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Gibson K, Cernasov P, Styner M, Walsh EC, Kinard JL, Kelley L, Bizzell J, Phillips R, Pfister C, Scott M, Freeman L, Pisoni A, Nagy GA, Oliver JA, Smoski MJ, Dichter GS. The effects of psychotherapy for anhedonia on subcortical brain volumes measured with ultra-high field MRI. J Affect Disord 2024; 361:128-138. [PMID: 38815760 PMCID: PMC11259027 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Anhedonia is a transdiagnostic symptom often resistant to treatment. The identification of biomarkers sensitive to anhedonia treatment will aid in the evaluation of novel anhedonia interventions. METHODS This is an exploratory analysis of changes in subcortical brain volumes accompanying psychotherapy in a transdiagnostic anhedonic sample using ultra-high field (7-Tesla) MRI. Outpatients with clinically impairing anhedonia (n = 116) received Behavioral Activation Treatment for Anhedonia, a novel psychotherapy, or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifiers NCT02874534 and NCT04036136). Subcortical brain volumes were estimated via the MultisegPipeline, and regions of interest were the amygdala, caudate nucleus, hippocampus, pallidum, putamen, and thalamus. Bivariate mixed effects models estimated pre-treatment relations between anhedonia severity and subcortical brain volumes, change over time in subcortical brain volumes, and associations between changes in subcortical brain volumes and changes in anhedonia symptoms. RESULTS As reported previously (Cernasov et al., 2023), both forms of psychotherapy resulted in equivalent and significant reductions in anhedonia symptoms. Pre-treatment anhedonia severity and subcortical brain volumes were not related. No changes in subcortical brain volumes were observed over the course of treatment. Additionally, no relations were observed between changes in subcortical brain volumes and changes in anhedonia severity over the course of treatment. LIMITATIONS This trial included a modest sample size and did not have a waitlist-control condition or a non-anhedonic comparison group. CONCLUSIONS In this exploratory analysis, psychotherapy for anhedonia was not accompanied by changes in subcortical brain volumes, suggesting that subcortical brain volumes may not be a candidate biomarker sensitive to response to psychotherapy.
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- Kathryn Gibson
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27505, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27505, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
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Martinez M, Cai T, Yang B, Zhou Z, Shankman SA, Mittal VA, Haase CM, Qu Y. Depressive symptoms during the transition to adolescence: Left hippocampal volume as a marker of social context sensitivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2321965121. [PMID: 39226358 PMCID: PMC11406239 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321965121] [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: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
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The transition to adolescence is a critical period for mental health development. Socio-experiential environments play an important role in the emergence of depressive symptoms with some adolescents showing more sensitivity to social contexts than others. Drawing on recent developmental neuroscience advances, we examined whether hippocampal volume amplifies social context effects in the transition to adolescence. We analyzed 2-y longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD®) study in a diverse sample of 11,832 youth (mean age: 9.914 y; range: 8.917 to 11.083 y; 47.8% girls) from 21 sites across the United States. Socio-experiential environments (i.e., family conflict, primary caregiver's depressive symptoms, parental warmth, peer victimization, and prosocial school environment), hippocampal volume, and a wide range of demographic characteristics were measured at baseline. Youth's symptoms of major depressive disorder were assessed at both baseline and 2 y later. Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analyses showed that negative social environments (i.e., family conflict, primary caregiver's depressive symptoms, and peer victimization) and the absence of positive social environments (i.e., parental warmth and prosocial school environment) predicted greater increases in youth's depressive symptoms over 2 y. Importantly, left hippocampal volume amplified social context effects such that youth with larger left hippocampal volume experienced greater increases in depressive symptoms in more negative and less positive social environments. Consistent with brain-environment interaction models of mental health, these findings underscore the importance of families, peers, and schools in the development of depression during the transition to adolescence and show how neural structure amplifies social context sensitivity.
