while processing emotional face stimuli. The BD and HC groups were compared in the strength of functional connectivity from amygdala to the anterior paralimbic cortical regions, and explored in remaining brain regions. Functional connectivity was decreased in the BD group, compared to the HC group, during processing of emotional faces in ventral anterior cingulate (VACC), orbitofrontal, insular and temporopolar cortices (p<0.005). Orbitofrontal and VACC findings for the happy condition, and additionally right insula for the neutral condition, survived multiple comparison correction. Exploratory analyses did not reveal additional regions of group differences. This study provides evidence for decreased functional connectivity between the amygdala and anterior paralimbic cortices in adolescents with BD. This suggests that amygdala-anterior paralimbic connectivity abnormalities are early features of BD that emerge at least by adolescence in the disorder.
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- Fei Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Dickstein DP, Reidy BL, Pescosolido MF, Galvan T, Kim KL. Translational neuroscience in pediatric bipolar disorder. Expert Rev Neurother 2012; 11:1699-701. [PMID: 22091595 DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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While controversial and often confounded with other forms of psychopathology, recent studies have shown that bipolar disorder (BD) is on the rise in children and adolescents. Research has made important strides in advancing our understanding of the phenomenology, neural underpinnings and treatment outcomes for BD youths. However, there is an increasing need to unite these domains to identify potential neural effects and predictors of treatment outcome. Pavuluri et al. have conducted such a study, evaluating the neural effects of divalproex or risperidone for pediatric BD. The future is likely to bring more of such studies, potentially resulting in a biomarker augmented approach to the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric BD.
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- Daniel P Dickstein
- PediMIND Program, EP Bradley Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway, East Providence, RI 02915, USA.
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Blond BN, Fredericks CA, Blumberg HP. Functional neuroanatomy of bipolar disorder: structure, function, and connectivity in an amygdala-anterior paralimbic neural system. Bipolar Disord 2012; 14:340-55. [PMID: 22631619 PMCID: PMC3880745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In past decades, neuroimaging research in bipolar disorder has demonstrated a convergence of findings in an amygdala-anterior paralimbic cortex neural system. This paper reviews behavioral neurology literature that first suggested a central role for this neural system in the disorder and the neuroimaging evidence that supports it. METHODS Relevant articles are reviewed to provide an amygdala-anterior paralimbic cortex neural system model of bipolar disorder, including articles from the fields of behavioral neurology and neuroanatomy, and neuroimaging. RESULTS The literature is highly supportive of key roles for the amygdala, anterior paralimbic cortices, and connections among these structures in the emotional dysregulation of bipolar disorder. The functions subserved by their more widely distributed connection sites suggest that broader system dysfunction could account for the range of functions-from neurovegetative to cognitive-disrupted in the disorder. Abnormalities in some components of this neural system are apparent by adolescence, while others, such as those in rostral prefrontal regions, appear to progress over adolescence and young adulthood, suggesting a neurodevelopmental model of the disorder. However, some findings conflict, which may reflect the small sample sizes of some studies, and clinical heterogeneity and methodological differences across studies. CONCLUSIONS Consistent with models derived from early behavioral neurology studies, neuroimaging studies support a central role for an amygdala-anterior paralimbic neural system in bipolar disorder, and implicate abnormalities in the development of this system in the disorder. This system will be an important focus of future studies on the developmental pathophysiology, detection, treatment, and prevention of the disorder.
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- Benjamin N Blond
- Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA,Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA,The Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA,Research Enhancement Award Program Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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Jogia J, Dima D, Frangou S. Sex differences in bipolar disorder: a review of neuroimaging findings and new evidence. Bipolar Disord 2012; 14:461-71. [PMID: 22631625 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The sex of an individual is known to modulate the clinical presentation of bipolar disorder (BD), but little is known as to whether there are significant sex-by-diagnosis interactions on the brain structural and functional correlates of BD. METHODS We conducted a literature review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in BD, published between January 1990 and December 2010, reporting on the effects of sex and diagnosis. In the absence of any functional MRI (fMRI) studies, this review was supplemented by original data analyses focusing on sex-by-diagnosis interactions on patterns of brain activation obtained during tasks of working memory, incentive decision-making, and facial affect processing. RESULTS We found no support for a sex-by-diagnosis interaction in global gray or white matter volume. Evidence regarding regional volumetric measures is limited, but points to complex interactions between sex and diagnosis with developmental and temperamental factors within limbic and prefrontal regions. Sex-by-diagnosis interactions were noted in the pattern of activation within the basal ganglia during incentive decision-making and within ventral prefrontal regions during facial affect processing. CONCLUSIONS Potential sex-by-diagnosis interactions influencing the brain structural and functional correlates of disease expression in BD have received limited attention. Our data suggest that the sex of an individual modulates structure and function within subcortical and cortical regions implicated in disease expression.
