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Unal GA, Kenar ANI. Association of Age and Response to Methylphenidate HCL Treatment in Adult ADHD: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2024; 20:317-324. [PMID: 38405424 PMCID: PMC10893786 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s442655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Purpose This study investigated the age-dependent effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on brain metabolites including choline (Cho), N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and creatine (Cr) levels in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), striatum, cerebellum, and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) regions of the brain in adult patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Patients and Methods The study was included 60 patients with ADHD between the ages of 18 and 60 years. The patients were grouped with respect to their ages as follows: 18-24 years, 25-30 years, and 31 and over years. Levels of NAA, Cr and Cho in DLPFC, ACC, cerebellum and striatum were measured with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Subjects were then given 10 mg of oral MPH and the same metabolite levels were measured 30 minutes apart. Results Twelve (20%) of the cases were female and 48 (80%) were male. The age distribution of the cases is as follows: 15 subjects between the ages of 18-24, 26 subjects between the ages of 25-30 and 19 subjects over the age of 30. NAA levels were higher after MPH in the DLPFC of the 18-24 age group (p = 0.016) and in the cerebellum of the 25-30 age group (p = 0.041). No increase in Cho and Cr levels was observed after treatment compared to before (p > 0.05). Conclusion It is thought that treatment of MPH can be effective on metabolites in different brain regions and this effect can vary upon age adult ADHD patients. After MPH treatment, both the 18-24 age group (in the DLPFC) and the 25-30 age group (in the cerebellum) was detected significantly higher NAA levels compared to pre-treatment levels. This increase in NAA levels suggested that pharmacotherapy, especially at early ages, may be effective on neuronal damage.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Zacharopoulos G, Sella F, Emir U, Cohen Kadosh R. Dissecting the chain of information processing and its interplay with neurochemicals and fluid intelligence across development. eLife 2023; 12:e84086. [PMID: 37772958 PMCID: PMC10541179 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Previous research has highlighted the role of glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks. However, the exact involvement of these neurochemical mechanisms in the chain of information processing, and across human development, is unclear. In a cross-sectional longitudinal design, we used a computational approach to dissociate cognitive, decision, and visuomotor processing in 293 individuals spanning early childhood to adulthood. We found that glutamate and GABA within the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) explained unique variance in visuomotor processing, with higher glutamate predicting poorer visuomotor processing in younger participants but better visuomotor processing in mature participants, while GABA showed the opposite pattern. These findings, which were neurochemically, neuroanatomically and functionally specific, were replicated ~21 mo later and were generalized in two further different behavioral tasks. Using resting functional MRI, we revealed that the relationship between IPS neurochemicals and visuomotor processing is mediated by functional connectivity in the visuomotor network. We then extended our findings to high-level cognitive behavior by predicting fluid intelligence performance. We present evidence that fluid intelligence performance is explained by IPS GABA and glutamate and is mediated by visuomotor processing. However, this evidence was obtained using an uncorrected alpha and needs to be replicated in future studies. These results provide an integrative biological and psychological mechanistic explanation that links cognitive processes and neurotransmitters across human development and establishes their potential involvement in intelligent behavior.
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- George Zacharopoulos
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- School of Psychology, Swansea UniversitySwanseaUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- Centre for Mathematical Cognition, Loughborough UniversityLoughboroughUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue UniversityWest LafayetteUnited States
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- School of Psychology, University of SurreyGuildfordUnited Kingdom
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Smesny S, Gussew A, Schack S, Langbein K, Wagner G, Reichenbach JR. Neurometabolic patterns of an "at risk for mental disorders" syndrome involve abnormalities in the thalamus and anterior midcingulate cortex. Schizophr Res 2022; 243:285-295. [PMID: 32444202 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.021] [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: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ultra-high risk (UHR) paradigm allows the investigation of individuals at increased risk of developing psychotic or other mental disorders with the aim of making prevention and early intervention as specific as possible in terms of the individual outcome. METHODS Single-session 1H-/31P-Chemical Shift Imaging of thalamus, prefrontal (DLPFC) and anterior midcingulate (aMCC) cortices was applied to 69 UHR patients for psychosis and 61 matched healthy controls. N-acetylaspartate (NAA), glutamate/glutamine complex (Glx), energy (PCr, ATP) and phospholipid metabolites were assessed, analysed by ANOVA (or ANCOVA [with covariates]) and correlated with symptomatology (SCL-90R). RESULTS The thalamus showed decreased NAA, inversely correlated with self-rated aggressiveness, as well as increased PCr, and altered phospholipid breakdown. While the aMCC showed a pattern of NAA decrease and PCr increase, the DLPFC showed PCr increase only in the close-to-psychosis patient subgroup. There were no specific findings in transition patients. CONCLUSION The results do not support the notion of a specific pre-psychotic neurometabolic pattern, but likely reflect correlates of an "at risk for mental disorders syndrome". This includes disturbed neuronal (mitochondrial) metabolism in the thalamus and aMCC, with emphasis on left-sided structures, and altered PL remodeling across structures.
