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Wei X, Iao WC, Zhang Y, Lin Z, Lin H. Retinal Microvasculature Causally Affects the Brain Cortical Structure: A Mendelian Randomization Study. OPHTHALMOLOGY SCIENCE 2024; 4:100465. [PMID: 39149712 PMCID: PMC11324828 DOI: 10.1016/j.xops.2024.100465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Purpose To reveal the causality between retinal vascular density (VD), fractal dimension (FD), and brain cortex structure using Mendelian randomization (MR). Design Cross-sectional study. Participants Genome-wide association studies of VD and FD involving 54 813 participants from the United Kingdom Biobank were used. The brain cortical features, including the cortical thickness (TH) and surface area (SA), were extracted from 51 665 patients across 60 cohorts. Surface area and TH were measured globally and in 34 functional regions using magnetic resonance imaging. Methods Bidirectional univariable MR (UVMR) was used to detect the causality between FD, VD, and brain cortex structure. Multivariable MR (MVMR) was used to adjust for confounding factors, including body mass index and blood pressure. Main Outcome Measures The global and regional measurements of brain cortical SA and TH. Results At the global level, higher VD is related to decreased TH (β = -0.0140 mm, 95% confidence interval: -0.0269 mm to -0.0011 mm, P = 0.0339). At the functional level, retinal FD is related to the TH of banks of the superior temporal sulcus and transverse temporal region without global weighted, as well as the SA of the posterior cingulate after adjustment. Vascular density is correlated with the SA of subregions of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe, in addition to the TH of the inferior temporal, entorhinal, and pars opercularis regions in both UVMR and MVMR. Bidirectional MR studies showed a causation between the SA of the parahippocampal and cauda middle frontal gyrus and retinal VD. No pleiotropy was detected. Conclusions Fractal dimension and VD causally influence the cortical structure and vice versa, indicating that the retinal microvasculature may serve as a biomarker for cortex structural changes. Our study provides insights into utilizing noninvasive fundus images to predict cortical structural deteriorations and neuropsychiatric disorders. Financial Disclosures The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
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- Xiaoyue Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Center for Precision Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Center for Precision Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Center for Precision Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Harper L, Strandberg O, Spotorno N, Nilsson M, Lindberg O, Hansson O, Santillo AF. Structural and functional connectivity associations with anterior cingulate sulcal variability. Brain Struct Funct 2024; 229:1561-1576. [PMID: 38900167 PMCID: PMC11374863 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02812-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Sulcation of the anterior cingulate may be defined by presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a tertiary sulcus developing during the third gestational trimester with implications on cognitive function and disease. In this cross-sectional study we examine task-free resting state functional connectivity and diffusion-weighted tract segmentation data from a cohort of healthy adults (< 60-year-old, n = 129), exploring the impact of ipsilateral paracingulate sulcal presence on structural and functional connectivity. Presence of a left paracingulate sulcus was associated with reduced fractional anisotropy in the left cingulum bundle and the left peri-genual and dorsal bundle segments, suggesting reduced structural organisational coherence in these tracts. This association was not observed in the offsite temporal cingulum bundle segment. Left paracingulate sulcal presence was associated with increased left peri-genual radial diffusivity and tract volume possibly suggesting increased U-fibre density in this region. Greater network dispersity was identified in individuals with an absent left paracingulate sulcus by presence of a significant, predominantly intraregional, frontal component of resting state functional connectivity which was not present in individuals with a present left paracingulate sulcus. Seed-based functional connectivity in pre-defined networks was not associated with paracingulate sulcal presence. These results identify a novel association between sulcation and structural connectivity in a healthy adult population with implications for conditions where this variation is of interest. Presence of a left paracingulate sulcus appears to alter local structural and functional connectivity, possibly as a result of the presence of a local network reliant on short association fibres.
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- Luke Harper
- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Memory Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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Chen R, Zhao R, Li H, Xu X, Li M, Zhao Z, Sun C, Wang G, Wu D. Development of the Fetal Brain Corticocortical Structural Network during the Second-to-Third Trimester Based on Diffusion MRI. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e1567232024. [PMID: 38844343 PMCID: PMC11255424 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1567-23.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024] Open
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During the second-to-third trimester, the neuronal pathways of the fetal brain experience rapid development, resulting in the complex architecture of the interwired network at birth. While diffusion MRI-based tractography has been employed to study the prenatal development of structural connectivity network (SCN) in preterm neonatal and postmortem fetal brains, the in utero development of SCN in the normal fetal brain remains largely unknown. In this study, we utilized in utero dMRI data from human fetuses of both sexes between 26 and 38 gestational weeks to investigate the developmental trajectories of the fetal brain SCN, focusing on intrahemispheric connections. Our analysis revealed significant increases in global efficiency, mean local efficiency, and clustering coefficient, along with significant decrease in shortest path length, while small-worldness persisted during the studied period, revealing balanced network integration and segregation. Widespread short-ranged connectivity strengthened significantly. The nodal strength developed in a posterior-to-anterior and medial-to-lateral order, reflecting a spatiotemporal gradient in cortical network connectivity development. Moreover, we observed distinct lateralization patterns in the fetal brain SCN. Globally, there was a leftward lateralization in network efficiency, clustering coefficient, and small-worldness. The regional lateralization patterns in most language, motor, and visual-related areas were consistent with prior knowledge, except for Wernicke's area, indicating lateralized brain wiring is an innate property of the human brain starting from the fetal period. Our findings provided a comprehensive view of the development of the fetal brain SCN and its lateralization, as a normative template that may be used to characterize atypical development.
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- Ruike Chen
- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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Lerosier B, Simon G, Takerkart S, Auzias G, Dollfus S. Sulcal pits of the superior temporal sulcus in schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations. AIMS Neurosci 2024; 11:25-38. [PMID: 38617038 PMCID: PMC11007407 DOI: 10.3934/neuroscience.2024002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are among the most common and disabling symptoms of schizophrenia. They involve the superior temporal sulcus (STS), which is associated with language processing; specific STS patterns may reflect vulnerability to auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. STS sulcal pits are the deepest points of the folds in this region and were investigated here as an anatomical landmark of AVHs. This study included 53 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and past or present AVHs, as well as 100 healthy control volunteers. All participants underwent a 3-T magnetic resonance imaging T1 brain scan, and sulcal pit differences were compared between the two groups. Compared with controls, patients with AVHs had a significantly different distributions for the number of sulcal pits in the left STS, indicating a less complex morphological pattern. The association of STS sulcal morphology with AVH suggests an early neurodevelopmental process in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia with AVHs.
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, ISTS, EA 7466, 14000 Caen, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INT, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INT, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Marseille, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, ISTS, EA 7466, 14000 Caen, France
- CHU de Caen, Service de Psychiatrie, 14000 Caen, France
- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, UFR santé, 14000 Caen, France
- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire (FHU-AMP), Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, UFR santé, 14000 Caen, France
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Kong L, Zhang Y, Wu XM, Wang XX, Wu HS, Li SB, Chu MY, Wang Y, Lui SSY, Lv QY, Yi ZH, Chan RCK. The network characteristics in schizophrenia with prominent negative symptoms: a multimodal fusion study. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 10:10. [PMID: 38233433 PMCID: PMC10851703 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-023-00408-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Previous studies on putative neural mechanisms of negative symptoms in schizophrenia mainly used single modal imaging data, and seldom utilized schizophrenia patients with prominent negative symptoms (PNS).This study adopted the multimodal fusion method and recruited a homogeneous sample with PNS. We aimed to identify negative symptoms-related structural and functional neural correlates of schizophrenia. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) and resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) were performed in 31 schizophrenia patients with PNS and 33 demographically matched healthy controls.Compared to healthy controls, schizophrenia patients with PNS exhibited significantly altered functional activations in the default mode network (DMN) and had structural gray matter volume (GMV) alterations in the cerebello-thalamo-cortical network. Correlational analyses showed that negative symptoms severity was significantly correlated with the cerebello-thalamo-cortical structural network, but not with the DMN network in schizophrenia patients with PNS.Our findings highlight the important role of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical structural network underpinning the neuropathology of negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Future research should recruit a large sample and schizophrenia patients without PNS, and apply adjustments for multiple comparison, to verify our preliminary findings.
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- Li Kong
- Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Nantong Fourth People's Hospital, Nantong, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Mental Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Harper L, Strandberg O, Spotorno N, Nilsson M, Lindberg O, Hansson O, Santillo AF. Structural and functional connectivity associations with anterior cingulate sulcal variability. RESEARCH SQUARE 2024:rs.3.rs-3831519. [PMID: 38260469 PMCID: PMC10802698 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3831519/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Background Sulcation of the anterior cingulate may be defined by presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a tertiary sulcus developing during the third gestational trimester with implications on cognitive function and disease. Methods In this retrospective analysis we examine task-free resting state functional connectivity and diffusion-weighted tract segmentation data from a cohort of healthy adults (< 60-year-old, n = 129), exploring the impact of ipsilateral paracingulate sulcal presence on structural and functional connectivity. Results Presence of a left paracingulate sulcus was associated with reduced fractional anisotropy in the left cingulum (P = 0.02) bundle and the peri-genual (P = 0.002) and dorsal (P = 0.03) but not the temporal cingulum bundle segments. Left paracingulate sulcal presence was associated with increased left peri-genual radial diffusivity (P = 0.003) and tract volume (P = 0.012). A significant, predominantly intraregional frontal component of altered resting state functional connectivity was identified in individuals possessing a left PCS (P = 0.01). Seed-based functional connectivity in pre-defined networks was not associated with paracingulate sulcal presence. Conclusion These results identify a novel association between neurodevelopmentally derived sulcation and altered structural connectivity in a healthy adult population with implications for conditions where this variation is of interest. Furthermore, they provide evidence of a link between the structural and functional connectivity of the brain in the presence of a paracingulate sulcus which may be mediated by a highly connected local functional network reliant on short association fibres.
