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Du Y, Niu J, Xing Y, Li B, Calhoun VD. Neuroimage Analysis Methods and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Reliable Biomarkers and Accurate Diagnosis of Schizophrenia: Achievements Made by Chinese Scholars Around the Past Decade. Schizophr Bull 2024:sbae110. [PMID: 38982882 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS Schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by significant cognitive and behavioral disruptions. Neuroimaging techniques, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have been widely utilized to investigate biomarkers of SZ, distinguish SZ from healthy conditions or other mental disorders, and explore biotypes within SZ or across SZ and other mental disorders, which aim to promote the accurate diagnosis of SZ. In China, research on SZ using MRI has grown considerably in recent years. STUDY DESIGN The article reviews advanced neuroimaging and artificial intelligence (AI) methods using single-modal or multimodal MRI to reveal the mechanism of SZ and promote accurate diagnosis of SZ, with a particular emphasis on the achievements made by Chinese scholars around the past decade. STUDY RESULTS Our article focuses on the methods for capturing subtle brain functional and structural properties from the high-dimensional MRI data, the multimodal fusion and feature selection methods for obtaining important and sparse neuroimaging features, the supervised statistical analysis and classification for distinguishing disorders, and the unsupervised clustering and semi-supervised learning methods for identifying neuroimage-based biotypes. Crucially, our article highlights the characteristics of each method and underscores the interconnections among various approaches regarding biomarker extraction and neuroimage-based diagnosis, which is beneficial not only for comprehending SZ but also for exploring other mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS We offer a valuable review of advanced neuroimage analysis and AI methods primarily focused on SZ research by Chinese scholars, aiming to promote the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of SZ, as well as other mental disorders, both within China and internationally.
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- Yuhui Du
- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- The Tri-Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, 30303, GA, USA
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Bryant AG, Aquino K, Parkes L, Fornito A, Fulcher BD. Extracting interpretable signatures of whole-brain dynamics through systematic comparison. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.10.573372. [PMID: 38915560 PMCID: PMC11195072 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.10.573372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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The brain's complex distributed dynamics are typically quantified using a limited set of manually selected statistical properties, leaving the possibility that alternative dynamical properties may outperform those reported for a given application. Here, we address this limitation by systematically comparing diverse, interpretable features of both intra-regional activity and inter-regional functional coupling from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data, demonstrating our method using case-control comparisons of four neuropsychiatric disorders. Our findings generally support the use of linear time-series analysis techniques for rs-fMRI case-control analyses, while also identifying new ways to quantify informative dynamical fMRI structures. While simple statistical representations of fMRI dynamics performed surprisingly well (e.g., properties within a single brain region), combining intra-regional properties with inter-regional coupling generally improved performance, underscoring the distributed, multifaceted changes to fMRI dynamics in neuropsychiatric disorders. The comprehensive, data-driven method introduced here enables systematic identification and interpretation of quantitative dynamical signatures of multivariate time-series data, with applicability beyond neuroimaging to diverse scientific problems involving complex time-varying systems.
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- Annie G. Bryant
- School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
- Brain Key Incorporated, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Health Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Turner Institute for Brain & Mental Health, Monash University, VIC, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain & Mental Health, Monash University, VIC, Australia
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- School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Zhao Y, Wu B, Kang J. Bayesian interaction selection model for multimodal neuroimaging data analysis. Biometrics 2023; 79:655-668. [PMID: 35220581 PMCID: PMC9418386 DOI: 10.1111/biom.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Multimodality or multiconstruct data arise increasingly in functional neuroimaging studies to characterize brain activity under different cognitive states. Relying on those high-resolution imaging collections, it is of great interest to identify predictive imaging markers and intermodality interactions with respect to behavior outcomes. Currently, most of the existing variable selection models do not consider predictive effects from interactions, and the desired higher-order terms can only be included in the predictive mechanism following a two-step procedure, suffering from potential misspecification. In this paper, we propose a unified Bayesian prior model to simultaneously identify main effect features and intermodality interactions within the same inference platform in the presence of high-dimensional data. To accommodate the brain topological information and correlation between modalities, our prior is designed by compiling the intermediate selection status of sequential partitions in light of the data structure and brain anatomical architecture, so that we can improve posterior inference and enhance biological plausibility. Through extensive simulations, we show the superiority of our approach in main and interaction effects selection, and prediction under multimodality data. Applying the method to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, we characterize the brain functional underpinnings with respect to general cognitive ability under different memory load conditions.
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- Yize Zhao
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, US
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- Center for Applied Statistics, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US
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Duan J, Gong X, Womer FY, Sun K, Tang L, Liu J, Zheng J, Zhu Y, Tang Y, Zhang X, Wang F. Neurodevelopmental trajectories, polygenic risk, and lipometabolism in vulnerability and resilience to schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:153. [PMID: 36894907 PMCID: PMC9999573 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04597-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia (SZ) arises from a complex interplay involving genetic and molecular factors. Early intervention of SZ hinges upon understanding its vulnerability and resiliency factors in study of SZ and genetic high risk for SZ (GHR). METHODS Herein, using integrative and multimodal strategies, we first performed a longitudinal study of neural function as measured by amplitude of low frequency function (ALFF) in 21 SZ, 26 GHR, and 39 healthy controls to characterize neurodevelopmental trajectories of SZ and GHR. Then, we examined the relationship between polygenic risk score for SZ (SZ-PRS), lipid metabolism, and ALFF in 78 SZ, and 75 GHR in cross-sectional design to understand its genetic and molecular substrates. RESULTS Across time, SZ and GHR diverge in ALFF alterations of the left medial orbital frontal cortex (MOF). At baseline, both SZ and GHR had increased left MOF ALFF compared to HC (P < 0.05). At follow-up, increased ALFF persisted in SZ, yet normalized in GHR. Further, membrane genes and lipid species for cell membranes predicted left MOF ALFF in SZ; whereas in GHR, fatty acids best predicted and were negatively correlated (r = -0.302, P < 0.05) with left MOF. CONCLUSIONS Our findings implicate divergence in ALFF alteration in left MOF between SZ and GHR with disease progression, reflecting vulnerability and resiliency to SZ. They also indicate different influences of membrane genes and lipid metabolism on left MOF ALFF in SZ and GHR, which have important implications for understanding mechanisms underlying vulnerability and resiliency in SZ and contribute to translational efforts for early intervention.
