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Lin J, Cao DY. Associations Between Temporomandibular Disorders and Brain Imaging-Derived Phenotypes. Int Dent J 2024; 74:784-793. [PMID: 38365503 PMCID: PMC11287171 DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2024.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) affect the temporomandibular joint and associated structures. Despite its prevalence and impact on quality of life, the underlying mechanisms of TMD remain unclear. Magnetic resonance imaging studies suggest brain abnormalities in patients with TMD. However, these lines of evidence are essentially observational and cannot infer a causal relationship. This study employs Mendelian randomisation (MR) to probe causal relationships between TMD and brain changes. METHODS Genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics for TMD were collected, along with brain imaging-derived phenotypes (IDPs). Instrumental variables were selected from the GWAS summary statistics and used in bidirectional 2-sample MR analyses. The inverse-variance weighted analysis was chosen as the primary method. In addition, false discovery rate (FDR) correction of P value was used. RESULTS Eleven IDPs related to brain imaging alterations showed significant causal associations with TMD (P-FDR < .05), validated through sensitivity analysis. In forward MR, the mean thickness of left caudal middle frontal gyrus (OR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.67-0.87; P-FDR = 1.15 × 10-2) and the volume of right superior frontal gyrus (OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.10-1.39; P-FDR = 2.26 × 10-2) exerted significant causal effects on TMD. In the reverse MR analysis, TMD exerted a significant causal effect on 9 IDPs, including the mean thickness of the left medial orbitofrontal cortex (β = -0.10; 95% CI, -0.13 to -0.08; P-FDR = 2.06 × 10-11), the volume of the left magnocellular nucleus (β = -0.15; 95% CI, -0.22 to -0.09; P-FDR = 3.26 × 10-4), the mean intensity of the right inferior-lateral ventricle (β = -0.09; 95% CI, -0.14 to -0.04; P-FDR = 2.23 × 10-2), the volume of grey matter in the anterior division of the left superior temporal gyrus (β = 0.09; 95% CI, 0.04-0.14; P-FDR = 1.69 × 10-2), and so forth. CONCLUSIONS This study provides genetic evidence supporting the bidirectional causal associations between TMD and brain IDPs, shedding light on potential neurobiological mechanisms underlying TMD development and its relationship with brain structure.
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- Jun Lin
- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, Testing Center of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, Testing Center of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Zhang X, Cheng B, Yang X, Suo X, Pan N, Chen T, Wang S, Gong Q. Emotional intelligence mediates the protective role of the orbitofrontal cortex spontaneous activity measured by fALFF against depressive and anxious symptoms in late adolescence. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2023; 32:1957-1967. [PMID: 35737106 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-022-02020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
As a stable personality construct, trait emotional intelligence (TEI) refers to a battery of perceived emotion-related skills that make individuals behave effectively to adapt to the environment and maintain well-being. Abundant evidence has consistently shown that TEI is important for the outcomes of many mental health issues, particularly depression and anxiety. However, the neural substrates involved in TEI and the underlying neurobehavioral mechanism of how TEI reduces depression and anxiety symptoms remain largely unknown. Herein, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and a group of behavioral measures were applied to examine these questions among a large sample comprising 231 general adolescent students aged 16-20 years (52% female). Whole-brain correlation analysis and prediction analysis demonstrated that TEI was negatively linked with spontaneous activity (measured with the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations) in the bilateral medial orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a critical site implicated in emotion-related processes. Furthermore, structural equation modeling analysis found that TEI mediated the link of OFC spontaneous activity to depressive and anxious symptoms. Collectively, the current findings present new evidence for the neurofunctional bases of TEI and suggest a potential "brain-personality-symptom" pathway for alleviating depressive and anxious symptoms among students in late adolescence.
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- Xun Zhang
- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
- Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.
- Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
- Department of Radiology, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University, Xiamen, China.
