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de Freitas MBL, Luna LP, Beatriz M, Pinto RK, Alves CHL, Bittencourt L, Nardi AE, Oertel V, Veras AB, de Lucena DF, Alves GS. Resting-state fMRI is associated with trauma experiences, mood and psychosis in Afro-descendants with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2024; 340:111766. [PMID: 38408419 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111766] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) may exhibit functional abnormalities in several brain areas, including the medial temporal and prefrontal cortex and hippocampus; however, a less explored topic is how brain connectivity is linked to premorbid trauma experiences and clinical features in non-Caucasian samples of SCZ and BD. METHODS Sixty-two individuals with SCZ (n = 20), BD (n = 21), and healthy controls (HC, n = 21) from indigenous and African ethnicity were submitted to clinical screening (Di-PAD), traumata experiences (ETISR-SF), cognitive and functional MRI assessment. The item psychosis/hallucinations in SCZ patients showed a negative correlation with the global efficiency (GE) in the right dorsal attention network. The items mania, irritable mood, and racing thoughts in the Di-PAD scale had a significant negative correlation with the GE in the parietal right default mode network. CONCLUSIONS Differences in the activation of specific networks were associated with earlier disease onset, history of physical abuse, and more severe psychotic and mood symptoms in SCZ and BD subjects of indigenous and black ethnicity. Findings provide further evidence on SZ and BD's brain connectivity disturbances, and their clinical significance, in non-Caucasian samples.
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Neuroradiology Service, São Domingos Hospital, São Luís, Brazil; Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil
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- Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil
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- Neuropsychiatry Service, Nina Rodrigues Hospital, São Luís, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation in Psychiatry and Mental Health (PROPSAM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Frankfurt Goethe University, Germany
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- Post-Graduation in Psychiatry and Mental Health (PROPSAM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil; Neuropsychiatry Service, Nina Rodrigues Hospital, São Luís, Brazil; Post-Graduation in Psychiatry and Mental Health (PROPSAM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Andersen AG, Riparbelli AC, Siebner HR, Konge L, Bjerrum F. Using neuroimaging to assess brain activity and areas associated with surgical skills: a systematic review. Surg Endosc 2024:10.1007/s00464-024-10830-x. [PMID: 38653901 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10830-x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Surgical skills acquisition is under continuous development due to the emergence of new technologies, and there is a need for assessment tools to develop along with these. A range of neuroimaging modalities has been used to map the functional activation of brain networks while surgeons acquire novel surgical skills. These have been proposed as a method to provide a deeper understanding of surgical expertise and offer new possibilities for the personalized training of future surgeons. With studies differing in modalities, outcomes, and surgical skills there is a need for a systematic review of the evidence. This systematic review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the topic and evaluate the potential use of neuroimaging in surgical education. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of neuroimaging studies that mapped functional brain activation while surgeons with different levels of expertise learned and performed technical and non-technical surgical tasks. We included all studies published before July 1st, 2023, in MEDLINE, EMBASE and WEB OF SCIENCE. RESULTS 38 task-based brain mapping studies were identified, consisting of randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and observational cohort or cross-sectional studies. The studies employed a wide range of brain mapping modalities, including electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy, activating brain areas involved in the execution and sensorimotor or cognitive control of surgical skills, especially the prefrontal cortex, supplementary motor area, and primary motor area, showing significant changes between novices and experts. CONCLUSION Functional neuroimaging can reveal how task-related brain activity reflects technical and non-technical surgical skills. The existing body of work highlights the potential of neuroimaging to link task-related brain activity patterns with the individual level of competency or improvement in performance after training surgical skills. More research is needed to establish its validity and usefulness as an assessment tool.
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- Annarita Ghosh Andersen
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Center for Human Resources and Education, The Capital Region of Denmark, Ryesgade 53B, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Center for Human Resources and Education, The Capital Region of Denmark, Ryesgade 53B, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Center for Human Resources and Education, The Capital Region of Denmark, Ryesgade 53B, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Center for Human Resources and Education, The Capital Region of Denmark, Ryesgade 53B, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gastrounit, Surgical Section, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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Min J, Koenig J, Nashiro K, Yoo HJ, Cho C, Thayer JF, Mather M. Resting heart rate variability is associated with neural adaptation when repeatedly exposed to emotional stimuli. Neuropsychologia 2024; 196:108819. [PMID: 38360391 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108819] [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: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Higher heart rate variability (HRV) at rest is associated with better emotion regulation ability. While the neurovisceral integration model explains this by postulating that HRV can index how the brain adaptively modulates responses to emotional stimuli, neuroimaging studies directly supporting this idea are scarce. We examined the neural correlates of regulating negative and positive emotion in relation to resting HRV based on the neuroimaging and heart rate data of one hundred young adults. The results showed that those with higher HRV better recruit the medial prefrontal cortex while intensifying positive compared to negative emotion. We also examined how individual differences in resting HRV are associated with adjusting brain activity to repeated emotional stimuli. During repeated viewing of emotional images, subjects with higher resting HRV better reduced activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate gyrus, and angular gyrus, most of which overlapped with the default mode network. This HRV-DMN association was observed during passively viewing emotional images rather than during actively regulating emotion. While the regulating trials can better detect task-induced changes, the viewing trials might approximate resting state, better revealing individual differences. These findings suggest two possibilities: people with higher resting HRV might have a tendency to spontaneously engage with emotion regulation or possess a trait helping emotional arousal fade away.
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- Jungwon Min
- University of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States.
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Germany
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- University of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States
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- University of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States
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- University of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States
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- University of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States
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Wang X, Xia Y, Yan R, Sun H, Huang Y, Xia Q, Sheng J, You W, Hua L, Tang H, Yao Z, Lu Q. Sex differences in anhedonia in bipolar depression: a resting-state fMRI study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024:10.1007/s00406-024-01765-4. [PMID: 38558145 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-024-01765-4] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Previous studies about anhedonia symptoms in bipolar depression (BD) ignored the unique role of gender on brain function. This study aims to explore the regional brain neuroimaging features of BD with anhedonia and the sex differences in these patients. The resting-fMRI by applying fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) method was estimated in 263 patients with BD (174 high anhedonia [HA], 89 low anhedonia [LA]) and 213 healthy controls. The effects of two different factors in patients with BD were analyzed using a 3 (group: HA, LA, HC) × 2 (sex: male, female) ANOVA. The fALFF values were higher in the HA group than in the LA group in the right medial cingulate gyrus and supplementary motor area. For the sex-by-group interaction, the fALFF values of the right hippocampus, left medial occipital gyrus, right insula, and bilateral medial cingulate gyrus were significantly higher in HA males than in LA males but not females. These results suggested that the pattern of high activation could be a marker of anhedonia symptoms in BD males, and the sex differences should be considered in future studies of BD with anhedonia symptoms.
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- Xiaoqin Wang
- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
- Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093, China.
- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 sipailou, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 sipailou, Nanjing, 210096, China.
- Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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Duque L, Ghafouri M, Nunez NA, Ospina JP, Philbrick KL, Port JD, Savica R, Prokop LJ, Rummans TA, Singh B. Functional neuroimaging in patients with catatonia: A systematic review. J Psychosom Res 2024; 179:111640. [PMID: 38484496 PMCID: PMC11006573 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111640] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Catatonia is a challenging and heterogeneous neuropsychiatric syndrome of motor, affective and behavioral dysregulation which has been associated with multiple disorders such as structural brain lesions, systemic diseases, and psychiatric disorders. This systematic review summarized and compared functional neuroimaging abnormalities in catatonia associated with psychiatric and medical conditions. METHODS Using PRISMA methods, we completed a systematic review of 6 databases from inception to February 7th, 2024 of patients with catatonia that had functional neuroimaging performed. RESULTS A total of 309 studies were identified through the systematic search and 62 met the criteria for full-text review. A total of 15 studies reported patients with catatonia associated with a psychiatric disorder (n = 241) and one study reported catatonia associated with another medical condition, involving patients with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibody encephalitis (n = 23). Findings varied across disorders, with hyperactivity observed in areas like the prefrontal cortex (PFC), the supplementary motor area (SMA) and the ventral pre-motor cortex in acute catatonia associated to a psychiatric disorder, hypoactivity in PFC, the parietal cortex, and the SMA in catatonia associated to a medical condition, and mixed metabolic activity in the study on catatonia linked to a medical condition. CONCLUSION Findings support the theory of dysfunction in cortico-striatal-thalamic, cortico-cerebellar, anterior cingulate-medial orbitofrontal, and lateral orbitofrontal networks in catatonia. However, the majority of the literature focuses on schizophrenia spectrum disorders, leaving the pathophysiologic characteristics of catatonia in other disorders less understood. This review highlights the need for further research to elucidate the pathophysiology of catatonia across various disorders.
