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Qiu J, Gu W, Zhang Y, Wang L, Shen J. Alterations of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with antidepressants treatment for major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2024; 340:111792. [PMID: 38484532 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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We investigated the neuroimaging changes and clinical efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with antidepressants in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. We scanned 35 patients with MDD and 27 healthy controls (HC) with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) before and after treatment. We analyzed amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and the correlation with clinical variables. The rate of significant efficacy after treatment was higher in the combination treatment group than in the antidepressant group, although not statistically significant. At baseline, ALFF increased in the left middle temporal, brain stem, and left cerebellum and decreased in the right anterior cingulate (ACC), right orbital frontal cortex (OFC), and right caudate. ALFF increased in the left fusiform and decreased in the right lingual gyrus, left middle occipital gyrus, and left superior occipital gyrus after antidepressants. ALFF increased in the right ACC, right OFC, and right rectus after combination treatment. ALFF changes in the right ACC/OFC were negatively correlated with HAMD changes. After treatment, abnormal activity in some brain regions normalized, but these regions differed between the two treatment groups. rTMS combined with antidepressants therapy may improve MDD symptoms by improving neuronal activity levels in the right ACC and right OFC.
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- Jing Qiu
- Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Radiology, Soochow University Affiliated Guangji Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Soochow University Affiliated Guangji Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Soochow University Affiliated Guangji Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Soochow University Affiliated Guangji Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Institute of Imaging Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Du Y, Yu J, Liu M, Qiu Q, Fang Y, Zhao L, Wei W, Wang J, Lin X, Yan F, Li X. The relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease: The mediating effect of amygdala functional connectivity and radiomic features. J Affect Disord 2023; 330:101-109. [PMID: 36863470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms are common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are associated with cognitive function. Amygdala functional connectivity (FC) and radiomic features related to depression and cognition. However, studies have yet to explore the neural mechanisms underlying these associations. METHODS We enrolled eighty-two AD patients with depressive symptoms (ADD) and 85 healthy controls (HCs) in this study. We compared amygdala FC using the seed-based approach between ADD patients and HCs. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) was used to select amygdala radiomic features. A support vector machine (SVM) model was constructed based on the identified radiomic features to distinguish ADD from HCs. We used mediation analyses to explore the mediating effects of amygdala radiomic features and amygdala FC on cognition. RESULTS We found that ADD patients showed decreased amygdala FC with posterior cingulate cortex, middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and parahippocampal gyrus involved in the default mode network compared to HCs. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of the amygdala radiomic model was 0.95 for ADD patients and HCs. Notably, the mediation model demonstrated that amygdala FC with the MFG and amygdala-based radiomic features mediated the relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in AD. LIMITATIONS This study is a cross-sectional study and lacks longitudinal data. CONCLUSION Our findings may not only expand existing biological knowledge of the relationship between cognition and depressive symptoms in AD from the perspective of brain function and structure but also may ultimately provide potential targets for personalized treatment strategies.
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- Yang Du
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- MoE Key Lab of Artificial Intelligence, AI Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
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Lai JY, Ho JX, Kow ASF, Liang G, Tham CL, Ho YC, Lee MT. Interferon therapy and its association with depressive disorders - A review. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1048592. [PMID: 36911685 PMCID: PMC9992192 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1048592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Interferons (IFNs) are important in controlling the innate immune response to viral infections. Besides that, studies have found that IFNs also have antimicrobial, antiproliferative/antitumor and immunomodulatory effects. IFNs are divided into Type I, II and III. Type I IFNs, in particular IFN-α, is an approved treatment for hepatitis C. However, patients developed neuropsychological disorders during treatment. IFN-α induces proinflammatory cytokines, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), oxidative and nitrative stress that intensifies the body's inflammatory response in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease. The severity of the immune response is related to behavioral changes in both animal models and humans. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) is important for synaptic plasticity and long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus. However, excess ROS will generate highly reactive free radicals which may lead to neuronal damage and neurodegeneration. The limbic system regulates memory and emotional response, damage of neurons in this region is correlated with mood disorders. Due to the drawbacks of the treatment, often patients will not complete the treatment sessions, and this affects their recovery process. However, with proper management, this could be avoided. This review briefly describes the different types of IFNs and its pharmacological and clinical usages and a focus on IFN-α and its implications on depression.
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- Jing Yung Lai
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Feng P, Lin L, Wang Y, Chen L, Min J, Xie Y, Liu M, Wei S, Lin S, Yu Q. Impacts of menopause hormone therapy on mood disorders among postmenopausal women. Climacteric 2022; 25:579-585. [PMID: 36179737 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2022.2026915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the modulatory effects of menopause hormone therapy (MHT) on mood disorders among postmenopausal women. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to recruit postmenopausal women, including patients (arranged MHT for over 3 years as the medication group) and non-MHT controls. All participants were asked to respond to the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) questionnaires to assess their depression and anxiety status. RESULTS A total of 230 cases from the two groups were determined based on propensity score matching analysis by matching the menopausal age and menopausal durations. We found that MHT served as a favorable modulator in the depression status of postmenopausal women. Among the four factors of the CES-D questionnaire, our data indicated that the differences between the two groups fell primarily into two aspects: depressive emotion, and somatic symptoms or retarded activities. MHT was mainly involved in improving the depression of overweight women. However, no substantial effects of MHT were observed on the regulation of anxiety. CONCLUSION Postmenopausal women, especially the overweight population, who have experienced MHT exhibited an improved depressive status but not their anxiety condition.
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- P Feng
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Division of Prevention and Community Health, Fuwai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fangchenggang Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Lesmana MHS, Le NQK, Chiu WC, Chung KH, Wang CY, Irham LM, Chung MH. Genomic-Analysis-Oriented Drug Repurposing in the Search for Novel Antidepressants. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10081947. [PMID: 36009493 PMCID: PMC9405592 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10081947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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From inadequate prior antidepressants that targeted monoamine neurotransmitter systems emerged the discovery of alternative drugs for depression. For instance, drugs targeted interleukin 6 receptor (IL6R) in inflammatory system. Genomic analysis-based drug repurposing using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) inclined a promising method for several diseases. However, none of the diseases was depression. Thus, we aimed to identify drug repurposing candidates for depression treatment by adopting a genomic-analysis-based approach. The 5885 SNPs obtained from the machine learning approach were annotated using HaploReg v4.1. Five sets of functional annotations were applied to determine the depression risk genes. The STRING database was used to expand the target genes and identify drug candidates from the DrugBank database. We validated the findings using the ClinicalTrial.gov and PubMed databases. Seven genes were observed to be strongly associated with depression (functional annotation score = 4). Interestingly, IL6R was auspicious as a target gene according to the validation outcome. We identified 20 drugs that were undergoing preclinical studies or clinical trials for depression. In addition, we identified sarilumab and satralizumab as drugs that exhibit strong potential for use in the treatment of depression. Our findings indicate that a genomic-analysis-based approach can facilitate the discovery of drugs that can be repurposed for treating depression.
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- Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Translational Imaging Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 10630, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and Academia Sinica, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta 55164, Indonesia
- Correspondence: (L.M.I.); (M.-H.C.); Tel.: +62-851-322-55-414 (L.M.I.); +886-02-2736-1661 (M.-H.C.)
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- School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (L.M.I.); (M.-H.C.); Tel.: +62-851-322-55-414 (L.M.I.); +886-02-2736-1661 (M.-H.C.)
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Effects of animal-assisted therapy on patients with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychiatry Res 2022; 314:114619. [PMID: 35623240 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The purpose of this meta-analysis is to systematically examine the efficacy of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) for patients with dementia. PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane libraries were searched till November 2021 to collect studies in relation to AAT that had been adopted in patients with dementia. Eleven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 825 participants were included. Compared with the control group, the AAT group showed a significant reduction in behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), especially depression. However, no significant improvement was found in cognitive function, activities of daily living, agitation, or the quality of life. This meta-analysis shows that AAT can effectively reduce BPSD in patients with dementia.
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Zhang S, Cui J, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Liu R, Chen X, Feng Y, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Wang G. Functional connectivity of amygdala subregions predicts vulnerability to depression following the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord 2022; 297:421-429. [PMID: 34606814 PMCID: PMC8558508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The amygdala is vital in processing psychological stress and predicting vulnerability or resilience to stress-related disorders. This study aimed to build the link between functional magnetic resonance imaging data obtained before the stress event and the subsequent stress-related depressive symptoms. METHODS Neuroimaging data obtained before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic from 39 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and 61 health controls (HCs) were used in this study. The participants were divided retrospectively into four groups in accordance with the severity of depressive symptoms during the pandemic: remitted patients, non-remitted patients, depressed HCs (HCd) and non-depressed HCs (HCnd). Seed-based resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) analyses of the amygdala and its subregions, including the centromedial (CM), the basolateral and the superficial (SF), were performed. RESULTS Vulnerability to depression was suggested by decreased rsFC between the left CM amygdala and the bilateral lingual gyrus in the HCd group compared with the HCnd group, and decreased rsFC of the left CM or right SF amygdala with the precuneus and the postcentral gyrus in the HCd group compared with patients with MDD. No evidence supported the rsFC of the amygdala or its subregions as a biomarker for the resilience of patients with MDD to stress under antidepressant treatment. LIMITATIONS Smaller sample size and no longitudinal neuroimaging data. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that the rsFC of amygdala subregions may represent a neurobiological marker of vulnerability to depression following stress.