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- Matias Martinez
- School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
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- School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
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- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
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- School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60611
- Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201
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- School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
- Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
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Li M, Yan Y, Jia H, Gao Y, Qiu J, Yang W. Neural basis underlying the association between thought control ability and happiness: The moderating role of the amygdala. Psych J 2024; 13:625-638. [PMID: 38450574 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.741] [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: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Thought control ability (TCA) plays an important role in individuals' health and happiness. Previous studies demonstrated that TCA was closely conceptually associated with happiness. However, empirical research supporting this relationship was limited. In addition, the neural basis underlying TCA and how this neural basis influences the relationship between TCA and happiness remain unexplored. In the present study, the voxel-based morphometry (VBM) method was adopted to investigate the neuroanatomical basis of TCA in 314 healthy subjects. The behavioral results revealed a significant positive association between TCA and happiness. On the neural level, there was a significant negative correlation between TCA and the gray matter density (GMD) of the bilateral amygdala. Split-half validation analysis revealed similar results, further confirming the stability of the VBM analysis findings. Furthermore, gray matter covariance network and graph theoretical analyses showed positive association between TCA and both the node degree and node strength of the amygdala. Moderation analysis revealed that the GMD of the amygdala moderated the relationship between TCA and happiness. Specifically, the positive association between TCA and self-perceived happiness was stronger in subjects with a lower GMD of the amygdala. The present study indicated the neural basis underlying the association between TCA and happiness and offered a method of improving individual well-being.
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- Min Li
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
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Feng Y, Huang Z, Ma X, Zong X, Xu P, Lin HW, Zhang Q. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation alleviates hypoxia-ischemia-caused myelin damage and neurologic disability. Exp Neurol 2024; 378:114821. [PMID: 38782349 PMCID: PMC11214828 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.114821] [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: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI) results in behavioral deficits, characterized by neuronal injury and retarded myelin formation. To date, limited treatment methods are available to prevent or alleviate neurologic sequelae of HI. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS), a non-invasive therapeutic procedure, is considered a promising therapeutic tool for treating some neurocognitive disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases. Hence, this study aims to investigate whether iTBS can prevent the negative behavioral manifestations of HI and explore the mechanisms for associations. We exposed postnatal day 10 Sprague-Dawley male and female rats to 2 h of hypoxia (6% O2) following right common carotid artery ligation, resulting in oligodendrocyte (OL) dysfunction, including reduced proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), decreased OL survival, and compromised myelin in the corpus callosum (CC) and hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). These alterations were concomitant with cognitive dysfunction and depression-like behaviors. Crucially, early iTBS treatment (15 G, 190 s, seven days, initiated one day post-HI) significantly alleviated HI-caused myelin damage and mitigated the neurologic sequelae both in male and female rats. However, the late iTBS treatment (initiated 18 days after HI insult) could not significantly impact these behavioral deficits. In summary, our findings support that early iTBS treatment may be a promising strategy to improve HI-induced neurologic disability. The underlying mechanisms of iTBS treatment are associated with promoting the differentiation of OPCs and alleviating myelin damage.
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- Yu Feng
- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina, College of Pharmacy, 715 Sumter Street, CLS609D, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, LA 71103, USA.
