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Disruptions in white matter microstructure associated with impaired visual associative memory in schizophrenia-spectrum illness. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 272:971-983. [PMID: 34557990 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-021-01333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Episodic memory ability relies on hippocampal-prefrontal connectivity. However, few studies have examined relationships between memory performance and white matter (WM) microstructure in hippocampal-prefrontal pathways in schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (SSDs). Here, we investigated these relationships in individuals with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and chronic schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSDs) using tractography analysis designed to interrogate the microstructure of WM tracts in the hippocampal-prefrontal pathway. Measures of WM microstructure (fractional anisotropy [FA], radial diffusivity [RD], and axial diffusivity [AD]) were obtained for 47 individuals with chronic SSDs, 28 FEP individuals, 52 older healthy controls, and 27 younger healthy controls. Tractography analysis was performed between the hippocampus and three targets involved in hippocampal-prefrontal connectivity (thalamus, amygdala, nucleus accumbens). Measures of WM microstructure were then examined in relation to episodic memory performance separately across each group. Both those with FEP and chronic SSDs demonstrated impaired episodic memory performance. However, abnormal WM microstructure was only observed in individuals with chronic SSDs. Abnormal WM microstructure in the hippocampal-thalamic pathway in the right hemisphere was associated with poorer memory performance in individuals with chronic SSDs. These findings suggest that disruptions in WM microstructure in the hippocampal-prefrontal pathway may contribute to memory impairments in individuals with chronic SSDs but not FEP.
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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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Kurumaji A, Itasaka M, Uezato A, Takiguchi K, Jitoku D, Hobo M, Nishikawa T. A distinctive abnormality of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in the fornix of patients with bipolar II disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2017; 266:66-72. [PMID: 28609689 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have revealed a changed integrity in the white matter of bipolar disorder. However, only a few investigations have examined bipolar II disorder (BP-II). A cross-sectional study was conducted to compare thirty-eight patients with BP-II (mean age = 38.26 years, F/M = 19/19) with thirty-eight age- and gender-matched healthy controls (mean age = 34.45 years, F/M = 18/20). Tract Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) analysis of the fractional anisotropy (FA) was done with age, gender and education years as covariates, then a complementary atlas-based region-of-interest (ROI) analysis including the axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) was conducted to obtain further information. The patients with BP-II showed a significant decrease in FA in the corpus callosum (commissure fibers), fornix (association fibers) and right anterior corona radiata (projection fibers) compared to the controls. Moreover, a significant increase in the RD was observed in all of the fibers of the BP-II patients, while the AD significantly increased only in the fornix of the patients. Thus, in addition to the abnormal integrity of the commissure and projection fibers, the present study suggested an involvement of the limbic association fibers in the pathophysiology of BP-II induced by a distinctive neuropathology.
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- Akeo Kurumaji
- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Takiguchi K, Uezato A, Itasaka M, Atsuta H, Narushima K, Yamamoto N, Kurumaji A, Tomita M, Oshima K, Shoda K, Tamaru M, Nakataki M, Okazaki M, Ishiwata S, Ishiwata Y, Yasuhara M, Arima K, Ohmori T, Nishikawa T. Association of schizophrenia onset age and white matter integrity with treatment effect of D-cycloserine: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study. BMC Psychiatry 2017; 17:249. [PMID: 28701225 PMCID: PMC5508614 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1410-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been reported that drugs which promote the N-Methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptor function by stimulating the glycine modulatory site in the receptor improve negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia patients being treated with antipsychotic drugs. METHODS We performed a placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study involving 41 schizophrenia patients in which D-cycloserine 50 mg/day was added-on, and the influence of the onset age and association with white matter integrity on MR diffusion tensor imaging were investigated for the first time. The patients were evaluated using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS), and other scales. RESULTS D-cycloserine did not improve positive or negative symptoms or cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. The investigation in consideration of the onset age suggests that D-cycloserine may aggravate negative symptoms of early-onset schizophrenia. The better treatment effect of D-cycloserine on BACS was observed when the white matter integrity of the sagittal stratum/ cingulum/fornix stria terminalis/genu of corpus callosum/external capsule was higher, and the better treatment effect on PANSS general psychopathology (PANSS-G) was observed when the white matter integrity of the splenium of corpus callosum was higher. In contrast, the better treatment effect of D-cycloserine on PANSS-G and SANS-IV were observed when the white matter integrity of the posterior thalamic radiation (left) was lower. CONCLUSION It was suggested that response to D-cycloserine is influenced by the onset age and white matter integrity. TRIAL REGISTRATION UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (number UMIN000000468 ). Registered 18 August 2006.
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- Kazuo Takiguchi
- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan ,Haryugaoka Hospital, Tensyoudan 11, Otsukimachi, Koriyama-shi, Fukushima, 963-0201 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan ,0000 0004 0378 2239grid.417089.3Psychiatry Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8524 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Clinical Research Center, Medical Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan ,Ohmiya Kousei Hospital, Katayanagi 1, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 337-0024 Japan
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- Ohmiya Kousei Hospital, Katayanagi 1, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 337-0024 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1092 3579grid.267335.6Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1092 3579grid.267335.6Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8551 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1014 9130grid.265073.5Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8551 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1092 3579grid.267335.6Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.
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Jang SH, Yeo SS. The differences of the precommissural and postcommissural fornix in the hippocampal location: a diffusion tensor tractography study. Neuroradiology 2017; 59:397-401. [PMID: 28303377 PMCID: PMC5394150 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-017-1817-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE The precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix have different connections to the basal forebrain and septal region, and mammillary body, respectively. However, little is known about the differences of the precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix in the hippocampal location. In this study, using diffusion tensor tractography, we investigated the differences of the precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix in the hippocampal location. METHODS We recruited 25 healthy volunteers for this study. For reconstruction of the precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix, we placed the seed region of interest on the septal nucleus, and the mammillary body, respectively. The target regions of interest (ROI) was given on the crus of the fornix on the coronal image. Evaluations of the anatomical location of the precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix were performed using the highest probabilistic location in the hippocampal formation. RESULTS The precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix were located at an average of 83.9 and 87.5% between the lateral margin of the red nucleus and collateral sulcus on the axial plane, and 77.2 and 81.4% between the lateral margin of the midbrain and the inferior longitudinal fasciculus on the coronal plane. Significant differences of location in the medio-lateral direction were observed in the axial and coronal plane (p < 0.05). However, no significant differences of location in the antero-posterior direction were observed between precommissrual and postcommissural fornix (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The reconstructed precommissural fornix and postcommissural fornix were connected to the cornu ammonis 1(CA1) of the hippocampus, and the precommissural fornix was located more laterally to the postcommissural fornix in the CA1.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daemyungdong, Namku, Daegu, 705-717, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 3116, Republic of Korea.
