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Liu W, Ding C, Li Z, Chen H. Relationships between Grey Matter Volume in the Bilateral Superior Frontal Gyrus and Reactive Aggression Varied by Level of Traditional Masculinity. Brain Sci 2024; 14:605. [PMID: 38928605 PMCID: PMC11201878 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14060605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Although previous behavioral studies have associated reactive aggression (RA) and proactive aggression (PA) with traditional masculinity, further investigation is needed into the traditional masculinity-linked neuroanatomical characteristics of RA and PA. This study analyzed the traditional masculinity-by-aggression interaction in 705 participants (350 men) by measuring grey matter volume (GMV). We have expanded on previous studies and found that traditional masculinity was not associated with RA and PA when not controlled for traditional femininity. However, the association appeared when controlling for it. Furthermore, we found significant traditional masculinity-by-RA interactions on the GMV in the bilateral superior frontal gyrus, a region known to be involved in cognitive control. When traditional masculinity scores were 1 standard deviation above the mean, there was a positive correlation between RA and the GMV in the bilateral superior frontal gyrus. Conversely, when traditional masculinity scores were 1 standard deviation below the mean, there was a negative correlation between RA and the GMV in the region. However, no traditional masculinity-linked neuroanatomical characteristics of PA were found. The results indicated that individuals with high/low traditional masculinity perceived RA as a different outcome (gain or loss) of self-control. The results supported an opportunity to develop prevention or intervention strategies for RA.
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- Weijun Liu
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (W.L.); (Z.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Department of Education Sciences & Professional Programs, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4400, USA;
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (W.L.); (Z.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (W.L.); (Z.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Borgers T, Enneking V, Klug M, Garbe J, Meinert H, Wulle M, König P, Zwiky E, Herrmann R, Selle J, Dohm K, Kraus A, Grotegerd D, Repple J, Opel N, Leehr EJ, Gruber M, Goltermann J, Meinert S, Bauer J, Heindel W, Kavakbasi E, Baune BT, Dannlowski U, Redlich R. Long-term effects of electroconvulsive therapy on brain structure in major depression. Psychol Med 2024; 54:940-950. [PMID: 37681274 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291723002647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies on major depressive disorder (MDD) have predominantly found short-term electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-related gray matter volume (GMV) increases, but research on the long-term stability of such changes is missing. Our aim was to investigate long-term GMV changes over a 2-year period after ECT administration and their associations with clinical outcome. METHODS In this nonrandomized longitudinal study, patients with MDD undergoing ECT (n = 17) are assessed three times by structural MRI: Before ECT (t0), after ECT (t1) and 2 years later (t2). A healthy (n = 21) and MDD non-ECT (n = 33) control group are also measured three times within an equivalent time interval. A 3(group) × 3(time) ANOVA on whole-brain level and correlation analyses with clinical outcome variables is performed. RESULTS Analyses yield a significant group × time interaction (pFWE < 0.001) resulting from significant volume increases from t0 to t1 and decreases from t1 to t2 in the ECT group, e.g., in limbic areas. There are no effects of time in both control groups. Volume increases from t0 to t1 correlate with immediate and delayed symptom increase, while volume decreases from t1 to t2 correlate with long-term depressive outcome (all p ⩽ 0.049). CONCLUSIONS Volume increases induced by ECT appear to be a transient phenomenon as volume strongly decreased 2 years after ECT. Short-term volume increases are associated with less symptom improvement suggesting that the antidepressant effect of ECT is not due to volume changes. Larger volume decreases are associated with poorer long-term outcome highlighting the interplay between disease progression and structural changes.
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- Tiana Borgers
- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26, 06108 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26, 06108 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26, 06108 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26, 06108 Halle, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit, German Center of Mental Health, Site Halle, MLU Halle, Halle, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 10, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A16, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A16, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Münster, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Münster, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A9a, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26, 06108 Halle, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit, German Center of Mental Health, Site Halle, MLU Halle, Halle, Germany
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Lin S, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Chen S, Lin X, Peng B, Xu Z, Hou G, Qiu Y. Shared and specific neurobiology in bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder: Evidence based on the connectome gradient and a transcriptome-connectome association study. J Affect Disord 2023; 341:304-312. [PMID: 37661059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Distinguishing bipolar disorder (BD) and unipolar disorder (UD) remains challenging. To identify the common and diagnosis-specific neuropathological alterations and their potential molecular mechanisms in patients with UD and BD (with a current depressive episode). METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was obtained from 279 participants (95 BD patients, 107 UD patients and 77 health controls). Connectome gradients analysis was performed to explore the shared and diagnosis-specific gradient alterations in BD and UD. The Allen Human Brain Atlas data was used to explore the potential gene mechanisms of the gradient alterations. RESULTS BD and UD had shared hierarchical disorganisation, including downgrading and contraction from the unimodal sensory networks (vision and sensorimotor) to the transmodal cognitive networks (limbic, frontoparietal, dorsal attention, and default) (all P < 0.05, FDR corrected) in gradient 1 and gradient 2. The BD patients had specific connectome gradient dysfunction in the subcortical network. Moreover, the hierarchical disorganisation was closely correlated with profiles of gene expression specific to the neuroglial cells in the prefrontal cortex in BD and UD, while the most correlated gene ontology biological processes and function were concentrated in synaptic signalling, calcium ion binding, and transmembrane transporter activity. CONCLUSION These findings reveal the shared and diagnosis-specific neurobiological mechanism underlying BD and UD patients, which advances our understanding of the neuromechanisms of these disorders.
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- Shiwei Lin
- Department of Radiology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Taoyuan Ave 89, Nanshan district, Shenzhen 518000, PR China
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Depressive Disorder, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Taoyuan Ave 89, Nanshan district, Shenzhen 518000, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Taoyuan Ave 89, Nanshan district, Shenzhen 518000, PR China
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- Department of Depressive Disorder, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Cuizhu AVE 1080, Luohu district, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Cuizhu AVE 1080, Luohu district, Shenzhen 518020, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Taoyuan Ave 89, Nanshan district, Shenzhen 518000, PR China.