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Zhang XQ, Xu L, Zhu XY, Tang ZH, Dong YB, Yu ZP, Shang Q, Wang ZC, Shen HW. D-serine reconstitutes synaptic and intrinsic inhibitory control of pyramidal neurons in a neurodevelopmental mouse model for schizophrenia. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8255. [PMID: 38086803 PMCID: PMC10716516 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43930-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The hypothesis of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) dysfunction for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia constitutes the theoretical basis for the translational application of NMDAR co-agonist D-serine or its analogs. However, the cellular mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of D-serine remains unclear. In this study, we utilize a mouse neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia that mimics prenatal pathogenesis and exhibits hypoexcitability of parvalbumin-positive (PV) neurons, as well as PV-preferential NMDAR dysfunction. We find that D-serine restores excitation/inhibition balance by reconstituting both synaptic and intrinsic inhibitory control of cingulate pyramidal neurons through facilitating PV excitability and activating small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) channels in pyramidal neurons, respectively. Either amplifying inhibitory drive via directly strengthening PV neuron activity or inhibiting pyramidal excitability via activating SK channels is sufficient to improve cognitive function in this model. These findings unveil a dual mechanism for how D-serine improves cognitive function in this model.
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- Xiao-Qin Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, 59 Liuting Street, Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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Calarco N, Oliver LD, Joseph M, Hawco C, Dickie EW, DeRosse P, Gold JM, Foussias G, Argyelan M, Malhotra AK, Buchanan RW, Voineskos AN. Multivariate Associations Among White Matter, Neurocognition, and Social Cognition Across Individuals With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Healthy Controls. Schizophr Bull 2023; 49:1518-1529. [PMID: 36869812 PMCID: PMC10686342 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbac216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS Neurocognitive and social cognitive abilities are important contributors to functional outcomes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs). An unanswered question of considerable interest is whether neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits arise from overlapping or distinct white matter impairment(s). STUDY DESIGN We sought to fill this gap, by harnessing a large sample of individuals from the multi-center Social Processes Initiative in the Neurobiology of the Schizophrenia(s) (SPINS) dataset, unique in its collection of advanced diffusion imaging and an extensive battery of cognitive assessments. We applied canonical correlation analysis to estimates of white matter microstructure, and cognitive performance, across people with and without an SSD. STUDY RESULTS Our results established that white matter circuitry is dimensionally and strongly related to both neurocognition and social cognition, and that microstructure of the uncinate fasciculus and the rostral body of the corpus callosum may assume a "privileged role" subserving both. Further, we found that participant-wise estimates of white matter microstructure, weighted by cognitive performance, were largely consistent with participants' categorical diagnosis, and predictive of (cross-sectional) functional outcomes. CONCLUSIONS The demonstrated strength of the relationship between white matter circuitry and neurocognition and social cognition underscores the potential for using relationships among these variables to identify biomarkers of functioning, with potential prognostic and therapeutic implications.
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- Navona Calarco
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Psychiatry Research, Division of Northwell Health, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Psychiatry Research, Division of Northwell Health, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Division of Psychiatry Research, Division of Northwell Health, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Adraoui FW, Douw L, Martens GJM, Maas DA. Connecting Neurobiological Features with Interregional Dysconnectivity in Social-Cognitive Impairments of Schizophrenia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24097680. [PMID: 37175387 PMCID: PMC10177877 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24097680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia (SZ) is a devastating psychiatric disorder affecting about 1% of the world's population. Social-cognitive impairments in SZ prevent positive social interactions and lead to progressive social withdrawal. The neurobiological underpinnings of social-cognitive symptoms remain poorly understood, which hinders the development of novel treatments. At the whole-brain level, an abnormal activation of social brain regions and interregional dysconnectivity within social-cognitive brain networks have been identified as major contributors to these symptoms. At the cellular and subcellular levels, an interplay between oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor hypofunction is thought to underly SZ pathology. However, it is not clear how these molecular processes are linked with interregional dysconnectivity in the genesis of social-cognitive symptoms. Here, we aim to bridge the gap between macroscale (connectivity analyses) and microscale (molecular and cellular mechanistic) knowledge by proposing impaired myelination and the disinhibition of local microcircuits as possible causative biological pathways leading to dysconnectivity and abnormal activity of the social brain. Furthermore, we recommend electroencephalography as a promising translational technique that can foster pre-clinical drug development and discuss attractive drug targets for the treatment of social-cognitive symptoms in SZ.
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- Florian W Adraoui
- Biotrial, Preclinical Pharmacology Department, 7-9 rue Jean-Louis Bertrand, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Donders Centre for Neuroscience (DCN), Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- NeuroDrug Research Ltd., 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hominoid-specific sulcal variability is related to face perception ability. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:677-685. [PMID: 36786881 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02611-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The relationship among brain structure, brain function, and behavior is of major interest in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and psychology. This relationship is especially intriguing when considering hominoid-specific brain structures because they cannot be studied in widely examined models in neuroscience such as mice, marmosets, and macaques. The fusiform gyrus (FG) is a hominoid-specific structure critical for face processing that is abnormal in individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (DPs)-individuals who have severe deficits recognizing the faces of familiar people in the absence of brain damage. While previous studies have found anatomical and functional differences in the FG between DPs and NTs, no study has examined the shallow tertiary sulcus (mid-fusiform sulcus, MFS) within the FG that is a microanatomical, macroanatomical, and functional landmark in humans, as well as was recently shown to be present in non-human hominoids. Here, we implemented pre-registered analyses of neuroanatomy and face perception in NTs and DPs. Results show that the MFS was shorter in DPs than NTs. Furthermore, individual differences in MFS length in the right, but not left, hemisphere predicted individual differences in face perception. These results support theories linking brain structure and function to perception, as well as indicate that individual differences in MFS length can predict individual differences in face processing. Finally, these findings add to growing evidence supporting a relationship between morphological variability of late developing, tertiary sulci and individual differences in cognition.
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Morphology of Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Its Relation to Schizophrenia. J Clin Med 2022; 12:jcm12010033. [PMID: 36614833 PMCID: PMC9821645 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cortical folding of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), particularly the cingulate (CS) and the paracingulate (PCS) sulci, represents a neurodevelopmental marker. Deviations in in utero development in schizophrenia can be traced using CS and PCS morphometry. In the present study, we measured the length of CS, PCS, and their segments on T1 MRI scans in 93 patients with first- episode schizophrenia and 42 healthy controls. Besides the length, the frequency and the left-right asymmetry of CS/PCS were compared in patients and controls. Distribution of the CS and PCS morphotypes in patients was different from controls. Parcellated sulcal pattern CS3a in the left hemisphere was longer in patients (53.8 ± 25.7 mm vs. 32.7 ± 19.4 mm in controls, p < 0.05), while in CS3c it was reversed—longer in controls (52.5 ± 22.5 mm as opposed to 36.2 ± 12.9 mm, n.s. in patients). Non parcellated PCS in the right hemisphere were longer in patients compared to controls (19.4 ± 10.2 mm vs. 12.1 ± 12.4 mm, p < 0.001). Therefore, concurrent presence of PCS1 and CS1 in the left hemisphere and to some extent in the right hemisphere may be suggestive of a higher probability of schizophrenia.
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Assessment of Characteristics of Imaging Biomarkers for Quantifying Anterior Cingulate Cortex Changes: A Twin Study of Middle- to Advanced-Aged Populations in East Asia. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2022; 58:medicina58121855. [PMID: 36557058 PMCID: PMC9783013 DOI: 10.3390/medicina58121855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Background and Objectives: Our aim was to assess genetic and environmental effects on surface morphological parameters for quantifying anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) changes in middle- to advanced-age East Asians using twin analysis. Materials and Methods: Normal twins over 39 years old comprising 37 monozygotic pairs and 17 dizygotic pairs underwent 3-dimensional (3D) T1-weighted imaging of the brain at 3T. Freesurfer-derived ACC parameters including thickness, standard deviation of thickness (STDthickness), volume, surface area, and sulcal morphological parameters (folding, mean, and Gaussian curvatures) were calculated from 3D T1-weighted volume images. Twin analysis with a model involving phenotype variance components of additive genetic effects (A), common environmental effects (C), and unique environmental effects (E) was performed to assess the magnitude of each genetic and environmental influence on parameters. Results: Most parameters fit best with an AE model. Both thickness (A: left 0.73/right 0.71) and surface area (A: left 0.63/right 0.71) were highly heritable. STDthickness was low to moderately heritable (A: left 0.48/right 0.29). Volume was moderately heritable (A: left 0.37). Folding was low to moderately heritable (A: left 0.44/right 0.28). Mean curvature (A: left 0.37/right 0.65) and Gaussian curvature (A: right 0.79) were moderately to highly heritable. Right volume and left Gaussian curvature fit best with a CE model, indicating a relatively weak contribution of genetic factors to these parameters. Conclusions: When assessing ACC changes in middle- to advanced-age East Asians, one must keep in mind that thickness and surface area appear to be strongly affected by genetic factors, whereas sulcal morphological parameters tend to involve environmental factors.