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Shan X, Yan H, Li H, Liu F, Xie G, Li P, Zhao J, Guo W. Abnormal causal connectivity of prefrontal-limbic circuit by structural deficits in drug-naive anxiety disorders. J Psychiatr Res 2023; 163:14-23. [PMID: 37196516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.05.010] [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: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Structural and functional deficits in the prefrontal-limbic circuit have been revealed in patients with anxiety disorders. However, the effect of structural abnormalities on causal connectivity within this circuit remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate causal connectivity in the prefrontal-limbic circuit associated with structural deficits in drug-naive patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD) and the changes after treatment. METHODS A total of 64 GAD patients, 54 PD patients and 61 healthy controls (HCs) completed the resting-state magnetic resonance imaging scans at baseline. Among them, 96 patients with anxiety disorders (52 in GAD group and 44 in PD group) completed a 4-week paroxetine treatment. Voxel-based morphometry and Granger causality analysis (GCA) were applied to analyze the data based on the human brainnetome atlas. RESULTS Patients with GAD and PD showed decreased gray matter volume (GMV) in the bilateral A24cd subregions of cingulate gyrus. Whole-brain analysis revealed decreased GMV in the left cingulate gyrus in patients with PD. Hence, the left A24cd subregion was selected as a seed. Compared with HCs, unidirectional causal connectivity between the limbic-superior temporal gyrus (STG) temporal pole and the limbic-precentral/middle frontal gyrus was enhanced in patients with GAD and PD (from the left A24cd subregion of cingulate gyrus to the right STG temporal pole, and from the left A24cd subregion of cingulate gyrus to the right precentral/middle frontal gyrus). Compared with patients with PD, the limbic-precuneus unidirectional causal connectivity was enhanced in patients with GAD, and the cerebellum crus1 - limbic connectivity has a positive feedback effect. CONCLUSIONS The anatomical defects in the left A24cd subregion of cingulate gyrus may partially affect the prefrontal-limbic circuit, and the unidirectional causal effect from the left A24cd subregion to the right STG temporal pole may be an imaging change shared by anxiety disorders. The causal effect of the left A24cd subregion of cingulate gyrus to precuneus might be related to the neurobiology of GAD.
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- Xiaoxiao Shan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China; Department of Psychiatry, Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, 161006, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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Lin S, Nie M, Wang B, Duan S, Huang Q, Wu N, Chen Z, Zhao H, Han Y. Intrinsic brain abnormalities in chronic rhinosinusitis associated with mood and cognitive function. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1131114. [PMID: 36968506 PMCID: PMC10036396 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1131114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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BackgroundChronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) poses a risk for developing emotional and cognitive disorders. However, the neural evidence for this association is largely unclear. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) analysis can demonstrate abnormal brain activity and functional connectivity and contribute to explaining the potential pathophysiology of CRS-related mood and cognitive alterations.MethodsChronic rhinosinusitis patients (CRS, n = 26) and gender- and age-matched healthy control subjects (HCs, n = 38) underwent resting-state functional MRI scanning. The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) was calculated to observe the intrinsic brain activity. The brain region with altered ALFF was further selected as the seed for functional connectivity (FC) analysis. Correlation analysis was performed between the ALFF/FC and clinical parameters in CRS patients.ResultsCompared with HCs, CRS patients exhibited significantly increased ALFF in the left orbital superior frontal cortex and reduced connectivity in the right precuneus using the orbital superior frontal cortex as the seed region. The magnitude of the orbital superior frontal cortex increased with inflammation severity. In addition, ALFF values in the orbital superior frontal cortex were positively correlated with the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) scores. The ROC curves of altered brain regions indicated great accuracy in distinguishing between CRS patients and HCs.ConclusionIn this study, patients with CRS showed increased neural activity in the orbital superior frontal cortex, a critical region in emotional regulation, and this region also indicated hypoconnectivity to the precuneus with a central role in modulating cognition. This study provided preliminary insights into the potential neural mechanism related to mood and cognitive dysfunctions in CRS patients.
