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Zabot GC, Medeiros EB, Macarini BMN, Peruchi BB, Keller GS, Lídio AV, Boaventura A, de Jesus LC, de Bem Silveira G, Silveira PCL, Chede BC, Réus GZ, Budni J. The involvement of neuroinflammation in an animal model of dementia and depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 133:110999. [PMID: 38552774 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.110999] [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: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression are inflammatory pathologies, leading to increased inflammatory response and neurotoxicity. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of the treatment with fluoxetine and/or galantamine and/or donepezil on the levels of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in a mixed animal model of depression and dementia. Adult male Wistar rats underwent chronic mild stress (CMS) protocol for 40 days and were subjected to stereotaxic surgery for intra-hippocampal administration of amyloid-beta (Aꞵ) peptide or artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) to mimic the dementia animal model. On the 42nd day, animals were treated with water, galantamine, donepezil, and/or fluoxetine, orally for 17 days. On the 57th and 58th days, the Splash and Y-maze tests for behavior analysis were performed. The frontal cortex and hippocampus were used to analyze the tumor necrosis factor alfa (TNF-α), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1ꞵ), IL-6, and IL-10 levels. The results of this study show that animals subjected to CMS and administration of Aꞵ had anhedonia, cognitive impairment, increased TNF-α and IL-1ꞵ levels in the frontal cortex, and reduced IL-10 levels in the hippocampus. All treatment groups were able to reverse the cognitive impairment. Only donepezil did not decrease the TNF-α levels in the hippocampus. Fluoxetine + galantamine and fluoxetine + donepezil reversed the anhedonia. Fluoxetine reversed the anhedonia and IL-1ꞵ levels in the frontal cortex. In addition, fluoxetine + donepezil reversed the reduction of IL-10 levels in the hippocampus. The results indicate a pathophysiological interaction between AD and depression, and the association of medications in the future may be a possible therapeutic strategy to reduce inflammation, especially the fluoxetine-associated treatments.
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- Gabriel Casagrande Zabot
- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Physiopathology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCS), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil.
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Kyuragi Y, Oishi N, Hatakoshi M, Hirano J, Noda T, Yoshihara Y, Ito Y, Igarashi H, Miyata J, Takahashi K, Kamiya K, Matsumoto J, Okada T, Fushimi Y, Nakagome K, Mimura M, Murai T, Suwa T. Segmentation and Volume Estimation of the Habenula Using Deep Learning in Patients With Depression. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2024; 4:100314. [PMID: 38726037 PMCID: PMC11078767 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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Background The habenula is involved in the pathophysiology of depression. However, its small structure limits the accuracy of segmentation methods, and the findings regarding its volume have been inconsistent. This study aimed to create a highly accurate habenula segmentation model using deep learning, test its generalizability to clinical magnetic resonance imaging, and examine differences between healthy participants and patients with depression. Methods This multicenter study included 382 participants (patients with depression: N = 234, women 47.0%; healthy participants: N = 148, women 37.8%). A 3-dimensional residual U-Net was used to create a habenula segmentation model on 3T magnetic resonance images. The reproducibility and generalizability of the predictive model were tested on various validation cohorts. Thereafter, differences between the habenula volume of healthy participants and that of patients with depression were examined. Results A Dice coefficient of 86.6% was achieved in the derivation cohort. The test-retest dataset showed a mean absolute percentage error of 6.66, indicating sufficiently high reproducibility. A Dice coefficient of >80% was achieved for datasets with different imaging conditions, such as magnetic field strengths, spatial resolutions, and imaging sequences, by adjusting the threshold. A significant negative correlation with age was observed in the general population, and this correlation was more pronounced in patients with depression (p < 10-7, r = -0.59). Habenula volume decreased with depression severity in women even when the effects of age and scanner were excluded (p = .019, η2 = 0.099). Conclusions Habenula volume could be a pathophysiologically relevant factor and diagnostic and therapeutic marker for depression, particularly in women.
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- Yusuke Kyuragi
- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Schwabe L. Memory under stress: from adaptation to disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2024:S0006-3223(24)01385-4. [PMID: 38880463 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.06.005] [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: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Stressful events are ubiquitous in everyday life. The exposure to these stressors initiates the temporally orchestrated release of a multitude of hormones, peptides, and neurotransmitters that target brain areas critically implicated in learning and memory. This review summarizes recent insights on the profound impact of stress on four fundamental processes of memory: memory formation, memory contextualization, memory retrieval, and memory flexibility. Stress mediators instigate dynamic alterations in these processes, facilitating efficient responding under stress and the creation of a decontextualized memory representation that can effectively aid coping with novel future threats. While being generally adaptive, the same stress-related changes may contribute to rigid behaviors, uncontrollable intrusions, or generalized fear responding seen in anxiety disorders or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry, this review discusses how stress-induced alterations in memory processes can simultaneously foster adaptation to stressors and fuel psychopathology. The transition from adaptive to maladaptive changes in the impact of stress on memory hinges on the nuanced interplay of stressor characteristics and individual predispositions. Thus, taking individual differences in the cognitive response to stressors into account is essential for any successful treatment of stress-related mental disorders.
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- Lars Schwabe
- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Olson RJ, Bartlett L, Sonneborn A, Milton R, Bretton-Granatoor Z, Firdous A, Harris AZ, Abbas AI. Decoupling of cortical activity from behavioral state following administration of the classic psychedelic DOI. Neuropharmacology 2024; 257:110030. [PMID: 38851531 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.110030] [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: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Administration or consumption of classic psychedelics (CPs) leads to profound changes in experience which are often described as highly novel and meaningful. They have shown substantial promise in treating depressive symptoms and may be therapeutic in other situations. Although research suggests that the therapeutic response is correlated with the intensity of the experience, the neural circuit basis for the alterations in experience caused by CPs requires further study. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), where CPs have been shown to induce rapid, 5-HT2A receptor-dependent structural and neurophysiological changes, is believed to be a key site of action. To investigate the acute neural circuit changes induced by CPs, we recorded single neurons and local field potentials in the mPFC of freely behaving male mice after administration of the 5-HT2A/2C receptor-selective CP, 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI). We segregated recordings into active and rest periods in order to examine cortical activity during desynchronized (active) and synchronized (rest) states. We found that DOI induced a robust decrease in low frequency power when animals were at rest, attenuating the usual synchronization that occurs during less active behavioral states. DOI also increased broadband gamma power and suppressed activity in fast-spiking neurons in both active and rest periods. Together, these results suggest that the CP DOI induces persistent desynchronization in mPFC, including during rest when mPFC typically exhibits more synchronized activity. This shift in cortical dynamics may in part underlie the longer-lasting effects of CPs on plasticity, and may be critical to their therapeutic properties.
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- Randall J Olson
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA
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- Division of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10034, USA
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- Division of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10034, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10034, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR 97239, USA; VA Portland Health Care System, Portland OR, 97239, USA.
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Chen YH, Wang ZB, Liu XP, Xu JP, Mao ZQ. Sex differences in the relationship between depression and Alzheimer's disease-mechanisms, genetics, and therapeutic opportunities. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1301854. [PMID: 38903903 PMCID: PMC11188317 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1301854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Depression and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders with intriguing epidemiological overlaps. Their interrelation has recently garnered widespread attention. Empirical evidence indicates that depressive disorders significantly contribute to AD risk, and approximately a quarter of AD patients have comorbid major depressive disorder, which underscores the bidirectional link between AD and depression. A growing body of evidence substantiates pervasive sex differences in both AD and depression: both conditions exhibit a higher incidence among women than among men. However, the available literature on this topic is somewhat fragmented, with no comprehensive review that delineates sex disparities in the depression-AD correlation. In this review, we bridge these gaps by summarizing recent progress in understanding sex-based differences in mechanisms, genetics, and therapeutic prospects for depression and AD. Additionally, we outline key challenges in the field, holding potential for improving treatment precision and efficacy tailored to male and female patients' distinct needs.
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- Yu-Han Chen
- The First Clinical Medical School, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, China
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- Innovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North, Zhangjiakou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Ochi S, Manabe S, Kikkawa T, Ebrahimiazar S, Kimura R, Yoshizaki K, Osumi N. A Transcriptomic Dataset of Embryonic Murine Telencephalon. Sci Data 2024; 11:586. [PMID: 38839806 PMCID: PMC11153524 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03421-x] [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: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Sex bias is known in the prevalence/pathology of neurodevelopmental disorders. Sex-dependent differences of the certain brain areas are known to emerge perinatally through the exposure to sex hormones, while gene expression patterns in the rodent embryonic brain does not seem to be completely the same between male and female. To investigate potential sex differences in gene expression and cortical organization during the embryonic period in mice, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of gene expression for the telencephalon at embryonic day (E) 11.5 (a peak of neural stem cell expansion) and E14.5 (a peak of neurogenesis) using bulk RNA-seq data. As a result, our data showed the existence of notable sex differences in gene expression patterns not obviously at E11.5, but clearly at E14.5 when neurogenesis has become its peak. These data can be useful for exploring potential contribution of genes exhibiting sex differences to the divergence in brain development. Additionally, our data underscore the significance of studying the embryonic period to gain a deeper understanding of sex differences in brain development.
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- Shohei Ochi
- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
- Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Future Medical Sciences, Division of Integrated Analysis of Bioresource and Health Care, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Kobe University Hospital, Bioresource Center, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
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Li Q, Song K, Feng T, Zhang J, Fang X. Machine learning identifies different related factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation in Chinese children and adolescents. J Affect Disord 2024; 361:24-35. [PMID: 38844165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.006] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND Depression and suicidal ideation often co-occur in children and adolescents, yet they possess distinct characteristics. This study sought to identify the different related factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation. METHODS A nationwide cross-sectional survey collected data from Chinese children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 (N = 160,962; 48.91 % girls). The survey included inquiries about demographics, depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, perceived stress, academic burnout, internet addiction, non-suicidal self-injury, bullying, and being bullied. Fifteen machine learning algorithms were conducted to identify the different related factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation. Additionally, we conducted external validation on an independent sample of 1,812,889 children and adolescents. RESULTS Our findings revealed seven related factors linked to depression and six associated with suicidal ideation, with average accuracy rates of 86.86 % and 85.82 %, respectively. For depression, the most influential factors were anxiety, perceived stress, academic burnout, internet addiction, non-suicidal self-injury, experience of bullying, and age. Similarly, anxiety, non-suicidal self-injury, perceived stress, internet addiction, academic burnout, and age emerged as paramount factors for suicidal ideation. Moreover, these related factors showed notable variations in their predictive capacities for depression and suicidal ideation across different subgroups. CONCLUSION Anxiety emerged as the predominant shared factor for both depression and suicidal ideation, whereas the other related factors displayed distinct predictive patterns for each condition. These findings highlight the critical need for tailored strategies from public mental health service providers and policymakers to address the pressing concerns of depression and suicidal ideation.