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Ikeda N, Yamada S, Yasuda K, Uenishi S, Tamaki A, Ishida T, Tabata M, Tsuji T, Kimoto S, Takahashi S. Structural connectivity between the hippocampus and cortical/subcortical area relates to cognitive impairment in schizophrenia but not in mood disorders. J Neuropsychol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Natsuko Ikeda
- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
- Department of Psychiatry Wakayama Prefectural Mental Health Care Center Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
- Department of Psychiatry Hidaka Hospital Gobo Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
- Department of Psychiatry Hidaka Hospital Gobo Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Japan
- Clinical Research and Education Center Asakayama General Hospital Sakai Japan
- Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science Osaka Metropolitan University Habikino Japan
- Department of Psychiatry Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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Kulason S, Ratnanather JT, Miller MI, Kamath V, Hua J, Yang K, Ma M, Ishizuka K, Sawa A. A comparative neuroimaging perspective of olfaction and higher-order olfactory processing: on health and disease. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2022; 129:22-30. [PMID: 34462249 PMCID: PMC9900497 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Olfactory dysfunction is often the earliest indicator of disease in a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. One tempting working hypothesis is that pathological changes in the peripheral olfactory system where the body is exposed to many adverse environmental stressors may have a causal role for the brain alteration. Whether and how the peripheral pathology spreads to more central brain regions may be effectively studied in rodent models, and there is successful precedence in experimental models for Parkinson's disease. It is of interest to study whether a similar mechanism may underlie the pathology of psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia. However, direct comparison between rodent models and humans includes challenges under light of comparative neuroanatomy and experimental methodologies used in these two distinct species. We believe that neuroimaging modality that has been the main methodology of human brain studies may be a useful viewpoint to address and fill the knowledge gap between rodents and humans in this scientific question. Accordingly, in the present review article, we focus on brain imaging studies associated with olfaction in healthy humans and patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, and if available those in rodents. We organize this review article at three levels: 1) olfactory bulb (OB) and peripheral structures of the olfactory system, 2) primary olfactory cortical and subcortical regions, and 3) associated higher-order cortical regions. This research area is still underdeveloped, and we acknowledge that further validation with independent cohorts may be needed for many studies presented here, in particular those with human subjects. Nevertheless, whether and how peripheral olfactory disturbance impacts brain function is becoming even a hotter topic in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, given the risk of long-term changes of mental status associated with olfactory infection of SARS-CoV-2. Together, in this review article, we introduce this underdeveloped but important research area focusing on its implications in neurological and psychiatric disorders, with several pioneered publications.
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- Sue Kulason
- Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Zhao X, Yao J, Lv Y, Zhang X, Han C, Chen L, Ren F, Zhou Q, Jin Z, Li Y, Du Y, Sui Y. Facial emotion perception abilities are related to grey matter volume in the culmen of cerebellum anterior lobe in drug-naïve patients with first-episode schizophrenia. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:2072-2085. [PMID: 35751735 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00677-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Impaired capability for understanding and interpreting the expressions on other people's faces manifests itself as a core feature of schizophrenia, contributing to social dysfunction. With the purpose of better understanding of the neurobiological basis of facial emotion perception deficits in schizophrenia, we investigated facial emotion perception abilities and regional structural brain abnormalities in drug-naïve patients with first-episode schizophrenia, and then examined the correlation between them. Fifty-two drug-naive patients with first-episode schizophrenia and 29 group-matched healthy controls were examined for facial emotion perception abilities assessed with the Facial Emotion Categorization and performed magnetic resonance imaging. The Facial Emotion Categorization data were inserted into a logistic function model so as to calculate shift point and slope as outcome measurements. Voxel-based morphometry was applied to investigate regional grey matter volume (GMV) alterations. The relationship between facial emotion perception and GMV was explored in patients using voxel-wise correlation analysis within brain regions that showed a significant GMV alterations in patients compared with controls. The schizophrenic patients performed differently on Facial Emotion Categorization tasks from the controls and presented a higher shift point and a steeper slope. Relative to the controls, patients showed GMV reductions in the superior temporal gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, parahippocampa gyrus, posterior cingulate, the culmen of cerebellum anterior lobe, cerebellar tonsil, and the declive of cerebellum posterior lobe. Importantly, abnormal performance on Facial Emotion Categorization was found correlated with GMV alterations in the culmen of cerebellum anterior lobe in schizophrenia. This study suggests that reduced GMV in the culmen of cerebellum anterior lobe occurs in first-episode schizophrenia, constituting a potential neuropathological basis for the impaired facial emotion perception in schizophrenia.
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- Xiaoxin Zhao
- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
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Palomero-Gallagher N, Amunts K. A short review on emotion processing: a lateralized network of neuronal networks. Brain Struct Funct 2022; 227:673-684. [PMID: 34216271 PMCID: PMC8844151 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02331-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Emotions are valenced mental responses and associated physiological reactions that occur spontaneously and automatically in response to internal or external stimuli, and can influence our behavior, and can themselves be modulated to a certain degree voluntarily or by external stimuli. They are subserved by large-scale integrated neuronal networks with epicenters in the amygdala and the hippocampus, and which overlap in the anterior cingulate cortex. Although emotion processing is accepted as being lateralized, the specific role of each hemisphere remains an issue of controversy, and two major hypotheses have been proposed. In the right-hemispheric dominance hypothesis, all emotions are thought to be processed in the right hemisphere, independent of their valence or of the emotional feeling being processed. In the valence lateralization hypothesis, the left is thought to be dominant for the processing of positively valenced stimuli, or of stimuli inducing approach behaviors, whereas negatively valenced stimuli, or stimuli inducing withdrawal behaviors, would be processed in the right hemisphere. More recent research points at the existence of multiple interrelated networks, each associated with the processing of a specific component of emotion generation, i.e., its generation, perception, and regulation. It has thus been proposed to move from hypotheses supporting an overall hemispheric specialization for emotion processing toward dynamic models incorporating multiple interrelated networks which do not necessarily share the same lateralization patterns.
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- Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Shadrin AA, Kaufmann T, van der Meer D, Palmer CE, Makowski C, Loughnan R, Jernigan TL, Seibert TM, Hagler DJ, Smeland OB, Motazedi E, Chu Y, Lin A, Cheng W, Hindley G, Thompson WK, Fan CC, Holland D, Westlye LT, Frei O, Andreassen OA, Dale AM. Vertex-wise multivariate genome-wide association study identifies 780 unique genetic loci associated with cortical morphology. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118603. [PMID: 34560273 PMCID: PMC8785963 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Brain morphology has been shown to be highly heritable, yet only a small portion of the heritability is explained by the genetic variants discovered so far. Here we extended the Multivariate Omnibus Statistical Test (MOSTest) and applied it to genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of vertex-wise structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cortical measures from N=35,657 participants in the UK Biobank. We identified 695 loci for cortical surface area and 539 for cortical thickness, in total 780 unique genetic loci associated with cortical morphology robustly replicated in 8,060 children of mixed ethnicity from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®. This reflects more than 8-fold increase in genetic discovery at no cost to generalizability compared to the commonly used univariate GWAS methods applied to region of interest (ROI) data. Functional follow up including gene-based analyses implicated 10% of all protein-coding genes and pointed towards pathways involved in neurogenesis and cell differentiation. Power analysis indicated that applying the MOSTest to vertex-wise structural MRI data triples the effective sample size compared to conventional univariate GWAS approaches. The large boost in power obtained with the vertex-wise MOSTest together with pronounced replication rates and highlighted biologically meaningful pathways underscores the advantage of multivariate approaches in the context of highly distributed polygenic architecture of the human brain.
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- Alexey A. Shadrin
- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Corresponding authors: Alexey A. Shadrin, , NORMENT Centre, Building 48, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 922 57 686; Ole A. Andreassen, , NORMENT Centre, Building 49, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 23 02 73 50 (22 11 78 43 dir), Fax: +47 23 02 73 33; Anders M. Dale, , Center for Translational Imaging and Precision Medicine, Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, Dept. of Neuroscience and Radiology, University of California San Diego, 9452 Medical Center Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States, Tel: (858) 822-6671, Fax: (858) 534-1078
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Human Development, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Corresponding authors: Alexey A. Shadrin, , NORMENT Centre, Building 48, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 922 57 686; Ole A. Andreassen, , NORMENT Centre, Building 49, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 23 02 73 50 (22 11 78 43 dir), Fax: +47 23 02 73 33; Anders M. Dale, , Center for Translational Imaging and Precision Medicine, Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, Dept. of Neuroscience and Radiology, University of California San Diego, 9452 Medical Center Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States, Tel: (858) 822-6671, Fax: (858) 534-1078
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA,Corresponding authors: Alexey A. Shadrin, , NORMENT Centre, Building 48, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 922 57 686; Ole A. Andreassen, , NORMENT Centre, Building 49, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, PO Box 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 23 02 73 50 (22 11 78 43 dir), Fax: +47 23 02 73 33; Anders M. Dale, , Center for Translational Imaging and Precision Medicine, Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, Dept. of Neuroscience and Radiology, University of California San Diego, 9452 Medical Center Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States, Tel: (858) 822-6671, Fax: (858) 534-1078
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Karantonis JA, Carruthers SP, Rossell SL, Pantelis C, Hughes M, Wannan C, Cropley V, Van Rheenen TE. A Systematic Review of Cognition-Brain Morphology Relationships on the Schizophrenia-Bipolar Disorder Spectrum. Schizophr Bull 2021; 47:1557-1600. [PMID: 34097043 PMCID: PMC8530395 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The nature of the relationship between cognition and brain morphology in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) and bipolar disorder (BD) is uncertain. This review aimed to address this, by providing a comprehensive systematic investigation of links between several cognitive domains and brain volume, cortical thickness, and cortical surface area in SSD and BD patients across early and established illness stages. An initial search of PubMed and Scopus databases resulted in 1486 articles, of which 124 met inclusion criteria and were reviewed in detail. The majority of studies focused on SSD, while those of BD were scarce. Replicated evidence for specific regions associated with indices of cognition was minimal, however for several cognitive domains, the frontal and temporal regions were broadly implicated across both recent-onset and established SSD, and to a lesser extent BD. Collectively, the findings of this review emphasize the significance of both frontal and temporal regions for some domains of cognition in SSD, while highlighting the need for future BD-related studies on this topic.
