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He J, Kurita K, Yoshida T, Matsumoto K, Shimizu E, Hirano Y. Comparisons of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation and functional connectivity in major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder: A resting-state fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2024; 362:425-436. [PMID: 39004312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.020] [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: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Studies comparing the brain functions of major depressive disorder (MDD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) at the regional and network levels remain scarce. This study aimed to elucidate their pathogenesis using neuroimaging techniques and explore biomarkers that can differentiate these disorders. METHODS Resting-state fMRI data were collected from 48 patients with MDD, 41 patients with SAD, and 82 healthy controls. Differences in the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) among the three groups were examined to identify regions showing abnormal regional spontaneous activity. A seed-based functional connectivity (FC) analysis was conducted using ALFF results as seeds and different connections were identified between regions showing abnormal local spontaneous activity and other regions. The correlation between abnormal brain function and clinical symptoms was analyzed. RESULTS Patients with MDD and SAD exhibited similar abnormal ALFF and FC in several brain regions; notably, FC between the right superior frontal gyrus (SFG) and the right posterior supramarginal gyrus (pSMG) in patients with SAD was negatively correlated with depressive symptoms. Furthermore, patients with MDD showed higher ALFF in the right SFG than HCs and those with SAD. LIMITATION Potential effects of medications, comorbidities, and data type could not be ignored. CONCLUSION MDD and SAD showed common and distinct aberrant brain function patterns at the regional and network levels. At the regional level, we found that the ALFF in the right SFG was different between patients with MDD and those with SAD. At the network level, we did not find any differences between these disorders.
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- Junbing He
- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
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Huo Z, Zhang R, Chen Z, Xu J, Xu T, Feng T. The neural substrates responsible for punishment sensitivity association with procrastination: Left putamen connectivity with left middle temporal gyrus. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 132:110982. [PMID: 38387807 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.110982] [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: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Procrastination has adverse consequences across cultural contexts. Behavioral research found a positive correlation between punishment sensitivity and procrastination. However, little is known about the neural substrates underlying the association between them. We employed voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) methods to address this issue with two independent samples. In Sample 1, behavioral results found that punishment sensitivity was positively related to procrastination. The VBM analysis showed that punishment sensitivity was negatively correlated with gray matter volume in left putamen. Subsequently, the RSFC results revealed that left putamen - left middle temporal gyrus (MTG) connectivity was positively associated with punishment sensitivity. More crucially, mediation analysis indicated that left putamen - left MTG connectivity mediated the relationship between punishment sensitivity and procrastination. The aforementioned results were validated in Sample 2. Altogether, left putamen - left MTG connectivity might be the neural signature of the association between punishment sensitivity and procrastination.
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- Zhenzhen Huo
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Experimental Research Center for Medical and Psychological Science (ERC-MPS), School of Psychology, Army Medical University, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of the Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China.
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Sun F, Kong Z, Tang Y, Yang J, Huang G, Liu Y, Jiang W, Yang M, Jia X. Functional Connectivity Differences in the Resting-state of the Amygdala in Alcohol-dependent Patients with Depression. Acad Radiol 2024:S1076-6332(24)00279-4. [PMID: 38755068 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The mechanism of comorbidity between alcohol dependence and depressive disorders are not well understood. This study investigated differences in the brain function of alcohol-dependent patients with and without depression by performing functional connectivity analysis using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 29 alcohol-dependent patients with depression, 31 alcohol-dependent patients without depression and 31 healthy control subjects were included in this study. The resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and the whole brain was compared among the three groups. Additionally, we examined the correlation between functional connectivity values in significantly different brain regions and levels of alcohol dependence and depression. RESULTS The resting-state functional connectivity between the left amygdala and the right caudate nucleus was decreased in alcohol-dependent patients. Additionally, the resting-state functional connectivity of the right amygdala with the right caudate nucleus, right transverse temporal gyrus, right temporal pole: superior temporal gyrus were also decreased. In alcohol-dependent patients with depression, not only was functional connectivity between the above brain regions significantly decreased, but so was functional connectivity between the right amygdala and the left middle temporal gyrus. Also, there was no significant correlation between the resting-state functional connectivity values in statistically significant brain regions and the levels of alcohol dependence and depression. CONCLUSION The impairment of the functional connectivity of the amygdala with caudate nucleus and partial temporal lobe may be involved in the neural mechanism of alcohol dependence comorbidity depressive disorders.
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- Fengwei Sun
- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Department of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital & Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518118, China.
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Dai P, Shi Y, Lu D, Zhou Y, Luo J, He Z, Chen Z, Zou B, Tang H, Huang Z, Liao S. Classification of recurrent major depressive disorder using a residual denoising autoencoder framework: Insights from large-scale multisite fMRI data. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 247:108114. [PMID: 38447315 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108114] [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: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Recurrent major depressive disorder (rMDD) has a high recurrence rate, and symptoms often worsen with each episode. Classifying rMDD using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can enhance understanding of brain activity and aid diagnosis and treatment of this disorder. METHODS We developed a Residual Denoising Autoencoder (Res-DAE) framework for the classification of rMDD. The functional connectivity (FC) was extracted from fMRI data as features. The framework addresses site heterogeneity by employing the Combat method to harmonize feature distribution differences. A feature selection method based on Fisher scores was used to reduce redundant information in the features. A data augmentation strategy using a Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique algorithm based on Extended Frobenius Norm measure was incorporated to increase the sample size. Furthermore, a residual module was integrated into the autoencoder network to preserve important features and improve the classification accuracy. RESULTS We tested our framework on a large-scale, multisite fMRI dataset, which includes 189 rMDD patients and 427 healthy controls. The Res-DAE achieved an average accuracy of 75.1 % (sensitivity = 69 %, specificity = 77.8 %) in cross-validation, thereby outperforming comparison methods. In a larger dataset that also includes first-episode depression (comprising 832 MDD patients and 779 healthy controls), the accuracy reached 70 %. CONCLUSIONS We proposed a deep learning framework that can effectively classify rMDD and 33 identify the altered FC associated with rMDD. Our study may reveal changes in brain function 34 associated with rMDD and provide assistance for the diagnosis and treatment of rMDD.
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- Peishan Dai
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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Sanchez SM, Tsuchiyagaito A, Kuplicki R, Park H, Postolski I, Rohan M, Paulus MP, Guinjoan SM. Repetitive Negative Thinking-Specific and -Nonspecific White Matter Tracts Engaged by Historical Psychosurgical Targets for Depression. Biol Psychiatry 2023; 94:661-671. [PMID: 36965550 PMCID: PMC10517085 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a frequent symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD) that is associated with poor outcomes and treatment resistance. While most studies on RNT have focused on structural and functional characteristics of gray matter, this study aimed to examine the association between white matter (WM) tracts and interindividual variability in RNT. METHODS A probabilistic tractography approach was used to characterize differences in the size and anatomical trajectory of WM fibers traversing psychosurgery targets historically useful in the treatment of MDD (anterior capsulotomy, anterior cingulotomy, and subcaudate tractotomy) in patients with MDD and low (n = 53) or high (n = 52) RNT, and healthy control subjects (n = 54). MDD samples were propensity matched on depression and anxiety severity and demographics. RESULTS WM tracts traversing left hemisphere targets and reaching the ventral anterior body of the corpus callosum (thus extending to contralateral regions) were larger in the high-RNT MDD group compared with low-RNT (effect size D = 0.27, p = .042) and healthy control (D = 0.23, p = .02) groups. MDD was associated with greater size of tracts that converge onto the right medial orbitofrontal cortex regardless of RNT intensity. Other RNT-nonspecific findings in MDD involved tracts reaching the left primary motor and right primary somatosensory cortices. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that WM connectivity patterns, which could become targets of intervention, differ between high- and low-RNT participants with MDD. These WM differences extend to circuits that are not specific to RNT, possibly subserving reward mechanisms and psychomotor activity.
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Research in Computational Sciences, National Scientific and Technical Research Council-University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oxley College of Health Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Department of Psychiatry, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Sharma R, Dillon K, Williams SEE, McIntosh R. Does emotion regulation network mediate the effect of social network on psychological distress among older adults? Soc Neurosci 2023; 18:142-154. [PMID: 37267049 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2023.2218619] [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: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Socio-emotional interactions are integral for regulating emotions and buffering psychological distress. Social neuroscience perspectives on aging suggest that empathetic interpersonal interactions are supported by the activation of brain regions involved in regulating negative affect. The current study tested whether resting state functional connectivity of a network of brain regions activated during cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., emotion regulation network (ERN), statistically mediates the frequency of social contact with friends or family on psychological distress. Here, a 10-min resting-state functional MRI scan was collected along with self-reported anxiety/depressive, somatic, and thought problems and social networking from 90 community-dwelling older adults (aged 65-85 years). The frequency of social interactions with family, but not friends and neighbors, was associated with lower psychological distress. The magnitude of this effect was reduced by 33.34% to non-significant upon adding resting state ERN connectivity as a mediator. Follow-up whole-brain graph network analyses revealed that efficiency and centrality of the left inferior frontal gyrus and the right middle temporal gyrus relate to greater family interactions and lower distress. These hubs may help to buffer psychological problems in older adults through interactions involving empathetic and cognitive emotion regulation with close family.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Luo Q, Zhang JX, Huang S, Hu YH, Wang H, Chen X. Effects of long-term exposure to high altitude on brain structure in healthy people: an MRI-based systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1196113. [PMID: 37435401 PMCID: PMC10330765 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1196113] [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: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Purpose To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies of brain MRI, this paper assesses the effects of long-term exposure to high-altitude on brain structures in healthy people. Methods Observational studies related to high-altitude, brain and MRI were systematically searched based on data retrieved from PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library. The timescale for collecting literature was from the establishment of the databases to 2023. NoteExpress 3.2 was used to manage the literature. Two investigators performed literature screening and data extraction based on inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, and literature quality. The quality of the literature was assessed using the NOS Scale. Finally, meta-analysis of included studies was performed using Reviewer Manager 5.3. Results Initially, 3,626 articles were retrieved. After screening, 16 articles (n = 756 participants) were included in the systematic review, and meta-analysis was performed on 6 articles (n = 350 participants). The overall quality of the included articles was at medium level, with a mean NOS score of 5.62. The results of meta-analysis showed that the differences between the HA group and LA group were not statistically significant, in total GM volume (MD: -0.60, 95% CI: -16.78 to 15.58, P = 0.94), WM volume (MD: 3.05, 95% CI: -15.72 to 21.81, P = 0.75) and CSF volume (MD: 5.00, 95% CI: -11.10 to 21.09, P = 0.54).The differences between HA and LA in FA values of frontotemporal lobes were not statistically significant: right frontal lobe (MD: -0.02, 95% CI: -0.07 to 0.03, P = 0.38), left frontal lobe (MD: 0.01, 95% CI: -0.02 to 0.04, P = 0.65), right temporal lobe (MD: -0.00, 95% CI: -0.03 to 0.02, P = 0.78) and left temporal lobe (MD: -0.01, 95% CI: -0.04 to 0.02, P = 0.62). However, there were significant differences in GM volume, GM density and FA values in local brain regions between HA group and LA group. Conclusion Compared with LA area, there were no significant differences in total GM, WM and CSF volumes in healthy people living at high-altitude area for long-term, while there were significant differences in GM volume and FA values in local brain regions. Long-term exposure to high-altitude area caused the adaptive structural changes in local brain regions. Since heterogeneity existed between the studies, further studies are needed to uncover the effects of high-altitude on brain of healthy people. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier: CRD42023403491.