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- Jia Duan
- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China.,Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Human Phenome Institute, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China.,Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China.,Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China.,Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- Department of Psychiatry. Early Intervention Unit, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, PR China. .,Department of Psychiatry and Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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Association of reduced local activities in the default mode and sensorimotor networks with clinical characteristics in first-diagnosed of schizophrenia. Neuroscience 2022; 495:47-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Du H, Xia J, Fan J, Gao F, Wang X, Han Y, Tan C, Zhu X. Spontaneous neural activity in the right fusiform gyrus and putamen is associated with consummatory anhedonia in obsessive compulsive disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:1708-1720. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00619-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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McHugo M, Rogers BP, Avery SN, Armstrong K, Blackford JU, Vandekar SN, Roeske MJ, Woodward ND, Heckers S. Increased amplitude of hippocampal low frequency fluctuations in early psychosis: A two-year follow-up study. Schizophr Res 2022; 241:260-266. [PMID: 35180665 PMCID: PMC8960358 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuroimaging studies have revealed hippocampal hyperactivity in schizophrenia. In the early stage of the illness, hyperactivity is present in the anterior hippocampus and is thought to spread to other regions as the illness progresses. However, there is limited evidence for changes in basal hippocampal function following the onset of psychosis. Resting state functional MRI signal amplitude may be a proxy measure for increased metabolism and disrupted oscillatory activity, both consequences of an excitation/inhibition imbalance underlying hippocampal hyperactivity. Here, we used fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF) to test the hypothesis of progressive hippocampal hyperactivity in a two-year longitudinal case-control study. We found higher fALFF in the anterior and posterior hippocampus of individuals in the early stage of non-affective psychosis at study entry. Contrary to our hypothesis of progressive hippocampal dysfunction, we found evidence for normalization of fALFF over time in psychosis. Our findings support a model in which hippocampal fALFF is a marker of psychosis vulnerability or acute illness state rather than an enduring feature of the illness.
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- Maureen McHugo
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Sciences, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Yuan L, Ma X, Li D, Li Z, Ouyang L, Fan L, Yang Z, Zhang Z, Li C, He Y, Chen X. Abnormal Brain Network Interaction Associated With Positive Symptoms in Drug-Naive Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:870709. [PMID: 35656348 PMCID: PMC9152123 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.870709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Positive symptoms are marked features of schizophrenia, and emerging evidence has suggested that abnormalities of the brain network underlying these symptoms may play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of the disease. We constructed two brain functional networks based on the positive and negative correlations between positive symptom scores and brain connectivity in drug-naive patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES, n = 45) by using a machine-learning approach (connectome-based predictive modeling, CPM). The accuracy of the model was r = 0.47 (p = 0.002). The positively and negatively associated network strengths were then compared among FES subjects, individuals at genetic high risk (GHR, n = 41) for schizophrenia, and healthy controls (HCs, n = 48). The results indicated that the positively associated network contained more cross-subnetwork connections (96.02% of 176 edges), with a focus on the default-mode network (DMN)-salience network (SN) and the DMN-frontoparietal task control (FPT) network. The negatively associated network had fewer cross-subnetwork connections (71.79% of 117 edges) and focused on the sensory/somatomotor hand (SMH)-Cingulo opercular task control (COTC) network, the DMN, and the visual network with significantly decreased connectivity in the COTC-SMH network in FES (FES < GHR, p = 0.01; FES < HC, p = 0.01). Additionally, the connectivity strengths of the right supplementary motor area (SMA) (p < 0.001) and the right precentral gyrus (p < 0.0001) were reduced in FES. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to generate two brain networks associated with positive symptoms by utilizing CPM in FES. Abnormal segregation, interactions of brain subnetworks, and impaired SMA might lead to salience attribution abnormalities and, thus, as a result, induce positive symptoms in schizophrenia.
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- Liu Yuan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Mental Health Institute of Central South University, China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Hunan Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, China
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Sun D, Guo H, Womer FY, Yang J, Tang J, Liu J, Zhu Y, Duan J, Peng Z, Wang H, Tan Q, Zhu Q, Wei Y, Xu K, Zhang Y, Tang Y, Zhang X, Xu F, Wang J, Wang F. Frontal-posterior functional imbalance and aberrant function developmental patterns in schizophrenia. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:495. [PMID: 34580274 PMCID: PMC8476507 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01617-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a neurodevelopmental disorder. There remain significant gaps in understanding the neural trajectory across development in SZ. A major research focus is to clarify the developmental functional changes of SZ and to identify the specific timing, the specific brain regions, and the underlying mechanisms of brain alterations during SZ development. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) characterizing brain function was collected and analyzed on humans with SZ (hSZ) and healthy controls (HC) cross-sectionally, and methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) rats, a neurodevelopmental model of SZ, and vehicle rats longitudinally from adolescence to adulthood. Metabolomic and proteomic profiling in adult MAM rats and vehicle rats was examined and bioanalyzed. Compared to HC or adult vehicle rats, similar ReHo alterations were observed in hSZ and adult MAM rats, characterized by increased frontal (medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices) and decreased posterior (visual and associated cortices) ReHo. Longitudinal analysis of MAM rats showed aberrant ReHo patterns as decreased posterior ReHo in adolescence and increased frontal and decreased posterior ReHo in adulthood. Accordingly, it was suggested that the visual cortex was a critical locus and adolescence was a sensitive window in SZ development. In addition, metabolic and proteomic alterations in adult MAM rats suggested that central carbon metabolism disturbance and mitochondrial dysfunction were the potential mechanisms underlying the ReHo alterations. This study proposed frontal-posterior functional imbalance and aberrant function developmental patterns in SZ, suggesting that the adolescent visual cortex was a critical locus and a sensitive window in SZ development. These findings from linking data between hSZ and MAM rats may have a significant translational contribution to the development of effective therapies in SZ.