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- Laura Duque
- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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White BR, Adepoju TE, Fisher HB, Shinohara RT, Vandekar S. Spatial nonstationarity of image noise in widefield optical imaging and its effects on cluster-based inference for resting-state functional connectivity. J Neurosci Methods 2024; 404:110076. [PMID: 38331258 PMCID: PMC10940215 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2024.110076] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis with widefield optical imaging (WOI) is a potentially powerful tool to develop imaging biomarkers in mouse models of disease before translating them to human neuroimaging with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The delineation of such biomarkers depends on rigorous statistical analysis. However, statistical understanding of WOI data is limited. In particular, cluster-based analysis of neuroimaging data depends on assumptions of spatial stationarity (i.e., that the distribution of cluster sizes under the null is equal at all brain locations). Whether actual data deviate from this assumption has not previously been examined in WOI. NEW METHOD In this manuscript, we characterize the effects of spatial nonstationarity in WOI RSFC data and adapt a "two-pass" technique from fMRI to correct cluster sizes and mitigate spatial bias, both parametrically and nonparametrically. These methods are tested on multi-institutional data. RESULTS AND COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS We find that spatial nonstationarity has a substantial effect on inference in WOI RSFC data with false positives much more likely at some brain regions than others. This pattern of bias varies between imaging systems, contrasts, and mouse ages, all of which could affect experimental reproducibility if not accounted for. CONCLUSIONS Both parametric and nonparametric corrections for nonstationarity result in significant improvements in spatial bias. The proposed methods are simple to implement and will improve the robustness of inference in optical neuroimaging data.
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- Brian R White
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, USA.
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, USA; University of Pennsylvania, Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analysis, Department of Radiology, USA; University of Pennsylvania, Penn Statistics in Imaging and Visualization Endeavor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, USA
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Park JH. Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Derived Biomarkers With Convolutional Neural Networks. Psychiatry Investig 2024; 21:294-299. [PMID: 38569587 PMCID: PMC10990628 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2023.0409] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To date, early detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has mainly depended on paper-based neuropsychological assessments. Recently, biomarkers for MCI detection have gained a lot of attention because of the low sensitivity of neuropsychological assessments. This study proposed the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)-derived data with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to identify MCI. METHODS Eighty-two subjects with MCI and 148 healthy controls (HC) performed the 2-back task, and their oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2) changes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) were recorded during the task. The CNN model based on fNIRS-derived spatial features with HbO2 slope within time windows was trained to classify MCI. Thereafter, the 5-fold cross-validation approach was used to evaluate the performance of the CNN model. RESULTS Significant differences in averaged HbO2 values between MCI and HC groups were found, and the CNN model could better discriminate MCI with over 89.57% accuracy than the Korean version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (89.57%). Specifically, the CNN model based on HbO2 slope within the time window of 20-60 seconds from the left PFC (96.09%) achieved the highest accuracy. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the fNIRS-derived spatial features with CNNs could be a promising way for early detection of MCI as a surrogate for a conventional screening tool and demonstrate the superiority of the fNIRS-derived spatial features with CNNs to the MoCA.
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- Jin-Hyuck Park
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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Arrigoni E, Antoniotti P, Bellocchio V, Veronelli L, Corbo M, Pisoni A. Neural alterations underlying executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. Ageing Res Rev 2024; 95:102207. [PMID: 38281709 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102207] [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: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Parkinson's Disease's (PD) neuropsychological profile is often characterized by altered performance in executive functions (EF) tasks, with a remarkable impact on patients' quality of life. To date, the available neuroimaging literature lacks conclusive evidence about neural patterns underlying EF deficits in PD. Here, we aimed to synthesize the results of PET/fMRI studies examining the differences in brain activation between PD patients and controls during EF tasks, focusing on the three main EF sub-components: cognitive flexibility, working memory, and response inhibition. We conducted a coordinate-based meta-analysis to assess the converging alterations in brain activity in PD patients compared to controls. We assessed the association between aberrant patterns of activity and the EF sub-domains. We found a significant association between hypoactivation patterns in PD converging at the level of the right inferior frontal gyrus in response inhibition tasks, whereas hypoactivation in the left inferior frontal gyrus was found in association with the cognitive flexibility domain. Our results confirm the existence of neural alterations in PD patients in relation to specific EF sub-domains.
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- Eleonora Arrigoni
- PhD program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900 Monza, Italy; Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy.
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- PhD program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900 Monza, Italy; Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura IGEA, via Dezza 48, 20144 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy; Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura IGEA, via Dezza 48, 20144 Milano, Italy; NeuroMi, Milan Centre for Neuroscience, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura IGEA, via Dezza 48, 20144 Milano, Italy; NeuroMi, Milan Centre for Neuroscience, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy; NeuroMi, Milan Centre for Neuroscience, Milan, Italy.
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Li Y, Yang H, Gu S. Enhancing neural encoding models for naturalistic perception with a multi-level integration of deep neural networks and cortical networks. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024:S2095-9273(24)00137-3. [PMID: 38490889 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.02.035] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Cognitive neuroscience aims to develop computational models that can accurately predict and explain neural responses to sensory inputs in the cortex. Recent studies attempt to leverage the representation power of deep neural networks (DNNs) to predict the brain response and suggest a correspondence between artificial and biological neural networks in their feature representations. However, typical voxel-wise encoding models tend to rely on specific networks designed for computer vision tasks, leading to suboptimal brain-wide correspondence during cognitive tasks. To address this challenge, this work proposes a novel approach that upgrades voxel-wise encoding models through multi-level integration of features from DNNs and information from brain networks. Our approach combines DNN feature-level ensemble learning and brain atlas-level model integration, resulting in significant improvements in predicting whole-brain neural activity during naturalistic video perception. Furthermore, this multi-level integration framework enables a deeper understanding of the brain's neural representation mechanism, accurately predicting the neural response to complex visual concepts. We demonstrate that neural encoding models can be optimized by leveraging a framework that integrates both data-driven approaches and theoretical insights into the functional structure of the cortical networks.
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- Yuanning Li
- School of Biomedical Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China; Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China; Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518110, China.
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Kim HE, Kim JJ, Seok JH, Park JY, Oh J. Resting-state functional connectivity and cognitive performance in aging adults with cognitive decline: A data-driven multivariate pattern analysis. Compr Psychiatry 2024; 129:152445. [PMID: 38154288 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152445] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairments occur on a continuous spectrum in multiple cognitive domains showing individual variability of the deteriorating patterns; however, often, cognitive domains are studied separately. METHODS The present study investigated aging individual variations of cognitive abilities and related resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) using data-driven approach. Cognitive and neuroimaging data were obtained from 62 elderly outpatients with cognitive decline. Principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted on the cognitive data to determine patterns of cognitive performance, then data-driven whole-brain connectome multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) was applied on the neuroimaging data to discover neural regions associated with the cognitive characteristic. RESULTS The first component (PC1) delineated an overall decline in all domains of cognition, and the second component (PC2) represented a compensatory relationship within basic cognitive functions. MVPA indicated rsFC of the cerebellum lobule VIII and insula with the default-mode network, frontoparietal network, and salience network inversely correlated with PC1 scores. Additionally, PC2 score was related to rsFC patterns with temporal pole and occipital cortex. CONCLUSIONS The featured primary cognitive characteristic depicted the importance of the cerebellum and insula connectivity patterns in of the general cognitive decline. The findings also discovered a secondary characteristic that communicated impaired interactions within the basic cognitive function, which was independent from the impairment severity.
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- Hesun Erin Kim
- Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Park JH. Mental workload classification using convolutional neural networks based on fNIRS-derived prefrontal activity. BMC Neurol 2023; 23:442. [PMID: 38102540 PMCID: PMC10722812 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03504-z] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a tool to assess brain activity during cognitive testing. Despite its usefulness, its feasibility in assessing mental workload remains unclear. This study was to investigate the potential use of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)-derived signals to classify mental workload in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. METHODS Spatial images by constructing a statistical activation map from the prefrontal activity of 120 subjects with MCI performing three difficulty levels of the N-back task (0, 1, and 2-back) were used for CNNs. The CNNs were evaluated using a 5 and 10-fold cross-validation method. RESULTS As the difficulty level of the N-back task increased, the accuracy decreased and prefrontal activity increased. In addition, there was a significant difference in the accuracy and prefrontal activity across the three levels (p's < 0.05). The accuracy of the CNNs based on fNIRS-derived spatial images evaluated by 5 and 10-fold cross-validation in classifying the difficulty levels ranged from 0.83 to 0.96. CONCLUSION fNIRS could also be a promising tool for measuring mental workload in older adults with MCI despite their cognitive decline. In addition, this study demonstrated the feasibility of the classification performance of the CNNs based on fNIRS-derived signals from the prefrontal cortex.
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- Jin-Hyuck Park
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea.
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Diniz JB, Bazán PR, Pereira CADB, Saraiva EF, Ramos PRC, de Oliveira AR, Reimer AE, Hoexter MQ, Miguel EC, Shavitt RG, Batistuzzo MC. Brain activation during fear extinction recall in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2023; 336:111733. [PMID: 37913655 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111733] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Specific brain activation patterns during fear conditioning and the recall of previously extinguished fear responses have been associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, further replication studies are necessary. We measured skin-conductance response and blood oxygenation level-dependent responses in unmedicated adult patients with OCD (n = 27) and healthy participants (n = 22) submitted to a two-day fear-conditioning experiment comprising fear conditioning, extinction (day 1) and extinction recall (day 2). During conditioning, groups differed regarding the skin conductance reactivity to the aversive stimulus (shock) and regarding the activation of the right opercular cortex, insular cortex, putamen, and lingual gyrus in response to conditioned stimuli. During extinction recall, patients with OCD had higher responses to stimuli and smaller differences between responses to conditioned and neutral stimuli. For the entire sample, the higher the response delta between conditioned and neutral stimuli, the greater the dACC activation for the same contrast during early extinction recall. While activation of the dACC predicted the average difference between responses to stimuli for the entire sample, groups did not differ regarding the activation of the dACC during extinction recall. Larger unmedicated samples might be necessary to replicate the previous findings reported in patients with OCD.