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- Qingyin Li
- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Mind Data & Analysis Technology Co. Ltd, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Duda JM, Moser AD, Ironside M, Null KE, Holsen LM, Zuo CS, Du F, Esfand SM, Chen X, Perlo S, Richards CE, Lobien R, Alexander M, Misra M, Goldstein JM, Pizzagalli DA. Effects of GABA, Sex, and Stress on Reward Learning in Current and Remitted Major Depression. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2024; 9:606-615. [PMID: 38417785 PMCID: PMC11156537 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurocognitive factors including aberrant reward learning, blunted GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), and potentiated stress sensitivity have been linked to anhedonia, a hallmark depressive symptom, possibly in a sex-dependent manner. However, previous research has not investigated the putative associations among these factors or the extent to which they represent trait- or state-based vulnerabilities for depression. METHODS Young adults with current major depressive disorder (MDD) (n = 44), remitted MDD (n = 42), and healthy control participants (HCs) (n = 44), stratified by sex assigned at birth, underwent magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess macromolecular contaminated GABA (GABA+) and then a reward learning task before and after acute stress. We assessed changes in reward learning after stress and associations with GABA+. RESULTS Results revealed blunted baseline reward learning in participants with remitted MDD versus participants with current MDD and HCs but, surprisingly, no differences between participants with current MDD and HCs. Reward learning was reduced following acute stress regardless of depressive history. GABA+ in the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, but not the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, was associated with reduced baseline reward learning only in female participants. GABA+ did not predict stress-related changes in reward learning. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate associations among GABA, reward learning, and stress reactivity in current versus past depression. Hypothesized depression-related differences in reward learning did not emerge, precluding claims about state versus trait vulnerabilities. However, our finding that blunted GABA was associated with greater reward learning in female participants provides novel insights into sex-selective associations between the frontal GABAergic inhibitory system and reward processing.
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- Jessica M Duda
- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.
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Wang T, Li Q, Zhang S, Liu H, Jian W, Guo J. Patterns of gender inequality perception and depressive symptoms among Chinese adults: The mediating role of marital life satisfaction. J Affect Disord 2024; 354:634-641. [PMID: 38492649 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.041] [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: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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OBJECTIVES As one of the most severe public health issues, depressive symptoms have attracted wide attention around the world. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of marital life satisfaction in the relationship between gender inequality perception and depressive symptoms. METHODS Data were obtained from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conducted in 2020. This study incorporated a total of 13,409 married residents aged 20 and above. RESULTS The residents with middle (B = 0.19, 95 % CI = 0.01, 0.40) or high perception of gender inequality (B = 0.55, 95 % CI = 0.34, 0.75) were more likely to develop depressive symptoms. Marital life satisfaction plays a mediating effect in the relationship between patterns of gender inequality perception and depressive symptoms, and the mediating effect accounted for 4.89 % or 1.37 % of the total impact in the residents with middle or high patterns of gender inequality perception. LIMITATIONS Further studies need to understand the mechanisms of perceived patterns of gender inequality and depressive symptoms, because the cross-sectional design in this study cannot draw causal inferences. CONCLUSION Patterns of gender inequality perception are significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Marital life satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between patterns of gender inequality perception and depressive symptoms. It is plausible that nurturing healthy marital relationships could mitigate depressive symptoms in individuals who perceive high degrees of gender disparity.
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- Ting Wang
- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Okada M, Tran TTT. Effect of chronic administration of ostruthin on depression-like behavior in chronically stressed mice. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2024; 16:622-628. [PMID: 38832088 PMCID: PMC11144753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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We have previously shown that a single dose of a TREK-1 channel activator, ostruthin, exhibited antidepressant and anxiolytic effects in acute behavioral test models in mice. To assess the potential clinical application, it is essential to evaluate the effects of long-term administration of ostruthin in a chronically stressed mouse model, which is considered to be similar to the clinical condition of major depression in humans. Here, we tested the effects of a single and a 7-day administration of ostruthin on mice that were subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). A single administration of ostruthin showed antidepressive effects in the tail suspension and forced swim tests of CUMS-treated mice. Unexpectedly, the 7-day administration exhibited only insignificant antidepressive and anxiolytic effects. The 7-day regimen did not affect food intake or body-weight gain, suggesting the absence of apparent cytotoxicity. The mice receiving the 7-day administration had significantly lower blood concentrations of ostruthin compared to those receiving a single dose, suggesting an upregulation of drug-metabolizing activities. These findings suggest that there is a need for stable TREK-1 channel activators that are not affected by drug metabolism.
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- Masayoshi Okada
- Department of Medical LifeScience, College of Life Science, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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van der Wijk G, Zamyadi M, Bray S, Hassel S, Arnott SR, Frey BN, Kennedy SH, Davis AD, Hall GB, Lam RW, Milev R, Müller DJ, Parikh S, Soares C, Macqueen GM, Strother SC, Protzner AB. Large Individual Differences in Functional Connectivity in the Context of Major Depression and Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy. eNeuro 2024; 11:ENEURO.0286-23.2024. [PMID: 38830756 PMCID: PMC11163402 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0286-23.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Clinical studies of major depression (MD) generally focus on group effects, yet interindividual differences in brain function are increasingly recognized as important and may even impact effect sizes related to group effects. Here, we examine the magnitude of individual differences in relation to group differences that are commonly investigated (e.g., related to MD diagnosis and treatment response). Functional MRI data from 107 participants (63 female, 44 male) were collected at baseline, 2, and 8 weeks during which patients received pharmacotherapy (escitalopram, N = 68) and controls (N = 39) received no intervention. The unique contributions of different sources of variation were examined by calculating how much variance in functional connectivity was shared across all participants and sessions, within/across groups (patients vs controls, responders vs nonresponders, female vs male participants), recording sessions, and individuals. Individual differences and common connectivity across groups, sessions, and participants contributed most to the explained variance (>95% across analyses). Group differences related to MD diagnosis, treatment response, and biological sex made significant but small contributions (0.3-1.2%). High individual variation was present in cognitive control and attention areas, while low individual variation characterized primary sensorimotor regions. Group differences were much smaller than individual differences in the context of MD and its treatment. These results could be linked to the variable findings and difficulty translating research on MD to clinical practice. Future research should examine brain features with low and high individual variation in relation to psychiatric symptoms and treatment trajectories to explore the clinical relevance of the individual differences identified here.
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- Gwen van der Wijk
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
- Mood Disorders Program and Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
- Centre for Depression and Suicide Studies, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
- Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Providence Care Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Providence Care, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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Tae H, Kim TS. The effect of prebiotic and probiotic food consumption on anxiety severity: a nationwide study in Korea. Front Nutr 2024; 11:1385518. [PMID: 38863592 PMCID: PMC11165345 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1385518] [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: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
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Objectives Over the past decade, research has reported that diet and gut health affect anxiety symptoms through changes in the gut microbiota. Therefore, the introduction of prebiotic and probiotic food favorable for the intestinal microbiota is necessary to improve the mental health of the host. The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of prebiotic and probiotic foods to lowering anxiety symptoms using a large, nationwide population-based database. Materials and methods The study population included 4,317 individuals 19 to 64 years of age who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VII-3, 2019-2021). A food frequency questionnaire was used to evaluate prebiotic and probiotic food consumption. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7-item scale (GAD-7) assessed the severity of anxiety symptoms. The effect of prebiotic and probiotic food consumption on anxiety severity was analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results Anxiety symptom severity was significantly lower in the highest prebiotic and/or probiotic food consumption tertiles compared to the lowest food consumption tertile. We also found a sex difference in the odds ratio for anxiety symptoms. The consumption of prebiotic food was significantly associated with the highest odds of anxiety among both men and women. However, probiotic food had a significant beneficial effect on lowering anxiety symptoms in men but not in women. Conclusion Our finding suggests that prebiotic and probiotic food consumption might confer a beneficial influence on anxiety symptoms. Further research is required for a deeper understanding into the mechanisms of the positive effects of prebiotics and probiotics on anxiety.
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- Hyejin Tae
- Stress Clinic, Health Promotion Center, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Bisby MA, Barrett V, Staples LG, Nielssen O, Dear BF, Titov N. Things You Do: A randomized controlled trial of an unguided ultra-brief intervention to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. J Anxiety Disord 2024; 105:102882. [PMID: 38850775 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102882] [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: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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The 'Things You Do' encompass five types of actions that are strongly associated with good mental health: Healthy Thinking, Meaningful Activities, Goals and Plans, Healthy Habits, and Social Connections. Ultra-brief interventions which increase how often people perform these actions may decrease depression and anxiety. A two-arm randomized controlled trial (N = 349) compared an unguided ultra-brief intervention based on the 'Things You Do' against a waitlist control. The intervention included one online module, two practice guides, and four weeks of daily text messages. The primary timepoint was 5-weeks post-baseline. The intervention resulted in moderate reductions in depression (d = 0.51) and anxiety (d = 0.55) alongside moderate increases in the frequency of Things You Do actions (d = 0.54), compared to controls. No significant change in number of days out of role or life satisfaction were observed. Treatment completion was high (92 %), most participants reported being satisfied with the treatment (66 %), and improvements were maintained at 3-month follow-up. This study demonstrated that an automated ultra-brief 'Things You Do' intervention resulted in clinically significant reductions in depression and anxiety. Ultra-brief interventions may provide a scalable solution to support individuals who are unlikely to engage in longer forms of psychological treatment.
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- Madelyne A Bisby
- eCentreClinic, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia; MindSpot Clinic, MQ Health, Macquarie University, Australia.
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- MindSpot Clinic, MQ Health, Macquarie University, Australia
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- eCentreClinic, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia; MindSpot Clinic, MQ Health, Macquarie University, Australia
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- eCentreClinic, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia; MindSpot Clinic, MQ Health, Macquarie University, Australia
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Schulz B, Leitner E, Schreiber T, Lindner T, Schwarz R, Aboutara N, Ma Y, Escobar HM, Palme R, Hinz B, Vollmar B, Zechner D. Sex Matters-Insights from Testing Drug Efficacy in an Animal Model of Pancreatic Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:1901. [PMID: 38791980 PMCID: PMC11120498 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16101901] [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: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Preclinical studies rarely test the efficacy of therapies in both sexes. The field of oncology is no exception in this regard. In a model of syngeneic, orthotopic, metastasized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma we evaluated the impact of sex on pathological features of this disease as well as on the efficacy and possible adverse side effects of a novel, small molecule-based therapy inhibiting KRAS:SOS1, MEK1/2 and PI3K signaling in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Male mice had less tumor infiltration of CD8-positive cells, developed bigger tumors, had more lung metastasis and a lower probability of survival compared to female mice. These more severe pathological features in male animals were accompanied by higher distress at the end of the experiment. The evaluated inhibitors BI-3406, trametinib and BKM120 showed synergistic effects in vitro. This combinatorial therapy reduced tumor weight more efficiently in male animals, although the drug concentrations were similar in the tumors of both sexes. These results underline the importance of sex-specific preclinical research and at the same time provide a solid basis for future studies with the tested compounds.