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- Jigar Jogia
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Section of Neurobiology of Psychosis, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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Liu J, Blond BN, van Dyck LI, Spencer L, Wang F, Blumberg HP. Trait and state corticostriatal dysfunction in bipolar disorder during emotional face processing. Bipolar Disord 2012; 14:432-41. [PMID: 22524493 PMCID: PMC3361579 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Convergent evidence supports limbic, anterior paralimbic, and prefrontal cortex (PFC) abnormalities in emotional processing in bipolar disorder (BD) and suggests that some abnormalities are mood-state dependent and others persist into euthymia. However, few studies have assessed elevated, depressed, and euthymic mood states while individuals processed emotional stimuli of varying valence to investigate trait- and state-related neural system responses. Here, regional brain responses to positive, negative, and neutral emotional stimuli were assessed in individuals with BD during elevated, depressed, and euthymic mood states. METHODS One hundred and thirty-four subjects participated in functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning while processing faces depicting happy, fearful, and neutral expressions: 76 with BD (18 in elevated mood states, 19 depressed, 39 euthymic) and 58 healthy comparison (HC) individuals. Analyses were performed for BD trait- and mood state-related features. RESULTS Ventral anterior cingulate cortex (VACC), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and ventral striatum responses to happy and neutral faces were decreased in the BD group, compared to the HC group, and were not influenced by mood state. Elevated mood states were associated with decreased right rostral PFC activation to fearful and neutral faces, and depression was associated with increased left OFC activation to fearful faces. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that abnormal VACC, OFC, and ventral striatum responses to happy and neutral stimuli are trait features of BD. Acute mood states may be associated with additional lateralized abnormalities of diminished right rostral PFC responses to fearful and neutral stimuli in elevated states and increased left OFC responses to fearful stimuli in depressed states.
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- Jie Liu
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven,Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven,The Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven,Research Enhancement Award Program Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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OBJECTIVE Recent theories regarding the neuropathology of bipolar disorder suggest that both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative processes may play a role. While magnetic resonance imaging has provided significant insight into the structural, functional, and connectivity abnormalities associated with bipolar disorder, research assessing longitudinal changes has been more limited. However, such research is essential to elucidate the pathophysiology of the disorder. The aim of our review is to examine the extant literature for developmental and progressive structural and functional changes in individuals with and at risk for bipolar disorder. METHODS We conducted a literature review using MEDLINE and the following search terms: bipolar disorder, risk, child, adolescent, bipolar offspring, MRI, fMRI, DTI, PET, SPECT, cross-sectional, longitudinal, progressive, and developmental. Further relevant articles were identified by cross-referencing with identified manuscripts. CONCLUSIONS There is some evidence for developmental and progressive neurophysiological alterations in bipolar disorder, but the interpretation of correlations between neuroimaging findings and measures of illness exposure or age in cross-sectional studies must be performed with care. Prospective longitudinal studies placed in the context of normative developmental and atrophic changes in neural structures and pathways thought to be involved in bipolar disorder are needed to improve our understanding of the neurodevelopmental underpinnings and progressive changes associated with bipolar disorder.
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- Marguerite Reid Schneider
- Physician Scientist Training Program, Neuroscience Graduate Program Department, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45219-0516, USA
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Hafeman DM, Chang KD, Garrett AS, Sanders EM, Phillips ML. Effects of medication on neuroimaging findings in bipolar disorder: an updated review. Bipolar Disord 2012; 14:375-410. [PMID: 22631621 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Neuroimaging is an important tool for better understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of bipolar disorder (BD). However, potential study participants are often receiving psychotropic medications which can possibly confound imaging data. To better interpret the results of neuroimaging studies in BD, it is important to understand the impact of medications on structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI), functional MRI (fMRI), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS To better understand the impact of medications on imaging data, we conducted a literature review and searched MEDLINE for papers that included the key words bipolar disorder and fMRI, sMRI, or DTI. The search was limited to papers that assessed medication effects and had not been included in a previous review by Phillips et al. (Medication effects in neuroimaging studies of bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2008; 165: 313-320). This search yielded 74 sMRI studies, 46 fMRI studies, and 15 DTI studies. RESULTS Medication appeared to influence many sMRI studies, but had limited impact on fMRI and DTI findings. From the structural studies, the most robust finding (20/45 studies) was that lithium was associated with increased volumes in areas important for mood regulation, while antipsychotic agents and anticonvulsants were generally not. Regarding secondary analysis of the medication effects of fMRI and DTI studies, few showed significant effects of medication, although rigorous analyses were typically not possible when the majority of subjects were medicated. Medication effects were more frequently observed in longitudinal studies designed to assess the impact of particular medications on the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal. With a few exceptions, the observed effects were normalizing, meaning that the medicated individuals with BD were more similar than their unmedicated counterparts to healthy subjects. CONCLUSIONS The effects of psychotropic medications, when present, are predominantly normalizing and thus do not seem to provide an alternative explanation for differences in volume, white matter tracts, or BOLD signal between BD participants and healthy subjects. However, the normalizing effects of medication could obfuscate differences between BD and healthy subjects, and thus might lead to type II errors.