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- Shudong Zhang
- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China,Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China; Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
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Yang YC, Zeng K, Wang W, Gong ZG, Chen YL, Cheng JM, Zhang M, Huang YW, Men XB, Wang JW, Zhan S, Tan WL. The Changes of Brain Function After Spinal Manipulation Therapy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Rest BOLD fMRI Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2022; 18:187-199. [PMID: 35153482 PMCID: PMC8828077 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s339762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes of regional homogeneity (Reho) values before and after spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) through rest blood-oxygen-level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD fMRI). METHODS Patients with CLBP (Group 1, n = 20) and healthy control subjects (Group 2, n = 20) were recruited. The fMRI was performed three times in Group 1 before SMT (time point 1, TP1), after the first SMT (time point 2, TP2), after the sixth SMT (time point 3, TP3), and for one time in Group 2, which received no intervention. The clinical scales were finished in Group 1 every time before fMRI was performed. The Reho values were compared among Group 1 at different time points, and between Group 1 and Group 2. The correlation between Reho values with the statistical differences and the clinical scale scores were calculated. RESULTS The bilateral precuneus and right mid-frontal gyrus in Group 1 had different Reho values compared with Group 2 at TP1. The Reho values were increased in the left precuneus and decreased in the left superior frontal gyrus in Group 1 at TP2 compared with TP1. The Reho values were increased in the left postcentral gyrus and decreased in the left posterior cingulate cortex and the superior frontal gyrus in Group 1 at TP3 compared with TP1. The ReHo values of the left precuneus in Group 1 at TP1 were negatively correlated with the pain degree at TP1 and TP2 (r = -0.549, -0.453; p = 0.012, 0.045). The Reho values of the middle temporal gyrus in Group 1 at TP3 were negatively correlated with the changes of clinical scale scores between TP3 and TP1 (r = 0.454, 0.559; p = 0.044, 0.01). CONCLUSION Patients with CLBP showed abnormal brain function activity, which was altered after SMT. The Reho values of the left precuneus could predict the immediate analgesic effect of SMT.
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- Yu-Chan Yang
- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Massage, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Massage, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Massage, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Massage, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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Wang LM, Huang YH, Chou PH, Wang YM, Chen CM, Sun CW. Characteristics of brain connectivity during verbal fluency test: Convolutional neural network for functional near-infrared spectroscopy analysis. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2022; 15:e202100180. [PMID: 34553833 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202100180] [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: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Human connectome describes the complicated connection matrix of nervous system among human brain. It also possesses high potential of assisting doctors to monitor the brain injuries and recoveries in patients. In order to unravel the enigma of neuron connections and functions, previous research has strived to dig out the relations between neurons and brain regions. Verbal fluency test (VFT) is a general neuropsychological test, which has been used in functional connectivity investigations. In this study, we employed convolutional neural network (CNN) on a brain hemoglobin concentration changes (ΔHB) map obtained during VFT to investigate the connections of activated brain areas and different mental status. Our results show that feature of functional connectivity can be identified accurately with the employment of CNN on ΔHB mapping, which is beneficial to improve the understanding of brain functional connections.
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- Le-Mei Wang
- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, China Medical University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Optical Imaging Lab, Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Effects of animal-assisted interventions for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Geriatr Nurs 2021; 43:26-37. [PMID: 34800888 DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.10.016] [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: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) are non-pharmacological, cost-effective interventions developed to improve outcomes in patients with dementia; however, the effects remain inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to analyze the efficacy of AAIs for people with dementia. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed of English-language literature published from January 1, 2001, to July 3,2021, and indexed in the following databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, and PsycINFO. Intervention groups were people with dementia who received AAIs. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute tool. Among 10 included studies, significant differences in depression levels were identified between the intervention and control groups (p < 0.001). No significant differences in cognitive function, neuropsychiatric syndrome, or independence in activities of daily living were observed between groups. Future research remains necessary to examine the effects of AAIs on depression during different stages of dementia. AAIs therapists may collaborate with healthcare workers to improve AAIs benefits.
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Yan W, Xie L, Bi Y, Zeng T, Zhao D, Lai Y, Gao T, Sun X, Shi Y, Dong Z, Wen G, Gao L, Lv Z. Combined rs-fMRI study on brain functional imaging and mechanism of RAGE-DAMPs of depression: Evidence from MDD patients to chronic stress-induced depression models in cynomolgus monkeys and mice. Clin Transl Med 2021; 11:e541. [PMID: 34709765 PMCID: PMC8506644 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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More and more evidence show that major depressive disorder (MDD) is closely related to inflammation caused by chronic stress, which seriously affects human physical and mental health. However, the inflammatory mechanism of depression and its effect on brain function have not been clarified. Based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), we investigated change of brain functional imaging and the inflammatory mechanism of damage-related molecular patterns (DAMPs)-receptor of advanced glycation protein end product (RAGE) in MDD patients and depressive-like cynomolgus monkeys and mice models induced by chronic stress. The regional homogeneity (ReHo) and functional connectivity (FC) were analyzed using MATLAB and SPM12 software. We detected the expression of DAMPs-RAGE pathway-related proteins and mRNA in MDD peripheral blood and in serum and brain tissue of cynomolgus monkeys and mice. Meanwhile, RAGE gene knockout mice, RAGE inhibitor, and overexpression of AVV9RAGE adeno-associated virus were used to verify that RAGE is a reliable potential biomarker of depression. The results showed that the ReHo value of prefrontal cortex (PFC) in MDD patients and depressive-like cynomolgus monkeys was decreased. Then, the PFC was used as a seed point, the FC of ipsilateral and contralateral PFC were weakened in depressive-like mice. At the same time, qPCR showed that RAGE and HMGB1 mRNA were upregulated and S100β mRNA was downregulated. The expression of RAGE-related inflammatory protein in PFC of depressive-like monkeys and mice were consistent with that in peripheral blood of MDD patients. Moreover, the results were confirmed in RAGE-/- mice, injection of FPS-ZM1, and overexpression of AAV9RAGE in mice. To sum up, our findings enhance the evidence that chronic stress-PFC-RAGE are associated with depression. These results attempt to establish the links between brain functional imaging, and molecular targets among different species will help to reveal the pathophysiological mechanism of depression from multiple perspectives.
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- Weixin Yan
- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineJining Medical UniversityJiningShandongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of General practiceThe First Affiliated Hospital/School of Clinical Medicine of Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Fundamental Medical ScienceGuangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Medical ImagingNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Zhujiang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- School of Traditional Chinese MedicineSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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Mikulska J, Juszczyk G, Gawrońska-Grzywacz M, Herbet M. HPA Axis in the Pathomechanism of Depression and Schizophrenia: New Therapeutic Strategies Based on Its Participation. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1298. [PMID: 34679364 PMCID: PMC8533829 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11101298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is involved in the pathophysiology of many neuropsychiatric disorders. Increased HPA axis activity can be observed during chronic stress, which plays a key role in the pathophysiology of depression. Overactivity of the HPA axis occurs in major depressive disorder (MDD), leading to cognitive dysfunction and reduced mood. There is also a correlation between the HPA axis activation and gut microbiota, which has a significant impact on the development of MDD. It is believed that the gut microbiota can influence the HPA axis function through the activity of cytokines, prostaglandins, or bacterial antigens of various microbial species. The activity of the HPA axis in schizophrenia varies and depends mainly on the severity of the disease. This review summarizes the involvement of the HPA axis in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders, focusing on major depression and schizophrenia, and highlights a possible correlation between these conditions. Although many effective antidepressants are available, a large proportion of patients do not respond to initial treatment. This review also discusses new therapeutic strategies that affect the HPA axis, such as glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonists, vasopressin V1B receptor antagonists and non-psychoactive CB1 receptor agonists in depression and/or schizophrenia.
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- Chair and Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 8b Jaczewskiego Street, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (J.M.); (G.J.); (M.H.)