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- Juliana Belo Diniz
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Radiology Institute, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 75, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 627, 05652-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Applied Mathematics, Universidade Federal do Mato grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, Caixa Postal 549, 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luis, km 235, Caixa Postal: 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Institute of Neuroscience and Behavior (INeC), Av. do Café, 2450, 14050-220, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luis, km 235, Caixa Postal: 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Institute of Neuroscience and Behavior (INeC), Av. do Café, 2450, 14050-220, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 05403-010, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Department of Methods and Techniques in Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University, Rua Monte Alegre, 984, 05014-901, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Choi IH, Wang SM, Um YH, Lim HK, Lee CU, Kang DW. Higher Fat-Related Body Composition Measurement and Lower Resting-State Inter-Network Functional Connectivity of APOE ε4 Carrier in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients With Aβ Deposition. Psychiatry Investig 2023; 20:1177-1184. [PMID: 38163657 PMCID: PMC10758323 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2023.0138] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the impact of interaction between APOE ε4 carrier status and body composition measurements on intra- and inter-regional functional connectivity (FC) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients with Aβ deposition. METHODS MCI patients with and without APOE ε4 allele (carrier, n=86; non-carrier, n=95) underwent neuropsychological battery, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, positron emission tomography scans with [18F]flutemetamol, and bioelectrical impedance analysis for measuring body composition. We employed a priori defined regions of interest to investigate the intra- and inter-network FC profiles of default mode network (DMN), central executive network (CEN), and salience network. RESULTS There was a significant interaction of APOE ε4 carrier status with body fat mass index, visceral fat area, and waist-hip circumference ratio for inter-network FC between DMN and CEN, contributing higher fat-related body composition measurements in the APOE ε4 carrier with lower DMN-CEN FC. CONCLUSION The present results highlight the detrimental effect of APOE ε4 carrier status on the associations between the fat-related body composition measurements and FC in the MCI patients with Aβ accumulation.
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- In Hyeok Choi
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Wang X, Xia Y, Yan R, Sun H, Huang Y, Zou H, Du Y, Hua L, Tang H, Zhou H, Yao Z, Lu Q. The sex differences in anhedonia in major depressive disorder: A resting-state fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2023; 340:555-566. [PMID: 37591350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.083] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The external behavioural manifestations and internal neural mechanisms of anhedonia are sexually dimorphic. This study aimed to explore the sex differences in the regional brain neuroimaging features of anhedonia in the context of major depressive disorder (MDD). METHOD The resting-fMRI by applying amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) method was estimated in 414 patients with MDD (281 high anhedonia [HA], 133 low anhedonia [LA]) and 213 healthy controls (HC). The effects of two factors in patients with MDD were analysed using a 2 (sex: male, female) × 2 (group: HA, LA) ANOVA concerning the brain regions in which statistical differences were identified between patients with MDD and HC. We followed up with patients with HA at baseline, and 43 patients completed a second fMRI scan in remission. Paired t-test was performed to compare the ALFF values of anhedonia-related brain regions between the baseline and remission periods. RESULTS For the sex-by-group interaction, the bilateral insula, right hippocampus, right post cingulum cortex, and left putamen showed significant differences. Furthermore, the abnormally elevated ALFF values in anhedonia-related brain regions at baseline decreased in remission. CONCLUSION Our findings point to the fact that the females showed unique patterns of anhedonia-related brain activity compared to males, which may have clinical implications for interfering with the anhedonia symptoms in MDD. Using task fMRI, we can further examine the distinct characteristics between consumption anhedonia and anticipation anhedonia in MDD.
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- Xiaoqin Wang
- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China; Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China; Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China; Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, China; Nanjing Brain Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China; School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 sipailou, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 sipailou, Nanjing 210096, China; Child Development and Learning Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210096, China.
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Zaragoza-Jimenez N, Niehaus H, Thome I, Vogelbacher C, Ende G, Kamp-Becker I, Endres D, Jansen A. Modeling face recognition in the predictive coding framework: A combined computational modeling and functional imaging study. Cortex 2023; 168:203-225. [PMID: 37832490 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.05.021] [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: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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The learning of new facial identities and the recognition of familiar faces are crucial processes for social interactions. Recently, a combined computational modeling and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study used predictive coding as a biologically plausible framework to model face identity learning and to relate specific model parameters with brain activity (Apps and Tsakiris, Nat Commun 4, 2698, 2013). On the one hand, it was shown that behavioral responses on a two-option face recognition task could be predicted by the level of contextual and facial familiarity in a computational model derived from predictive-coding principles. On the other hand, brain activity in specific brain regions was associated with these parameters. More specifically, brain activity in the superior temporal sulcus (STS) varied with contextual familiarity, whereas activity in the fusiform face area (FFA) covaried with the prediction error parameter that updated facial familiarity. Literature combining fMRI assessments and computational modeling in humans still needs to be expanded. Furthermore, prior results are largely not replicated. The present study was, therefore, specifically set up to replicate these previous findings. Our results support the original findings in two critical aspects. First, on a group level, the behavioral responses were modeled best by the same computational model reported by the original authors. Second, we showed that estimates of these model parameters covary with brain activity in specific, face-sensitive brain regions. Our results thus provide further evidence that the functional properties of the face perception network conform to central principles of predictive coding. However, our study yielded diverging findings on specific computational model parameters reflected in brain activity. On the one hand, we did not find any evidence of a computational involvement of the STS. On the other hand, our results showed that activity in the right FFA was associated with multiple computational model parameters. Our data do not provide evidence for functional segregation between particular face-sensitive brain regions, as previously proposed.
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- Nestor Zaragoza-Jimenez
- Laboratory for Multimodal Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Germany; Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Theoretical Cognitive Science Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Multimodal Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Germany; Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Multimodal Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Germany; Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; Theoretical Cognitive Science Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Multimodal Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Germany; Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; Core-Facility Brainimaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany.
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Wang SM, Kang DW, Um YH, Kim S, Lee CU, Lim HK. Functional Connectivity Change Associated With Apolipoprotein E Allotypes Precedes Structural Connectivity and Neurodegeneration in Cognitive Normal Older Adults Without Cerebral Aβ Deposition. Psychiatry Investig 2023; 20:1054-1060. [PMID: 37997333 PMCID: PMC10678152 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2023.0164] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is known to influence cerebral functional connectivity (FC) in Alzheimer's disease continuum. We investigated association between APOE allotypes and FC, structural connectivity, and cortical thickness in amyloid-PET negative cognitive normal older adults (CN). METHODS A total of 188 CN (37 had ε2/ε2 or ε2/ε3 [ε2 group], 113 had ε3/ε3 [ε3 group], and 38 had ε3/ε4 or ε4/ε4 [ε4 group]) were recruited. Voxel-based morphometry and cortical thickness analysis were used to investigate differences in cortical thickness between three APOE allotypes. To investigate integrity of structural connectivity, we analyzed diffusion weighted imaging using fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity. In terms of FC, differences of FC in default mode network (DMN) among APOE allotypes were measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS There were no significant differences in age, sex, education, cerebral beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition severity, or neuropsychological profiles. No significant differences were found in cortical thickness and structural connectivity among the APOE allotypes. However, FC within the DMN was significantly lower in ε4 and ε2 carriers compared to ε3 homozygotes. CONCLUSION This study suggests that both ε4 and ε2 exhibit APOE-associated DMN FC changes before Aβ deposition, structural changes, and neurodegeneration.
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- Sheng-Min Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Lu J, Wu Z, Zeng F, Shi B, Liu M, Wu J, Liu Y. Modulation of smoker brain activity and functional connectivity by tDCS: A go/no-go task-state fMRI study. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21074. [PMID: 37920488 PMCID: PMC10618481 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21074] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied to particular brain areas may reduce a smoker's smoking cravings. Most studies on tDCS mechanisms are performed on brains in the resting state. Therefore, brain activity changes induced by tDCS during tasks need to be further studied. Methods Forty-six male smokers were randomised to receive anodal tDCS of the left/right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or sham tDCS. A go/no-go task was performed before and after stimulation, respectively. Brain activity and functional connectivity (FC) changes during the task state before and after tDCS were used for comparison. Results This study revealed that the anodal stimulation over one DLPFC area caused decreased activity in the ipsilateral precuneus during the go task state. Right DLPFC stimulation increased the FC between the bilateral DLPFCs and the right anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), which is closely associated with cognition and inhibition of executive functions. Additionally, the study showed variations in brain activity depending on whether the anode was positioned over the right or left DLPFC (R-DLPFC or L-DLPFC). Conclusion During the go task, tDCS might exert a suppressive effect on some brain areas, such as the precuneus. Stimulation on the R-DLPFC might strengthen the FC between the right ACC and the bilateral DLPFCs, which could enhance the ability of behavioural decision-making and inhibition to solve conflicts effectively. Stimulating the L-DLPFC alone could increase the FC of bilateral DLPFCs with some brain regions associated with response inhibition.
