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Gencheva TM, Valkov BV, Kandilarova SS, Maes MHJ, Stoyanov DS. Diagnostic value of structural, functional and effective connectivity in bipolar disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2024. [PMID: 39137928 DOI: 10.1111/acps.13742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The aim of this systematic review is to assess the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of bipolar disorder (BD) patients that characterize differences in terms of structural, functional, and effective connectivity between the patients with BD, patients with other psychiatric disorders and healthy controls as possible biomarkers for diagnosing the disorder using neuroimaging. METHODS Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), guidelines a systematic search for recent (since 2015) original studies on connectivity in bipolar disorder was conducted in PUBMED and SCOPUS. RESULTS A total of 60 studies were included in this systematic review: 20 of the structural connectivity, 33 of the functional connectivity, and only 7 of the studies focused on effective connectivity complied with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. DISCUSSION Despite the great heterogeneity in the findings, there are several trends that emerge. In structural connectivity studies, the main abnormalities in bipolar disorder patients were in the frontal gyrus, anterior, as well as posterior cingulate cortex and differences in emotion and reward-related networks. Cerebellum (vermis) to cerebrum functional connectivity was found to be the most common finding in BD. Moreover, prefrontal cortex and amygdala connectivity as part of the rich-club hubs were often reported to be disrupted. The most common findings based on effective connectivity were alterations in salience network, default mode network and executive control network. Although more studies with larger sample sizes are needed to ascertain altered brain connectivity as diagnostic biomarker, there is a perspective that the method could be used as a single marker of diagnosis in the future, and the process of adoption could be accelerated by using approaches such as semiunsupervised machine learning.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, and Research Institute, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Research and Innovation Program for the Development of MU - PLOVDIV - (SRIPD-MUP), Creation of a Network of Research Higher Schools, National Plan For Recovery and Sustainability, European Union - NextGenerationEU, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, and Research Institute, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research and Innovation Program for the Development of MU - PLOVDIV - (SRIPD-MUP), Creation of a Network of Research Higher Schools, National Plan For Recovery and Sustainability, European Union - NextGenerationEU, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, and Research Institute, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Research and Innovation Program for the Development of MU - PLOVDIV - (SRIPD-MUP), Creation of a Network of Research Higher Schools, National Plan For Recovery and Sustainability, European Union - NextGenerationEU, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Nascimento C, Villela Nunes P, Paraizo Leite RE, Grinberg LT, Suemoto CK, Lafer B. The relationship of neuropsychiatric symptoms with inflammatory markers in the hippocampus and cingulate cortex of bipolar disorder subjects: A post-mortem study. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 173:25-33. [PMID: 38479345 PMCID: PMC11037553 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Increased levels of inflammation markers have been found in the peripheral tissue of individuals with bipolar disorder (BD), especially during mood episodes. Previous studies found distinctive inflammatory profiles across different brain regions, but potential associations with clinical symptoms are still lacking. This study aims to evaluate the association of neuropsychiatric symptoms with inflammatory markers in the hippocampus and cingulate of individuals with BD. Levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17A, cortisol, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured in the hippocampus and anterior cingulate of 14 BD individuals and their non-psychiatric controls. Neuropsychiatric symptoms present in the three months before death were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). In the BD group, greater NPI scores were associated with higher IL-6 in the hippocampus (p = 0.011) and cingulate (p = 0.038) and higher IL-1β (p = 0.039) in the hippocampus. After adjusting for age, sex and CDR, IL-1β and IL-6 were still associated with higher NPI in the hippocampus. In correlation analysis considering both BD and their controls, moderate positive associations were found between NPI and IL-6 and cortisol in the hippocampus (p < 0.001 and p = 0.006) and cingulate (p = 0.024 and p = 0.016), IL-1β (p < 0.001) and IL-17A in the hippocampus (p = 0.002). No difference in inflammatory markers was found according to type of psychotropic medication used. Hence, in individuals with BD, neuropsychiatric symptoms were differently associated with specific inflammatory cytokines and CRP in the hippocampus and cingulate. These results suggest that the neuroinflammatory changes occurring in BD may be more complex than previously expected and could be associated with clinical manifestations.
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- Camila Nascimento
- Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Federal University of Sao Paulo - School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Discipline of Molecular Biology, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Memory and Aging Center University of California, Department of Neurology, San Francisco, USA
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- Biobank for Aging Studies, LIM-22, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Biobank for Aging Studies, LIM-22, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Memory and Aging Center University of California, Department of Neurology, San Francisco, USA
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- Biobank for Aging Studies, LIM-22, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Girelli F, Rossetti MG, Perlini C, Bellani M. Neural correlates of cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions for bipolar disorder: A scoping review. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 172:351-359. [PMID: 38447356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is among the gold-standard psychotherapeutic interventions for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder (BD). While the clinical response of CBT in patients with BD has been widely investigated, its neural correlates remain poorly explored. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to discuss neuroimaging studies on CBT-based interventions in bipolar populations. Particular attention has been paid to similarities and differences between studies to inform future research. The literature search was conducted on PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases in June 2023, identifying 307 de-duplicated records. Six studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. All of them analyzed functional brain activity data. Four studies showed that the clinical response to CBT was associated with changes in the functional activity and/or connectivity of prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices, temporal parietal junction, amygdala, precuneus, and insula. In two additional studies, a peculiar pattern of baseline activations in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and insula predicted post-treatment improvements in depressive symptoms, emotion dysregulation, and psychosocial functioning, although CBT-specific effects were not shown. These results suggest, at the very preliminary level, the potential of CBT-based interventions in modulating neural activity and connectivity of patients with BD, especially in regions ascribed to emotional processing. Nonetheless, the discrepancies between studies concerning aims, design, sample characteristics, and CBT and fMRI protocols do not allow conclusions to be drawn. Further research using multimodal imaging techniques, better-characterized BD samples, and standardized CBT-based interventions is needed.