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- Benjamin Schulz
- Rudolf-Zenker-Institute of Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (B.S.)
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- Rudolf-Zenker-Institute of Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (B.S.)
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- Rudolf-Zenker-Institute of Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (B.S.)
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- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Medicine Clinic III, Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Medicine Clinic III, Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Rudolf-Zenker-Institute of Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (B.S.)
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- Rudolf-Zenker-Institute of Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (B.S.)
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Rigney N, Campos-Lira E, Kirchner MK, Wei W, Belkasim S, Beaumont R, Singh S, Suarez SG, Hartswick D, Stern JE, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. A vasopressin circuit that modulates mouse social investigation and anxiety-like behavior in a sex-specific manner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2319641121. [PMID: 38709918 PMCID: PMC11098102 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319641121] [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: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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One of the largest sex differences in brain neurochemistry is the expression of the neuropeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) within the vertebrate brain, with males having more AVP cells in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) than females. Despite the long-standing implication of AVP in social and anxiety-like behaviors, the circuitry underlying AVP's control of these behaviors is still not well defined. Using optogenetic approaches, we show that inhibiting AVP BNST cells reduces social investigation in males, but not in females, whereas stimulating these cells increases social investigation in both sexes, but more so in males. These cells may facilitate male social investigation through their projections to the lateral septum (LS), an area with the highest density of sexually differentiated AVP innervation in the brain, as optogenetic stimulation of BNST AVP → LS increased social investigation and anxiety-like behavior in males but not in females; the same stimulation also caused a biphasic response of LS cells ex vivo. Blocking the vasopressin 1a receptor (V1aR) in the LS eliminated all these responses. Together, these findings establish a sexually differentiated role for BNST AVP cells in the control of social investigation and anxiety-like behavior, likely mediated by their projections to the LS.
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- Nicole Rigney
- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA30302
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Zhang N, Zhao S, Ma Y, Xiao Z, Xue B, Dong Y, Wang Q, Xu H, Zhang X, Wang Y. Hyperexcitation of ovBNST CRF neurons during stress contributes to female-biased expression of anxiety-like avoidance behaviors. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk7636. [PMID: 38728397 PMCID: PMC11086623 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk7636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) network in the oval nucleus of bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (ovBNST) is generally indicated in stress, but its role in female-biased susceptibility to anxiety is unknown. Here, we established a female-biased stress paradigm. We found that the CRF release in ovBNST during stress showed female-biased pattern, and ovBNST CRF neurons were more prone to be hyperexcited in female mice during stress in both in vitro and in vivo studies. Moreover, optogenetic modulation to exchange the activation pattern of ovBNST CRF neurons during stress between female and male mice could reverse their susceptibility to anxiety. Last, CRF receptor type 1 (CRFR1) mediated the CRF-induced excitation of ovBNST CRF neurons and showed female-biased expression. Specific knockdown of the CRFR1 level in ovBNST CRF neurons in female or overexpression that in male could reverse their susceptibility to anxiety. Therefore, we identify that CRFR1-mediated hyperexcitation of ovBNST CRF neurons in female mice encode the female-biased susceptibility to anxiety.
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- Na Zhang
- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), Qingdao 266000, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Burlaka J, Johnson RM, Marsack-Topolewski CN, Hughesdon K, Owczarzak J, Serdiuk O, Bogdanov R, Burlaka V. Association between Current Substance Use, Healthy Behaviors, and Depression among Ukrainian College Students. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 21:586. [PMID: 38791800 PMCID: PMC11121383 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Depression is a pervasive issue among college students worldwide, yet there is a significant gap in the literature regarding its prevalence and coping strategies in the Ukrainian context. The present study aims to fill this gap by investigating how substance use and health-promoting behaviors relate to depressive symptoms among Ukrainian college students. Health-promoting behaviors are an important strategy to prevent depression, whereas substance use can contribute to depression or make it harder to manage. Given the substantial psychosocial problems and stressors related to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the limited availability of mental health services for college students, it is important to understand how we can encourage college students to keep themselves mentally healthy. A cross-sectional study was conducted among college students on 10 campuses in 2018. Almost 16% of participants met a cut-off for depression. Female students and those who were older reported significantly higher depressive symptoms. Participants were more likely to report depressive symptoms if they were more often involved with alcohol and cannabis use, were older, and engaged in fewer health-promoting behaviors. Tobacco use was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest a moderate prevalence of depressive symptoms in our study population. We recommend implementing balanced public health interventions that address risk factors (such as substance use) while also promoting protective behaviors and can be tailored to the specific cultural and environmental context of the region.
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- Julia Burlaka
- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996, USA;
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996, USA;
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- School of Nursing, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA;
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- Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996, USA;
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- Research Lab for Psychological Support of Law Enforcement, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, 61080 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (O.S.); (R.B.)
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- Research Lab for Psychological Support of Law Enforcement, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, 61080 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (O.S.); (R.B.)
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- School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Liao J, Qiu W, Huang D, Cen A, Chen Y. Association between long-term visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and depression among Chinese middle-aged and older adults. Postgrad Med 2024; 136:422-429. [PMID: 38773675 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2024.2358748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Whether there is a longitudinal association between long-term blood pressure variability (BPV) and subsequent depression among Chinese adults remains inconclusive. METHODS This study utilized data from a nationwide cohort of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, which included participants aged > 45 years without prevalent psychiatric or memory-related diseases. The intra-individual coefficient of variation (CV) and standard deviation (SD) across 3 visits from 2011 to 2015 were used to examine the long-term variability in systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP). The depressive symptoms were examined using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10), and moderate-to-severe depression was defined as CES-D-10 ≥ 15. RESULTS A total of 5,249 participants (mean age: 61.4 ± 8.1 years, 46.5% were men) were included in the current analysis. Individuals in the highest quartile of both BP CV and SD were independently correlated with a higher total CES-D-10 score compared to those in the lowest quartile after multivariable adjustment. 1,070 participants (20.4%) had moderate-to-severe depression during the 3-year follow-up period. Participants in the Q4 of SBP and DBP CV had 1.23-fold higher odds (95% CI: 1.01, 1.49) and 1.20-fold higher odds (95% CI: 1.01, 1.41) of moderate-to-severe depression compared to those in Q1. Subgroup analyses revealed that men with higher BP CVs had a greater risk of severe depressive symptoms (p for SBP CV-by-sex interaction = 0.050, p for SBP CV-by-sex interaction = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS Depression was common among Chinese middle-aged and older adults and long-term visit-to-visit BPV was positively associated with depressive symptoms, highlighting the importance of implementing intensive prevention strategies for depression and enhancing blood pressure monitors in China.
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- Jinni Liao
- Department of General Section II, Guangdong Provincial Geriatrics Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Section II, Guangdong Provincial Geriatrics Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Section II, Guangdong Provincial Geriatrics Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Niu Y, Chen X, Chen Y, Yao Z, Chen X, Liu Z, Meng X, Liu Y, Zhao Z, Fan H. A gender recognition method based on EEG microstates. Comput Biol Med 2024; 173:108366. [PMID: 38554661 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Gender carries important information related to male and female characteristics, and a large number of studies have attempted to use physiological measurement methods for gender classification. Although previous studies have shown that there exist statistical differences in some Electroencephalographic (EEG) microstate parameters between males and females, it is still unknown that whether these microstate parameters can be used as potential biomarkers for gender classification based on machine learning. METHODS We used two independent resting-state EEG datasets: the first dataset included 74 females and matched 74 males, and the second one included 42 males and matched 42 females. EEG microstate analysis based on modified k-means clustering method was applied, and temporal parameter and nonlinear characteristics (sample entropy and Lempel-Ziv complexity) of EEG microstate sequences were extracted to compare between males and females. More importantly, these microstate temporal parameters and complexity were tried to train six machine learning methods for gender classification. RESULTS We obtained five common microstates for each dataset and each group. Compared with the male group, the female group has significantly higher temporal parameters of microstate B, C, E and lower temporal parameters of microstate A and D, and higher complexity of microstate sequence. When using combination of microstate temporal parameters and complexity or only microstate temporal parameters as classification features in an independent test set (the second dataset), we achieved 95.2% classification accuracy. CONCLUSION Our research findings indicate that the dynamics of microstate have considerable Gender-specific alteration. EEG microstates can be used as neurophysiological biomarkers for gender classification.
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- Yanxiang Niu
- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China.
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- School of Medical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
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- Institute of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; Wenzhou Safety (Emergency) Institute, Tianjin University, 325000, Wenzhou, China.
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Asgel Z, Kouakou MR, Koller D, Pathak GA, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Polimanti R. Unraveling COVID-19 relationship with anxiety disorders and symptoms using genome-wide data. J Affect Disord 2024; 352:333-341. [PMID: 38382819 PMCID: PMC10939738 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.061] [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] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND There is still a limited understanding of the dynamics contributing to the comorbidity of COVID-19 and anxiety outcomes. METHODS To dissect the pleiotropic mechanisms contributing to COVID-19/anxiety comorbidity, we used genome-wide data from UK Biobank (up to 420,531 participants), FinnGen Project (up to 329,077 participants), Million Veteran Program (175,163 participants), and COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (up to 122,616 cases and 2,475,240 controls). Specifically, we assessed global and local genetic correlation and genetically inferred effects linking COVID-19 outcomes (infection, hospitalization, and severe respiratory symptoms) to anxiety disorders and symptoms. RESULTS We observed a strong genetic correlation of anxiety disorder with COVID-19 positive status (rg = 0.35, p = 2×10-4) and COVID-19 hospitalization (rg = 0.31, p = 7.2×10-4). Among anxiety symptoms, "Tense, sore, or aching muscles during worst period of anxiety" was genetically correlated with COVID-19 positive status (rg = 0.33, p = 0.001), while "Frequent trouble falling or staying asleep during worst period of anxiety" was genetically correlated with COVID-19 hospitalization (rg = 0.24, p = 0.004). Through a latent causal variable analysis, we observed that COVID-19 outcomes have statistically significant genetic causality proportion (gcp) on anxiety symptoms (e.g., COVID-19 positive status→"Recent easy annoyance or irritability" │gcp│ = 0.18, p = 6.72×10-17). Conversely, anxiety disorders appear to have a possible causal effect on COVID-19 (│gcp│ = 0.38, p = 3.17×10-9). Additionally, we also identified multiple loci with evidence of local genetic correlation between anxiety and COVID-19. These appear to be related to genetic effects shared with lung function, brain morphology, alcohol and tobacco use, and hematologic parameters. CONCLUSIONS This study provided insights into the pleiotropic mechanisms linking COVID-19 and anxiety outcomes, suggesting differences between dynamics related to anxiety disorders and those related to anxiety symptoms.