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, NO. 17 Lujiang Rd, Luyang District, Hefei City, 230001, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, NO. 17 Lujiang Rd, Luyang District, Hefei City, 230001, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, NO. 17 Lujiang Rd, Luyang District, Hefei City, 230001, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, NO. 17 Lujiang Rd, Luyang District, Hefei City, 230001, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, NO. 17 Lujiang Rd, Luyang District, Hefei City, 230001, Anhui Province, China
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Li X, Huang Y, Liu M, Zhang M, Liu Y, Teng T, Liu X, Yu Y, Jiang Y, Ouyang X, Xu M, Lv F, Long Y, Zhou X. Childhood trauma is linked to abnormal static-dynamic brain topology in adolescents with major depressive disorder. Int J Clin Health Psychol 2023; 23:100401. [PMID: 37584055 PMCID: PMC10423886 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100401] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
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Childhood trauma is a leading risk factor for adolescents developing major depressive disorder (MDD); however, the underlying neuroimaging mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association among childhood trauma, MDD and brain dysfunctions by combining static and dynamic brain network models. We recruited 46 first-episode drug-naïve adolescent MDD patients with childhood trauma (MDD-CT), 53 MDD patients without childhood trauma (MDD-nCT), and 90 healthy controls (HCs) for resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans; all participants were aged 13-18 years. Compared to the HCs and MDD-nCT groups, the MDD-CT group exhibited significantly higher global and local efficiency in static brain networks and significantly higher temporal correlation coefficients in dynamic brain network models at the whole-brain level, and altered the local efficiency of default mode network (DMN) and temporal correlation coefficients of DMN, salience (SAN), and attention (ATN) networks at the local perspective. Correlation analysis indicated that altered brain network features and clinical symptoms, childhood trauma, and particularly emotional neglect were highly correlated in adolescents with MDD. This study may provide new evidence for the dysconnectivity hypothesis regarding the associations between childhood trauma and MDD in adolescents from the perspectives of both static and dynamic brain topology.
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- Xuemei Li
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Kucikova L, Zeng J, Muñoz-Neira C, Muniz-Terrera G, Huang W, Gregory S, Ritchie C, O'Brien J, Su L. Genetic risk factors of Alzheimer's Disease disrupt resting-state functional connectivity in cognitively intact young individuals. J Neurol 2023; 270:4949-4958. [PMID: 37358635 PMCID: PMC10511575 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11809-9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Past evidence shows that changes in functional brain connectivity in multiple resting-state networks occur in cognitively healthy individuals who have non-modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease. Here, we aimed to investigate how those changes differ in early adulthood and how they might relate to cognition. METHODS We investigated the effects of genetic risk factors of AD, namely APOEe4 and MAPTA alleles, on resting-state functional connectivity in a cohort of 129 cognitively intact young adults (aged 17-22 years). We used Independent Component Analysis to identify networks of interest, and Gaussian Random Field Theory to compare connectivity between groups. Seed-based analysis was used to quantify inter-regional connectivity strength from the clusters that exhibited significant between-group differences. To investigate the relationship with cognition, we correlated the connectivity and the performance on the Stroop task. RESULTS The analysis revealed a decrease in functional connectivity in the Default Mode Network (DMN) in both APOEe4 carriers and MAPTA carriers in comparison with non-carriers. APOEe4 carriers showed decreased connectivity in the right angular gyrus (size = 246, p-FDR = 0.0079), which was correlated with poorer performance on the Stroop task. MAPTA carriers showed decreased connectivity in the left middle temporal gyrus (size = 546, p-FDR = 0.0001). In addition, we found that only MAPTA carriers had a decreased connectivity between the DMN and multiple other brain regions. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that APOEe4 and MAPTA alleles modulate brain functional connectivity in the brain regions within the DMN in cognitively intact young adults. APOEe4 carriers also showed a link between connectivity and cognition.
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- Ludmila Kucikova
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Heath, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, SY, UK
- Insigneo Institute for in Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sino-Britain Centre for Cognition and Ageing Research, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Heath, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, SY, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Heath, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, SY, UK
- Insigneo Institute for in Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Scottish Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Heath, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, SY, UK.
- Insigneo Institute for in Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Yoo JH, Park YW, Kim D, Park H, Jeong B. Effects of Parental Verbal Abuse Experience on the Glutamate Response to Swear Words in the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex: A Functional 1H-magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci 2023; 21:559-571. [PMID: 37424423 PMCID: PMC10335905 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.22.1019] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Objective Several lines of evidence indicate verbal abuse (VA) critically impacts the developing brain; however, whether VA results in changes in brain neurochemistry has not been established. Here, we hypothesized that exposure to recurrent parental VA elicits heightened glutamate (Glu) responses during the presentation of swear words, which can be measured with functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS). Methods During an emotional Stroop task consisting of blocks of color and swear words, metabolite concentration changes were measured in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the left amygdalohippocampal region (AMHC) of healthy adults (14 F/27 M, 23 ± 4 years old) using fMRS. The dynamic changes in Glu and their associations with the emotional state of the participants were finally evaluated based on 36 datasets from the vmPFC and 30 from the AMHC. Results A repeated-measures analysis of covariance revealed a modest effect of parental VA severity on Glu changes in the vmPFC. The total score on the Verbal Abuse Questionnaire by parents (pVAQ) was associated with the Glu response to swear words (ΔGluSwe). The interaction term of ΔGluSwe and baseline N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) level in the vmPFC could be used to predict state-trait anxiety level and depressive mood. We could not find any significant associations between ΔGluSwe in the AMHC and either pVAQ or emotional states. Conclusion Parental VA exposure in individuals is associated with a greater Glu response towards VA-related stimuli in the vmPFC and that the accompanying low NAA level may be associated with anxiety level or depressive mood.
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- Jae Hyun Yoo
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
- Department of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
- KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology and KI for Artificial Intelligence, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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Oudijn MS, Linders JTW, Lok A, Schuurman PR, van den Munckhof P, van Elburg AA, van Wingen GA, Mocking RJT, Denys D. Neural effects of deep brain stimulation on reward and loss anticipation and food viewing in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study. J Eat Disord 2023; 11:140. [PMID: 37605212 PMCID: PMC10440869 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-023-00863-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe and life-threatening psychiatric disorder. Initial studies on deep brain stimulation (DBS) in severe, treatment-refractory AN have shown clinical effects. However, the working mechanisms of DBS in AN remain largely unknown. Here, we used a task-based functional MRI approach to understand the pathophysiology of AN. METHODS We performed functional MRI on four AN patients that participated in a pilot study on the efficacy, safety, and functional effects of DBS targeted at the ventral limb of the capsula interna (vALIC). The patients and six gender-matched healthy controls (HC) were investigated at three different time points. We used an adapted version of the monetary incentive delay task to probe generic reward processing in patients and controls, and a food-specific task in patients only. RESULTS At baseline, no significant differences for reward anticipation were found between AN and HC. Significant group (AN and HC) by time (pre- and post-DBS) interactions were found in the right precuneus, right putamen, right ventral and medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC). No significant interactions were found in the food viewing task, neither between the conditions high-calorie and low-calorie food images nor between the different time points. This could possibly be due to the small sample size and the lack of a control group. CONCLUSION The results showed a difference in the response of reward-related brain areas post-DBS. This supports the hypotheses that the reward circuitry is involved in the pathogenesis of AN and that DBS affects responsivity of reward-related brain areas. Trial registration Registered in the Netherlands Trial Register ( https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/3322 ): NL3322 (NTR3469).
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- M S Oudijn
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC)-Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam (UvA), PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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De Giorgi A, Nardecchia F, Manti F, Campistol J, Leuzzi V. Neuroimaging in early-treated phenylketonuria patients and clinical outcome: A systematic review. Mol Genet Metab 2023; 139:107588. [PMID: 37149991 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2023.107588] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Lacking direct neuropathological data, neuroimaging exploration has become the most powerful tool to give insight into pathophysiological alterations of early-treated PKU (ETPKU) patients. We conducted a systematic review of neuroimaging studies in ETPKU patients to explore 1) the occurrence of consistent neuroimaging alterations; 2) the relationship between them and neurological and cognitive disorders; 3) the contribution of neuroimaging in the insight of neuropathological background of ETPKU subjects; 4) whether brain neuroimaging may provide additional information in the monitoring of the disease course. Thirty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria for the full-text review, including morphological T1/T2 sequences, diffusion brain imaging (DWI/DTI) studies, brain MRI volumetric, functional neuroimaging studies, neurotransmission and brain energetic imaging studies. Non-progressive brain white matter changes were the most frequent and precocious alterations. As confirmed in hundreds of young adults with ETPKU, they affect over 90% of ETPKU patients. Consistent correlations are emerging between microstructural alteration (as detected by DWI/DTI) and metabolic control, which have also been confirmed in a few interventional trials. Volumetric studies detected later and less consistent cortical and subcortical grey matter alterations, which seem to be influenced by the patient's age and metabolic control. The few functional neuroimaging studies so far showed preliminary but interesting data about cortical activation patterns, skill performance, and brain connectivity. Further research is mandatory in these more complex areas. Recurrent methodological limitations include restricted sample sizes concerning the clinical variability of the disease, large age-range, variable measures of metabolic control, and prevalence of cross-sectional rather than longitudinal interventional studies.