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Orfei MD, Piras F, Banaj N, Di Lorenzo G, Siracusano A, Caltagirone C, Bandinelli PL, Ducci G, Spalletta G. Unrealistic self-overconfidence in schizophrenia is associated with left presubiculum atrophy and impaired episodic memory. Cortex 2016; 86:132-139. [PMID: 27951456 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The study aimed at investigating the role of the hippocampal subfields in cognitive insight and the clinical and neuropsychological underpinnings of the related two sub-dimensions, Self-Reflectiveness (SR), i.e., openness to external feedback, and Self-Certainty (SC), i.e., unrealistic overconfidence in one's opinions. In order to do this, 45 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and 45 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects (HC) were administered the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS), along with neuropsychological, clinical and psychopathological assessment, and underwent an MRI investigation. Hippocampal segmentation was carried out. Regression analyses were performed for BCIS indexes, volumetric parameters of hippocampal subfields and clinical and neuropsychological variables. Results highlighted that in the schizophrenia group, higher levels of SC were related to reduced volume of the left presubiculum, and worse episodic memory. No significant relationship emerged for the SR index. There was no significant relationship between any of the BCIS indexes and volumetric data of the hippocampal subfields in the HC group. Our data support the hypothesis that unrealistic self-overconfidence in schizophrenia is related to the hippocampal presubiculum atrophy, which is involved in episodic memory and cognitive control and is supposed to be underpinned by difficulty in integrating new memories and thus in generating new hypotheses about the self.
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- Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Museo storico della fisica e Centro studi e ricerche Enrico Fermi, Rome, Italy.
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- Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy; Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy; Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Fondazione Policlinico "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
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- Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
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- Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Division of Neuropsychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Green AE, Croft RJ, Maller JJ, Fitzgerald PB. White matter correlates of episodic memory encoding and retrieval in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2016; 254:188-198. [PMID: 27479923 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Episodic memory (EM) impairments in schizophrenia (SZ) are predictive of functional outcome and are a potential endophenotype of the disorder. The current study investigated the neuroanatomical correlates of EM encoding and retrieval in SZ with structural magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures in 22 patients with SZ and 22 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Tract-based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) was used to investigate microstructural alterations in white matter (WM), while FreeSurfer surface-based analysis was used to determine abnormalities in grey matter (GM) and WM volumetrics and cortical thickness. Compared to controls, patients demonstrated GM deficits in temporal and parietal regions and lower fractional anisotropy (FA) of WM in diffuse brain regions. Patients also demonstrated reduced functioning in both encoding and retention of auditory-verbal EM. Among patients but not controls, EM encoding correlated with WM volume in the orbitofrontal cortex and increased radial diffusivity in the fornix, whereas EM retrieval correlated with WM volume in posterior parietal cortex. These findings suggest a differential role for frontal and parietal WM in EM encoding and retrieval processes, while myelin integrity of the fornix may play a specific role in mediating EM encoding processes in SZ.
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- Amity E Green
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Australia.
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- Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Australia
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- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Australia
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- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Australia
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Oestreich LKL, Pasternak O, Shenton ME, Kubicki M, Gong X, McCarthy-Jones S, Whitford TJ. Abnormal white matter microstructure and increased extracellular free-water in the cingulum bundle associated with delusions in chronic schizophrenia. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2016; 12:405-14. [PMID: 27622137 PMCID: PMC5008040 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background There is growing evidence to suggest that delusions associated with schizophrenia arise from altered structural brain connectivity. The present study investigated whether structural changes in three major fasciculi that interconnect the limbic system – the cingulum bundle, uncinate fasciculus and fornix – are associated with delusions in chronic schizophrenia patients. Methods Free-water corrected Diffusion Tensor Imaging was used to investigate the association between delusions and both microstructural changes within these three fasciculi and extracellular changes in the surrounding free-water. Clinical data and diffusion MRI scans were obtained from 28 healthy controls and 86 schizophrenia patients, of whom 34 had present state delusions, 35 had a lifetime history but currently remitted delusions, and 17 had never experienced delusions. Results While present state and remitted delusions were found to be associated with reduced free-water corrected fractional anisotropy (FAT) and increased free-water corrected radial diffusivity (RDT) in the cingulum bundle bilaterally, extracellular free-water (FW) in the left cingulum bundle was found to be specifically associated with present state delusions in chronic schizophrenia. No changes were observed in the remaining tracts. Conclusions These findings suggest that state and trait delusions in chronic schizophrenia are associated with microstructural processes, such as myelin abnormalities (as indicated by decreased FAT and increased RDT) in the cingulum bundle and that state delusions are additionally associated with extracellular processes such as neuroinflammation or atrophy (as indicated by increased FW) in the left cingulum bundle. Free-water imaging was used to differentiate microstructural and extracellular processes. Patients with delusions showed increased RDT and FW in the cingulum bundle. Myelin abnormalities and neuroinflammation may be involved in the manifestation of delusions.
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- Lena K L Oestreich
- School of Psychology, UNSW Australia, NSW, Australia; Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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Spataro P, Saraulli D, Cestari V, Costanzi M, Sciarretta A, Rossi-Arnaud C. Implicit memory in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Compr Psychiatry 2016; 69:136-44. [PMID: 27423354 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Previous studies examining implicit memory in schizophrenia yielded inconsistent results. The present meta-analysis aimed at determining whether, compared to healthy controls, schizophrenic patients: (a) exhibited reduced priming in the whole set of studies; (b) were differentially impaired in conceptual/perceptual and production/identification tests; and (c) were less efficient in the use of semantic encoding processes. METHOD A systematic search in PsycINFO and PubMed led to the selection of 22 critical studies (31 effect sizes), comparing repetition priming in 836 schizophrenic patients and 760 healthy controls. Moderators were assessed by classifying implicit tasks into the perceptual/conceptual and identification/production categories, and by distinguishing between perceptual and conceptual encoding instructions. RESULTS Overall, implicit memory was slightly, but significantly, impaired in schizophrenia (d=0.179). Patients exhibited reduced priming in conceptually-driven tasks (d=0.447), but intact priming in perceptually-driven tasks (d=0.080). No significant difference was observed between identification and production priming (d=0.064 vs. d=0.243). Finally, priming in schizophrenic patients was significantly lower than that of controls when the encoding task required the analysis of the conceptual properties of the stimuli (d=0.261). CONCLUSION Results suggest that schizophrenia is associated with a specific deficit in the use of conceptual processes, both at encoding and at retrieval. In contrast with theoretical expectations, high levels of response competition did not disproportionately impair the patients' performance.