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Zheng S, Chen X, Liu W, Li Z, Xiao M, Liu Y, Chen H. Association of loneliness and grey matter volume in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: the mediating role of interpersonal self-support traits. Brain Imaging Behav 2023; 17:481-493. [PMID: 37277604 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-023-00776-4] [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] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
As a social and public health concern, loneliness is associated with an abundance of negative life outcomes such as depressive symptomatology, mortality, and sleep disturbance. Nevertheless, the neural basis underlying loneliness remains elusive; in addition, previous neuroimaging studies about loneliness mainly focused on the elderly and were limited by small sample sizes. Here, utilizing the voxel-based morphometry (VBM) approach via structural magnetic resonance imaging, we investigated the association between brain GMV and loneliness in 462 young adults (67.7% females, age = 18.59 ± 1.14 years). Results from whole-brain VBM analyses revealed that individuals with higher loneliness tended to have greater GMV in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which was thought to be associated with emotional regulation deficits and executive dysfunction. Importantly, the GMV-based predictive models (a machine-learning method) demonstrated that the correlation between loneliness and GMV in the DLPFC was robust. Further, interpersonal self-support traits (ISS), a Chinese indigenous personality construct and pivotal personality factor for resisting negative life outcomes, mediated the relationship between the GMV in the right DLPFC and loneliness. Taken together, the present study reveals that the GMV in right DLPFC acts as an underlying neurostructural correlate of loneliness in the healthy brain, and further provides a brain-personality-symptom pathway for protection against loneliness in which GMV of DLPFC affects loneliness through ISS traits. Future intervention procedures aiming to decrease loneliness and enhance mental health levels among young adults should be developed through improving interpersonal relationships such as social skills training.
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- Shuang Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China.
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China.
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Chu Z, Yuan L, He M, Cheng Y, Lu Y, Xu X, Shen Z. Atrophy of bilateral nucleus accumbens in melancholic depression. Neuroreport 2023; 34:493-500. [PMID: 37270840 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Evidence from previous literature suggests that the nucleus accumbens (NAc), hippocampus, and amygdala play critical roles in the reward circuit. Meanwhile, it was also suggested that abnormalities in the reward circuit might be closely associated with the symptom of anhedonia of depression. However, few studies have investigated the structural alterations of the NAc, hippocampus, and amygdala in depression with anhedonia as the main clinical manifestation. Thus, the current study aimed to explore the structural changes of the subcortical regions among melancholic depression (MD) patients, especially in the NAc, hippocampus, and amygdala, to provide a theoretical basis for understanding the pathological mechanisms of MD. Seventy-two MD patients, 74 nonmelancholic depression (NMD) patients, and 81 healthy controls (HCs) matched for sex, age, and years of education were included in the study. All participants underwent T1-weighted MRI scans. Subcortical structure segmentation was performed using the FreeSurfer software. MD and NMD patients had reduced left hippocampal volume compared with HCs. Meanwhile, only MD patients had reduced bilateral NAc volumes. Moreover, correlation analyses showed correlations between left NAc volume and late insomnia and lassitude in MD patients. The reduced hippocampal volume may be related to the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder (MDD), and the reduced volume of the NAc may be the unique neural mechanism of MD. The findings of the current study suggest that future studies should investigate the different pathogenic mechanisms of different subtypes of MDD further to contribute to the development of individualized diagnostic and treatment protocols.
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- Zhaosong Chu
- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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- Department of Medical Imaging, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders
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Li X, Guo J, Chen X, Yu R, Chen W, Zheng A, Yu Y, Zhou D, Dai L, Kuang L. Predicting Responses to Electroconvulsive Therapy in Adolescents with Treatment-Refractory Depression Based on Resting-State fMRI. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12103556. [PMID: 37240663 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12103556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTS The efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of adolescents with treatment-refractory depression is still unsatisfactory, and the individual differences are large. It is not clear which factors are related to the treatment effect. Resting-state fMRI may be a good tool to predict the clinical efficacy of this treatment, and it is helpful to identify the most suitable population for this treatment. METHODS Forty treatment-refractory depression adolescents were treated by ECT and evaluated using HAMD and BSSI scores before and after treatment, and were then divided into a treatment response group and a non-treatment group according to the reduction rate of the HAMD scale. We extracted the ALFF, fALFF, ReHo, and functional connectivity of patients as predicted features after a two-sample t-test and LASSO to establish and evaluate a prediction model of ECT in adolescents with treatment-refractory depression. RESULTS Twenty-seven patients achieved a clinical response; symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation were significantly improved after treatment with ECT, which was reflected in a significant decrease in the scores of HAMD and BSSI (p < 0.001). The efficacy was predicted by ALFF, fALFF, ReHo, and whole-brain-based functional connectivity. We found that models built on a subset of features of ALFF in the left insula, fALFF in the left superior parietal gyrus, right superior parietal gyrus, and right angular, and functional connectivity between the left superior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral-right paracentral lobule, right middle frontal gyrus, orbital part-left cuneus, right olfactory cortex-left hippocampus, left insula-left thalamus, and left anterior cingulate gyrus-right hippocampus to have the best predictive performance (AUC > 0.8). CONCLUSIONS The local brain function in the insula, superior parietal gyrus, and angular gyrus as well as characteristic changes in the functional connectivity of cortical-limbic circuits may serve as potential markers for efficacy judgment of ECT and help to provide optimized individual treatment strategies for adolescents with depression and suicidal ideation in the early stages of treatment.
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- Xiao Li
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- The First Branch, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Mental Health Center, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Förster K, Grotegerd D, Dohm K, Lemke H, Enneking V, Meinert S, Redlich R, Heindel W, Bauer J, Kugel H, Suslow T, Ohrmann P, Carballedo A, O'Keane V, Fagan A, Doolin K, McCarthy H, Kanske P, Frodl T, Dannlowski U. Association of hospitalization with structural brain alterations in patients with affective disorders over nine years. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:170. [PMID: 37202406 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02452-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Repeated hospitalizations are a characteristic of severe disease courses in patients with affective disorders (PAD). To elucidate how a hospitalization during a nine-year follow-up in PAD affects brain structure, a longitudinal case-control study (mean [SD] follow-up period 8.98 [2.20] years) was conducted using structural neuroimaging. We investigated PAD (N = 38) and healthy controls (N = 37) at two sites (University of Münster, Germany, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland). PAD were divided into two groups based on the experience of in-patient psychiatric treatment during follow-up. Since the Dublin-patients were outpatients at baseline, the re-hospitalization analysis was limited to the Münster site (N = 52). Voxel-based morphometry was employed to examine hippocampus, insula, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and whole-brain gray matter in two models: (1) group (patients/controls)×time (baseline/follow-up) interaction; (2) group (hospitalized patients/not-hospitalized patients/controls)×time interaction. Patients lost significantly more whole-brain gray matter volume of superior temporal gyrus and temporal pole compared to HC (pFWE = 0.008). Patients hospitalized during follow-up lost significantly more insular volume than healthy controls (pFWE = 0.025) and more volume in their hippocampus compared to not-hospitalized patients (pFWE = 0.023), while patients without re-hospitalization did not differ from controls. These effects of hospitalization remained stable in a smaller sample excluding patients with bipolar disorder. PAD show gray matter volume decline in temporo-limbic regions over nine years. A hospitalization during follow-up comes with intensified gray matter volume decline in the insula and hippocampus. Since hospitalizations are a correlate of severity, this finding corroborates and extends the hypothesis that a severe course of disease has detrimental long-term effects on temporo-limbic brain structure in PAD.