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Wang Z, Yuan Y, Jiang Y, You J, Zhang Z. Identification of specific neural circuit underlying the key cognitive deficit of remitted late-onset depression: A multi-modal MRI and machine learning study. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 108:110192. [PMID: 33285264 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Neuropsychological impairment is a key feature of late-onset depression (LOD), with deficits observed across multiple cognitive domains. And this neuropsychological impairment can persist even after the remission of depressive symptoms. However, none of previous studies have explored the pattern of cognitive deficit in remitted LOD (rLOD), and investigated the specific neural circuit underlying the key cognitive deficit of LOD. 40 rLOD patients and 36 controls underwent comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The influence of executive function or information processing speed deficit on other cognitive domains was first investigated. We then applied a multivariate machine learning technique known as relevance vector regression to evaluate the potential of multiple-modal MRI (i.e., integrating whole-brain grey-matter [GM] volume and white-matter [WM] tract features) for making accurate predictions about the key cognitive deficit for individual rLOD patient. We revealed that the information processing speed appears to represent a key cognitive deficit in rLOD. Further the machine learning model identified a wide range of GM regions and WM tracts that significantly contributed to the prediction of individual performance on information processing speed (r = 0.50, P < 0.001). The GM regions mainly located in the frontal-subcortical and limbic systems; and the WM tracts mainly located in the frontal-limbic pathway, including the anterior corona radiata, fornix, posterior cingulate bundle, and uncinate fasciculus. This present study provide strongly evidence supporting the concept of rLOD that the core aspect of the cognitive deficits (i.e., information processing speed) is associated with disruption of the frontal-subcortical-limbic pathway.
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- Zan Wang
- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China; Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China; Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Neurology, the 962nd Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China; Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Saragih ID, Tonapa SI, Sun TL, Chia-Ju L, Lee BO. Effects of robotic care interventions for dementia care: A systematic review and meta-analysis randomised controlled trials. J Clin Nurs 2021; 30:3139-3152. [PMID: 34041803 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of robotic care has been studied because it may be a care option applicable to dementia care. However, the effects of robotic care in dementia care are still inconclusive. AIM To explore the span of the effects of robotic care intervention among patients with dementia. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS This study searched systematically using the following databases: Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PubMed, SocINDEX, UpToDate (OVID) and Web of Science. The eligibility criteria were patients with dementia, randomised controlled trials and publications in English. The PEDro scale was used to assess the methodological quality in the included studies. The meta-analysis was performed using a fixed-effects model to calculate the pooled effects of robotic care interventions. STATA 16.0 was used for statistical analysis. The results are reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. RESULTS A total of 15 studies met the eligibility criteria and included 1684 participants. Overall, the robotic care interventions had positive effects on agitation (SMD = 0.09; 95% CI [-0.22-0.33]), anxiety (SMD = -0.07; 95% CI [-0.42-0.28]), cognitive function (SMD = 0.16; 95% CI [-0.08-0.40]), depression (SMD = -0.35; 95% CI [-0.69-0.02]), neuropsychiatric symptoms (SMD = 0.16; 95% CI [-0.29-0.61]), total hours of sleep during daytime (SMD = -0.31; 95% CI [-0.55 to 0.07]) and quality of life (SMD = 0.24; 95% CI [-0.23-0.70]). CONCLUSION Robotic care intervention may be an effective and alternative intervention for improving the health outcomes for people with dementia. The robotic care effect on anxiety should be confirmed. Further studies may consider the frequency, duration of intervention and possible negative outcomes after robotic care interventions. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE As a non-pharmacological approach, nursing staff may consider the robotic care intervention in providing care for patients with dementia since this intervention has clinical benefits.
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Nursing, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Yuan-Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing & Neuroscience Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kryza-Lacombe M, Pearson N, Lyubomirsky S, Stein MB, Wiggins JL, Taylor CT. Changes in neural reward processing following Amplification of Positivity treatment for depression and anxiety: Preliminary findings from a randomized waitlist controlled trial. Behav Res Ther 2021; 142:103860. [PMID: 33894554 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Positive valence system (PVS) deficits are increasingly recognized as important treatment targets for depression and anxiety. Emerging behavioral treatments designed to upregulate the PVS show initial promise; however, neural mechanisms underlying these approaches remain unknown. This study investigated neural reward-processing-related changes following Amplification of Positivity (AMP)-a treatment designed to enhance positive thinking, emotions and behaviors through positive activity interventions (Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02330627). Individuals with depression and/or anxiety (N = 29) were randomized to 10 sessions of AMP (n = 16) or waitlist (WL; n = 13). Participants completed a monetary incentive delay task during fMRI at baseline and post-assessment. Hypothesis-driven region of interest (ventral striatum, insula, anterior cingulate) and exploratory whole-brain activation and connectivity analyses evaluated pre-to-post changes for AMP vs. WL when anticipating potential monetary gain or loss. No between-group brain activation changes emerged in regions of interest or whole-brain analyses. Increased neural connectivity from pre-to-post-treatment was observed in AMP vs. WL, including ventral striatum, anterior insula, and anterior cingulate connectivity with prefrontal, limbic, occipital and parietal regions-predominantly during loss anticipation. This preliminary study is the first to examine neural mechanisms of positive activity interventions in depression and anxiety and suggests that AMP may strengthen brain connectivity in reward processing, attention, and emotion regulation networks.
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- Maria Kryza-Lacombe
- San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, United States
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- San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
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- San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, United States; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, United States
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- San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States.
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Balogh L, Tanaka M, Török N, Vécsei L, Taguchi S. Crosstalk between Existential Phenomenological Psychotherapy and Neurological Sciences in Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9040340. [PMID: 33801765 PMCID: PMC8066576 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9040340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Psychotherapy is a comprehensive biological treatment modifying complex underlying cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and regulatory responses in the brain, leading patients with mental illness to a new interpretation of the sense of self and others. Psychotherapy is an art of science integrated with psychology and/or philosophy. Neurological sciences study the neurological basis of cognition, memory, and behavior as well as the impact of neurological damage and disease on these functions, and their treatment. Both psychotherapy and neurological sciences deal with the brain; nevertheless, they continue to stay polarized. Existential phenomenological psychotherapy (EPP) has been in the forefront of meaning-centered counseling for almost a century. The phenomenological approach in psychotherapy originated in the works of Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Binswanger, Medard Boss, and Viktor Frankl, and it has been committed to accounting for the existential possibilities and limitations of one's life. EPP provides philosophically rich interpretations and empowers counseling techniques to assist mentally suffering individuals by finding meaning and purpose to life. The approach has proven to be effective in treating mood and anxiety disorders. This narrative review article demonstrates the development of EPP, the therapeutic methodology, evidence-based accounts of its curative techniques, current understanding of mood and anxiety disorders in neurological sciences, and a possible converging path to translate and integrate meaning-centered psychotherapy and neuroscience, concluding that the EPP may potentially play a synergistic role with the currently prevailing medication-based approaches for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders.
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- Lehel Balogh
- Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Hokkaido University, North 10, West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-80-8906-4263
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- MTA-SZTE, Neuroscience Research Group, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; (M.T.); (N.T.); (L.V.)
- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE, Neuroscience Research Group, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; (M.T.); (N.T.); (L.V.)
- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE, Neuroscience Research Group, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; (M.T.); (N.T.); (L.V.)
- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
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- Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences & Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience (CHAIN), Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan;
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Crosstalk between Depression and Dementia with Resting-State fMRI Studies and Its Relationship with Cognitive Functioning. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9010082. [PMID: 33467174 PMCID: PMC7830949 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9010082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, and depression is a risk factor for developing AD. Epidemiological studies provide a clinical correlation between late-life depression (LLD) and AD. Depression patients generally remit with no residual symptoms, but LLD patients demonstrate residual cognitive impairment. Due to the lack of effective treatments, understanding how risk factors affect the course of AD is essential to manage AD. Advances in neuroimaging, including resting-state functional MRI (fMRI), have been used to address neural systems that contribute to clinical symptoms and functional changes across various psychiatric disorders. Resting-state fMRI studies have contributed to understanding each of the two diseases, but the link between LLD and AD has not been fully elucidated. This review focuses on three crucial and well-established networks in AD and LLD and discusses the impacts on cognitive decline, clinical symptoms, and prognosis. Three networks are the (1) default mode network, (2) executive control network, and (3) salience network. The multiple properties emphasized here, relevant for the hypothesis of the linkage between LLD and AD, will be further developed by ongoing future studies.
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Zhang Y, Cui X, Ou Y, Liu F, Li H, Chen J, Zhao J, Xie G, Guo W. Differentiating Melancholic and Non-melancholic Major Depressive Disorder Using Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:763770. [PMID: 35185634 PMCID: PMC8847389 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.763770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Melancholic major depressive disorder (MDD) is a network-based brain disorder. However, whether or not network-based changes can be applied to differentiate melancholic (MEL) from non-melancholic (NMEL) MDD remains unclear. METHODS Thirty-one MEL patients, 28 NMEL patients, and 32 matched healthy controls (HCs) were scanned using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Patients were assessed by the Chinese version of Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS-C) and Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS). Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. RESULTS Compared with HCs, the MEL group had significantly higher fALFF values in the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus and right supplementary motor area (SMA) and significantly lower fALFF values in the right inferior occipital gyrus (IOG), right middle temporal gyrus (MTG)/left IOG, and bilateral superior occipital gyrus (SOG)/MTG. On the other hand, the NMEL group showed significantly higher fALFF values in the bilateral SMA and significantly lower fALFF values in the bilateral posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus relative to HCs. Compared with the NMEL group, the MEL group showed significantly lower fALFF values in the left anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). A correlation was found between the fALFF values of the right SMA and the SHAPS-C in the MEL group. In addition, correlations were observed between the fALFF values of the left ACC and the TEPS contextual consummatory and total scores in all patients. CONCLUSION Our study uncovered that MDD exhibited altered brain activity in extensive brain networks, including the default-mode network, frontal-striatal network, reward system, and frontal-limbic network. Decreased fALFF in the left ACC might be applied to differentiate the two subtypes of MDD.