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- Simin Lin
- Department of Radiology, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Hengyu Zhao,
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Eye Institute of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- *Correspondence: Yi Han,
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Underlying differences in resting-state activity metrics related to sensitivity to punishment. Behav Brain Res 2023; 437:114152. [PMID: 36228781 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) of personality establishes the punishment sensitivity trait as a source of variation in defensive avoidance/approach behaviors. These individual differences reflect dissimilar sensitivity and reactivity of the fight-flight-freeze and behavioral inhibition systems (FFFS/BIS). The sensitivity to punishment (SP) scale has been widely used in personality research aimed at studying the activity of these systems. Structural and functional neuroimaging studies have confirmed the core biological correlates of FFFS/BIS in humans. Nonetheless, some brain functional features derived from resting-state blood-oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) activity and its association with the punishment sensitivity dimension remain unclear. This relationship would shed light on stable neural activity patterns linked to anxiety-like behaviors and anxiety predisposition. In this study, we analyzed functional activity metrics "at rest" [e.g., regional homogeneity (ReHo) and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF)] and their relationship with SP in key FFFS/BIS regions (e.g., amygdala, hippocampus, and periaqueductal gray) in a sample of 127 healthy adults. Our results revealed a significant negative correlation between the fALFF within all these regions and the scores on SP. Our findings suggest aberrant neural activity (lower fALFF) within the brain's defense system in participants with high trait anxiety, which in turn could reflect lower FFFS/BIS activation thresholds. These neurally-located differences could lead to pathological fear/anxiety behaviors arising from the FFFS and BIS.
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Liu S, Zhang C, Meng C, Wang R, Jiang P, Cai H, Zhao W, Yu Y, Zhu J. Frequency-dependent genetic modulation of neuronal oscillations: a combined transcriptome and resting-state functional MRI study. Cereb Cortex 2022; 32:5132-5144. [PMID: 35106539 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Neuronal oscillations within certain frequency bands are assumed to associate with specific neural processes and cognitive functions. To examine this hypothesis, transcriptome-neuroimaging spatial correlation analysis was applied to resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 793 healthy individuals and gene expression data from the Allen Human Brain Atlas. We found that expression measures of 336 genes were correlated with fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) in the slow-4 band (0.027-0.073 Hz), whereas there were no expression-fALFF correlations for the other frequency bands. Furthermore, functional enrichment analyses showed that these slow-4 fALFF-related genes were mainly enriched for ion channel, synaptic function, and neuronal system as well as many neuropsychiatric disorders. Specific expression analyses demonstrated that these genes were specifically expressed in brain tissue, in neurons, and during the late stage of cortical development. Concurrently, the fALFF-related genes were linked to multiple behavioral domains, including dementia, attention, and emotion. In addition, these genes could construct a protein-protein interaction network supported by 30 hub genes. Our findings of a frequency-dependent genetic modulation of spontaneous neuronal activity may support the concept that neuronal oscillations within different frequency bands capture distinct neurobiological processes from the perspective of underlying molecular mechanisms.
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- Siyu Liu
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Department of Radiology, Anhui No.2 Provincial People's Hospital, Hefei 230041, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China.,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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Li Y, Jiang L. State and Trait Anxiety Share Common Network Topological Mechanisms of Human Brain. Front Neuroinform 2022; 16:859309. [PMID: 35811997 PMCID: PMC9260038 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2022.859309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Anxiety is a future-oriented unpleasant and negative mental state induced by distant and potential threats. It could be subdivided into momentary state anxiety and stable trait anxiety, which play a complex and combined role in our mental and physical health. However, no studies have systematically investigated whether these two different dimensions of anxiety share a common or distinct topological mechanism of human brain network. In this study, we used macroscale human brain morphological similarity network and functional connectivity network as well as their spatial and temporal variations to explore the topological properties of state and trait anxiety. Our results showed that state and trait anxiety were both negatively correlated with the coefficient of variation of nodal efficiency in the left frontal eyes field of volume network; state and trait anxiety were both positively correlated with the median and mode of pagerank centrality distribution in the right insula for both static and dynamic functional networks. In summary, our study confirmed that state and trait anxiety shared common human brain network topological mechanisms in the insula and the frontal eyes field, which were involved in preliminary cognitive processing stage of anxiety. Our study also demonstrated that the common brain network topological mechanisms had high spatiotemporal robustness and would enhance our understanding of human brain temporal and spatial organization.