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- Qiao Luo
- Clinical Medical College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Clinical Medical College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
- The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu, China
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Yang B, Wang M, Zhou W, Wang X, Chen S, Yuan LX, Dong GH. Edge-centric functional network analyses reveal disrupted network configuration in autism spectrum disorder. J Affect Disord 2023; 336:74-80. [PMID: 37201902 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neuroscientific evidence suggests that the pathological symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are not confined to a single brain region but involve networks of the brain on a larger spatial scale. Analyzing diagrams of edge-edge interactions could provide important perspectives on the organization and function of complex systems. METHODS Resting-state fMRI data from 238 ASD patients and 311 healthy controls (HCs) were included in the current study. We used the thalamus as the mediating node to calculate the edge functional connectivity (eFC) of the brain network and compared the ASD subjects and HCs. RESULTS Compared with the HCs, the ASD subjects exhibited abnormalities in the central node thalamus and four brain regions (amygdala, nucleus accumbens, pallidum and hippocampus), as well as in the eFC formed by the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) (or middle temporal gyrus (MTG)). In addition, ASD subjects showed variable characteristics of the eFC between nodes in different networks. CONCLUSIONS The changes in these brain regions may be due to the disturbance in the reward system, which leads to coherence in the instantaneous comovement of the functional connections formed by these brain regions in ASD. This notion also reveals a functional network feature between the cortical and subcortical regions in ASD.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Psychology, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Department of Psychology, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Department of Psychology, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China.
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Tian Y, Vitiello MV, Wang H, Wang Y, Dong D, Xu H, Yu P, Qiu J, He Q, Chen H, Feng T, Lei X. Risk of insomnia during COVID-19: effects of depression and brain functional connectivity. Cereb Cortex 2023:7030621. [PMID: 36749000 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad016] [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: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Normal sleepers may be at risk for insomnia during COVID-19. Identifying psychological factors and neural markers that predict their insomnia risk, as well as investigating possible courses of insomnia development, could lead to more precise targeted interventions for insomnia during similar public health emergencies. Insomnia severity index of 306 participants before and during COVID-19 were employed to determine the development of insomnia, while pre-COVID-19 psychometric and resting-state fMRI data were used to explore corresponding psychological and neural markers of insomnia development. Normal sleepers as a group reported a significant increase in insomnia symptoms after COVID-19 outbreak (F = 4.618, P = 0.0102, df = 2, 609.9). Depression was found to significantly contribute to worse insomnia (β = 0.066, P = 0.024). Subsequent analysis found that functional connectivity between the precentral gyrus and middle/inferior temporal gyrus mediated the association between pre-COVID-19 depression and insomnia symptoms during COVID-19. Cluster analysis identified that postoutbreak insomnia symptoms followed 3 courses (lessened, slightly worsened, and developed into mild insomnia), and pre-COVID-19 depression symptoms and functional connectivities predicted these courses. Timely identification and treatment of at-risk individuals may help avoid the development of insomnia in the face of future health-care emergencies, such as those arising from COVID-19 variants.
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- Yun Tian
- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, United States
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Southwest University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Southwest University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Southwest University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China
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Miola A, Meda N, Perini G, Sambataro F. Structural and functional features of treatment-resistant depression: A systematic review and exploratory coordinate-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2023; 77:252-263. [PMID: 36641802 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES A third of people suffering from major depressive disorder do not experience a significant improvement in their symptoms even after adequate treatment with two different antidepressant medications. This common condition, termed treatment-resistant depression (TRD), severely affects the quality of life of millions of people worldwide, causing long-lasting interpersonal problems and social costs. Given its epidemiological and clinical relevance and the little consensus on whether the neurobiological underpinnings of TRD differ from treatment-sensitive depression (TSD), we sought to highlight the convergent morphometric and functional neuroimaging correlates of TRD. METHODS We systematically reviewed the published literature on structural and resting-state functional neuroimaging of TRD compared to TSD and healthy controls (HC) and performed exploratory coordinate-based meta-analyses (CBMA) of significant results separately for each modality and multimodally ("all-effects"). CBMAs were also performed for each direction and combining both directions of group contrasts. RESULTS Out of the initial 1929 studies, only eight involving 555 participants (189 patients with TRD, 156 with TSD, and 210 HC) were included. In all-effects CBMA, precentral/superior frontal gyrus showed a significant difference between TRD and HC. Functional and structural imaging meta-analyses did not yield statistically significant results. A marginally significant cluster of altered intrinsic activity was found between TRD and HC in the cerebellum/pons. CONCLUSIONS Frontal, cerebellar, and brainstem functions can be involved in the pathophysiology of TRD. However, the design and heterogeneity of the (scarce) published literature hinder the generalizability of the findings.
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- Alessandro Miola
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Casa di Cura Parco dei Tigli, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Casa di Cura Parco dei Tigli, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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Zhang Q, Li X, Yan H, Wang Y, Ou Y, Yu Y, Liang J, Liao H, Wu W, Mai X, Xie G, Guo W. Associations between abnormal spontaneous neural activity and clinical variables, eye movements, and event-related potential indicators in major depressive disorder. Front Neurosci 2023; 16:1056868. [PMID: 36711124 PMCID: PMC9875062 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1056868] [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: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background This study aimed to investigate the correlations between abnormal spontaneous neural activity measured with fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) and clinical variables, eye movements, and event-related potential indicators in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods We recruited 42 patients with MDD and 42 healthy controls (HCs) and collected their clinical variables, eye movement, event-related potential, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data. The fALFF, support vector machine (SVM), and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. Results The results of the study showed that the fALFF values of the sensorimotor network, including the right middle temporal gyrus, right cerebellar Crus2, left occipital gyrus, and left middle temporal gyrus, were significantly higher compared to HCs. Correlation analysis showed that the abnormal fALFF value of the right cerebellar Crus2 was inversely correlated with the active coping scores of the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire in the patients (r = -0.307, p = 0.048). No correlation was observed between abnormal fALFF values and other clinical symptoms, neuropsychological tests, eye movements, and event-related potential-related indicators in patients with MDD. fALFF values in the left middle temporal gyrus could be used to distinguish patients with MDD from HCs with an accuracy of 78.57%. Conclusions Patients with MDD exhibited enhanced spontaneous neural activity in the sensorimotor network. No associations were found between abnormal spontaneous neural activity and clinical variables, eye movements, and event-related potential related indicators in MDD.
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- Qinqin Zhang
- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China,*Correspondence: Guojun Xie ✉
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China,Wenbin Guo ✉
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Dong H, Zheng H, Wang M, Ye S, Dong GH. The unbalanced behavioral activation and inhibition system sensitivity in internet gaming disorder: Evidence from resting-state Granger causal connectivity analysis. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2022; 119:110582. [PMID: 35661790 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2022.110582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with behavioral or substance addiction show an unbalanced behavioral activation system (BAS) and behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitivity. However, the relationship between internet gaming disorder (IGD) and BAS/BIS is obscure and the neurobiological mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. METHODS We recruited 154 IGDs and 229 recreational game users (RGUs) in the current study. First, we explored the relationship between BAS/BIS and IGD. Second, subjects were subdivided into subgroups by BAS/BIS sensitivity. Third, whole-brain Granger causal connectivity (GCC) of striatum and amygdala subdivisions was estimated for the subgroup. Fourth, mediation analysis was performed to explore the role of connectivity in the relationship between IGD and BAS/BIS sensitivity. RESULTS We found the IGD group scored higher than the RGU on BIS and BASf (fun-seeking) sensitivity. Then, we identified 4 (2*2) subgroups: low/high risk of IGD with low/high BAS/BIS sensitivity groups. Two-way ANCOVA main results of interaction effects showed that in the high BAS/BIS group, the RGU exhibited increased strength in the GCC from the left putamen to the right cuneus, and the IGD exhibited decreased strength in the GCC from the right medial frontal gyrus to the caudate, from the left superior frontal gyrus to the centromedial amygdala, and from the right superior parietal lobule to the left laterobasal amygdala. Moreover, the GCC from the centromedial amygdala to the middle frontal gyrus mediated the directional relationship between BIS and IAT (Young's internet addiction test) scores. CONCLUSIONS The IGD individuals exhibited higher BIS and BAS-fun seeking sensitivity. Moreover, IGD with unbalanced BAS/BIS sensitivity exhibited alternative connectivity patterns involving amygdala and striatum subdivisions. These findings suggest a neurobiological mechanism for an alternation between IGD and RGU with different BAS/BIS sensitivity.
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- Haohao Dong
- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China; Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China; Institute of Psychological Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PR China.