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- Yingying Zhang
- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, 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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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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Novel polygenic risk score as a translational tool linking depression-related changes in the corticolimbic transcriptome with neural face processing and anhedonic symptoms. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:410. [PMID: 33235204 PMCID: PMC7686479 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01093-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Convergent data from imaging and postmortem brain transcriptome studies implicate corticolimbic circuit (CLC) dysregulation in the pathophysiology of depression. To more directly bridge these lines of work, we generated a novel transcriptome-based polygenic risk score (T-PRS), capturing subtle shifts toward depression-like gene expression patterns in key CLC regions, and mapped this T-PRS onto brain function and related depressive symptoms in a nonclinical sample of 478 young adults (225 men; age 19.79 +/- 1.24) from the Duke Neurogenetics Study. First, T-PRS was generated based on common functional SNPs shifting CLC gene expression toward a depression-like state. Next, we used multivariate partial least squares regression to map T-PRS onto whole-brain activity patterns during perceptual processing of social stimuli (i.e., human faces). For validation, we conducted a comparative analysis with a PRS summarizing depression risk variants identified by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC-PRS). Sex was modeled as moderating factor. We showed that T-PRS was associated with widespread reductions in neural response to neutral faces in women and to emotional faces and shapes in men (multivariate p < 0.01). This female-specific reductions in neural response to neutral faces was also associated with PGC-PRS (multivariate p < 0.03). Reduced reactivity to neutral faces was further associated with increased self-reported anhedonia. We conclude that women with functional alleles mimicking the postmortem transcriptomic CLC signature of depression have blunted neural activity to social stimuli, which may be expressed as higher anhedonia.
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Tong T, Lu H, Zong J, Lv Q, Chu X. Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in patients with breast cancer based on MRS and DTI analysis. Breast Cancer 2020; 27:893-902. [PMID: 32301096 DOI: 10.1007/s12282-020-01094-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to investigate chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in breast cancer patients, analyze absolute concentration and structural changes of metabolites in different brain regions by multimodal neuroimaging technology, and explore correlation between them. Breast cancer patients with chemotherapy treatment group (Ctx+, N = 24) and control group without treatment (Ctx-, N = 20) underwent neuropsychological tests, multivoxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) before and after chemotherapy. Regions of interest (ROls) in magnetic resonance scan include bilateral posterior cingulate gyrus (PCG), bilateral dorsal thalamus (DT), bilateral lenticular nucleus (LN), bilateral posterior horn of the lateral ventricle paratrigonal white matter (PWM). In MRS, absolute concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), myo-inositol (MI), choline-containing compounds (Cho), total creatine (tCr), glutamine + glutamate (Glx) were quantified using LC Model and SAGE software. In DTI, we used fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) to reflect white matter integrity. In Ctx+ patients, scores of functional assessment of cancer treatment cognition test (FACT-Cog), perceived cognitive impairments (PCI), impact of perceived impairments on quality of life (QOL), perceived cognitive abilities (PCA), auditory-verbal learning test (AVLT) recognition and clock drawing test (CDT) were lower than those before chemotherapy (p < 0.05). In MRS, Ctx+ patients had significantly lower NAA values in bilateral PCG, DT, respectively. The concentrations of tCr were observed to decline in bilateral PCG and right DT. Glx values decreased in right DT. Cho values decreased significantly in bilateral DT. In DTI, Ctx+ patients had lower FA values in bilateral PCG compared with patients before chemotherapy. Among imaging metrics and cognitive scores, positive correlations were observed between changes in AVLT recognition scores and changes in NAA values in bilateral PCG (left PCG: r = 0.470, p < 0.01; right PCG: r = 0.500, p < 0.01). Positive correlations were also found between changes in AVLT recognition and changes in FA values in bilateral PCG (left PCG: r = 0.513, p < 0.01; right PCG: r = 0.563, p < 0.01). Chemotherapy can lead to a decrease in memory function, accompanied by changes in brain metabolite concentration and white matter integrity in some parts of brain.
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- Taishan Tong
- Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 200 Huihe Road, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 200 Huihe Road, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 200 Huihe Road, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China.
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Lu X, Chen J, Shu H, Wang Z, Shi Y, Yuan Y, Xie C, Liao W, Su F, Shi Y, Zhang Z. Predicting conversion to Alzheimer's disease among individual high-risk patients using the Characterizing AD Risk Events index model. CNS Neurosci Ther 2020; 26:720-729. [PMID: 32243064 PMCID: PMC7298996 DOI: 10.1111/cns.13371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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AIMS Both amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and remitted late-onset depression (rLOD) confer a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study aims to determine whether the Characterizing AD Risk Events (CARE) index model can effectively predict conversion in individuals at high risk for AD development either in an independent aMCI population or in an rLOD population. METHODS The CARE index model was constructed based on the event-based probabilistic framework fusion of AD biomarkers to differentiate individuals progressing to AD from cognitively stable individuals in the aMCI population (27 stable subjects, 6 progressive subjects) and rLOD population (29 stable subjects, 10 progressive subjects) during the follow-up period. RESULTS AD diagnoses were predicted in the aMCI population with a balanced accuracy of 80.6%, a sensitivity of 83.3%, and a specificity of 77.8%. They were also predicted in the rLOD population with a balanced accuracy of 74.5%, a sensitivity of 80.0%, and a specificity of 69.0%. In addition, the CARE index scores were observed to be negatively correlated with the composite Z scores for episodic memory (R2 = .17, P < .001) at baseline in the combined high-risk population (N = 72). CONCLUSIONS The CARE index model can be used for the prediction of conversion to AD in both aMCI and rLOD populations effectively. Additionally, it can be used to monitor the disease severity of patients.
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- Xiang Lu
- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
- Institute of NeuropsychiatryThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Psychosomatics and PsychiatryAffiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of NeurologySchool of MedicineAffiliated ZhongDa HospitalSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
- Department of PsychologyXinxiang Medical UniversityXinxiangChina
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Park S, Bak A, Kim S, Nam Y, Kim HS, Yoo DH, Moon M. Animal-Assisted and Pet-Robot Interventions for Ameliorating Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8060150. [PMID: 32498454 PMCID: PMC7345589 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8060150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Patients with dementia suffer from psychological symptoms such as depression, agitation, and aggression. One purpose of dementia intervention is to manage patients’ inappropriate behaviors and psychological symptoms while taking into consideration their quality of life (QOL). Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) and pet-robot intervention (PRI) are effective intervention strategies for older people with cognitive impairment and dementia. In addition, AAI and PRI have been shown to have positive effects on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). However, studies into the association between AAI/PRI and BPSD have elicited inconsistent results. Thus, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate this association. We analyzed nine randomized controlled trials on AAI and PRI for dementia patients published between January 2000 and August 2019 and evaluated the impact of AAI/PRI on agitation, depression, and QOL. We found that AAI and PRI significantly reduce depression in patients with dementia. Subsequent studies should investigate the impact of AAI and PRI on the physical ability and cognitive function of dementia patients and conduct a follow-up to investigate their effects on the rate of progression and reduction of symptoms of dementia. Our research will help with neuropsychological and environmental intervention to delay or improve the development and progression of BPSD.
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- Sangki Park
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea;
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju Kijeon College, 267, Jeonjucheonseo-ro, Wansan-gu, Junju 54989, Korea;
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea; (S.K.); (Y.N.); (H.s.K)
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea; (S.K.); (Y.N.); (H.s.K)
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea; (S.K.); (Y.N.); (H.s.K)
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea;
- Correspondence: (D.-H.Y.); ; (M.M.); Tel.: +82-42-600-8414 (D.-H.Y.); +82-42-600-8691 (M.M.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Konyang University, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea; (S.K.); (Y.N.); (H.s.K)
- Correspondence: (D.-H.Y.); ; (M.M.); Tel.: +82-42-600-8414 (D.-H.Y.); +82-42-600-8691 (M.M.)