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- Agnese De Giorgi
- Division of Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neuropaediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Child Neurology and Infantile Psychiatry, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Chan CC, Alter S, Hazlett EA, Shafritz KM, Yehuda R, Goodman M, Haznedar MM, Szeszko PR. Neural correlates of impulsivity in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and clinical implications. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023; 147:105109. [PMID: 36813146 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105109] [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: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Impulsivity is a common feature of bipolar disorder (BD) with ramifications for functional impairment and premature mortality. This PRISMA-guided systematic review aims to integrate findings on the neurocircuitry associated with impulsivity in BD. We searched for functional neuroimaging studies that examined rapid-response impulsivity and choice impulsivity using the Go/No-Go Task, Stop-Signal Task, and Delay Discounting Task. Findings from 33 studies were synthesized with an emphasis on the effect of mood state of the sample and affective salience of the task. Results suggest trait-like brain activation abnormalities in regions implicated in impulsivity that persist across mood states. During rapid-response inhibition, BD exhibit under-activation of key frontal, insular, parietal, cingulate, and thalamic regions, but over-activation of these regions when the task involves emotional stimuli. Delay discounting tasks with functional neuroimaging in BD are lacking, but hyperactivity of orbitofrontal and striatal regions associated with reward hypersensitivity may be related to difficulty delaying gratification. We propose a working model of neurocircuitry dysfunction underlying behavioral impulsivity in BD. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.
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- Chi C Chan
- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA; Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Mental Health Patient Care Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Mental Health Patient Care Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Mental Health Patient Care Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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Hallihan H, Tsai P, Lv N, Xiao L, Peñalver Bernabé B, Wu Y, Pandey GN, Williams LM, Ajilore OA, Ma J. Affective neural circuits and inflammatory markers linked to depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with comorbid obesity. J Psychiatr Res 2023; 160:9-18. [PMID: 36764197 PMCID: PMC10023437 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Although we have effective treatments for depression and anxiety, we lack mechanistic understanding or evidence-based strategies to tailor these treatments in the context of major comorbidities such as obesity. The current feasibility study uses functional neuroimaging and biospecimen data to determine if changes in inflammatory markers, fecal short-chain fatty acids, and neural circuit-based targets can predict depression and anxiety outcomes among participants with comorbid obesity. Blood and stool samples and functional magnetic resonance imaging data were obtained at baseline and 2 months, during the parent ENGAGE-2 trial. From 30 participants with both biospecimen and fMRI data, this subsample study explored the relationship among changes in inflammatory markers and fecal short-chain fatty acids and changes in neural targets, and their joint relationship with depression and anxiety symptoms. Bivariate and partial correlation, canonical correlation, and partial least squares analyses were conducted, with adjustments for age, sex, and treatment group. Initial correlation analyses revealed three inflammatory markers (IL-1RA, IL-6, and TNF-α) and five neural targets (in Negative Affect, Positive Affect, and Default Mode Circuits) with significantly associated changes at 2 months. Partial least squares analyses then showed that changes in IL-1RA and TNF-α and changes in three neural targets (in Negative Affect and Positive Affect Circuits) at 2 months were associated with changes in depression and anxiety symptoms at 6 months. This study sheds light on the plausibility of incorporation of inflammatory and gastrointestinal biomarkers with neural targets as predictors of depression and comorbid anxiety outcomes among patients with obesity.
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- Hagar Hallihan
- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60608, USA.
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Wingrove J, Makaronidis J, Prados F, Kanber B, Yiannakas MC, Magee C, Castellazzi G, Grandjean L, Golay X, Tur C, Ciccarelli O, D'Angelo E, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CA, Batterham RL. Aberrant olfactory network functional connectivity in people with olfactory dysfunction following COVID-19 infection: an exploratory, observational study. EClinicalMedicine 2023; 58:101883. [PMID: 36883140 PMCID: PMC9980836 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101883] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Olfactory impairments and anosmia from COVID-19 infection typically resolve within 2-4 weeks, although in some cases, symptoms persist longer. COVID-19-related anosmia is associated with olfactory bulb atrophy, however, the impact on cortical structures is relatively unknown, particularly in those with long-term symptoms. METHODS In this exploratory, observational study, we studied individuals who experienced COVID-19-related anosmia, with or without recovered sense of smell, and compared against individuals with no prior COVID-19 infection (confirmed by antibody testing, all vaccine naïve). MRI Imaging was carried out between the 15th July and 17th November 2020 at the Queen Square House Clinical Scanning Facility, UCL, United Kingdom. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and structural imaging, we assessed differences in functional connectivity (FC) between olfactory regions, whole brain grey matter (GM) cerebral blood flow (CBF) and GM density. FINDINGS Individuals with anosmia showed increased FC between the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), visual association cortex and cerebellum and FC reductions between the right OFC and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex compared to those with no prior COVID-19 infection (p < 0.05, from whole brain statistical parametric map analysis). Individuals with anosmia also showed greater CBF in the left insula, hippocampus and ventral posterior cingulate when compared to those with resolved anosmia (p < 0.05, from whole brain statistical parametric map analysis). INTERPRETATION This work describes, for the first time to our knowledge, functional differences within olfactory areas and regions involved in sensory processing and cognitive functioning. This work identifies key areas for further research and potential target sites for therapeutic strategies. FUNDING This study was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and supported by the Queen Square Scanner business case.
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- Jed Wingrove
- Centre for Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
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- Centre for Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
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- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Brain Connectivity Research Centre, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Brain Connectivity Research Centre, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Brain Connectivity Research Centre, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Centre for Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH and UCL, London, UK
- Corresponding author. Division of Medicine, University College London, Rayne Building, 5 University Street, London, WC1E 6JF, UK.
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Marshall S, Gabiazon R, Persaud P, Nagamatsu LS. What do functional neuroimaging studies tell us about the association between falls and cognition in older adults? A systematic review. Ageing Res Rev 2023; 85:101859. [PMID: 36669688 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2023.101859] [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: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Impaired cognition is a known risk factor for falls in older adults. To enhance prevention strategies and treatment of falls among an aging global population, an understanding of the neural processes and networks involved is required. We present a systematic review investigating how functional neuroimaging techniques have been used to examine the association between falls and cognition in seniors. Peer-reviewed articles were identified through searching five electronic databases: 1) Medline, 2) PsycINFO, 3) CINAHL, 4) EMBASE, and 5) Pubmed. Key author, key paper, and reference searching was also conducted. Nine studies were included in this review. A questionnaire composed of seven questions was used to assess the quality of each study. EEG, fMRI, and PET were utilized across studies to examine brain function in older adults. Consistent evidence demonstrates that cognition is associated with measures of falls/falls risk, specifically visual attention and executive function. Our results show that falls/falls risk may be implicated with specific brain regions and networks. Future studies should be prospective and long-term in nature, with standardized outcome measures. Mobile neuroimaging techniques may also provide insight into brain activity as it pertains to cognition and falls in older adults in real-world settings.
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- Samantha Marshall
- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Kinesiology, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Kinesiology, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Kinesiology, Western University, Ontario, Canada.
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Pinto CR, Duarte JV, Marques C, Vicente IN, Paiva C, Éloi J, Pereira DJ, Correia BR, Castelo-Branco M, Oliveira G. The role of early functional neuroimaging in predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonatal encephalopathy. Eur J Pediatr 2023; 182:1191-1200. [PMID: 36607412 PMCID: PMC10023620 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-022-04778-0] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Reliably assessing the early neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is of utmost importance to advise parents and implement early and personalized interventions. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of neuroimaging modalities, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in NE. Eighteen newborns with NE due to presumed perinatal asphyxia (PA) were included in the study, 16 of whom underwent therapeutic hypothermia. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fMRI during passive visual, auditory, and sensorimotor stimulation were acquired between the 10th and 14th day of age. Clinical follow-up protocol included visual and auditory evoked potentials and a detailed neurodevelopmental evaluation at 12 and 18 months of age. Infants were divided according to sensory and neurodevelopmental outcome: severe, moderate disability, or normal. Structural MRI findings were the best predictor of severe disability with an AUC close to 1.0. There were no good predictors to discriminate between moderate disability versus normal outcome. Nevertheless, structural MRI measures showed a significant correlation with the scores of neurodevelopmental assessments. During sensorimotor stimulation, the fMRI signal in the right hemisphere had an AUC of 0.9 to predict absence of cerebral palsy (CP). fMRI measures during auditory and visual stimulation did not predict sensorineural hearing loss or cerebral visual impairment. CONCLUSION In addition to structural MRI, fMRI with sensorimotor stimulation may open the gate to improve the knowledge of neurodevelopmental/motor prognosis if proven in a larger cohort of newborns with NE. WHAT IS KNOWN • Establishing an early, accurate neurodevelopmental prognosis in neonatal encephalopathy remains challenging. • Although structural MRI has a central role in neonatal encephalopathy, advanced MRI modalities are gradually being explored to optimize neurodevelopmental outcome knowledge. WHAT IS NEW • Newborns who later developed cerebral palsy had a trend towards lower fMRI measures in the right sensorimotor area during sensorimotor stimulation. • These preliminary fMRI results may improve future early delineation of motor prognosis in neonatal encephalopathy.
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- Carla R Pinto
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Avenida Afonso Romão, Coimbra, 3000-602, Portugal.