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Sheng W, Cui Q, Jiang K, Chen Y, Tang Q, Wang C, Fan Y, Guo J, Lu F, He Z, Chen H. Individual variation in brain network topology is linked to course of illness in major depressive disorder. Cereb Cortex 2022; 32:5301-5310. [PMID: 35152289 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic and highly recurrent disorder. The functional connectivity in depression is affected by the cumulative effect of course of illness. However, previous neuroimaging studies on abnormal functional connection have not mainly focused on the disease duration, which is seen as a secondary factor. Here, we used a data-driven analysis (multivariate distance matrix regression) to examine the relationship between the course of illness and resting-state functional dysconnectivity in MDD. This method identified a region in the anterior cingulate cortex, which is most linked to course of illness. Specifically, follow-up seed analyses show this phenomenon resulted from the individual differences in the topological distribution of three networks. In individuals with short-duration MDD, the connection to the default mode network was strong. By contrast, individuals with long-duration MDD showed hyperconnectivity to the ventral attention network and the frontoparietal network. These results emphasized the centrality of the anterior cingulate cortex in the pathophysiology of the increased course of illness and implied critical links between network topography and pathological duration. Thus, dissociable patterns of connectivity of the anterior cingulate cortex is an important dimension feature of the disease process of depression.
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- Wei Sheng
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.,MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, High Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.,MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, High Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Martens MAG, Filippini N, Harmer CJ, Godlewska BR. Resting state functional connectivity patterns as biomarkers of treatment response to escitalopram in patients with major depressive disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2022; 239:3447-3460. [PMID: 34477887 PMCID: PMC9584978 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05915-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
RATIONAL With no available response biomarkers, matching an appropriate antidepressant to an individual can be a lengthy process. Improving understanding of processes underlying treatment responsivity in depression is crucial for facilitating work on response biomarkers. OBJECTIVES To identify differences in patterns of pre-treatment resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) that may underlie response to antidepressant treatment. METHODS After a baseline MRI scan, thirty-four drug-free patients with depression were treated with an SSRI escitalopram 10 mg daily for 6 weeks; response was defined as ≥ 50% decrease in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score. Thirty-one healthy controls had a baseline clinical assessment and scan. Healthy participants did not receive treatment. RESULTS Twenty-one (62%) of patients responded to escitalopram. Treatment responsivity was associated with enhanced rsFC of the right fronto-parietal network (FPN)-with the posterior DMN, somatomotor network (SMN) and somatosensory association cortex. The lack of treatment response was characterized by reduced rsFC: of the bilateral FPN with the contralateral SMN, of the right FPN with the posterior DMN, and of the extended sensorimotor auditory area with the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and posterior DMN. Reduced rsFC of the posterior DMN with IPL was seen in treatment responders, although only when compared with HC. CONCLUSIONS The study supports the role of resting-state networks in response to antidepressant treatment, and in particular the central role of the frontoparietal and default mode networks.
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- Marieke A G Martens
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
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Neural Activity Associated with Symptoms Change in Depressed Adolescents following Self-Processing Neurofeedback. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12091128. [PMID: 36138864 PMCID: PMC9496932 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12091128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Adolescent depression is prevalent, debilitating, and associated with chronic lifetime mental health disorders. Understanding the neurobiology of depression is critical to developing novel treatments. We tested a neurofeedback protocol targeting emotional regulation and self-processing circuitry and examined brain activity associated with reduced symptom severity, as measured through self-report questionnaires, four hours after neurofeedback. Depressed (n = 34) and healthy (n = 19) adolescents participated in (i) a brief neurofeedback task that involves simultaneously viewing their own happy face, recalling a positive autobiographical memory, and increasing amygdala-hippocampal activity; (ii) a self- vs. other- face recognition task with happy, neutral, and sad facial expressions before and after the neurofeedback. In depressed youth, reduced depression after neurofeedback was associated with increased self-referential and visual areas' activity during neurofeedback, specifically, increased activity in the cuneus, precuneus and parietal lobe. Reduced depression was also associated with increased activation of emotional regulation and cross-modal areas during a self-recognition task. These areas included the cerebellum, middle temporal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, and supramarginal gyrus. However, decreased rumination was linked to decreased precuneus, angular and temporal gyri activity during neurofeedback. These results tentatively suggest that neurofeedback may induce short-term neurobiological changes in the self-referential and emotional regulation networks associated with reduced symptom severity among depressed adolescents.
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Li Y, Wang J, Yan X, Li H. Combined fractional anisotropy and subcortical volumetric deficits in patients with mild-to-moderate depression: Evidence from the treatment of antidepressant traditional Chinese medicine. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:959960. [PMID: 36081664 PMCID: PMC9448251 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.959960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Numerous neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that diverse brain structural plasticity could occur in a human brain during a depressive episode. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms of mild-to-moderate depression (MMD), especially the changes of brain structural characteristics after treatment with the Shuganjieyu capsule (SG), a kind of traditional Chinese medicine that has been recommended for the specialized treatment of MMD. In this study, we investigated the structural brain plasticity in MMD that have been undergoing 8 weeks of SG treatment compared with age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) and assessed the relationship between these brain structural alternations and clinical symptoms in MMD. At the baseline, we found that: (1) fractional anisotropy (FA) values in patients with MMD were found to be significantly increased in the regions of anterior limb of internal capsule (ALIC) [MNI coordinates: Peak (x/y/z) = 102, 126, 77; MMD FApeak (Mean ± SD) = 0.621 ± 0.043; HCs FApeak (Mean ± SD) = 0.524 ± 0.052; MMD > HCs, t = 9.625, p < 0.001] and posterior limb of internal capsule (PLIC) [MNI coordinates: Peak (x/y/z) = 109, 117, 87; MMD FApeak (Mean ± SD) = 0.694 ± 0.042; HCs FApeak (Mean ± SD) = 0.581 ± 0.041; MMD > HCs, t = 12.90, p < 0.001], and FA values were significantly positively correlated with HAMD scores in patients with MMD. (2) Patients with MMD showed smaller gray matter volume (GMV) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), frontal cortex, occipital cortex, and precuneus, and the GMV of DLPFC was negatively correlated with HAMD scores. After SG treatment, we found that (1) the HAMD scores decreased; (2) FA values were significantly decreased in the regions of the ALIC and PLIC compared to those at baseline and TBSS revealed no significant differences in FA values between patients with MMD and HCs. (3) The structural characteristics of DLPFC in patients with MMD obtained at the 8th week were improved, e.g., no significant differences in GMV of DLPFC between the two groups. Taken together, our results provided neuroimaging evidence suggesting that SG is an effective treatment for patients with MMD. Moreover, alterations of GMV after 8 weeks of SG treatment indicated a potential modulation mechanism in brain structural plasticity within the DLPFC in patients with MMD.
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- Yuan Li
- Department of Radiology, Heping Hospital Affiliated to Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- *Correspondence: Hong Li
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Xue K, Liang S, Yang B, Zhu D, Xie Y, Qin W, Liu F, Zhang Y, Yu C. Local dynamic spontaneous brain activity changes in first-episode, treatment-naïve patients with major depressive disorder and their associated gene expression profiles. Psychol Med 2022; 52:2052-2061. [PMID: 33121546 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720003876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common debilitating disorder characterized by impaired spontaneous brain activity, yet little is known about its alterations in dynamic properties and the molecular mechanisms associated with these changes. METHODS Based on the resting-state functional MRI data of 65 first-episode, treatment-naïve patients with MDD and 66 healthy controls, we compared dynamic regional homogeneity (dReHo) of spontaneous brain activity between the two groups, and we investigated gene expression profiles associated with dReHo alterations in MDD by leveraging transcriptional data from the Allen Human Brain Atlas and weighted gene co-expression network analysis. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, patients with MDD consistently showed reduced dReHo in both fusiform gyri and in the right temporal pole and hippocampus. The expression profiles of 16 gene modules were correlated with dReHo alterations in MDD. These gene modules were enriched for various biological process terms, including immune, synaptic signalling, ion channels, mitochondrial function and protein metabolism, and were preferentially expressed in different cell types. CONCLUSIONS Patients with MDD have reduced dReHo in brain areas associated with emotional and cognitive regulation, and these changes may be related to complex polygenetic and polypathway mechanisms.
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- Kaizhong Xue
- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin 300222, China
- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University & the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Cao K, Pang H, Yu H, Li Y, Guo M, Liu Y, Fan G. Identifying and validating subtypes of Parkinson's disease based on multimodal MRI data via hierarchical clustering analysis. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:919081. [PMID: 35966989 PMCID: PMC9372337 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.919081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective We wished to explore Parkinson's disease (PD) subtypes by clustering analysis based on the multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indices amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and gray matter volume (GMV). Then, we analyzed the differences between PD subtypes. Methods Eighty-six PD patients and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. We extracted ALFF and GMV according to the Anatomical Automatic Labeling (AAL) partition using Data Processing and Analysis for Brain Imaging (DPABI) software. The Ward linkage method was used for hierarchical clustering analysis. DPABI was employed to compare differences in ALFF and GMV between groups. Results Two subtypes of PD were identified. The “diffuse malignant subtype” was characterized by reduced ALFF in the visual-related cortex and extensive reduction of GMV with severe impairment in motor function and cognitive function. The “mild subtype” was characterized by increased ALFF in the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, and sensorimotor cortex, and a slight decrease in GMV with mild impairment of motor function and cognitive function. Conclusion Hierarchical clustering analysis based on multimodal MRI indices could be employed to identify two PD subtypes. These two PD subtypes showed different neurodegenerative patterns upon imaging.
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- Kaiqiang Cao
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Guoguang Fan
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Yan M, Chen J, Liu F, Li H, Zhao J, Guo W. Abnormal Default Mode Network Homogeneity in Major Depressive Disorder With Gastrointestinal Symptoms at Rest. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:804621. [PMID: 35431887 PMCID: PMC9009333 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.804621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are prominent in many patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, it remains unclear whether MDD patients with GI symptoms have brain imaging alterations in the default mode network (DMN) regions. Methods A total of 35 MDD patients with GI symptoms, 17 MDD patients without GI symptoms, and 28 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. All participants underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans. Network homogeneity (NH) and support vector machine (SVM) methods were used to analyze the imaging data. Results Gastrointestinal group showed higher 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression total scores and factor scores than the non-GI group. Compared with the non-GI group and HCs, the GI group showed decreased NH in the right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and increased NH in the right precuneus (PCu). The SVM results showed that a combination of NH values of the right PCu and the right MTG exhibited the highest accuracy of 88.46% (46/52) to discriminate MDD patients with GI symptoms from those without GI symptoms. Conclusion Major depressive disorder patients with GI symptoms have more severe depressive symptoms than those without GI symptoms. Distinctive NH patterns in the DMN exist in MDD patients with GI symptoms, which can be applied as a potential brain imaging marker to discriminate MDD patients with GI symptoms from those without GI symptoms.