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- Stefan Smesny
- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Radiology, Halle University Hospital, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07740 Jena, Germany
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Desrosiers L, Saint-Jean M, Laporte L, Lord MM. Engagement complications of adolescents with borderline personality disorder: navigating through a zone of turbulence. Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul 2020; 7:18. [PMID: 32884818 PMCID: PMC7460802 DOI: 10.1186/s40479-020-00134-6] [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: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Premature treatment discontinuation is a widespread phenomenon in child and adolescent mental health services that impacts treatment benefits and costs of care. Adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are heavy users of health care services and notoriously difficult to engage in treatment. However, there is hardly any data regarding this phenomenon with these youths. Considering that BPD treatment is associated with intense and chaotic therapeutic processes, exploring barriers emerging in the course of treatment could be relevant. Thus, conceptualizing treatment dropout as a process evolving from engagement to progressive disengagement, and ultimately to dropout, could highlight the mechanisms involved. The aim of this study was to describe the process of treatment disengagement and identify warning signs that foreshadow dropouts of adolescents with BPD. METHOD A constructivist grounded theory method was used. This method has been favoured based on the assumption that the behaviours and decisions leading to disengagement may be better informed by the subjective experience of treatment. Thirty-three interviews were conducted to document 11 treatment trajectories with 3 groups of informants (9 adolescents with BPD 13-17 of age, 11 parents, and 13 clinicians). RESULTS Well before dropout occurs, different phenomena identified as "engagement complications" characterize the disengagement process. These unfold according to a three-step sequence starting with negative emotions associated with the appropriateness of treatment, the therapeutic relationship or the vicissitudes of treatment. These emotions will then generate treatment interfering attitudes that eventually evolve into openly disengaged behaviours. These complications, which may sometimes go unnoticed, punctuate the progression from treatment engagement to disengagement leading the way towards the development of a "zone of turbulence" which creates a vulnerable and unstable therapeutic process presenting risk for late dropout. CONCLUSION Engagement of adolescents with BPD is neither static nor certain, but on the contrary, subject to their fluctuating perceptions. Therefore, it can never be taken for granted. Clinicians must constantly pay attention to emergent signs of engagement complications. Maintaining the engagement of adolescents with BPD should be a therapeutic objective akin to reducing symptomatology or improving psychosocial functioning, and should therefore be given the same attention.
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- Lyne Desrosiers
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, 3351 Boul. des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7 Canada
- Centre de Recherche et d’Expertise-Jeunes en Difficulté, CIUSS Centre-sud-de-l’île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- Centre de Recherche et d’Expertise-Jeunes en Difficulté, CIUSS Centre-sud-de-l’île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec Canada
- McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, 3351 Boul. des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7 Canada
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Lei X, Zhong M, Zhang B, Yang H, Peng W, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Yao S, Tan C, Yi J. Structural and Functional Connectivity of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:971. [PMID: 31572119 PMCID: PMC6753388 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Emerging evidences supported the hypothesis that emotional dysregulation results from aberrant connectivity within the fronto-limbic neural networks in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Considering its important role in emotional regulation, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has not yet been fully explored in BPD patients. Therefore, using the seed-based resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) and probabilistic fiber tracking, we aimed to explore the alterations of functional and structural connectivity (SC) of the ACC in patients with BPD. Methods A cohort of 50 unmedicated, young BPD patients and 54 sex-, age-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) completed psychological tests and underwent rs-fMRI and diffuse tensor imaging (DTI) scanning. Rs-FC analysis and probabilistic fiber tracking were used to plot SC and FC of the ACC. Results With the left ACC selected as a seed, BPD patients exhibited increased rsFC and abnormal SC with the right middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and decreased rsFC with the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG), compared with HCs. Additionally, negative cognitive emotion regulation and depressive symptoms both correlated negatively with the rsFC of the left ACC in BPD patients. Conclusion Abnormal SC and FC of the ACC underlie the deficient emotional regulation circuitry in BPD patients. Such alterations may be important biomarkers of BPD and thus could point to potential BPD treatment targets.