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- James A Karantonis
- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
- St Vincent’s Mental Health, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Shan X, Zhang H, Dong Z, Chen J, Liu F, Zhao J, Zhang H, Guo W. Increased subcortical region volume induced by electroconvulsive therapy in patients with schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:1285-1295. [PMID: 34275006 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-021-01303-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been widely used to treat patients with schizophrenia. However, the underlying mechanisms of ECT remain unknown. In the present study, the treatment effects of ECT on brain structure in patients with schizophrenia were explored. Seventy patients with schizophrenia were scanned using structural magnetic resonance imaging. Patients in the drug group were scanned at baseline (time 1) and follow-up (time 2, 6 weeks of treatment). Patients in the ECT group were scanned before ECT treatment (baseline, time 1) and 10-12 h after the last ECT treatment (time 2). Voxel-based morphometry was applied to analyze the imaging data. Patients in the ECT group showed significantly increased gray matter volume (GMV) in the bilateral hippocampus/amygdala and left superior temporal gyrus (STG)/middle temporal gyrus (MTG) after ECT combined with antipsychotic therapy at time 2. In contrast, patients in the drug group showed decreased GMV in widespread brain regions. Correlation analysis results showed significantly negative correlations between the increased GMV in the bilateral hippocampus/amygdala and PANSS scores at baseline in the ECT group. ECT may modulate brain structure in patients with schizophrenia. The GMV in distinct subcortical regions was related to the individual therapeutic response in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Xiaoxiao Shan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, China.,Xinxiang Key Laboratory of Multimodal Brain Imaging, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, China.,Zhumadian Psychiatric Hospital, Zhumadian, 463000, Henan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, China. .,Xinxiang Key Laboratory of Multimodal Brain Imaging, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, China. .,School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, Henan, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China. .,Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China.
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Guma E, Bordignon PDC, Devenyi GA, Gallino D, Anastassiadis C, Cvetkovska V, Barry AD, Snook E, Germann J, Greenwood CMT, Misic B, Bagot RC, Chakravarty MM. Early or Late Gestational Exposure to Maternal Immune Activation Alters Neurodevelopmental Trajectories in Mice: An Integrated Neuroimaging, Behavioral, and Transcriptional Study. Biol Psychiatry 2021; 90:328-341. [PMID: 34053674 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) in utero is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders later in life. The impact of the gestational timing of MIA exposure on downstream development remains unclear. METHODS We characterized neurodevelopmental trajectories of mice exposed to the viral mimetic poly I:C (polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid) either on gestational day 9 (early) or on day 17 (late) using longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging from weaning to adulthood. Using multivariate methods, we related neuroimaging and behavioral variables for the time of greatest alteration (adolescence/early adulthood) and identified regions for further investigation using RNA sequencing. RESULTS Early MIA exposure was associated with accelerated brain volume increases in adolescence/early adulthood that normalized in later adulthood in the striatum, hippocampus, and cingulate cortex. Similarly, alterations in anxiety-like, stereotypic, and sensorimotor gating behaviors observed in adolescence normalized in adulthood. MIA exposure in late gestation had less impact on anatomical and behavioral profiles. Multivariate maps associated anxiety-like, social, and sensorimotor gating deficits with volume of the dorsal and ventral hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex, among others. The most transcriptional changes were observed in the dorsal hippocampus, with genes enriched for fibroblast growth factor regulation, autistic behaviors, inflammatory pathways, and microRNA regulation. CONCLUSIONS Leveraging an integrated hypothesis- and data-driven approach linking brain-behavior alterations to the transcriptome, we found that MIA timing differentially affects offspring development. Exposure in late gestation leads to subthreshold deficits, whereas exposure in early gestation perturbs brain development mechanisms implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Elisa Guma
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Institute of Medical Science & Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Human Genetics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Departments of Human Genetics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Computational Brain Imaging Lab, Cerebral Imaging Center, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Sulcation of the intraparietal sulcus is related to symbolic but not non-symbolic number skills. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2021; 51:100998. [PMID: 34388639 PMCID: PMC8363820 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The horizontal segment of intraparietal sulcus (HIPS) is one of the key functional regions for processing numbers. Sulcal morphology is a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning. The HIPS sulcal pattern explains part of the variance in participant’s symbolic number comparison and math fluency abilities. Participant’s non-symbolic number comparison abilities was not explained by HIPS sulcal pattern. This association between HIPS sulcal pattern and symbolic number abilities was stable from childhood to young adulthood.
Understanding the constraints, including biological ones, that may influence mathematical development is of great importance because math ability is a key predictor of career success, income and even psychological well-being. While research in developmental cognitive neuroscience of mathematics has extensively studied the key functional regions for processing numbers, particularly the horizontal segment of intraparietal sulcus (HIPS), few studies have investigated the effects of early cerebral constraints on later mathematical abilities. In this pre-registered study, we investigated whether variability of the sulcal pattern of the HIPS, a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning, accounts for individual difference in symbolic and non-symbolic number abilities. Seventy-seven typically developing school-aged children and 21 young adults participated in our study. We found that the HIPS sulcal pattern, (a) explains part of the variance in participant’s symbolic number comparison and math fluency abilities, and (b) that this association between HIPS sulcal pattern and symbolic number abilities was found to be stable from childhood to young adulthood. However, (c) we did not find an association between participant’s non-symbolic number abilities and HIPS sulcal morphology. Our findings suggest that early cerebral constraints may influence individual difference in math abilities, in addition to the well-established neuroplastic factors.
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Wu Y, Hu S, Wang Y, Dong T, Wu H, Zhang Y, Qu Q, Wang A, Yang Y, Li C, Kan H. The degeneration changes of basal forebrain are associated with prospective memory impairment in patients with Wilson's disease. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e2239. [PMID: 34124853 PMCID: PMC8413803 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Degeneration changes of the basal forebrain (BF) are suggested to play an important role in cognitive impairment and memory loss in patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. However, little is known about if and how the structure and function of BF are abnormal in Wilson's disease (WD). METHODS Here, we employed the structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 19 WD individuals and 24 healthy controls (HC). Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and functional connectivity analysis were applied to investigate the structural and functional degeneration changes of BF in WD. Moreover, the linear regression analyses were performed in the patient group to depict the correlations between the aberrant gray volume and functional connectivity of the BF and clinical performances, such as the prospective memory (PM) and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). RESULTS VBM analysis showed that compared with HC, the volume of overlapping cell groups of BF termed CH1-3 and CH4 was significantly reduced in WD. Additionally, the decreased functional connectivity of the CH4 was distributed in the bilateral temporal-parietal junction (TPJ), right thalamus, orbitofrontal gyrus (ORB), and left middle cingulate cortex (MCC). The performances of the time-based prospective memory (TBPM) and event-based prospective memory (EBPM) were related to reduced functional connectivity between CH4 and right ORB. Besides, the functional connectivity of left TPJ was also significantly correlated with EBPM in WD. CONCLUSION These findings indicated that the degenerative changes of BF may affect PM through the innervation brain function and may help to understand the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment in WD.
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- Yutong Wu
- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Centers for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China
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The effect of antipsychotic medications on white matter integrity in first-episode drug-naïve patients with psychosis: A review of DTI studies. Asian J Psychiatr 2021; 61:102688. [PMID: 34000500 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychotic episodes have been associated with damage to both grey matter (GM) and white matter (WM). Although a recent meta-analysis suggest that in long term treatment, first generation antipsychotics (FGA) are associated with progressive reduction in GM, second generation antipsychotics (SGA) seem to have benefits to WM microstructure. METHODS A search was conducted to identify controlled trials published from January 2000 to January 2021, which assessed WM integrity as measured by DTI in drug-naïve patients with FEP before and after antipsychotic administration. RESULTS 3 studies met the criteria for inclusion. All studies demonstrated lower FA in psychotic patients vs HC. A 6-week study reported that antipsychotic medication results in a further decrease in FA within the bilateral ACG and right ACR, regions important in emotional processing. An 8-week study found that antipsychotic treatment increase FA in the SLF, resulting in improved symptoms and increased processing speed. A 3rd study found an increase in FA in several regions along with a negative correlation between FA and PANSS at remission. CONCLUSIONS Drug-naïve FEP patients have WM dysfunction at baseline and antipsychotic medications appear to alter or improve WM especially at remission. More controlled trials are warranted to validate these conclusions.
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Rokita KI, Holleran L, Dauvermann MR, Mothersill D, Holland J, Costello L, Kane R, McKernan D, Morris DW, Kelly JP, Corvin A, Hallahan B, McDonald C, Donohoe G. Childhood trauma, brain structure and emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy participants. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2021; 15:1336-1350. [PMID: 33245126 PMCID: PMC7759212 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsaa160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Childhood trauma, and in particular physical neglect, has been repeatedly associated with lower performance on measures of social cognition (e.g. emotion recognition tasks) in both psychiatric and non-clinical populations. The neural mechanisms underpinning this association have remained unclear. Here, we investigated whether volumetric changes in three stress-sensitive regions—the amygdala, hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)—mediate the association between childhood trauma and emotion recognition in a healthy participant sample (N = 112) and a clinical sample of patients with schizophrenia (N = 46). Direct effects of childhood trauma, specifically physical neglect, on Emotion Recognition Task were observed in the whole sample. In healthy participants, reduced total and left ACC volumes were observed to fully mediate the association between both physical neglect and total childhood trauma score, and emotion recognition. No mediating effects of the hippocampus and amygdala volumes were observed for either group. These results suggest that reduced ACC volume may represent part of the mechanism by which early life adversity results in poorer social cognitive function. Confirmation of the causal basis of this association would highlight the importance of resilience-building interventions to mitigate the detrimental effects of childhood trauma on brain structure and function.