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- Yubin Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Lili Jiang
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Xu YL, Wang XY, Chen J, Kang M, Wang YX, Zhang LJ, Shu HY, Liao XL, Zou J, Wei H, Ling Q, Shao Y. Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity Patterns of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction in Severely Obese Population Measured Using the Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:914039. [PMID: 35633781 PMCID: PMC9130486 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.914039] [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: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Utilizing the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) technique, this study sought to correlate spontaneous cerebral abnormalities with the clinical manifestations of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) in severely obese (SO) population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twelve MGD patients in SO population (PATs) (4 males and 8 females) and twelve healthy controls (HCs) (6 males and 6 females) matched by gender and age were enrolled. Every participant underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-MRI) scanning. Spontaneous cerebral activity alterations were examined using the fALFF method. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were utilized to classify the medial fALFF values of the PATs and HCs. PATs were also asked to complete anxiety and depression score forms, permitting a correlation analysis. RESULTS In contrast with HCs, PATs had prominently increased fALFF values in the left lingual gyrus, the right globus pallidus, the right anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri and the left middle occipital lobe (P < 0.05), and decreased fALFF values in the right cerebellum, the left fusiform gyrus, the right medial orbitofrontal gyrus, the left triangle inferior frontal gyrus and the left inferior parietal gyrus (P < 0.05). The results of the ROC curve indicated that changes in regional fALFF values might help diagnose MGD in SO population. Moreover, fALFF values in the right cerebellum of PATs were positively correlated with hospital anxiety and depression scores (HADS) (r = 0.723, P = 0.008). The fALFF values in the left triangle inferior frontal gyrus of PAT were negatively correlated with HADS (r = -0.651, P = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS Aberrant spontaneous activity was observed in multiple regions of the cerebrum, offering helpful information about the pathology of MGD in SO population. Aberrant fALFF values in these regions likely relates to the latent pathologic mechanisms of anomalous cerebral activities in PATs.
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- Yu-Ling Xu
- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Xiao Y, Zhao L, Wang D, Xue SW, Tan Z, Lan Z, Kuai C, Wang Y, Li H, Pan C, Fu S, Hu X. Effective Connectivity of Right Amygdala Subregions Predicts Symptom Improvement Following 12-Week Pharmacological Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:742102. [PMID: 34588954 PMCID: PMC8473745 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.742102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The low rates of treatment response still exist in the pharmacological therapy of major depressive disorder (MDD). Exploring an optimal neurological predictor of symptom improvement caused by pharmacotherapy is urgently needed for improving response to treatment. The amygdala is closely related to the pathological mechanism of MDD and is expected to be a predictor of the treatment. However, previous studies ignored the heterogeneousness and lateralization of amygdala. Therefore, this study mainly aimed to explore whether the right amygdala subregion function at baseline can predict symptom improvement after 12-week pharmacotherapy in MDD patients. We performed granger causality analysis (GCA) to identify abnormal effective connectivity (EC) of right amygdala subregions in MDD and compared the EC strength before and after 12-week pharmacological therapy. The results show that the abnormal EC mainly concentrated on the frontolimbic circuitry and default mode network (DMN). With relief of the clinical symptom, these abnormal ECs also change toward normalization. In addition, the EC strength of right amygdala subregions at baseline showed significant predictive ability for symptom improvement using a regularized least-squares regression predict model. These findings indicated that the EC of right amygdala subregions may be functionally related in symptom improvement of MDD. It may aid us to understand the neurological mechanism of pharmacotherapy and can be used as a promising predictor for symptom improvement in MDD.
