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Liang G, Li X, Yuan H, Sun M, Qin S, Wei B. Abnormal static and dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in multiple brain regions of methamphetamine abstainers. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2023; 20:13318-13333. [PMID: 37501489 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2023593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Methamphetamine (meth) addiction is a significant social and public health problem worldwide. The relapse rate of meth abstainers is significantly high, but the underlying physiological mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, in this study, we performed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) analysis to detect differences in the spontaneous neural activity between the meth abstainers and the healthy controls, and identify the physiological mechanisms underlying the high relapse rate among the meth abstainers. The fluctuations and time variations in the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal of the local brain activity was analyzed from the pre-processed rs-fMRI data of 11 meth abstainers and 11 healthy controls and estimated the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and the dynamic ALFF (dALFF). In comparison with the healthy controls, meth abstainers showed higher ALFF in the anterior central gyrus, posterior central gyrus, trigonal-inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus, and the insula, and reduced ALFF in the paracentral lobule and middle occipital gyrus. Furthermore, the meth abstainers showed significantly reduced dALFF in the supplementary motor area, orbital inferior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, medial superior frontal gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, insula, middle temporal gyrus, anterior central gyrus, and the cerebellum compared to the healthy controls ($ P < 0.05 $). These data showed abnormal spontaneous neural activity in several brain regions related to the cognitive, executive, and other social functions in the meth abstainers and potentially represent the underlying physiological mechanisms that are responsible for the high relapse rate. In conclusion, a combination of ALFF and dALFF analytical methods can be used to estimate abnormal spontaneous brain activity in the meth abstainers and make a more reasonable explanation for the high relapse rate of meth abstainers.
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- Guixiang Liang
- Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Affiliation Shandong Detoxification Monitoring and Treatment Institute, Zibo 255000, China
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- Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao 266000, China
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Ji J, Liu YY, Wu GW, Hu YL, Liang CH, Wang XD. Changes in dynamic and static brain fluctuation distinguish minimal hepatic encephalopathy and cirrhosis patients and predict the severity of liver damage. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1077808. [PMID: 37056312 PMCID: PMC10086246 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1077808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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PurposeMinimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is characterized by mild neuropsychological and neurophysiological alterations that are not detectable by routine clinical examination. Abnormal brain activity (in terms of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) has been observed in MHE patients. However, little is known concerning temporal dynamics of intrinsic brain activity. The present study aimed to investigate the abnormal dynamics of brain activity (dynamic ALFF; dALFF) and static measures [static ALFF; (sALFF)] in MHE patients and to strive for a reliable imaging neuromarkers for distinguishing MHE patients from cirrhosis patients. In addition, the present study also investigated whether intrinsic brain activity predicted the severity of liver damage.MethodsThirty-four cirrhosis patients with MHE, 28 cirrhosis patients without MHE, and 33 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent resting-state magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). dALFF was estimated by combining the ALFF method with the sliding-window method, in which temporal variability was quantized over the whole-scan timepoints and then compared among the three groups. Additionally, dALFF, sALFF and both two features were utilized as classification features in a support vector machine (SVM) to distinguish MHE patients from cirrhosis patients. The severity of liver damage was reflected by the Child–Pugh score. dALFF, sALFF and both two features were used to predict Child–Pugh scores in MHE patients using a general linear model.ResultsCompared with HCs, MHE patients showed significantly increased dALFF in the left inferior occipital gyrus, right middle occipital gyrus, and right insula; increased dALFF was also observed in the right posterior lobe of the cerebellum (CPL) and right thalamus. Compared with HCs, noMHE patients exhibited decreased dALFF in the right precuneus. In contrast, compared with noMHE patients, MHE patients showed increased dALFF in the right precuneus, right superior frontal gyrus, and right superior occipital gyrus. Furthermore, the increased dALFF values in the left precuneus were positively associated with poor digit-symbol test (DST) scores (r = 0.356, p = 0.038); however, dALFF in the right inferior temporal gyrus (ITG) was negatively associated with the number connection test–A (NCT-A) scores (r = -0.784, p = 0.000). A significant positive correlation was found between dALFF in the left inferior occipital gyrus (IOG) and high blood ammonia levels (r = 0.424, p = 0.012). Notably, dALFF values yielded a higher classification accuracy than sALFF values in distinguishing MHE patients from cirrhosis patients. Importantly, the dALFF values predicted the Child–Pugh score (r = 0.140, p = 0.030), whereas sALFF values did not in the current dataset. Combining two features had high accuracy in classification in distinguishing MHE patients from cirrhotic patients and yielded prediction in the severity of liver damage.ConclusionThese findings suggest that combining dALFF and sALFF features is a useful neuromarkers for distinguishing MHE patients from cirrhosis patients and highlights the important role of dALFF feature in predicting the severity of liver damage in MHE.