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- Xiaoxia Lei
- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Medical Psychological Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Medical Psychological Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Bauer J, Werner A, Kohl W, Kugel H, Shushakova A, Pedersen A, Ohrmann P. Hyperactivity and impulsivity in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is related to glutamatergic dysfunction in the anterior cingulate cortex. World J Biol Psychiatry 2018; 19:538-546. [PMID: 27973969 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2016.1262060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is closely linked to the dysregulation of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission in the fronto-striatal neural network, including the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Additionally, increasing evidence supports the involvement of the glutamatergic system in the pathophysiology of ADHD. Impulsivity, a core symptom in patients with ADHD, has been repeatedly associated with glutamatergic neurotransmission, and pharmacological treatment of ADHD has been shown to reduce glutamate levels in the prefrontal cortex. METHODS We investigated glutamate levels in the ACC and the DLPFC in 30 adults with ADHD and 30 healthy controls using single-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy on a 3T scanner. RESULTS The ADHD group showed a significant increase in glutamate in the ACC compared to controls, no significant differences in metabolites were observed in the DLPFC. Overall, glutamate levels in the ACC were positively correlated with ADHD symptomatology, especially hyperactivity and impulsivity symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Increased levels of glutamate in the ACC, which were positively correlated with hyperactivity and impulsivity, support the hypothesis that dysfunctional glutamatergic neurotransmission is at least partially responsible for ADHD symptomatology. Modulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission might therefore be a promising avenue for future pharmacological interventions.
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- Jochen Bauer
- a Institute for Clinical Radiology, School of Medicine , University of Muenster , Germany
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- b Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine , University of Muenster , Germany
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- b Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine , University of Muenster , Germany
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- a Institute for Clinical Radiology, School of Medicine , University of Muenster , Germany
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- c Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology , University of Kiel , Germany
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- c Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology , University of Kiel , Germany
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- b Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine , University of Muenster , Germany
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Smesny S, Große J, Gussew A, Langbein K, Schönfeld N, Wagner G, Valente M, Reichenbach JR. Prefrontal glutamatergic emotion regulation is disturbed in cluster B and C personality disorders - A combined 1H/ 31P-MR spectroscopic study. J Affect Disord 2018; 227:688-697. [PMID: 29174743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Personality disorders (PD) belong to the most common and most serious mental disorders as regards social dysfunction, inability to work, occurrence of comorbidity and suicidal risk. PDs also crucially influence the incidence, clinical course and treatment response of mental disorders with high suicidal risk, such as depression or substance abuse. One key issue of PD concerns the regulation of emotions. METHODS Both 1H-/31P-Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) was applied in a single session to assess neurochemical markers of glutamate function (NAA, Glu) and local energy metabolism (PCr, ATP) in two patient cohorts encompassing 22 cluster B (CB) and 21 cluster C (CC) PD patients, whereby 10 patients of each group were on low-dose antidepressants, and in 60 healthy controls (HC). Non-parametric statistical tests and correlation analyses were performed to assess disease effects on the metabolites and their relation to symptomatology as assessed by SCL-90R self-ratings. RESULTS Overall comparison including Bonferroni correction revealed significant differences of Glu across all groups in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The following uncorrected results of pairwise tests were obtained: (i) Glu was bilaterally increased in the DLPFC in CB patients, whereas it was - together with NAA - bilaterally decreased in the DLPFC in CC patients and accompanied by increased PCr in the left DLPFC. (ii) NAA and Glu, accompanied by increased PCr, were significantly decreased in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) in CC patients. (iii) NAA was decreased in the right anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in CB patients, and in the left ACC in CC patients with PCr being increased bilaterally. (iv) No associations were observed between metabolites and psychopathology measures. CONCLUSION The observations in the DLPFC may reflect a neurobiochemical correlate of disturbed cognitive control function in CB and CC PD. While the alterations in CB patients suggest increased basal activity, the observed patterns in CC patients likely reflect decreased or inhibited activity. The alterations of NAA and Glu levels in the ACC and DMPFC indirectly support the assumption of disturbed neuronal function in regions involved in social cognition and mentalizing abilities in both CB and CC PD. Further studies should include the investigation of metabolites of neuronal inhibition (GABA) and the examination of treatment effects.