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- Katharina Förster
- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University of Münster and University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University of Münster and University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University of Münster and University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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State of illness-dependent associations of neuro-cognition and psychopathological syndromes in a large transdiagnostic cohort. J Affect Disord 2023; 324:589-599. [PMID: 36586619 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a lack of knowledge regarding the relationship between dimensional psychopathological syndromes and neurocognitive functions, particularly across the major psychiatric disorders (i.e., Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Bipolar Disorder (BD), and Schizophrenia (SZ)). METHOD SANS, SAPS, HAMA, HAM-D, and YMRS were assessed in 1064 patients meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for MDD, BD, SZ or schizoaffective disorder (SZA). In addition, a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery was administered. Psychopathological syndromes derived from factor analysis and present state of illness were used to explore psychopathology-cognition relationships. Correlational analyses were corrected for age, sex, verbal IQ, years of education, and DSM-IV-TR diagnosis. Age of onset and total duration of hospitalizations as proxies for illness severity were tested as moderators on the cognition - psychopathology relationship. RESULTS The negative syndrome, positive formal thought disorder as well as the paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome exhibited associations with neuro-cognition in an illness state-dependent manner, while the psychopathological factors depression and increased appetite only showed weak associations. Illness severity showed moderating effects on the neurocognitive-psychopathology relationship only for the negative syndrome and positive formal thought disorder. LIMITATIONS No healthy control subjects were entered into the analyses because of lack of variance in psychopathological symptoms, which prevents from drawing conclusions regarding the relative level of potential cognitive impairments. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests the relationship of neuro-cognition and psychopathology to be highly state of illness-dependent across affective and psychotic disorders. Results hint at the moderating effects of illness severity on psychopathological factors that might be more treatment resistant.
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Kim JU, Bessette KL, Westlund-Schreiner M, Pocius S, Dillahunt AK, Frandsen S, Thomas L, Easter R, Skerrett K, Stange JP, Welsh RC, Langenecker SA, Koppelmans V. Relations of gray matter volume to dimensional measures of cognition and affect in mood disorders. Cortex 2022; 156:57-70. [PMID: 36191367 PMCID: PMC10150444 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.06.019] [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: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Understanding the relationship between brain measurements and behavioral performance is an important step in developing approaches for early identification of any psychiatric difficulties and interventions to modify these challenges. Conventional methods to identify associations between regional brain volume and behavioral measures are not optimized, either in scale, scope, or specificity. To find meaningful associations between brain and behavior with greater sensitivity and precision, we applied data-driven factor analytic models to identify and extract individual differences in latent cognitive functions embedded across several computerized cognitive tasks. Furthermore, we simultaneously utilized a keyword-based neuroimaging meta-analytic tool (i.e., NeuroSynth), restricted atlas-parcel matching, and factor-analytic models to narrow down the scope of search and to further aggregate gray matter volume (GMV) data into empirical clusters. We recruited an early adult community cross-sectional sample (Total n = 177, age 18-30) that consisted of individuals with no history of any mood disorder (healthy controls, n = 44), those with remitted major depressive disorder (rMDD, n = 104), and those with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder currently in euthymic state (eBP, n = 29). Study participants underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and separately completed behavioral testing using computerized measures. Factor-analyzing five computerized tasks used to assess aspects of cognitive and affective processing resulted in seven latent dimensions: (a) Emotional Memory, (b) Interference Resolution, (c) Reward Sensitivity, (d) Complex Inhibitory Control, (e) Facial Emotion Sensitivity, (f) Sustained attention, and (g)Simple Impulsivity/Response Style. These seven dimensions were then labeled with specific keywords which were used to create neuroanatomical maps using NeuroSynth. These masks were further subdivided into GMV clusters. Using regression, we identified GMV clusters that were predictive of individual differences across each of the aforementioned seven cognitive dimensions. We demonstrate that a dimensional approach consistent with core principles of RDoC can be utilized to identify structural variability predictive of critical dimensions of human behavior.
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- Joseph U Kim
- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA; VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA; Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Utah, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, USA.
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Lemke H, Klute H, Skupski J, Thiel K, Waltemate L, Winter A, Breuer F, Meinert S, Klug M, Enneking V, Winter NR, Grotegerd D, Leehr EJ, Repple J, Dohm K, Opel N, Stein F, Meller T, Brosch K, Ringwald KG, Pfarr JK, Thomas-Odenthal F, Hahn T, Krug A, Jansen A, Heindel W, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Dannlowski U. Brain structural correlates of recurrence following the first episode in patients with major depressive disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:349. [PMID: 36030219 PMCID: PMC9420111 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02113-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Former prospective studies showed that the occurrence of relapse in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is associated with volume loss in the insula, hippocampus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). However, these studies were confounded by the patient's lifetime disease history, as the number of previous episodes predict future recurrence. In order to analyze neural correlates of recurrence irrespective of prior disease course, this study prospectively examined changes in brain structure in patients with first-episode depression (FED) over 2 years. N = 63 FED patients and n = 63 healthy controls (HC) underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging at baseline and after 2 years. According to their disease course during the follow-up interval, patients were grouped into n = 21 FED patients with recurrence (FEDrec) during follow-up and n = 42 FED patients with stable remission (FEDrem). Gray matter volume changes were analysed using group by time interaction analyses of covariance for the DLPFC, hippocampus and insula. Significant group by time interactions in the DLPFC and insula emerged. Pairwise comparisons showed that FEDrec had greater volume decline in the DLPFC and insula from baseline to follow-up compared with FEDrem and HC. No group by time interactions in the hippocampus were found. Cross-sectional analyses at baseline and follow-up revealed no differences between groups. This longitudinal study provides evidence for neural alterations in the DLPFC and insula related to a detrimental course in MDD. These effects of recurrence are already detectable at initial stages of MDD and seem to occur without any prior disease history, emphasizing the importance of early interventions preventing depressive recurrence.
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- Hannah Lemke
- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany ,grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany ,grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288University Clinic for Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Wu GR, Baeken C. Lateralized subgenual ACC metabolic connectivity patterns in refractory melancholic depression: does it matter? Cereb Cortex 2022; 33:3490-3497. [PMID: 35984291 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although treatment resistance to antidepressant pharmacotherapy is quite common, the phenomenon of refractory major depressive disorder (rMDD) is not well understood. Nevertheless, the metabolic activity of the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) has been put forward as a possible metabolic biomarker of clinical prediction and response, albeit sgACC lateralization differences in functional connectivity have not yet been extensively examined. Also not in the refractory depressed state. To examine sgACC lateralization differences in metabolic connectivity, we recruited 43 right-handed antidepressant-free unipolar melancholic rMDD patients and 32 right-handed healthy controls to participate in this 18FDG PET study and developed a searchlight-based interregional covariance connectivity approach. Compared to non-depressed individuals, sgACC covariance analysis showed stronger metabolic connections with frontolimbic brain regions known to be affected in the depressed state. Furthermore, whereas the left sgACC showed stronger metabolic connections with ventromedial prefrontal cortical regions, implicated in anhedonia, suicidal ideation, and self-referential processes, the right sgACC showed significantly stronger metabolic connections with posterior hippocampal and cerebellar regions, respectively specialized in memory and social processing. Overall, our results substantiate earlier research that the sgACC is a metabolic key player when clinically depressed and that distinct lateralized sgACC metabolic connectivity patterns are present.