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- Yang Xiao
- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Mental Health Center and Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Mental Health Center and Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Wu SJ, Qiu P, Li P, Li Z, Li WL. A near-infrared spectroscopy-based end-point determination method for the blending process of Dahuang soda tablets. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2020; 21:897-910. [PMID: 33150773 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b2000417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study is aimed to explore the blending process of Dahuang soda tablets. These are composed of two active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs, emodin and emodin methyl ether) and four kinds of excipients (sodium bicarbonate, starch, sucrose, and magnesium stearate). Also, the objective is to develop a more robust model to determine the blending end-point. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative methods based on near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy were established to monitor the homogeneity of the powder during the blending process. A calibration set consisting of samples from 15 batches was used to develop two types of calibration models with the partial least squares regression (PLSR) method to explore the influence of density on the model robustness. The principal component analysis-moving block standard deviation (PCA-MBSD) method was used for the end-point determination of the blending with the process spectra. RESULTS The model with different densities showed better prediction performance and robustness than the model with fixed powder density. In addition, the blending end-points of APIs and excipients were inconsistent because of the differences in the physical properties and chemical contents among the materials of the design batches. For the complex systems of multi-components, using the PCA-MBSD method to determine the blending end-point of each component is difficult. In these conditions, a quantitative method is a more suitable alternative. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrated that the effect of density plays an important role in improving the performance of the model, and a robust modeling method has been developed.
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- Si-Jun Wu
- College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.,State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- Hunan Zhengqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., Huaihua 418005, China
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- Langtian Pharmaceutical (Hubei) Co., Ltd., Huangshi 435000, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.,State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.,State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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Koyama MS, Molfese PJ, Milham MP, Mencl WE, Pugh KR. Thalamus is a common locus of reading, arithmetic, and IQ: Analysis of local intrinsic functional properties. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2020; 209:104835. [PMID: 32738503 PMCID: PMC8087146 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Neuroimaging studies of basic achievement skills - reading and arithmetic - often control for the effect of IQ to identify unique neural correlates of each skill. This may underestimate possible effects of common factors between achievement and IQ measures on neuroimaging results. Here, we simultaneously examined achievement (reading and arithmetic) and IQ measures in young adults, aiming to identify MRI correlates of their common factors. Resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) data were analyzed using two metrics assessing local intrinsic functional properties; regional homogeneity (ReHo) and fractional amplitude low frequency fluctuation (fALFF), measuring local intrinsic functional connectivity and intrinsic functional activity, respectively. ReHo highlighted the thalamus/pulvinar (a subcortical region implied for selective attention) as a common locus for both achievement skills and IQ. More specifically, the higher the ReHo values, the lower the achievement and IQ scores. For fALFF, the left superior parietal lobule, part of the dorsal attention network, was positively associated with reading and IQ. Collectively, our results highlight attention-related regions, particularly the thalamus/pulvinar as a key region related to individual differences in performance on all the three measures. ReHo in the thalamus/pulvinar may serve as a tool to examine brain mechanisms underlying a comorbidity of reading and arithmetic difficulties, which could co-occur with weakness in general intellectual abilities.
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- Maki S Koyama
- Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA; Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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- Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA; Section on Functional Imaging Methods, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA; Center for Biomedical Imagingand Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, USA.