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- Danella M Hafeman
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Basco MR, Celis-de Hoyos CE. Biopsychosocial model of hypersexuality in adolescent girls with bipolar disorder: strategies for intervention. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 2012; 25:42-50. [PMID: 22299806 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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TOPIC Engagement in high-risk behaviors, impaired judgment, and hypersexuality present unique health challenges to adolescent girls with bipolar disorder (BD). Behavioral management of sexuality does not routinely fall under the purview of psychiatric care, but requires preventive measures. PURPOSE This paper presents a biopsychosocial model of hypersexuality in girls with BD, describes factors that lead to high-risk sexual behaviors, and provides a framework for cognitive-behavioral intervention. SOURCES USED The study used a review of empirically based clinical and research literature. CONCLUSIONS Sexual health education, improved treatment adherence, symptom monitoring, interpersonal skills training, parental involvement, and clinician education can improve hypersexual behavior in girls with BD.
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Baldaçara L, Nery-Fernandes F, Rocha M, Quarantini LC, Rocha GGL, Guimarães JL, Araújo C, Oliveira I, Miranda-Scippa A, Jackowski A. Is cerebellar volume related to bipolar disorder? J Affect Disord 2011; 135:305-9. [PMID: 21783257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that cerebellum influences emotion modulation in humans. The findings of cerebellar abnormalities in bipolar disorder (BD) are especially intriguing given the link between the cerebellum emotional and behavioral regulation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate cerebellar volume in patients with euthymic BD type I compared to controls. Moreover, we investigated the possible relationship between cerebellar volume and suicidal behavior. METHODS Forty-patients with euthymic BD type I, 20 with and 20 without history of suicide attempt, and 22 healthy controls underwent an MRI scan. The participants were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview with the DSM-IV axis I (SCID-I), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). RESULTS Groups were age, gender and years of schooling-matched. The left cerebellum (p=0.02), right cerebellum (p=0.02) and vermis (p<0.01) were significantly smaller in the BD group; however, there were no volumetric differences between the BD subjects with and without suicidal attempt. There was no correlation between cerebellar measurements and clinical variables. LIMITATIONS The main strength is that our sample consisted of patients with euthymic BD type I without any comorbidities, however, these results cannot establish causality as the cross-sectional nature of the study. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the reduction in cerebellar volumes observed in BD type I might be a trait-related characteristic of this disorder. Additional studies with larger samples and subtypes of this heterogeneous disorder are warranted to determine the possible specificity of this cerebellar finding.
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- L Baldaçara
- Universidade Federal Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil.
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Astarita G, Piomelli D. Towards a whole-body systems [multi-organ] lipidomics in Alzheimer's disease. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2011; 85:197-203. [PMID: 21543199 PMCID: PMC3161165 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Preclinical and clinical evidence suggests that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid derived from diet or synthesized in the liver, decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). DHA levels are reduced in the brain of subjects with AD, but it is still unclear whether human dementias are associated with dysregulations of DHA metabolism. A systems biological view of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism offered unexpected insights on the regulation of DHA homeostasis in AD [1]. Results of multi-organ lipidomic analyses were integrated with clinical and gene-expression data sets to develop testable hypotheses on the functional significance of lipid abnormalities observed and on their possible mechanistic bases. One surprising outcome of this integrative approach was the discovery that the liver of AD patients has a limited capacity to convert shorter chain omega-3 fatty acids into DHA due to a deficit in the peroxisomal d-bifunctional protein. This deficit may contribute to the decrease in brain DHA levels and contribute to cognitive impairment.
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- Giuseppe Astarita
- Department of Pharmacology, 3101 Gillespie NRF, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4625, USA
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Wang F, Kalmar JH, Womer FY, Edmiston EE, Chepenik LG, Chen R, Spencer L, Blumberg HP. Olfactocentric paralimbic cortex morphology in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Brain 2011; 134:2005-12. [PMID: 21666263 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The olfactocentric paralimbic cortex plays a critical role in the regulation of emotional and neurovegetative functions that are disrupted in core features of bipolar disorder. Adolescence is thought to be a critical period in both the maturation of the olfactocentric paralimbic cortex and in the emergence of bipolar disorder pathology. Together, these factors implicate a central role for the olfactocentric paralimbic cortex in the development of bipolar disorder and suggest that abnormalities in this cortex may be expressed by adolescence in the disorder. We tested the hypothesis that differences in olfactocentric paralimbic cortex structure are a morphological feature in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Subjects included 118 adolescents (41 with bipolar disorder and 77 healthy controls). Cortical grey matter volume differences between adolescents with and without bipolar disorder were assessed with voxel-based morphometry analyses of high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging scans. Compared with healthy comparison adolescents, adolescents with bipolar disorder demonstrated significant volume decreases in olfactocentric paralimbic regions, including orbitofrontal, insular and temporopolar cortices. Findings in these regions survived small volume correction (P < 0.05, corrected). Volume decreases in adolescents with bipolar disorder were also noted in inferior prefrontal and superior temporal gyri and cerebellum. The findings suggest that abnormalities in the morphology of the olfactocentric paralimbic cortex may contribute to the bipolar disorder phenotype that emerges in adolescence. The morphological development of the olfactocentric paralimbic cortex has received little study. The importance of these cortices in emotional and social development, and support for a central role for these cortices in the development of bipolar disorder, suggest that study of the development of these cortices in health and in bipolar disorder is critically needed.