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Sarullo K, Barch DM, Smyser CD, Rogers C, Warner BB, Miller JP, England SK, Luby J, Swamidass SJ. Disentangling Socioeconomic Status and Race in Infant Brain, Birth Weight, and Gestational Age at Birth: A Neural Network Analysis. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2024; 4:135-144. [PMID: 38298774 PMCID: PMC10829562 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Background Race is commonly used as a proxy for multiple features including socioeconomic status. It is critical to dissociate these factors, to identify mechanisms that affect infant outcomes, such as birth weight, gestational age, and brain development, and to direct appropriate interventions and shape public policy. Methods Demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical variables were used to model infant outcomes. There were 351 participants included in the analysis for birth weight and gestational age. For the analysis using brain volumes, 280 participants were included after removing participants with missing magnetic resonance imaging scans and those matching our exclusion criteria. We modeled these three different infant outcomes, including infant brain, birth weight, and gestational age, with both linear and nonlinear models. Results Nonlinear models were better predictors of infant birth weight than linear models (R2 = 0.172 vs. R2 = 0.145, p = .005). In contrast to linear models, nonlinear models ranked income, neighborhood disadvantage, and experiences of discrimination higher in importance than race while modeling birth weight. Race was not an important predictor for either gestational age or structural brain volumes. Conclusions Consistent with the extant social science literature, the findings related to birth weight suggest that race is a linear proxy for nonlinear factors related to structural racism. Methods that can disentangle factors often correlated with race are important for policy in that they may better identify and rank the modifiable factors that influence outcomes.
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- Kathryn Sarullo
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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Wang Y, Jia L, Wei M, Lyu J, Sheng M, Sun Y, Dong Z, Han W, Ren Y, Weng Y, Yu W. Circulating Exosomes Mediate Neurodegeneration Following Hepatic Ischemia-reperfusion Through Inducing Microglial Pyroptosis in the Developing Hippocampus. Transplantation 2023; 107:2364-2376. [PMID: 37291725 PMCID: PMC10593148 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Poor neurodevelopmental outcomes after pediatric liver transplantation seriously affect the long-term quality of life of recipients, in whom hepatic ischemia reperfusion (HIR) is considered to play a pivotal role. However, the link between HIR and brain injury remains unclear. Because circulating exosomes are considered as the key mediators of information transmission over long distances, we aimed to assess the role of circulating exosomes in HIR-induced hippocampal injury in young rats. METHODS We administered exosomes extracted from the sera of HIR model rats to normal young rats via the tail vein. Western blotting, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, histological examination, and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction were used to evaluate the role of exosomes in neuronal injury and activation of microglial pyroptosis in the developing hippocampus. Primary microglial cells were cocultured with exosomes to further assess the effect of exosomes on microglia. To further explore the potential mechanism, GW4869 or MCC950 was used to block exosome biogenesis or nod-like receptor family protein 3, respectively. RESULTS Serum-derived exosomes played a crucial role in linking HIR with neuronal degeneration in the developing hippocampus. Microglia were found to be the target cells of ischemia-reperfusion derived exosomes (I/R-exosomes). I/R-exosomes were taken up by microglia and promoted the occurrence of microglial pyroptosis in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, the exosome-induced neuronal injury was alleviated by suppressing the occurrence of pyroptosis in the developing hippocampus. CONCLUSIONS Microglial pyroptosis induced by circulating exosomes plays a vital role in developing hippocampal neuron injury during HIR in young rats.
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- Yidan Wang
- The First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Correa S, Nichols ES, Mueller ME, de Vrijer B, Eagleson R, McKenzie CA, de Ribaupierre S, Duerden EG. Default mode network functional connectivity strength in utero and the association with fetal subcortical development. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:9144-9153. [PMID: 37259175 PMCID: PMC10350815 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad190] [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: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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The default mode network is essential for higher-order cognitive processes and is composed of an extensive network of functional and structural connections. Early in fetal life, the default mode network shows strong connectivity with other functional networks; however, the association with structural development is not well understood. In this study, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and anatomical images were acquired in 30 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies. Participants completed 1 or 2 MR imaging sessions, on average 3 weeks apart (43 data sets), between 28- and 39-weeks postconceptional ages. Subcortical volumes were automatically segmented. Activation time courses from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging were extracted from the default mode network, medial temporal lobe network, and thalamocortical network. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the association between functional connectivity strength between default mode network-medial temporal lobe, default mode network-thalamocortical network, and subcortical volumes, respectively. Increased functional connectivity strength in the default mode network-medial temporal lobe network was associated with smaller right hippocampal, left thalamic, and right caudate nucleus volumes, but larger volumes of the left caudate. Increased functional connectivity strength in the default mode network-thalamocortical network was associated with smaller left thalamic volumes. The strong associations seen among the default mode network functional connectivity networks and regionally specific subcortical volume development indicate the emergence of short-range connectivity in the third trimester.