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- Karolina I Rokita
- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02135, USA
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,School of Business, National College of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.,Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Hegde RR, Kelly S, Lutz O, Guimond S, Karayumak SC, Mike L, Mesholam-Gately RI, Pasternak O, Kubicki M, Eack SM, Keshavan MS. Association of white matter microstructure and extracellular free-water with cognitive performance in the early course of schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 305:111159. [PMID: 32919288 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schizophrenia (SZ) is proposed as a disorder of dysconnectivity underlying cognitive impairments and clinical manifestations. Although previous studies have shown extracellular changes in white matter of first-episode SZ, little is known about the transition period towards chronicity and its association with cognition. Free-water (FW) imaging was applied to 79 early course SZ participants and 29 controls to detect white matter axonal and extracellular differences during this phase of illness. Diffusion-weighted images were collected from two sites, harmonized, and processed using a pipeline separately modeling water diffusion in tissue (FAt) and extracellular space (FW). Tract-Based Spatial Statistics was performed using the ENIGMA-DTI protocols. SZ showed FAt reductions in the posterior thalamic radiation (PTR) and FW elevations in the cingulum compared to controls, suggesting FAt and FW changes in the early course of SZ. In SZ, greater FAt of the fornix & stria terminalis (FXST) was positively associated with Theory of Mind performance; average whole-brain FAt, FAt of the FXST and the PTR were positively associated with greater working memory performance; average whole-brain FAt was positively associated with visual learning. Further studies are necessary to better understand the neurobiological mechanisms of SZ for developing intervention strategies to preserve brain structure and function.
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- Rachal R Hegde
- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Anterior cingulate morphology in people at genetic high-risk of schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 27:377-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2011] [Revised: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractBackgroundMorphological abnormalities of the anterior cingulate (AC) occur in patients with schizophrenia and in symptomatic high-risk individuals, and may be predictive of subsequent psychosis. We investigated AC sulcal morphology in the Edinburgh High Risk Study cohort to see if such abnormalities are evident and predict psychosis in patients’ relatives. We also investigated the association of the cingulate sulcus (CS) and paracingulate sulcus (PCS) variants with intelligence quotient (IQ).Patients and methodsWe compared cingulate and paracingulate sulcal anatomy, using reliable standardised measurements, blind to group membership, in those at high genetic risk (n = 146), first episode patients (n = 34) and healthy controls (n = 36); and compared high-risk subjects who did (n = 17) or did not develop schizophrenia.ResultsInterruptions of the cingulate sulcus were more common in high-risk individuals and in those with schizophrenia, in both hemispheres, compared to controls. When separated by gender, these results were only present in males in the left hemisphere and only in females in the right hemisphere. A well-formed paracingulate sulcus was less common in high-risk participants and patients with schizophrenia, compared to controls; but this association was only present in males. These morphological variants of the paracingulate sulcus and the continuous cingulate sulcus were also associated with the higher IQ in male high-risk individuals.ConclusionsAn interrupted cingulate sulcus pattern in both males and females and paracingulate morphology in males are associated with increased genetic risk of schizophrenia. Associations between cingulate and paracingulate morphology and premorbid IQ scores provide evidence that intellectual ability could be related to particular cytoarchitectural brain regions. Given that these sulci develop in early fetal life, such findings presumably reflect early neurodevelopmental abnormalities of genetic origin, although environmental effects and interactions cannot be ruled out.
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Chakrabarty M, Pflieger EM, Cardillo E, Chatterjee A. Effects of Chronic Brain Injury on Quality of Life: A Study in Patients With Left- or Right-Sided Lesion. Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl 2019; 2:100031. [PMID: 33543061 PMCID: PMC7853383 DOI: 10.1016/j.arrct.2019.100031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objectives To test the hypothesis that quality of life (QOL) is made up of different components, and each of these has different anatomic and demographic contributors. Design Questionnaire-based study. Setting Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania. Participants People with chronic brain injury (N=52) volunteered for the study. After excluding patients with severe communication deficits, bilateral lesions, and incomplete data, 42 patients with focal lesions were included in the final study: 22 patients with left hemisphere injury (LHI) (9 women and 13 men; mean age ± SD, 60.6±11.2y [range: 36-83]; mean chronicity ± SD, 11.5±4.2y) and 20 patients with right hemisphere injury [RHI] (16 women and 4 men; mean age ± SD [62.7±12.8y] [range: 31-79]; mean chronicity ± SD 10.1±4.3y). Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures We administered the RAND36-Item Health Survey (RAND-Version-1.0), Stroke Impact Scale (version 3.0), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale, and Distress Thermometer to measure QOL in LHI and RHI patients. Exploratory factor analysis with principal component method reduced these measures to 5 factors, roughly categorized as-(1) physical functioning; (2) general health; (3) emotional health; (4) social functioning; and (5) cognitive functioning. Exploratory analyses attempted to relate these factor scores to demographic variables, neuroanatomical data, and neuropsychological measures. Results Physical functioning was the biggest contributor to reduced QOL, explaining 32.5%, of the variance. Older age, less education, and larger lesion size predicted poorer physical functioning (P<.001). Age also affected emotional health. (P=.019). Younger patients reported poorer emotional health than older patients. LHI patients reported less satisfaction with their cognitive functioning (P=.009) and RHI patients with their physical functioning (P=.06). Exploratory neuroanatomical analyses hinted at brain areas that may be associated with the perception of disability in each QOL component. Conclusions QOL is composed of 5 components. Clinical and demographic factors appear to differentially affect these aspects of patients' perceived QOL, providing hypotheses for further testing and suggesting potential relations for therapeutic interventions to consider.
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- Madhushree Chakrabarty
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Corresponding author Madhushree Chakrabarty, PhD, 126, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata 68, West Bengal, India.
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- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Koelkebeck K, Dannlowski U, Ohrmann P, Suslow T, Murai T, Bauer J, Pedersen A, Matsukawa N, Son S, Haidl T, Miyata J. Gray matter volume reductions in patients with schizophrenia: A replication study across two cultural backgrounds. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2019; 292:32-40. [PMID: 31499256 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Structural gray matter (GM) volume reductions in patients with schizophrenia have rarely been replicated across two different sites, the impact of culture and clinical characteristics remains unresolved. Hence, we assessed GM volume reductions in patients with schizophrenia using 3 T magnetic resonace imaging to replicate results across two independent and culturally different backgrounds (Germany, Japan), and to investigate the impact of brain volume reductions on clinical characteristics. In total, 163 German (80 patients) and 203 Japanese (83 patients) participants were included in the analysis. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was used to investigate structural differences between the groups and across the two sites, comparing local GM volumes. Clinical variables were used to analyze effects unrelated to the socio-cultural background. Across both data sets, widespread GM reductions in frontal and temporal cortical parts were found between patients and controls, indicating strong effects of diagnosis and only small effects of site. The investigation of clinical characteristics revealed the strongest effects for chlorpromazine equivalents on GM volume reductions primarily in the Japanese sample. Although the effects of site are small, several brain regions do not overlap between the two groups. Thus, GM may be affected differently at the two sites in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Katja Koelkebeck
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, School of Medicine, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, School of Medicine, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, School of Medicine, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Semmelweisstrasse 10, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Kyoto, School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Institute of Clinical Radiology, Medical Faculty - University of Muenster - and University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A1, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 62, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Kyoto, School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Kyoto, School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50934 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Kyoto, School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Auditory mismatch detection, distraction, and attentional reorientation (MMN-P3a-RON) in neurological and psychiatric disorders: A review. Int J Psychophysiol 2019; 146:85-100. [PMID: 31654696 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Involuntary attention allows for the detection and processing of novel and potentially relevant stimuli that lie outside of cognitive focus. These processes comprise change detection in sensory contexts, automatic orientation toward this change, and the selection of adaptive responses, including reorientation to the original goal in cases when the detected change is not relevant for task demands. These processes have been studied using the Event-Related Potential (ERP) technique and have been associated to the Mismatch Negativity (MMN), the P3a, and the Reorienting Negativity (RON) electrophysiological components, respectively. This has allowed for the objective evaluation of the impact of different neuropsychiatric pathologies on involuntary attention. Additionally, these ERP have been proposed as alternative measures for the early detection of disease and the tracking of its progression. The objective of this review was to integrate the results reported to date about MMN, P3a, and RON in different neurological and psychiatric disorders. We included experimental studies with clinical populations that reported at least two of these three components in the same experimental paradigm. Overall, involuntary attention seems to reflect the state of cognitive integrity in different pathologies in adults. However, if the main goal for these ERP is to consider them as biomarkers, more research about their pathophysiological specificity in each disorder is needed, as well as improvement in the general experimental conditions under which these components are elicited. Nevertheless, these ERP represent a valuable neurophysiological tool for early detection and follow-up of diverse clinical populations.
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Alvarez-Astorga A, Sotelo E, Lubeiro A, de Luis R, Gomez-Pilar J, Becoechea B, Molina V. Social cognition in psychosis: Predictors and effects of META-cognitive training. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2019; 94:109672. [PMID: 31228639 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Social cognition deficits are found in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but its neural underpinnings are poorly understood. Given the complexity of psychological functions underlying this kind of cognition, we hypothesized that alterations in global structural connectivity could contribute to those deficits. To test this hypothesis, we studied a group of schizophrenia and bipolar patients with connectomics based on diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and assessments of general and social cognition. The latter was assessed using the Mayer, Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) for emotional intelligence and the Spanish Group for Schizophrenia Treatment Optimization (Grupo Español para la OPtimización del Tratamiento de la Esquizofrenia, GEOPTE) test for behavioral aspects of social cognition. Graph theory applied to fractional anisotropy for the connections among cortical regions was used to obtain the small-world (SW) index of the structural connectivity network. In addition, we assessed the possibility of predicting the response of social cognition deficits to Meta-cognitive Training based on their possible underpinnings in a subgroup of patients. Patients showed lower scores in emotional intelligence and behavioral social cognition. MSCEIT scores were associated with SW index and working memory, and GEOPTE scores were related to verbal memory. Improvement in social cognition after Meta-cognitive Training was associated with lower scores of the social cognition in the baseline, according to the GEOPTE scale. Our findings support structural connectivity as one of the factors underlying emotional intelligence in schizophrenia, and the use of Meta-cognitive Training to improve social cognition in patients with larger deficits.
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- Psychiatry Service, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Spain
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- Imaging Processing Laboratory, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Psychiatry Service, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Psychiatry Service, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain; Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Spain.