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- Meiqi Yan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
- *Correspondence: Wenbin Guo,
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Dutt RK, Hannon K, Easley TO, Griffis JC, Zhang W, Bijsterbosch JD. Mental health in the UK Biobank: A roadmap to self-report measures and neuroimaging correlates. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:816-832. [PMID: 34708477 PMCID: PMC8720192 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The UK Biobank (UKB) is a highly promising dataset for brain biomarker research into population mental health due to its unprecedented sample size and extensive phenotypic, imaging, and biological measurements. In this study, we aimed to provide a shared foundation for UKB neuroimaging research into mental health with a focus on anxiety and depression. We compared UKB self-report measures and revealed important timing effects between scan acquisition and separate online acquisition of some mental health measures. To overcome these timing effects, we introduced and validated the Recent Depressive Symptoms (RDS-4) score which we recommend for state-dependent and longitudinal research in the UKB. We furthermore tested univariate and multivariate associations between brain imaging-derived phenotypes (IDPs) and mental health. Our results showed a significant multivariate relationship between IDPs and mental health, which was replicable. Conversely, effect sizes for individual IDPs were small. Test-retest reliability of IDPs was stronger for measures of brain structure than for measures of brain function. Taken together, these results provide benchmarks and guidelines for future UKB research into brain biomarkers of mental health.
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- Rosie K Dutt
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSaint LouisMissouriUSA
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Zhu Z, Wang Y, Lau WKW, Wei X, Liu Y, Huang R, Zhang R. Hyperconnectivity between the posterior cingulate and middle frontal and temporal gyrus in depression: Based on functional connectivity meta-analyses. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:1538-1551. [PMID: 35088354 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00628-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Disrupted whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) of the posterior cingulate (PCC) has been highlighted to associate with cognitive and affective dysfunction in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, prior findings showed certain inconsistency about the RSFC of the PCC in MDD. This study aims to investigate the aberrant RSFC of the PCC in MDD using anisotropic effect-size version of seed-based d mapping (AES-SDM). Web of Science and PubMed were searched for studies investigating PCC-based RSFC in MDD. A total of 17 studies, involving 804 patients and 724 healthy controls (HCs), fit our selection criteria. Additionally, to seek for the link between functional and structural differences, we did a meta-analysis on the studies in conjunction with voxel-based morphology (VBM) analysis. The PCC showed higher RSFC with the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and the right middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and lower RSFC with the left superior frontal gyrus (SFG) and the left precuneus in patients with MDD than HCs. Moreover, the meta-regression analysis revealed a negative correlation between the FC alteration of the right MFG with the PCC and depression severity. Notably, the left MTG and the left MFG demonstrated gray matter deviations in conjunction analysis. Our results indicated that the aberrant RSFC between the PCC and brain regions sub-serving cognitive control and emotional regulation in patients with MDD. And such functional alterations may have structural basis. These findings may underlie the mechanisms of deficits in cognitive control and emotional regulation of MDD.
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- Ziqing Zhu
- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Room 202, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory of Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Room 202, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Special Education and Counseling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First Affiliate Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Room 202, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. .,Laboratory of Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Amidfar M, Quevedo J, Z Réus G, Kim YK. Grey matter volume abnormalities in the first depressive episode of medication-naïve adult individuals: a systematic review of voxel based morphometric studies. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2021; 25:407-420. [PMID: 33351672 DOI: 10.1080/13651501.2020.1861632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND To identify the reliable and consistent grey matter volume (GMV) abnormalities associated with major depressive disorder (MDD), we excluded the influence of confounding clinical characteristics, comorbidities and brain degeneration on brain morphological abnormalities by inclusion of non-comorbid and non-geriatric drug-naïve MDD individuals experiencing first episode depressive. METHODS The PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct and Google scholar databases were searched for papers published in English up to April 2020. RESULTS A total of 21 voxel based morphometric (VBM) studies comparing 845 individuals in the first depressive episode and medication-naïve with 940 healthy control subjects were included. The results showed a grey matter volumes reductions in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), prefrontal cortex (PFC), frontal and temporal gyri, temporal pole, insular lobe, thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, and amygdala. In addition, increased grey matter volumes in the postcentral gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, insula, basal ganglia, thalamus, amygdala, cuneus, and precuneus differentiated the first depressive episode in medication-naïve individuals from healthy subjects. CONCLUSION The present systematic review provided additional support for the involvement of grey matter structural abnormalities in limbic-cortical circuits as possibly specific structural abnormalities in the early stage of MDD.Key pointsDistinct brain regions in MDD patients might be associated with the early stages of illness, and thus it is critical to study the causal relationship between brain structures and the onset of the disease to improve the evaluation in clinic.Grey matter alterations in the fronto-limbic networks in the first episode, medication-naïve MDD might suggest that these abnormalities may play an important role in the neuropathophysiology of MDD at its onset.First episode, medically naïve depressive patients show grey matter volume alterations in brain regions mainly associated with emotion regulation including parietal-temporal regions, PFC, insular lobe, thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum and limbic structures that may be specific changes in early stage of MDD.Genotype-diagnosis interaction effects on brain morphology in the cortico-limbic-striatal circuits, including the PFC, amygdala, hippocampus and striatum that might be implicated in the dysfunctional regulation of emotion in first-episode MDD patients.Future longitudinal and prospective studies should be conducted to identify the core structural brain changes in people at-risk for MDD and explore the association of their brain volumes with symptom onset.
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- Translational Psychiatry Program, Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA.,Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders, Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.,Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, SC, Brazil
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, SC, Brazil
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- Departments of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Serra-Blasco M, Radua J, Soriano-Mas C, Gómez-Benlloch A, Porta-Casteràs D, Carulla-Roig M, Albajes-Eizagirre A, Arnone D, Klauser P, Canales-Rodríguez EJ, Hilbert K, Wise T, Cheng Y, Kandilarova S, Mataix-Cols D, Vieta E, Via E, Cardoner N. Structural brain correlates in major depression, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder: A voxel-based morphometry meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 129:269-281. [PMID: 34256069 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The high comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety Disorders (ANX), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has hindered the study of their structural neural correlates. The authors analyzed specific and common grey matter volume (GMV) characteristics by comparing them with healthy controls (HC). The meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies showed unique GMV diminutions for each disorder (p < 0.05, corrected) and less robust smaller GMV across diagnostics (p < 0.01, uncorrected). Pairwise comparison between the disorders showed GMV differences in MDD versus ANX and in ANX versus PTSD. These results endorse the hypothesis that unique clinical features characterizing MDD, ANX, and PTSD are also reflected by disorder specific GMV correlates.
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- Maria Serra-Blasco
- Mental Health Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT), Spain; Department of Psychology, Abat Oliba CEU University, Spain; Programa E-Health ICOnnecta't, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Spain; Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Barcelona Bipolar Disorders and Depressive Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neurosciences, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica De Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Spain; Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Mental Health Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT), Spain
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Department, Hospital Sant Joan De Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), United Arab Emirates; Centre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Australia
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- FIDMAG Research Foundation, Germanes Hospitalàries, Spain; Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Department of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, University College London & Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, and Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Spain; Barcelona Bipolar Disorders and Depressive Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neurosciences, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology Department, Hospital Sant Joan De Déu, Barcelona, Spain; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research Group, Institut De Recerca Sant Joan De Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Mental Health Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT), Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM), Spain.
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Yu KKK, Cheing GLY, Cheung C, Kranz GS, Cheung AKK. Gray Matter Abnormalities in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A Dual Disorder ALE Quantification. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:638861. [PMID: 34163319 PMCID: PMC8215122 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.638861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/06/2022] Open
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Aims/hypothesis: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with comorbid brain disorders. Neuroimaging studies in DM revealed neuronal degeneration in several cortical and subcortical brain regions. Previous studies indicate more pronounced brain alterations in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). However, a comparison of both types of DM in a single analysis has not been done so far. The aim of this meta-analysis was to conduct an unbiased objective investigation of neuroanatomical differences in DM by combining voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies of T1DM and T2DM using dual disorder anatomical likelihood estimation (ALE) quantification. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science and Medline were systematically searched for publications until June 15, 2020. VBM studies comparing gray matter volume (GMV) differences between DM patients and controls at the whole-brain level were included. Study coordinates were entered into the ALE meta-analysis to investigate the extent to which T1DM, T2DM, or both conditions contribute to gray matter volume differences compared to controls. Results: Twenty studies (comprising of 1,175 patients matched with 1,013 controls) were included, with seven studies on GMV alterations in T1DM and 13 studies on GMV alterations in T2DM. ALE analysis revealed seven clusters of significantly lower GMV in T1DM and T2DM patients relative to controls across studies. Both DM subtypes showed GMV reductions in the left caudate, right superior temporal lobe, and left cuneus. Conversely, GMV reductions associated exclusively with T2DM (>99% contribution) were found in the left cingulate, right posterior lobe, right caudate and left occipital lobe. Meta-regression revealed no significant influence of study size, disease duration, and HbA1c values. Conclusions/interpretation: Our findings suggest a more pronounced gray matter atrophy in T2DM compared to T1DM. The increased risk of microvascular or macrovascular complications, as well as the disease-specific pathology of T2DM may contribute to observed GMV reductions. Systematic Review Registration: [PROSPERO], identifier [CRD42020142525].
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- Kevin K K Yu
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.,University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.,University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.,The State Key Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Wang J, Liu P, Zhang A, Yang C, Liu S, Wang J, Xu Y, Sun N. Specific Gray Matter Volume Changes of the Brain in Unipolar and Bipolar Depression. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 14:592419. [PMID: 33505257 PMCID: PMC7829967 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.592419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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To identify the common and specific structural basis of bipolar depression (BD) and unipolar depression (UD) is crucial for clinical diagnosis. In this study, a total of 85 participants, including 22 BD patients, 36 UD patients, and 27 healthy controls, were enrolled. A voxel-based morphology method was used to identify the common and specific changes of the gray matter volume (GMV) to determine the structural basis. Significant differences in GMV were found among the three groups. Compared with healthy controls, UD patients showed decreased GMV in the orbital part of the left inferior frontal gyrus, whereas BD patients showed decreased GMV in the orbital part of the left middle frontal gyrus. Compared with BD, UD patients have increased GMV in the left supramarginal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus. Our results revealed different structural changes in UD and BD patients suggesting BD and UD have different neurophysiological underpinnings. Our study contributes toward the biological determination of morphometric changes, which could help to discriminate between UD and BD.