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- Zeynep Asgel
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Botterill JJ, Khlaifia A, Appings R, Wilkin J, Violi F, Premachandran H, Cruz-Sanchez A, Canella AE, Patel A, Zaidi SD, Arruda-Carvalho M. Dorsal peduncular cortex activity modulates affective behavior and fear extinction in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:993-1006. [PMID: 38233571 PMCID: PMC11039686 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01795-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is critical to cognitive and emotional function and underlies many neuropsychiatric disorders, including mood, fear and anxiety disorders. In rodents, disruption of mPFC activity affects anxiety- and depression-like behavior, with specialized contributions from its subdivisions. The rodent mPFC is divided into the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), spanning the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and dorsal prelimbic cortex (PL), and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), which includes the ventral PL, infralimbic cortex (IL), and in some studies the dorsal peduncular cortex (DP) and dorsal tenia tecta (DTT). The DP/DTT have recently been implicated in the regulation of stress-induced sympathetic responses via projections to the hypothalamus. While many studies implicate the PL and IL in anxiety-, depression-like and fear behavior, the contribution of the DP/DTT to affective and emotional behavior remains unknown. Here, we used chemogenetics and optogenetics to bidirectionally modulate DP/DTT activity and examine its effects on affective behaviors, fear and stress responses in C57BL/6J mice. Acute chemogenetic activation of DP/DTT significantly increased anxiety-like behavior in the open field and elevated plus maze tests, as well as passive coping in the tail suspension test. DP/DTT activation also led to an increase in serum corticosterone levels and facilitated auditory fear extinction learning and retrieval. Activation of DP/DTT projections to the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) acutely decreased freezing at baseline and during extinction learning, but did not alter affective behavior. These findings point to the DP/DTT as a new regulator of affective behavior and fear extinction in mice.
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- Justin J Botterill
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S3G5, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S3G5, Canada.
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Inada K. Neurobiological mechanisms underlying oxytocin-mediated parental behavior in rodents. Neurosci Res 2024:S0168-0102(24)00052-X. [PMID: 38642676 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2024.04.001] [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: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
Abstract
Parental behavior is essential for mammalian offspring to survive. Because of this significance, elucidating the neurobiological mechanisms that facilitate parental behavior has received strong interest. Decades of studies utilizing pharmacology and molecular biology have revealed that in addition to its facilitatory effects on parturition and lactation, oxytocin (OT) promotes the expression of parental behavior in rodents. Recent studies have also described the modulation of sensory processing by OT and the interaction of the OT system with other brain regions associated with parental behavior. However, the precise neurobiological mechanisms underlying the facilitation of caregiving behaviors by OT remain unclear. In this Review, I summarize the findings from rats and mice with a view toward integrating past and recent progress. I then review recent advances in the understanding of the molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of OT-mediated parental behavior. Based on these observations, I propose a hypothetical model that would explain the mechanisms underlying OT-mediated parental behavior. Finally, I conclude by discussing some major remaining questions and propose potential future research directions.
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- Kengo Inada
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
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Zhou X, Tao XL, Zhang L, Yang QK, Li ZJ, Dai L, Lei Y, Zhu G, Wu ZF, Yang H, Shen KF, Xu CM, Liang P, Zheng X. Association between cardiometabolic index and depression: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014. J Affect Disord 2024; 351:939-947. [PMID: 38341157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.024] [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: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Emerging evidence suggests a common pathophysiological basis for metabolic disorders and mental diseases. Despite the existence of reports suggesting a strong connection between dyslipidemia and depression, a comprehensive and reliable indicator to identify depression is still lacking. Cardiometabolic index (CMI) is an integrated index calculated from three vital metabolic indicators, including triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and waist height ratio (WHtR). OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the association between CMI and depression. METHODS Cross-sectional data of participants with complete information of CMI, depression, and other covariates were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Weighted student's t-test and Chi-square test were used to identify the differences between two groups. Weighted multivariate logistic regression model, restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression analysis, subgroup analysis and interaction tests were conducted to explore the association between CMI and depression. Receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis and area under the curve (AUC) were also utilized to evaluate the performance of CMI in identifying depression. RESULTS A positive correlation between CMI and depression was observed in 3794 participants included in the study, which was further confirmed to be non-linear via RCS regression analysis, with two significant inflection points being identified, including 0.9522 and 1.58. In the crude or adjusted models, individuals with a CMI level ≥ 0.9522 exhibited remarkably increased risk for developing depression. CMI got an AUC of 0.748 in identifying depression. Subgroup analyses and interaction tests indicate that the association between CMI and depression remained consistent across different subgroups and was not modified by other covariates except drinking. Those who are current drinkers and with a high CMI are more susceptible to suffer depression. CONCLUSIONS An elevated CMI is linked to increased risk for depression. Addressing dyslipidemia and improving lipid levels may potentially lower the risk for depression.
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- Xiang Zhou
- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China; Cadet Brigade 4, College of Basic Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- National & Regional United Engineering Lab of Tissue Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China; Department of neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics. No.136 of Zhong shan Second Road, Yu zhong District, Chongqing 400014, China
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- National & Regional United Engineering Lab of Tissue Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Cadet Brigade 4, College of Basic Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guang yang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing 400064, China
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- Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guang yang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing 400064, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital of the Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China; Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guang yang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing 400064, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second People's Hospital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, China
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- Department of neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics. No.136 of Zhong shan Second Road, Yu zhong District, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Research Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China.
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Kalinichenko L, Kornhuber J, Sinning S, Haase J, Müller CP. Serotonin Signaling through Lipid Membranes. ACS Chem Neurosci 2024; 15:1298-1320. [PMID: 38499042 PMCID: PMC10995955 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00823] [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: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) is a vital modulatory neurotransmitter responsible for regulating most behaviors in the brain. An inefficient 5-HT synaptic function is often linked to various mental disorders. Primarily, membrane proteins controlling the expression and activity of 5-HT synthesis, storage, release, receptor activation, and inactivation are critical to 5-HT signaling in synaptic and extra-synaptic sites. Moreover, these signals represent information transmission across membranes. Although the lipid membrane environment is often viewed as fairly stable, emerging research suggests significant functional lipid-protein interactions with many synaptic 5-HT proteins. These protein-lipid interactions extend to almost all the primary lipid classes that form the plasma membrane. Collectively, these lipid classes and lipid-protein interactions affect 5-HT synaptic efficacy at the synapse. The highly dynamic lipid composition of synaptic membranes suggests that these lipids and their interactions with proteins may contribute to the plasticity of the 5-HT synapse. Therefore, this broader protein-lipid model of the 5-HT synapse necessitates a reconsideration of 5-HT's role in various associated mental disorders.
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- Liubov
S. Kalinichenko
- Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department
of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- School
of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
- Institute
of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical
Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 69047, Mannheim, Germany
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Spadi J, Scherf-Clavel M, Leutritz AL, Hütz B, Matentzoglu M, Nieberler M, Kurlbaum M, Hahner S, Bartmann C, McNeill RV, Kittel-Schneider S. Changes in Psychotropic Drug Concentrations Across the Menstrual Cycle: A Pilot Study. Ther Drug Monit 2024; 46:195-202. [PMID: 38321601 DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000001182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND The escalating prescription of psychopharmacological medications to women of reproductive age underscores the growing significance of sex-specific variations in pharmacotherapy. Despite this, clinical trials have largely overlooked these differences. Preliminary data indicate sex-specific variations in the neurobiology of affective disorders and in the metabolism, pharmacodynamics, and kinetics of therapeutic drugs. This underscores the imperative for a more nuanced exploration of menstrual cycle-dependent fluctuations in psychotropic drugs. This pilot study aimed to investigate drug and hormone fluctuations in female patients with affective disorders, aiming to enhance comprehension of the interplay between cycle-related hormone fluctuations and pharmacokinetics. The ultimate goal is to facilitate more effective and safer pharmacological therapy in the future. METHODS Blood samples were collected from 27 patients and 27 age-matched control participants at 3 distinct time points (early follicular phase, ovulation, and late luteal phase) during each menstrual cycle. Depressive and manic symptoms were assessed, and hormone concentrations were measured in the entire sample, while drug concentrations were assessed solely in the affective disorder sample using mass spectrometry. RESULTS Significant variations in drug concentration were observed throughout the menstrual cycle for bupropion, with a trend toward altered concentration for venlafaxine. Moreover, notable differences in hormone concentrations were identified between patients and controls, even after accounting for the impact of contraceptive use, diagnoses, and medication. CONCLUSIONS This pilot study reinforces previously reported data, underscoring the significance of sex-specific pharmacological therapy approaches. It provides further evidence supporting the interaction among sex hormones, drugs, and symptoms of affective disorders.
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- Julia Spadi
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Dong D, Pizzagalli DA, Bolton TAW, Ironside M, Zhang X, Li C, Sun X, Xiong G, Cheng C, Wang X, Yao S, Belleau EL. Sex-specific resting state brain network dynamics in patients with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024; 49:806-813. [PMID: 38218921 PMCID: PMC10948777 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01799-1] [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] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
Abstract
Sex-specific neurobiological changes have been implicated in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Dysfunctions of the default mode network (DMN), salience network (SN) and frontoparietal network (FPN) are critical neural characteristics of MDD, however, the potential moderating role of sex on resting-state network dynamics in MDD has not been sufficiently evaluated. Thus, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were collected from 138 unmedicated patients with first-episode MDD (55 males) and 243 healthy controls (HCs; 106 males). Recurring functional network co-activation patterns (CAPs) were extracted, and time spent in each CAP (the total amount of volumes associated to a CAP), persistence (the average number of consecutive volumes linked to a CAP), and transitions across CAPs involving the SN, DMN and FPN were quantified. Relative to HCs, MDD patients exhibited greater persistence in a CAP involving activation of the DMN and deactivation of the FPN (DMN + FPN-). In addition, relative to the sex-matched HCs, the male MDD group spent more time in two CAPs involving the SN and DMN (i.e., DMN + SN- and DMN-SN + ) and transitioned more frequently from the DMN + FPN- CAP to the DMN + SN- CAP relative to the male HC group. Conversely, the female MDD group showed less persistence in the DMN + SN- CAP relative to the female HC group. Our findings highlight that the imbalance between SN and DMN could be a neurobiological marker supporting sex differences in MDD. Moreover, the dominance of the DMN accompanied by the deactivation of the FPN could be a sex-independent neurobiological correlate related to depression.