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- Guo-Rong Wu
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.,School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.,Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (UZBrussel), Brussels 1090, Belgium.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Lemke H, Romankiewicz L, Förster K, Meinert S, Waltemate L, Fingas SM, Grotegerd D, Redlich R, Dohm K, Leehr EJ, Thiel K, Enneking V, Brosch K, Meller T, Ringwald K, Schmitt S, Stein F, Steinsträter O, Bauer J, Heindel W, Jansen A, Krug A, Nenadic I, Kircher T, Dannlowski U. Association of disease course and brain structural alterations in major depressive disorder. Depress Anxiety 2022; 39:441-451. [PMID: 35485921 DOI: 10.1002/da.23260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The investigation of disease course-associated brain structural alterations in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) have resulted in heterogeneous findings, possibly due to low reliability of single clinical variables used for defining disease course. The present study employed a principal component analysis (PCA) on multiple clinical variables to investigate effects of cumulative lifetime illness burden on brain structure in a large and heterogeneous sample of MDD patients. METHODS Gray matter volumes (GMV) was estimated in n = 681 MDD patients (mean age: 35.87 years; SD = 12.89; 66.6% female) using voxel-based-morphometry. Five clinical variables were included in a PCA to obtain components reflecting disease course to associate resulting components with GMVs. RESULTS The PCA yielded two main components: Hospitalization reflected by patients' frequency and duration of inpatient treatment and Duration of Illness reflected by the frequency and duration of depressive episodes. Hospitalization revealed negative associations with bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and left insula volumes. Duration of Illness showed significant negative associations with left hippocampus and right DLPFC volumes. Results in the DLPFC and hippocampus remained significant after additional control for depressive symptom severity, psychopharmacotherapy, psychiatric comorbidities, and remission status. CONCLUSION This study shows that a more severe and chronic lifetime disease course in MDD is associated with reduced volume in brain regions relevant for executive and cognitive functions and emotion regulation in a large sample of patients representing the broad heterogeneity of MDD disease course. These findings were only partly influenced by other clinical characteristics (e.g., remission status, psychopharmacological treatment).
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- Hannah Lemke
- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- University Clinic for Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Meinert S, Leehr EJ, Grotegerd D, Repple J, Förster K, Winter NR, Enneking V, Fingas SM, Lemke H, Waltemate L, Stein F, Brosch K, Schmitt S, Meller T, Linge A, Krug A, Nenadić I, Jansen A, Hahn T, Redlich R, Opel N, Schubotz RI, Baune BT, Kircher T, Dannlowski U. White matter fiber microstructure is associated with prior hospitalizations rather than acute symptomatology in major depressive disorder. Psychol Med 2022; 52:1166-1174. [PMID: 32921338 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720002950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Eighty percent of all patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) relapse at least once in their lifetime. Thus, understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of the course of MDD is of utmost importance. A detrimental course of illness in MDD was most consistently associated with superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) fiber integrity. As similar associations were, however, found between SLF fiber integrity and acute symptomatology, this study attempts to disentangle associations attributed to current depression from long-term course of illness. METHODS A total of 531 patients suffering from acute (N = 250) or remitted (N = 281) MDD from the FOR2107-cohort were analyzed in this cross-sectional study using tract-based spatial statistics for diffusion tensor imaging. First, the effects of disease state (acute v. remitted), current symptom severity (BDI-score) and course of illness (number of hospitalizations) on fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity were analyzed separately. Second, disease state and BDI-scores were analyzed in conjunction with the number of hospitalizations to disentangle their effects. RESULTS Disease state (pFWE < 0.042) and number of hospitalizations (pFWE< 0.032) were associated with decreased FA and increased MD and RD in the bilateral SLF. A trend was found for the BDI-score (pFWE > 0.067). When analyzed simultaneously only the effect of course of illness remained significant (pFWE < 0.040) mapping to the right SLF. CONCLUSIONS Decreased FA and increased MD and RD values in the SLF are associated with more hospitalizations when controlling for current psychopathology. SLF fiber integrity could reflect cumulative illness burden at a neurobiological level and should be targeted in future longitudinal analyses.
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- Susanne Meinert
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Core-Unit Brainimaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF) Münster, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Lemke H, Probst S, Warneke A, Waltemate L, Winter A, Thiel K, Meinert S, Enneking V, Breuer F, Klug M, Goltermann J, Hülsmann C, Grotegerd D, Redlich R, Dohm K, Leehr EJ, Repple J, Opel N, Brosch K, Meller T, Pfarr JK, Ringwald K, Schmitt S, Stein F, Krug A, Jansen A, Nenadic I, Kircher T, Hahn T, Dannlowski U. The Course of Disease in Major Depressive Disorder Is Associated With Altered Activity of the Limbic System During Negative Emotion Processing. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2021; 7:323-332. [PMID: 34102346 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Brain functional alterations during emotion processing in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) compared with healthy control subjects (HCs) are frequently reported. However, evidence for functional correlates of emotion processing with regard to MDD trajectories is scarce. This study investigates the role of lifetime disease course for limbic brain activation during negative emotional face processing in patients with MDD. METHODS In a large sample of patients with MDD (n = 333; 58.55% female) and HCs (n = 333; 60.06% female), brain activation was investigated during a negative emotional face-processing task within a cross-sectional design. Differences between HC and MDD groups were analyzed. Previous disease course, characterized by 2 components, namely hospitalization and duration of illness, was regressed on brain activation of the amygdala, (para-)hippocampus, and insula in patients with MDD. RESULTS Patients with MDD showed increased activation in the amygdala, insula, and hippocampus compared with HCs (all p values corrected for familywise error [pFWE] < .045). The hospitalization component showed negative associations with brain activation in the bilateral insula (right: pFWE = .026, left: pFWE = .019) and (para-)hippocampus (right: pFWE = .038, left: pFWE = .031). No significant association was found for the duration of illness component (all pFWE > .057). CONCLUSIONS This study investigated negative emotion processing in a large sample of patients with MDD and HCs. Our results confirm limbic hyperactivation in patients with MDD during negative emotion processing; however, this hyperactivation may resolve with a more severe lifetime disease course in the insula and (para-)hippocampus-brain regions involved in emotion processing and regulation. These findings need further replication in longitudinal studies.