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Gray JP, Müller VI, Eickhoff SB, Fox PT. Multimodal Abnormalities of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies. Am J Psychiatry 2020; 177:422-434. [PMID: 32098488 PMCID: PMC7294300 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19050560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Imaging studies of major depressive disorder have reported structural and functional abnormalities in a variety of spatially diverse brain regions. Quantitative meta-analyses of this literature, however, have failed to find statistically significant between-study spatial convergence, other than transdiagnostic-only effects. In the present study, the authors applied a novel multimodal meta-analytic approach to test the hypothesis that major depression exhibits spatially convergent structural and functional brain abnormalities. METHODS This coordinate-based meta-analysis included voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies and resting-state voxel-based pathophysiology (VBP) studies of blood flow, glucose metabolism, regional homogeneity, and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and fractional ALFF (fALFF). Input data were grouped into three primary meta-analytic classes: gray matter atrophy, increased function, and decreased function in patients with major depression relative to healthy control subjects. In secondary meta-analyses, the data were grouped across primary categories, and in tertiary analyses, by medication status and absence of psychiatric comorbidity. Activation likelihood estimation was used for all analyses. RESULTS A total of 92 publications reporting 152 experiments were identified, collectively representing 2,928 patients with major depressive disorder. The primary analyses detected no convergence across studies. The secondary analyses identified portions of the subgenual cingulate cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and putamen as demonstrating convergent abnormalities. The tertiary analyses (clinical subtypes) showed improved convergence relative to the secondary analyses. CONCLUSIONS Coordinate-based meta-analysis identified spatially convergent structural (VBM) and functional (VBP) abnormalities in major depression. The findings suggest replicable neuroimaging features associated with major depression, beyond the transdiagnostic effects reported in previous meta-analyses, and support a continued research focus on the subgenual cingulate and other selected regions' role in depression.
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- Jodie P Gray
- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Gray, Fox); Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behavior (INM-7), Research Center Jüelich, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio (Fox)
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Gray, Fox); Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behavior (INM-7), Research Center Jüelich, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio (Fox)
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Gray, Fox); Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behavior (INM-7), Research Center Jüelich, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio (Fox)
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Gray, Fox); Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behavior (INM-7), Research Center Jüelich, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany (Müller, Eickhoff); and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio (Fox)
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Rashidi-Ranjbar N, Miranda D, Butters MA, Mulsant BH, Voineskos AN. Evidence for Structural and Functional Alterations of Frontal-Executive and Corticolimbic Circuits in Late-Life Depression and Relationship to Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:253. [PMID: 32362808 PMCID: PMC7182055 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Depression is a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease and Related Dementia (ADRD). We conducted a systematic review between 2008 and October 2018, to evaluate the evidence for a conceptual mechanistic model linking depression and ADRD, focusing on frontal-executive and corticolimbic circuits. We focused on two neuroimaging modalities: diffusion-weighted imaging measuring white matter tract disruptions and resting-state functional MRI measuring alterations in network dynamics in late-life depression (LLD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and LLD+MCI vs. healthy control (HC) individuals. Our data synthesis revealed that in some but not all studies, impairment of both frontal-executive and corticolimbic circuits, as well as impairment of global brain topology was present in LLD, MCI, and LLD+MCI vs. HC groups. Further, posterior midline regions (posterior cingulate cortex and precuneus) appeared to have the most structural and functional alterations in all patient groups. Future cohort and longitudinal studies are required to address the heterogeneity of findings, and to clarify which subgroups of people with LLD are at highest risk for developing MCI and ADRD.
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- Neda Rashidi-Ranjbar
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Anderson A, Gropman A, Le Mons C, Stratakis C, Gandjbakhche A. Evaluation of neurocognitive function of prefrontal cortex in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2020; 129:207-212. [PMID: 31952925 PMCID: PMC7416502 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Hyperammonia due to ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) can cause a range of deficiencies in domains of executive function and working memory. Only a few fMRI studies have focused on neuroimaging data in a population with OTCD. Yet, there is a need for monitoring the disease progression and neurocognitive function in this population. In this study, we used a non-invasive neuroimaging technique, functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), to examine the hemodynamics of prefrontal cortex (PFC) based on neural activation in an OTCD population. Using fNIRS, we measured the activation in PFC of the participants while performing the Stroop task. Behavioral assessment such as reaction time and correct response were recorded. We investigated the difference in behavioral measures as well as brain activation in left and right PFC in patients with OTCD and controls. Results revealed a distinction in left PFC activation between controls and patients with OTCD, where control subjects showed higher task related activation increase. Subjects with OTCD also exhibited bilateral increase in PFC activation. There was no significant difference in response time or correct response between the two groups. Our findings suggest the alterations in neurocognitive function of PFC in OTCD compared to the controls despite the behavioral profiles exhibiting no such differences. This is a first study using fNIRS to examine a neurocognitive function in OTCD population and can provide a novel insight into the screening of OTCD progression and examining neurocognitive changes.
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- Afrouz Anderson
- NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- Children's National Medical Center, Division of Neurogenetics and Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics, Washington, DC 20010, United States of America
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- National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation, Pasadena, California 91105
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- NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America.
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Respino M, Hoptman MJ, Victoria LW, Alexopoulos GS, Solomonov N, Stein AT, Coluccio M, Morimoto SS, Blau CJ, Abreu L, Burdick KE, Liston C, Gunning FM. Cognitive Control Network Homogeneity and Executive Functions in Late-Life Depression. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2020; 5:213-221. [PMID: 31901436 PMCID: PMC7010539 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Late-life depression is characterized by network abnormalities, especially within the cognitive control network. We used alternative functional connectivity approaches, regional homogeneity (ReHo) and network homogeneity, to investigate late-life depression functional homogeneity. We examined the association between cognitive control network homogeneity and executive functions. METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were analyzed for 33 older adults with depression and 43 healthy control subjects. ReHo was performed as the correlation between each voxel and the 27 neighbor voxels. Network homogeneity was calculated as global brain connectivity restricted to 7 networks. T-maps were generated for group comparisons. We measured cognitive performance and executive functions with the Dementia Rating Scale, Trail-Making Test (A and B), Stroop Color Word Test, and Digit Span Test. RESULTS Older adults with depression showed increased ReHo in the bilateral dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the right middle temporal gyrus, with no significant findings for network homogeneity. Hierarchical linear regression models showed that higher ReHo in the dACC predicted better performance on Trail-Making Test B (p < .001; R2 = .49), Digit Span Backward (p < .05; R2 = .23), and Digit Span Total (p < .05; R2 = .23). Used as a seed, the dACC cluster of higher ReHo showed lower functional connectivity with bilateral precuneus. CONCLUSIONS Higher ReHo within the dACC and right middle temporal gyrus distinguish older adults with depression from control subjects. The correlations with executive function performance support increased ReHo in the dACC as a meaningful measure of the organization of the cognitive control network and a potential compensatory mechanism. Lower functional connectivity between the dACC and the precuneus in late-life depression suggests that clusters of increased ReHo may be functionally segregated.
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- Matteo Respino
- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.
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A. Breukelaar I, Williams LM, Antees C, Grieve SM, Foster SL, Gomes L, Korgaonkar MS. Cognitive ability is associated with changes in the functional organization of the cognitive control brain network. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:5028-5038. [PMID: 30136345 PMCID: PMC6866537 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Cognitive control is one of the most important skills in day-to-day social and intellectual functioning but we are yet to understand the neural basis of the group of behaviors required to carry this out. Here, we probed changes over time in the brain network associated with cognitive control (the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the dorsal posterior parietal cortex, and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex) using both behavioral assays and functional brain imaging during a selective working memory task in 69 healthy participants within the age range 18-38 years (mean: 25, SD: ±6), assessed twice, 2 years apart. We aimed to explore the relationship of changing network activation and connectivity with behavioral tasks associated with cognitive control in this otherwise neurodevelopmentally stable group. We found that increased connectivity between frontoparietal cognitive control network regions during the working memory task was associated with improved memory and executive functions over the 2-year period and that this association was not impacted by age, gender, or baseline performance. These results provide evidence that changes in the functional organization of the cognitive control brain network occur despite the absence of neurodevelopment, aging or targeted cognitive training effects, and could modulate cognitive performance in early to mid-adulthood. Understanding how and why this change is occurring could provide insights into the mechanisms through which cognitive control ability is cultivated over time. This could aid in the development of interventions in cases where cognitive control is impaired.