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- Stefan Smesny
- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07740 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum am Weissenhof, D-74189 Weinsberg, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, D-07740 Jena, Germany
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder with a multifactorial etiology. The development and maintenance of BPD is sustained by diverse neurobiological factors that contribute to the disorder's complex clinical phenotype. These factors may be identified using a range of techniques to probe alterations in brain systems that underlie BPD. We systematically searched the scientific literature for empirical studies on the neurobiology of BPD, identifying 146 articles in three broad research areas: neuroendocrinology and biological specimens; structural neuroimaging; and functional neuroimaging. We consolidate the results of these studies and provide an integrative model that attempts to incorporate the heterogeneous findings. The model specifies interactions among endogenous stress hormones, neurometabolism, and brain structures and circuits involved in emotion and cognition. The role of the amygdala in BPD is expanded to consider its functions in coordinating the brain's dynamic evaluation of the relevance of emotional stimuli in the context of an individual's goals and motivations. Future directions for neurobiological research on BPD are discussed, including implications for the Research Domain Criteria framework, accelerating genetics research by incorporating endophenotypes and gene × environment interactions, and exploring novel applications of neuroscience findings to treatment research.
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Ende G, Cackowski S, Van Eijk J, Sack M, Demirakca T, Kleindienst N, Bohus M, Sobanski E, Krause-Utz A, Schmahl C. Impulsivity and Aggression in Female BPD and ADHD Patients: Association with ACC Glutamate and GABA Concentrations. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016; 41:410-8. [PMID: 26040503 PMCID: PMC5130117 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are both characterized by high impulsivity and difficulties in controlling anger and aggression. In BPD, comorbid ADHD may further increase impulsivity. For both disorders, altered MR spectroscopy levels of the neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA as well as some correlations with impulsivity were previously reported. The objective of this study was to investigate the neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA in relation to impulsivity and aggression as expressed in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in groups of female patients with BPD and ADHD, respectively. Associations of glutamate and GABA levels with further BPD (symptom severity) and ADHD aspects (hyperactivity and inattention) were exploratively evaluated. 1H MR spectra were acquired at 3T to determine glutamate to total creatine ratios (Glu/tCr) and GABA levels from the ACC in a BPD group (n=26), an ADHD group (n=22), and a healthy control (HC) group (n=30); all participants were females. Both patient groups showed higher scores on self-reported impulsivity, anger, and aggression compared with HCs. ACC GABA levels were significantly lower in ADHD than HC. Although measures of impulsivity were positively related to glutamate and negatively to GABA, for aggression only a negative correlation with GABA could be demonstrated. These data provide human in vivo evidence for the role of ACC Glu/tCr and GABA in impulsivity and aggression. If distinct associations of Glu/tCr and GABA for BPD and ADHD can be confirmed in future studies, this might yield implications for more specific pharmacological treatments.
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- Gabriele Ende
- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany,Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, J5, Mannheim D-68159, Germany. Tel: +49 621 1703 2971; Fax: +49 621 1703 702971; E-mail:
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Clinical, neuropsychological and structural convergences and divergences between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder: A systematic review. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two of the most common neuropsychiatric diseases in paediatric populations. The high comorbidity of ADHD and OCD with each other, especially of ADHD in paediatric OCD, is well described. OCD and ADHD often follow a chronic course with persistent rates of at least 40–50 %. Family studies showed high heritability in ADHD and OCD, and some genetic findings showed similar variants for both disorders of the same pathogenetic mechanisms, whereas other genetic findings may differentiate between ADHD and OCD. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies suggest that partly similar executive functions are affected in both disorders. The deficits in the corresponding brain networks may be responsible for the perseverative, compulsive symptoms in OCD but also for the disinhibited and impulsive symptoms characterizing ADHD. This article reviews the current literature of neuroimaging, neurochemical circuitry, neuropsychological and genetic findings considering similarities as well as differences between OCD and ADHD.
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Prepuberal intranasal dopamine treatment in an animal model of ADHD ameliorates deficient spatial attention, working memory, amino acid transmitters and synaptic markers in prefrontal cortex, ventral and dorsal striatum. Amino Acids 2014; 46:2105-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1753-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Age-related change of neurochemical abnormality in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:1692-701. [PMID: 23735885 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Prevalence and symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) change with advancing age. However, neurochemical background of such age-related change is yet to be elucidated. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis of 16 proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies comprising 270 individuals with ADHD and 235 controls. Standardized mean differences were calculated and used as an effect size. Sensitivity analyses and meta-regression to explore the effect of age on neurochemical abnormality were performed. A random effects model identified a significantly higher-than-normal N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but no significant differences of other metabolites in that area. No significant difference in metabolite levels was demonstrated in any other region. Sensitivity analysis of children with ADHD revealed significantly higher-than-normal NAA, whereas no significant difference was found in adults with ADHD. Meta-regression revealed significant correlation between advanced age and normal levels of NAA in the mPFC, suggesting that age-dependent abnormality of NAA level in the mPFC is a potential neural basis of age-related change of symptoms of ADHD.