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- Hannah Lemke
- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Förster K, Danzer L, Redlich R, Opel N, Grotegerd D, Leehr EJ, Dohm K, Enneking V, Meinert S, Goltermann J, Lemke H, Waltemate L, Thiel K, Behnert K, Brosch K, Stein F, Meller T, Ringwald K, Schmitt S, Steinsträter O, Jansen A, Krug A, Nenadic I, Kircher T, Hahn T, Kugel H, Heindel W, Repple J, Dannlowski U. Social support and hippocampal volume are negatively associated in adults with previous experience of childhood maltreatment. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2021; 46:E328-E336. [PMID: 33904668 PMCID: PMC8327979 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.200162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment has been associated with reduced hippocampal volume in healthy individuals, whereas social support, a protective factor, has been positively associated with hippocampal volumes. In this study, we investigated how social support is associated with hippocampal volume in healthy people with previous experience of childhood maltreatment. METHODS We separated a sample of 446 healthy participants into 2 groups using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: 265 people without maltreatment and 181 people with maltreatment. We measured perceived social support using a short version of the Social Support Questionnaire. We examined hippocampal volume using automated segmentation (Freesurfer). We conducted a social support × group analysis of covariance on hippocampal volumes controlling for age, sex, total intracranial volume, site and verbal intelligence. RESULTS Our analysis revealed significantly lower left hippocampal volume in people with maltreatment (left F1,432 = 5.686, p = 0.018; right F1,433 = 3.371, p = 0.07), but no main effect of social support emerged. However, we did find a significant social support × group interaction for left hippocampal volume (left F1,432 = 5.712, p = 0.017; right F1,433 = 3.480, p = 0.06). In people without maltreatment, we observed a trend toward a positive association between social support and hippocampal volume. In contrast, social support was negatively associated with hippocampal volume in people with maltreatment. LIMITATIONS Because of the correlative nature of our study, we could not infer causal relationships between social support, maltreatment and hippocampal volume. CONCLUSION Our results point to a complex dynamic between environmental risk, protective factors and brain structure - in line with previous evidence - suggesting a detrimental effect of maltreatment on hippocampal development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katharina Förster
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Lorenz Danzer
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Ronny Redlich
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Nils Opel
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Dominik Grotegerd
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Elisabeth J Leehr
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Katharina Dohm
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Verena Enneking
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Susanne Meinert
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Janik Goltermann
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Hannah Lemke
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Lena Waltemate
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Katharina Thiel
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Katja Behnert
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Katharina Brosch
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Frederike Stein
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Tina Meller
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Kai Ringwald
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Simon Schmitt
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Olaf Steinsträter
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Andreas Jansen
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Axel Krug
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Igor Nenadic
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Tilo Kircher
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
| | - Tim Hahn
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Danzer, Redlich, Opel, Grotegerd, Leehr, Dohm, Enneking, Meinert, Goltermann, Lemke, Waltemate, Thiel, Behnert, Hahn, Repple, Dannlowski); the Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Förster); the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Redlich); the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Brosch, Stein, Meller, Ringwald, Schmitt, Steinsträter, Jansen, Krug, Nenadic, Kircher); the Core-Unit Brain Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany (Jansen); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Krug); and the University Clinic for Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel, Heindel)
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Stein F, Meller T, Brosch K, Schmitt S, Ringwald K, Pfarr JK, Meinert S, Thiel K, Lemke H, Waltemate L, Grotegerd D, Opel N, Jansen A, Nenadić I, Dannlowski U, Krug A, Kircher T. Psychopathological Syndromes Across Affective and Psychotic Disorders Correlate With Gray Matter Volumes. Schizophr Bull 2021; 47:1740-1750. [PMID: 33860786 PMCID: PMC8530386 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION More than a century of research on the neurobiological underpinnings of major psychiatric disorders (major depressive disorder [MDD], bipolar disorder [BD], schizophrenia [SZ], and schizoaffective disorder [SZA]) has been unable to identify diagnostic markers. An alternative approach is to study dimensional psychopathological syndromes that cut across categorical diagnoses. The aim of the current study was to identify gray matter volume (GMV) correlates of transdiagnostic symptom dimensions. METHODS We tested the association of 5 psychopathological factors with GMV using multiple regression models in a sample of N = 1069 patients meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for MDD (n = 818), BD (n = 132), and SZ/SZA (n = 119). T1-weighted brain images were acquired with 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and preprocessed with CAT12. Interactions analyses (diagnosis × psychopathological factor) were performed to test whether local GMV associations were driven by DSM-IV diagnosis. We further tested syndrome specific regions of interest (ROIs). RESULTS Whole brain analysis showed a significant negative association of the positive formal thought disorder factor with GMV in the right middle frontal gyrus, the paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome in the right fusiform, and the left middle frontal gyri. ROI analyses further showed additional negative associations, including the negative syndrome with bilateral frontal opercula, positive formal thought disorder with the left amygdala-hippocampus complex, and the paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome with the left angular gyrus. None of the GMV associations interacted with DSM-IV diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS We found associations between psychopathological syndromes and regional GMV independent of diagnosis. Our findings open a new avenue for neurobiological research across disorders, using syndrome-based approaches rather than categorical diagnoses.
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- Frederike Stein
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039 Marburg, Germany; tel: +49-6421-58-63831, fax: +49-6421-58-68939, e-mail:
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Hyung WSW, Kang J, Kim J, Lee S, Youn H, Ham BJ, Han C, Suh S, Han CE, Jeong HG. Cerebral amyloid accumulation is associated with distinct structural and functional alterations in the brain of depressed elders with mild cognitive impairment. J Affect Disord 2021; 281:459-466. [PMID: 33360748 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.049] [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: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Elderly patients with late-life depression (LLD) often report mild cognitive impairment (MCI), so Alzheimer's disease (AD) is hard to identify in these patients. We aimed to identify the structural and functional differences between prodromal AD and LLD-related MCI. METHODS We performed voxel-based morphometry and functional connectivity (FC) analyses in elderly patients with both LLD and MCI to compare alterations between those with cerebral amyloidopathy and those without. We subdivided patients into subthreshold depression (STD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) groups. Using florbetaben positron emission tomography (PET), we compared volume and connectivity between healthy controls and four STD and MDD groups with or without amyloid deposition(A): STD-MCI-A(+), MDD-MCI-A(+), STD-MCI-A(-), and MDD-MCI-A(-). RESULTS Subjects with MDD or amyloid deposition showed greater volume reduction in the left middle temporal gyrus. MDD groups had lower FC than STD groups in the frontal, cortical, and limbic areas. The STD-MCI-A(+) group showed greater FC reduction than the MDD-MCI-A(-) and STD-MCI-A(-) groups, particularly in the hippocampus, parahippocampus, and frontal and temporal cortices. The functional differences associated with amyloid plaques were more evident in the STD group than in the MDD group. LIMITATIONS Limitations include disproportional sex ratios, inability to determine the longitudinal effects of amyloidopathy in large populations. CONCLUSIONS Regional gray matter loss and alterations in brain networks may reflect impairments caused by amyloid deposition and depression. Such changes may facilitate the detection of prodromal AD in elderly patients with both depression and cognitive dysfunction, allowing earlier intervention and more appropriate treatment.