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- Jiang Ji
- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, Xinxiang, China
- *Correspondence: Chang-Hua Liang,
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- Xiao-dong Wang,
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Li Q, Xu X, Qian Y, Cai H, Zhao W, Zhu J, Yu Y. Resting-state brain functional alterations and their genetic mechanisms in drug-naive first-episode psychosis. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 9:13. [PMID: 36841861 PMCID: PMC9968350 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-023-00338-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Extensive research has established the presence of resting-state brain functional damage in psychosis. However, the genetic mechanisms of such disease phenotype are yet to be unveiled. We investigated resting-state brain functional alterations in patients with drug-naive first-episode psychosis (DFP) by performing a neuroimaging meta-analysis of 8 original studies comprising 500 patients and 469 controls. Combined with the Allen Human Brain Atlas, we further conducted transcriptome-neuroimaging spatial correlations to identify genes whose expression levels were linked to brain functional alterations in DFP, followed by a range of gene functional characteristic analyses. Meta-analysis revealed a mixture of increased and decreased brain function in widespread areas including the default-mode, visual, motor, striatal, and cerebellar systems in DFP. Moreover, these brain functional alterations were spatially associated with the expression of 1662 genes, which were enriched for molecular functions, cellular components, and biological processes of the cerebral cortex, as well as psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. Specific expression analyses demonstrated that these genes were specifically expressed in the brain tissue, in cortical neurons and immune cells, and during nearly all developmental periods. Concurrently, the genes could construct a protein-protein interaction network supported by hub genes and were linked to multiple behavioral domains including emotion, attention, perception, and motor. Our findings provide empirical evidence for the notion that brain functional damage in DFP involves a complex interaction of polygenes with various functional characteristics.
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- Qian Li
- grid.459419.4Department of Radiology, Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 238000 Hefei, China ,grid.412679.f0000 0004 1771 3402Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022 Hefei, China ,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032 Hefei, China ,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032 Hefei, China
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- grid.412679.f0000 0004 1771 3402Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022 Hefei, China ,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032 Hefei, China ,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032 Hefei, China
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- grid.412679.f0000 0004 1771 3402Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022 Hefei, China ,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032 Hefei, China ,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032 Hefei, China
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- grid.412679.f0000 0004 1771 3402Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022 Hefei, China ,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032 Hefei, China ,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032 Hefei, China
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- grid.412679.f0000 0004 1771 3402Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022 Hefei, China ,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032 Hefei, China ,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032 Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022, Hefei, China. .,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032, Hefei, China. .,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032, Hefei, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230022, Hefei, China. .,Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, 230032, Hefei, China. .,Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, 230032, Hefei, China.