- University Clinic of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Child Developmental Center, Research and Clinical Training Center, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Child Developmental Center, Research and Clinical Training Center, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Ophthalmology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Medical Imaging Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Quantitative Methods, Information and Management Systems Department, Coimbra Business School, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- University Clinic of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Child Developmental Center, Research and Clinical Training Center, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Kirsch DE, Le V, Kosted R, Fromme K, Lippard ETC. Neural underpinnings of expecting alcohol: Placebo alcohol administration alters nucleus accumbens resting state functional connectivity. Behav Brain Res 2023; 437:114148. [PMID: 36206822 PMCID: PMC10955555 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114148] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Using balanced placebo designs, seminal alcohol administration research has shown individuals' beliefs about whether they have consumed alcohol, irrespective of the actual presence of alcohol, can determine level of alcohol consumption and impact social behavior. Despite the known effect of expecting alcohol on drinking behavior, few studies have used the placebo manipulation to directly investigate the neural underpinnings of the expectancy-related effects that occur following perceived alcohol consumption in humans. The present paper examined placebo responses in the laboratory to better understand the neural basis for the psychological phenomenon of expectancies. METHODS As part of a larger within-subjects study design, healthy young adults (N = 22, agemean+SD=23 +1) completed resting state fMRI scans and measures of subjective response before and after consuming placebo beverages. Effect of placebo beverage consumption (pre- versus post-beverage consumption) on functional connectivity within prefrontal cortical networks was examined using the CONN Toolbox. Relations between perceived subjective response to alcohol with functional connectivity response following placebo beverage consumption were examined. RESULTS Compared to pre-beverage scan, placebo beverage consumption was associated with increased positive functional connectivity between right nucleus accumbens - ventromedial prefrontal cortex and subcallosal cingulate cortex (pFDR<0.05). Subjective ratings of intoxication (i.e., feeling 'drunk') positively correlated with placebo beverage-related increases in nucleus accumbens - subcallosal cingulate cortex functional connectivity. CONCLUSION Results suggest placebo response to alcohol is associated with increased functional connectivity within a key reward network (nucleus accumbens - ventromedial prefrontal cortex and subcallosal cingulate cortex) and put forth a mechanism by which alcohol expectancies may contribute to the subjective experience of intoxication.
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- D E Kirsch
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Institute of Early Life Adversity Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
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Anderson Z, Damme KSF, Carroll AL, Ka-Yi Chat I, Young KS, Craske MG, Bookheimer S, Zinbarg R, Nusslock R. Association between reward-related functional connectivity and tri-level mood and anxiety symptoms. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 37:103335. [PMID: 36736199 PMCID: PMC9926301 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103335] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Depression and anxiety are associated with abnormalities in brain regions that process rewards including the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC), the ventral striatum (VS), and the amygdala. However, there are inconsistencies in these findings. This may be due to past reliance on categorical diagnoses that, while valuable, provide less precision than may be required to understand subtle neural changes associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety. In contrast, the tri-level model defines symptom dimensions that are common (General Distress) or relatively specific (Anhedonia-Apprehension, Fears) to depression and anxiety related disorders, which provide increased precision. In the current study, eligibility was assessed by quasi-orthogonal screening questionnaires measuring reward and threat sensitivity (Behavioral Activation Scale; Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Neuroticism). These participants were assessed on tri-level symptom severity and completed the Monetary Incentive Delay task during fMRI scanning. VS-mOFC and VS-amygdala connectivity were estimated during reward anticipation and reward outcome. Heightened General Distress was associated with lower VS-mOFC connectivity during reward anticipation (b = -0.064, p = 0.021) and reward outcome (b = -0.102, p = 0.014). Heightened Anhedonia-Apprehension was associated with greater VS-amygdala connectivity during reward anticipation (b = 0.065, p = 0.004). The present work has important implications for understanding the coupling between the mOFC and vS and the amygdala and the vS during reward processing in the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety symptoms and for developing targeted behavioral, pharmacological, and neuromodulatory interventions to help manage these symptoms.
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- Zachary Anderson
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Institute for Innovation in Developmental Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Social, Genetic and Development Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Berhe O, Höflich A, Moessnang C, Reichert M, Kremer T, Gan G, Ma R, Braun U, Reininghaus U, Ebner-Priemer U, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Tost H. Reduced Real-life Affective Well-being and Amygdala Habituation in Unmedicated Community Individuals at Risk for Depression and Anxiety. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging 2023; 8:111-120. [PMID: 35760353 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early identification of risk for depression and anxiety disorders is important for prevention, but real-life affective well-being and its biological underpinnings in the population remain understudied. Here, we combined methods from epidemiology, psychology, ecological momentary assessment, and functional magnetic resonance imaging to study real-life and neural affective functions in individuals with subclinical anxiety and depression from a population-based cohort of young adults. METHODS We examined psychological measures, real-life affective valence, functional magnetic resonance imaging amygdala habituation to negative affective stimuli, and the relevance of neural readouts for daily-life affective function in 132 non-help-seeking community individuals. We compared psychological and ecological momentary assessment measures of 61 unmedicated individuals at clinical risk for depression and anxiety (operationalized as subthreshold depression and anxiety symptoms or a former mood or anxiety disorder) with those of 48 nonrisk individuals and 23 persons with a mood or anxiety disorder. We studied risk-associated functional magnetic resonance imaging signals in subsamples with balanced sociodemographic and image quality parameters (26 nonrisk, 26 at-risk persons). RESULTS Compared with nonrisk persons, at-risk individuals showed significantly decreased real-life affective valence (p = .038), reduced amygdala habituation (familywise error-corrected p = .024, region of interest corrected), and an intermediate psychological risk profile. Amygdala habituation predicted real-life affective valence in control subjects but not in participants at risk (familywise error-corrected p = .005, region of interest corrected). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest real-life and neural markers for affective alterations in unmedicated community individuals at risk for depression and anxiety and highlight the significance of amygdala habituation measures for the momentary affective experience in real-world environments.
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- Oksana Berhe
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Mental mHealth Lab, Department of Sport and Sport Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; Department of eHealth and Sports Analytics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Mental mHealth Lab, Department of Sport and Sport Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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Porta-Casteràs D, Cano M, Navarra-Ventura G, Serra-Blasco M, Vicent-Gil M, Solé B, Montejo L, Torrent C, Martinez-Aran A, Harrison BJ, Palao D, Vieta E, Cardoner N. Disrupted network switching in euthymic bipolar disorder: Working memory and self-referential paradigms. J Affect Disord 2023; 320:552-560. [PMID: 36202301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.152] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) frequently suffer from neurocognitive deficits that can persist during periods of clinical stability. Specifically, impairments in executive functioning such as working memory and in self-processing have been identified as the main components of the neurocognitive profile observed in euthymic BD patients. The study of the neurobiological correlates of these state-independent alterations may be a prerequisite to develop reliable biomarkers in BD. METHODS A sample of 27 euthymic BD patients and 25 healthy participants (HC) completed working memory and self-referential functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) tasks. Activation maps obtained for each group and contrast images (i.e., 2-back > 1-back/self > control) were used for comparisons between patients and HC. RESULTS Euthymic BD patients, in comparison to HC, showed a higher ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation during working memory, a result driven by the lack of deactivation in BD patients. In addition, euthymic BD patients displayed a greater dorsomedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation during self-reference processing. LIMITATIONS Pharmacotherapy was described but not included as a confounder in our models. Sample size was modest. CONCLUSION Our findings revealed a lack of deactivation in the anterior default mode network (aDMN) during a working memory task, a finding consistent with prior research in BD patients, but also a higher activation in frontal regions within the central executive network (CEN) during self-processing. These results suggest that an imbalance of neural network dynamics underlying external/internal oriented cognition (the CEN and the aDMN, respectively) may be one of the first reliable biomarkers in euthymic bipolar patients.
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- D Porta-Casteràs
- Sant Pau Mental Health Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Mental Health Department, Unitat de Neurociència Traslacional, Parc Tauli University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Sanitària Parc Taulí (I3PT), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Bellaterra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Sant Pau Mental Health Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.
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- Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain; Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Programa eHealth ICOnnecta't, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Sant Pau Mental Health Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Mental Health Department, Unitat de Neurociència Traslacional, Parc Tauli University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Sanitària Parc Taulí (I3PT), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Bellaterra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Sant Pau Mental Health Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Bellaterra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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Palmer KL, Shivgulam ME, Champod AS, Wilson BC, O'Brien MW, Bray NW. Exercise training augments brain function and reduces pain perception in adults with chronic pain: A systematic review of intervention studies. Neurobiol Pain 2023; 13:100129. [PMID: 37206154 PMCID: PMC10189552 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynpai.2023.100129] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Introduction Chronic pain (CP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Pain may be measured using subjective questionnaires, but understanding the underlying physiology, such as brain function, could improve prognosis. Further, there has been a shift towards cost-effective lifestyle modification for the management of CP. Methods We conducted a systematic review (Registration: #CRD42022331870) using articles retrieved from four databases (Pubmed, EMBASE, AMED, and CINAHL) to assess the effect of exercise on brain function and pain perception/quality of life in adults with CP. Results Our search yielded 1879 articles; after exclusion, ten were included in the final review. Study participants were diagnosed with either osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia. However, two studies included "fibromyalgia and low back pain" or "fibromyalgia, back, and complex regional pain." Exercise interventions that were 12 weeks or longer (n = 8/10) altered brain function and improved pain and/or quality of life outcomes. The cortico-limbic pathway, default-mode network, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were key regions that experienced alterations post-intervention. All studies that reported an improvement in brain function also demonstrated an improvement in pain perception and/or quality of life. Discussion Our review suggests that alterations in brain function, notably the cortico-limbic, default-mode and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, may be responsible for the downstream improvements in the subjective experience of CP. Through appropriate programming (i.e., length of intervention), exercise may represent a viable option to manage CP via its positive influence on brain health.