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- Won Seok William Hyung
- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Nolan M, Roman E, Nasa A, Levins KJ, O'Hanlon E, O'Keane V, Willian Roddy D. Hippocampal and Amygdalar Volume Changes in Major Depressive Disorder: A Targeted Review and Focus on Stress. CHRONIC STRESS 2020; 4:2470547020944553. [PMID: 33015518 PMCID: PMC7513405 DOI: 10.1177/2470547020944553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Medial temporal lobe structures have long been implicated in the pathogenesis of
major depressive disorder. Although findings of smaller hippocampal and
amygdalar volumes are common, inconsistencies remain in the literature. In this
targeted review, we examine recent and significant neuroimaging papers examining
the volumes of these structures in major depressive disorder. A targeted
PubMed/Google Scholar search was undertaken focusing on volumetric neuroimaging
studies of the hippocampus and amygdala in major depressive disorder. Where
possible, mean volumes and accompanying standard deviations were extracted
allowing computation of Cohen’s ds effect sizes. Although not a
meta-analysis, this allows a broad comparison of volume changes across studies.
Thirty-nine studies in total were assessed. Hippocampal substructures and
amygdale substructures were investigated in 11 and 2 studies, respectively. The
hippocampus was more consistently smaller than the amygdala across studies,
which is reflected in the larger cumulative difference in volume found with the
Cohen’s ds calculations. The left and right hippocampi were,
respectively, 92% and 91.3% of the volume found in controls, and the left and
right amygdalae were, respectively, 94.8% and 92.6% of the volume of controls
across all included studies. The role of stress in temporal lobe structure
volume reduction in major depressive disorder is discussed.
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- Mark Nolan
- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Cao S, Xia LX. Conscientiousness mediates the link between brain structure and consideration of future consequence. Neuropsychologia 2020; 141:107435. [PMID: 32184099 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The individual difference in valuing immediate and future outcomes is referred to as consideration of future consequences (CFC, including CFC-Future [CFC-F] and CFC-Immediate [CFC-I]), which significantly influences daily behaviour. Although CFC is believed to be affected by brain features and personalities, the relational model of brain correlates, personalities and CFC has yet to be determined. This study was designed to explore the brain structure related to CFC-F and CFC-I and the mediating role of conscientiousness. We adopted a voxel-based morphometry study and used grey matter density (GMD) as an indication of brain structure. The results showed that GMD in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) was positively associated with CFC-F; however, we did not find relevant regions affecting CFC-I. Furthermore, conscientiousness was found to mediate the relationship between GMD in the VMPFC and CFC-F. This study provides initial evidence concerning the neural basis of CFC-F and argues that the features of brain structure could be associated with CFC-F through related high-order personality traits. Additionally, the distinction between CFC-F and CFC-I may be based on differences in brain structure.
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- Shen Cao
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Förster K, Enneking V, Dohm K, Redlich R, Meinert S, Geisler AI`, Leehr EJ, Kugel H, Baune BT, Arolt V, Zwitserlood P, Grotegerd D, Dannlowski U. Brain structural correlates of alexithymia in patients with major depressive disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2020; 45:117-124. [PMID: 31603638 PMCID: PMC7828911 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.190044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alexithymia is a risk factor for major depressive disorder (MDD) and has been associated with diminished treatment response. Neuroimaging studies have revealed structural aberrations of the anterior cingulate cortex and the fusiform gyrus in healthy controls with high levels of alexithymia. The present study tried to corroborate and extend these results to patients with MDD compared with healthy controls. METHODS We investigated the relationship between alexithymia, depression and grey matter volume in 63 patients with MDD (mean age ± standard deviation = 42.43 yr ± 11.91; 33 female) and 46 healthy controls (45.35 yr ± 8.37; 22 female). We assessed alexithymia using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. We conducted an alexithymia × group analysis of covariance; we used a region-of-interest approach, including the fusiform gyrus and anterior cingulate cortex, and conducted whole brain analysis using voxelbased morphometry. RESULTS Our analysis revealed a significant alexithymia × group interaction in the fusiform gyrus (left, pFWE = 0.031; right, pFWE = 0.010). Higher alexithymia scores were associated with decreased grey matter volume in patients with MDD (pFWE = 0.009), but with increased grey matter volume of the fusiform gyrus in healthy controls (pFWE = 0.044). We found no significant main effects in the region-of-interest analysis. LIMITATIONS Owing to the naturalistic nature of our study, patients with MDD and healthy controls differed significantly in their alexithymia scores. CONCLUSION Our results showed the fusiform gyrus as a correlate of alexithymia. We also found differences related to alexithymia between patients with MDD and healthy controls in the fusiform gyrus. Our study encourages research related to the transition from risk to MDD in people with alexithymia.
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- Katharina Förster
- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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- From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Förster, Enneking, Dohm, Redlich, Meinert, Geisler, Leehr, Baune, Arolt, Grotegerd, Dannlowski); the Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Kugel); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune); the Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Zwitserlood); and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Baune)
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Enneking V, Leehr EJ, Dannlowski U, Redlich R. Brain structural effects of treatments for depression and biomarkers of response: a systematic review of neuroimaging studies. Psychol Med 2020; 50:187-209. [PMID: 31858931 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719003660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Antidepressive pharmacotherapy (AD), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective treatments for major depressive disorder. With our review, we aim to provide a systematic overview of neuroimaging studies that investigate the effects of AD, ECT and CBT on brain grey matter volume (GMV) and biomarkers associated with response. After a systematic database research on PubMed, we included 50 studies using magnetic resonance imaging and investigating (1) changes in GMV, (2) pre-treatment GMV biomarkers associated with response, or (3) the accuracy of predictions of response to AD, ECT or CBT based on baseline GMV data. The strongest evidence for brain structural changes was found for ECT, showing volume increases within the temporal lobe and subcortical structures - such as the hippocampus-amygdala complex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and striatum. For AD, the evidence is heterogeneous as only 4 of 11 studies reported significant changes in GMV. The results are not sufficient in order to draw conclusions about the structural brain effects of CBT. The findings show consistently that higher pre-treatment ACC volume is associated with response to AD, ECT and CBT. An association of higher pre-treatment hippocampal volume and response has only been reported for AD. Machine learning approaches based on pre-treatment whole brain patterns reach accuracies of 64-90% for predictions of AD or ECT response on the individual patient level. The findings underline the potential of brain biomarkers for the implementation in clinical practice as an additive feature within the process of treatment selection.