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- Dandan Sun
- grid.452816.c0000 0004 1757 9522Department of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University & The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China ,grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China ,grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO USA
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- grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China ,grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China ,grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.233520.50000 0004 1761 4404Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- grid.233520.50000 0004 1761 4404Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- grid.233520.50000 0004 1761 4404Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- grid.415680.e0000 0000 9549 5392Liaoning Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, China
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- grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.412636.4Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- grid.17089.37Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- grid.412636.4Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- grid.89957.3a0000 0000 9255 8984School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Behavior, Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China. .,Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. .,Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Peng Y, Zhang S, Zhou Y, Song Y, Yang G, Hao K, Yang Y, Li W, Lv L, Zhang Y. Abnormal functional connectivity based on nodes of the default mode network in first-episode drug-naive early-onset schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2021; 295:113578. [PMID: 33243520 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Schizophrenia is considered a connectivity disorder. Further, the functional connectivity (FC) of the default-mode network (DMN) has gained the interest of researchers. However, few studies have been conducted on the abnormal connectivity of DMN in early-onset schizophrenia (EOS). In this study, the key brain regions of the DMN were used as seed regions to analyze the FC of the whole brain in EOS. When the seed was located in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), patients with EOS exhibited decreased FC between mPFC and other brain regions compared with healthy controls (voxel P value < 0.001, cluster P value < 0.05, Gaussian random field corrected). When the seed was located in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), the FC between PCC and other brain regions was enhanced and weakened (voxel P value < 0.001, cluster P value < 0.05, Gaussian random field corrected), and PCC connectivity with the right parahippocampal gyrus was associated with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale scores for the general score (r = -0.315, P = 0.02). The results showed that the FC within the DMN and that between DMN and visual networks were abnormal, suggesting that the DMN might be involved in the pathogenesis of EOS.
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- Yue Peng
- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Mental Health Center of Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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- Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang 453002, China.
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EEG Source Network for the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and the Identification of Subtypes Based on Symptom Severity-A Machine Learning Approach. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9123934. [PMID: 33291657 PMCID: PMC7761931 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9123934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A precise diagnosis and a comprehensive assessment of symptom severity are important clinical issues in patients with schizophrenia (SZ). We investigated whether electroencephalography (EEG) features obtained from EEG source network analyses could be effectively applied to classify the SZ subtypes based on symptom severity. Sixty-four electrode EEG signals were recorded from 119 patients with SZ (53 males and 66 females) and 119 normal controls (NC, 51 males and 68 females) during resting-state with closed eyes. Brain network features (global and local clustering coefficient and global path length) were calculated from EEG source activities. According to positive, negative, and cognitive/disorganization symptoms, the SZ patients were divided into two groups (high and low) by positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS). To select features for classification, we used the sequential forward selection (SFS) method. The classification accuracy was evaluated using 10 by 10-fold cross-validation with the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) classifier. The best classification accuracy was 80.66% for estimating SZ patients from the NC group. The best classification accuracy between low and high groups in positive, negative, and cognitive/disorganization symptoms were 88.10%, 75.25%, and 77.78%, respectively. The selected features well-represented the pathological brain regions of SZ. Our study suggested that resting-state EEG network features could successfully classify between SZ patients and the NC, and between low and high SZ groups in positive, negative, and cognitive/disorganization symptoms.
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Chen C, Wang GH, Wu SH, Zou JL, Zhou Y, Wang HL. Abnormal Local Activity and Functional Dysconnectivity in Patients with Schizophrenia Having Auditory Verbal Hallucinations. Curr Med Sci 2020; 40:979-984. [PMID: 33123911 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-020-2271-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Auditory verbal hallucination (AVH) is emphasized as a pathological hallmark of schizophrenia. Neuroimaging studies provide evidence linking AVH to overlapping functional abnormalities in distributed networks. However, no clear conclusion has still been reached. This study aimed to further explore the brain activity of patients with schizophrenia having AVH from both local activity (LA) and functional connectivity (FC) insights, while excluding confounding factors from other positive symptoms. A total of 42 patients with AVH (AVH patients group, APG), 26 without AVH (non-AVH patients group, NPG), and 82 normal controls (NC) underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). LA measures, including regional homogeneity (ReHo) and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF), and FC measures were evaluated to understand the neuroimaging mechanism of AVH. APG showed increased ReHo and fALFF in the bilateral putamen (Put) compared with NPG and NC. FC analysis (using bilateral putamen as seeds) revealed that all patients showed abnormal FC of multiple resting-state network regions, including the anterior and post cingulate cortex, middle frontal gyrus, inferior parietal gyrus, and left angular gyrus. Interestingly, APG showed significantly decreased FC of insula extending to the superior temporal gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus compared with NPG and NC. The present findings suggested a significant correlation of abnormal LA and dysfunctional putamen-auditory cortical connectivity with the neuropathological mechanism of AVH, providing evidence for the functional disconnection hypothesis of schizophrenia.
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- Cheng Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
- Hubei Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry Research, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Institute of Psychology, CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Beijing, 100101, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China.