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- Francesca Girelli
- UOC Psichiatria, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- UOC Psichiatria, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy; Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Clinical Psychology, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Alıcı YH, Öztoprak H, Rızaner N, Baskak B, Devrimci Özgüven H. Deep neural network to differentiate brain activity between patients with euthymic bipolar disorders and healthy controls during verbal fluency performance: A multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2022; 326:111537. [PMID: 36088826 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, we aimed to differentiate between euthymic bipolar disorder (BD) patients and healthy controls (HC) based on frontal activity measured by fNIRS that were converted to spectrograms with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). And also, we investigated brain regions that cause this distinction. In total, 29 BD patients and 28 HCs were recruited. Their brain cortical activities were measured using fNIRS while performing letter versions of VFT. Each one of the 24 fNIRS channels was converted to a 2D spectrogram on which a CNN architecture was designed and utilized for classification. We found that our CNN algorithm using fNIRS activity during a VFT is able to differentiate subjects with BD from healthy controls with 90% accuracy, 80% sensitivity, and 100% specificity. Moreover, validation performance reached an AUC of 94%. From our individual channel analyses, we observed channels corresponding to the left inferior frontal gyrus (left-IFC), medial frontal cortex (MFC), right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), Broca area, and right premotor have considerable activity variation to distinguish patients from HC. fNIRS activity during VFT can be used as a potential marker to classify euthymic BD patients from HCs. Activity particularly in the MFC, left-IFC, Broca's area, and DLPFC have a considerable variation to distinguish patients from healthy controls.
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- Cyprus InternationalUniversity, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Haspolat, Mersin 10, North Cyprus, Turkey
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- Cyprus International University, Biotechnology Research Centre, Haspolat, Mersin 10, North Cyprus, Turkey
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- Ankara University, Department of Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, Health Science Institute, Ankara, Turkey; Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey
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Bi B, Che D, Bai Y. Neural network of bipolar disorder: Toward integration of neuroimaging and neurocircuit-based treatment strategies. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:143. [PMID: 35383150 PMCID: PMC8983759 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01917-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex psychiatric disorder characterized by dysfunctions in three domains including emotional processing, cognitive processing, and psychomotor dimensions. However, the neural underpinnings underlying these clinical profiles are not well understood. Based on the reported data, we hypothesized that (i) the core neuropathology in BD is damage in fronto-limbic network, which is associated with emotional dysfunction; (ii) changes in intrinsic brain network, such as sensorimotor network, salience network, default-mode network, central executive network are associated with impaired cognition function; and (iii) beyond the dopaminergic-driven basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical motor circuit modulated by other neurotransmitter systems, such as serotonin (subcortical-cortical modulation), the sensorimotor network and related motor function modulated by other non-motor networks such as the default-mode network are involved in psychomotor function. In this review, we propose a neurocircuit-based clinical characteristics and taxonomy to guide the treatment of BD. We draw on findings from neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies in BD and link variations in these clinical profiles to underlying neurocircuit dysfunctions. We consider pharmacological, psychotherapy, and neuromodulatory treatments that could target those specific neurocircuit dysfunctions in BD. Finally, it is suggested that the methods of testing the neurocircuit-based taxonomy and important limitations to this approach should be considered in future.
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- Bo Bi
- Department of Clinical Psychology, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China.
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- grid.452787.b0000 0004 1806 5224Neurosurgery department, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XDepartment of Clinical Psychology, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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Pallidal volume reduction and prefrontal-striatal-thalamic functional connectivity disruption in pediatric bipolar disorders. J Affect Disord 2022; 301:281-288. [PMID: 35031334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND As a crucial node of the corticolimbic model, the striatum has been demonstrated in modulating emotional cues in pediatric bipolar disorders (PBD), the striatal distinction in structure and function between PBD-I and PBD-II remains unclear. METHODS MRI data of 36 patients in PBD-I, 22 patients in PBD-II and 19 age-gender matched healthy controls (HCs) were processed. Here, we investigated structural and functional alterations of 8 subregions of striatum (bilateral nucleus accumbens, caudate, putamen and globus pallidus) by analyzing MRI data. RESULTS We found volume reduction of the right pallidum, the significant positive correlation between the number of episodes and the functional connectivity between left pallidum and right caudate in PBD-I patients, abrupted prefrontal-striatal-thalamic functional connectivity in PBD-I group and decreased functional connectivity in PBD-II relative to HCs and PBD-I. LIMITATIONS Future studies should enroll more subjects and adopt a longitudinal perspective, which could help to discover striatum structural or functional alterations during subject-specific clinical progress in different states. CONCLUSIONS Results of the present study confirmed that structural and functional abnormality of striatum may be helpful in identifying PBD clinical types as distinctive biomarkers. The interruptions of the prefrontal-striatal-thalamic circuits may provide advantageous evidence for expounding the role of striatum in bipolar disorders etiology. Thus, potential mechanisms of dysfunction striatum need to be formulated and reconceptualized with multimodal neuroimaging studies in future.
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El Nagar Z, El Shahawi HH, Effat SM, El Sheikh MM, Adel A, Ibrahim YA, Aufa OM. Single episode brief psychotic disorder versus bipolar disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging and executive functions study. Schizophr Res Cogn 2022; 27:100214. [PMID: 34557386 PMCID: PMC8446778 DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite fast progress in neuroscientific approaches, the neurobiological continuum links psychotic spectrum, and affective disorder is obscure. White matter WM abnormalities found utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) showing impaired communication in both disorders have been consistently demonstrated; however, direct comparisons of findings between them are scarce. This study aims to study WM abnormalities in single episode bipolar I disorder, and single episode brief psychotic disorder related to healthy control with the association of executive function. METHODS A cross-sectional case-control study was used to assess 60 subjects divided into 20 patients with single episode bipolar I disorder, 20 individuals with single episode brief psychotic disorder (both groups of patients were in remission), and 20 healthy controls. The present study examined the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), and cingulum bundle fractional anisotropy (FA) determined from DTI images symmetrically and connected these results with cognitive functions as assessed by the trail making test (TMT) and Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST). RESULTS DTI data indicated that the psychotic group had a significant decrease in FA of the right SLF (p-value less than 0.001), left SLF (p-value less than 0.001), and left cingulum (p-value less than 0.001) than the bipolar I group. In terms of executive functioning, the psychotic group performed significantly worse than the bipolar I group on the TMT part B (p-value less than 0.001), the WCST (number of classifications fulfilled) (p-value less than 0.001), and perseverative errors (p-value less than 0.001). CONCLUSION Even after clinical remission, individuals with single episode brief psychotic disorder had more pronounced white matter impairments and executive function deficiencies than individuals with single episode bipolar I disorder.