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- Pietro Spataro
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, C.N.R National Research Council of Italy, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64/65, 00143, Rome, Italy; University LUMSA of Rome, Department of Human Sciences, Piazza delle Vaschette 101, 00193, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy; Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, C.N.R National Research Council of Italy, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64/65, 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, C.N.R National Research Council of Italy, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64/65, 00143, Rome, Italy; University LUMSA of Rome, Department of Human Sciences, Piazza delle Vaschette 101, 00193, Rome, Italy
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- Acute Psychiatric Care Unit, Department of Mental Health RM-G, San Giovanni Evangelista Hospital, Via Antonio Parrozzani 3, 00019, Tivoli, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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Baumann PS, Griffa A, Fournier M, Golay P, Ferrari C, Alameda L, Cuenod M, Thiran JP, Hagmann P, Do KQ, Conus P. Impaired fornix-hippocampus integrity is linked to peripheral glutathione peroxidase in early psychosis. Transl Psychiatry 2016; 6:e859. [PMID: 27459724 PMCID: PMC5545707 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence implicate the fornix-hippocampus circuit in schizophrenia. In early-phase psychosis, this circuit has not been extensively investigated and the underlying mechanisms affecting the circuit are unknown. The hippocampus and fornix are vulnerable to oxidative stress at peripuberty in a glutathione (GSH)-deficient animal model. The purposes of the current study were to assess the integrity of the fornix-hippocampus circuit in early-psychosis patients (EP), and to study its relationship with peripheral redox markers. Diffusion spectrum imaging and T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were used to assess the fornix and hippocampus in 42 EP patients compared with 42 gender- and age-matched healthy controls. Generalized fractional anisotropy (gFA) and volumetric properties were used to measure fornix and hippocampal integrity, respectively. Correlation analysis was used to quantify the relationship of gFA in the fornix and hippocampal volume, with blood GSH levels and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity. Patients compared with controls exhibited lower gFA in the fornix as well as smaller volume in the hippocampus. In EP, but not in controls, smaller hippocampal volume was associated with high GPx activity. Disruption of the fornix-hippocampus circuit is already present in the early stages of psychosis. Higher blood GPx activity is associated with smaller hippocampal volume, which may support a role of oxidative stress in disease mechanisms.
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- P S Baumann
- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Psychiatry, Service of General Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Service of General Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Service of Community Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Psychiatry, Service of General Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit for Research in Schizophrenia, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Service of General Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Liu D, Wang Z, Shu H, Zhang Z. Disrupted white matter integrity is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: An atlas-based study. SAGE Open Med 2016; 4:2050312116648812. [PMID: 27354916 PMCID: PMC4910535 DOI: 10.1177/2050312116648812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective: This study investigated white matter integrity in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment by diffusion tensor imaging. Methods: A total of 83 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and 85 elderly healthy controls underwent neuropsychological testing and a diffusion tensor imaging scan. Whole-brain white matter data were parcellated into 50 regions based on the anatomical ICBM-DTI-81 atlas, and regional diffusion metrics consisting of fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity were calculated for each region. Diffusion tensor imaging indices were compared between groups, and it was determined that between-group differences were significantly correlated with neurocognitive performance. Results: Relative to the healthy controls group, the amnestic mild cognitive impairment group exhibited poorer cognitive performance in all neuropsychological tests except the complex figure test (p = 0.083) and showed decreased mean fractional anisotropy in the fornix, increased mean diffusivity in the fornix and bilateral uncinate fasciculus, elevated axial diffusivity in the fornix and genu of corpus callosum, and elevated radial diffusivity in the fornix and bilateral uncinate fasciculus (p < 0.05). Behaviorally, integrity of the bilateral uncinate fasciculus was correlated positively with episodic memory function, while left uncinate fasciculus integrity was positively associated with language function in the amnestic mild cognitive impairment group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: White matter abnormalities in neural pathways associated with memory were correlated with neurocognitive deficiencies in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Given that amnestic mild cognitive impairment is putatively a prodromal syndrome for Alzheimer’s disease, this study furthers our understanding of the white matter changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis in the predementia stage.
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- Duan Liu
- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital Of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital Of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital Of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital Of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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Fukushima S, Nishikawa K, Furube E, Muneoka S, Ono K, Takebayashi H, Miyata S. Oligodendrogenesis in the fornix of adult mouse brain; the effect of LPS-induced inflammatory stimulation. Brain Res 2015; 1627:52-69. [PMID: 26385416 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Evidence have been accumulated that continuous oligodendrogenesis occurs in the adult mammalian brain. The fornix, projection and commissure pathway of hippocampal neurons, carries signals from the hippocampus to other parts of the brain and has critical role in memory and learning. However, basic characterization of adult oligodendrogenesis in this brain region is not well understood. In the present study, therefore, we aimed to examine the proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and the effect of acute inflammatory stimulation on oligodendrogenesis in the fornix of adult mouse. We demonstrated the proliferation of OPCs and a new generation of mature oligodendrocytes by using bromodeoxyuridine and Ki67 immunohistochemistry. Oligodendrogenesis of adult fornix was also demonstrated by using oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 transgenic mouse. A single systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) attenuated proliferation of OPCs in the fornix together with reduced proliferation of hippocampal neural stem/progenitor cells. Time course analysis showed that a single administration of LPS attenuated the proliferation of OPCs during 24-48 h. On the other hand, consecutive administration of LPS did not suppress proliferation of OPCs. The treatment of LPS did not affect differentiation of OPCs into mature oligodendrocytes. Treatment of a microglia inhibitor minocycline significantly attenuated basal proliferation of OPCs under normal condition. In conclusion, the present study indicates that continuous oligodendrogenesis occurs and a single administration of LPS transiently attenuates proliferation of OPCs without changing differentiation in the fornix of the adult mouse brains.
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- Shohei Fukushima
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Shimogamohangicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0823, Japan
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- Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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Deloulme JC, Gory-Fauré S, Mauconduit F, Chauvet S, Jonckheere J, Boulan B, Mire E, Xue J, Jany M, Maucler C, Deparis AA, Montigon O, Daoust A, Barbier EL, Bosc C, Deglon N, Brocard J, Denarier E, Le Brun I, Pernet-Gallay K, Vilgrain I, Robinson PJ, Lahrech H, Mann F, Andrieux A. Microtubule-associated protein 6 mediates neuronal connectivity through Semaphorin 3E-dependent signalling for axonal growth. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7246. [PMID: 26037503 PMCID: PMC4468860 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Structural microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) stabilize microtubules, a property that was thought to be essential for development, maintenance and function of neuronal circuits. However, deletion of the structural MAPs in mice does not lead to major neurodevelopment defects. Here we demonstrate a role for MAP6 in brain wiring that is independent of microtubule binding. We find that MAP6 deletion disrupts brain connectivity and is associated with a lack of post-commissural fornix fibres. MAP6 contributes to fornix development by regulating axonal elongation induced by Semaphorin 3E. We show that MAP6 acts downstream of receptor activation through a mechanism that requires a proline-rich domain distinct from its microtubule-stabilizing domains. We also show that MAP6 directly binds to SH3 domain proteins known to be involved in neurite extension and semaphorin function. We conclude that MAP6 is critical to interface guidance molecules with intracellular signalling effectors during the development of cerebral axon tracts. Loss of the structural microtubule-associated protein 6 (MAP6) leads to neuronal differentiation defects that are independent of MAP6's microtubule-binding properties. Here the authors establish a functional link between MAP6 and Semaphorin 3E signalling for proper formation of the fornix of the brain.