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Sasabayashi D, Takayanagi Y, Takahashi T, Katagiri N, Sakuma A, Obara C, Katsura M, Okada N, Koike S, Yamasue H, Nakamura M, Furuichi A, Kido M, Nishikawa Y, Noguchi K, Matsumoto K, Mizuno M, Kasai K, Suzuki M. Subcortical Brain Volume Abnormalities in Individuals With an At-risk Mental State. Schizophr Bull 2020; 46:834-845. [PMID: 32162659 PMCID: PMC7342178 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Previous structural magnetic resonance imaging studies of psychotic disorders have demonstrated volumetric alterations in subcortical (ie, the basal ganglia, thalamus) and temporolimbic structures, which are involved in high-order cognition and emotional regulation. However, it remains unclear whether individuals at high risk for psychotic disorders with minimal confounding effects of medication exhibit volumetric changes in these regions. This multicenter magnetic resonance imaging study assessed regional volumes of the thalamus, caudate, putamen, nucleus accumbens, globus pallidus, hippocampus, and amygdala, as well as lateral ventricular volume using FreeSurfer software in 107 individuals with an at-risk mental state (ARMS) (of whom 21 [19.6%] later developed psychosis during clinical follow-up [mean = 4.9 years, SD = 2.6 years]) and 104 age- and gender-matched healthy controls recruited at 4 different sites. ARMS individuals as a whole demonstrated significantly larger volumes for the left caudate and bilateral lateral ventricles as well as a smaller volume for the right accumbens compared with controls. In male subjects only, the left globus pallidus was significantly larger in ARMS individuals. The ARMS group was also characterized by left-greater-than-right asymmetries of the lateral ventricle and caudate nucleus. There was no significant difference in the regional volumes between ARMS groups with and without later psychosis onset. The present study suggested that significant volume expansion of the lateral ventricle, caudate, and globus pallidus, as well as volume reduction of the accumbens, in ARMS subjects, which could not be explained only by medication effects, might be related to general vulnerability to psychopathology.
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- Daiki Sasabayashi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan,To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; tel: +81-76-434-7323, fax: +81-76-434-5030, e-mail:
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan,Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan,Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan,International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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Gong J, Wang J, Luo X, Chen G, Huang H, Huang R, Huang L, Wang Y. Abnormalities of intrinsic regional brain activity in first-episode and chronic schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of resting-state functional MRI. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2020; 45:55-68. [PMID: 31580042 PMCID: PMC6919918 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.180245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) studies have provided much evidence for abnormal intrinsic brain activity in schizophrenia, but results have been inconsistent. METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis of whole-brain, resting-state fMRI studies that explored differences in amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) between people with schizophrenia (including first episode and chronic) and healthy controls. RESULTS A systematic literature search identified 24 studies comparing a total of 1249 people with schizophrenia and 1179 healthy controls. Overall, patients with schizophrenia displayed decreased ALFF in the bilateral postcentral gyrus, bilateral precuneus, left inferior parietal gyri and right occipital lobe, and increased ALFF in the right putamen, right inferior frontal gyrus, left inferior temporal gyrus and right anterior cingulate cortex. In the subgroup analysis, patients with first-episode schizophrenia demonstrated decreased ALFF in the bilateral inferior parietal gyri, right precuneus and left medial prefrontal cortex, and increased ALFF in the bilateral putamen and bilateral occipital gyrus. Patients with chronic schizophrenia showed decreased ALFF in the bilateral postcentral gyrus, left precuneus and right occipital gyrus, and increased ALFF in the bilateral inferior frontal gyri, bilateral superior frontal gyrus, left amygdala, left inferior temporal gyrus, right anterior cingulate cortex and left insula. LIMITATIONS The small sample size of our subgroup analysis, predominantly Asian samples, processing steps and publication bias could have limited the accuracy of the results. CONCLUSION Our comprehensive meta-analysis suggests that findings of aberrant regional intrinsic brain activity during the initial stages of schizophrenia, and much more widespread damage with the progression of disease, may contribute to our understanding of the progressive pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Jiaying Gong
- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou China (Gong, Luo, Chen, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong); the Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (Wang); the School of Psychology, Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation (IBRR), Center for the Study of Applied Psychology & MRI Center, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province, South China Normal University, Guangzhou China (Huang, Huang)
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Ma X, Zheng W, Li C, Li Z, Tang J, Yuan L, Ouyang L, Jin K, He Y, Chen X. Decreased regional homogeneity and increased functional connectivity of default network correlated with neurocognitive deficits in subjects with genetic high-risk for schizophrenia: A resting-state fMRI study. Psychiatry Res 2019; 281:112603. [PMID: 31622873 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The complex symptoms of schizophrenia (SCZ) have been associated with dysfunction of the default mode network (DMN). Subjects at genetic high risk (GHR) for SCZ exhibit similar but milder brain abnormalities. This study aimed to investigate functional alterations of DMN from the local to the whole and their relationships with cognitive deficits in GHR subjects. 42 GHR subjects and 38 matched healthy controls (HC) were studied by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Regional homogeneity (ReHo) analysis was performed to measure the local brain function of the DMN, derived by the group independent component analysis, and areas with aberrant ReHo were used as seeds in functional connectivity (FC). Compared with the HC group, the GHR group exhibited significantly decreased ReHo and increased FC in the fronto-limbic-striatal system within the DMN. Furthermore, a significant negative correlation was found between decreased ReHo in the right superior frontal gyrus and the delayed recall in GHR subjects. Our findings revealed decreased local function and hyper-connectivity in the fronto-limbic-striatal system of the DMN in GHR subjects, which is associated with cognitive deficits. This may improve our understanding of the neurophysiological endophenotypes of SCZ and the neural substrate underlying the cognitive deficits of the disease.