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- Zeinab El Nagar
- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Prefrontal-limbic-striatum dysconnectivity associated with negative emotional endophenotypes in bipolar disorder during depressive episodes. J Affect Disord 2021; 295:422-430. [PMID: 34507222 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND The prefrontal-limbic-subcortical network has been suggested as an important circuitry in the pathophysiology underlying bipolar disorder during depressive episodes (BDD). However, the relationships between disrupted prefrontal-limbic-subcortical connection and the emotional endophenotypes in BDD patients remain largely unclear. METHODS Forty-three BDD patients and 63 matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan. The altered clusters were first identified by using a spatial pairwise clustering method and then were extracted as regions of interest to calculate the functional connectivity (FC). Group comparisons were conducted to identify the abnormal FCs. Classification analysis was employed to examine whether the altered FCs could distinguish BDD from HCs. The relationships between FC alterations and the emotional endophenotypes as measured by the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS) were further detected in BDD. RESULTS Compared with HCs, BDD patients showed abnormal FCs in the prefrontal-limbic-striatum circuit. Importantly, the altered FCs yielded 84.91% accuracy (p< 1/5000) with 93.65% sensitivity and 72.09% specificity in differentiating between BDD and HCs. Moreover, the decreased FCs in the prefrontal-striatum and prefrontal-limbic systems were positively correlated with negative emotional endophenotypes of Sadness and Fear scores. CONCLUSIONS The findings demonstrated that prefrontal-limbic-striatum disconnection may be identified as a potential effective biomarker for BDD, which could help further explain the neurobiological mechanisms underlying BDD.
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Guglielmo R, Miskowiak KW, Hasler G. Evaluating endophenotypes for bipolar disorder. Int J Bipolar Disord 2021; 9:17. [PMID: 34046710 PMCID: PMC8160068 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-021-00220-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Phenotypic heterogeneity is a major impediment to the elucidation of the neurobiology and genetics of bipolar disorder. Endophenotype could help in reducing heterogeneity by defining biological traits that are more direct expressions of gene effects. The aim of this review is to examine the recent literature on clinical, epidemiological, neurobiological, and genetic findings and to select and evaluate candidate endophenotypes for bipolar disorder. Evaluating putative endophenotype could be helpful in better understanding the neurobiology of bipolar disorder by improving the definition of bipolar-related phenotypes in genetic studies. In this manner, research on endophenotypes could be useful to improve psychopathological diagnostics in the long-run by dissecting psychiatric macro phenotypes into biologically valid components. MAIN BODY The associations among the psychopathological and biological endophenotypes are discussed with respect to specificity, temporal stability, heritability, familiarity, and clinical and biological plausibility. Numerous findings regarding brain function, brain structure, neuropsychology and altered neurochemical pathways in patients with bipolar disorder and their relatives deserve further investigation. Overall, major findings suggest a developmental origin of this disorder as all the candidate endophenotypes that we have been able to select are present both in the early stages of the disorder as well as in subjects at risk. CONCLUSIONS Among the stronger candidate endophenotypes, we suggest circadian rhythm instability, dysmodulation of emotion and reward, altered neuroimmune state, attention and executive dysfunctions, anterior cingulate cortex thickness and early white matter abnormalities. In particular, early white matter abnormalities could be the result of a vulnerable brain on which new stressors are added in young adulthood which favours the onset of the disorder. Possible pathways that lead to a vulnerable brain are discussed starting from the data about molecular and imaging endophenotypes of bipolar disorder.
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- Riccardo Guglielmo
- Psychiatry Research Unit, Fribourg Network for Mental Health (RFSM), University of Fribourg, Chemin du Cardinal-Journet 3, 1752, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland.,Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Catholic University Medical School, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychiatry Research Unit, Fribourg Network for Mental Health (RFSM), University of Fribourg, Chemin du Cardinal-Journet 3, 1752, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland.
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Koreki A, Niida R, Niida A, Yamagata B, Anamizu S, Mimura M. Comparison of White Matter Structure of Drug-Naïve Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder Using Diffusion Tensor Tractography. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:714502. [PMID: 35237182 PMCID: PMC8882824 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The presence of microstructural white matter (WM) abnormalities in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) has previously been reported. However, the interpretation of data is challenging because pharmacological treatment has a potential effect on WM integrity. To date, no study has compared the differences in WM structure among drug-naïve BD patients, drug-naïve major depression disorder (MDD) patients, and healthy controls (HC) using the visual evaluation method of diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). METHODS This retrospective study included 12 drug-naïve patients with BD, 15 drug-naïve patients with MDD, and 27 age- and sex-matched HC individuals. Visual evaluation, fractional anisotropy (FA), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were analysed in the anterior thalamic radiation (ATR) as a tract of interest using the optimal follow-up truncation threshold. They were also analysed in the cingulate fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus, and fornix. RESULTS No significant differences were found in the FA or ADC of any tract. However, visual evaluation revealed poorer depiction of ATR in patients with BD than in patients with MDD and HC individuals (p = 0.004). Our post-hoc analysis showed a significant difference between BD and HC patients (p = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS The visual evaluation method of DTT revealed poor depiction of ATR in patients with BD compared with HC individuals and MDD patients, suggesting microstructural WM abnormalities of ATR in BD.
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- Akihiro Koreki
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Tomigusuku, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Tomigusuku, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Melloni EMT, Poletti S, Dallaspezia S, Bollettini I, Vai B, Barbini B, Zanardi R, Colombo C, Benedetti F. Changes of white matter microstructure after successful treatment of bipolar depression. J Affect Disord 2020; 274:1049-1056. [PMID: 32663931 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures suggest a widespread alteration of white matter (WM) microstructure in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The chronotherapeutic combination of repeated total sleep deprivation and morning light therapy (TSD+LT) can acutely reverse depressive symptoms in approximately 60% of patients, and it has been confirmed as a model antidepressant treatment to investigate the neurobiological correlates of rapid antidepressant response. METHODS We tested if changes in DTI measures of WM microstructure could parallel antidepressant response in a sample of 44 patients with a major depressive episode in course of BD, treated with chronoterapeutics for one week. We used both a tract-wise and a voxel-wise approach for the whole-brain extraction of DTI measures of WM microstructure: axial (AD), radial (RD), and mean diffusivity (MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA). RESULTS Compared to baseline level, at one-week follow up we observed a significant increase in average FA measures paralleled by a significant decrease in MD measures of several WM tracts including cingulum, corpus callosum, corona radiata, cortico-spinal tract, internal capsule, fornix and uncinate fasciculus. The degree of change was associated to clinical response. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to show changes of individual DTI measures of WM microstructure in response to antidepressant treatment in BD. Our results add new evidence to warrant a role for chronotherapeutics as a first-line treatment for bipolar depression and contribute identifying generalizable neuroimaging-based biomarkers of antidepressant response.