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Kirino E, Hayakawa Y, Inami R, Inoue R, Aoki S. Simultaneous fMRI-EEG-DTI recording of MMN in patients with schizophrenia. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215023. [PMID: 31071097 PMCID: PMC6508624 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalogram (EEG), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) recording have complementary spatiotemporal resolution limitations but can be powerful methods when used together to enable both functional and anatomical modeling, with each neuroimaging procedure used to maximum advantage. We recorded EEGs during event-related fMRI followed by DTI in 15 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with schizophrenia using an omission mismatch negativity (MMN) paradigm. Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal changes were calculated in a region of interest (ROI) analysis, and fractional anisotropy (FA) in the white matter fibers related to each area was compared between groups using tract-specific analysis. Patients with schizophrenia had reduced BOLD activity in the left middle temporal gyrus, and BOLD activity in the right insula and right parahippocampal gyrus significantly correlated with positive symptoms on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and hostility subscores. BOLD activation of Heschl’s gyri also correlated with the limbic system, including the insula. FA values in the left anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) significantly correlated with changes in the BOLD signal in the right superior temporal gyrus (STG), and FA values in the right ACC significantly correlated with PANSS scores. This is the first study to examine MMN using simultaneous fMRI, EEG, and DTI recording in patients with schizophrenia to investigate the potential implications of abnormalities in the ACC and limbic system, including the insula and parahippocampal gyrus, as well as the STG. Structural changes in the ACC during schizophrenia may represent part of the neural basis for the observed MMN deficits. The deficits seen in the feedback/feedforward connections between the prefrontal cortex and STG modulated by the ACC and insula may specifically contribute to impaired MMN generation and clinical manifestations.
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- Eiji Kirino
- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Juntendo Institute of Mental Health, Fukuroyama, Koshigaya City, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Juntendo Institute of Mental Health, Fukuroyama, Koshigaya City, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Jung M, Tu Y, Lang CA, Ortiz A, Park J, Jorgenson K, Kong XJ, Kong J. Decreased structural connectivity and resting-state brain activity in the lateral occipital cortex is associated with social communication deficits in boys with autism spectrum disorder. Neuroimage 2019; 190:205-212. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- Minyoung Jung
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA; Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
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Kuo SS, Pogue-Geile MF. Variation in fourteen brain structure volumes in schizophrenia: A comprehensive meta-analysis of 246 studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 98:85-94. [PMID: 30615934 PMCID: PMC6401304 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Despite hundreds of structural MRI studies documenting smaller brain volumes on average in schizophrenia compared to controls, little attention has been paid to group differences in the variability of brain volumes. Examination of variability may help interpret mean group differences in brain volumes and aid in better understanding the heterogeneity of schizophrenia. Variability in 246 MRI studies was meta-analyzed for 13 structures that have shown medium to large mean effect sizes (Cohen's d≥0.4): intracranial volume, total brain volume, lateral ventricles, third ventricle, total gray matter, frontal gray matter, prefrontal gray matter, temporal gray matter, superior temporal gyrus gray matter, planum temporale, hippocampus, fusiform gyrus, insula; and a control structure, caudate nucleus. No significant differences in variability in cortical/subcortical volumes were detected in schizophrenia relative to controls. In contrast, increased variability was found in schizophrenia compared to controls for intracranial and especially lateral and third ventricle volumes. These findings highlight the need for more attention to ventricles and detailed analyses of brain volume distributions to better elucidate the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Susan S Kuo
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 4209 Sennott Square, 210 South Bouquet St., Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 4209 Sennott Square, 210 South Bouquet St., Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA; Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 4207 Sennott Square, 210 South Bouquet St., Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA.
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Koshiyama D, Fukunaga M, Okada N, Morita K, Nemoto K, Yamashita F, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Kelly S, Jahanshad N, Kudo N, Azechi H, Watanabe Y, Donohoe G, Thompson PM, Kasai K, Hashimoto R. Role of frontal white matter and corpus callosum on social function in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2018; 202:180-187. [PMID: 30005932 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Patients with schizophrenia show severe impairment in social function and have difficulty in their daily social life. Although a recent large-scale multicenter study revealed alterations in white matter microstructures, the association between these anatomical changes and social dysfunction in schizophrenia remains unknown. Therefore, we investigated the association between the white matter integrity of regions of interest and social function in schizophrenia. A total of 149 patients with schizophrenia and 602 healthy comparison subjects (HCS) underwent DTI and completed the Picture Arrangement subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition and the Finance subscale of the University of California, San Diego, Performance-Based Skills Assessment Brief, as social indices of interest. The fractional anisotropy (FA) in the anterior corona radiata and corpus callosum was significantly lower in patients than in HCS, and the radial diffusivity (RD) in the anterior corona radiata and corpus callosum was significantly higher in patients. The Picture Arrangement and Finance scores were both significantly impaired in patients. The effect of the FA of the right anterior corona radiata on the Finance score and the Picture Arrangement score, of the RD of the right anterior corona radiata on the Picture Arrangement score, and of the RD of the corpus callosum on the Picture Arrangement score were significant. In conclusion, our results confirmed the association between structural connectivity in the right frontal white matter and corpus callosum and social function in schizophrenia. These findings may provide a foundation for developing an intervention for functional recovery in schizophrenia.
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- Daisuke Koshiyama
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cerebral Integration, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of Ultrahigh Field MRI, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, United States of America
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Bubb EJ, Metzler-Baddeley C, Aggleton JP. The cingulum bundle: Anatomy, function, and dysfunction. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 92:104-127. [PMID: 29753752 PMCID: PMC6090091 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 417] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The cingulum bundle is a prominent white matter tract that interconnects frontal, parietal, and medial temporal sites, while also linking subcortical nuclei to the cingulate gyrus. Despite its apparent continuity, the cingulum's composition continually changes as fibres join and leave the bundle. To help understand its complex structure, this review begins with detailed, comparative descriptions of the multiple connections comprising the cingulum bundle. Next, the impact of cingulum bundle damage in rats, monkeys, and humans is analysed. Despite causing extensive anatomical disconnections, cingulum bundle lesions typically produce only mild deficits, highlighting the importance of parallel pathways and the distributed nature of its various functions. Meanwhile, non-invasive imaging implicates the cingulum bundle in executive control, emotion, pain (dorsal cingulum), and episodic memory (parahippocampal cingulum), while clinical studies reveal cingulum abnormalities in numerous conditions, including schizophrenia, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorder, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the seemingly diverse contributions of the cingulum will require better ways of isolating pathways within this highly complex tract.
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- Emma J Bubb
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales, UK.
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Del Maschio N, Sulpizio S, Fedeli D, Ramanujan K, Ding G, Weekes BS, Cachia A, Abutalebi J. ACC Sulcal Patterns and Their Modulation on Cognitive Control Efficiency Across Lifespan: A Neuroanatomical Study on Bilinguals and Monolinguals. Cereb Cortex 2018; 29:3091-3101. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a key structure implicated in the regulation of cognitive control (CC). Previous studies suggest that variability in the ACC sulcal pattern—a neurodevelopmental marker unaffected by maturation or plasticity after birth—is associated with intersubject differences in CC performance. Here, we investigated whether bilingual experience modulates the effects of ACC sulcal variability on CC performance across the lifespan. Using structural MRI, we first established the distribution of the ACC sulcal patterns in a large sample of healthy individuals (N = 270) differing on gender and ethnicity. Second, a participants’ subsample (N = 157) was selected to test whether CC performance was differentially affected by ACC sulcation in bilinguals and monolinguals across age. A prevalent leftward asymmetry unaffected by gender or ethnicity was reported. Sulcal variability in the ACC predicted CC performance differently in bilinguals and monolinguals, with a reversed pattern of structure–function relationship: asymmetrical versus symmetrical ACC sulcal patterns were associated with a performance advantage in monolinguals and a performance detriment to bilinguals and vice versa. Altogether, these findings provide novel insights on the dynamic interplay between early neurodevelopment, environmental background and cognitive efficiency across age.
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- Nicola Del Maschio
- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
- School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Sorbonne, CNRS UMR8240, Paris, France
- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
- Imaging Biomarkers for Brain Development and Disorders, Ste Anne Hospital, INSERM UMR894, Paris, France
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Tanigawa J, Kagitani-Shimono K, Matsuzaki J, Ogawa R, Hanaie R, Yamamoto T, Tominaga K, Nabatame S, Mohri I, Taniike M, Ozono K. Atypical auditory language processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Clin Neurophysiol 2018; 129:2029-2037. [PMID: 29934264 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often show characteristic differences in auditory processing. To clarify the mechanisms underlying communication impairment in ASD, we examined auditory language processing with both anatomical and functional methods. METHODS We assessed the language abilities of adolescents with ASD and typically developing (TD) adolescents, and analyzed the surface-based morphometric structure between the groups using magnetic resonance imaging. Furthermore, we measured cortical responses to an auditory word comprehension task with magnetoencephalography and performed network-based statistics using the phase locking values. RESULTS We observed no structural differences between the groups. However, the volume of the left ventral central sulcus (vCS) showed a significant correlation with linguistic scores in ASD. Moreover, adolescents with ASD showed weaker cortical activation in the left vCS and superior temporal sulcus. Furthermore, these regions showed differential correlations with linguistic scores between the groups. Moreover, the ASD group had an atypical gamma band (25-40 Hz) network centered on the left vCS. CONCLUSIONS Adolescents with ASD showed atypical responses on the auditory word comprehension task and functional brain differences. SIGNIFICANCE Our results suggest that phonological processing and gamma band cortical activity play a critical role in auditory language processing-related pathophysiology in adolescents with ASD.