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Zhang ZF, Bo QJ, Li F, Zhao L, Gao P, Wang Y, Liu R, Chen XY, Wang CY, Zhou Y. Altered frequency-specific/universal amplitude characteristics of spontaneous brain oscillations in patients with bipolar disorder. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 36:103207. [PMID: 36162237 PMCID: PMC9668601 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The human brain is a dynamic system with intrinsic oscillations in spontaneous neural activity. Whether the dynamic characteristics of these spontaneous oscillations are differentially altered across different frequency bands in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) remains unclear. This study recruited 65 patients with BD and 85 healthy controls (HCs). The entire frequency range of resting-state fMRI data was decomposed into four frequency intervals. Two-way repeated-measures ANCOVA was employed to detect frequency-specific/universal alterations in the dynamic oscillation amplitude in BD. The patients were then divided into two subgroups according to their mood states to explore whether these alterations were independent of their mood states. Finally, other window sizes, step sizes, and window types were tested to replicate all analyses. Frequency-specific abnormality of the dynamic oscillation amplitude was detected within the posterior medial parietal cortex (centered at the precuneus extending to the posterior cingulate cortex). This specific profile indicates decreased amplitudes in the lower frequency bands (slow-5/4) and no amplitude changes in the higher frequency bands (slow-3/2) compared with HCs. Frequency-universal abnormalities of the dynamic oscillation amplitude were also detectable, indicating increased amplitudes in the thalamus and left cerebellum anterior lobe but decreased amplitudes in the medial superior frontal gyrus. These alterations were independent of the patients' mood states and replicable across multiple analytic and parametric settings. In short, frequency-specific/universal amplitude characteristics of spontaneous oscillations were observed in patients with BD. These abnormal characteristics have important implications for specific functional changes in BD from multiple frequency and dynamic perspectives.
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- Zhi-Fang Zhang
- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Corresponding authors at: The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders and Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 5 Ankang Lane, Dewai Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China (C.-Y. Wang). CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, No. 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PR China (Y. Zhou).
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China,Corresponding authors at: The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders and Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 5 Ankang Lane, Dewai Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China (C.-Y. Wang). CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, No. 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PR China (Y. Zhou).
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Jiang R, Scheinost D, Zuo N, Wu J, Qi S, Liang Q, Zhi D, Luo N, Chung Y, Liu S, Xu Y, Sui J, Calhoun V. A Neuroimaging Signature of Cognitive Aging from Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2201621. [PMID: 35811304 PMCID: PMC9403648 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Cognitive decline is amongst one of the most commonly reported complaints during normal aging. Despite evidence that age and cognition are linked with similar neural correlates, no previous studies have directly ascertained how these two constructs overlap in the brain in terms of neuroimaging-based prediction. Based on a long lifespan healthy cohort (CamCAN, aged 19-89 years, n = 567), it is shown that both cognitive function (domains spanning executive function, emotion processing, motor function, and memory) and human age can be reliably predicted from unique patterns of functional connectivity, with models generalizable in two external datasets (n = 533 and n = 453). Results show that cognitive decline and normal aging both manifest decrease within-network connections (especially default mode and ventral attention networks) and increase between-network connections (somatomotor network). Whereas dorsal attention network is an exception, which is highly predictive on cognitive ability but is weakly correlated with aging. Further, the positively weighted connections in predicting fluid intelligence significantly mediate its association with age. Together, these findings offer insights into why normal aging is often associated with cognitive decline in terms of brain network organization, indicating a process of neural dedifferentiation and compensational theory.