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- Elisa M T Melloni
- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Rosenthal SJ, Josephs T, Kovtun O, McCarty R. Seasonal effects on bipolar disorder: A closer look. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 115:199-219. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bright light therapy in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232798. [PMID: 32437356 PMCID: PMC7241702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The treatment of depressive symptoms of bipolar disorder (BD) has received increasing attention. Recently, some studies have shown that bright light therapy (BLT) seems to be useful for BD depression. This meta-analysis is intended to further elucidate the role of BLT in depressive symptoms in patients with BD. Register of Systematic Reviews PROSPERO: CRD 420191 33642.Randomized controlled trials and cohort studies were retrieved in PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMbase, Web of Science, CINHAL, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang from their foundation to March 2020, and other sources as supplement was also retrieved. Data were extracted after strict evaluation of literature quality by two researchers, and Meta-analysis was conducted on literatures that met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis was performed using Revman 5.3 software. In total, 12 studies including 847 patients with BD depression were included in our meta-analysis. A meta-analysis found significant differences between BLT and placebo for the following outcomes: (1) depression severity before and after BLT [SMD = -0.43, 95% CI (-0.73,-0.13), P<0.05] in RCT and [SMD = -2.12, 95% CI (-2.3,-1.94), P<0.05] in cohort studies.; (2) the efficacy of duration/timing of light therapy for depressive symptoms in BD [I2 = 85%, SMD = -1.88, 95% CI (-2.04, -1.71),P<0.05] and [I2 = 71%, SMD = -2.1,95% CI(-2.24, -1.96), P<0.05]; (3) the efficacy of different color/color temperatures for depressive symptoms in BD [I2 = 0%, SMD = -0.56, 95% CI (-0.92, -0.19), P<0.05] and [I2 = 97%, SMD = -1.74, 95% CI (-1.99, -1.49), P<0.05].We performed a subgroup meta-analysis of studies that used different light intensities. The results showed that light intensity≥5000 lux significantly reduced the severity of depression. And patients without psychotropic drugs revealed significantly decreased disease severity [I2 = 0%, SMD = -0.6, 95% CI (-1.06,-0.13), P<0.05]. Limitations of the study include studies only assessed short-term effects, and insufficient duration may underestimate adverse reactions and efficacy. Our results highlight the significant efficiency of BLT in the treatment of bipolar depression. Prospective studies with more rigorous design and consistent follow-up.
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Poletti S, Melloni E, Aggio V, Colombo C, Valtorta F, Benedetti F, Comai S. Grey and white matter structure associates with the activation of the tryptophan to kynurenine pathway in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2019; 259:404-412. [PMID: 31610997 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental illness characterised by reduced grey matter (GM) volumes and cortical thickness, and disrupted white matter (WM) microstructure. Activation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase following a pro-inflammatory state could increase the amount of tryptophan (Trp) converted to kynurenine (Kyn) possibly leading to the production of detrimental catabolites of the Kyn pathway with neurotoxic effects. We investigated if peripheral levels of Trp-and Kyn and the breakdown of Trp-into Kyn (Kyn/Trp-ratio) are related to WM and GM integrity in BD. METHODS Peripheral levels of Trp-and Kyn were analysed in 72 patients with BD and 33 controls. Patients also underwent MRI in a Philips 3T scanner. RESULTS Patients showed higher Kyn levels and Kyn/Trp-ratio compared to controls. MRI analyses performed in patients with BD showed a negative association between the Kyn/Trp-ratio and the integrity of corpus callosum microstructure, the volume of the amygdala and cortical thickness in fronto-parietal regions. LIMITATION The lack of information on the levels of downstream metabolites of Kyn prevent us to confirm the possible unbalance between quinolinic and kynurenic acids as well as their possible relationship with changes in GM and WM markers. The activation of the Kyn pathway as suggested by the increased Kyn/Trp-ratio may lead to an imbalance of the neurotoxic vs the neuroprotective arm of the biochemical pathway, resulting in significant changes in GM and WM regions of brain areas strongly implicated in the pathophysiology of BD, such as amygdala and corpus callosum.
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- Sara Poletti
- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Turro, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, Milan, Italy
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Melloni EMT, Poletti S, Vai B, Bollettini I, Colombo C, Benedetti F. Effects of illness duration on cognitive performances in bipolar depression are mediated by white matter microstructure. J Affect Disord 2019; 249:175-182. [PMID: 30772745 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits are a core feature of bipolar disorder (BD), and persist during the euthymic phase. White matter (WM) microstructural abnormalities are widely considered a structural marker of BD. Features of illness chronicity, such as illness duration and number of mood episodes, have been associated with worsening of both clinical profile and brain structural alterations. This study examined the role of WM integrity as a possible mediator between illness duration and cognitive performances in a sample of BD patients. METHODS We assessed 88 inpatients affected by a depressive episode in course of type I BD for verbal memory, visual memory, working memory, visuospatial constructional abilities, psychomotor coordination, executive functions, processing speed, and verbal fluency. White matter integrity was evaluated through FA measurements derived using the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA)-DTI protocol. RESULTS The effect of illness duration on processing speed, verbal memory, and visual memory was mediated by the FA values of bilateral anterior corona radiata, bilateral corona radiata, genu of corpus callosum, and fornix, adjusting for age, sex, education and lithium treatment (p < 0.05). LIMITATIONS Potential interaction factors were not examined in this study. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to show the role of WM integrity as a mediator of the negative effect of illness duration on cognitive performances. Our data provide new insight into the neuroprogressive hypothesis of BD.
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Poletti S, Leone G, Hoogenboezem TA, Ghiglino D, Vai B, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs AJM, Locatelli C, Colombo C, Drexhage HA, Benedetti F. Markers of neuroinflammation influence measures of cortical thickness in bipolar depression. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2019; 285:64-66. [PMID: 30785023 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We tested if peripheral levels of cytokines and chemokines associate to grey matter volumes, cortical thickness and fMRI neural responses to a moral valence decision task in bipolar patients. ICAM1 and CCL4 negatively correlated with cortical thickness in Inferior Temporal Gyrus, and sCD25 in Parahippocampal Gyrus. TNF-α, Interleukine-8, and CCL2 correlated positively with cortical thickness in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, and with lower BOLD responses to negative stimuli. Markers of immune activation are associated with measures of brain structural and functional integrity in bipolar depression.