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- Daifeng Dong
- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Connectomics Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China.
- China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Xiangya), Changsha, Hunan, PR China.
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Zhou Z, Gao Y, Bao W, Liang K, Cao L, Tang M, Li H, Hu X, Zhang L, Sun H, Roberts N, Gong Q, Huang X. Distinctive intrinsic functional connectivity alterations of anterior cingulate cortex subdivisions in major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 159:105583. [PMID: 38365137 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Evidence of whether the intrinsic functional connectivity of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and its subregions is altered in major depressive disorder (MDD) remains inconclusive. A systematic review and meta-analysis were therefore performed on the whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) studies using the ACC and its subregions as seed regions in MDD, in order to draw more reliable conclusions. Forty-four ACC-based rsFC studies were included, comprising 25 subgenual ACC-based studies, 11 pregenual ACC-based studies, and 17 dorsal ACC-based studies. Specific alterations of rsFC were identified for each ACC subregion in patients with MDD, with altered rsFC of subgenual ACC in emotion-related brain regions, of pregenual ACC in sensorimotor-related regions, and of dorsal ACC in cognition-related regions. Furthermore, meta-regression analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between the pgACC-caudate hypoconnectivity and percentage of female patients in the study cohort. This meta-analysis provides robust evidence of altered intrinsic functional connectivity of the ACC subregions in MDD, which may hold relevance to understanding the origin of, and treating, the emotional, sensorimotor and cognitive dysfunctions that are often observed in these patients.
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- Zilin Zhou
- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Chengdu, China; The Xiaman Key Lab of psychoradiology and neuromodulation, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Radiology and Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Chengdu, China; The Xiaman Key Lab of psychoradiology and neuromodulation, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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Zhang N, Chen S, Jiang K, Ge W, Im H, Guan S, Li Z, Wei C, Wang P, Zhu Y, Zhao G, Liu L, Chen C, Chang H, Wang Q. Individualized prediction of anxiety and depressive symptoms using gray matter volume in a non-clinical population. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae121. [PMID: 38584086 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Machine learning is an emerging tool in clinical psychology and neuroscience for the individualized prediction of psychiatric symptoms. However, its application in non-clinical populations is still in its infancy. Given the widespread morphological changes observed in psychiatric disorders, our study applies five supervised machine learning regression algorithms-ridge regression, support vector regression, partial least squares regression, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression, and Elastic-Net regression-to predict anxiety and depressive symptom scores. We base these predictions on the whole-brain gray matter volume in a large non-clinical sample (n = 425). Our results demonstrate that machine learning algorithms can effectively predict individual variability in anxiety and depressive symptoms, as measured by the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire. The most discriminative features contributing to the prediction models were primarily located in the prefrontal-parietal, temporal, visual, and sub-cortical regions (e.g. amygdala, hippocampus, and putamen). These regions showed distinct patterns for anxious arousal and high positive affect in three of the five models (partial least squares regression, support vector regression, and ridge regression). Importantly, these predictions were consistent across genders and robust to demographic variability (e.g. age, parental education, etc.). Our findings offer critical insights into the distinct brain morphological patterns underlying specific components of anxiety and depressive symptoms, supporting the existing tripartite theory from a neuroimaging perspective.
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- Ning Zhang
- School of Mathematical Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Independent Researcher, United States
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
- Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science of Anhui Province on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Intelligence Intervention, Hefei Normal University, Hefei, 230061, China
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Bashford-Largo J, Nakua H, Blair RJR, Dominguez A, Hatch M, Blair KS, Dobbertin M, Ameis S, Bajaj S. A Shared Multivariate Brain-Behavior Relationship in a Transdiagnostic Sample of Adolescents. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2024; 9:377-386. [PMID: 37572936 PMCID: PMC10858974 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Internalizing and externalizing psychopathology typically present in early childhood and can have negative implications on general functioning and quality of life. Prior work has linked increased psychopathology symptoms with altered brain structure. Multivariate analysis such as partial least squares correlation can help identify patterns of covariation between brain regions and psychopathology symptoms. This study examined the relationship between gray matter volume (GMV) and psychopathology symptoms in adolescents with various psychiatric diagnoses. METHODS Structural magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 490 participants with various internalizing and externalizing diagnoses (197 female/293 male; age = 14.68 ± 2.35 years; IQ = 104.05 ± 13.11). Cortical and subcortical volumes were parcellated using the Desikan-Killiany atlas. Partial least squares correlation was used to identify multivariate linear relationships between GMV and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire difficulties domains (emotional, peer, conduct, and hyperactivity issues). Resampling approaches were used to determine significance (permutation test), stability (bootstrap resampling), and reproducibility (split-half resampling) of identified relationships. RESULTS We found a significant, stable, and largely reproducible dimension that linked lower Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire scores (less impairment) across all difficulties domains with greater widespread GMV (singular value = 1.17, accounts for 87.1% of the covariance; p < .001). This dimension emphasized the relationship between lower conduct problems and greater GMV in frontotemporal regions. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the most significant and stable brain-behavior relationship in a transdiagnostic sample is a domain-general relationship, linking lower psychopathology symptom scores to greater global GMV. This finding suggests that a shared brain-behavior relationship may be present across adolescents with and without clinically significant psychopathology symptoms.
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- Johannah Bashford-Largo
- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, Nebraska; Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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- Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Health, Emotion, and Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Mind and Brain Health Labs. Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, Nebraska
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, Nebraska; Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, Nebraska
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- Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, University of Texas, MD Anderson Center, Houston, Texas
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Feola B, Beermann A, Manzanarez Felix K, Coleman M, Bouix S, Holt DJ, Lewandowski KE, Öngür D, Breier A, Shenton ME, Heckers S, Brady RO, Blackford JU, Ward HB. Data-driven, connectome-wide analysis identifies psychosis-specific brain correlates of fear and anxiety. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02512-w. [PMID: 38503924 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02512-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Decades of psychosis research highlight the prevalence and the clinical significance of negative emotions, such as fear and anxiety. Translational evidence demonstrates the pivotal role of the amygdala in fear and anxiety. However, most of these approaches have used hypothesis-driven analyses with predefined regions of interest. A data-driven analysis may provide a complimentary, unbiased approach to identifying brain correlates of fear and anxiety. The aim of the current study was to identify the brain basis of fear and anxiety in early psychosis and controls using a data-driven approach. We analyzed data from the Human Connectome Project for Early Psychosis, a multi-site study of 125 people with psychosis and 58 controls with resting-state fMRI and clinical characterization. Multivariate pattern analysis of whole-connectome data was used to identify shared and psychosis-specific brain correlates of fear and anxiety using the NIH Toolbox Fear-Affect and Fear-Somatic Arousal scales. We then examined clinical correlations of Fear-Affect scores and connectivity patterns. Individuals with psychosis had higher levels of Fear-Affect scores than controls (p < 0.05). The data-driven analysis identified a cluster encompassing the amygdala and hippocampus where connectivity was correlated with Fear-Affect score (p < 0.005) in the entire sample. The strongest correlate of Fear-Affect was between this cluster and the anterior insula and stronger connectivity was associated with higher Fear-Affect scores (r = 0.31, p = 0.0003). The multivariate pattern analysis also identified a psychosis-specific correlate of Fear-Affect score between the amygdala/hippocampus cluster and a cluster in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). Higher Fear-Affect scores were correlated with stronger amygdala/hippocampal-VMPFC connectivity in the early psychosis group (r = 0.33, p = 0.002), but not in controls (r = -0.15, p = 0.28). The current study provides evidence for the transdiagnostic role of the amygdala, hippocampus, and anterior insula in the neural basis of fear and anxiety and suggests a psychosis-specific relationship between fear and anxiety symptoms and amygdala/hippocampal-VMPFC connectivity. Our novel data-driven approach identifies novel, psychosis-specific treatment targets for fear and anxiety symptoms and provides complimentary evidence to decades of hypothesis-driven approaches examining the brain basis of threat processing.
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- Brandee Feola
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Software Engineering and Information Technology, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, MA, USA
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- McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Raimondi GM, Eng AK, Kenny MP, Britting MA, Ostroff LE. Track-by-Day: A standardized approach to estrous cycle monitoring in biobehavioral research. Behav Brain Res 2024; 461:114860. [PMID: 38216058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Despite known sex differences in brain function, female subjects are underrepresented in preclinical neuroscience research. This is driven in part by concerns about variability arising from estrous cycle-related hormone fluctuations, especially in fear- and anxiety-related research where there are conflicting reports as to whether and how the cycle influences behavior. The inconsistency may arise from a lack of common standards for tracking and reporting the cycle as opposed to inherent unpredictability in the cycle itself. The rat estrous cycle is conventionally tracked by assigning vaginal cytology smears to one of four qualitatively-defined stages. Although the cytology stages are of unequal length, the stage names are often, but not always, used to refer to the four cycle days. Subjective staging criteria and inconsistent use of terminology are not necessarily a problem in research on the cycle itself, but can lead to irreproducibility in neuroscience studies that treat the stages as independent grouping factors. We propose the explicit use of cycle days as independent variables, which we term Track-by-Day to differentiate it from traditional stage-based tracking, and that days be indexed to the only cytology feature that is a direct and rapid consequence of a hormonal event: a cornified cell layer formed in response to the pre-ovulatory 17β-estradiol peak. Here we demonstrate that cycle length is robustly regular with this method, and that the method outperforms traditional staging in detecting estrous cycle effects on Pavlovian fear conditioning and on a separate proxy for hormonal changes, uterine histology.