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- Junyan Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Department of Mental Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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Zheng R, Zhang Y, Yang Z, Han S, Cheng J. Reduced Brain Gray Matter Volume in Patients With First-Episode Major Depressive Disorder: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:671348. [PMID: 34276443 PMCID: PMC8282212 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.671348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background: The findings of many neuroimaging studies in patients with first-episode major depressive disorder (MDD), and even those of previous meta-analysis, are divergent. To quantitatively integrate these studies, we performed a meta-analysis of gray matter volumes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Methods: We performed a comprehensive literature search for relevant studies and traced the references up to May 1, 2021 to select the VBM studies between first-episode MDD and healthy controls (HC). A quantitative meta-analysis of VBM studies on first-episode MDD was performed using the Seed-based d Mapping with Permutation of Subject Images (SDM-PSI) method, which allows a familywise error rate (FWE) correction for multiple comparisons of the results. Meta-regression was used to explore the effects of demographics and clinical characteristics. Results: Nineteen studies, with 22 datasets comprising 619 first-episode MDD and 707 HC, were included. The pooled and subgroup meta-analysis showed robust gray matter reductions in the left insula, the bilateral parahippocampal gyrus extending into the bilateral hippocampus, the right gyrus rectus extending into the right striatum, the right superior frontal gyrus (dorsolateral part), the left superior frontal gyrus (medial part) and the left superior parietal gyrus. Meta-regression analyses showed that higher HDRS scores were significantly more likely to present reduced gray matter volumes in the right amygdala, and the mean age of MDD patients in each study was negatively correlated with reduced gray matter in the left insula. Conclusions: The present meta-analysis revealed that structural abnormalities in the fronto-striatal-limbic and fronto-parietal networks are essential characteristics in first-episode MDD patients, which may become a potential target for clinical intervention.
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- Ruiping Zheng
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Batail JM, Coloigner J, Soulas M, Robert G, Barillot C, Drapier D. Structural abnormalities associated with poor outcome of a major depressive episode: The role of thalamus. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 305:111158. [PMID: 32889511 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An identification of precise biomarkers contributing to poor outcome of a major depressive episode (MDE) has the potential to improve therapeutic strategies by reducing time to symptomatic relief. In a cross-sectional volumetric study with a 6 month clinical follow-up, we performed baseline brain grey matter volume analysis between 2 groups based on illness improvement: 27 MDD patients in the "responder" (R) group (Clinical Global Impression- Improvement (CGI-I) score ≤ 2) and 30 in the "non-responder" (NR) group (CGI-I > 2), using a Voxel Based-Morphometry analysis. NR had significantly smaller Grey Matter (GM) volume in the bilateral thalami, in precentral gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, precuneus and middle cingulum compared to R at baseline. Additionally, they exhibited significant greater GM volume increase in the left anterior lobe of cerebellum and posterior cingulate cortex. The latter result was not significant when participants with bipolar disorder were excluded from the analysis. NR group had higher baseline anxiety scores. Our study has pointed out the role of thalamus in prognosis of MDE. These findings highlight the involvement of emotion regulation in the outcome of MDE. The present study provides a step towards the understanding of neurobiological processes of treatment resistant depression.
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- J M Batail
- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Academic Psychiatry Department, Rennes F-35703, France; Univ Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes F-35042, France; Univ Rennes, "Comportement et noyaux gris centraux" research unit (EA 4712), Rennes F-35000, France.
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- Univ Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Academic Psychiatry Department, Rennes F-35703, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Academic Psychiatry Department, Rennes F-35703, France; Univ Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes F-35042, France; Univ Rennes, "Comportement et noyaux gris centraux" research unit (EA 4712), Rennes F-35000, France
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- Univ Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Academic Psychiatry Department, Rennes F-35703, France; Univ Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes F-35042, France; Univ Rennes, "Comportement et noyaux gris centraux" research unit (EA 4712), Rennes F-35000, France
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Hou L, Han ZR, Meng Y, Huang D, Zhou R. Neural evidence of dysfunction of reward processing in women with premenstrual syndrome. Neuropsychologia 2020; 149:107669. [PMID: 33160966 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most studies on the mechanism behind premenstrual syndrome (PMS) have focused on negative emotional overreaction, but little evidence exists regarding the weakening of positive emotions. Given the close relationship between positive emotions and reward processing, the aim of this study is to investigate the dysfunction of reward processing in women with PMS. METHOD Seventeen women with PMS and seventeen healthy women were scanned during a card guessing task in the late luteal phase. By selecting bilateral caudate and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) as seed regions, region-of-interest (ROI) analysis and functional connectivity (psycho-physiological interaction [PPI]) analysis were conducted to compare the difference between two groups. Exploratory whole brain analysis was also conducted to examine the group differences in other reward-related brain regions. RESULTS ROI analysis revealed that healthy women showed stronger activation at the bilateral caudate and OFC when gains were contrasted to losses feedback, whereas women with PMS showed no significant difference between these two conditions. Whole brain analysis indicated that healthy women showed stronger activation at the right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) when gains were contrasted to losses feedback, whereas women with PMS showed no significant difference between these two conditions. Furthermore, separate analysis on healthy women revealed significant clusters of greater activation to gains minus losses that included the bilateral caudate, right middle temporal gyrus, and left inferior occipital gyrus; conversely, no significant clusters of activations to gains minus losses were observed in women with PMS. PPI analysis results revealed that women with PMS exhibited lower functional connectivity between the right caudate and the right cerebellum than healthy women when experiencing gains versus losses. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide one of the first evidence that PMS is related to dysfunction in reward processing, which could be associated with the weakening of positive emotions.
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- Lulu Hou
- Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China; Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China; School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210028, China
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- Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Abraham E, Posner J, Wickramaratne PJ, Aw N, van Dijk MT, Cha J, Weissman MM, Talati A. Concordance in parent and offspring cortico-basal ganglia white matter connectivity varies by parental history of major depressive disorder and early parental care. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2020; 15:889-903. [PMID: 33031555 PMCID: PMC7543940 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsaa118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Social behavior is transmitted cross-generationally through coordinated behavior within attachment bonds. Parental depression and poor parental care are major risks for disruptions of such coordination and are associated with offspring's psychopathology and interpersonal dysfunction. Given the key role of the cortico-basal ganglia (CBG) circuits in social communication, we examined similarities (concordance) of parent-offspring CBG white matter (WM) connections and how parental history of major depressive disorder (MDD) and early parental care moderate these similarities. We imaged 44 parent-offspring dyads and investigated WM connections between basal-ganglia seeds and selected regions in temporal cortex using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography. We found significant concordance in parent-offspring strength of CBG WM connections, moderated by parental lifetime-MDD and care. The results showed diminished neural concordance among dyads with a depressed parent and that better parental care predicted greater concordance, which also provided a protective buffer against attenuated concordance among dyads with a depressed parent. Our findings provide the first neurobiological evidence of concordance between parents-offspring in WM tracts and that concordance is diminished in families where parents have lifetime-MDD. This disruption may be a risk factor for intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Findings emphasize the long-term role of early caregiving in shaping the neural concordance among at-risk and affected dyads.
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- Eyal Abraham
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Divisions of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Divisions of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Divisions of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Divisions of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Departments of Epidemiology, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- Divisions of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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Solomonov N, Victoria LW, Dunlop K, Respino M, Hoptman MJ, Zilcha-Mano S, Oberlin L, Liston C, Areán PA, Gunning FM, Alexopoulos GS. Resting State Functional Connectivity and Outcomes of Psychotherapies for Late-Life Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2020; 28:859-868. [PMID: 32376080 PMCID: PMC7369214 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Problem solving therapy (PST) and "Engage," a reward-exposure" based therapy, are important treatment options for late-life depression, given modest efficacy of antidepressants in this disorder. Abnormal function of the reward and default mode networks has been observed during depressive episodes. This study examined whether resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) of reward and DMN circuitries is associated with treatment outcomes. METHODS Thirty-two older adults with major depression (mean age = 72.7) were randomized to 9-weeks of either PST or "Engage." We assessed rsFC at baseline and week 6. We placed seeds in three a priori regions of interest: subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), and nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Outcome measures included the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) and the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS). RESULTS In both PST and "Engage," higher rsFC between the sgACC and middle temporal gyrus at baseline was associated with greater improvement in depression severity (HAMD). Preliminary findings suggested that in "Engage" treated participants, lower rsFC between the dACC and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex at baseline was associated with HAMD improvement. Finally, in Engage only, increased rsFC from baseline to week 6 between NAcc and Superior Parietal Cortex was associated with increased BADS scores. CONCLUSION The results suggest that patients who present with higher rsFC between the sgACC and a structure within the DMN may benefit from behavioral psychotherapies for late life depression. "Engage" may lead to increased rsFC within the reward system reflecting a reconditioning of the reward systems by reward exposure.
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- Nili Solomonov
- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine (NS, LWV, LO, FMG, and GSA), White Plains, NY.