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- Jean-Christophe Deloulme
- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR 7288, 13288 Marseille, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR 7288, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Wentworthville, New South Wales 2145, Australia
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [3] Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, IRMaGe, 38043 Grenoble, France [4] CNRS, UMS 3552, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DNC), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurotherapies (LCMN), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland [2] Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Neuroscience Research Center (CRN), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [3] CEA, iRTSV, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] INSERM, U1036, 38054 Grenoble, France [3] CEA, iRTSV, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] INSERM, U1036, 38054 Grenoble, France [3] INSERM, U1036, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Wentworthville, New South Wales 2145, Australia
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [3] CEA, LETI, CLINATEC, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR 7288, 13288 Marseille, France
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- 1] INSERM, U836, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, F-38000 Grenoble, France [3] CEA, iRTSV, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Douet V, Chang L. Fornix as an imaging marker for episodic memory deficits in healthy aging and in various neurological disorders. Front Aging Neurosci 2015; 6:343. [PMID: 25642186 PMCID: PMC4294158 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The fornix is a part of the limbic system and constitutes the major efferent and afferent white matter tracts from the hippocampi. The underdevelopment of or injuries to the fornix are strongly associated with memory deficits. Its role in memory impairments was suggested long ago with cases of surgical forniceal transections. However, recent advances in brain imaging techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging, have revealed that macrostructural and microstructural abnormalities of the fornix correlated highly with declarative and episodic memory performance. This structure appears to provide a robust and early imaging predictor for memory deficits not only in neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, but also in schizophrenia and psychiatric disorders, and during neurodevelopment and “typical” aging. The objective of the manuscript is to present a systematic review regarding published brain imaging research on the fornix, including the development of its tracts, its role in various neurological diseases, and its relationship to neurocognitive performance in human studies.
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- Vanessa Douet
- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI, USA
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Aoki Y, Abe O, Nippashi Y, Yamasue H. Comparison of white matter integrity between autism spectrum disorder subjects and typically developing individuals: a meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging tractography studies. Mol Autism 2013; 4:25. [PMID: 23876131 PMCID: PMC3726469 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Aberrant brain connectivity, especially with long-distance underconnectivity, has been recognized as a candidate pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders. However, a number of diffusion tensor imaging studies investigating people with autism spectrum disorders have yielded inconsistent results. METHODS To test the long-distance underconnectivity hypothesis, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies in subjects with autism spectrum disorder. Diffusion tensor imaging studies comparing individuals with autism spectrum disorders with typically developing individuals were searched using MEDLINE, Web of Science and EMBASE from 1980 through 1 August 2012. Standardized mean differences were calculated as an effect size of the tracts. RESULTS A comprehensive literature search identified 25 relevant diffusion tensor imaging studies comparing autism spectrum disorders and typical development with regions-of-interest methods. Among these, 14 studies examining regions of interest with suprathreshold sample sizes were included in the meta-analysis. A random-effects model demonstrated significant fractional anisotropy reductions in the corpus callosum (P = 0.023, n = 387 (autism spectrum disorders/typically developing individuals: 208/179)), left uncinate fasciculus (P = 0.011, n = 242 (117/125)), and left superior longitudinal fasciculus (P = 0.016, n = 182 (96/86)), and significant increases of mean diffusivity in the corpus callosum (P = 0.006, n = 254 (129/125)) and superior longitudinal fasciculus bilaterally (P = 0.031 and 0.011, left and right, respectively, n = 109 (51/58)), in subjects with autism spectrum disorders compared with typically developing individuals with no significant publication bias. CONCLUSION The current meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies in subjects with autism spectrum disorders emphasizes important roles of the superior longitudinal fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus, and corpus callosum in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders and supports the long-distance underconnectivity hypothesis.
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- Yuta Aoki
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Catani M, Dell'acqua F, Thiebaut de Schotten M. A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:1724-37. [PMID: 23850593 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Emotion, memories and behaviour emerge from the coordinated activities of regions connected by the limbic system. Here, we propose an update of the limbic model based on the seminal work of Papez, Yakovlev and MacLean. In the revised model we identify three distinct but partially overlapping networks: (i) the Hippocampal-diencephalic and parahippocampal-retrosplenial network dedicated to memory and spatial orientation; (ii) The temporo-amygdala-orbitofrontal network for the integration of visceral sensation and emotion with semantic memory and behaviour; (iii) the default-mode network involved in autobiographical memories and introspective self-directed thinking. The three networks share cortical nodes that are emerging as principal hubs in connectomic analysis. This revised network model of the limbic system reconciles recent functional imaging findings with anatomical accounts of clinical disorders commonly associated with limbic pathology.
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- Marco Catani
- Natbrainlab, Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
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Chen L, Chen X, Liu W, Wang Q, Jiang T, Wang J, Wang X, Zhou B, Tang J. White matter microstructural abnormalities in patients with late-onset schizophrenia identified by a voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging. Psychiatry Res 2013; 212:201-7. [PMID: 23146248 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) has been previously found in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies of white matter in schizophrenic patients. However, there are no reports in the literature that address FA alterations in late-onset schizophrenia (LOS). The current study measured FA in whole white matter and subsequently analyzed its association with psychotic symptoms in LOS. DTI was carried out in 20 patients with LOS and 17 age-, gender- and education-matched healthy subjects. Fractional anisotropy in different areas of white matter was compared between groups using a voxelwise analysis after inter-subject registration to standard Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) space. Psychotic symptoms were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Cognitive functions were measured using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), the Digit Span Test, and the Trail-making Test. Significant reduction in FA was found in the left parietal lobe and right posterior cingulum in LOS patients compared with healthy subjects. Significant deficits in cognitive functions were observed in LOS. No significant correlation was found between FA value and PANSS scores, cognitive test scores, age, or antipsychotic medication dosages in LOS patients. Our study suggests that abnormalities in white matter integrity may contribute to the pathophysiology of LOS. However, these microstructural abnormalities provided no evidence for the emergence of psychotic symptoms in LOS.