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- Sara Poletti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Wirz-Justice A, Benedetti F. Perspectives in affective disorders: Clocks and sleep. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 51:346-365. [PMID: 30702783 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Revised: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mood disorders are often characterised by alterations in circadian rhythms, sleep disturbances and seasonal exacerbation. Conversely, chronobiological treatments utilise zeitgebers for circadian rhythms such as light to improve mood and stabilise sleep, and manipulations of sleep timing and duration as rapid antidepressant modalities. Although sleep deprivation ("wake therapy") can act within hours, and its mood-elevating effects be maintained by regular morning light administration/medication/earlier sleep, it has not entered the regular guidelines for treating affective disorders as a first-line treatment. The hindrances to using chronotherapeutics may lie in their lack of patentability, few sponsors to carry out large multi-centre trials, non-reimbursement by medical insurance and their perceived difficulty or exotic "alternative" nature. Future use can be promoted by new technology (single-sample phase measurements, phone apps, movement and sleep trackers) that provides ambulatory documentation over long periods and feedback to therapist and patient. Light combinations with cognitive behavioural therapy and sleep hygiene practice may speed up and also maintain response. The urgent need for new antidepressants should hopefully lead to reconsideration and implementation of these non-pharmacological methods, as well as further clinical trials. We review the putative neurochemical mechanisms underlying the antidepressant effect of sleep deprivation and light therapy, and current knowledge linking clocks and sleep with affective disorders: neurotransmitter switching, stress and cortico-limbic reactivity, clock genes, cortical neuroplasticity, connectomics and neuroinflammation. Despite the complexity of multi-system mechanisms, more insight will lead to fine tuning and better application of circadian and sleep-related treatments of depression.
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- Anna Wirz-Justice
- Centre for Chronobiology, Transfaculty Research Platform Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.,Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Palagini L, Domschke K, Benedetti F, Foster RG, Wulff K, Riemann D. Developmental pathways towards mood disorders in adult life: Is there a role for sleep disturbances? J Affect Disord 2019; 243:121-132. [PMID: 30243192 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Mood disorders are among the most prevalent and serious mental disorders and rank high among to the leading global burdens of disease. The developmental psychopathology framework can offer a life course perspective on them thus providing a basis for early prevention and intervention. Sleep disturbances, are considered risk factors for mood disorders across childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Assuming that sleep disturbances may play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of mood disorders from a life course point of view, we reviewed the data on developmental pathways towards mood disorders in adult life in relation to sleep disturbances. METHOD From February 2017, a systematic search was conducted in PubMed, PsycINFO and Embase electronic databases for literature on developmental pathways to mood disorders in adult life in relation to sleep disturbances and to 1) pre-natal stress, 2) early brain developmental processes, and 3) temperaments, character and attachment style. RESULTS Eleven, 54 and 15 articles were respectively selected. CONCLUSIONS Experimental and clinical studies revealed that exposure to prenatal/early life stress results in sleep disturbances such as poor sleep and altered circadian regulation phases and may predict or even precipitate mood disorders in adulthood. Chronic sleep disruption may interfere with neuronal plasticity, connectivity and the developing brain thus contributing to the development of mood disorders. In addition sleep and circadian dysregulations have been shown to be related to those temperaments, character and attachment styles which are considered precursors of mood disorders. Sleep and circadian behaviours may serve as early targets regarding mood disorders.
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- Laura Palagini
- Department of Clinical Experimental Medicine, Psychiatric Unit, University of Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127 Milano, Italy
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- Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, UK
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- Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Vai B, Bertocchi C, Benedetti F. Cortico-limbic connectivity as a possible biomarker for bipolar disorder: where are we now? Expert Rev Neurother 2019; 19:159-172. [PMID: 30599797 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2019.1562338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The fronto-limbic network has been suggested as a key circuitry in the pathophysiology and maintenance of bipolar disorder. In the past decade, a disrupted connectivity within prefrontal-limbic structures was identified as a promising candidate biomarker for the disorder. Areas Covered: In this review, the authors examine current literature in terms of the structural, functional and effective connectivity in bipolar disorder, integrating recent findings of imaging genetics and machine learning. This paper profiles the current knowledge and identifies future perspectives to provide reliable and usable neuroimaging biomarkers for bipolar psychopathology in clinical practice. Expert Opinion: The replication and the translation of acquired knowledge into useful and usable tools represents one of the current greatest challenges in biomarker research applied to psychiatry.
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- Benedetta Vai
- a Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology , Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele , Milano , Italy.,b University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milano , Italy
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- a Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology , Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele , Milano , Italy
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- a Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology , Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele , Milano , Italy.,b University Vita-Salute San Raffaele , Milano , Italy
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Poletti S, Riberto M, Vai B, Ghiglino D, Lorenzi C, Vitali A, Brioschi S, Locatelli C, Serretti A, Colombo C, Benedetti F. A Glutamate Transporter EAAT1 Gene Variant Influences Amygdala Functional Connectivity in Bipolar Disorder. J Mol Neurosci 2018; 65:536-545. [PMID: 30073554 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-018-1138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe illness characterized by recurrent depressive and manic episodes and by emotional dysregulation. Altered cortico-limbic connectivity could account for typical symptoms of the disorder such as mood instability, emotional dysregulation, and cognitive deficits. Functional connectivity positively associated with glutamatergic neurotransmission. The inactivation of glutamate is handled by a series of glutamate transporters, among them, the excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) which is modulated by a SNP rs2731880 (C/T) where the C allele leads to increased EAAT1 expression and glutamate uptake. We hypothesized that rs2731880 would affect cortico-limbic functional connectivity during an implicit affective processing task. Sixty-eight BD patients underwent fMRI scanning during implicit processing of fearful and angry faces. We explored the effect of rs2731880 on the strength of functional connectivity from the amygdalae to the whole brain. A significant activation in response to emotional processing was observed in two main clusters encompassing the right and left amygdala. Amygdalae to whole-brain functional connectivity analyses revealed a significant interaction between rs2731880 and the task (emotional stimuli vs geometric shapes) for the functional connections between the right amygdala and right subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. Post-hoc analyses revealed that T/T patients showed a significant negative connectivity between the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex compared to C carriers. T/T subjects also performed significantly better in the face-matching task than rs2731880*C carriers. Our findings reveal an EAAT1 genotype-associated difference in cortico-limbic connectivity during affective regulation, possibly identifying a neurobiological underpinning of emotional dysfunction in BD.