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- Fei Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Li M, Cui L, Deng W, Ma X, Huang C, Jiang L, Wang Y, Collier DA, Gong Q, Li T. Voxel-based morphometric analysis on the volume of gray matter in bipolar I disorder. Psychiatry Res 2011; 191:92-7. [PMID: 21236649 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 08/29/2010] [Accepted: 09/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A number of previous studies have found that bipolar disorder is associated with abnormalities of brain structure. In this study we used optimized voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to compare gray matter volume between patients with bipolar I disorder and healthy controls. Twenty-four bipolar I patients (15 males and nine females) and 36 healthy controls (21 males and 15 females), who were well matched for age and gender, were scanned using structural magnetic resonance imaging. Gray matter volume was assessed and compared using optimized VBM, and the correlation between duration of illness/number of episodes and regional volumes was analyzed. There was no difference in whole-brain gray matter volume between the two groups. Optimized vVBM showed that subjects with bipolar I disorder had smaller volumes in the left inferior parietal lobule, right superior temporal gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus and left caudate. Only the volume of the right middle frontal gyrus was correlated with duration of illness and number of episodes in patients. These results suggest widespread gray matter defects in bipolar I disorder, which may play an important role in onset of the illness.
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- Mingli Li
- The Department of Psychiatry & Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan 610041, China
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Yeh PH, Zhu H, Nicoletti MA, Hatch JP, Brambilla P, Soares JC. Structural equation modeling and principal component analysis of gray matter volumes in major depressive and bipolar disorders: differences in latent volumetric structure. Psychiatry Res 2010; 184:177-85. [PMID: 21051206 PMCID: PMC3001135 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Abnormalities of the cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical (CSTC) and the limbic-cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical (LCSTC) circuits have been hypothesized in mood disorders. We performed principal component analysis (PCA) to identify latent volumetric systems on regional brain volumes and correlated these patterns with clinical characteristics; further, we performed exploratory structural equation modeling (SEM) to test a priori hypotheses about the organization among the structures comprising the CSTC and LCSTC circuits, and to investigate differences among subjects with bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and healthy controls (HC). Participants included 45 BD and 31 MDD patients, and 72 HC. Regional MR brain volumes were used to calculate patterns of volumetric covariance. The identified latent volumetric systems were related to the depression severity and the duration of illness. BD differed from HC on the estimated parameters describing the paths of cortico-striatal, thalamo-striatal and intrastriatal loops of the CSTC circuit, and the paths between anterior and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), and hippocampus to amygdala of the LCSTC circuit. MDD differed from HC on the paths between putamen and thalamus, and PCC to hippocampus. This study provides evidence to suggest different organizational patterns among structures within the CSTC and LCSTC circuits for BD, MDD, and HC, which may point to structural abnormalities underlying mood disorders.
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- Ping-Hong Yeh
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.,Deparment of Pathology and Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A
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Dickstein DP, Finger EC, Skup M, Pine DS, Blair JR, Leibenluft E. Altered neural function in pediatric bipolar disorder during reversal learning. Bipolar Disord 2010; 12:707-19. [PMID: 21040288 PMCID: PMC3391027 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00863.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Data documenting the functional impairment associated with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) in children and adolescents highlight the need for greater understanding of its pathophysiology. Toward that end, we demonstrated previously that BD youth have behavioral deficits on reversal learning tasks. On such tasks, participants must first acquire a stimulus/response relationship through trial-and-error learning, and then discern when the stimulus/reward relationship reverses. Here, we use event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to elucidate neural correlates of reversal learning deficits in euthymic BD youth compared to typically developing controls. METHOD We compared euthymic pediatric BD participants (n = 16) versus age-, sex-, and IQ-matched controls (n = 16). Our main outcome measure was blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal measured with fMRI during an event-related probabilistic reversal task. RESULTS Pediatric BD participants had significantly greater neural activity than controls in fronto-parietal regions during the reversal phase, particularly in response to punished reversal errors (p < 0.05 corrected for multiple comparisons). CONCLUSIONS Our current study suggests that during reversal learning, BD youths inefficiently recruit regions associated with processing response conflict and implementing alternative responses, including subdivisions of the frontal cortex and the parietal cortex. Such deficits are present in euthymic BD youth. Further work is necessary to evaluate the specificity of such alterations.