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- Xiaoqian Ma
- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Department of Clinical Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Mental Health Institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; China National Clinical Research Center on Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, China; China National Technology Institute on Mental Disorders, Changsha, Hunan, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Tang Y, Zhou Q, Chang M, Chekroud A, Gueorguieva R, Jiang X, Zhou Y, He G, Rowland M, Wang D, Fu S, Yin Z, Leng H, Wei S, Xu K, Wang F, Krystal JH, Driesen NR. Altered functional connectivity and low-frequency signal fluctuations in early psychosis and genetic high risk. Schizophr Res 2019; 210:172-179. [PMID: 30685394 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Studying individuals at increased genetic risk for schizophrenia may generate important theories regarding the emergence of the illness. In this investigation, genetic high-risk individuals (GHR, n = 37) were assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging and compared to individuals in the first episode of schizophrenia (FESZ, n = 42) and healthy comparison subjects (HCS, n = 59). Measures of functional connectivity and the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) were obtained in a global, data-driven analysis. The functional connectivity measure, termed degree centrality, assessed each voxel's connectivity with all the other voxels in the brain. GHR and FESZ displayed increased degree centrality globally and locally. On ALFF measures, GHR were indistinguishable from HCS in the majority of areas but resembled FESZ in insula, basal ganglia and hippocampus. FESZ evidenced reduced amplitude of the global neural signal as compared to HCS and GHR. Results support the hypothesis that schizophrenia diathesis involves functional connectivity and ALFF abnormalities. In addition, they further an emerging theory suggesting that increased connectivity and metabolism may be involved in schizophrenia vulnerability and early stages of the illness.
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- Yanqing Tang
- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China; Department of Gerontology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Brain Function Research Section, Department of Radiology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA; Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Brain Function Research Section, Department of Radiology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Gerontology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, Department of Radiology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, Department of Radiology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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Duan J, Xia M, Womer FY, Chang M, Yin Z, Zhou Q, Zhu Y, Liu Z, Jiang X, Wei S, Anthony O'Neill F, He Y, Tang Y, Wang F. Dynamic changes of functional segregation and integration in vulnerability and resilience to schizophrenia. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:2200-2211. [PMID: 30648317 PMCID: PMC6865589 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a highly heritable disease with neurodevelopmental origins and significant functional brain network dysfunction. Functional network is heavily influenced by neurodevelopment processes and can be characterized by the degree of segregation and integration. This study examines functional segregation and integration in SZ and their first-degree relatives (high risk [HR]) to better understand the dynamic changes in vulnerability and resiliency, and disease markers. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data acquired from 137 SZ, 89 HR, and 210 healthy controls (HCs). Small-worldness σ was computed at voxel level to quantify balance between segregation and integration. Interregional functional associations were examined based on Euclidean distance between regions and reflect degree of segregation and integration. Distance strength maps were used to localize regions of altered distance-based functional connectivity. σ was significantly decreased in SZ compared to HC, with no differences in high risk (HR). In three-group comparison, significant differences were noted in short-range connectivity (primarily in the primary sensory, motor and their association cortices, and the thalamus) and medium/long-range connectivity (in the prefrontal cortices [PFCs]). Decreased short- and increased medium/long-range connectivity was found in SZ. Decreased short-range connectivity was seen in SZ and HR, while HR had decreased medium/long-range connectivity. We observed disrupted balance between segregation and integration in SZ, whereas relatively preserved in HR. Similarities and differences between SZ and HR, specific changes of SZ were found. These might reflect dynamic changes of segregation in primary cortices and integration in PFCs in vulnerability and resilience, and disease markers in SZ.
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- Jia Duan
- Department of PsychiatryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of PsychiatryWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouri
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- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Department of RadiologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of PsychiatryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine600 Wan Ping Nan RoadShanghaiChina
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- Department of PsychiatryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- School of Public HealthChina Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Department of RadiologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Department of RadiologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of PsychiatryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of PsychiatryThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Brain Function Research SectionThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
- Department of RadiologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningPeople's Republic of China
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Li M, Becker B, Zheng J, Zhang Y, Chen H, Liao W, Duan X, Liu H, Zhao J, Chen H. Dysregulated Maturation of the Functional Connectome in Antipsychotic-Naïve, First-Episode Patients With Adolescent-Onset Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2019; 45:689-697. [PMID: 29850901 PMCID: PMC6483582 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia has been conceptualized as a brain network disorder rooted in dysregulated neurodevelopmental processes. Recent neuroimaging studies revealed disrupted brain connectomic organization in adult schizophrenia patients. However, altered developmental trajectories of the functional connectome during the adolescent maturational stage have not been examined. METHODS The present study combined functional MRI with a graph theoretical approach to examine functional network topology and its age-related development in 39 medication naïve, first-episode patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia and 31 matched controls (age range: 12-18 years). RESULTS Patients demonstrated impaired large-scale integration as reflected by reduced global efficiency as well as decreased regional nodal efficiency in highly integrative network hubs, most consistently the hippocampal formation and the precuneus. Furthermore, the left hippocampus showed opposite age-efficiency associations in healthy controls and patients, indicating dysregulated maturational trajectories in adolescent schizophrenia and a particular vulnerability of this region during early pathological attack. CONCLUSIONS The findings allow an integrative perspective on network and neurodevelopmental perspectives on schizophrenia, suggesting that dysregulated maturation of the functional connectome during adolescence might reflect an early marker for the disorder.
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- Meiling Li
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA
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- Institute of Mental Health, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,To whom correspondence should be addressed; School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China; tel: 86 13808003171, fax: 86 2883208238, e-mail:
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Liang Y, Shao R, Zhang Z, Li X, Zhou L, Guo S. Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in childhood-onset schizophrenia with or without obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Arch Med Sci 2019; 15:126-133. [PMID: 30697262 PMCID: PMC6348357 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2018.73422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Childhood-onset schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive symptoms (COSO) and without obsessive-compulsive symptoms (COS) share considerable overlap in clinical features and genetic risk factors. However, the extent of brain functional abnormalities in COSO and COS is poorly understood. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 51 first-episode childhood schizophrenic patients and 30 healthy age- and sex-matched controls were recruited. We used the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale to divide patients into COSO (n = 21) and COS (n = 30) groups. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging images were obtained using a gradient-echo echo-planar imaging sequence. Voxel-based analysis of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) maps between the two groups was performed. RESULTS The COS group showed significantly increased ALFF in the right caudate body, middle temporal gyrus and inferior parietal lobule (p < 0.05), while showing decreased ALFF in the left cerebellum posterior lobe (p < 0.05). The COSO group showed significantly increased ALFF in the left and right frontal lobe, cerebellum posterior lobe and precuneus (p < 0.05). When comparing the two groups, COSO showed significantly higher ALFF in the left cerebellum posterior lobe, frontal lobe, supramarginal gyrus, precuneus, right inferior frontal gyrus and medial frontal gyrus (p < 0.05). Interestingly, significantly lower ALFF was found in the right fusiform gyrus, corpus callosum and inferior parietal lobule in the group of patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings increase the understanding of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and may provide imaging evidence for early diagnosis of COSO or COS.