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- Isabella A. Breukelaar
- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchThe University of SydneyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchThe University of SydneyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
- Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesStanford UniversityStanfordCalifornia
- VA Palo Alto (Sierra‐Pacific MIRECC)Palo AltoCalifornia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchThe University of SydneyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchThe University of SydneyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
- Sydney Translational Imaging Laboratory, Heart Research InstituteCharles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, University of SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Department of RadiologyRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalCamperdownNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of RadiologyWestmead HospitalWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
- Faculty of Health Science, The Discipline of Medical Radiation SciencesThe University of SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of RadiologyWestmead HospitalWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical ResearchThe University of SydneyWestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
- Discipline of PsychiatrySydney Medical SchoolWestmeadSydneyAustralia
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Liu X, Jiang W, Yuan Y. Aberrant Default Mode Network Underlying the Cognitive Deficits in the Patients With Late-Onset Depression. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:310. [PMID: 30337869 PMCID: PMC6178980 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Late-onset depression (LOD) is regarded as a risk factor or a prodrome of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Moreover, LOD patients with cognitive deficits have the higher risk of subsequent AD. Thus, it is necessary to understand the neural underpinnings of cognitive deficits and its pathological implications in LOD. Consistent findings show that the default mode network (DMN) is an important and potentially useful brain network for the cognitive deficits in LOD patients. In recent years, genetics has been actively researched as a possible risk factor in the pathogenesis of LOD. So, in this review, we discuss the current research progress on the cognitive deficits and DMN in LOD through a combined view of brain network and genetics. We find that different structural and functional impairments of the DMN might be involved in the etiological mechanisms of different cognitive impairments in LOD patients.
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- Xiaoyun Liu
- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Psychosomatics, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Psychosomatics, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Psychosomatics, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Xie C, Ma L, Jiang N, Huang R, Li L, Gong L, He C, Xiao C, Liu W, Xu S, Zhang Z. Imbalanced functional link between reward circuits and the cognitive control system in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 11:1099-1109. [PMID: 27553440 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9585-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Altered reward processing and cognitive deficits are often observed in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); however, whether the imbalance in activity between reward circuits and the cognitive control (CC) system is associated with compulsive behavior remains unknown. Sixty-eight OCD patients and 33 cognitively normal (CN) healthy subjects participated in this resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Alterations in the functional connectivity between reward circuits and the CC system were quantitatively assessed and compared between the groups. A Granger causality analysis was used to determine the causal informational influence between and within reward circuits and the CC system across all subjects. OCD patients showed a dichotomous pattern of enhanced functional coupling in their reward circuits and a weakened functional coupling in their CC system when compared to CN subjects. Neural correlates of compulsive behavior were primarily located in the reward circuits and CC system in OCD patients. Importantly, the CC system exerted a reduced interregional causal influence over the reward system in OCD patients relative to its effect in CN subjects. The limitations of this study are that it was a cross-sectional study and the potential effects of environmental and genetic factors were not explored. OCD patients showed an imbalance in the functional link between reward circuits and the CC system at rest. This bias toward a loss of control may define a pathological state in which subjects are more vulnerable to engaging in compulsive behaviors.
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- Chunming Xie
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Medical School, Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210009.
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- Department of Psychology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210029
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- Department of Pharmacy, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210029
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- Advanced Health Center, Affiliated Zhangda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Medical School, Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210009
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Medical School, Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210009
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- Department of Psychology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210029
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210029.
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Medical School, Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210009
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Amygdala connectivity mediates the association between anxiety and depression in patients with major depressive disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 13:1146-1159. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-9923-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Anderson AA, Parsa K, Geiger S, Zaragoza R, Kermanian R, Miguel H, Dashtestani H, Chowdhry FA, Smith E, Aram S, Gandjbakhche AH. Exploring the role of task performance and learning style on prefrontal hemodynamics during a working memory task. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198257. [PMID: 29870536 PMCID: PMC5988299 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Existing literature outlines the quality and location of activation in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during working memory (WM) tasks. However, the effects of individual differences on the underlying neural process of WM tasks are still unclear. In this functional near infrared spectroscopy study, we administered a visual and auditory n-back task to examine activation in the PFC while considering the influences of task performance, and preferred learning strategy (VARK score). While controlling for age, results indicated that high performance (HP) subjects (accuracy > 90%) showed task dependent lower activation compared to normal performance subjects in PFC region Specifically HP groups showed lower activation in left dorsolateral PFC (DLPFC) region during performance of auditory task whereas during visual task they showed lower activation in the right DLPFC. After accounting for learning style, we found a correlation between visual and aural VARK score and level of activation in the PFC. Subjects with higher visual VARK scores displayed lower activation during auditory task in left DLPFC, while those with higher visual scores exhibited higher activation during visual task in bilateral DLPFC. During performance of auditory task, HP subjects had higher visual VARK scores compared to NP subjects indicating an effect of learning style on the task performance and activation. The results of this study show that learning style and task performance can influence PFC activation, with applications toward neurological implications of learning style and populations with deficits in auditory or visual processing.
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- Afrouz A. Anderson
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Analytics Department, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, PA, United States of America
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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Liu P, Feng T. The effect of future time perspective on procrastination: the role of parahippocampal gyrus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Brain Imaging Behav 2018; 13:615-622. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-9874-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The roles of surgery and technology in understanding focal epilepsy and its comorbidities. Lancet Neurol 2018; 17:373-382. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Disrupted functional connectivity of the amygdala is associated with depressive mood in type 2 diabetes patients. J Affect Disord 2018; 228:207-215. [PMID: 29272791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and mood disorders share pathophysiological commonalities in the central nervous system. The purpose of this study was to investigate the alterations in amygdala-based emotional processing circuits in T2DM patients with depressive mood using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). METHODS T2DM patients with depressive mood (n = 25), T2DM patients without depressive mood (n = 28) and matched healthy controls (n = 25) underwent neuropsychological testing and rs-fMRI scanning. A seed-based correlation analysis was conducted to reveal the altered functional connectivity (FC) of the amygdala. The bilateral amygdala FC was compared among the three groups. Pearson correlation analyses were performed in a voxel-wise manner to investigate the relationship between amygdala FC and the clinical characteristics. RESULTS The depressed T2DM patients exhibited the worst performance on the neuropsychological tests among the three groups. Compared to the non-depressed T2DM patients, the depressed T2DM patients showed decreased amygdala FC in the cingulate cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, fusiform gyrus, and precentral gyrus. Moreover, the amygdala FC in the cingulate cortex was associated with the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) score in the T2DM patients. LIMITATIONS Cross-sectional design. CONCLUSIONS The current study revealed the cognitive changes and alterations in the amygdala-cingulate functional disconnections in T2DM patients with depressive mood, which will advance the understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying depression in T2DM patients.
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Machine-Learning Classifier for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Multifeature Approach Based on a High-Order Minimum Spanning Tree Functional Brain Network. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2017; 2017:4820935. [PMID: 29387141 PMCID: PMC5745775 DOI: 10.1155/2017/4820935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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High-order functional connectivity networks are rich in time information that can reflect dynamic changes in functional connectivity between brain regions. Accordingly, such networks are widely used to classify brain diseases. However, traditional methods for processing high-order functional connectivity networks generally include the clustering method, which reduces data dimensionality. As a result, such networks cannot be effectively interpreted in the context of neurology. Additionally, due to the large scale of high-order functional connectivity networks, it can be computationally very expensive to use complex network or graph theory to calculate certain topological properties. Here, we propose a novel method of generating a high-order minimum spanning tree functional connectivity network. This method increases the neurological significance of the high-order functional connectivity network, reduces network computing consumption, and produces a network scale that is conducive to subsequent network analysis. To ensure the quality of the topological information in the network structure, we used frequent subgraph mining technology to capture the discriminative subnetworks as features and combined this with quantifiable local network features. Then we applied a multikernel learning technique to the corresponding selected features to obtain the final classification results. We evaluated our proposed method using a data set containing 38 patients with major depressive disorder and 28 healthy controls. The experimental results showed a classification accuracy of up to 97.54%.
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Chen YC, Bo F, Xia W, Liu S, Wang P, Su W, Xu JJ, Xiong Z, Yin X. Amygdala functional disconnection with the prefrontal-cingulate-temporal circuit in chronic tinnitus patients with depressive mood. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2017; 79:249-257. [PMID: 28689008 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chronic tinnitus is often accompanied with depressive symptom, which may arise from aberrant functional coupling between the amygdala and cerebral cortex. To explore this hypothesis, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to investigate the disrupted amygdala-cortical functional connectivity (FC) in chronic tinnitus patients with depressive mood. Chronic tinnitus patients with depressive mood (n=20), without depressive mood (n=20), and well-matched healthy controls (n=23) underwent resting-state fMRI scanning. Amygdala-cortical FC was characterized using a seed-based whole-brain correlation method. The bilateral amygdala FC was compared among the three groups. Compared to non-depressed patients, depressive tinnitus patients showed decreased amygdala FC with the prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex as well as increased amygdala FC with the postcentral gyrus and lingual gyrus. Relative to healthy controls, depressive tinnitus patients revealed decreased amygdala FC with the superior and middle temporal gyrus, anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, and prefrontal cortex, as well as increased amygdala FC with the postcentral gyrus and lingual gyrus. The current study identified for the first time abnormal resting-state amygdala-cortical FC with the prefrontal-cingulate-temporal circuit in chronic tinnitus patients with depressive mood, which will provide novel insight into the underlying neuropathological mechanisms of tinnitus-induced depressive disorder.