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine (NS, LWV, LO, FMG, and GSA), White Plains, NY
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- Feil Family Brain Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine (KD and CL), New York, NY
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- The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (MJH), Orangeburg, NY; New York University School of Medicine (MJH), New York, NY
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- Columbia University (SZM), New York, NY; Haifa University (SZM), Haifa, Israel
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine (NS, LWV, LO, FMG, and GSA), White Plains, NY
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- Feil Family Brain Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine (KD and CL), New York, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PAA), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine (NS, LWV, LO, FMG, and GSA), White Plains, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine (NS, LWV, LO, FMG, and GSA), White Plains, NY
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Nan D, Yuqi C, Zonglin S, Chenglong D, Na L, Fang L, Cong Z, Xiufeng X. Association of a SIRT1 polymorphism with changes of gray matter volume in patients with first-episode medication-naïve major depression. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 301:111101. [PMID: 32447184 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs12415800 of the silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 gene (SIRT1) has shown a genome-wide significant association with major depression disorder (MDD) in a recent GWAS using a large sample. Subsequent studies of SIRT1's biological functions were supportive of a possible role in the pathophysiology of MDD. However, SIRT1-mediated physiopathology of MDD may be brain region specific. In the present study, we investigated the impact of SIRT1 rs12415800 genotypes on gray matter volumes (GMV) among different brain regions in both MDD patients and healthy controls. The rs12415800 was genotyped in 170 patients with first-episode medication-naïve MDD (cases) and 170 healthy controls. Magnetic resonance imaging was conducted and the voxel-based morphometry (VBM) approach was employed to analyze obtained images. When compared with the cases carrying GG genotype, the cases carrying GA or AA genotypes (A for risk allele) showed decreased GMV in right precuneus, left cuneus/precuneus, and right frontal superior. In contrast, the rs12415800-associated GMV abnormalities were not observed in controls. The SIRT1-rs12415800 polymorphism may be associated with the changes of GMV in MDD patients.
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- Dai Nan
- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang RD, Kunming 650032, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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Altered directed functional connectivity of the right amygdala in depression: high-density EEG study. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4398. [PMID: 32157152 PMCID: PMC7064485 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61264-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The cortico-striatal-pallidal-thalamic and limbic circuits are suggested to play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of depression. Stimulation of deep brain targets might improve symptoms in treatment-resistant depression. However, a better understanding of connectivity properties of deep brain structures potentially implicated in deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment is needed. Using high-density EEG, we explored the directed functional connectivity at rest in 25 healthy subjects and 26 patients with moderate to severe depression within the bipolar affective disorder, depressive episode, and recurrent depressive disorder. We computed the Partial Directed Coherence on the source EEG signals focusing on the amygdala, anterior cingulate, putamen, pallidum, caudate, and thalamus. The global efficiency for the whole brain and the local efficiency, clustering coefficient, outflow, and strength for the selected structures were calculated. In the right amygdala, all the network metrics were significantly higher (p < 0.001) in patients than in controls. The global efficiency was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in patients than in controls, showed no correlation with status of depression, but decreased with increasing medication intake (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Li Q, Zhao Y, Chen Z, Long J, Dai J, Huang X, Lui S, Radua J, Vieta E, Kemp GJ, Sweeney JA, Li F, Gong Q. Meta-analysis of cortical thickness abnormalities in medication-free patients with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020; 45:703-712. [PMID: 31694045 PMCID: PMC7021694 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0563-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alterations in cortical thickness have been identified in major depressive disorder (MDD), but findings have been variable and inconsistent. To date, no reliable tools have been available for the meta-analysis of surface-based morphometric (SBM) studies to effectively characterize what has been learned in previous studies, and drug treatments may have differentially impacted findings. We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies that explored cortical thickness in medication-free patients with MDD, using a newly developed meta-analytic mask compatible with seed-based d mapping (SDM) meta-analytic software. We performed the meta-regression to explore the effects of demographics and clinical characteristics on variation in cortical thickness in MDD. Fifteen studies describing 529 patients and 586 healthy controls (HCs) were included. Medication-free patients with MDD, relative to HCs, showed a complex pattern of increased cortical thickness in some areas (posterior cingulate cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and anterior cingulate cortex) and decreased cortical thickness in others (gyrus rectus, orbital segment of the superior frontal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus). Most findings in the whole sample analysis were confirmed in a meta-analysis of studies recruiting medication-naive patients. Using the new mask specifically developed for SBM studies, this SDM meta-analysis provides evidence for regional cortical thickness alterations in MDD, mainly involving increased cortical thickness in the default mode network and decreased cortical thickness in the orbitofrontal and temporal cortex.
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- Qian Li
- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- Department of Psychoradiology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fPsychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Centre for Psychiatric Research and Education, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ,0000 0001 2322 6764grid.13097.3cDepartment of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Barcelona Bipolar Disorders and Depressive Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- 0000 0004 1936 8470grid.10025.36Liverpool Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre (LiMRIC) and Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- 0000 0004 1770 1022grid.412901.fHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P. R. China ,0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, P. R. China. .,Psychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, P. R. China. .,Psychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Intrinsic connectomes are a predictive biomarker of remission in major depressive disorder. Mol Psychiatry 2020; 25:1537-1549. [PMID: 31695168 PMCID: PMC7303006 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0574-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Although major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with altered functional coupling between disparate neural networks, the degree to which such measures are ameliorated by antidepressant treatment is unclear. It is also unclear whether functional connectivity can be used as a predictive biomarker of treatment response. Here, we used whole-brain functional connectivity analysis to identify neural signatures of remission following antidepressant treatment, and to identify connectomic predictors of treatment response. 163 MDD and 62 healthy individuals underwent functional MRI during pre-treatment baseline and 8-week follow-up sessions. Patients were randomized to escitalopram, sertraline or venlafaxine-XR antidepressants and assessed at follow-up for remission. Baseline measures of intrinsic functional connectivity between each pair of 333 regions were analyzed to identify pre-treatment connectomic features that distinguish remitters from non-remitters. We then interrogated these connectomic differences to determine if they changed post-treatment, distinguished patients from controls, and were modulated by medication type. Irrespective of medication type, remitters were distinguished from non-remitters by greater connectivity within the default mode network (DMN); specifically, between the DMN, fronto-parietal and somatomotor networks, the DMN and visual, limbic, auditory and ventral attention networks, and between the fronto-parietal and somatomotor networks with cingulo-opercular and dorsal attention networks. This baseline hypo-connectivity for non-remitters also distinguished them from controls and increased following treatment. In contrast, connectivity for remitters was higher than controls at baseline and also following remission, suggesting a trait-like connectomic characteristic. Increased functional connectivity within and between large-scale intrinsic brain networks may characterize acute recovery with antidepressants in depression.
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Scheepens DS, van Waarde JA, Lok A, de Vries G, Denys DAJP, van Wingen GA. The Link Between Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities in Depression: A Systematic Review of Multimodal Neuroimaging Studies. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:485. [PMID: 32581868 PMCID: PMC7283615 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adequate and timely identification of depression is essential to improve patient care. A potential method to achieve this is by using neuroimaging. Many neuroimaging studies have revealed widespread abnormalities in brain structure and function in patients with depression, but in most studies only single neuroimaging modalities were used. Links between abnormalities in brain structure and function need to be therefore further explored in order to define diagnostic and therapeutic applications. METHODS A systematic literature review according to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was conducted. RESULTS Out of 2,516 articles, only 14 studies were eligible to be included. These studies combined structural and functional neuroimaging methods in depressed patients compared to controls. Four studies reported a negative relationship between brain structure and function within the default mode network: reduced gray or white matter integrity in depressed patients compared to healthy controls was associated with enhanced neural activity or connectivity. The other studies reported positive relationships (two studies), mixed relationships (two studies), or no link (six studies) between structural and functional brain abnormalities. CONCLUSION This systematic literature review revealed no robust relationship between abnormalities in brain structure and function in patients with depression. Remarkably, only 14 studies could be included and four of these suggested enhanced default mode network connectivity associated with reduced structural brain integrity. In the ongoing development of the diagnostic and treatment applications of neuroimaging, large-scale studies that combine structural with functional neuroimaging are required to determine the relationship between structural and functional abnormalities in depression.
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- Dominique S Scheepens
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Yang Y, Zhu L, Zhu Q, Jia Y, Zhang L, Peng Q, Wang J, Liu J, Fan W, Wang J. Volumetric Deficit Within the Fronto-Limbic-Striatal Circuit in First-Episode Drug Naïve Patients With Major Depression Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:600583. [PMID: 33551870 PMCID: PMC7854541 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.600583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background: Depression is a major psychiatric disorder and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Previous evidence suggested certain pattern of structural alterations were induced by major depression disorder (MDD) with heterogeneity due to patients' clinical characteristics and proposed that early impairment of fronto-limbic-striatal circuit was involved. Yet the hypothesis couldn't be replicated fully. Accordingly, this study aimed to validate this hypothesis in a new set of first-episode, drug naïve MDD patients and further explore the neuroimaging biomarker of illness severity using whole-brain voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Materials and Methods: A total of 93 participants, 30 patients with first-episode medication-naïve MDD, and 63 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. VBM was applied to analyze differences in the gray matter volume (GMV) between these two groups. The correlation between the GMV of the identified brain regions and the severity of clinical symptoms quantified by the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) was further conducted in the post-hoc analysis to confirm the role of GMV structural alteration in clinical symptoms. Results: Our results revealed that the brain gray matter volume of the prefrontal lobe, limbic system, striatum, cerebellum, temporal lobe, and bilateral lingual gyri were significantly decreased in MDD patients compared with healthy controls. Besides, the HAMD scores were negatively correlated with GMV of the right insula and positively correlated with that of the right lingual gyrus. Conclusions: Our findings provide robust evidence that gray matter structural abnormalities within the prefronto-limbic-striatal circuit are implicated in the pathophysiology of MDD at an early stage without confounding influence of medication status. Besides, our data suggest that the cerebellum, lingual gyrus, and fusiform gyrus should also be integrated into the brain alterations in MDD. Future synthesis of individual neuroimaging studies and more advanced statistical analysis comparing subfields of the aforementioned regions are warranted to further shed light on the neurobiology of the disease and assist in the diagnosis of this burdensome disorder.
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- Yiran Zhang
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Clinical and Technical Solutions, Philips Healthcare, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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Tian S, Sun Y, Shao J, Zhang S, Mo Z, Liu X, Wang Q, Wang L, Zhao P, Chattun MR, Yao Z, Si T, Lu Q. Predicting escitalopram monotherapy response in depression: The role of anterior cingulate cortex. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 41:1249-1260. [PMID: 31758634 PMCID: PMC7268019 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Neuroimaging biomarkers of treatment efficacy can be used to guide personalized treatment in major depressive disorder (MDD). Escitalopram is recommended as first-line therapy for MDD and severe depression. An interesting hypothesis suggests that the reconfiguration of dynamic brain networks might provide important insights into antidepressant mechanisms. The present study assesses whether the spatiotemporal modulation across functional brain networks could serve as a predictor of effective antidepressant treatment with escitalopram. A total of 106 first-episode, drug-naïve patients and 109 healthy controls from three different multicenters underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Patients were considered as responders if they had a reduction of at least 50% in Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores at endpoint (>2 weeks). Multilayer modularity framework was applied on the whole brain to construct features in relation to network dynamic characters that were used for multivariate pattern analysis. Linear soft-threshold support vector machine models were used to separate responders from nonresponders. The permutation tests demonstrated the robustness of discrimination performances. The discriminative regions formed a spatially distributed pattern with anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as the hub in the default mode subnetwork. Interestingly, a significantly larger module allegiance of ACC was also found in treatment responders compared to nonresponders, suggesting high interactivities of ACC to other regions may be beneficial for the recovery after treatment. Consistent results across multicenters confirmed that ACC could serve as a predictor of escitalopram monotherapy treatment outcome, implying strong likelihood of replication in the future.