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- Yinghui Liang
- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophtalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kaifeng Children’s Hospital, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Zhou C, Tang X, You W, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhang X, Yu M. Altered Patterns of the Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation and Functional Connectivity Between Deficit and Non-Deficit Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:680. [PMID: 31572248 PMCID: PMC6754073 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective: A limited number of studies have previously reported on the regional activity [amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)] and functional integration [functional connectivity (FC)] of the whole brain in deficit schizophrenia (DS). The present study investigates the resting-state characteristics of the fractional ALFF (fALFF) and the FC in both DS and non-deficit schizophrenia (NDS) patients, and further explores their correlations with neurocognitive features. Methods: Demographic, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and neurocognitive data were collected from 33 DS and 41 NDS male patients, as well as in 40 male healthy controls (HCs). The voxel-wise fALFF was measured to evaluate regional cerebral function. Regions with differences in fALFF between DS and NDS patients were used as seed points in whole-brain FC analysis. Partial correlation analysis was conducted to examine associations between the fALFF or the FC of altered regions and neurocognitive assessments. Results: Both patient groups showed decreased fALFF in the sensorimotor area, visual cortex, and frontoparietal pathway, but increased fALFF in the precuneus and middle cingulate gyrus when compared with the HCs. Moreover, the NDS group demonstrated higher fALFF than HCs in the left thalamus, caudate, and hippocampus. Compared with the NDS group, the fALFF of the visual cortex was specifically increased, but that of the bilateral insula, the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), and the regions extended to the frontotemporal cortex was decreased in the DS group. Numerous abnormal FCs of nerve pathways were found between the two patient groups, mainly concentrated in the frontooccipital, frontotemporal, insula-visual cortex, as well as the temporooccipital pathway. Correlation analysis indicated that, in the DS group, the FC value between the left insula and the visual cortex was positively correlated with cognitive flexibility. In the NDS group, the fALFF of the right insula was negatively correlated with speech fluency, and the FC value between the ACG and the visual cortex was positively correlated with visual spatial memory. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates different altered patterns of fALFF and FC between male patients with DS and NDS. The specific altered regions of the salience network (SN) associated with impaired neurocognition in male DS patients suggest novel insights into the pathogenesis of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia.
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- Chao Zhou
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, China
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- Medical Psychological Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Zhang P, Li Y, Fan F, Li CSR, Luo X, Yang F, Yao Y, Tan Y. Resting-state Brain Activity Changes Associated with Tardive Dyskinesia in Patients with Schizophrenia: Fractional Amplitude of Low-frequency Fluctuation Decreased in the Occipital Lobe. Neuroscience 2018; 385:237-245. [PMID: 29909076 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We explored resting-state brain activity and its potential links to clinical parameters in schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) using fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF). Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired from 32 schizophrenic patients with TD (TD group), 31 without TD (NTD group), and 32 healthy controls (HC group). Clinical parameters including psychopathological symptoms, severity of TD, and cognitive function were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, respectively. Pearson correlation analyses were performed to determine the relationship between the regions with altered fALFF values and clinical parameters in TD patients. The TD group showed decreased fALFF in the left middle occipital gyrus (MOG) and the right calcarine sulcus (CAL) compared to the HC group, and decreased fALFF in the left cuneus compared to the NTD group. In the TD group, fALFF values in the left MOG and the right CAL were correlated separately with the delayed memory score (r = 0.44, p = 0.027; r = 0.43, p = 0.028, respectively). The AIMS total score was negatively correlated to the visuospatial/constructional score (r = -0.53, p = 0.005). Our findings suggested that resting-state brain activity changes were associated with TD in schizophrenic patients. There was an association between the decreased brain activity in the occipital lobe and the delayed memory cognition impairment in this population.
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- Ping Zhang
- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital 100096 Beijing, PR China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital 100096 Beijing, PR China
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital 100096 Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 201942 New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 201942 New Haven, CT, USA
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital 100096 Beijing, PR China
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- Uniton Statistical Genomics, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda 20892, USA
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- Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital 100096 Beijing, PR China.
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Li RR, Lyu HL, Liu F, Lian N, Wu RR, Zhao JP, Guo WB. Altered functional connectivity strength and its correlations with cognitive function in subjects with ultra-high risk for psychosis at rest. CNS Neurosci Ther 2018; 24:1140-1148. [PMID: 29691990 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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AIMS Evidence of altered structural and functional connectivity in the frontal-occipital network is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia. However, the altered patterns of functional connectivity strength (FCS) in individuals with ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis remain unknown. In this study, whole-brain FCS was assessed to examine the altered patterns of FCS in UHR subjects. METHODS A total of 34 UHR subjects and 37 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled to undergo resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The imaging data were analyzed using the graph theory method. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, UHR subjects showed significantly decreased FCS in the left middle frontal gyrus and significantly increased FCS in the left calcarine cortex. The FCS values in the left middle frontal gyrus were positively correlated to the scores of the Brief Assessments of Cognitionin Schizophrenia Symbol Coding Test (r = 0.366, P = 0.033) in the UHR subjects. A negative correlation was found between the FCS values in the left calcarine cortex and the scores of the Stroop color-naming test (r = -0.475, P = 0.016) in the UHR subjects. A combination of the FCS values in the 2 brain areas showed an accuracy of 87.32%, a sensitivity of 73.53%, and a specificity of 100% for distinguishing UHR subjects from healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS Significantly altered FCS in the frontal-occipital network is observed in the UHR subjects. Furthermore, decreased FCS in the left middle frontal gyrus and increased FCS in the left calcarine have significant correlations with the cognitive measures of the UHR subjects and thus improve our understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia. Moreover, a combination of the FCS values in the 2 brain areas can serve as a potential image marker to distinguish UHR subjects from healthy controls.