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- Liping Chen
- Institute of Mental Health, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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Du F, Ongür D. Probing myelin and axon abnormalities separately in psychiatric disorders using MRI techniques. Front Integr Neurosci 2013; 7:24. [PMID: 23596402 PMCID: PMC3622889 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In this manuscript we present novel MRI approaches to dissecting axon vs. myelin abnormalities in psychiatric disorders. Existing DTI approaches are not able to provide specific information on these subcellular elements but novel approaches are beginning to do so. We review two approaches (magnetization transfer ratio—MTR; and diffusion tensor spectroscopy—DTS) and the theoretical framework for interpreting data derived from these approaches. Work is ongoing to collect data that will answer some relevant questions using these techniques in schizophrenia and related conditions.
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- Fei Du
- McLean Hospital Belmont, MA, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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PURPOSE Other than a single case report, no diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) studies of the precommissural fornix in the human brain have been conducted. In the current study, we attempted to visualize the precommissural fornix in the human brain using DTT. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 36 healthy volunteers for this study. Diffusion tensor images were scanned using a 1.5-T scanner, and the precommissural fornix was analyzed using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) software. Values of fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and tract volume of the precommissural fornix were measured. RESULTS The precommissural fornix originated from the hippocampal formation on each hemisphere as a crus; both crura were then joined to the body of the fornix. The body of the fornix continued anteriorly to the level just superior to the anterior commissure, where it divided into each column of the precommissural fornix. Each column descended anteriorly to the anterior commissure and terminated in the septal nuclei. Values of FA, MD, and tract volumes of the precommissural fornix did not differ between the right and left hemispheres (p>0.05). CONCLUSION We believe that the methodology and results of this study would be helpful to future research on the precommissural fornix and in the elucidation of the pathology of diseases involving the precommissural fornix.
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- Sang Seok Yeo
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
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SHIZUKUISHI T, ABE O, AOKI S. Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis for Psychiatric Disorders. Magn Reson Med Sci 2013; 12:153-9. [DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2012-0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Catani M, Dell'acqua F, Bizzi A, Forkel SJ, Williams SC, Simmons A, Murphy DG, Thiebaut de Schotten M. Beyond cortical localization in clinico-anatomical correlation. Cortex 2012; 48:1262-87. [PMID: 22995574 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Marco Catani
- Natbrainlab, Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
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Bennouna-Greene M, Berna F, Conway MA, Rathbone CJ, Vidailhet P, Danion JM. Self-images and related autobiographical memories in schizophrenia. Conscious Cogn 2012; 21:247-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Kunimatsu N, Aoki S, Kunimatsu A, Abe O, Yamada H, Masutani Y, Kasai K, Yamasue H, Ohtomo K. Tract-specific analysis of white matter integrity disruption in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2012; 201:136-43. [PMID: 22398298 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2010] [Revised: 06/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Several studies have suggested that white matter integrity is disrupted in some brain regions in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to assess the white matter integrity of the cingulum, uncinate fasciculus, fornix, and corpus callosum using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Participants comprised 39 patients with schizophrenia (19 males and 20 females) and 40 age-matched normal controls (20 males and 20 females). We quantitatively assessed the fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of the anterior cingulum, body of the cingulum, uncinate fasciculus, fornix, and corpus callosum on a tract-specific basis using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Group differences in FA and ADC between the patients and normal controls were sought. Additional exploratory analyses of the relationship between the FA or ADC and four clinical parameters (i.e., illness duration, positive symptom scores, negative symptom scores, and medication dosage) were performed. Results were analyzed in gender-combined and gender-separated group comparisons. FA was significantly lower on both sides of the anterior cingulum, uncinate fasciculus, and fornix in the schizophrenia patients irrespective of gender group separation. In the gender-combined analyses, significantly higher ADC values were demonstrated in the schizophrenia patients in both sides of the anterior cingulum, body of the cingulum and uncinate fasciculus, the left fornix, and the corpus callosum, compared with those of the normal controls. In the gender-separated analyses, the male patients showed higher ADC in the left anterior cingulum, the bilateral cingulum bodies, and the bilateral uncinate fasciculi. The female patients showed higher ADC in the right anterior cingulum, the left fornix, and the bilateral uncinate fasciculus. In correlation analyses, a significant negative correlation was found between illness duration and ADC in the right anterior cingulum in the gender-combined analyses. The gender-separated analyses found that the male patients had a significant negative correlation between negative symptom scores and FA in the right fornix, a positive correlation between illness duration and FA in the right anterior cingulum, and a negative correlation between illness duration and FA in the left uncinate fasciculus. Our DTI study showed that the integrity of white matter is disrupted in patients with schizophrenia. The results of our sub-analyses suggest that changes in FA and ADC may be related to negative symptom scores or illness duration.
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- Natsuko Kunimatsu
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Bodnar M, Malla AK, Joober R, Lord C, Smith E, Pruessner J, Lepage M. Neural markers of early remission in first-episode schizophrenia: a volumetric neuroimaging study of the parahippocampus. Psychiatry Res 2012; 201:40-7. [PMID: 22285715 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM), our laboratory recently identified significantly lower grey matter concentration in the parahippocampal gyrus bilaterally in non-remitted patients with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) compared with remitted FEP patients. These results identified a localized difference but did not reveal which cortex (entorhinal, perirhinal, or parahippocampal), if any, was predominantly affected. So, the parahippocampal gyrus was manually segmented and grey matter volumes from the three cortices were compared between 42 non-remitted and 17 remitted patients with a first episode of schizophrenia (FES). Remission was defined as mild or less on eight key symptoms and maintained for 6 consecutive months following the 2005 consensus definition. The non-remitted patients displayed smaller volumes in the parahippocampal cortex - trend-level difference on the left [mm(3), mean (S.D.): non-remitted=2486 (413); remitted=2775 (593)] and significant difference on the right [mm(3), mean (S.D.): non-remitted=2546 (463); remitted=2926 (525)]. No notable differences were found in the entorhinal or perirhinal cortices. This result supported our VBM finding of reduced parahippocampal grey matter bilaterally in non-remitted patients and further suggested differences may be selectively limited to the parahippocampal cortex. A smaller parahippocampal cortex may represent a neural marker in FES patients who do not achieve remission after 1 year of treatment.
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- Michael Bodnar
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
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Yeo SS, Choi BY, Chang CH, Jung YJ, Chang MC, Lee DG, Jang SH. Injury of fornix in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. Int J Neurosci 2011; 122:195-9. [PMID: 22082297 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.639469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Many diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) studies have reported on fornix injury in various diseases. However, there has been no DTT study on fornix injury by intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We attempted to investigate fornix body injury in patients with ICH, using DTT. METHODS We identified 58 consecutive stroke patients using the following criteria: (1) first-ever stroke, (2) age: 45-65 years, (3) hemorrhage confined within the corona radiata and basal ganglion level, (4) an available DTT scan performed during the early stage of ICH (1-5 weeks after onset). Among 58 consecutive patients, we identified six patients who showed disruption at the fornix body. RESULTS Following ICH, 10.7% of patients revealed complete disruption of the fornix body on DTT. Results from DTT of the fornix showed disruption in anterior and posterior portions of the fornix body in three patients, in the anterior portion of the fornix body in two patient, and in the posterior portion of the fornix body in one patient. CONCLUSIONS We report on six patients who showed complete disruption of the fornix body following ICH. It is our belief that the fornix of patients with ICH could be evaluated using DTT.