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- Kierstyn L. Palmer
- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Division of Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
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- Dept. of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
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- School of Physiotherapy (Faculty of Health) and Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
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- Cumming School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
- Corresponding author at: Lab of Human Cerebrovascular Physiology, MR Neuroimaging Lab, Heritage Medical Research Building, Room HMRB 128, Calgary, AB N6C 0A7, Canada.
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Low TA, Lindland K, Kirton A, Carlson HL, Harris AD, Goodyear BG, Monchi O, Hill MD, Dukelow SP. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with multi-modality aphasia therapy for chronic post-stroke non-fluent aphasia: A pilot randomized sham-controlled trial. Brain Lang 2023; 236:105216. [PMID: 36525719 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105216] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) shows promise in improving speech production in post-stroke aphasia. Limited evidence suggests pairing rTMS with speech therapy may result in greater improvements. Twenty stroke survivors (>6 months post-stroke) were randomized to receive either sham rTMS plus multi-modality aphasia therapy (M-MAT) or rTMS plus M-MAT. For the first time, we demonstrate that rTMS combined with M-MAT is feasible, with zero adverse events and minimal attrition. Both groups improved significantly over time on all speech and language outcomes. However, improvements did not differ between rTMS or sham. We found that rTMS and sham groups differed in lesion location, which may explain speech and language outcomes as well as unique patterns of BOLD signal change within each group. We offer practical considerations for future studies and conclude that while combination therapy of rTMS plus M-MAT in chronic post-stroke aphasia is safe and feasible, personalized intervention may be necessary.
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- Trevor A Low
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Allied Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Mora AM, Baker JM, Hyland C, Rodríguez-Zamora MG, Rojas-Valverde D, Winkler MS, Staudacher P, Palzes VA, Gutiérrez-Vargas R, Lindh C, Reiss AL, Eskenazi B, Fuhrimann S, Sagiv SK. Pesticide exposure and cortical brain activation among farmworkers in Costa Rica. Neurotoxicology 2022; 93:200-210. [PMID: 36228750 PMCID: PMC10014323 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous epidemiological studies have reported associations of pesticide exposure with poor cognitive function and behavioral problems. However, these findings have relied primarily on neuropsychological assessments. Questions remain about the neurobiological effects of pesticide exposure, specifically where in the brain pesticides exert their effects and whether compensatory mechanisms in the brain may have masked pesticide-related associations in studies that relied purely on neuropsychological measures. METHODS We conducted a functional neuroimaging study in 48 farmworkers from Zarcero County, Costa Rica, in 2016. We measured concentrations of 13 insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide metabolites or parent compounds in urine samples collected during two study visits (approximately 3-5 weeks apart). We assessed cortical brain activation in the prefrontal cortex during tasks of working memory, attention, and cognitive flexibility using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). We estimated associations of pesticide exposure with cortical brain activation using multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age and education level. RESULTS We found that higher concentrations of insecticide metabolites were associated with reduced activation in the prefrontal cortex during a working memory task. For example, 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy; a metabolite of the organophosphate chlorpyrifos) was associated with reduced activation in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (β = -2.3; 95% CI: -3.9, -0.7 per two-fold increase in TCPy). Similarly, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA; a metabolite of pyrethroid insecticides) was associated with bilateral reduced activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortices (β = -3.1; 95% CI: -5.0, -1.2 and -2.3; 95% CI: -4.5, -0.2 per two-fold increase in 3-PBA for left and right cortices, respectively). These associations were similar, though weaker, for the attention and cognitive flexibility tasks. We observed null associations of fungicide and herbicide biomarker concentrations with cortical brain activation during the three tasks that were administered. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides may impact cortical brain activation in the prefrontal cortex - neural dynamics that could potentially underlie previously reported associations with cognitive and behavioral function. Furthermore, our study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of fNIRS in epidemiological field studies.
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- Ana M Mora
- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 265, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- School of Public Health and Population Science, Boise State University, 1910 W University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Escuela de Ingeniería en Seguridad Laboral e Higiene Ambiental (EISLHA), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Calle 15, Avenida 14, 1 km Sur de la Basílica de los Ángeles, Cartago 30101, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Salud y Deporte, Escuela Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Calidad de Vida, Campus Benjamin Nuñez, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 55, 4051 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Peterspl. 1, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Drug and Alcohol Research Team at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California's Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
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- Centro de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Salud y Deporte, Escuela Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Calidad de Vida, Campus Benjamin Nuñez, Universidad Nacional, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Scheelevägen 2, 22363 Lund, Sweden
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 265, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 55, 4051 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Peterspl. 1, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 265, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Yoon N, Huh Y, Lee H, Kim JI, Lee J, Yang CM, Jang S, Ahn YD, Oh MR, Lee DS, Kang H, Kim BN. Alterations in Social Brain Network Topology at Rest in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychiatry Investig 2022; 19:1055-1068. [PMID: 36588440 PMCID: PMC9806512 DOI: 10.30773/pi.2022.0174] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Underconnectivity in the resting brain is not consistent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, it is known that the functional connectivity of the default mode network is mainly decreased in childhood ASD. This study investigated the brain network topology as the changes in the connection strength and network efficiency in childhood ASD, including the early developmental stages. METHODS In this study, 31 ASD children aged 2-11 years were compared with 31 age and sex-matched children showing typical development. We explored the functional connectivity based on graph filtration by assessing the single linkage distance and global and nodal efficiencies using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The relationship between functional connectivity and clinical scores was also analyzed. RESULTS Underconnectivities within the posterior default mode network subregions and between the inferior parietal lobule and inferior frontal/superior temporal regions were observed in the ASD group. These areas significantly correlated with the clinical phenotypes. The global, local, and nodal network efficiencies were lower in children with ASD than in those with typical development. In the preschool-age children (2-6 years) with ASD, the anterior-posterior connectivity of the default mode network and cerebellar connectivity were reduced. CONCLUSION The observed topological reorganization, underconnectivity, and disrupted efficiency in the default mode network subregions and social function-related regions could be significant biomarkers of childhood ASD.
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- Narae Yoon
- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Integrative Care Hub, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kiyar M, Kubre MA, Collet S, Van Den Eynde T, T'Sjoen G, Guillamon A, Mueller SC. Gender-affirming hormonal treatment changes neural processing of emotions in trans men: An fMRI study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022; 146:105928. [PMID: 36155318 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Some transgender people desire a transition through gender-affirming hormone treatment (GAHT). To date, it is unknown how GAHT changes emotion perception in transgender people. METHODS Thirty transgender men (TM), 30 cisgender men (CM), and 35 cisgender women (CW) underwent 3 Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while passively viewing emotional faces (happy, angry, surprised faces) at two timepoints (T0 and T1). At T0 all participants were hormone-naïve, while TM immediately commenced testosterone supplementation at T0. The second scanning session (T1) occurred after 6-10 months of GAHT in TM. All 3 groups completed both T0 and T1 RESULTS: GAHT in TM shifted the neural profile whilst processing emotions from a sex-assigned at birth pattern at T0 (similar to CW) to a consistent with gender identity pattern at T1 (similar to CM). Overall, the brain patterns stayed the same for the cis people at T0 and T1. CONCLUSIONS These findings document the impact of hormone treatment, and testosterone supplementation specifically, on emotion perception in TM.
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- Meltem Kiyar
- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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- Department of Psychobiology, National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Gallucci J, Pomarol-Clotet E, Voineskos AN, Guerrero-Pedraza A, Alonso-Lana S, Vieta E, Salvador R, Hawco C. Longer illness duration is associated with greater individual variability in functional brain activity in Schizophrenia, but not bipolar disorder. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 36:103269. [PMID: 36451371 PMCID: PMC9723315 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit greater inter-patient variability in functional brain activity during neurocognitive task performance. Some studies have shown associations of age and illness duration with brain function; however, the association of these variables with variability in brain function activity is not known. In order to better understand the progressive effects of age and illness duration across disorders, we examined the relationship with individual variability in brain activity. METHODS Neuroimaging and behavioural data were extracted from harmonized datasets collectively including 212 control participants, 107 individuals with bipolar disorder, and 232 individuals with schizophrenia (total n = 551). Functional activity in response to an N-back working memory task (2-back vs 1-back) was examined. Individual variability was quantified via the correlational distance of fMRI activity between participants; mean correlational distance of one participant in relation to all others was defined as a 'variability score'. RESULTS Greater individual variability was found in the schizophrenia group compared to the bipolar disorder and control groups (p = 1.52e-09). Individual variability was significantly associated with aging (p = 0.027), however, this relationship was not different across diagnostic groups. In contrast, in the schizophrenia sample only, a longer illness duration was associated with increased variability (p = 0.027). CONCLUSION An increase in variability was observed in the schizophrenia group related to illness duration, beyond the effects of normal aging, implying illness-related deterioration of cognitive networks. This has clinical implications for considering long-term trajectories in schizophrenia and progressive neural and cognitive decline which may be amiable to novel treatments.
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- Julia Gallucci
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Research Centre and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades – Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit, Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Corresponding authors at: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON, Spain.