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- Susana Correa
- Neuroscience Program, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
- Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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Han J, Cui N, Lyu P, Li Y. Early-life home environment and child cognitive function: A meta-analysis. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Triplett RL, Lean RE, Parikh A, Miller JP, Alexopoulos D, Kaplan S, Meyer D, Adamson C, Smyser TA, Rogers CE, Barch DM, Warner B, Luby JL, Smyser CD. Association of Prenatal Exposure to Early-Life Adversity With Neonatal Brain Volumes at Birth. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e227045. [PMID: 35412624 PMCID: PMC9006107 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Importance Exposure to early-life adversity alters the structural development of key brain regions underlying neurodevelopmental impairments. The association between prenatal exposure to adversity and brain structure at birth remains poorly understood. Objective To examine whether prenatal exposure to maternal social disadvantage and psychosocial stress is associated with neonatal global and regional brain volumes and cortical folding. Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective, longitudinal cohort study included 399 mother-infant dyads of sociodemographically diverse mothers recruited in the first or early second trimester of pregnancy and their infants, who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging in the first weeks of life. Mothers were recruited from local obstetric clinics in St Louis, Missouri from September 1, 2017, to February 28, 2020. Exposures Maternal social disadvantage and psychosocial stress in pregnancy. Main Outcomes and Measures Confirmatory factor analyses were used to create latent constructs of maternal social disadvantage (income-to-needs ratio, Area Deprivation Index, Healthy Eating Index, educational level, and insurance status) and psychosocial stress (Perceived Stress Scale, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Everyday Discrimination Scale, and Stress and Adversity Inventory). Neonatal cortical and subcortical gray matter, white matter, cerebellum, hippocampus, and amygdala volumes were generated using semiautomated, age-specific, segmentation pipelines. Results A total of 280 mothers (mean [SD] age, 29.1 [5.3] years; 170 [60.7%] Black or African American, 100 [35.7%] White, and 10 [3.6%] other race or ethnicity) and their healthy, term-born infants (149 [53.2%] male; mean [SD] infant gestational age, 38.6 [1.0] weeks) were included in the analysis. After covariate adjustment and multiple comparisons correction, greater social disadvantage was associated with reduced cortical gray matter (unstandardized β = -2.0; 95% CI, -3.5 to -0.5; P = .01), subcortical gray matter (unstandardized β = -0.4; 95% CI, -0.7 to -0.2; P = .003), and white matter (unstandardized β = -5.5; 95% CI, -7.8 to -3.3; P < .001) volumes and cortical folding (unstandardized β = -0.03; 95% CI, -0.04 to -0.01; P < .001). Psychosocial stress showed no association with brain metrics. Although social disadvantage accounted for an additional 2.3% of the variance of the left hippocampus (unstandardized β = -0.03; 95% CI, -0.05 to -0.01), 2.3% of the right hippocampus (unstandardized β = -0.03; 95% CI, -0.05 to -0.01), 3.1% of the left amygdala (unstandardized β = -0.02; 95% CI, -0.03 to -0.01), and 2.9% of the right amygdala (unstandardized β = -0.02; 95% CI, -0.03 to -0.01), no regional effects were found after accounting for total brain volume. Conclusions and Relevance In this baseline assessment of an ongoing cohort study, prenatal social disadvantage was associated with global reductions in brain volumes and cortical folding at birth. No regional specificity for the hippocampus or amygdala was detected. Results highlight that associations between poverty and brain development begin in utero and are evident early in life. These findings emphasize that preventive interventions that support fetal brain development should address parental socioeconomic hardships.