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- Gianna M Raimondi
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Martínez-Caballero MÁ, Calpe-López C, García-Pardo MP, Arenas MC, de la Rubia Ortí JE, Bayona-Babiloni R, Aguilar MA. Behavioural traits related with resilience or vulnerability to the development of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference after exposure of female mice to vicarious social defeat. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 130:110912. [PMID: 38097163 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110912] [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: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Exposure to stress induced by intermittent repeated social defeat (IRSD) increases vulnerability to the development of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) among male mice; however, some defeated mice are resilient to these effects of stress. In the present study we evaluated the effects of vicarious IRSD (VIRSD) in female mice and explored behavioural traits that are potentially predictive of resilience. C57BL/6 female mice (n = 28) were exposed to VIRSD, which consisted of the animals witnessing a short experience of social defeat by a male mouse on postnatal day (PND) 47, 50, 53 and 56. The control group (n = 10) was not exposed to stress. Blood samples were collected on PND 47 and 56 for corticosterone and interleukin-6 determinations. On PND 57-58, female mice performed several behavioural tests (elevated plus maze, hole-board, object recognition, social interaction, TST and splash tests). Three weeks later, the effects of cocaine (1.5 mg/kg) on the CPP paradigm were assessed. VIRSD decreased corticosterone levels (on PND 56), increased interleukin-6 levels, enhanced novelty-seeking, improved recognition memory and induced anxiety- and depression-like symptoms. Control and VIRSD female mice did not acquire CPP, although some stressed individuals with certain behavioural traits - including a high novelty-seeking profile or the development of depression-like behaviour in the splash test shortly after VIRSD - acquired cocaine CPP. Our results confirm that some behavioural traits of female mice are associated with vulnerability or resilience to the long-term effects of social stress on cocaine reward, as previously observed in males.
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- Maria Ángeles Martínez-Caballero
- Neurobehavioural Mechanisms and Endophenotypes of Addictive Behaviour Research Unit, Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Neurobehavioural Mechanisms and Endophenotypes of Addictive Behaviour Research Unit, Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain
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- Neurobehavioural Mechanisms and Endophenotypes of Addictive Behaviour Research Unit, Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Petrican R, Fornito A, Boyland E. Lifestyle Factors Counteract the Neurodevelopmental Impact of Genetic Risk for Accelerated Brain Aging in Adolescence. Biol Psychiatry 2024; 95:453-464. [PMID: 37393046 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.06.023] [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: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The transition from childhood to adolescence is characterized by enhanced neural plasticity and a consequent susceptibility to both beneficial and adverse aspects of one's milieu. METHODS To understand the implications of the interplay between protective and risk-enhancing factors, we analyzed longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (n = 834; 394 female). We probed the maturational correlates of positive lifestyle variables (friendships, parental warmth, school engagement, physical exercise, healthy nutrition) and genetic vulnerability to neuropsychiatric disorders (major depressive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) and sought to further elucidate their implications for psychological well-being. RESULTS Genetic risk factors and lifestyle buffers showed divergent relationships with later attentional and interpersonal problems. These effects were mediated by distinguishable functional neurodevelopmental deviations spanning the limbic, default mode, visual, and control systems. More specifically, greater genetic vulnerability was associated with alterations in the normative maturation of areas rich in dopamine (D2), glutamate, and serotonin receptors and of areas with stronger expression of astrocytic and microglial genes, a molecular signature implicated in the brain disorders discussed here. Greater availability of lifestyle buffers predicted deviations in the normative functional development of higher density GABAergic (gamma-aminobutyric acidergic) receptor regions. The two profiles of neurodevelopmental alterations showed complementary roles in protection against psychopathology, which varied with environmental stress levels. CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore the importance of educational involvement and healthy nutrition in attenuating the neurodevelopmental sequelae of genetic risk factors. They also underscore the importance of characterizing early-life biomarkers associated with adult-onset pathologies.
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- Raluca Petrican
- Institute of Population Health, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Population Health, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Kigar SL, Cuarenta A, Zuniga CL, Chang L, Auger AP, Bakshi VP. Brain, behavior, and physiological changes associated with predator stress-An animal model for trauma exposure in adult and neonatal rats. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1322273. [PMID: 38486962 PMCID: PMC10938396 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1322273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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The use of predators and predator odor as stressors is an important and ecologically relevant model for studying the impact of behavioral responses to threat. Here we summarize neural substrates and behavioral changes in rats resulting from predator exposure. We briefly define the impact predator exposure has on neural targets throughout development (neonatal, juvenile, and adulthood). These findings allow us to conceptualize the impact of predator exposure in the brain, which in turn may have broader implications for human disorders such as PTSD. Importantly, inclusion of sex as a biological variable yields distinct results that may indicate neural substrates impacted by predator exposure differ based on sex.
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- Stacey L. Kigar
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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Melgar-Locatelli S, Mañas-Padilla MC, Gavito AL, Rivera P, Rodríguez-Pérez C, Castilla-Ortega E, Castro-Zavala A. Sex-specific variations in spatial reference memory acquisition: Insights from a comprehensive behavioral test battery in C57BL/6JRj mice. Behav Brain Res 2024; 459:114806. [PMID: 38086456 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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Sex differences in declarative memory are described in humans, revealing a female or a male advantage depending on the task. Specifically, spatial memory (i.e., spatial navigation) is typically most efficient in men. This sexual dimorphism has been replicated in male rats but not clearly in mice. In this study, sex differences in spatial memory were assessed in thirty-six C57BL/6 J mice (Janvier Labs; i.e., C57BL/6JRj mice), a widely used mouse substrain. Both male and female mice (12 weeks-old) were subjected to standard behavioral paradigms: the elevated plus maze, the open field test, the novel object and place tests, the forced swimming test, and the water maze test for spatial navigation. Across assessment, no sex differences were found in measures of locomotor activity, emotional and behavioral responses, and object and place recognition memories. In the water maze, male mice were faster in learning the platform location in the reference memory training and used more spatial strategies during the first training days. However, both sexes reached a similar asymptotic performance and performed similarly in the probe trial for long-term memory consolidation. No sex differences were found in the cued training, platform inversion sessions, or spatial working memory sessions. Hippocampal expression of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor was similar in both sexes, either in basal conditions or after performing the behavioral training battery. Importantly, female mice were not more variable than males in any measure analyzed. This outcome encourages the investigation of sex differences in animal models and the usefulness of including female mice in behavioral research.
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- Sonia Melgar-Locatelli
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatología, Universidad de Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Spain; Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos 'José Mataix', Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Málaga, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Spain; Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Málaga, Spain.
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Pereira-Payo D, Mendoza-Muñoz M, Denche-Zamorano A, Rubio-de la Osa A, Moreno-Quintanilla M, Pastor-Cisneros R. Physical Activity Is Associated with the Incidence of Depression in United States Adults from the NHANES 2013-18: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:552. [PMID: 38470663 PMCID: PMC10931288 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12050552] [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: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The number of depression sufferers is rising globally. In the United States, 8% of adults over 20 years of age suffer from it, making it the most prevalent mental disorder in the country. Some lifestyle habits have been shown to favor or prevent the onset of depression; for instance, physical inactivity is associated with an increased likelihood of suffering depression, whilst multiple benefits have been attributed to performing physical activity (PA). This study aims to test whether there is a dependence between the prevalence of depression and PA, age, gender and educational level. The secondary objective was to identify the differentiating variables for depression and non-depression. This cross-sectional study is based on data from the NHANES 2013-2014, 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 editions. Some of the items in this survey were taken from preexisting questionnaires: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for depression screening and the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) for the PA groups. The final sample was formed of 15,574 United States residents over 18 years old. After testing the data normality (p < 0.001), a descriptive analysis and the non-parametric chi-square test was conducted, as well as discriminant analysis. The results showed that there was an association between depression prevalence and PA (p < 0.001) in the general population and for both genders. Inactive participants had the highest prevalence of major depression and other depressive disorders. The discriminant analysis identified PA group (0.527), education level (0.761) and gender (-0.505) as significant variables that differentiate between participants with and without depression. The results of this research confirmed that a dependency relationship between PA group according to the GPAQ and depression prevalence according to the PHQ-9 existed in the United States adult population, and that PA group is a relevant variable to differentiate between depression sufferers and non-sufferers.
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- Damián Pereira-Payo
- Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain; (D.P.-P.); (M.M.-Q.)
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- Physical and Health Literacy and Health-Related Quality of Life (PHYQoL), Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
- Departamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais 2, 7000-645 Évora, Portugal
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- Promoting a Healthy Society Research Group (PHeSO), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain; (A.D.-Z.); (R.P.-C.)
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- Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain; (D.P.-P.); (M.M.-Q.)
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- Promoting a Healthy Society Research Group (PHeSO), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain; (A.D.-Z.); (R.P.-C.)
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Hörner M, Popp S, Branchu J, Stevanin G, Darios F, Klebe S, Groh J, Martini R. Clinically approved immunomodulators ameliorate behavioral changes in a mouse model of hereditary spastic paraplegia type 11. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1299554. [PMID: 38435059 PMCID: PMC10904495 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1299554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that neuroinflammation by the adaptive immune system acts as a robust and targetable disease amplifier in a mouse model of Spastic Paraplegia, type 11 (SPG11), a complicated form of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP). While we identified an impact of neuroinflammation on distinct neuropathological changes and gait performance, neuropsychological features, typical and clinically highly relevant symptoms of complicated HSPs, were not addressed. Here we show that the corresponding SPG11 mouse model shows distinct behavioral abnormalities, particularly related to social behavior thus partially reflecting the neuropsychological changes in patients. We provide evidence that some behavioral abnormalities can be mitigated by genetic inactivation of the adaptive immune system. Translating this into a clinically applicable approach, we show that treatment with the established immunomodulators fingolimod or teriflunomide significantly attenuates distinct behavioral abnormalities, with the most striking effect on social behavior. This study links neuroinflammation to behavioral abnormalities in a mouse model of SPG11 and may thus pave the way for using immunomodulators as a treatment approach for SPG11 and possibly other complicated forms of HSP with neuropsychological involvement.
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- Michaela Hörner
- Section of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Division of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- TSE Systems GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut du Cerveau – Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- EVerZom, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau – Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- INCIA, CNRS, EPHE, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Institut du Cerveau – Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Section of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Section of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Chaudhary S, Wong HK, Chen Y, Zhang S, Li CSR. Sex differences in the effects of individual anxiety state on regional responses to negative emotional scenes. Biol Sex Differ 2024; 15:15. [PMID: 38351045 PMCID: PMC10863151 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-024-00591-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Men and women are known to show differences in the incidence and clinical manifestations of mood and anxiety disorders. Many imaging studies have investigated the neural correlates of sex differences in emotion processing. However, it remains unclear how anxiety might impact emotion processing differently in men and women. METHOD We recruited 119 healthy adults and assessed their levels of anxiety using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) State score. With functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we examined regional responses to negative vs. neutral (Neg-Neu) picture matching in the Hariri task. Behavioral data were analyzed using regression and repeated-measures analysis of covariance with age as a covariate, and fMRI data were analyzed using a full-factorial model with sex as a factor and age as a covariate. RESULTS Men and women did not differ in STAI score, or accuracy rate or reaction time (RT) (Neg-Neu). However, STAI scores correlated positively with RT (Neg-Neu) in women but not in men. Additionally, in women, STAI score correlated positively with lingual gyrus (LG) and negatively with medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and superior frontal gyrus (SFG) activity during Neg vs. Neu trials. The parameter estimates (βs) of mPFC also correlated with RT (Neg-Neu) in women but not in men. Generalized psychophysiological interaction (gPPI) analysis in women revealed mPFC connectivity with the right inferior frontal gyrus, right SFG, and left parahippocampal gyrus during Neg vs. Neu trials in positive correlation with both STAI score and RT (Neg-Neu). In a mediation analysis, mPFC gPPI but not mPFC activity fully mediated the association between STAI scores and RT (Neg-Neu). CONCLUSION With anxiety affecting the behavioral and neural responses to negative emotions in women but not in men and considering the known roles of the mPFC in emotion regulation, we discussed heightened sensitivity and regulatory demands during negative emotion processing as neurobehavioral markers of anxiety in women.