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- Sara Poletti
- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Vai B, Riberto M, Ghiglino D, Poletti S, Bollettini I, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Benedetti F. A 5-HT 1Areceptor promoter polymorphism influences fronto-limbic functional connectivity and depression severity in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2017; 270:1-7. [PMID: 28985530 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Benedetta Vai
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Benedetti F, Melloni EMT, Dallaspezia S, Bollettini I, Locatelli C, Poletti S, Colombo C. Night sleep influences white matter microstructure in bipolar depression. J Affect Disord 2017; 218:380-387. [PMID: 28500983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alteration of circadian rhythms and sleep disruption are prominent trait-like features of bipolar disorder (BD). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures suggest a widespread alteration of white matter (WM) microstructure in patients with BD. Sleep promotes myelination and oligodendrocyte precursor cells proliferation. We hypothesized a possible association between DTI measures of WM microstructure and sleep quantity measures in BD. METHODS We studied 69 inpatients affected by a depressive episode in course of type I BD. We used whole brain tract-based spatial statistics on DTI measures of WM microstructure: axial, radial, and mean diffusivity (AD, RD, MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA). Self-assessed measures of time asleep (TA) and total sleep time (TST) were extracted from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Actigraphic recordings were performed on a subsample of 23 patients. RESULTS We observed a positive correlation of DTI measures of FA with actigraphic measures of TA and TST, and with PSQI measure of TA. DTI measures of RD inversely associated with actigraphic measure of TA, and with PSQI measures of TA and TST. Several WM tracts were involved, including corpus callosum, cyngulate gyrus, uncinate fasciculus, left superior and inferior longitudinal and fronto-occipital fasciculi, thalamic radiation, corona radiata, retrolenticular part of internal capsule and corticospinal tract. LIMITATIONS The study is correlational in nature, and no conclusion about a causal connection can be drawn. CONCLUSIONS Reduced FA with increased RD and MD indicate higher water diffusivity associated with less organized myelin and/or axonal structures. Our findings suggest an association between sleep disruption and these measures of brain microstructure in specific tracts contributing to the functional connectivity in BD.
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- Francesco Benedetti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and CERMAC, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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Squarcina L, Bellani M, Rossetti MG, Perlini C, Delvecchio G, Dusi N, Barillari M, Ruggeri M, Altamura CA, Bertoldo A, Brambilla P. Similar white matter changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A tract-based spatial statistics study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178089. [PMID: 28658249 PMCID: PMC5489157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Several strands of evidence reported a significant overlapping, in terms of clinical symptoms, epidemiology and treatment response, between the two major psychotic disorders—Schizophrenia (SCZ) and Bipolar Disorder (BD). Nevertheless, the shared neurobiological correlates of these two disorders are far from conclusive. This study aims toward a better understanding of possible common microstructural brain alterations in SCZ and BD. Magnetic Resonance Diffusion data of 33 patients with BD, 19 with SCZ and 35 healthy controls were acquired. Diffusion indexes were calculated, then analyzed using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS). We tested correlations with clinical and psychological variables. In both patient groups mean diffusion (MD), volume ratio (VR) and radial diffusivity (RD) showed a significant increase, while fractional anisotropy (FA) and mode (MO) decreased compared to the healthy group. Changes in diffusion were located, for both diseases, in the fronto-temporal and callosal networks. Finally, no significant differences were identified between patient groups, and a significant correlations between length of disease and FA and VR within the corpus callosum, corona radiata and thalamic radiation were observed in bipolar disorder. To our knowledge, this is the first study applying TBSS on all the DTI indexes at the same time in both patient groups showing that they share similar impairments in microstructural connectivity, with particular regards to fronto-temporal and callosal communication, which are likely to worsen over time. Such features may represent neural common underpinnings characterizing major psychoses and confirm the central role of white matter pathology in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Clinical Psychology, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, AOUI Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Information Engineering (DEI), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTHouston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Poletti S, de Wit H, Mazza E, Wijkhuijs AJM, Locatelli C, Aggio V, Colombo C, Benedetti F, Drexhage HA. Th17 cells correlate positively to the structural and functional integrity of the brain in bipolar depression and healthy controls. Brain Behav Immun 2017; 61:317-325. [PMID: 28025071 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 12/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Abnormalities of T cell-mediated immune activation, in the absence of active somatic immune diseases, have consistently been reported in mood disorders. Apart from being important players in the regulation of cells of the immune system, T cells are essential for normal brain development. We here report studies on the relationship between circulating levels of T helper cells and structural and functional brain imaging in depressed bipolar patients. Since the CCL20-CCR6 axis is an important entry to the brain we differentiated the various T helper cell subpopulations on the basis of their chemokine receptor expression. METHODS FACS staining was performed for Th1, Th2, Th17, Th22 and T regulatory cells on frozen leukocytes of 25 consecutively admitted inpatients affected by a major depressive episode, without psychotic features, in the course of Bipolar Disorder I and 21 healthy controls. The frequency of the T helper populations was associated with DTI and fMRI data acquired on a Philips 3.0 Tesla scanner. Tract based spatial statistic was used to obtain measures of white matter integrity (fractional anisotropy, axial, radial and mean diffusivity) from a standard DTI sequence with 35 directions. Patients were also studied for fMRI through a moral valence decision task were subjects had to decide whether morally tuned stimuli were positive or negative. RESULTS The percentage of circulating Th17 (CCR6+CXCR3negCCR4+CCR10neg) cells correlated positively with higher fractional anisotropy in fiber tracts contributing to the functional integrity of the brain both in patients and healthy controls, while the frequency of circulating T regulatory (CD4+CD25+FOXP3+) cells correlated positively with higher radial and mean diffusivity in patients. The frequency of circulating T regulatory cells also correlated to lower neuronal responses to negative versus positive morally tuned stimuli in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients. Th1 cells correlated negatively with white matter integrity in several tracts (healthy controls), while the cells showed a positive correlation to the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (patients). CONCLUSION This study shows a new putative role for Th17 cells. Th17 cells are not only playing a role in inducing autoimmunity and auto-inflammation, but might also play a counter intuitive anabolic role in the maintenance of the functional and structural integrity of the brain.
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- Sara Poletti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Vai B, Riberto M, Poletti S, Bollettini I, Lorenzi C, Colombo C, Benedetti F. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(108/158)Met polymorphism affects fronto-limbic connectivity during emotional processing in bipolar disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2017; 41:53-59. [PMID: 28049082 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inactivates catecholamines, Val/Val genotype was associated to an increased amygdala (Amy) response to negative stimuli and can influence the symptoms severity and the outcome of bipolar disorder, probably mediated by the COMT polymorphism (rs4680) interaction between cortical and subcortical dopaminergic neurotransmission. The aim of this study is to explore how rs4680 and implicit emotional processing of negative emotional stimuli could interact in affecting the Amy connectivity in bipolar depression. Forty-five BD patients (34 Met carriers vs. 11 Val/Val) underwent fMRI scanning during implicit processing of fearful and angry faces. We explore the effect of rs4680 on the strength of functional connectivity from the amygdalae to whole brain. Val/Val and Met carriers significantly differed for the connectivity between Amy and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and supramarginal gyrus. Val/Val patients showed a significant positive connectivity for all of these areas, where Met carriers presented a significant negative one for the connection between DLPFC and Amy. Our findings reveal a COMT genotype-dependent difference in corticolimbic connectivity during affective regulation, possibly identifying a neurobiological underpinning of clinical and prognostic outcome of BD. Specifically, a worse antidepressant recovery and clinical outcome previously detected in Val/Val patients could be associated to a specific increased sensitivity to negative emotional stimuli.