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- Daniel P Dickstein
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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There is an increasing body of literature fuelled by advances in high-resolution structural MRI acquisition and image processing techniques which implicates subtle neuroanatomical abnormalities in the aetiopathogenesis of bipolar disorder. This account reviews the main findings from structural neuroimaging research into regional brain abnormalities, the impact of genetic liability and mood stabilizing medication on brain structure in bipolar disorder, and the overlapping structural deviations found in the allied disorders of schizophrenia and depression. The manifold challenges extant within neuroimaging research are highlighted with accompanying recommendations for future studies. The most consistent findings include preservation of total cerebral volume with regional grey and white matter structural changes in prefrontal, midline and anterior limbic networks, non-contingent ventriculomegaly and increased rates of white matter hyperintensities, with more pronounced deficits in juveniles suffering from the illness. There is increasing evidence that medication has observable effects on brain structure, whereby lithium status is associated with volumetric increase in the medial temporal lobe and anterior cingulate gyrus. However, research continues to be confounded by the use of highly heterogeneous methodology and clinical populations, in studies employing small scale, low-powered, cross-sectional designs. Future work should investigate larger, clinically homogenous groups of patients and unaffected relatives, combining both categorical and dimensional approaches to illness classification in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs in order to elucidate trait versus state mechanisms, genetic effects and medication/illness progression effects over time.
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- Louise Emsell
- Department of Psychiatry, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Suicidality and brain volumes in pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2010; 18:286-90. [PMID: 20494620 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2010] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study examined the relationship between suicidal ideation and frontotemporal volumes, particularly orbital frontal gyrus volume, in 51 subjects with epilepsy with a mean age of 9.8 (2.1) years. Structured psychiatric interviews of the children and parents provided information on suicidal behavior and DSM-IV diagnoses. Tissue of 1.5-T MRI scans was segmented, and total brain, frontal lobe, frontal parcellations, and temporal lobe volumes were computed. The 11 subjects with epilepsy with suicidal ideation had significantly smaller right orbital frontal gyrus white matter volumes and larger left temporal lobe gray matter volumes than the 40 children without suicidal thoughts. Given the role of the orbital frontal gyrus in both emotional regulation and epilepsy, these findings highlight the biological underpinnings of suicidal ideation in pediatric epilepsy.
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Bipolar disorder (BPD) is increasingly recognized as a neuropathological disorder characterized by reductions in grey matter (GM) volume, as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neuronal and postmortem glial cell changes. Here, we use an anatomical framework to discuss the neurobiology of BPD, focusing on individual components of the "visceromotor network" that regulates bodily homeostasis along with neurophysiological and neuroendocrine responses to stress. MRI-defined reductions in GM volume, combined with neuronal changes, are observed in the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of individuals with BPD, while postmortem glial cell loss is also a characteristic of Brodmann's Area 9. Both postmortem neuronal loss and reduced GM volume have been reported in the amygdala and hippocampus. These structural changes to components of the visceromotor network are associated with increased regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) or blood oxygenated level-dependent (BOLD) activity in response to affective or rewarding stimuli, raising the possibility that the BPD-associated structural changes are secondary to a glutamate-driven excitotoxic process.
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Womer FY, Kalmar JH, Wang F, Blumberg HP. A ventral prefrontal-amygdala neural system in bipolar disorder: a view from neuroimaging research. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2009; 21:228-38. [PMID: 26952770 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00414.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the past decade, neuroimaging research has identified key components in the neural system that underlies bipolar disorder (BD). The ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC) and amygdala are highly interconnected structures that jointly play a central role in emotional regulation. Numerous research groups have reported prominent structural and functional abnormalities within the VPFC and amygdala supporting their essential role in a neural system underlying the emotional dysregulation that is a core feature of BD. Findings in BD also include those in brain regions interconnected with the VPFC and amygdala, including the ventral striatum, hippocampus and the cerebellum. Abnormalities in these regions may contribute to symptoms that reflect disruption in functions sub-served by these structures, including motivational, mnemonic and psychomotor functions. This article will first review leads from behavioural neurology that implicated these neural system abnormalities in BD. It will then review findings from structural and functional imaging studies to support the presence of abnormalities within these neural system components in BD. It will also review new findings from studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that provide increasing evidence of abnormalities in the connections between these neural system components in BD. Emerging data supporting differences in this neural system during adolescence, as well as potential beneficial effects of treatment on structure and function will also be presented. Finally, the article will discuss the implications for future investigations, including those for early identification and treatment of BD.
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- Fay Y Womer
- 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Womer FY, Kalmar JH, Wang F, Blumberg HP. A Ventral Prefrontal-Amygdala Neural System in Bipolar Disorder: A View from Neuroimaging Research. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2009; 21:228-238. [PMID: 20676360 PMCID: PMC2911239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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In the past decade, neuroimaging research has identified key components in the neural system that underlies bipolar disorder (BD). The ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC) and amygdala are highly interconnected structures that jointly play a central role in emotional regulation. Numerous research groups have reported prominent structural and functional abnormalities within the VPFC and amygdala supporting their essential role in a neural system underlying the emotional dysregulation that is a core feature of BD. Findings in BD also include those in brain regions interconnected with the VPFC and amygdala, including the ventral striatum, hippocampus, and the cerebellum. Abnormalities in these regions may contribute to symptoms that reflect disruption in functions subserved by these structures, including motivational, mnemonic and psychomotor functions.This article will first review leads from behavioral neurology that implicated these neural system abnormalities in BD. It will then review findings from structural imaging and functional imaging studies to support the presence of abnormalities within these neural system components in BD. It will also review new findings from studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that provide increasing evidence of abnormalities in the connections between these neural system components in BD. Emerging data supporting differences in this neural system during adolescence, as well as potential beneficial effects of treatment on structure and function will also be presented. Finally, the article will discuss the implications for future investigations, including those for early identification and treatment of BD.