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- Shefali Chaudhary
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
- Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Ji J, Zhang Y, Ma Y, Jia L, Cai M, Li Z, Zhang T, Guo C. People who living with HIV/AIDS also have a high prevalence of anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1259290. [PMID: 38380124 PMCID: PMC10877523 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1259290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Background An estimated 301 million people worldwide suffer from anxiety disorders. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are particularly prone to anxiety disorders that could interfere with the important developmental process in an individual's development and ultimately result in a wide range of negative mental, physical, and psychosocial consequences, as well as poor quality of life in those population groups. Early intervention for anxiety disorders can reverse some of the physical damage caused by anxiety. However, based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the specific prevalence of anxiety disorders in PLWHA remains unknown. Method We conducted a literature search on PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science up to 22 October 2022. A random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool prevalence rates from the included studies. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were performed to identify the possible sources of heterogeneity and to compare the prevalence estimates across groups. The Joanna Briggs Institute's Quality Assessment Checklist was used to assess the quality of the included studies. Cochran's Q and I2 tests were used to assess the between-study heterogeneity. Results Ten studies with a total of 238,570 cases were included for the final analysis. Results showed that 15.5% of HIV/AIDS patients had anxiety disorders. The prevalence was higher in females (20.8%) than males (20.7%). The mean age of PLWHA with anxiety disorders was 46.58 ± 11.15 years in these included studies. The subgroup analyses showed significant higher prevalence in non-heterosexual (32.1%). Conclusion We attempted to quantify literature that could allow for stronger inferences to be made regarding the significantly higher prevalence of anxiety disorders in PLWHA, a finding that suggests the imperativeness of intervention strategies to alleviate suffering and reduce the probable negative ramifications. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023442219, identifier CRD42023442219.
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- Jiahao Ji
- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Kilinc OC, Kilinc A, Azman FN, Ardac S, Egeli B, Demirel OF, Ugurlu S. Anxiety and depression among patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Z Rheumatol 2024; 83:236-241. [PMID: 37957401 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-023-01445-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a systemic autoinflammatory disease that requires lifelong treatment and is associated with several comorbidities, including mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. FMF and mental health necessitate further research; hence, this study aims to observe anxiety and depression and their relationship with several variables in patients with FMF. METHODS As the study population, 360 FMF patients were surveyed between June and October 2022. Surveys included inventories assessing anxiety and depression, i.e., the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). RESULTS Mean scores for STAI-Y1 (state), STAI-Y2 (trait), BAI, and BDI were 42.2 ± 12.0, 45.9 ± 10.6, 24.0 ± 13.9, and 13.1 ± 8.99, respectively. Medication-adherent patients had significantly lower scores on STAI-Y1 (41.5 ± 11.4 vs. 45.2 ± 14.0; p-value: 0.04). M694V homozygous patients exhibited significantly lower scores in the BDI (12.4 ± 9.37 vs. 13.2 ± 8.93; p-value: < 0.001) and BAI (17.0 ± 12.1 vs. 25.1 ± 13.9; p-value: 0.001). The patients with an exon-10 mutation demonstrated significantly lower scores compared to patients with an exon‑2 mutation (17.9 ± 12.3, 29.6 ± 13.3; p-value: < 0.001). CONCLUSION The patients with FMF had mild depression and moderate anxiety scores. A higher level of education and medication adherence were associated with lower levels of anxiety. Likewise, the patients with genotypes associated with severe disease courses had lower levels of anxiety. We suggest that physicians should be more attentive to patients with a milder disease course and ensure that these patients are provided with sufficient treatment and knowledge about their disease.
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- Ozgur C Kilinc
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 53 Kocamustafapasa Street, Fatih, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 53 Kocamustafapasa Street, Fatih, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 53 Kocamustafapasa Street, Fatih, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 53 Kocamustafapasa Street, Fatih, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 53 Kocamustafapasa Street, Fatih, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey.
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El-Kadi RA, AbdelKader NF, Zaki HF, Kamel AS. Influence of β-catenin signaling on neurogenesis in neuropsychiatric disorders: Anxiety and depression. Drug Dev Res 2024; 85:e22157. [PMID: 38349261 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.22157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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It has been proven that stress, mainly in the early years of life, can lead to anxiety and mood problems. Current treatments for psychiatric disorders are not enough, and some of them show intolerable side effects, emphasizing the urgent need for new treatment targets. Hence, a better understanding of the different brain networks, which are involved in the response to anxiety and depression, may evoke treatments with more specific targets. One of these targets is β-catenin that regulates brain circuits. β-Catenin has a dual response toward stress, which may influence coping or vulnerability to stress response. Indeed, β-catenin signaling involves several processes such as inflammation-directed brain repair, inflammation-induced brain damage, and neurogenesis. Interestingly, β-catenin reduction is accompanied by low neurogenesis, which leads to anxiety and depression. However, in another state, this reduction activates a compensatory mechanism that enhances neurogenesis to protect against depression but may precipitate anxiety. Thus, understanding the molecular mechanism of β-catenin could enhance our knowledge about anxiety and depression's pathophysiology, potentially improving clinical results by targeting it. Herein, the different states of β-catenin were discussed, shedding light on possible drugs that showed action on psychiatric disorders through β-catenin.
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Chen Q, Bonduelle SLB, Wu GR, Vanderhasselt MA, De Raedt R, Baeken C. Unraveling how the adolescent brain deals with criticism using dynamic causal modeling. Neuroimage 2024; 286:120510. [PMID: 38184159 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/08/2024] Open
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Sensitivity to criticism, which can be defined as a negative evaluation that a person receives from someone else, is considered a risk factor for the development of psychiatric disorders in adolescents. They may be more vulnerable to social evaluation than adults and exhibit more inadequate emotion regulation strategies such as rumination. The neural network involved in dealing with criticism in adolescents may serve as a biomarker for vulnerability to depression. However, the directions of the functional interactions between the brain regions within this neural network in adolescents are still unclear. In this study, 64 healthy adolescents (aged 14 to 17 years) were asked to listen to a series of self-referential auditory segments, which included negative (critical), positive (praising), and neutral conditions, during fMRI scanning. Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) with Parametric Empirical Bayesian (PEB) analysis was performed to map the interactions within the neural network that was engaged during the processing of these segments. Three regions were identified to form the interaction network: the left pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC), the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and the right precuneus (preCUN). We quantified the modulatory effects of exposure to criticism and praise on the effective connectivity between these brain regions. Being criticized was found to significantly inhibit the effective connectivity from the preCUN to the DLPFC. Adolescents who scored high on the Perceived Criticism Measure (PCM) showed less inhibition of the preCUN-to-DLPFC connectivity when being criticized, which may indicate that they required more engagement of the Central Executive Network (which includes the DLPFC) to sufficiently disengage from negative self-referential processing. Furthermore, the inhibitory connectivity from the DLPFC to the pgACC was strengthened by exposure to praise as well as criticism, suggesting a recruitment of cognitive control over emotional responses when dealing with positive and negative evaluative feedback. Our novel findings contribute to a more profound understanding of how criticism affects the adolescent brain and can help to identify potential biomarkers for vulnerability to develop mood disorders before or during adulthood.
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- Qinyuan Chen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Rakotobe M, Fjerdingstad N, Ruiz-Reig N, Lamonerie T, D'Autréaux F. Central role of the habenulo-interpeduncular system in the neurodevelopmental basis of susceptibility and resilience to anxiety in mice. Neurobiol Dis 2024; 191:106392. [PMID: 38145853 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023] Open
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Having experienced stress during sensitive periods of brain development strongly influences how individuals cope with later stress. Some are prone to develop anxiety or depression, while others appear resilient. The as-yet-unknown mechanisms underlying these differences may lie in how genes and environmental stress interact to shape the circuits that control emotions. Here, we investigated the role of the habenulo-interpeduncular system (HIPS), a critical node in reward circuits, in early stress-induced anxiety in mice. We found that habenular and IPN components characterized by the expression of Otx2 are synaptically connected and particularly sensitive to chronic stress (CS) during the peripubertal period. Stress-induced peripubertal activation of this HIPS subcircuit elicits both HIPS hypersensitivity to later stress and susceptibility to develop anxiety. We also show that HIPS silencing through conditional Otx2 knockout counteracts these effects of stress. Together, these results demonstrate that a genetic factor, Otx2, and stress interact during the peripubertal period to shape the stress sensitivity of the HIPS, which is shown to be a key modulator of susceptibility or resilience to develop anxiety.
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- Malalaniaina Rakotobe
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, iBV, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, iBV, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, iBV, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, iBV, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France.
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, iBV, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France. Fabien.D'
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Cipriani E, Samson-Daoust E, Giguère CE, Kerr P, Lepage C, Juster RP. A step-by-step and data-driven guide to index gender in psychiatry. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296880. [PMID: 38271402 PMCID: PMC10810433 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Beyond sex as a binary or biological variable, within-sex variations related to sociocultural gender variables are of increasing interest in psychiatric research to better understand individual differences. Using a data-driven approach, we developed a composite gender score based on sociodemographic and psychosocial variables showing sex differences in a sample of psychiatric emergency patients upon admission (N = 1708; 39.4% birth-assigned females; mean age = 40 years; age standard deviation = 14). This gender score was extracted from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.966; RMSEA = 0.044, SRMR = 0.030) and could predict a person's birth-assigned sex with 67% accuracy. This score allowed the further identification of differences on impulsivity measures that were absent when looking solely at birth-assigned sex. Female birth-assigned sex was also associated with higher rates of mood and personality disorder diagnoses, while higher feminine gender scores were related to higher proportions of anxiety and mood disorder diagnoses. By contrast, male birth-assigned sex and higher masculine gender scores were associated with higher proportions of psychotic and substance use disorder diagnoses. Patients with undifferentiated gender scores (i.e., scoring between masculine and feminine threshold defined by terciles) were more represented in the psychotic disorder group. Considering both sex and gender in psychiatric research is essential and can be achieved even when using secondary data to index gender comprised of demographic and psychosocial variables.