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- B Vai
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; CERMAC (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Department of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta, Roma, Italy.
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; CERMAC (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; CERMAC (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; CERMAC (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Bollettini I, Melloni EMT, Aggio V, Poletti S, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Vai B, Dallaspezia S, Colombo C, Benedetti F. Clock genes associate with white matter integrity in depressed bipolar patients. Chronobiol Int 2016; 34:212-224. [DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2016.1260026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Irene Bollettini
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- PhD program in Philosophy and Sciences of Mind, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- PhD program in Molecular Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- PhD program in Evolutionary Psychopathology, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Vai B, Bulgarelli C, Godlewska BR, Cowen PJ, Benedetti F, Harmer CJ. Fronto-limbic effective connectivity as possible predictor of antidepressant response to SSRI administration. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 26:2000-2010. [PMID: 27756525 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.09.640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The timely selection of the optimal treatment for depressed patients is critical to improve remission rates. The detection of pre-treatment variables able to predict differential treatment response may provide novel approaches for treatment selection. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) modulate the fronto-limbic functional response and connectivity, an effect preceding the overt clinical antidepressant effects. Here we investigated whether the cortico-limbic connectivity associated with emotional bias measured before SSRI administration predicts the efficacy of antidepressant treatment in MDD patients. fMRI and Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) were combined to study if effective connectivity might differentiate healthy controls (HC) and patients affected by major depression who later responded (RMDD, n=21), or failed to respond (nRMDD, n=12), to 6 weeks of escitalopram administration. Sixteen DCMs exploring connectivity between anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), Amygdala (Amy), and fusiform gyrus (FG) were constructed. Analyses revealed that nRMDD had reduced endogenous connectivity from Amy to VLPFC and to ACC, with an increased connectivity and modulation of the ACC to Amy connectivity when processing of fearful emotional stimuli compared to HC. RMDD and HC did not significantly differ among themselves. Pre-treatment effective connectivity in fronto-limbic circuitry could be an important factor affecting antidepressant response, and highlight the mechanisms which may be involved in recovery from depression. These results suggest that fronto-limbic connectivity might provide a neural biomarker to predict the clinical outcome to SSRIs administration in major depression.
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- Benedetta Vai
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy; Department of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta, Roma, Italy.
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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- University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Milan, Italy
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Benedetti F, Poletti S, Hoogenboezem TA, Mazza E, Ambrée O, de Wit H, Wijkhuijs AJM, Locatelli C, Bollettini I, Colombo C, Arolt V, Drexhage HA. Inflammatory cytokines influence measures of white matter integrity in Bipolar Disorder. J Affect Disord 2016; 202:1-9. [PMID: 27253210 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar Disorder (BD) is associated with elevated biomarkers of cell-mediated immune activation and inflammation and with signs of widespread disruption of white matter (WM) integrity in adult life. Consistent findings in animal models link WM damage in inflammatory diseases of the brain and serum levels of cytokines. METHODS With an exploratory approach, we tested the effects of 22 serum analytes, including pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and neurotrophic/hematopoietic factors, on DTI measures of WM microstructure in a sample of 31 patients with a major depressive episode in course of BD. We used whole brain tract-based spatial statistics in the WM skeleton with threshold-free cluster enhancement of DTI measures of WM microstructure: axial (AD), radial (RD), and mean diffusivity (MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA). RESULTS The inflammation-related cytokines TNF-α, IL-8, IFN-γ and IL-10, and the growth factors IGFBP2 and PDGF-BB, shared the same significant associations with lower FA, and higher MD and RD, in large overlapping networks of WM fibers mostly located in the anterior part of the brain and including corpus callosum, cingulum, superior and inferior longitudinal fasciculi, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi, uncinate, forceps, corona radiata, thalamic radiation, internal capsule. CONCLUSIONS Higher RD is thought to signify increased space between fibers, suggesting demyelination or dysmyelination. The pattern of higher RD and MD with lower FA suggests that inflammation-related cytokine and growth factor levels inversely associate with integrity of myelin sheaths. The activated inflammatory response system might contribute to BD pathophysiology by hampering structural connectivity in critical cortico-limbic networks.
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- Francesco Benedetti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Vai B, Poletti S, Radaelli D, Dallaspezia S, Bulgarelli C, Locatelli C, Bollettini I, Falini A, Colombo C, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F. Successful antidepressant chronotherapeutics enhance fronto-limbic neural responses and connectivity in bipolar depression. Psychiatry Res 2015. [PMID: 26195295 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The identification of antidepressant response predictors in bipolar disorder (BD) may provide new potential enhancements in treatment selection. Repeated total sleep deprivation combined with light therapy (TSD+LT) can acutely reverse depressive symptoms and has been proposed as a model antidepressant treatment. This study aims at investigating the effect of TSD+LT on effective connectivity and neural response in cortico-limbic circuitries during implicit processing of fearful and angry faces in patients with BD. fMRI and Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) were combined to study the effect of chronotherapeutics on neural responses in healthy controls (HC, n = 35) and BD patients either responder (RBD, n = 26) or non responder (nRBD, n = 11) to 3 consecutive TSD+LT sessions. Twenty-four DCMs exploring connectivity between anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), Amygdala (Amy), fusiform gyrus and visual cortex were constructed. After treatment, patients significantly increased their neural responses in DLPFC, ACC and insula. nRBD showed lower baseline and endpoint neural responses than RBD. The increased activity in ACC and in medial prefrontal cortex, associated with antidepressant treatment, was positively associated with the improvement of depressive symptomatology. Only RBD patients increased intrinsic connectivity from DLPFC to ACC and reduced the modulatory effect of the task on Amy-DLPFC connection. A successful antidepressant treatment was associated with an increased functional activity and connectivity within cortico-limbic networks, suggesting the possible role of these measures in providing possible biomarkers for treatment efficacy.