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- Junpei Tanigawa
- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Division of Developmental Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Chiu PW, Lui SSY, Hung KSY, Chan RCK, Chan Q, Sham PC, Cheung EFC, Mak HKF. In vivo gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate levels in people with first-episode schizophrenia: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Schizophr Res 2018; 193:295-303. [PMID: 28751130 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) dysfunction and its consequent imbalance are implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Reduced GABA production would lead to a disinhibition of glutamatergic neurons and subsequently cause a disruption of the modulation between GABAergic interneurons and glutamatergic neurons. In this study, levels of GABA, Glx (summation of glutamate and glutamine), and other metabolites in the anterior cingulate cortex were measured and compared between first-episode schizophrenia subjects and healthy controls (HC). Diagnostic potential of GABA and Glx as upstream biomarkers for schizophrenia was explored. METHODS Nineteen first-episode schizophrenia subjects and fourteen HC participated in this study. Severity of clinical symptoms of patients was measured with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Metabolites were measured using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and quantified using internal water as reference. RESULTS First-episode schizophrenia subjects revealed reduced GABA and myo-inositol (mI), and increased Glx and choline (Cho), compared to HC. No significant correlation was found between metabolite levels and PANSS scores. Receiver operator characteristics analyses showed Glx had higher sensitivity and specificity (84.2%, 92.9%) compared to GABA (73.7%, 64.3%) for differentiating schizophrenia patients from HC. Combined model of both GABA and Glx revealed the best sensitivity and specificity (89.5%, 100%). CONCLUSION This study simultaneously showed reduction in GABA and elevation in Glx in first-episode schizophrenia subjects, and this might provide insights on explaining the disruption of modulation between GABAergic interneurons and glutamatergic neurons. Elevated Cho might indicate increased membrane turnover; whereas reduced mI might reflect dysfunction of the signal transduction pathway. In vivo Glx and GABA revealed their diagnostic potential for schizophrenia.
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- P W Chiu
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Alzheimer's Disease Research Network, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Correlation of reduced social communicational and interactional skills with regional grey matter volumes in schizophrenia patients. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2017; 29:374-381. [PMID: 28393745 DOI: 10.1017/neu.2017.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent studies have detected similarities between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. We investigated structural abnormalities associated with autistic-like traits in patients with schizophrenia by voxel-based morphometry. METHODS Patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjects were evaluated by the adult version of the social responsiveness scale (SRS-A), which is sensitive to autistic traits and symptoms even under subthreshold conditions, and magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS There were significant decreases in the anterior cingulate cortex, bilateral hippocampi, cerebellums, and right insula of patients with schizophrenia, compared with healthy subjects. We found significant negative correlations of the social communication and interaction (SCI) score, a subscale of SRS-A, with grey matter volume in the left posterior superior temporal region of schizophrenia patients. When subscales of SCI were examined separately in schizophrenic patients, negative correlations were observed between the social cognition score and the volumes of the left posterior superior temporal region, and between social motivation and the posterior cingulate cortex. CONCLUSION We found significant negative correlation between the SCI score and the grey matter volume in the left posterior superior temporal region of schizophrenia patients. This area was the region affected in previous studies of autistic spectrum disorders. Further, this area was associated with the theory of mind. Schizophrenia patients not necessarily show the impairment of SCI, nor this correlated region was not always the point with schizophrenia-specific change. However, we reveal the relationship between the left posterior superior temporal gyrus and the severity of the SCI in schizophrenia by using with SRS-A.
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Abrol A, Rashid B, Rachakonda S, Damaraju E, Calhoun VD. Schizophrenia Shows Disrupted Links between Brain Volume and Dynamic Functional Connectivity. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:624. [PMID: 29163021 PMCID: PMC5682010 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Studies featuring multimodal neuroimaging data fusion for understanding brain function and structure, or disease characterization, leverage the partial information available in each of the modalities to reveal data variations not exhibited through the independent analyses. Similar to other complex syndromes, the characteristic brain abnormalities in schizophrenia may be better understood with the help of the additional information conveyed by leveraging an advanced modeling method involving multiple modalities. In this study, we propose a novel framework to fuse feature spaces corresponding to functional magnetic resonance imaging (functional) and gray matter (structural) data from 151 schizophrenia patients and 163 healthy controls. In particular, the features for the functional and structural modalities include dynamic (i.e., time-varying) functional network connectivity (dFNC) maps and the intensities of the gray matter (GM) maps, respectively. The dFNC maps are estimated from group independent component analysis (ICA) network time-courses by first computing windowed functional correlations using a sliding window approach, and then estimating subject specific states from this windowed data using temporal ICA followed by spatio-temporal regression. For each subject, the functional data features are horizontally concatenated with the corresponding GM features to form a combined feature space that is subsequently decomposed through a symmetric multimodal fusion approach involving a combination of multiset canonical correlation analysis (mCCA) and joint ICA (jICA). Our novel combined analyses successfully linked changes in the two modalities and revealed significantly disrupted links between GM volumes and time-varying functional connectivity in schizophrenia. Consistent with prior research, we found significant group differences in GM comprising regions in the superior parietal lobule, precuneus, postcentral gyrus, medial/superior frontal gyrus, superior/middle temporal gyrus, insula and fusiform gyrus, and several significant aberrations in the inter-regional functional connectivity strength as well. Importantly, structural and dFNC measures have independently shown changes associated with schizophrenia, and in this work we begin the process of evaluating the links between the two, which could shed light on the illness beyond what we can learn from a single imaging modality. In future work, we plan to evaluate replication of the inferred structure-function relationships in independent partitions of larger multi-modal schizophrenia datasets.
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- Anees Abrol
- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Li J, Guo H, Ge L, Cheng L, Wang J, Li H, Zhang K, Xiang J, Chen J, Zhang H, Xu Y. Mechanism of Cerebralcare Granule® for Improving Cognitive Function in Resting-State Brain Functional Networks of Sub-healthy Subjects. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:410. [PMID: 28769748 PMCID: PMC5509764 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cerebralcare Granule® (CG), a Chinese herbal medicine, has been used to ameliorate cognitive impairment induced by ischemia or mental disorders. The ability of CG to improve health status and cognitive function has drawn researchers' attention, but the relevant brain circuits that underlie the ameliorative effects of CG remain unclear. The present study aimed to explore the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of CG in ameliorating cognitive function in sub-healthy subjects using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Thirty sub-healthy participants were instructed to take one 2.5-g package of CG three times a day for 3 months. Clinical cognitive functions were assessed with the Chinese Revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-RC) and Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), and fMRI scans were performed at baseline and the end of intervention. Functional brain network data were analyzed by conventional network metrics (CNM) and frequent subgraph mining (FSM). Then 21 other sub-healthy participants were enrolled as a blank control group of cognitive functional. We found that administrating CG can improve the full scale of intelligence quotient (FIQ) and Memory Quotient (MQ) scores. At the same time, following CG treatment, in CG group, the topological properties of functional brain networks were altered in various frontal, temporal, occipital cortex regions, and several subcortical brain regions, including essential components of the executive attention network, the salience network, and the sensory-motor network. The nodes involved in the FSM results were largely consistent with the CNM findings, and the changes in nodal metrics correlated with improved cognitive function. These findings indicate that CG can improve sub-healthy subjects' cognitive function through altering brain functional networks. These results provide a foundation for future studies of the potential physiological mechanism of CG.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Humanities and Social Science, Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of TechnologyTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Humanities and Social Science, Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China.,Department of Medical Psychology, Shanxi Medical College for Continuing EducationTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital, First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Humanities and Social Science, Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Humanities and Social Science, Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital, First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of TechnologyTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of TechnologyTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital, First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China.,MDT Center for Cognitive Impairment and Sleep Disorders, First Hospital, First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan, China
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Zhao X, Sui Y, Yao J, Lv Y, Zhang X, Jin Z, Chen L, Zhang X. Reduced white matter integrity and facial emotion perception in never-medicated patients with first-episode schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2017; 77:57-64. [PMID: 28385492 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Facial emotion perception is impaired in schizophrenia. Although the pathology of schizophrenia is thought to involve abnormality in white matter (WM), few studies have examined the correlation between facial emotion perception and WM abnormalities in never-medicated patients with first-episode schizophrenia. The present study tested associations between facial emotion perception and WM integrity in order to investigate the neural basis of impaired facial emotion perception in schizophrenia. METHODS Sixty-three schizophrenic patients and thirty control subjects underwent facial emotion categorization (FEC). The FEC data was inserted into a logistic function model with subsequent analysis by independent-samples T test and the shift point and slope as outcome measurements. Severity of symptoms was measured using a five-factor model of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Voxelwise group comparison of WM fractional anisotropy (FA) was operated using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS). The correlation between impaired facial emotion perception and FA reduction was examined in patients using simple regression analysis within brain areas that showed a significant FA reduction in patients compared with controls. The same correlation analysis was also performed for control subjects in the whole brain. RESULTS The patients with schizophrenia reported a higher shift point and a steeper slope than control subjects in FEC. The patients showed a significant FA reduction in left deep WM in the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes, a small portion of the corpus callosum (CC), and the corona radiata. In voxelwise correlation analysis, we found that facial emotion perception significantly correlated with reduced FA in various WM regions, including left forceps major (FM), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), Left splenium of CC, and left ILF. The correlation analyses in healthy controls revealed no significant correlation of FA with FEC task. CONCLUSIONS These results showed disrupted WM integrity in these regions constitutes a potential neural basis for the facial emotion perception impairments in schizophrenia.
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- Xiaoxin Zhao
- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China..