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- Sang Seok Yeo
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Seoul, South Korea
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Rünker AE, O'Tuathaigh C, Dunleavy M, Morris DW, Little GE, Corvin AP, Gill M, Henshall DC, Waddington JL, Mitchell KJ. Mutation of Semaphorin-6A disrupts limbic and cortical connectivity and models neurodevelopmental psychopathology. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26488. [PMID: 22132072 PMCID: PMC3221675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism are characterised by cellular disorganisation and dysconnectivity across the brain and can be caused by mutations in genes that control neurodevelopmental processes. To examine how neurodevelopmental defects can affect brain function and behaviour, we have comprehensively investigated the consequences of mutation of one such gene, Semaphorin-6A, on cellular organisation, axonal projection patterns, behaviour and physiology in mice. These analyses reveal a spectrum of widespread but subtle anatomical defects in Sema6A mutants, notably in limbic and cortical cellular organisation, lamination and connectivity. These mutants display concomitant alterations in the electroencephalogram and hyper-exploratory behaviour, which are characteristic of models of psychosis and reversible by the antipsychotic clozapine. They also show altered social interaction and deficits in object recognition and working memory. Mice with mutations in Sema6A or the interacting genes may thus represent a highly informative model for how neurodevelopmental defects can lead to anatomical dysconnectivity, resulting, either directly or through reactive mechanisms, in dysfunction at the level of neuronal networks with associated behavioural phenotypes of relevance to psychiatric disorders. The biological data presented here also make these genes plausible candidates to explain human linkage findings for schizophrenia and autism.
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- Annette E. Rünker
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Nickl-Jockschat T, Stöcker T, Markov V, Krug A, Huang R, Schneider F, Habel U, Zerres K, Nöthen MM, Treutlein J, Rietschel M, Shah NJ, Kircher T. The impact of a Dysbindin schizophrenia susceptibility variant on fiber tract integrity in healthy individuals: a TBSS-based diffusion tensor imaging study. Neuroimage 2011; 60:847-53. [PMID: 22019876 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Revised: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with high heritability, though its exact etiopathogenesis is yet unknown. An increasing number of studies point to the importance of white matter anomalies in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. While several studies have identified the impact of schizophrenia susceptibility gene variants on gray matter anatomy in both schizophrenia patients and healthy risk variant carriers, studies dealing with the impact of these gene variants on white matter integrity are still scarce. We here present a study on the effects of a Dysbindin schizophrenia susceptibility gene variant on fiber tract integrity in healthy young subjects. 101 subjects genotyped for Dysbindin-gene variant rs1018381, though without personal or first degree relative history of psychiatric disorders underwent diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), 83 of them were included in the final analysis. We used Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) analysis to delineate the major fiber tracts. Carriers of the minor allele T of the rs1018381 in the Dysbindin gene showed two clusters of reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) values in the perihippocampal region of the right temporal lobe compared to homozygote carriers of the major allele C. Clusters of increased FA values in T-allele carriers were found in the left prefrontal white matter, the right fornix, the right midbrain area, the left callosal body, the left cerebellum and in proximity of the right superior medial gyrus. Dysbindin has been implicated in neurite outgrowth and morphology. Impairments in anatomic connectivity as found associated with the minor Dysbindin allele in our study may result in increased risk for schizophrenia due to altered fiber tracts.
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Hong JH, Choi BY, Chang CH, Kim SH, Jung YJ, Byun WM, Jang SH. Injuries of the Cingulum and Fornix After Rupture of an Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm. Neurosurgery 2011; 70:819-23. [PMID: 21937938 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0b013e3182367124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND:
After rupture of an anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysm, the anterior cingulum and the fornix can be vulnerable to injury. However, very little is known about this topic.
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate injuries of the cingulum and fornix in patients with an ACoA aneurysm rupture with diffusion tensor tractography.
METHODS:
Eleven consecutive patients with an ACoA aneurysm rupture and 11 age- and sex-matched normal control subjects were recruited. Diffusion tensor imaging was scanned at an average of 54.1 days (range, 29–97 days) after onset of ACoA aneurysm rupture.
RESULTS:
We found that 6 (54.5%) and 7 (63.6%) of 11 patients revealed no trajectory of the anterior cingulum and the fornical body on diffusion tensor tractography, respectively. In terms of diffusion tensor imaging parameters, we found that the fractional anisotropy value and tract volume of the cingulum and fornix were decreased (P < .05) and that mean diffusivity values were increased (P < .05), except for those of the left fornix, which showed no difference (P > .05).
CONCLUSION:
We found injuries of the cingulum and fornix in patients with an ACoA aneurysm rupture. It is our belief that sustained memory impairment of patients with an ACoA aneurysm rupture might be related to injury of the cingulum and fornix. Therefore, we recommend evaluation of the cingulum and fornix with diffusion tensor tractography for patients with an ACoA aneurysm rupture.
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- Ji Heon Hong
- Department of Physical Therapy, Sun Moon University, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Waters-Metenier SL, Toulopoulou T. Putative diffusion tensor neuroimaging endophenotypes in schizophrenia: a review of the early evidence. FUTURE NEUROLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.2217/fnl.11.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although schizophrenia has a high heritability, the genetic effects conferring diathesis to schizophrenia are thought to be complex and underlain by multifactorial polygenic inheritance. ‘Endophenotypes’, or ‘intermediate phenotypes’, are narrowed constructs of genetic risk that are assumed to be more proximal to the gene effects in the disease pathway than clinical phenotypes. A current aim in schizophrenia research is to identify promising putative endophenotypes for use in molecular genetics studies. Recently, much of the focus has been on neurocognitive, conventional T1-weighted structural MRI, functional MRI and electrophysiological endophenotypes. Diffusion tensor imaging has emerged as another important structural neuroimaging modality in the aim to identify abnormalities in brain connectivity and diffusivity in schizophrenia, and abnormalities detected via this method may be promising candidate endophenotypes. In this article, we present the first comprehensive review of the early evidence that qualifies diffusion tensor abnormalities as potentially appropriate endophenotypes of schizophrenia.