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- Verena Enneking
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Neurobiology of the major psychoses: a translational perspective on brain structure and function-the FOR2107 consortium. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2019; 269:949-962. [PMID: 30267149 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-018-0943-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Genetic (G) and environmental (E) factors are involved in the etiology and course of the major psychoses (MP), i.e. major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), schizoaffective disorder (SZA) and schizophrenia (SZ). The neurobiological correlates by which these predispositions exert their influence on brain structure, function and course of illness are poorly understood. In the FOR2107 consortium, animal models and humans are investigated. A human cohort of MP patients, healthy subjects at genetic and/or environmental risk, and control subjects (N = 2500) has been established. Participants are followed up after 2 years and twice underwent extensive deep phenotyping (MR imaging, clinical course, neuropsychology, personality, risk/protective factors, biomaterials: blood, stool, urine, hair, saliva). Methods for data reduction, quality assurance for longitudinal MRI data, and (deep) machine learning techniques are employed. In the parallelised animal cluster, genetic risk was introduced by a rodent model (Cacna1c deficiency) and its interactions with environmental risk and protective factors are studied. The animals are deeply phenotyped regarding cognition, emotion, and social function, paralleling the variables assessed in humans. A set of innovative experimental projects connect and integrate data from the human and animal parts, investigating the role of microRNA, neuroplasticity, immune signatures, (epi-)genetics and gene expression. Biomaterial from humans and animals are analyzed in parallel. The FOR2107 consortium will delineate pathophysiological entities with common neurobiological underpinnings ("biotypes") and pave the way for an etiologic understanding of the MP, potentially leading to their prevention, the prediction of individual disease courses, and novel therapies in the future.
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Psychological Treatment for Depressive Disorder. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1180:233-265. [PMID: 31784967 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9271-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Depression is highly prevalent and causes unnecessary human suffering and economic loss. Therefore, its treatment and prevention are of utmost importance. There are several advantages of using psychotherapy either by itself or combined with pharmacological treatment methods in the treatment of depression. First, it is well known that combining biological treatment with psychosocial methods increases the chances of recovery. Second, in some individuals, psychotherapy continues to be the only solution. Third, the use of antidepressants contains some safety risks and side effects, but psychotherapy does not. Fourth, clinically, depressive patients prefer psychotherapy to drug therapy. Use of a depression-focused psychotherapy alone is recommended as an initial treatment choice for patients with mild to moderate depression, with clinical evidence supporting the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDP), and problem-solving therapy (PST) in individual and group formats. Important developments took place within the past 20 years in the psychotherapy of depression. In the present chapter, we introduced several key issues, such as, Are all psychotherapies equally effective? Who benefits from psychotherapies? Is telepsychotherapy effective? Finally, we introduce the psychotherapy for special populations.
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Enneking V, Dzvonyar F, Dannlowski U, Redlich R. [Neuronal effects and biomarkers of antidepressant treatments : Current review from the perspective of neuroimaging]. DER NERVENARZT 2019; 90:319-329. [PMID: 30729991 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-019-0675-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Depression is one of the most frequent and disabling mental disorders worldwide and is accompanied by a severe impairment in the quality of life. There are numerous imaging studies showing differences in the volume of gray and white brain matter and function between patients suffering from depression and healthy controls. Neuroimaging studies show that pharmacotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy are accompanied by an increase of hippocampal gray matter volume while as a result of psychotherapy activity changes in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) have repeatedly been reported. By the identification of neuroanatomical markers, baseline volumes of the ACC have also been shown to be associated with therapy response to all treatments. The identification of such neuronal biomarkers in combination with machine learning techniques provide a promising step towards a neurobiologically based application for the prediction of treatment response.
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- Verena Enneking
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Universität Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. A9, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Universität Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. A9, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Universität Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. A9, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Universität Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. A9, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
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Mikolas P, Tozzi L, Doolin K, Farrell C, O'Keane V, Frodl T. Effects of early life adversity and FKBP5 genotype on hippocampal subfields volume in major depression. J Affect Disord 2019; 252:152-159. [PMID: 30986730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Smaller hippocampus volume represents a consistent finding in major depression (MDD). Hippocampal neuroplasticity due to chronic stress might have differential effect on hippocampal subfields. We investigated the effects of the rs1360780 polymorphism of the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis related gene FKBP5 in combination with early life stress (ELA) on the structure of hippocampal subfields in MDD. METHODS We assessed the hippocampal subfields volumes in 85/67 MDD/healthy controls. We investigated the effects of diagnosis, FKBP5 allelic status and their interaction as predictors of hippocampal subfield volumes as well as the effect of ELA and its interaction with FKBP5. RESULTS MDD patients had smaller hippocampal volumes, in particular within the cornu ammonis (CA) and dentate gyrus (DG) regions. Patients exposed to ELA had larger hippocampi, in particular within the CA and DG. Among the patients exposed to ELA, the T allele carriers displayed lower volumes within the hippocampus-amygdala-transition-area (HATA) as those subjects homozygous for the C allele. LIMITATIONS We pooled the subjects from 2 centers in order to increase the sample size. We did not include the cumulative lifetime exposure to medication. CONCLUSIONS Hippocampal volume reductions in MDD were present particularly in the CA and DG. MDD with ELA display differential volume changes compared to MDD without ELA. The significant interaction between ELA and the rs1360780 polymorphism in HATA suggests a role of FKBP5 in the pathophysiology of structural alterations in depression.
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- Pavol Mikolas
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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Enneking V, Krüssel P, Zaremba D, Dohm K, Grotegerd D, Förster K, Meinert S, Bürger C, Dzvonyar F, Leehr EJ, Böhnlein J, Repple J, Opel N, Winter NR, Hahn T, Redlich R, Dannlowski U. Social anhedonia in major depressive disorder: a symptom-specific neuroimaging approach. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019; 44:883-889. [PMID: 30607014 PMCID: PMC6461766 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0283-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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While research concerning brain structural biomarkers of major depressive disorder (MDD) is continuously progressing, our state of knowledge regarding biomarkers of specific clinical profiles of MDD is still limited. The aim of the present study was to investigate brain structural correlates of social anhedonia as a cardinal symptom of MDD. In a cross-sectional study, we investigated n = 166 patients with MDD and n = 166 matched healthy controls (HC) using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Social anhedonia was assessed using the Chapman Scales for Social Anhedonia (SAS). An anhedonia x group ANCOVA was performed in a region of interest approach of the dorsal and ventral striatum (bilateral caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens respectively) as well as on whole-brain level. The analyses revealed a significant main effect for social anhedonia: higher SAS-scores were associated with reduced gray matter volume in the bilateral caudate nucleus in both the MDD-group (pFWE = 0.002) and the HC-group (pFWE = 0.032). The whole-brain analysis confirmed this association (left: pFWE = 0.036, right: pFWE = 0.047). There was no significant main effect of group and no significant anhedonia x group interaction effect. This is the first study providing evidence for volumetric aberrations in the reward system related to social anhedonia independently of diagnosis, depression severity, medication status, and former course of disease. These results support the hypothesis that social anhedonia has a brain biomarker serving as a possible endophenotype of depression and possibly providing an alternative approach for a more precise and effective treatment.