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- Yu-Chen Chen
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Toshiba Stroke and Vascular Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Nicotine and networks: Potential for enhancement of mood and cognition in late-life depression. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 84:289-298. [PMID: 28859996 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Late-life depression is characterized by both lower mood and poor cognitive performance, symptoms that often do not fully respond to current antidepressant medications. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists such as nicotine may serve as a novel therapeutic approach for this population. Both preclinical and preliminary clinical studies suggest that nAChR agonists can improve depressive behavior in animal models and improve mood in depressed individuals. Substantial literature also supports that nAChR agonists benefit cognitive performance, particularly in older populations. These potential benefits may be mediated by the effects of nAChR stimulation on neural network function and connectivity. Functional neuroimaging studies detail effects of nAChR agonists on the default mode network, central-executive network, and salience network that may oppose or reverse network changes seen in depression. We propose that, given the existent literature and the clinical presentation of late-life depression, nicotine or other nAChR agonists may have unique therapeutic benefits in this population and that clinical trials examining nicotine effects on mood, cognition, and network dynamics in late-life depression are justified.
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Anderson AA, Smith E, Chowdhry FA, Thurm A, Condy E, Swineford L, Manwaring SS, Amyot F, Matthews D, Gandjbakhche AH. Prefrontal Hemodynamics in Toddlers at Rest: A Pilot Study of Developmental Variability. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:300. [PMID: 28611578 PMCID: PMC5447733 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive functional neuroimaging modality. Although, it is amenable to use in infants and young children, there is a lack of fNIRS research within the toddler age range. In this study, we used fNIRS to measure cerebral hemodynamics in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in 18-36 months old toddlers (n = 29) as part of a longitudinal study that enrolled typically-developing toddlers as well as those "at risk" for language and other delays based on presence of early language delays. In these toddlers, we explored two hemodynamic response indices during periods of rest during which time audiovisual children's programming was presented. First, we investigate Lateralization Index, based on differences in oxy-hemoglobin saturation from left and right prefrontal cortex. Then, we measure oxygenation variability (OV) index, based on variability in oxygen saturation at frequencies attributed to cerebral autoregulation. Preliminary findings show that lower cognitive (including language) abilities are associated with fNIRS measures of both lower OV index and more extreme Lateralization index values. These preliminary findings show the feasibility of using fNIRS in toddlers, including those at risk for developmental delay, and lay the groundwork for future studies.
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- Afrouz A Anderson
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State UniversitySpokane, WA, United States
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- Communication Science and Disorders, University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative MedicineRockville, MD, United States.,Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health ScienceBethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, DavisDavis, CA, United States
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, United States
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Mo C, Lin H, Fu F, Lin L, Zhang J, Huang M, Wang C, Xue Y, Duan Q, Lin W, Chen X. Chemotherapy-induced changes of cerebral activity in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and cerebral white matter in diffusion tensor imaging. Oncotarget 2017; 8:81273-81284. [PMID: 29113386 PMCID: PMC5655281 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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While chemotherapy related cognitive disorder has been described in many studies, but we still lack relatively reliable and objective diagnostic tools, and there are few similar studies in Asian patients. We recruited Asian breast cancer patients to perform a cohort study to uncover chemotherapy related cognitive disorder by using resting-state functioning magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) and magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) combined with neuropsychologic assessments. This is the first prospective study which combines RS-fMRI and DTI to detect chemotherapy related cognitive disorder. The neuropsychologic tests and MRI were performed before and after the chemotherapy. The healthy controls were tested at matched times. The chemotherapy-treated group performed worse on memory and we found significant changes in the cerebellum, right orbitofrontal area, right middle and superior temporal gyrus, right subcentral area, left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and precentral gyrus in RS-fMRI after chemotherapy. We found changes in the fornix and superior fronto-occipital fasciculus with DTI. There was a correlation between some cognitive function and MRI measurements in the correlation analysis, but it was not significant after false discovery rate (FDR) multiple testing corrections. The results indicate that RS-fMRI and DTI may be a prospective application for assessing chemotherapy related cognitive disorder.
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- Caiqin Mo
- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Radiology Department, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Radiology Department, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Radiology Department, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Radiology Department, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Radiology Department, Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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The Role of Neural Plasticity in Depression: From Hippocampus to Prefrontal Cortex. Neural Plast 2017; 2017:6871089. [PMID: 28246558 PMCID: PMC5299163 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6871089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Neural plasticity, a fundamental mechanism of neuronal adaptation, is disrupted in depression. The changes in neural plasticity induced by stress and other negative stimuli play a significant role in the onset and development of depression. Antidepressant treatments have also been found to exert their antidepressant effects through regulatory effects on neural plasticity. However, the detailed mechanisms of neural plasticity in depression still remain unclear. Therefore, in this review, we summarize the recent literature to elaborate the possible mechanistic role of neural plasticity in depression. Taken together, these findings may pave the way for future progress in neural plasticity studies.
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Hou Z, Wang Z, Jiang W, Yin Y, Yue Y, Zhang Y, Song X, Yuan Y. Divergent topological architecture of the default mode network as a pretreatment predictor of early antidepressant response in major depressive disorder. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39243. [PMID: 27966645 PMCID: PMC5155246 DOI: 10.1038/srep39243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Identifying a robust pretreatment neuroimaging marker would be helpful for the selection of an optimal therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD). We recruited 82 MDD patients [n = 42 treatment-responsive depression (RD) and n = 40 non-responding depression (NRD)] and 50 healthy controls (HC) for this study. Based on the thresholded partial correlation matrices of 58 specific brain regions, a graph theory approach was applied to analyse the topological properties. When compared to HC, both RD and NRD patients exhibited a lower nodal degree (Dnodal) in the left anterior cingulate gyrus; as for RD, the Dnodal of the left superior medial orbitofrontal gyrus was significantly reduced, but the right inferior orbitofrontal gyrus was increased (all P < 0.017, FDR corrected). Moreover, the nodal degree in the right dorsolateral superior frontal cortex (SFGdor) was significantly lower in RD than in NRD. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated that the λ and nodal degree in the right SFGdor exhibited a good ability to distinguish nonresponding patients from responsive patients, which could serve as a specific maker to predict an early response to antidepressants. The disrupted topological configurations in the present study extend the understanding of pretreatment neuroimaging predictors for antidepressant medication.
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- Zhenghua Hou
- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Wuhu NO.4 Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University BIO-X center, Wuhu 241001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Neuropsychology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics &Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Structural and Functional Connectivity of Default Mode Network underlying the Cognitive Impairment in Late-onset Depression. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37617. [PMID: 27886212 PMCID: PMC5122858 DOI: 10.1038/srep37617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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To identify the association between the functional and structural changes of default mode network (DMN) underlying the cognitive impairment in Late-onset depression (LOD), 32 LOD patients and 39 normal controls were recruited and underwent resting-state fMRI, DTI scans, and cognitive assessments. Seed-based correlation analysis was conducted to explore the functional connectivity (FC) of the DMN. Deterministic tractography between FC-impaired regions was performed to examine the structural connectivity (SC). Partial correlation analyses were employed to evaluate the cognitive association of those altered FC and SC. Compared with controls, LOD patients showed decreased FC between DMN and the cingulo-opercular network (CON), as well as the thalamus. Decreased FA and increased RD of these fiber tracts connecting DMN with CON were found in LOD patient. The DMN-CON FC and the FA, RD of the fiber tracts were both significantly correlated with the cognitive performance. Therefore, the cognitive impairment in LOD might be associated with the decreased FC between the DMN and the CON, which probably resulted from the demyelination of the white matter.
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Kawano M, Kanazawa T, Kikuyama H, Tsutsumi A, Kinoshita S, Kawabata Y, Yamauchi S, Uenishi H, Kawashige S, Imazu S, Toyoda K, Nishizawa Y, Takahashi M, Okayama T, Odo W, Ide K, Maruyama S, Tarutani S, Koh J, Yoneda H. Correlation between frontal lobe oxy-hemoglobin and severity of depression assessed using near-infrared spectroscopy. J Affect Disord 2016; 205:154-158. [PMID: 27449547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The search for objective biomarkers of psychiatric disorders has a long history. Despite this, no universally accepted instruments or methods to detect biomarkers have been developed. One potential exception is near-infrared spectroscopy, although interpreting the measures of blood flow recorded with this technique remains controversial. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between recorded blood flow and depression severity assessed using the Hamilton depression scale in patients with various psychiatric disorders. METHODS Enrolled patients (n=43) had DSM-IV diagnoses of major depressive disorder (n=25), bipolar disorder I (n=5), schizophrenia (n=3), dysthymic disorder (n=3), psychotic disorder (n=3), panic disorder (n=2), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (n=2). The verbal fluency task was administered during blood flow recording from the frontal and temporal lobes. RESULTS We found that severity of depression was negatively correlated with the integral value of blood flow in the frontal lobe, irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis (F=5.94, p=0.02). DISCUSSION Our results support blood flow in the frontal lobe as a potential biomarker of depression severity across various psychiatric disorders. LIMITATION Limited sample size, no replication in the second set.