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- Fay Y. Womer
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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Kapczinski F, Dias VV, Kauer-Sant'Anna M, Frey BN, Grassi-Oliveira R, Colom F, Berk M. Clinical implications of a staging model for bipolar disorders. Expert Rev Neurother 2009; 9:957-66. [PMID: 19589046 DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A model of staging in the field of bipolar disorder (BD) should offer a means for clinicians to predict response to treatment and more general outcome measures, such as the level of functioning and autonomy. The present staging model emphasizes the assessment of patients in the interepisodic period and includes: latent phase: individuals who present mood and anxiety symptoms and increased risk for developing threshold BD; Stage I--patients with BD who present well established periods of euthymia and absence of overt psychiatric morbidity between episodes; Stage II--patients who present rapid cycling or current axis I or II comorbidities; Stage III--patients who present a clinically relevant pattern of cognitive and functioning deterioration, as well as altered biomarkers; and Stage IV--patients who are unable to live autonomously and present altered brain scans and biomarkers. Such a model implies a longitudinal appraisal of clinical variables, as well as assessment of neurocognition and biomarkers in the interepisodic period. Staging facilitates understanding of the mechanisms underlying progression of the disorder, assists in treatment planning and prognosis and, finally, underscores the imperative for early intervention.
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- Flávio Kapczinski
- Bipolar Disorders Program, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and INCT Translational Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Avenida Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90035-903 PortoAlegre RS, Brazil.
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Matsuo K, Nicoletti MA, Peluso MAM, Hatch JP, Nemoto K, Watanabe Y, Nery FG, Monkul ES, Zunta-Soares GB, Bowden CL, Soares JC. Anterior cingulate volumes associated with trait impulsivity in individuals with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2009; 11:628-36. [PMID: 19689505 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Impulsivity is associated with the clinical outcome and likelihood of risky behaviors among bipolar disorder (BD) patients. Our previous study showed an inverse relationship between impulsivity and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) volume in healthy subjects. We hypothesized that BD patients would show an inverse relationship between impulsivity and volumes of the OFC, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), medial prefrontal cortex, and amygdala, which have been implicated in the pathophysiology of BD. METHODS Sixty-three BD patients were studied (mean +/- SD age = 38.2 +/- 11.5 years; 79% female). The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), version 11A, was used to assess trait impulsivity. Images were processed using SPM2 and an optimized voxel-based morphometry protocol. We examined the correlations between BIS scores and the gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) volumes of the prespecified regions. RESULTS Left rostral ACC GM volume was inversely correlated with the BIS total score (t = 3.95, p(corrected) = 0.003) and the BIS motor score (t = 5.22, p(corrected) < 0.001). In contrast to our hypothesis, OFC volumes were not significantly associated with impulsivity in BD. No WM volume of any structure was significantly correlated with impulsivity. No statistical association between any clinical variable and the rostral ACC GM volumes reached significance. CONCLUSIONS Based on our previous findings and the current results, impulsivity may have a different neural representation in BD and healthy subjects, and the ACC may be involved in the pathophysiology of abnormal impulsivity regulation in BD patients.
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- Koji Matsuo
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 77030, USA
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Brooks JO, Bonner JC, Rosen AC, Wang PW, Hoblyn JC, Hill SJ, Ketter TA. Dorsolateral and dorsomedial prefrontal gray matter density changes associated with bipolar depression. Psychiatry Res 2009; 172:200-4. [PMID: 19351579 PMCID: PMC3265395 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mood states are associated with alterations in cerebral blood flow and metabolism, yet changes in cerebral structure are typically viewed in the context of enduring traits, genetic predispositions, or the outcome of chronic psychiatric illness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were obtained from two groups of patients with bipolar disorder. In one group, patients met criteria for a current major depressive episode whereas in the other no patient did. No patient in either group met criteria for a current manic, hypomanic, or mixed episode. Groups were matched with respect to age and illness severity. Analyses of gray matter density were performed with Statistical Parametric Mapping software (SPM5). Compared with non-depressed bipolar subjects, depressed bipolar subjects exhibited lower gray matter density in the right dorsolateral and bilateral dorsomedial prefrontal cortices and portions of the left parietal lobe. In addition, gray matter density was greater in the left temporal lobe and right posterior cingulate cortex/parahippocampal gyrus in depressed than in non-depressed subjects. Our findings highlight the importance of mood state in structural studies of the brain-an issue that has received insufficient attention to date. Moreover, our observed differences in gray matter density overlap metabolic areas of change and thus have implications for the conceptualization and treatment of affective disorders.