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- Rongtao Jiang
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingYale School of MedicineNew HavenCT06520USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingYale School of MedicineNew HavenCT06520USA
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience ProgramYale UniversityNew HavenCT06520USA
- Department of Statistics and Data ScienceYale UniversityNew HavenCT06520USA
- Child Study CenterYale School of MedicineNew HavenCT06510USA
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern RecognitionInstitute of AutomationChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Department of Medical OncologyBeijing You‐An HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijing100069P. R. China
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- College of Computer Science and TechnologyNanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsNanjing211106P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringYale UniversityNew HavenCT06520USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100088P. R. China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern RecognitionInstitute of AutomationChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Department of PsychiatryJeonbuk National University Medical SchoolJeonju54907Republic of Korea
- Department of PsychiatryChonbuk National University HospitalJeonju54907Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and MDT Center for Cognitive Impairment and Sleep DisordersFirst HospitalFirst Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan030001P. R. China
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- Department of Psychiatry and MDT Center for Cognitive Impairment and Sleep DisordersFirst HospitalFirst Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan030001P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100088P. R. China
- Tri‐institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS)Georgia Institute of TechnologyEmory University and Georgia State UniversityAtlantaGA30303USA
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- Tri‐institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS)Georgia Institute of TechnologyEmory University and Georgia State UniversityAtlantaGA30303USA
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Association of reduced local activities in the default mode and sensorimotor networks with clinical characteristics in first-diagnosed of schizophrenia. Neuroscience 2022; 495:47-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zhang L, Zhang R, Han S, Womer FY, Wei Y, Duan J, Chang M, Li C, Feng R, Liu J, Zhao P, Jiang X, Wei S, Yin Z, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Tang Y, Wang F. Three major psychiatric disorders share specific dynamic alterations of intrinsic brain activity. Schizophr Res 2022; 243:322-329. [PMID: 34244046 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increasing evidence suggests that major psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ) share biological, neuropsychological and clinical features, despite the criteria for their respective diagnoses being different. Neuroimaging studies have shown disrupted 'static' neural connectivity in these disorders. However, the changes in brain dynamics across the three psychiatric disorders remain unknown. METHODS We aim to examine the connections and divergencies of the dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (dALFF) in MDD, BD and SZ. In total, 901 participants [MDD, 229; BD, 146; SZ, 142; and healthy controls (HCs), 384] received resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The dALFF was calculated using sliding-window analysis and compared across three psychiatric disorders. RESULTS We found significant increases of dALFF in the right fusiform, right hippocampus, right parahippocampal in participants with MDD, BD and SZ compared to HC. We also found specific increased dALFF changes in caudate and left thalamus for SZ and BD and decreased dALFF changes in calcarine and lingual for SZ and MDD. CONCLUSION Our study found significant intrinsic brain activity changes in the limbic system and primary visual area in MDD, BD, and SZ, which indicates these areas disruptions are core neurobiological features shared among three psychiatric disorders. Meanwhile, our findings also indicate that specific alterations in MDD, BD, and SZ provide neuroimaging evidence for the differential diagnosis of the three mental disorders.
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- Luheng Zhang
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China; School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China; Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China.
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Fu W, Bai Y, He F, Wei D, Wang Y, Shi Y, An X, Han J, Wang X. The Association Between Precuneus Function and Residual Dizziness in Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Front Neurol 2022; 13:828642. [PMID: 35493847 PMCID: PMC9039311 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.828642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to apply the amplitude of the low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) method to investigate the spontaneous brain activity alterations in patients with residual dizziness (RD) after successful canalith repositioning manoeuvre for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Methods All BPPV patients underwent visual vertigo analog scale (VVAS) evaluations and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The ALFF method was used to assess the spontaneous brain activity. Screening of brain regions with significant changes in ALFF values was based on analysis of the whole brain. We further analyze the relationship between ALFF values of the altered regions and VVAS scores in BPPV patients with RD. Results Fifteen BPPV patients with RD and fifteen without RD were recruited in this study. In contrast to without RD, RD patients exhibited increased scores in VVAS tests (p < 0.001) and RD patients also showed significant ALFF decrease in the bilateral precuneus (left: 251 voxels; x = −10, y = −69, z = 51; peak t-value = −3.25; right: 170 voxels; x = 4, y = −59, z = 42; peak t-value = −3.43). Correlation analysis revealed that the mean ALFF z-values in the left precuneus displayed significant negative correlations with the VVAS scores(r = −0.44, p = 0.01). Conclusions This study shows that RD is associated with left precuneus function as revealed by fMRI. It might provide useful information for explaining neural mechanisms in BPPV patients with RD.