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Takayanagi Y, Kulason S, Sasabayashi D, Takahashi T, Katagiri N, Sakuma A, Obara C, Nakamura M, Kido M, Furuichi A, Nishikawa Y, Noguchi K, Matsumoto K, Mizuno M, Ratnanather JT, Suzuki M. Reduced Thickness of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Individuals With an At-Risk Mental State Who Later Develop Psychosis. Schizophr Bull 2017; 43:907-913. [PMID: 28338751 PMCID: PMC5472106 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite the fact that only a part of the individuals with at-risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis do develop psychosis, biological markers of future transition to psychosis have not been well documented. Structural abnormality of the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), which probably exists prior to the onset of psychosis, could be such a risk marker. METHODS We conducted a multicenter magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of 3 scanning sites in Japan. 1.5-T 3D MRI scans were obtained from 73 ARMS subjects and 74 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. We measured thickness, volume, and surface area of the ACG using labeled cortical distance mapping and compared these measures among healthy controls, ARMS subjects who later converted to overt psychosis (ARMS-C), and those who did not (ARMS-NC). RESULTS Seventeen of 73 (23%) ARMS subjects developed overt psychosis within the follow-up period. The thickness of the left ACG was significantly reduced in ARMS-C relative to healthy subjects (P = .026) while both ARMS-C (P = .001) and ARMS-NC (P = .01) had larger surface areas of the left ACG compared with healthy controls. CONCLUSION Further studies will be needed to identify potential markers of future transition to psychosis though cortical thinning of the ACG might be one of the candidates.
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- Yoichiro Takayanagi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Center for Imaging Science and Institute for Computational Medicine, The Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Imaging Science and Institute for Computational Medicine, The Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 9300194, Japan
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Whole brain volume changes and its correlation with clinical symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia: A DARTEL-based VBM study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177251. [PMID: 28520743 PMCID: PMC5435302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) volume alterations in whole-brain structures in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls using voxel-based morphometry (VBM), and further to assess the correlation between GM and WM volume variations and symptom severity in schizophrenia. A total of 22 patients with schizophrenia and 22 age-matched healthy controls participated. Magnetic resonance image data were processed using SPM8 software with diffeomorphic anatomical registration via an exponentiated Lie algebra (DARTEL) algorithm. Patients with schizophrenia exhibited significantly decreased GM volumes of the insula, superior temporal gyrus (STG), gyrus rectus, and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) compared with healthy controls. The GM volumes of the STG and gyrus rectus were negatively correlated with the positive scales on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and those of the STG and ACC were negatively correlated with the negative scales. The durations of illness in schizophrenia were negatively correlated with the GM volumes of the insula, STG, and ACC. Patients with schizophrenia exhibited significantly decreased WM volumes of the superior frontal gyrus, inferior temporal gyrus, and STG. The WM volumes of the STG were negatively correlated with the duration of illness. Our findings suggest that GM and WM volume abnormalities in the STG are associated with the psychopathology of schizophrenia.
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Ragan C, Patel K, Edson J, Zhang ZH, Gratten J, Mowry B. Small non-coding RNA expression from anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia shows sex specific regulation. Schizophr Res 2017; 183:82-87. [PMID: 27916288 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to regulate the expression of genes that are important for brain development and function, but the roles of other classes of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) are less well understood. Additionally, although miRNA expression studies have been conducted in post-mortem brain samples from schizophrenia (SCZ) patients, other classes of sncRNAs are yet to be investigated in SCZ. We profiled the expression of miRNAs, piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) in SCZ by applying small RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) to sncRNA isolated from post-mortem anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of SCZ-affected individuals (n=22) and matched controls (n=22). We identified about one-third of annotated miRNAs, one-quarter of snoRNAs and a small proportion of piRNAs and snRNAs. No sncRNAs were significantly differentially expressed between SCZ and controls, but there was evidence for an interaction between disease status and sex on the expression level of a number of miRNAs and snoRNAs. Many of these transcripts exhibited differential expression between male and female cases, and/or between female cases and controls, suggesting sex based dysregulation in ACC of SCZ. These findings require replication in an independent sample, but our study provides further insights into the potential involvement of sncRNAs in brain function and SCZ.
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- Chikako Ragan
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; The Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Steinau S, Stegmayer K, Lang FU, Jäger M, Strik W, Walther S. Comparison of psychopathological dimensions between major depressive disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorders focusing on language, affectivity and motor behavior. Psychiatry Res 2017; 250:169-176. [PMID: 28167432 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This study tested whether patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders would differ in three dimensions of psychopathology (language, affectivity and motor behavior) as assessed by the Bern Psychopathology Scale (BPS) in a cohort of 58 patients with MDD and 146 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The overall estimation of severity of each of the three dimensions was rated on a seven-point Likert scale from severely inhibited to severely disinhibited. Here, more than half of the patients endorsed ratings that showed normal or mildly (dis-)inhibited behavior. At group level more pronounced negative ratings of affect were seen in MDD. Group comparisons of the severity ratings on language or motor behavior yielded no differences between schizophrenia spectrum disorders and MDD. At the individuals' levels, extreme ratings in the language and motor dimensions were more frequent in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and in the affectivity dimension more frequent in MDD. Shared psychopathological features could be seen across diagnoses, supporting a dimensional approach to psychopathology in endogenous psychoses. However, the groups differ in the severity of affect ratings as well as in the distribution of language, affectivity and motor ratings with more variance among the group of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
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- Sarah Steinau
- University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
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- University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University, Günzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University, Günzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
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- University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland.
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Shah C, Zhang W, Xiao Y, Yao L, Zhao Y, Gao X, Liu L, Liu J, Li S, Tao B, Yan Z, Fu Y, Gong Q, Lui S. Common pattern of gray-matter abnormalities in drug-naive and medicated first-episode schizophrenia: a multimodal meta-analysis. Psychol Med 2017; 47:401-413. [PMID: 27776571 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716002683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Studies of schizophrenia at drug-naive state and on antipsychotic medication have reported a number of regions of gray-matter (GM) abnormalities but the reports have been inconsistent. The aim of this study was to conduct multimodal meta-analysis to compare the cross-sectional voxel-based morphometry studies of brain GM in antipsychotic-naive first-episode schizophrenia (AN-FES) and those with antipsychotic treatment within 1 year (AT-FES) to determine the similarities and differences in these groups. We conducted two separate meta-analyses containing 24 studies with a sample size of 801 patients and 957 healthy controls. A multimodal meta-analysis method was used to compare the findings between AN-FES and AT-FES. Meta-regression analyses were done to determine the influence of different variables including age, duration of illness, and positive and negative symptom scores. Finally, jack-knife analyses were done to test the robustness of the results. AN-FES and AT-FES showed common patterns of GM abnormalities in frontal (gyrus rectus), superior temporal, left hippocampal and insular cortex. GM in the left supramarginal gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus were found to be increased in AN-FES but decreased in AT-FES, whereas left median cingulate/paracingulate gyri and right hippocampus GM was decreased in AN-FES but increased in AT-FES. Findings suggest that both AN-FES and AT-FES share frontal, temporal and insular regions as common anatomical regions to be affected indicating these to be the primary regions of GM abnormalities in both groups.
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- C Shah
- Radiology Department,The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,Zhejiang,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Radiology Department,The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,Zhejiang,China
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- Radiology Department,The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,Zhejiang,China
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- Department of Radiology,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan,China
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- Radiology Department,The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,Zhejiang,China
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Alterations in gray matter volume due to unilateral hearing loss. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25811. [PMID: 27174521 PMCID: PMC4865827 DOI: 10.1038/srep25811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Although extensive research on neural plasticity resulting from hearing deprivation has been conducted, the direct influence of compromised audition on the auditory cortex and the potential impact of long durations of incomplete sensory stimulation on the adult cortex are still not fully understood. In this study, using voxel-based morphometry, we evaluated gray matter (GM) volume changes that may be associated with reduced hearing ability and the duration of hearing impairment in 42 unilateral hearing loss (UHL) patients with acoustic neuromas compared to 24 normal controls. We found significant GM volume increases in the somatosensory and motor systems and GM volume decreases in the auditory (i.e., Heschl’s gyrus) and visual systems (i.e., the calcarine cortex) in UHL patients. The GM volume decreases in the primary auditory cortex (i.e., superior temporal gyrus and Heschl’s gyrus) correlated with reduced hearing ability. Meanwhile, the GM volume decreases in structures involving high-level cognitive control functions (i.e., dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex) correlated positively with hearing loss duration. Our findings demonstrated that the severity and duration of UHL may contribute to the dissociated morphology of auditory and high-level neural structures, providing insight into the brain’s plasticity related to chronic, persistent partial sensory loss.
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Cachia A, Borst G, Tissier C, Fisher C, Plaze M, Gay O, Rivière D, Gogtay N, Giedd J, Mangin JF, Houdé O, Raznahan A. Longitudinal stability of the folding pattern of the anterior cingulate cortex during development. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2016; 19:122-7. [PMID: 26974743 PMCID: PMC4912935 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Prenatal processes are likely critical for the differences in cognitive ability and disease risk that unfold in postnatal life. Prenatally established cortical folding patterns are increasingly studied as an adult proxy for earlier development events - under the as yet untested assumption that an individual's folding pattern is developmentally fixed. Here, we provide the first empirical test of this stability assumption using 263 longitudinally-acquired structural MRI brain scans from 75 typically developing individuals spanning ages 7 to 32 years. We focus on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) - an intensely studied cortical region that presents two qualitatively distinct and reliably classifiable sulcal patterns with links to postnatal behavior. We show - without exception-that individual ACC sulcal patterns are fixed from childhood to adulthood, at the same time that quantitative anatomical ACC metrics are undergoing profound developmental change. Our findings buttress use of folding typology as a postnatally-stable marker for linking variations in early brain development to later neurocognitive outcomes in ex utero life.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Cachia
- CNRS UMR 8240, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Paris, France; University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 894, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
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- CNRS UMR 8240, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Paris, France; University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 8240, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Paris, France; University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 894, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- CATI Multicenter Neuroimaging Plaform, cati-neuroimaging.com, France; UNATI, Neurospin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- INSERM UMR 894, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR 894, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- UNATI, Neurospin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, USA
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- CATI Multicenter Neuroimaging Plaform, cati-neuroimaging.com, France; UNATI, Neurospin, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UMR 8240, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Paris, France; University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, USA
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Multimodal neuroimaging as a window into the pathological physiology of schizophrenia: Current trends and issues. Neurosci Res 2016; 102:29-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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