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- John O. Brooks
- Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Corresponding author. Veterans Affairs HCS, 3801 Miranda Ave. (118J), Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Tel.: +1 650 493 5000x65182; fax: +1 650 852 3386. E-mail address: (J.O. Brooks)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Henin A, Micco JA, Wozniak J, Briesch JM, Narayan AJ, Hirshfeld-Becker DR. Neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01162.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Terry J, Lopez-Larson M, Frazier JA. Magnetic resonance imaging studies in early onset bipolar disorder: an updated review. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2009; 18:421-39, ix-x. [PMID: 19264271 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Over the past 5-10 years, advances in neuroimaging methods and study designs have begun to appear in the literature of early-onset bipolar disorder (onset before 18 years of age). This article contains an updated review of the literature regarding neuroimaging in youths with bipolar disorder (BPD), highlighting important new study designs and techniques. Overall, structural, functional (fMRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) report consistent abnormalities in regions of the frontal lobe and limbic structures. Functional MRI and MRS studies also frequently report striatal and thalamic abnormalities in early-onset BPD. Future neuroimaging studies in youths with BPD should include longitudinal studies incorporating multimodal neuroimaging techniques.
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- Janine Terry
- The Brain Institute, University of Utah, 383 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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Stanfield AC, Moorhead TWJ, Job DE, McKirdy J, Sussmann JED, Hall J, Giles S, Johnstone EC, Lawrie SM, McIntosh AM. Structural abnormalities of ventrolateral and orbitofrontal cortex in patients with familial bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2009; 11:135-44. [PMID: 19267696 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Abnormalities of ventral prefrontal function have been widely reported in bipolar disorder, but reports of structural abnormalities in the same region are less consistent. We examined the presence and location of ventral prefrontal abnormalities in a large sample of individuals with bipolar disorder and their relationship to gender, psychotic symptoms, and age. METHODS Structural magnetic resonance imaging brain scans were carried out on 66 individuals with bipolar disorder, type I, and 66 controls. Voxel-based morphometry was used to examine differences in grey and white matter density between the groups and their relationship with a lifetime occurrence of psychotic symptoms and age. RESULTS Reductions in grey matter density were seen in the left and right lateral orbital gyri and the right inferior frontal gyrus, while white matter density reductions were seen in the corona radiata and the left temporal stem. In contrast, hallucinations and positive symptoms were associated with grey matter reduction in the left middle temporal gyrus. Age was more strongly associated with the right inferior frontal gyrus grey matter reductions in the bipolar group than in the controls, but not with any other finding. CONCLUSION Abnormalities of the ventral prefrontal cortex are likely to be involved in the aetiopathology of bipolar disorder, while hallucinations appear to be more closely associated with temporal lobe abnormality, extending earlier work in schizophrenia. Further prospective studies are required to comprehensively address the trajectory of these findings.
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- Andrew C Stanfield
- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
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Nery FG, Chen HH, Hatch JP, Nicoletti MA, Brambilla P, Sassi RB, Mallinger AG, Keshavan MS, Soares JC. Orbitofrontal cortex gray matter volumes in bipolar disorder patients: a region-of-interest MRI study. Bipolar Disord 2009; 11:145-53. [PMID: 19267697 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00662.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Functional and postmortem studies suggest that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is involved in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). This anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study examined whether BD patients have smaller OFC gray matter volumes compared to healthy comparison subjects (HC). METHODS Twenty-eight BD patients were compared to 28 age- and gender-matched HC. Subjects underwent a 1.5T MRI with 3D spoiled gradient recalled acquisition. Total OFC and medial and lateral subdivisions were manually traced by a blinded examiner. Images were segmented and gray matter volumes were calculated using an automated method. RESULTS Analysis of covariance, with intracranial volume as covariate, showed that BD patients and HC did not differ in gray matter volumes of total OFC or its subdivisions. However, total OFC gray matter volume was significantly smaller in depressed patients (n = 10) compared to euthymic patients (n = 18). Moreover, total OFC gray matter volumes were inversely correlated with depressive symptom intensity, as assessed by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. OFC gray matter volumes were not related to lithium treatment, age at disease onset, number of episodes, or family history of mood disorders. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that abnormal OFC gray matter volumes are not a pervasive characteristic of BD, but may be associated with specific clinical features of the disorder.
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- Fabiano G Nery
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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Lopez-Larson M, Michael ES, Terry JE, Breeze JL, Hodge SM, Tang L, Kennedy DN, Moore CM, Makris N, Caviness VS, Frazier JA. Subcortical differences among youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to those with bipolar disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2009; 19:31-9. [PMID: 19232021 PMCID: PMC2993054 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2008.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A significant number of children with bipolar disorder (BP) have co-morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is unknown if these children have neuroimaging findings unique to their co-morbid presentation, or if their brain findings are similar to children diagnosed with BP alone. METHOD Fifty three children with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4(th) edition (DSM-IV) BP (23 with ADHD, 30 without), 29 healthy controls (HC), and 23 children with ADHD, similar in sex and age, had magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on a 1.5T GE scanner. Volumetric assessments were performed for basal ganglia and limbic subcortical structures. RESULTS Youths with ADHD had smaller caudate and putamen volumes compared to both BP groups and they had moderately smaller total amygdala volumes compared to the other three groups. Youths with BP + ADHD had moderately larger nucleus accumbens volumes than HC, and females in both BP groups had smaller hippocampal volumes compared to ADHD and HC. No differences were found between the BP and BP + ADHD groups. CONCLUSION These data suggest that morphometric subcortical volumes in youths with BP + ADHD are more similar to those in youths with BP. They do not share subcortical neuroanatomic correlates with the ADHD group. These findings suggest that BP + ADHD is a subtype of pediatric BP rather than severe ADHD.