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- Shui Tian
- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Peking University Institute of Mental Health & Sixth Hospital, Beijing, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorder & The Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Peking University Institute of Mental Health & Sixth Hospital, Beijing, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorder & The Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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Meng Z, Zhang Z, Fan Q, Li Y. Altered Fractional Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuations in Unmedicated Female Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2019; 2018:1144-1147. [PMID: 30440592 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8512490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A number of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) studies indicate dysfunction of large-scale brain networks underlying the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Recent epidemiology studies show that the prevalence of female OCD patients is higher than that of males. However, the underlying neurobiology mechanism for female OCD patients remains not fully understood. In this study, we are aimed to explore the spontaneous brain neuronal activity in unmedicated female OCD patients using rs-fMRI methodology and fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF) analysis. Additionally, we examine the relationship between fALFF changes and female OCD symptomatology. Increased fALFF values in right brainstem, right rectus, left middle temporal gyrus and right angular were found in OCD females. And decreased fALFF values in right cerebellum, left middle occipital gyrus, left insula, postcentral gyrus and left precentral gyrus were shown in female OCD patients. Moreover, the fALFF values in left precentral gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus were positively associated with patients YBOCS-Obsessions scores and HAMD scores, respectively. Our findings bring additional insights in understanding the pathophysiology of female OCD patients.
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Klok MPC, van Eijndhoven PF, Argyelan M, Schene AH, Tendolkar I. Structural brain characteristics in treatment-resistant depression: review of magnetic resonance imaging studies. BJPsych Open 2019; 5:e76. [PMID: 31474243 PMCID: PMC6737518 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been related to structural brain characteristics that are correlated with the severity of disease. However, the correlation of these structural changes is less well clarified in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). AIMS To summarise the existing literature on structural brain characteristics in TRD to create an overview of known abnormalities of the brain in patients with MDD, to form hypotheses about the absence or existence of a common pathophysiology of MDD and TRD. METHOD A systematic search of PubMed and the Cochrane Library for studies published between 1998 and August of 2016 investigating structural brain changes in patients with TRD compared with healthy controls or patients with MDD. RESULTS Fourteen articles are included in this review. Lower grey matter volume (GMV) in the anterior cingulate cortex, right cerebellum, caudate nucleus, superior/medial frontal gyrus and hippocampus does not seem to differentiate TRD from milder forms of MDD. However, lower GMV in the putamen, inferior frontal gyrus, precentral gyrus, angular- and post-central gyri together with specific mainly parietal white matter tract changes seem to be more specific structural characteristics of TRD. CONCLUSIONS The currently available data on structural brain changes in patients with TRD compared with milder forms of MDD and healthy controls cannot sufficiently distinguish between a 'shared continuum hypothesis' and a 'different entity hypothesis'. Our review clearly suggests that although there is some overlap in affected brain regions between milder forms of MDD and TRD, TRD also comes with specific alterations in mainly the putamen and parietal white matter tracts. DECLARATION OF INTEREST None.
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- Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center; and Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, the Netherlands
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- Psychiatrist, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research; andDivision of Psychiatry Research, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, USA
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- Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center; and Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, the Netherlands
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- Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center; Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, the Netherlands;and LVR-Hospital Essen, Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Altered dynamic functional connectivity in weakly-connected state in major depressive disorder. Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 130:2096-2104. [PMID: 31541987 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Major depressive disorder (MDD) is accompanied by abnormal changes in dynamic functional connectivity (FC) among brain regions. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the abnormalities of dynamic FC in MDD are state-dependent (related to a specific connectivity state). METHODS We performed time-varying connectivity analysis on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) of 49 MDD patients and 54 matched healthy controls (HCs). FC differences between groups in each connectivity state were analyzed and associations between disease severity and dynamics of aberrant FC were explored. RESULTS Two distinct connectivity states (i.e., weakly-connected and strongly-connected state) were identified. Compared to HCs, MDD patients were associated with increased mean dwell time and decreased FC between and within subnetworks in the weakly-connected state. Dynamics of reduced FC between cognitive control network and default mode network as well as within cognitive control network predicted individual differences in depression symptom severity. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that the MDD-caused FC alterations mostly appeared in the weakly-connected state, which might contribute to clinical diagnosis of MDD. SIGNIFICANCE These findings provide new perspectives for understanding the state-dependent neurophysiological mechanisms in MDD.
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Zuo L, Zhou Y, Wang S, Wang B, Gu H, Chen J. Abnormal Brain Functional Connectivity Strength in the Overactive Bladder Syndrome: A Resting-State fMRI Study. Urology 2019; 131:64-70. [PMID: 31150692 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the whole-brain functional connectivity strength (FCS) of patients with the overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). METHODS This study investigates the changes of intrinsic whole brain functional connectivity pattern in OAB using FCS. We acquired resting-state fMRI data from 26 OAB patients and 28 healthy controls. FCS was used to compute the long-range and short-range FCS values for each voxel in the brain of each subject. The long or short-range FCS maps were compared between OAB patients and healthy controls. Pearson's correlation coefficients was also performed between abnormal FCS regions and clinical/psychometric scores in patients. RESULTS Compared with healthy control subjects, the OAB patients exhibited significantly decreased short-range FCS in the right medial superior frontal gyrus and bilateral anterior cingulate gyrus, and increased short-range FCS in the middle frontal gyrus, the precentral gyrus, and bilateral caudate nucleus. In addition, significantly decreased long-range FCS was found in bilateral middle cingulate gyrus and posterior cingulate gyrus. Furthermore, the abnormal FCS values in the right caudate nucleus showed significantly negative correlation with Self-Rating Depression Scale of OAB patients. CONCLUSION Patients with OAB have abnormal short-range and long-range FCS in brain regions associated with brain-bladder network. Our study provides new insights into the underlying brain network topology of OAB.
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- Long Zuo
- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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Sorella S, Lapomarda G, Messina I, Frederickson JJ, Siugzdaite R, Job R, Grecucci A. Testing the expanded continuum hypothesis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Neural and psychological evidence for shared and distinct mechanisms. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 23:101854. [PMID: 31121524 PMCID: PMC6529770 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite the traditional view of Schizophrenia (SZ) and Bipolar disorder (BD) as separate diagnostic categories, the validity of such a categorical approach is challenging. In recent years, the hypothesis of a continuum between Schizophrenia (SZ) and Bipolar disorder (BD), postulating a common pathophysiologic mechanism, has been proposed. Although appealing, this unifying hypothesis may be too simplistic when looking at cognitive and affective differences these patients display. In this paper, we aim to test an expanded version of the continuum hypothesis according to which the continuum extends over three clusters: the psychotic, the cognitive, and the affective. We applied an innovative approach known as Source-based Morphometry (SBM) to the structural images of 46 individuals diagnosed with SZ, 46 with BD and 66 healthy controls (HC). We also analyzed the psychological profiles of the three groups using cognitive, affective, and clinical tests. At a neural level, we found evidence for a shared psychotic core in a distributed network involving portions of the medial parietal and temporo-occipital areas, as well as parts of the cerebellum and the middle frontal gyrus. We also found evidence of a cognitive core more compromised in SZ, including alterations in a fronto-parietal circuit, and mild evidence of an affective core more compromised in BD, including portions of the temporal and occipital lobes, cerebellum, and frontal gyrus. Such differences were confirmed by the psychological profiles, with SZ patients more impaired in cognitive tests, while BD in affective ones. On the bases of these results we put forward an expanded view of the continuum hypothesis, according to which a common psychotic core exists between SZ and BD patients complemented by two separate cognitive and affective cores that are both impaired in the two patients' groups, although to different degrees.
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- Sara Sorella
- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science (DiPSCo), University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science (DiPSCo), University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science (DiPSCo), University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science (DiPSCo), University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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Lai CH. Major Depressive Disorder in Neuroimaging: What is Beyond Fronto-limbic Model? CURRENT PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH AND REVIEWS 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1573400515666181213155225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background:
The major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic illness with major manifestations
in cognitive, social and occupational functions. The pathophysiological model is an intrigue
issue for scientists to understand the origin of MDD.
Objective:
In the beginning, the cortico-limbic-striato-pallidal-thalamic model has been proposed to
link the clinical symptoms with the abnormalities in brain structure and function. However, the
model is still evolving due to recent advances in the neuroimaging techniques, especially for functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The recent findings in the fMRI studies in MDD showed
the importance of fronto-limbic model for the modulations between cognitive function and primitive
and negative emotions.
Method:
This review will focus on the literature of fMRI studies in MDD with findings not in the
fronto-limbic structures.
Results:
Additional regions beyond the fronto-limbic model have been observed in some literature of
MDD. Some regions in the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes have been shown with the alterations
in gray matter, white matter and brain function. The importance of sensory detection, visuospatial function,
language reception, motor response and emotional memories in these regions might provide the
clues to understand the cognitive misinterpretations related to altered reception of outside information,
behavioral responses related to biased cognition and emotional memories and clinical symptoms related
to the significant alterations of interactions between different brain regions.
Conclusion:
Future studies to establish a more comprehensive model for MDD will be warranted,
especially for the model beyond the fronto-limbic structures.