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- Ran-Ran Li
- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital, The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Zhao C, Zhu J, Liu X, Pu C, Lai Y, Chen L, Yu X, Hong N. Structural and functional brain abnormalities in schizophrenia: A cross-sectional study at different stages of the disease. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2018; 83:27-32. [PMID: 29292241 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Structural and functional deficits associated with schizophrenia are observed prior to the onset of psychosis and differ according to the stage of illness. However, most previous studies concentrated on a limited period during the illness, and it remains uncertain how these abnormalities develop throughout the entire disease course. In the current study, we investigated the gray matter (GM) and regional neural activity alterations in subjects at 4 different stages of schizophrenia. The subjects comprised 53 genetic high risk (HR) individuals, 26 ultra-high risk (UHR) individuals, 58 patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES), 41 patients with chronic schizophrenia (ChSz) and 39 healthy controls (HC), all of whom underwent structural and resting-state functional MRI scanning. Gray matter volume (GMV), amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) values were compared voxelwise among the five groups using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and the software REST. Correlations among structural, functional abnormalities and PANSS scores in the FES group were evaluated by partial correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regression. Pronounced GMV decline was observed in the bilateral occipital lobe, left orbital frontal cortex, bilateral superior parietal lobule (SPL), right middle temporal gyrus (MTG), gyrus rectus and medial superior frontal gyrus (SFG) in the FES group and in the bilateral occipital lobe in the HR group. The FES patients also showed increased ALFF in the caudate and decreased ReHo in the bilateral inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and precuneus. The ChSz patients displayed increased ALFF in the right hippocampus. The GMV of the right MTG and SPL and the ReHo of the precuneus were negatively correlated with the general psychopathology scale, while the GMV of the right MTG was negatively correlated with the total score on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). The GMV of the right occipital cortex and SPL were associated with the ALFF of the caudate, the GMV of the right SPL was associated with the ReHo of the bilateral IPL and precuneus. GM deficits and regional dysfunction are evident prior to the onset of psychotic symptoms and are more prominent during the onset of illness than during any other phase. The right MTG and SPL, the striatum and the DMN may play important roles in the pathological changes underlying schizophrenia.
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- Chao Zhao
- Department of Radiology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Antoniades M, Schoeler T, Radua J, Valli I, Allen P, Kempton MJ, McGuire P. Verbal learning and hippocampal dysfunction in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 86:166-175. [PMID: 29223768 PMCID: PMC5818020 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This meta-analysis summarizes research examining whether deficits in verbal learning are related to bilateral hippocampal volume reductions in patients with or at risk for schizophrenia and in healthy controls. 17 studies with 755 patients with schizophrenia (SCZ), 232 Genetic High Risk (GHR) subjects and 914 healthy controls (HC) were included. Pooled correlation coefficients were calculated between hemisphere (left, right or total) and type of recall (immediate or delayed) for each diagnostic group individually (SCZ, GHR and HC). In SCZ, left and right hippocampal volume positively correlated with immediate (r=0.256, 0.230) and delayed (r=0.132, 0.231) verbal recall. There was also a correlation between total hippocampal volume and delayed recall (r=0.233). None of these correlations were significant in healthy controls. There was however, a positive correlation between left hippocampal volume and immediate recall in the GHR group (r=0.356). The results suggest that hippocampal volume affects immediate and delayed verbal learning capacity in schizophrenia and provides further evidence of hippocampal dysfunction in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Mathilde Antoniades
- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK; FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries - CIBERSAM, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Centre for Psychiatric Research and Education, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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Functional Connectivity Anomalies in Adolescents with Psychotic Symptoms. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169364. [PMID: 28125578 PMCID: PMC5268394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research suggests that, prior to the onset of psychosis, high risk youths already exhibit brain abnormalities similar to those present in patients with schizophrenia. Objectives The goal of the present study was to describe the functional organization of endogenous activation in young adolescents who report auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in view of the “distributed network” hypothesis of psychosis. We recruited 20 young people aged 13–16 years who reported AVHs and 20 healthy controls matched for age, gender and handedness from local schools. Methods Each participant underwent a semi-structured clinical interview and a resting state (RS) neuroimaging protocol. We explored functional connectivity (FC) involving three different networks: 1) default mode network (DMN) 2) salience network (SN) and 3) central executive network (CEN). In line with previous findings on the role of the auditory cortex in AVHs as reported by young adolescents, we also investigated FC anomalies involving both the primary and secondary auditory cortices (A1 and A2, respectively). Further, we explored between-group inter-hemispheric FC differences (laterality) for both A1 and A2. Compared to the healthy control group, the AVH group exhibited FC differences in all three networks investigated. Moreover, FC anomalies were found in a neural network including both A1 and A2. The laterality analysis revealed no between-group, inter-hemispheric differences. Conclusions The present study suggests that young adolescents with subclinical psychotic symptoms exhibit functional connectivity anomalies directly and indirectly involving the DMN, SN, CEN and also a neural network including both primary and secondary auditory cortical regions.