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- *Correspondence: Junliang Han
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Xiaoming Wang
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Guo P, Hu S, Jiang X, Zheng H, Mo D, Cao X, Zhu J, Zhong H. Associations of Neurocognition and Social Cognition With Brain Structure and Function in Early-Onset Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:798105. [PMID: 35222115 PMCID: PMC8866448 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.798105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment is a core feature of schizophrenia that is more serious in patients with early-onset schizophrenia (EOS). However, the neuroimaging basis of cognitive functions, including neurocognition and social cognition, remains unclear in patients with EOS. METHODS Forty-three patients with EOS underwent structural and resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans. Brain structure and function were evaluated through the analysis of brain gray matter volume (GMV) and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF). They underwent comprehensive assessments for neurocognition (verbal memory, verbal expression, attention, and executive function) and social cognition (theory of mind and attributional bias). Correlation analyses were conducted to detect the potential link between cognitive function indices and brain imaging parameters. RESULTS First, neurocognition was linked to brain structure characterized by higher immediate recall scores associated with increased GMV in the left temporal pole, higher verbal fluency scores associated with increased GMV in the left temporal pole: middle temporal gyrus, and higher Stroop-word scores associated with increased GMV in the right middle frontal gyrus. Second, social cognition was related to brain function characterized by lower sense of reality scores associated with increased ALFF in the left precentral gyrus, higher scores of accidental hostility bias associated with increased ALFF in the right middle temporal gyrus, and higher scores of accidental aggression bias associated with increased ALFF in the left precentral gyrus. CONCLUSION These findings may add to the existing knowledge about the cognitive function-brain relationship. They may have clinical significance for studying the mechanism of neurocognitive and social cognitive impairment in patients with EOS and providing potential neural targets for their treatment and intervention.
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- Pengfei Guo
- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
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Deng Z, Jiang X, Liu W, Zhao W, Jia L, Sun Q, Xie Y, Zhou Y, Sun T, Wu F, Kong L, Tang Y. The aberrant dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in melancholic major depressive disorder with insomnia. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:958994. [PMID: 36072459 PMCID: PMC9441487 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.958994] [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: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Insomnia is considered one of the manifestations of sleep disorders, and its intensity is linked to the treatment effect or suicidal thoughts. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is classified into various subtypes due to heterogeneous symptoms. Melancholic MDD has been considered one of the most common subtypes with special sleep features. However, the brain functional mechanisms in melancholic MDD with insomnia remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS Melancholic MDD and healthy controls (HCs, n = 46) were recruited for the study. Patients were divided into patients with melancholic MDD with low insomnia (mMDD-LI, n = 23) and patients with melancholic MDD with high insomnia (mMDD-HI, n = 30), according to the sleep disturbance subscale of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. The dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation was employed to investigate the alterations of brain activity among the three groups. Then, the correlations between abnormal dALFF values of brain regions and the severity of symptoms were investigated. RESULTS Lower dALFF values were found in the mMDD-HI group in the right middle temporal gyrus (MTG)/superior temporal gyrus (STG) than in the mMDD-LI (p = 0.014) and HC groups (p < 0.001). Melancholic MDD groups showed decreased dALFF values than HC in the right middle occipital gyri (MOG)/superior occipital gyri (SOG), the right cuneus, the bilateral lingual gyrus, and the bilateral calcarine (p < 0.05). Lower dALFF values than HC in the left MOG/SOG and the left cuneus in melancholic MDD groups were found, but no significant difference was found between the mMDD-LI group and HC group (p = 0.079). Positive correlations between the dALFF values in the right MTG/STG and HAMD-SD scores (the sleep disturbance subscale of the HAMD-17) in the mMDD-HI group (r = 0.41, p = 0.042) were found. In the pooled melancholic MDD, the dALFF values in the right MOG/SOG and the right cuneus (r = 0.338, p = 0.019), the left MOG/SOG and the left cuneus (r = 0.299, p = 0.039), and the bilateral lingual gyrus and the bilateral calcarine (r = 0.288, p = 0.047) were positively correlated with adjusted HAMD scores. CONCLUSION The occipital cortex may be related to depressive symptoms in melancholic MDD. Importantly, the right MTG/STG may play a critical role in patients with melancholic MDD with more severe insomnia.
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- Zijing Deng
- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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