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Monsivais H, Yeh CL, Edmondson A, Harold R, Snyder S, Wells EM, Schmidt-Wilcke T, Foti D, Zauber SE, Dydak U. Whole-brain mapping of increased manganese levels in welders and its association with exposure and motor function. Neuroimage 2024; 288:120523. [PMID: 38278427 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Although manganese (Mn) is a trace metal essential for humans, chronic exposure to Mn can cause accumulation of this metal ion in the brain leading to an increased risk of neurological and neurobehavioral health effects. This is a concern for welders exposed to Mn through welding fumes. While brain Mn accumulation in occupational settings has mostly been reported in the basal ganglia, several imaging studies also revealed elevated Mn in other brain areas. Since Mn functions as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T1 contrast agent, we developed a whole-brain MRI approach to map in vivo Mn deposition differences in the brains of non-exposed factory controls and exposed welders. This is a cross-sectional analysis of 23 non-exposed factory controls and 36 exposed full-time welders from the same truck manufacturer. We collected high-resolution 3D MRIs of brain anatomy and R1 relaxation maps to identify regional differences using voxel-based quantification (VBQ) and statistical parametric mapping. Furthermore, we investigated the associations between excess Mn deposition and neuropsychological and motor test performance. Our results indicate that: (1) Using whole-brain MRI relaxometry methods we can generate excess Mn deposition maps in vivo, (2) excess Mn accumulation due to occupational exposure occurs beyond the basal ganglia in cortical areas associated with motor and cognitive functions, (3) Mn likely diffuses along white matter tracts in the brain, and (4) Mn deposition in specific brain regions is associated with exposure (cerebellum and frontal cortex) and motor metrics (cerebellum and hippocampus).
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Affiliation(s)
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- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Department of Public Health, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, St. Mauritius Therapieklinik, Meerbusch, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Harold R, Donaldson KR, Rollock D, Kotov R, Perlman G, Foti D. Abnormal neurophysiological sensitivity to rewards in depression is moderated by sex and age in middle adulthood. Biol Psychol 2023; 182:108623. [PMID: 37390960 PMCID: PMC10529463 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
Abstract
A candidate pathophysiological process in major depressive disorder is diminished neural reactivity to reward delivery, which is theorized to give rise to anhedonia. Reduced amplitude in the reward positivity (RewP), which captures initial reward evaluation, has been linked to current symptoms of depression among child, adolescent, and young adult samples. However, the developmental trajectory of this association is incomplete, with relatively few studies in middle and older adulthood. Further, emerging evidence in the literature also suggests that this association may be linked to female sex-specific processes, but no studies to date have directly contrasted the effect of sex on the depression-RewP association. The current study sought to address these gaps by testing how sex and age may moderate the depression-RewP association within a mature adult community sample. Symptoms of depression were evaluated using a survey and a clinical interview, and the RewP was elicited using a simple guessing task. There was a three-way interaction between depression symptom severity, age, and sex in predicting RewP amplitude. This was driven by younger (late 30's to early 40's) female-sexed people such that for this group, elevated symptoms of depression were associated with blunting of the RewP. This association tapered around age 50. This effect was specific to clinician-rated rather than self-reported depressive symptom severity. This pattern of effects suggests that among female-sexed people, developmental processes continue to shape the association between reward responsiveness and depression throughout middle adulthood.
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- Roslyn Harold
- Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology, Psychology B Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychiatry, 101 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychiatry, 101 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Hamilos D, Yamin M, Holbrook E, Busaba N, Gray S, Powell K, Harold R, Sridhar A. Secondhand cigarette smoke may combine with common respiratory viruses to trigger exaggerated inflammation in CRS. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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