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- Enzo Cipriani
- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre d’Études sur le Sexe*Genre, l’Allostasie et la Résilience (CESAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre d’Études sur le Sexe*Genre, l’Allostasie et la Résilience (CESAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre d’Études sur le Sexe*Genre, l’Allostasie et la Résilience (CESAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre d’Études sur le Sexe*Genre, l’Allostasie et la Résilience (CESAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre d’Études sur le Sexe*Genre, l’Allostasie et la Résilience (CESAR), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Navarrete J, Schneider KN, Smith BM, Goodwin NL, Zhang YY, Salazar AS, Gonzalez YE, Anumolu P, Gross E, Tsai VS, Heshmati M, Golden SA. Individual Differences in Volitional Social Self-Administration and Motivation in Male and Female Mice Following Social Stress. Biol Psychiatry 2024:S0006-3223(24)00033-7. [PMID: 38244753 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND A key challenge in developing treatments for neuropsychiatric illness is the disconnect between preclinical models and the complexity of human social behavior. We integrate voluntary social self-administration into a rodent model of social stress as a platform for the identification of fundamental brain and behavior mechanisms underlying stress-induced individual differences in social motivation. METHODS Here, we introduced an operant social stress procedure in male and female mice composed of 3 phases: 1) social self-administration training, 2) social stress exposure concurrent with reinforced self-administration testing, and 3) poststress operant testing under nonreinforced and reinforced conditions. We used social-defeat and witness-defeat stress in male and female mice. RESULTS Social defeat attenuated social reward seeking in males but not females, whereas witness defeat had no effect in males but promoted seeking behavior in females. We resolved social stress-induced changes to social motivation by aggregating z-scored operant metrics into a cumulative social index score to describe the spectrum of individual differences exhibited during operant social stress. Clustering does not adequately describe the relative distributions of social motivation following stress and is better described as a nonbinary behavioral distribution defined by the social index score, capturing a dynamic range of stress-related alterations in social motivation inclusive of sex as a biological variable. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that operant social stress can detect stable individual differences in stress-induced changes to social motivation. The inclusion of volitional behavior in social procedures may enhance the understanding of behavioral adaptations that promote stress resiliency and their mechanisms under more naturalistic conditions.
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- Jovana Navarrete
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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Copenhaver AE, LeGates TA. Sex-specific mechanisms underlie long-term potentiation at hippocampus-nucleus accumbens synapses. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.15.575709. [PMID: 38293132 PMCID: PMC10827060 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.15.575709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Sex differences have complicated our understanding of the neurobiological basis of many behaviors that are key for survival. As such, continued elucidation of the similarities and differences between sexes is necessary in order to gain insight into brain function and vulnerability. The connection between the hippocampus (Hipp) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a crucial site where modulation of neuronal activity mediates reward-related behavior. Our previous work demonstrated that long-term potentiation (LTP) of Hipp-NAc synapses is rewarding, and that mice can make learned associations between LTP of these synapses and the contextual environment in which LTP occurred. Here, we investigate sex differences in the mechanisms underlying Hipp-NAc LTP using whole-cell electrophysiology and pharmacology. We found that males and females display similar magnitudes of Hipp-NAc LTP which occurs postsynaptically. However, LTP in females requires L-type voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels (VGCC) for postsynaptic Ca 2+ influx, while males rely on NMDA receptors (NMDAR). Additionally, females require estrogen receptor α (ERα) activity for LTP while males do not. These differential mechanisms converge as LTP in both sexes depends on CAMKII activity and occurs independently of dopamine-1 receptor (D1R) activation. Our results have elucidated sex-specific molecular mechanisms for LTP in an integral excitatory pathway that mediates reward-related behaviors, emphasizing the importance of considering sex as a variable in mechanistic studies. Continued characterization of sex-specific mechanisms underlying plasticity will offer novel insight into the neurophysiological basis of behavior, with significant implications for understanding how diverse processes mediate behavior and contribute to vulnerability to developing psychiatric disorders. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Strengthening of Hipp-NAc synapses drives reward-related behaviors. Male and female mice have similar magnitudes of long-term potentiation (LTP) and both sexes have a predicted postsynaptic locus of plasticity. Despite these similarities, we illustrate here that sex-specific molecular mechanisms are used to elicit LTP. Given the bidirectional relationship between Hipp-NAc synaptic strength in mediating reward-related behaviors, the use of distinct molecular mechanisms may explain sex differences observed in stress susceptibility or response to rewarding stimuli. Discovery and characterization of convergent sex differences provides mechanistic insight into the sex-specific function of Hipp-NAc circuitry and has widespread implications for circuits mediating learning and reward-related behavior.
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Yuan X, Chen M, Ding P, Gan A, Gong A, Chu Z, Nan W, Fu Y, Cheng Y. Cross-Domain Identification of Multisite Major Depressive Disorder Using End-to-End Brain Dynamic Attention Network. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2024; 32:33-42. [PMID: 38090844 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2023.3341923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Establishing objective and quantitative imaging markers at individual level can assist in accurate diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). However, the clinical heterogeneity of MDD and the shift to multisite data decreased identification accuracy. To address these issues, the Brain Dynamic Attention Network (BDANet) is innovatively proposed, and analyzed bimodal scans from 2055 participants of the Rest-meta-MDD consortium. The end-to-end BDANet contains two crucial components. The Dynamic BrainGraph Generator dynamically focuses and represents topological relationships between Regions of Interest, overcoming limitations of static methods. The Ensemble Classifier is constructed to obfuscate domain sources to achieve inter-domain alignment. Finally, BDANet dynamically generates sample-specific brain graphs by downstream recognition tasks. The proposed BDANet achieved an accuracy of 81.6%. The regions with high attribution for classification were mainly located in the insula, cingulate cortex and auditory cortex. The level of brain connectivity in p24 region was negatively correlated ( [Formula: see text]) with the severity of MDD. Additionally, sex differences in connectivity strength were observed in specific brain regions and functional subnetworks ( [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]). These findings based on a large multisite dataset support the conclusion that BDANet can better solve the problem of the clinical heterogeneity of MDD and the shift of multisite data. It also illustrates the potential utility of BDANet for personalized accurate identification, treatment and intervention of MDD.
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Xie M, Huang Y, Cai W, Zhang B, Huang H, Li Q, Qin P, Han J. Neurobiological Underpinnings of Hyperarousal in Depression: A Comprehensive Review. Brain Sci 2024; 14:50. [PMID: 38248265 PMCID: PMC10813043 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14010050] [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: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit an abnormal physiological arousal pattern known as hyperarousal, which may contribute to their depressive symptoms. However, the neurobiological mechanisms linking this abnormal arousal to depressive symptoms are not yet fully understood. In this review, we summarize the physiological and neural features of arousal, and review the literature indicating abnormal arousal in depressed patients. Evidence suggests that a hyperarousal state in depression is characterized by abnormalities in sleep behavior, physiological (e.g., heart rate, skin conductance, pupil diameter) and electroencephalography (EEG) features, and altered activity in subcortical (e.g., hypothalamus and locus coeruleus) and cortical regions. While recent studies highlight the importance of subcortical-cortical interactions in arousal, few have explored the relationship between subcortical-cortical interactions and hyperarousal in depressed patients. This gap limits our understanding of the neural mechanism through which hyperarousal affects depressive symptoms, which involves various cognitive processes and the cerebral cortex. Based on the current literature, we propose that the hyperconnectivity in the thalamocortical circuit may contribute to both the hyperarousal pattern and depressive symptoms. Future research should investigate the relationship between thalamocortical connections and abnormal arousal in depression, and explore its implications for non-invasive treatments for depression.
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- Musi Xie
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (M.X.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (M.X.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (W.C.); (B.Z.); (H.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (W.C.); (B.Z.); (H.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (W.C.); (B.Z.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (M.X.); (Y.H.)
- Pazhou Laboratory, Guangzhou 510330, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (W.C.); (B.Z.); (H.H.)
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Howell SN, Griesbach GS. Sex Differences in Sleep Architecture After Traumatic Brain Injury: Potential Implications on Short-Term Episodic Memory and Recovery. Neurotrauma Rep 2024; 5:3-12. [PMID: 38249321 PMCID: PMC10797171 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2023.0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Sleep-wake disturbances (SWDs) are common after TBI and often extend into the chronic phase of recovery. Such disturbances in sleep can lead to deficits in executive functioning, attention, and memory consolidation, which may ultimately impact the recovery process. We examined whether SWDs post-TBI were associated with morbidity during the post-acute period. Particular attention was placed on the impact of sleep architecture on learning and memory. Because women are more likely to report SWDs, we examined sex as a biological variable. We also examined subjective quality of life, depression, and disability levels. Data were retrospectively analyzed for 57 TBI patients who underwent an overnight polysomnography. Medical records were reviewed to determine cognitive and functional status during the period of the sleep evaluation. Consideration was given to medications, owing to the fact that a high number of these are likely to have secondary influences on sleep characteristics. Women showed higher levels of disability and reported more depression and lower quality of life. A sex-dependent disruption in sleep architecture was observed, with women having lower percent time in REM sleep. An association between percent time in REM and better episodic memory scores was found. Melatonin utilization had a positive impact on REM duration. Improvements in understanding the impact of sleep-wake disturbances on post-TBI outcome will aid in defining targeted interventions for this population. Findings from this study support the hypothesis that decreases in REM sleep may contribute to chronic disability and underlie the importance of considering sex differences when addressing sleep.
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- Centre for Neuro Skills, Bakersfield, California, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Holloway AL, Lerner TN. Hidden variables in stress neurobiology research. Trends Neurosci 2024; 47:9-17. [PMID: 37985263 PMCID: PMC10842876 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.10.006] [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: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Among the central goals of stress neurobiology research is to understand the mechanisms by which stressors change neural circuit function to precipitate or exacerbate psychiatric symptoms. Yet despite decades of effort, psychiatric medications that target the biological substrates of the stress response are largely lacking. We propose that the clinical advancement of stress response-based therapeutics for psychiatric disorders may be hindered by 'hidden variables' in stress research, including considerations of behavioral study design (stressors and outcome measures), individual variability, sex differences, and the interaction of the body's stress hormone system with endogenous circadian and ultradian rhythms. We highlight key issues and suggest ways forward in stress neurobiology research that may improve the ability to assess stress mechanisms and translate preclinical findings.
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- Ashley L Holloway
- Department of Neuroscience, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN), Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN), Evanston, IL, USA.
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