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- Verena Enneking
- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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- 0000 0001 2172 9288grid.5949.1Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mediation of the influence of childhood maltreatment on depression relapse by cortical structure: a 2-year longitudinal observational study. Lancet Psychiatry 2019; 6:318-326. [PMID: 30904126 DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30044-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment is a leading environmental risk factor for an unfavourable course of disease in major depressive disorder. Both maltreatment and major depressive disorder are associated with similar brain structural alterations suggesting that brain structural changes could mediate the adverse influence of maltreatment on clinical outcome in major depressive disorder. However, longitudinal studies have not been able to confirm this hypothesis. We therefore aimed to clarify the relationship between childhood trauma, brain structural alterations, and depression relapse in a longitudinal design. METHODS We recruited participants at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Germany, from the Münster Neuroimage Cohort for whom 2-year longitudinal clinical data were available. Baseline data acquisition comprised clinical assessments, structural MRI, and retrospective assessment of the extent of childhood maltreatment experiences using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Clinical follow-up assessments were conducted in all participants 2 years after initial recruitment. FINDINGS Initial recruitment was March 21, 2010-Jan 29, 2016; follow-up reassessment Sept 7, 2012-March 9, 2018. 110 patients with major depressive disorder participated in this study. 35 patients were relapse-free, whereas 75 patients had experienced depression relapse within the 2-year follow-up period. Childhood maltreatment was significantly associated with depression relapse during follow-up (odds ratio [OR] 1·035, 95% CI 1·001-1·070; p=0·045). Both previous childhood maltreatment experiences and future depression relapse were associated with reduced cortical surface area (OR 0·996, 95% CI 0·994-0·999; p=0·001), primarily in the right insula at baseline (r=-0·219, p=0·023). Insular surface area was shown to mediate the association between maltreatment and future depression relapse (indirect effect: coefficient 0·0128, SE 0·0081, 95% CI 0·0024-0·0333). INTERPRETATION Early life stress has a detrimental effect on brain structure, which increases the risk of unfavourable disease courses in major depression. Clinical and translational research should explore the role of childhood maltreatment as causing a potential clinically and biologically distinct subtype of major depressive disorder. FUNDING The German Research Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research, and the Deanery of the Medical Faculty of the University of Münster.
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Zhu DM, Zhao W, Zhang B, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Zhang C, Wang Y, Zhu J, Yu Y. The Relationship Between Serum Concentration of Vitamin D, Total Intracranial Volume, and Severity of Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:322. [PMID: 31143135 PMCID: PMC6520644 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background: Depression has been linked to vitamin D deficiency. However, little attention was paid to the neural substrate underlying this association. Methods: Fifty patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) were enrolled in this study. High-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed to calculate total intracranial volume (TIV). Peripheral venous blood samples were collected to measure serum vitamin D concentration. Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) was used to assess severity of depression symptoms. The relationship among TIV, serum vitamin D concentration, and HAMD score was examined using correlation, linear regression, and mediation analyses. Results: In patients with MDD, HAMD score was negatively correlated with TIV and serum vitamin D concentration, and TIV was positively correlated with serum vitamin D concentration. Linear regression analyses showed that TIV and serum vitamin D concentration were significant predictors of HAMD score. Importantly, mediation analysis revealed that TIV significantly mediated the relationship between serum vitamin D concentration and HAMD score. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that TIV may serve as a potential neural biomarker for monitoring responses to adjuvant therapy of vitamin D in patients with MDD.
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- Dao-Min Zhu
- Department of Sleep Disorders, Hefei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, 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, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Sleep Disorders, Hefei Fourth People's Hospital, Hefei, China.,Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, 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, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 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, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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Yüksel D, Engelen J, Schuster V, Dietsche B, Konrad C, Jansen A, Dannlowski U, Kircher T, Krug A. Longitudinal brain volume changes in major depressive disorder. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2018; 125:1433-1447. [PMID: 30167933 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-018-1919-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit gray matter volume (GMV) reductions in limbic regions. Clinical variables-such as the number of depressive episodes-seem to affect volume alterations. It is unclear whether the observed cross-sectional GMV abnormalities in MDD change over time, and whether there is a longitudinal relationship between GMV changes and the course of disorder. We investigated T1 structural MRI images of 54 healthy control (HC) and 37 MDD patients in a 3-Tesla-MRI with a follow-up interval of 3 years. The Cat12 toolbox was used to analyze longitudinal data (p < 0.05, FWE-corrected, whole-brain analysis; flexible factorial design). Interaction effects indicated increasing GMV in MDD in the bilateral amygdala, and decreasing GMV in the right thalamus between T1 and T2. Further analyses comparing patients with a mild course of disorder (MCD; 0-1 depressive episode during the follow-up) to patients with a severe course of disorder (SCD; > 1 depressive episode during the follow-up) revealed increasing amygdalar volume in MCD. Our study confirms structural alterations in limbic regions in MDD patients and an association between these impairments and the course of disorder. Thus, we assume that the reported volumetric alterations in the left amygdala (i.e. volumetric normalization) are reversible and apparently driven by the clinical phenotype. Hence, these results support the assumption that the severity and progression of disease influences amygdalar GMV changes in MDD or vice versa.
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- Dilara Yüksel
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
- Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, Elise-Averdieck-Straße 17, 27356, Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
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Sanacora G, Katz R. Ketamine: A Review for Clinicians. FOCUS: JOURNAL OF LIFE LONG LEARNING IN PSYCHIATRY 2018; 16:243-250. [PMID: 31975918 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20180012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A growing series of clinical trials and case series now suggest that ketamine-originally used as an anesthetic agent-potentially offers an exciting new treatment option for severe depression. Increasing numbers of studies show that ketamine can provide prompt relief for many depressed patients, including those with severe treatment-refractory depression. Although the effects of a single treatment are commonly short-lived, multiple infusion protocols may offer sustained relief. The uniquely rapid onset of antidepressant action raises the potential for ketamine use in a variety of clinical situations, including the prevention or shortening of hospital stays, the treatment of acute suicidal ideation, and the facilitation of medication crossovers. Ketamine, in combination with other multimodal treatment approaches, including psychotherapy, may further augment response effect and duration. Promises of efficacy have led to increasingly unbridled use to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders, with diverse approaches and treatment environments, despite inadequate data demonstrating the true clinical efficacy and safety of the various protocols or a thorough understanding of mechanisms of action. This article briefly reviews the history of ketamine's development as a potential antidepressant, current hypotheses related to its mechanisms of action, and existing evidence for its safety and efficacy with a focus on clinicians' interests.
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- Gerard Sanacora
- Drs. Sanacora and Katz are both with the Yale Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven CT, and the Yale Interventional Psychiatry Service, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven, CT
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- Drs. Sanacora and Katz are both with the Yale Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven CT, and the Yale Interventional Psychiatry Service, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven, CT
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