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- Benedetta Vai
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy; Department of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta, Roma, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy; PhD in Philosophy and Sciences of Mind, Università Vita-Saluta San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
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Pathak G, Ibrahim BA, McCarthy SA, Baker K, Kelly MP. Amphetamine sensitization in mice is sufficient to produce both manic- and depressive-related behaviors as well as changes in the functional connectivity of corticolimbic structures. Neuropharmacology 2015; 95:434-47. [PMID: 25959066 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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It has been suggested that amphetamine abuse and withdrawal mimics the diverse nature of bipolar disorder symptomatology in humans. Here, we determined if a single paradigm of amphetamine sensitization would be sufficient to produce both manic- and depressive-related behaviors in mice. CD-1 mice were subcutaneously dosed for 5 days with 1.8 mg/kg d-amphetamine or vehicle. On days 6-31 of withdrawal, amphetamine-sensitized (AS) mice were compared to vehicle-treated (VT) mice on a range of behavioral and biochemical endpoints. AS mice demonstrated reliable mania- and depression-related behaviors from day 7 to day 28 of withdrawal. Relative to VT mice, AS mice exhibited long-lasting mania-like hyperactivity following either an acute 30-min restraint stress or a low-dose 1 mg/kg d-amphetamine challenge, which was attenuated by the mood-stabilizers lithium and quetiapine. In absence of any challenge, AS mice showed anhedonia-like decreases in sucrose preference and depression-like impairments in the off-line consolidation of motor memory, as reflected by the lack of spontaneous improvement across days of training on the rotarod. AS mice also demonstrated a functional impairment in nest building, an ethologically-relevant activity of daily living. Western blot analyses revealed a significant increase in methylation of histone 3 at lysine 9 (H3K9), but not lysine 4 (H3K4), in hippocampus of AS mice relative to VT mice. In situ hybridization for the immediate-early gene activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) further revealed heightened activation of corticolimbic structures, decreased functional connectivity between frontal cortex and striatum, and increased functional connectivity between the amygdala and hippocampus of AS mice. The effects of amphetamine sensitization were blunted in C57BL/6J mice relative to CD-1 mice. These results show that a single amphetamine sensitization protocol is sufficient to produce behavioral, functional, and biochemical phenotypes in mice that are relevant to bipolar disorder.
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- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29209, USA
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- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29209, USA
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- Pfizer, Neuroscience, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29209, USA.
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Benedetti F, Bollettini I, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Lorenzi C, Pirovano A, Smeraldi E, Colombo C. White matter microstructure in bipolar disorder is influenced by the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism 5-HTTLPR. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2015; 14:238-50. [PMID: 25704032 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- F. Benedetti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo); University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo); University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo); University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo); University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
- C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo); University Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute; Milano Italy
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Bollettini I, Poletti S, Locatelli C, Vai B, Smeraldi E, Colombo C, Benedetti F. Disruption of white matter integrity marks poor antidepressant response in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2015; 174:233-40. [PMID: 25527993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Changes of white matter (WM) microstructure have been proposed as structural biomarkers of bipolar disorder (BD). The chronotherapeutic combination of repeated total sleep deprivation and morning light therapy (TSD+LT) can acutely reverse depressive symptoms in approximately 60% of patients, and it has been proposed as a model antidepressant treatment to investigate the neurobiological correlates of rapid antidepressant response. METHODS We tested if baseline DTI measures can predict response to treatment in 70 in-patients affected by a major depressive episode in the course of BD, treated with chronotherapeutics for one week. We performed whole-brain tract-based spatial statistics with threshold-free cluster enhancement for the DTI measures of WM microstructure integrity: fractional anisotropy, axial, radial, and mean diffusivity. RESULTS Increased mean and radial water diffusivity correlated with poor antidepressant response to TSD+LT in core WM tracts which are crucial for the functional integrity of the brain, including corpus callosum, corona radiata, cingulum bundle, superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and thalamic radiation. LIMITATIONS Limitations include issues such as generalizability, possible population stratification, medications and their effects on DTI measures, and no placebo control for chronotherapeutics. We could not consider other factors such as gene-environment interactions. CONCLUSIONS The association of increased radial and mean diffusivity with poor response to chronotherapeutic treatment warrants interest for the study of DTI measures of WM microstructure as markers for treatment response in bipolar depression.
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- Irene Bollettini
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; PhD Program in Philosophy and Sciences of Mind; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; PhD Program in Evolutionary Psychopathology; Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Abnormal cortico-limbic connectivity during emotional processing correlates with symptom severity in schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2015; 30:590-7. [PMID: 25682180 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Impaired emotional processing is a core feature of schizophrenia (SZ). Consistent findings suggested that abnormal emotional processing in SZ could be paralleled by a disrupted functional and structural integrity within the fronto-limbic circuitry. The effective connectivity of emotional circuitry in SZ has never been explored in terms of causal relationship between brain regions. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) to characterize effective connectivity during implicit processing of affective stimuli in SZ. METHODS We performed DCM to model connectivity between amygdala (Amy), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC), fusiform gyrus (FG) and visual cortex (VC) in 25 patients with SZ and 29 HC. Bayesian Model Selection and average were performed to determine the optimal structural model and its parameters. RESULTS Analyses revealed that patients with SZ are characterized by a significant reduced top-down endogenous connectivity from DLPFC to Amy, an increased connectivity from Amy to VPFC and a decreased driving input to Amy of affective stimuli compared to HC. Furthermore, DLPFC to Amy connection in patients significantly influenced the severity of psychopathology as rated on Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest a functional disconnection in brain network that contributes to the symptomatic outcome of the disorder. Our findings support the study of effective connectivity within cortico-limbic structures as a marker of severity and treatment efficacy in SZ.
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Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) experience difficulties in information processing and in the cognitive control of emotions. Mood-congruent biases, which parallel illness episodes, find a neural correlate in abnormal reactivity to stimuli in specific brain regions, and in disrupted functional connectivity among brain areas pertaining to corticolimbic circuitries. It is suggested that a reduced integrity of white matter tracts could underpin dysfunctions in networks implicated in the generation and control of affect. Recent studies using diffusion tensor imaging techniques found that (1) independent of drug treatment, patients with BD show widespread signs of disrupted white matter microstructure, suggesting significant demyelination/dysmyelination without axonal loss, and (2) effective long-term treatment with lithium is associated with increased axial connectivity, proportional to the duration of treatment. These findings suggest that changes of white matter microstructure in specific brain networks could parallel disrupted neural connectivity during illness episodes in BD and that these changes might play a major role in the mechanistic explanation of the biological underpinnings of BD psychopathology.
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