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- Chien-Han Lai
- Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Wu X, He H, Shi L, Xia Y, Zuang K, Feng Q, Zhang Y, Ren Z, Wei D, Qiu J. Personality traits are related with dynamic functional connectivity in major depression disorder: A resting-state analysis. J Affect Disord 2019; 245:1032-1042. [PMID: 30699845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most well-known psychiatric disorders, which can be destructive for its damage to people's normal cognitive, emotional and social functions. Personality refers to the unique and stable character of thinking and behavior style of an individual, which has long been thought as a key influence factor for MDD. Although some knowledge about the common neural basic between MDD and personality traits has been acquired, there are few studies exploring dynamic neural mechanism behind them, which changes brain connectivity pattern rapidly to adapt to the environment over time. METHODS In this study, the emerging dynamic functional network connectivity (DFNC) method was used in resting-state fMRI data to find the differences between healthy group (N = 107) and MDD group (N = 109) in state-based dynamic measures, and the correlations between these measures and personality traits (extraversion and neuroticism in Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, EPQ) were explored. RESULTS The results showed that MDD was significantly less than the health control group in dwell time and fraction time of state 4, which was positively correlated with extraversion score and negatively correlated with neuroticism score. Further exploration on state 4 showed that it had low modularity, hyper-connectedness of sensory-related regions and DMN, and weak connections between cortex and subcortical areas, which suggested that the absence of this state in MDD might represent a decrease in activity and positive emotions. CONCLUSION We found the dynamic functional connectivity mechanism underlying MDD, confirmed our hypothesis that there existed the interacted relationship between trait, disease and the brain's dynamic characteristic, and suggested some reference for treatment of depression.
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- Xinran Wu
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China.
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Cheng C, Dong D, Jiang Y, Ming Q, Zhong X, Sun X, Xiong G, Gao Y, Yao S. State-Related Alterations of Spontaneous Neural Activity in Current and Remitted Depression Revealed by Resting-State fMRI. Front Psychol 2019; 10:245. [PMID: 30804860 PMCID: PMC6378291 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Purpose: Although efforts have been made to identify neurobiological characteristic of major depressive disorder (MDD) in recent years, trait- and state-related biological characteristics of MDD still remains unclear. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the aim of this study was to explore whether altered spontaneous neural activities in MDD are trait- or state- related. Materials and Methods: Resting-state fMRI data were analyzed for 72 current MDD (cMDD) patients (first-episode, medication-naïve), 49 remitted MDD (rMDD) patients, and 78 age- and sex- matched healthy control (HC) subjects. The values of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) were compared between groups. Results: Compared with the cMDD group, the rMDD group had increased ALFF values in the left middle occipital gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus and right cerebellum anterior lobe. Besides, compared with the HC group, the cMDD group had decreased ALFF values in the left middle occipital gyrus. Further analysis explored that the mean ALFF values in the left middle occipital gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus and right cerebellum anterior lobe were correlated positively with BDI scores in rMDD patients. Conclusion: Abnormal activity in the left middle occipital gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus and right cerebellum anterior lobe may be state-specific in current (first-episode, medication-naïve) and remitted (medication-naïve) depression patients. Furthermore, the state-related compensatory effect was found in these brain areas.
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- Chang Cheng
- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Preschool Education Department, Changsha Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Xu J, Wang J, Bai T, Zhang X, Li T, Hu Q, Li H, Zhang L, Wei Q, Tian Y, Wang K. Electroconvulsive Therapy Induces Cortical Morphological Alterations in Major Depressive Disorder Revealed with Surface-Based Morphometry Analysis. Int J Neural Syst 2019; 29:1950005. [PMID: 31387489 DOI: 10.1142/s0129065719500059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD), the mechanism underlying the therapeutic efficacy and side effects of ECT remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated alterations in the cortical morphological measurements including cortical thickness (CT), surface area (SA), and local gyrification index (LGI) in 23 MDD patients before and after ECT. Furthermore, multivariate pattern analysis using linear support vector machine (SVM) was applied to investigate whether the changed morphological measurements can be effective indicators for therapeutic efficacy of ECT. Surface-based morphometry (SBM) analysis found significantly increased vertex-wise and regional cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA) in widespread regions, mainly located in the left insula (INS) and left fusiform gyrus, as well as hypergyrification in the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG) in MDD patients after ECT. Partial correlational analyses identified associations between the morphological properties and depressive symptom scores and impaired memory scores. Moreover, SVM result showed that the changed morphological measurements were effective to classify the MDD patients before and after ECT. Our findings suggested that ECT may enhance cortical neuroplasticity to facilitate neurogenesis to remit depressive symptoms and to impair delayed memory. These findings indicated that the cortical morphometry is a good index for therapeutic efficacy of ECT.
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- Jinping Xu
- 1Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.,2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- 3The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 625014, P. R. China
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- 4Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, P. R. China
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- 1Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- 1Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- 1Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.,5CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- 6Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- 7Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei 230022, P. R. China
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- 4Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, P. R. China
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- 4Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, P. R. China.,8Department of Neurology, Shannan People's Hospital, Shannan, 856000, P. R. China
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- 4Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, P. R. China.,9Department of Medical Psychology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, P. R. China.,10Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei 230022, P. R. China.,11Collaborative Innovation Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei 230022, P. R. China
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Tokuda T, Yoshimoto J, Shimizu Y, Okada G, Takamura M, Okamoto Y, Yamawaki S, Doya K. Identification of depression subtypes and relevant brain regions using a data-driven approach. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14082. [PMID: 30237567 PMCID: PMC6148252 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32521-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
It is well known that depressive disorder is heterogeneous, yet little is known about its neurophysiological subtypes. In the present study, we identified neurophysiological subtypes of depression related to specific neural substrates. We performed cluster analysis for 134 subjects (67 depressive subjects and 67 controls) using a high-dimensional dataset consisting of resting state functional connectivity measured by functional MRI, clinical questionnaire scores, and various biomarkers. Applying a newly developed, multiple co-clustering method to this dataset, we identified three subtypes of depression that are characterized by functional connectivity between the right Angular Gyrus (AG) and other brain areas in default mode networks, and Child Abuse Trauma Scale (CATS) scores. These subtypes are also related to Selective Serotonin-Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) treatment outcomes, which implies that we may be able to predict effectiveness of treatment based on AG-related functional connectivity and CATS.
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- Tomoki Tokuda
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.,Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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Höflich A, Michenthaler P, Kasper S, Lanzenberger R. Circuit Mechanisms of Reward, Anhedonia, and Depression. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2018; 22:105-118. [PMID: 30239748 PMCID: PMC6368373 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyy081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Pleasure and motivation are important factors for goal-directed behavior and well-being in both animals and humans. Intact hedonic capacity requires an undisturbed interplay between a number of different brain regions and transmitter systems. Concordantly, dysfunction of networks encoding for reward have been shown in depression and other psychiatric disorders. The development of technological possibilities to investigate connectivity on a functional level in humans and to directly influence networks in animals using optogenetics among other techniques has provided new important insights in this field of research.In this review, we aim to provide an overview on the neurobiological substrates of anhedonia on a network level. For this purpose, definition of anhedonia and the involved reward components are described first, then current data on reward networks in healthy individuals and in depressed patients are summarized, and the roles of different neurotransmitter systems involved in reward processing are specified. Based on this information, the impact of different therapeutic approaches on reward processing is described with a particular focus on deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a possibility for a direct modulation of human brain structures in vivo.Overall, results of current studies emphasize the importance of anhedonia in psychiatric disorders and the relevance of targeting this phenotype for a successful psychiatric treatment. However, more data incorporating these results for the refinement of methodological approaches are needed to be able to develop individually tailored therapeutic concepts based on both clinical and neurobiological profiles of patients.
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- Anna Höflich
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria,Correspondence: Rupert Lanzenberger, MD, PD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria ()
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Berman Z, Assaf Y, Tarrasch R, Joel D. Assault-related self-blame and its association with PTSD in sexually assaulted women: an MRI inquiry. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2018; 13:775-784. [PMID: 29939345 PMCID: PMC6121153 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsy044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Sexual assault is a frequent interpersonal trauma, which often leads to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among other postassault characteristics, self-blame attributions were suggested to play an important role in sexually assaulted individuals' coping and were consistently associated with PTSD in this population. The present study aimed to elucidate the neural underpinnings that may associate self-blame and PTSD in women who experienced sexual assault at adulthood, using structural and resting-state functional MRI. Thirty-eight sexually assaulted women and 24 non-exposed matched controls were studied (mean age: 25 years). Among the sexually assaulted participants, assault-related self-blame was negatively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) bilaterally in the lingual gyrus and adjacent intracalcarine cortex. GMV in this cluster was also predicted by intrusion symptoms and negative social reactions. Resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) of this cluster with the left anterior temporal fusiform cortex significantly differed between PTSD and non-PTSD sexually assaulted participants, and was inversely correlated with intrusion symptoms and with peritraumatic dissociation. Finally, lingual cluster's GMV and rs-FC with the anterior fusiform mediated the association between self-blame and intrusion symptoms across sexually assaulted participants. These findings link assault-related self-blame, disrupted postassault recovery and the neural circuitry involved in the processing of traumatic memories.
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- Zohar Berman
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Neurological impairment plays an important role in the development of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Early diagnosis and detection of it may stop the progress of neurological complications and improve the quality of patients' lives greatly. Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and magnetic motor evoked potentials (MEP) have been proved useful to detect neurological impairments of AS. This study aimed to investigate the cerebral function deficits of AS using functional MRI technology. Twenty seven patients with AS and 28 control subjects were included in this study. All of them underwent structural MRI and resting state-functional MRI (rs-fMRI) scanning. Comparisons of amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) of rs-fMRI signals between AS patients and normal controls were performed using two sample t-tests. To examine functional connectivity within the groups, one-sample t tests were performed on the individual z-value maps. The z values were compared between the two groups using two-sample t test. Partial correlations between rs-fMRI measures (ALFF and functional connectivity) of the brain regions which showed group difference and clinical results including the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score, the serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were analyzed for AS patients. Compared with normal controls, the AS patients exhibited significant lower ALFF in the left medial frontal gyrus, the right precentral gyrus and the right posterior cingulate, while higher ALFF in the left cerebellum anterior lobe, the left middle temporal gyrus, the left superior occipital gyrus, the left postcentral gyrus and the right precuneus. AS patients showed widespread brain connectivity alterations. Functional connectivity strength of the left precuneus and the left middle temporal gyrus were closely correlated with the the BASDAI scores, ESR and hsCRP in AS patients. Our results enhance the understanding of the pathomechanism of AS and suggest that Rs-fMRI may be a helpful tool in the clinical detection and evaluation of neurological impairment in AS.
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