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- Sheena Lindsey Waters-Metenier
- Department of Psychosis Studies, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia is characterized by a lack of integration between thought, emotion, and behavior. A disruption in the connectivity between brain processes may underlie this schism. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were used to evaluate functional and anatomical brain connectivity in schizophrenia. METHODS In all, 29 chronic schizophrenia patients (11 females, age: mean=41.3, SD=9.28) and 29 controls (11 females, age: mean=41.1, SD=10.6) were recruited. Schizophrenia patients were assessed for severity of negative and positive symptoms and general cognitive abilities of attention/concentration and memory. Participants underwent a resting-fMRI scan and a DTI scan. For fMRI data, a hybrid independent components analysis was used to extract the group default mode network (DMN) and accompanying time-courses. Voxel-wise whole-brain multiple regressions with corresponding DMN time-courses was conducted for each subject. A t-test was conducted on resulting DMN correlation maps to look between-group differences. For DTI data, voxel-wise statistical analysis of the fractional anisotropy data was carried out to look for between-group differences. Voxel-wise correlations were conducted to investigate the relationship between brain connectivity and behavioral measures. RESULTS Results revealed altered functional and anatomical connectivity in medial frontal and anterior cingulate gyri of schizophrenia patients. In addition, frontal connectivity in schizophrenia patients was positively associated with symptoms as well as with general cognitive ability measures. DISCUSSION The present study shows convergent fMRI and DTI findings that are consistent with the disconnection hypothesis in schizophrenia, particularly in medial frontal regions, while adding some insight of the relationship between brain disconnectivity and behavior.
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- Jazmin Camchong
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Suite 516, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
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Abdul-Rahman MF, Qiu A, Sim K. Regionally specific white matter disruptions of fornix and cingulum in schizophrenia. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18652. [PMID: 21533181 PMCID: PMC3077390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Limbic circuitry disruptions have been implicated in the psychopathology and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia, which may involve white matter disruptions of the major tracts of the limbic system, including the fornix and the cingulum. Our study aimed to investigate regionally specific abnormalities of the fornix and cingulum in schizophrenia using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). We determined the fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) profiles along the fornix and cingulum tracts using a fibertracking technique and a brain mapping algorithm, the large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping (LDDMM), in the DTI scans of 33 patients with schizophrenia and 31 age-, gender-, and handedness-matched healthy controls. We found that patients with schizophrenia showed reduction in FA and increase in RD in bilateral fornix, and increase in RD in left anterior cingulum when compared to healthy controls. In addition, tract-based analysis revealed specific loci of these white matter differences in schizophrenia, that is, FA reductions and AD and RD increases occur in the region of the left fornix further from the hippocampus, FA reductions and RD increases occur in the rostral portion of the left anterior cingulum, and RD and AD increases occur in the anterior segment of the left middle cingulum. In patients with schizophrenia, decreased FA in the specific loci of the left fornix and increased AD in the right cingulum adjoining the hippocampus correlated with greater severity of psychotic symptoms. These findings support precise disruptions of limbic-cortical integrity in schizophrenia and disruption of these structural networks may contribute towards the neural basis underlying the syndrome of schizophrenia and clinical symptomatology.
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- Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Clinical Imaging Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore
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- Research Department, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
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OBJECTIVES The fornix is indirectly connected to the anterior thalamus via the mamilothalamic tract. There has been no diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) study on the effect of thalamic hemorrhage on the fornix. Using DTT, we attempted to investigate the effect of thalamic hemorrhage on the fornix in patients with thalamic hemorrhage. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty-one consecutive patients with thalamic hemorrhage and 21 age-matched normal healthy control subjects were recruited. DTT data were acquired at an average of 21 days after onset. We measured fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of the three parts of the fornix (column, body, and crus) respectively. RESULTS FA values of the affected and unaffected hemispheres in the patient group were lower than those of the control group in all three parts of the fornix (p < .05). By contrast, compared with the control group, the ADC value was found to be increased only in the body (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS According to our results, the FA value decrement with increased or normal ADC value in the patient group seems to indicate neuronal loss in the fornix, which appeared to be ascribed to secondary degeneration following thalamic hemorrhage.
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- Sang Seok Yeo
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Bodnar M, Malla AK, Czechowska Y, Benoit A, Fathalli F, Joober R, Pruessner M, Pruessner J, Lepage M. Neural markers of remission in first-episode schizophrenia: a volumetric neuroimaging study of the hippocampus and amygdala. Schizophr Res 2010; 122:72-80. [PMID: 20630708 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 06/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The temporolimbic region has been implicated in the pathophysiology in schizophrenia. More specifically, significantly smaller hippocampal volumes but not amygdala volumes have been identified at onset in first-episode schizophrenia (FES) patients. However, volumetric differences (namely, in the hippocampus) exhibit an ambiguous relationship with long-term outcome. So, we examined the relationship between hippocampus and amygdala volumes and early remission status. METHODS We compared hippocampus and amygdala volumes between 40 non-remitted and 17 remitted FES patients and 57 healthy controls. Amygdala and hippocampus were manually traced with the hippocampus additionally segmented into three parts: body, head, and tail. Remission was defined as mild or less on both positive and negative symptoms over a period of 6 consecutive months as per the 2005 Remission in Schizophrenia Working Group criteria. RESULTS A significant [group x structure x side] interaction revealed outcome groups differed in hippocampus tail volumes; significantly on the left (non-remitted=694+/-175 mm(3); remitted=855+/-133 mm(3); p=0.001) with a trend difference on the right (non-remitted=723+/-162 mm(3); remitted=833+/-126 mm(3); p=0.023). Groups did not differ in body, head, or amygdala volumes bi-laterally. CONCLUSIONS A smaller hippocampal tail volume may represent a neural marker in FES patients who do not achieve early remission after the first 6 months of treatment. The early identification of patients with poor outcome with respect to the hippocampus tail may encourage the search for new, more target-specific, medications in hope of improving outcome and moving us towards a better understanding of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Michael Bodnar
- Brain Imaging Group, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada.
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White matter integrity in mild cognitive impairment: a tract-based spatial statistics study. Neuroimage 2010; 53:16-25. [PMID: 20595067 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a clinical diagnosis has limited specificity, and identifying imaging biomarkers may improve its predictive validity as a pre-dementia syndrome. This study used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to detect white matter (WM) structural alterations in MCI and its subtypes, and aimed to examine if DTI can serve as a potential imaging marker of MCI. We studied 96 amnestic MCI (aMCI), 69 non-amnestic MCI (naMCI), and 252 cognitively normal (CN) controls. DTI was performed to measure fractional anisotropy (FA), and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were applied to investigate the characteristics of WM changes in aMCI and naMCI. The diagnostic utility of DTI in distinguishing MCI from CN was further evaluated by using a binary logistic regression model. We found that FA was significantly reduced in aMCI and naMCI when compared with CN. For aMCI subjects, decreased FA was seen in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital WM, together with several commissural, association, and projection fibres. The best discrimination between aMCI and controls was achieved by combining FA measures of the splenium of corpus callosum and crus of fornix, with accuracy of 74.8% (sensitivity 71.0%, specificity 76.2%). For naMCI subjects, WM abnormality was more anatomically widespread, but the temporal lobe WM was relatively spared. These results suggest that aMCI is best characterized by pathology consistent with early Alzheimer's disease, whereas underlying pathology in naMCI is more heterogeneous, and DTI analysis of white matter structural integrity can serve as a potential biomarker of MCI and its subtypes.