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- Regina L. Triplett
- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Biostatistics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Children’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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Koziol NA, Butera CD, Kretch KS, Harbourne RT, Lobo MA, McCoy SW, Hsu LY, Willett SL, Kane AE, Bovaird JA, Dusing SC. Effect of the START-Play Physical Therapy Intervention on Cognitive Skills Depends on Caregiver-Provided Learning Opportunities. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 2022; 42:510-525. [PMID: 35350970 DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2022.2054301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
AIMS This study evaluated whether caregiver-provided learning opportunities moderated the effect of START-Play physical therapy intervention on the cognitive skills of young children with neuromotor delays, and whether START-Play impacted caregiver-provided learning opportunities over time. METHODS One hundred and twelve children with neuromotor delays (7-16 months) participated in a multisite randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of START-Play. Children were assessed at baseline and 3 (post intervention), 6, and 12 months post baseline. Cognition was scored from the Bayley Scales of Infant & Toddler Development, Third Edition, cognitive scale. The proportion of time caregivers spent providing learning opportunities was coded from a 5-minute caregiver-child free play interaction. RESULTS Baseline caregiver-provided learning opportunities moderated the 3- and 12-month effects of START-Play on cognition. Cognitive gains due to START-Play were more pronounced for children whose caregivers provided more learning opportunities. START-Play did not impact caregiver-provided learning opportunities over time. CONCLUSIONS START-Play may have a lasting effect on children's cognition, but this effect is contingent on caregivers providing their child with ample opportunities to practice cognitive skills. Strategies for improving caregivers' uptake and transfer of START-Play principles to their daily routines should be evaluated. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02593825.
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Munroe Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Han W, Pan YN, Han Z, Huang D, Hong S, Song X, Cheng L, Jiang L. Advanced maternal age impairs synaptic plasticity in offspring rats. Behav Brain Res 2022; 425:113830. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Miller JG, Buthmann JL, Gotlib IH. Hippocampal volume indexes neurobiological sensitivity to the effect of pollution burden on telomere length in adolescents. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2022; 2022:155-172. [PMID: 35738556 PMCID: PMC9492639 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Exposure to environmental pollutants has been associated with cellular aging in children and adolescents. Individuals may vary, however, in their sensitivity or vulnerability to the effects of environmental pollutants. Larger hippocampal volume has emerged as a potential index of increased sensitivity to social contexts. In exploratory analyses (N = 214), we extend work in this area by providing evidence that larger hippocampal volume in early adolescence reflects increased sensitivity to the effect of neighborhood pollution burden on telomere length (standardized β = -0.40, 95% CI[-0.65, -0.15]). In contrast, smaller hippocampal volume appears to buffer this association (standardized β = 0.02). In youth with larger hippocampal volume, pollution burden was indirectly associated with shorter telomere length approximately 2 years later through shorter telomere length at baseline (indirect standardized β = -0.25, 95% CI[-0.40, 0.10]). For these youth, living in high or low pollution-burdened neighborhoods may predispose them to develop shorter or longer telomeres, respectively, later in adolescence.
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- Jonas G Miller
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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The search for human cognitive uniqueness often relied on low ecological tests with subjects experiencing unnatural ontogeny. Recently, neuroscience demonstrated the significance of a rich environment on the development of brain structures and cognitive abilities. This stresses the importance to consider the prior knowledge that subjects bring in any experiment. Second, recent developments in multivariate statistics control precisely for a number of factors and their interactions. Making controls in natural observations equivalent and sometimes superior to captive experimental studies without the drawbacks of the latter methods. Thus, we can now investigate complex cognition by accounting for many different factors, as required when solving tasks in nature. Combining both progresses allows us to move toward an “experience-specific cognition”, recognizing that cognition varies extensively in nature as individuals adapt to the precise challenges they experience in life. Such cognitive specialization makes cross-species comparisons more complex, while potentially identifying human cognitive uniqueness.
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