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Tebartz van Elst L, Krishnamoorthy ES, Schulze-Bonhage A, Altenmüller DM, Richter H, Ebert D, Feige B. Local area network inhibition: a model of a potentially important paraepileptic pathomechanism in neuropsychiatric disorders. Epilepsy Behav 2011; 22:231-9. [PMID: 21784710 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Electroencephalographic abnormalities in the absence of any other major laboratory or imaging findings are a frequently encountered phenomenon in many psychiatric disorders. In some cases, clear-cut interictal epileptiform EEG abnormalities in patients with classic primary psychiatric disorders lead to referrals to epilepsy departments for diagnostic evaluation. Although video/EEG telemetry in these cases generally proves that there is no direct temporal link between the EEG pathologies and psychiatric symptoms, and therefore the psychiatric syndrome cannot be regarded as epilepsy, the relevance of the EEG abnormalities remains open to discussion. In this article we put forward the model of a paraepileptic pathomechanism, which might explain the pathogenetic role of such EEG pathologies, at least in subgroups of such patients. We propose that ictal or nonictal epileptic neurophysiological activity can lead to local area neuronal network inhibition (LANI). In this model clinical symptoms are related not to the excitatory epileptiform abnormalities themselves, but to the extent, site, and dynamics of the resulting local neuronal network inhibition. The LANI hypothesis is capable of explaining the complex relationship between EEG abnormalities and clinical symptoms in different neuropsychiatric syndromes and can be verified and falsified in empirical research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ludger Tebartz van Elst
- Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
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Goodman M, Hazlett EA, Avedon JB, Siever DR, Chu KW, New AS. Anterior cingulate volume reduction in adolescents with borderline personality disorder and co-morbid major depression. J Psychiatr Res 2011; 45:803-7. [PMID: 21145068 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious illness characterized by emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and impaired interpersonal relationships. Prior work shows the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG)-a region primarily involved in assessing the salience of emotional information and regulating emotional responses--is smaller in adults with BPD. We tested the hypothesis that, similar to adults, adolescents with BPD would have reduced Brodmann area (BA)-24 volume. Thirteen adolescent inpatients with co-morbid BPD and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and 13 matched healthy controls received 3T-MRI scans. Using a cytoarchitecturally-derived approach measuring gray and white matter volume, we observed a Group × Cingulate BA (25,24,31,23,29) × Matter (gray, white) type interaction indicating the BPD/MDD adolescents had smaller BA24 volume in gray but not white matter. Greater number of suicide attempts and BPD symptom severity measured by the Diagnostic Interview for BPD-revised (DIB-R) total score but not depressive symptoms measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was associated with smaller BA24 volume. Our preliminary findings suggest that BPD-related abnormalities in BA24 volume may occur early in the developmental course of BPD with MDD. Future studies examining samples of MDD patients with and without BPD co-morbidity will be needed to clarify whether BA24 volume reductions are specific to BPD.
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- Marianne Goodman
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10468,USA.
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Dramsdahl M, Ersland L, Plessen KJ, Haavik J, Hugdahl K, Specht K. Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Front Psychiatry 2011; 2:65. [PMID: 22131979 PMCID: PMC3222884 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Impaired cognitive control in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be related to a prefrontal cortical glutamatergic deficit. We assessed the glutamate level in the left and the right midfrontal region including the anterior cingulate cortex in adults with ADHD and healthy controls. METHODS Twenty-nine adults with ADHD and 38 healthy controls were included. We used Proton Magnetic Resonance Imaging with single voxel point-resolved spectroscopy to measure the ratio of glutamate to creatine (Glu/Cre) in the left and the right midfrontal region in the two groups. RESULTS The ADHD group showed a significant reduction of Glu/Cre in the left midfrontal region compared to the controls. CONCLUSION The reduction of Glu/Cre in the left midfrontal region in the ADHD group may reflect a glutamatergic deficit in prefrontal neuronal circuitry in adults with ADHD, resulting in problems with cognitive control.
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