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Camchong J, Lim KO, Sponheim SR, Macdonald AW. Frontal white matter integrity as an endophenotype for schizophrenia: diffusion tensor imaging in monozygotic twins and patients' nonpsychotic relatives. Front Hum Neurosci 2009; 3:35. [PMID: 19893757 PMCID: PMC2773169 DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.035.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides anatomical connectivity information by examining the directional organization of white matter microstructure. Anatomical connectivity and its abnormalities may be heritable traits associated with schizophrenia. To further examine this hypothesis, two studies were conducted to compare anatomical connectivity between (a) monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs and random pairings among twins and (b) first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients and a healthy control group. Analyses focused on frontal regions of the brain following previous findings of anatomical connectivity abnormalities associated with schizophrenia. For Study 1, eighteen MZ twin pairs (11 female pairs, age: M = 25.44, SD = 5.69) were recruited. For Study 2, twenty-two first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients (14 females, age: M = 48.50, SD = 8.22), and 30 healthy controls (12 females, age: M = 43.83, SD = 11.39) were recruited. Fractional anisotropy (FA), a white matter directional organization metric, was measured with DTI. In Study 1, FA values were more strongly correlated between MZ twin pairs than between randomly generated pairs in genu of corpus callosum, anterior cingulum and forceps minor. In Study 2, relatives of schizophrenia patients showed reduced FA values in medial frontal white matter (p < 0.05, corrected). The present study suggested that anatomical connectivity in medial prefrontal cortex appeared significantly heritable within MZ twin pairs, an important criterion in the development of an endophenotype. In addition, altered medial frontal white matter integrity found in non-affected relatives of schizophrenia patients seems to suggest that reduced white matter integrity in medial frontal regions of the brain might be associated with the genetic liability to schizophrenia.
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- Jazmin Camchong
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Takei K, Yamasue H, Abe O, Yamada H, Inoue H, Suga M, Muroi M, Sasaki H, Aoki S, Kasai K. Structural disruption of the dorsal cingulum bundle is associated with impaired Stroop performance in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2009; 114:119-27. [PMID: 19505800 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Revised: 05/03/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have shown structural abnormalities of the cingulum bundle (CB) in patients with schizophrenia. However, regional specificity and functional relevance of the pregenual and dorsal CB subdivisions has not been fully studied. In the current study, 31 patients with schizophrenia and 65 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects underwent DTI to measure fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) in cross sections of dorsal and pregenual CB tractography. To test the hypothesis of region-specific association with neurocognition, all of the patients and 31 controls performed the Stroop task, which is assumed to mainly involve dorsal cingulate function. The verbal memory subscale of Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised and premorbid IQs estimated from the Japanese version of the National Adult Reading Test, which were non-specific to dorsal cingulate function, were also employed as control neurocognitive indices. Significant bilateral FA reductions in the pregenual and dorsal CB, and bilateral MD increases in the dorsal CB were observed in the patients compared with the controls. As predicted, significant associations between DTI measures and neurocognition were found in the schizophrenia group only: double-dissociable correlation between higher MD in the dorsal, not in the pregenual CB, and a longer reaction time in the Stroop task, not verbal memory or premorbid IQs. The current DTI study suggests that structural disruption of the dorsal CB has region-specific functional relevance to selective attention deficits, although structural disruption also exists in the pregenual CB in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Kunio Takei
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Kiuchi K, Morikawa M, Taoka T, Nagashima T, Yamauchi T, Makinodan M, Norimoto K, Hashimoto K, Kosaka J, Inoue Y, Inoue M, Kichikawa K, Kishimoto T. Abnormalities of the uncinate fasciculus and posterior cingulate fasciculus in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease: a diffusion tensor tractography study. Brain Res 2009; 1287:184-91. [PMID: 19559010 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.06.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered the transitional stage between normal cognition and dementia. The aim of this study was to use tractography based analysis to elucidate alterations in subjects with MCI compared with subjects with early Alzheimer's disease (AD) and controls. Seventeen subjects with early AD, 16 with MCI and 16 controls underwent magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neuropsychological assessment. Diffusion tensor tractographies were computed and fiber-tract maps were generated using "dTV II" DTI software. We measured mean fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values along the uncinate fasciculus (UNC), posterior cingulate fasciculus (PCF) and corticospinal tract (CST). There were statistically significant differences in the FA and ADC values of the UNC and PCF between subjects with early AD and controls. Subjects with MCI exhibited significantly lower FA values on both sides of the PCF relative to controls. However, there were no significant differences between subjects with early AD and MCI for any measurement. Our results suggest that alterations in the PCF precede the onset of dementia.
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- Kuniaki Kiuchi
- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
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Diffusion tractography of the fornix in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2009; 107:39-46. [PMID: 19046624 PMCID: PMC2646850 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND White matter fiber tracts, especially those interconnecting the frontal and temporal lobes, are likely implicated in pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Very few studies, however, have focused on the fornix, a compact bundle of white matter fibers, projecting from the hippocampus to the septum, anterior nucleus of the thalamus and the mamillary bodies. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), and a new post-processing method, fiber tractography, provides a unique opportunity to visualize and to quantify entire trajectories of fiber bundles, such as the fornix, in vivo. We applied these techniques to quantify fornix diffusion anisotropy in schizophrenia. METHODS DTI images were used to evaluate the left and the right fornix in 36 male patients diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia and 35 male healthy individuals, group matched on age, parental socioeconomic status, and handedness. Regions of interest were drawn manually, blind to group membership, to guide tractography, and fractional anisotropy (FA), a measure of fiber integrity, was calculated and averaged over the entire tract for each subject. The Doors and People test (DPT) was used to evaluate visual and verbal memory, combined recall and combined recognition. RESULTS Analysis of variance was performed and findings demonstrated a difference between patients with schizophrenia and controls for fornix FA (p=0.006). Protected post-hoc independent sample t-tests demonstrated a bilateral FA decrease in schizophrenia, compared with control subjects (left side: p=0.048; right side p=0.006). Higher fornix FA was statistically significantly correlated with DPT and measures of combined visual memory (r=0.554, p=0.026), combined verbal memory (r=0.647, p=0.007), combined recall (r=0.516, p=0.041), and combined recognition (r=0.710, p=0.002) for the control group. No such statistically significant correlations were found in the patient group. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show the utility of applying DTI and tractography to study white matter fiber tracts in vivo in schizophrenia. Specifically, we observed a bilateral disruption in fornix integrity in schizophrenia, thus broadening our understanding of the pathophysiology of this disease.
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