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- Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, New Haven, CT, USA; University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Yang C, Zhang Y, Lu M, Ren J, Li Z. White Matter Structural Brain Connectivity of Young Healthy Individuals With High Trait Anxiety. Front Neurol 2020; 10:1421. [PMID: 32116992 PMCID: PMC7031248 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background: Although functional brain connectivity in anxiety-related disorders has been studied, brain connectivity in non-clinical populations with high trait anxiety has been rarely reported. Whether structural brain connectivity changes in young healthy individuals with high trait anxiety remains unknown. Methods: Thirty-eight young healthy individuals with high anxiety levels and 34 healthy subjects with low anxiety levels who were matched by age, gender, and educational level were recruited. Diffusion tensor images were acquired to analyze white matter connectivity. A two-sample t-test was used for group comparison of weighted networks and graph properties. Results: Different connections were detected in fractional anisotropy- and fiber number-weighted networks. These connections were widely distributed in various regions, where relative significance was located in the inter-hemispheric frontal lobe, the frontal-limbic lobe in the right intra-hemisphere, and the frontal-temporal lobe in the ipsilateral hemisphere. However, no significant difference was found in fiber length-weighted network and in graph properties among the three networks. Conclusions: The structural connectivity of white matter may be a vulnerability marker. Hence, healthy individuals with high trait anxiety levels are susceptible to anxiety-related psychopathology. The findings may help elucidate the pathological mechanism of anxiety and establish interventions for populations susceptible to anxiety disorders.
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- Chunlan Yang
- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Wang S, Zhao Y, Zhang L, Wang X, Wang X, Cheng B, Luo K, Gong Q. Stress and the brain: Perceived stress mediates the impact of the superior frontal gyrus spontaneous activity on depressive symptoms in late adolescence. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:4982-4993. [PMID: 31397949 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Identifying factors for the prediction of depression is a long-standing research topic in psychiatry and psychology. Perceived stress, which reflects the tendency to appraise one's life situations as stressful and overwhelming, has emerged as a stable predictor for depressive symptoms. However, the neurobiological bases of perceived stress and how perceived stress influences depressive symptoms in the healthy brain remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated these issues in 217 healthy adolescents by estimating the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFFs) via resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. A whole-brain correlation analysis showed that higher levels of perceived stress were associated with greater fALFF in the left superior frontal gyrus (SFG), which is a core brain region for cognitive control and emotion regulation-related processes. Mediation analysis further indicated that perceived stress mediated the link between the fALFF in the left SFG and depressive symptoms. Importantly, our results remained significant even when excluding the influences of head motion, anxiety, SFG gray matter structure, and school environment. Altogether, our findings suggested that the fALFF in the left SFG is a neurofunctional marker of perceived stress in adolescents and revealed a potential indirect effect of perceived stress on the association between the SFG spontaneous activity and depressive symptoms.
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- Song Wang
- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- Psychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, China.,Psychoradiology Research Unit of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2018RU011), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Wang S, Zhao Y, Cheng B, Wang X, Yang X, Chen T, Suo X, Gong Q. The optimistic brain: Trait optimism mediates the influence of resting-state brain activity and connectivity on anxiety in late adolescence. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:3943-3955. [PMID: 29923264 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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As a hot research topic in the field of psychology and psychiatry, trait optimism reflects the tendency to expect positive outcomes in the future. Consistent evidence has demonstrated the role of trait optimism in reducing anxiety among different populations. However, less is known about the neural bases of trait optimism and the underlying mechanisms for how trait optimism protects against anxiety in the healthy brain. In this investigation, we examined these issues in 231 healthy adolescent students by assessing resting-state brain activity (i.e., fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations, fALFF) and connectivity (i.e., resting-state functional connectivity, RSFC). Whole-brain correlation analyses revealed that higher levels of trait optimism were linked with decreased fALFF in the right orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and increased RSFC between the right OFC and left supplementary motor cortex (SMC). Mediation analyses further showed that trait optimism mediated the influence of the right OFC activity and the OFC-SMC connectivity on anxiety. Our results remained significant even after excluding the impact of head motion, positive and negative affect and depression. Taken together, this study reveals that fALFF and RSFC are functional neural markers of trait optimism and provides a brain-personality-symptom pathway for protection against anxiety in which fALFF and RSFC affect anxiety through trait optimism.
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- Song Wang
- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, 610036, China
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- School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, 610036, China
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- School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,Department of Psychoradiology, Chengdu Mental Health Center, Chengdu, 610036, China.,Department of Psychology, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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