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Fan J, Zhong M, Gan J, Liu W, Niu C, Liao H, Zhang H, Tan C, Yi J, Zhu X. Spontaneous neural activity in the right superior temporal gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus is associated with insight level in obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Affect Disord 2017; 207:203-211. [PMID: 27723545 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insight into illness is an important issue for psychiatry disorder. Although the existence of a poor insight subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was recognized in the DSM-IV, and the insight level in OCD was specified further in DSM-V, the neural underpinnings of insight in OCD have been rarely explored. The present study was designed to bridge this research gap by using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS Spontaneous neural activity were examined in 19 OCD patients with good insight (OCD-GI), 18 OCD patients with poor insight (OCD-PI), and 25 healthy controls (HC) by analyzing the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in the resting state. Pearson correlation analysis was performed between regional ALFFs and insight levels among OCD patients. RESULTS OCD-GI and OCD-PI demonstrated overlapping and distinct brain alterations. Notably, compared with OCD-GI, tOCD-PI had reduced ALFF in left middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and right superior temporal gyrus (STG), as well as increased ALFF in right middle occipital gyrus. Further analysis revealed that ALFF values for the left MTG and right STG were correlated negatively with insight level in patients with OCD. LIMITATIONS Relatively small sample size and not all patients were un-medicated are our major limitations. CONCLUSIONS Spontaneous brain activity in left MTG and right STG may be neural underpinnings of insight in OCD. Our results suggest the great role of human temporal brain regions in understanding insight, and further underscore the importance of considering insight presentation in understanding the clinical heterogeneity of OCD.
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- Jie Fan
- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China; Medical Psychological institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
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- Medical Psychological center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China; Medical Psychological institute of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
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Mubarik A, Tohid H. Frontal lobe alterations in schizophrenia: a review. TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2016; 38:198-206. [DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2015-0088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Abstract Objective: To highlight the changes in the frontal lobe of the human brain in people with schizophrenia. Methods: This was a qualitative review of the literature. Results: Many schizophrenic patients exhibit functional, structural, and metabolic abnormalities in the frontal lobe. Some patients have few or no alterations, while some have more functional and structural changes than others. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows structural and functional changes in volume, gray matter, white matter, and functional activity in the frontal lobe, but the mechanisms underlying these changes are not yet fully understood. Conclusion: When schizophrenia is studied as an essential topic in the field of neuropsychiatry, neuroscientists find that the frontal lobe is the most commonly involved area of the human brain. A clear picture of how this lobe is affected in schizophrenia is still lacking. We therefore recommend that further research be conducted to improve understanding of the pathophysiology of this psychiatric dilemma.
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Fryer SL, Roach BJ, Wiley K, Loewy RL, Ford JM, Mathalon DH. Reduced Amplitude of Low-Frequency Brain Oscillations in the Psychosis Risk Syndrome and Early Illness Schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016; 41:2388-98. [PMID: 27067126 PMCID: PMC4946069 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Low-frequency oscillations (LFOs) of the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal are gaining interest as potential biomarkers sensitive to neuropsychiatric pathology. Schizophrenia has been associated with alterations in intrinsic LFOs that covary with cognitive deficits and symptoms. However, the extent to which LFO dysfunction is present before schizophrenia illness onset remains unknown. Resting-state FMRI data were collected from clinical high-risk (CHR; n=45) youth, early illness schizophrenia (ESZ; n=74) patients, and healthy controls (HCs; n=85) aged 12-35 years. Age-adjusted voxelwise fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF; 0.01-0.08 Hz) of the BOLD signal was compared among the three groups. Main effects of Group (p<0.005 height threshold, familywise error cluster-level corrected p<0.05) were followed up via Tukey-corrected pairwise comparisons. Significant main effects of Group (p<0.05) revealed decreased fALFF in ESZ and CHR groups relative to HCs, with values in the CHR group falling between those of ESZ and HC groups. These differences were identified primarily in posterior cortex, including temporoparietal regions, extending into occipital and cerebellar lobes. Less LFO activity was related to greater symptom severity in both CHR and ESZ groups in several of these posterior cortical regions. These data support an intermediate phenotype of reduced posterior cortical LFO amplitude in CHR individuals, with resting fALFF values smaller than in HCs but higher than in ESZ patients. Findings indicate that LFO magnitude alterations relate to clinical symptoms and predate psychosis onset but are more pronounced in the early stages of schizophrenia.
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- Susanna L Fryer
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco VA Medical Center/Psychiatry Service (116D), 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA, Tel: +1 415 221 4810, x23860, Fax: +1 415 750 6622, E-mail:
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Liu C, Xue Z, Palaniyappan L, Zhou L, Liu H, Qi C, Wu G, Mwansisya TE, Tao H, Chen X, Huang X, Liu Z, Pu W. Abnormally increased and incoherent resting-state activity is shared between patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected siblings. Schizophr Res 2016; 171:158-65. [PMID: 26805410 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several resting-state neuroimaging studies in schizophrenia indicate an excessive brain activity while others report an incoherent brain activity at rest. No direct evidence for the simultaneous presence of both excessive and incoherent brain activity has been established to date. Moreover, it is unclear whether unaffected siblings of schizophrenia patients who share half of the affected patient's genotype also exhibit the excessive and incoherent brain activity that may render them vulnerable to the development of schizophrenia. METHODS 27 pairs of schizophrenia patients and their unaffected siblings, as well as 27 healthy controls, were scanned using gradient-echo echo-planar imaging at rest. By using amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and regional homogeneity (Reho), we investigated the intensity and synchronization of local spontaneous neuronal activity in three groups. RESULTS We observed that increased amplitude and reduced synchronization (coherence) of spontaneous neuronal activity were shared by patients and their unaffected siblings. The key brain regions with this abnormal neural pattern in both patients and siblings included the middle temporal, orbito-frontal, inferior occipital and fronto-insular gyrus. CONCLUSIONS This abnormal neural pattern of excessive and incoherent neuronal activity shared by schizophrenia patients and their healthy siblings may improve our understanding of neuropathology and genetic predisposition in schizophrenia.
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- Chang Liu
- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; College of Health Sciences, University of Dodoma, P.O. Box 395, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China
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- Medical Psychological Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China; The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, People's Republic of China.
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