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- Makoto Kawano
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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Hou Z, Sui Y, Song X, Yuan Y. Disrupted Interhemispheric Synchrony in Default Mode Network Underlying the Impairment of Cognitive Flexibility in Late-Onset Depression. Front Aging Neurosci 2016; 8:230. [PMID: 27729858 PMCID: PMC5037230 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The intuitive association between cognitive impairment and aberrant functional activity in the brain network has prompted interest in exploring the role of functional connectivity in late-onset depression (LOD). The relationship of altered voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) and cognitive dysfunction in LOD is not yet well understood. This study was designed to examine the implicit relationship between the disruption of interhemispheric functional coordination and cognitive impairment in LOD. LOD patients (N = 31) and matched healthy controls (HCs; N = 37) underwent neuropsychological tests and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in this study. The intergroup difference of interhemispheric coordination was determined by calculating VMHC value in the whole brain. The neuro-behavioral relevancy approach was applied to explore the association between disrupted VMHC and cognitive measures. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to determine the capability of disrupted regional VMHC to distinguish LOD. Compared to the HC group, significantly attenuated VMHC in the superior frontal gyrus (SFG), superior temporal gyrus (STG), posterior cerebellar lobe (CePL) and post- and precentral gyri were observed in the bilateral brain of LOD patients. The interhemispheric asynchrony in bilateral CePLs was positively correlated with the performance of trail making test B (TMT-B) in LOD patients (r = 0.367, P = 0.040). ROC analysis revealed that regions with abnormal VMHC could efficiently distinguish LOD from HCs (Area Under Curve [AUC] = 0.90, P < 0.001). Altered linkage patterns of intrinsic homotopic connectivity and impaired cognitive flexibility was first investigated in LOD, and it would provide a novel clue for revealing the neural substrates underlying cognitive impairment in LOD.
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- Zhenghua Hou
- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, Institute of Psychosomatics, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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Ortner M, Pasquini L, Barat M, Alexopoulos P, Grimmer T, Förster S, Diehl-Schmid J, Kurz A, Förstl H, Zimmer C, Wohlschläger A, Sorg C, Peters H. Progressively Disrupted Intrinsic Functional Connectivity of Basolateral Amygdala in Very Early Alzheimer's Disease. Front Neurol 2016; 7:132. [PMID: 27698649 PMCID: PMC5027206 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Very early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – i.e., AD at stages of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia – is characterized by progressive structural and neuropathologic changes, such as atrophy or tangle deposition in medial temporal lobes, including hippocampus and entorhinal cortex and also adjacent amygdala. While progressively disrupted intrinsic connectivity of hippocampus with other brain areas has been demonstrated by many studies, amygdala connectivity was rarely investigated in AD, notwithstanding its known relevance for emotion processing and mood disturbances, which are both important in early AD. Intrinsic functional connectivity (iFC) patterns of hippocampus and amygdala overlap in healthy persons. Thus, we hypothesized that increased alteration of iFC patterns along AD is not limited to the hippocampus but also concerns the amygdala, independent from atrophy. To address this hypothesis, we applied structural and functional resting-state MRI in healthy controls (CON, n = 33) and patients with AD in the stages of MCI (AD-MCI, n = 38) and mild dementia (AD-D, n = 36). Outcome measures were voxel-based morphometry (VBM) values and region-of-interest-based iFC maps of basolateral amygdala, which has extended cortical connectivity. Amygdala VBM values were progressively reduced in patients (CON > AD-MCI and AD-D). Amygdala iFC was progressively reduced along impairment severity (CON > AD-MCI > AD-D), particularly for hippocampus, temporal lobes, and fronto-parietal areas. Notably, decreased iFC was independent of amygdala atrophy. Results demonstrate progressively impaired amygdala intrinsic connectivity in temporal and fronto-parietal lobes independent from increasing amygdala atrophy in very early AD. Data suggest that early AD disrupts intrinsic connectivity of medial temporal lobe key regions, including that of amygdala.
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- Marion Ortner
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Rion, University of Patras, Rion Patras, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Bayreuth , Bayreuth , Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Wang Y, Li D, Bao F, Guo C, Ma S, Zhang M. Microstructural abnormalities of the trigeminal nerve correlate with pain severity and concomitant emotional dysfunctions in idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A randomized, prospective, double-blind study. Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 34:609-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2015.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Altered Amygdala Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Maintenance Hemodialysis End-Stage Renal Disease Patients with Depressive Mood. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:2223-2233. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9811-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism, resting-state hippocampal functional connectivity and cognitive deficits in acute late-onset depression. J Affect Disord 2015; 183:22-30. [PMID: 26000753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between hippocampal functional connectivity (HFC), cognitive deficits, and the influence of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on the HFC in acute late-onset depression (LOD). METHODS 26 LOD patients and 33 and normal controls (NCs) completed clinical assessments, neuropsychological testing, blood samples collecting for genotyping, and resting-state functional MRI (R-fMRI) scans. The LOD and NCs groups were further divided into four groups according to BDNF Met allele carrier or not (LOD Met-(n=8); LOD Met+(n=18); NCs Met-(n=9); NCs Met+(n=24)). Then, seed-based correlation analyses and two-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were performed to explore the main effects and interactive effects of LOD and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on the HFC. Spearman correlation was applied to examine the cognitive and emotional significance of these altered HFC networks. RESULTS Compared with NCs, bilateral positive HFC with the right insula, left positive HFC with bilateral orbit-frontal cortex (OFC) and left precuneus, right positive HFC with right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) were decreased, and bilateral negative HFC with right postcentral gyrus were reversed in LOD patients. BDNF Met allele mainly decreased bilateral positive HFC with the cerebellum. The interaction of LOD and BDNF Met allele primarily influenced the bilateral HFC with the temporal cortex and dorsal nexus. The changed HFC with the OFC, postcentral gyrus, cerebellum and temporal cortex significantly correlated to the cognitive deterioration. There was no significant association between the depressive severity and any altered HFC networks. CONCLUSION The cognitive deterioration in LOD patients, BDNF Met allele carriers, and LOD patients carring Met allele were associated with the changed HFC networks in the OFC/postcentral gyrus, cerebellum and temporal cortex respectively.
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Mulders PC, van Eijndhoven PF, Schene AH, Beckmann CF, Tendolkar I. Resting-state functional connectivity in major depressive disorder: A review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2015; 56:330-44. [PMID: 26234819 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 524] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects multiple large-scale functional networks in the brain, which has initiated a large number of studies on resting-state functional connectivity in depression. We review these recent studies using either seed-based correlation or independent component analysis and propose a model that incorporates changes in functional connectivity within current hypotheses of network-dysfunction in MDD. Although findings differ between studies, consistent findings include: (1) increased connectivity within the anterior default mode network, (2) increased connectivity between the salience network and the anterior default mode network, (3) changed connectivity between the anterior and posterior default mode network and (4) decreased connectivity between the posterior default mode network and the central executive network. These findings correspond to the current understanding of depression as a network-based disorder.
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- Peter C Mulders
- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Huispost 961, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Neuroscience, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Huispost 961, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Neuroscience, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Huispost 961, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Neuroscience, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Neuroscience, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Huispost 961, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Neuroscience, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Essen, Virchowstraße 174, 45147 Essen, Germany.
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Bruneau EG, Jacoby N, Saxe R. Empathic control through coordinated interaction of amygdala, theory of mind and extended pain matrix brain regions. Neuroimage 2015; 114:105-19. [PMID: 25913703 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Brain regions in the "pain matrix", can be activated by observing or reading about others in physical pain. In previous research, we found that reading stories about others' emotional suffering, by contrast, recruits a different group of brain regions mostly associated with thinking about others' minds. In the current study, we examined the neural circuits responsible for deliberately regulating empathic responses to others' pain and suffering. In Study 1, a sample of college-aged participants (n=18) read stories about physically painful and emotionally distressing events during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), while either actively empathizing with the main character or trying to remain objective. In Study 2, the same experiment was performed with professional social workers, who are chronically exposed to human suffering (n=21). Across both studies activity in the amygdala was associated with empathic regulation towards others' emotional pain, but not their physical pain. In addition, psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analysis and Granger causal modeling (GCM) showed that amygdala activity while reading about others' emotional pain was preceded by and positively coupled with activity in the theory of mind brain regions, and followed by and negatively coupled with activity in regions associated with physical pain and bodily sensations. Previous work has shown that the amygdala is critically involved in the deliberate control of self-focused distress - the current results extend the central importance of amygdala activity to the control of other-focused empathy, but only when considering others' emotional pain.
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- Emile G Bruneau
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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