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- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Research Program, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- The Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Research Program, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts.,Divison of Neuroinformatics, Department of Psychiatry, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts.,Divison of Neuroinformatics, Department of Psychiatry, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.,Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Initiative, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Bipolar and major depressive disorder: neuroimaging the developmental-degenerative divide. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2009; 33:699-771. [PMID: 19428491 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Both major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are the subject of a voluminous imaging and genetics literature. Here, we attempt a comprehensive review of MRI and metabolic PET studies conducted to date on these two disorders, and interpret our findings from the perspective of developmental and degenerative models of illness. Elevated activity and volume loss of the hippocampus, orbital and ventral prefrontal cortex are recurrent themes in the literature. In contrast, dorsal aspects of the PFC tend to display hypometabolism. Ventriculomegaly and white matter hyperintensities are intimately associated with depression in elderly populations and likely have a vascular origin. Important confounding influences are medication, phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity, and technological limitations. We suggest that environmental stress and genetic risk variants interact with each other in a complex manner to alter neural circuitry and precipitate illness. Imaging genetic approaches hold out promise for advancing our understanding of affective illness.
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OBJECTIVE The current study combined baseline voxel-based morphometry and 1-year clinical follow-up assessments to examine whether and where regional gray matter (GM) volumes differed between a control group and diagnostic subgroups of early-onset first-episode psychosis (FEP). METHOD Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans were obtained from 70 patients with early-onset FEP, and 51 non-FEP controls. Early-onset FEP was defined as age younger than 18 years and a duration of positive symptoms of less than 6 months. The age range of the sample was 7 to 18 years. After a 1-year follow-up, patients were stratified into three subgroups: schizophrenia (n = 25), bipolar I disorder (n = 20), and other psychoses (n = 25). Regional GM volumes of each patient subgroup were compared with those of the control group. RESULTS A follow-up diagnosis of schizophrenia was associated with GM volume deficits in the left medial and left middle frontal gyrus; bipolar I disorder was related to a GM volume deficit in the left medial frontal gyrus; and not having a follow-up diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder was associated with smaller bilateral GM volumes in the insula and right middle occipital gyrus. CONCLUSIONS Left medial frontal GM volume deficits were common in the groups with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, which may point to shared underlying pathological findings.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Bipolar disorder (BPD) is increasingly diagnosed in youth in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Research on BPD in youth has also increased dramatically; this paper summarizes issues of clinical relevance in primary care, advancements in the last year, and areas in which more research is needed. RECENT FINDINGS Key issues and new developments are summarized in the following areas such as epidemiology and relevance, assessment and differential diagnosis, patient and family decision support, shared decision making and triage, treatment, and monitoring and collaboration with mental health professionals. Recent practice guidelines have important implications for diagnosis and treatment. SUMMARY Early-onset BPD appears to have a more severe course and more comorbidity than later life onset, as well as longer delays in treatment seeking. Affected children show differences in cognitive functioning and neuroanatomy compared with the general population. Assessment of BPD in children needs to be comprehensive and longitudinal, as diagnosis remains a debated topic. Medications are a primary part of treatment, but more double-blind, placebo-controlled trials are needed. Psychosocial adjunctive treatment is important. Children with a family history of BPD are at risk for impaired functioning and psychopathology; high-risk studies will increase our understanding of the onset and course of BPD.
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OBJECTIVE To examine structural differences in selected anterior limbic brain regions between at-risk children of parents with bipolar I disorder and children with healthy parents. We hypothesized that at-risk (AR) children would exhibit abnormalities in brain regions that are involved in mood regulation. METHOD Children (8-12 years old) of parents with bipolar I disorder (AR children, n = 21) and of parents without any DSM-IV Axis I disorder (healthy controls, n = 24) were evaluated using diagnostic assessments and brain magnetic resonance imaging. Morphometric analyses were used to examine group differences in the prefrontal cortical, thalamic, striatal, and amygdalar volumes. RESULTS Nine (43%) of the AR children met DSM-IV-TR criteria for a nonbipolar mood disorder at the time of assessment. AR and healthy control children did not demonstrate statistically significant differences across regions of interest (Wilks lambda =.86, F4,39 = 1.64, p = .18; effect size, f = 0.19). Post hoc analyses of covariance showed the largest relative effect size was contributed by the prefrontal cortex (f = 0.26). CONCLUSIONS Eight- to 12-year-old children with a familial risk for mania do not exhibit any statistically significant volumetric differences in the prefrontal cortex, thalamus, striatum, or amygdala as compared with age-matched children of parents without any psychopathology. Longitudinal studies examining whether structural changes over time may be associated with vulnerability for developing subsequent bipolar disorder are needed to clarify the underlying pathophysiology of this disorder.
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