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Kondziella D, Amiri M, Othman MH, Jakobsen EW, Jansen T, Møller K. Understanding, detecting, and stimulating consciousness recovery in the ICU. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022. [PMID: 36242637 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-022-05378-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Coma is a medical and socioeconomic emergency. Although underfunded, research on coma and disorders of consciousness has made impressive progress. Lesion-network-mapping studies have delineated the precise brainstem regions that consistently produce coma when damaged. Functional neuroimaging has revealed how mechanisms like "communication through coherence" and "inhibition by gating" work in synergy to enable cortico-cortical processing and how this information transfer is disrupted in brain injury. On the cellular level, break-down of intracellular communication between the layer 5 pyramidal cell soma and the apical dendritic part impairs dendritic information integration, with up-stream effects on microcircuits in local neuronal populations and on large-scale fronto-parietal networks, which correlates with loss of consciousness. A breakthrough in clinical concepts occurred when fMRI, and later EEG, studies revealed that 15% of clinically unresponsive patients in acute and chronic settings are in fact awake and aware, as shown by their command following abilities revealed by brain activation during motor and locomotion imagery tasks. This condition is now termed "cognitive motor dissociation." Furthermore, epidemiological data on coma were literally non-existent until recently because of difficulties related to case ascertainment with traditional methods, but crowdsourcing of family observations enabled the first estimates of how frequent coma is in the general population (pooled annual incidence of 201 coma cases per 100,000 population in the UK and the USA). Diagnostic guidelines on coma and disorders of consciousness by the American Academy of Neurology and the European Academy of Neurology provide ambitious clinical frameworks to accommodate these achievements. As for therapy, a broad range of medical and non-medical treatment options is now being tested in increasingly larger trials; in particular, amantadine and transcranial direct current stimulation appear promising in this regard. Major international initiatives like the Curing Coma Campaign aim to raise awareness for coma and disorders of consciousness in the public, with the ultimate goal to make more brain-injured patients recover consciousness after a coma. To highlight all these accomplishments, this paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress and future challenges related to understanding, detecting, and stimulating consciousness recovery in the ICU.
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Gallucci J, Tan T, Schifani C, Dickie EW, Voineskos AN, Hawco C. Greater individual variability in functional brain activity during working memory performance in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD). Schizophr Res 2022; 248:21-31. [PMID: 35908378 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Heterogeneity has been a persistent challenge in understanding Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD). Traditional case-control comparisons often show variable results, and may not map well onto individuals. To better understand heterogeneity and group differences in SSD compared to typically developing controls (TDC), we examined variability in functional brain activity during a working memory (WM) task with known deficits in SSD. Neuroimaging and behavioural data were extracted from two datasets collectively providing 34 TDC and 56 individuals with SSD (n = 90). Functional activity in response to an N-Back WM task (3-Back vs 1-Back) was examined between and within groups. Individual variability was calculated via the correlational distance of fMRI activity maps between participants; mean correlational distance from one participant to all others was defined as a 'variability score'. Greater individual variability in functional activity was found in SSD compared to TDC (p = 0.00090). At the group level, a case-control comparison suggested SSD had reduced activity in task positive and task negative networks. However, when SSD were divided into high and low variability subgroups, the low variability groups showed no differences relative to TDC while the high variability group showed little activity at the group level. Our results imply prior case-control differences may be driven by a subgroup of SSD who do not show specific impairments but instead show more 'idiosyncratic' activity patterns. In SSD but not TDC, variability was also related to cognitive performance and age. This novel approach focusing on individual variability has important implications for understanding the neurobiology of SSD.
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- Julia Gallucci
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Brain Health Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Brain Health Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Brain Health Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Tassone VK, Demchenko I, Salvo J, Mahmood R, Di Passa AM, Kuburi S, Rueda A, Bhat V. Contrasting the amygdala activity and functional connectivity profile between antidepressant-free participants with major depressive disorder and healthy controls: A systematic review of comparative fMRI studies. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2022; 325:111517. [PMID: 35944425 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Functional neuroimaging research suggests that the amygdala is implicated in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). This systematic review aimed to identify consistently reported amygdala activity and functional connectivity (FC) abnormalities in antidepressant-free participants with MDD as compared to healthy controls at baseline (i.e., before treatment initiation or experimental manipulation). A search for relevant published studies and registered clinical trials was conducted through OVID (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase) and ClinicalTrials.gov with an end date of March 7th, 2022. Fifty published studies and two registered clinical trials were included in this review. Participants with MDD frequently exhibited amygdala hyperactivity in response to negative stimuli, abnormal event-related amygdala-anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) FC, and abnormal resting-state amygdala FC with the insula and the prefrontal, temporal, and parietal cortices. Decreased resting-state FC was consistently found between the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex, striatum, cerebellum, and middle/inferior frontal gyri. Due to the limited number of studies examining resting-state amygdala activity and FC with specific subregions of interest, including those within the ACC, further investigation is warranted.
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- Vanessa K Tassone
- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
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- Interventional Psychiatry Program, St. Michael's Hospital, 193 Yonge Street 6-013, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1T8, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R8, Canada.
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Bègue I, Brakowski J, Seifritz E, Dagher A, Tobler PN, Kirschner M, Kaiser S. Cerebellar and cortico-striatal-midbrain contributions to reward-cognition processes and apathy within the psychosis continuum. Schizophr Res 2022; 246:85-94. [PMID: 35728420 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Negative symptoms in the psychosis continuum are linked to impairments in reward processing and cognitive function. Processes at the interface of reward processing and cognition and their relation to negative symptoms remain little studied, despite evidence suggestive of integration in mechanisms and neural circuitry. Here, we investigated brain activation during reward-dependent modulation of working memory (WM) and their relationship to negative symptoms in subclinical and early stages of the psychosis continuum. We included 27 persons with high schizotypal personality traits and 23 patients with first episode psychosis as well as 27 healthy controls. Participants underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while performing an established 2-back WM task with two reward levels (5 CHF vs. no reward), which allowed us to assess common reward-cognition regions through whole-brain conjunction analyses and to investigate relations with clinical scores of negative symptoms. As expected for behavior, reward facilitated performance while cognitive load diminished it. At the neural level, the conjunction of high reward and high cognitive load contrasts across the psychosis continuum showed increased hemodynamic activity in the thalamus and the cerebellar vermis. During high cognitive load, more severe apathy but not diminished expression in the psychosis continuum was associated with reduced activity in right lateral orbitofrontal cortex, midbrain, posterior vermal cerebellum, caudate and lateral parietal cortex. Our results suggest that hypoactivity in the cerebellar vermis and the cortical-striatal-midbrain-circuitry in the psychosis continuum relates to apathy possibly via impaired flexible cognitive resource allocation for effective goal pursuit.
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- Indrit Bègue
- Division of Adult Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Adult Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
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Chronic pain is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Limited efficacy associated with pharmacologic management and surgical interventions in refractory patients has led to further exploration of cognitive and behavioral interventions as both an adjunctive and primary therapeutic modality. Mindfulness-based meditation has shown to be effective in reducing pain in randomized studies of chronic pain patients as well as models of experimentally induced pain in healthy participants. These studies have revealed specific neural mechanisms which may explain both short-term and sustained pain relief associated with mindfulness-based interventions.
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- Michael G Brandel
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, 200 W. Arbor Drive #8893, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, 200 W. Arbor Drive #8893, USA
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- Department of Neurscience & Experimental Therapeutics, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurscience & Experimental Therapeutics, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, 200 W. Arbor Drive #8893, USA.
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Yeon C, Im JM, Kim M, Kim YR, Chung E. Cranial and Spinal Window Preparation for in vivo Optical Neuroimaging in Rodents and Related Experimental Techniques. Exp Neurobiol 2022; 31:131-146. [PMID: 35786637 PMCID: PMC9272117 DOI: 10.5607/en22015] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Optical neuroimaging provides an effective neuroscience tool for multi-scale investigation of the neural structures and functions, ranging from molecular, cellular activities to the inter-regional connectivity assessment. Amongst experimental preparations, the implementation of an artificial window to the central nervous system (CNS) is primarily required for optical visualization of the CNS and associated brain activities through the opaque skin and bone. Either thinning down or removing portions of the skull or spine is necessary for unobstructed long-term in vivo observations, for which types of the cranial and spinal window and applied materials vary depending on the study objectives. As diversely useful, a window can be designed to accommodate other experimental methods such as electrophysiology or optogenetics. Moreover, auxiliary apparatuses would allow the recording in synchrony with behavior of large-scale brain connectivity signals across the CNS, such as olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord. Such advancements in the cranial and spinal window have resulted in a paradigm shift in neuroscience, enabling in vivo investigation of the brain function and dysfunction at the microscopic, cellular level. This Review addresses the types and classifications of windows used in optical neuroimaging while describing how to perform in vivo studies using rodent models in combination with other experimental modalities during behavioral tests. The cranial and spinal window has enabled longitudinal examination of evolving neural mechanisms via in situ visualization of the brain. We expect transformable and multi-functional cranial and spinal windows to become commonplace in neuroscience laboratories, further facilitating advances in optical neuroimaging systems.
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- Chanmi Yeon
- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.,Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea.,AI Graduate School, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea.,Research Center for Photon Science Technology, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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Chae Y, Park HJ, Lee IS. Pain modalities in the body and brain: Current knowledge and future perspectives. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 139:104744. [PMID: 35716877 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104744] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Development and validation of pain biomarkers has become a major issue in pain research. Recent advances in multimodal data acquisition have allowed researchers to gather multivariate and multilevel whole-body measurements in patients with pain conditions, and data analysis techniques such as machine learning have led to novel findings in neural biomarkers for pain. Most studies have focused on the development of a biomarker to predict the severity of pain with high precision and high specificity, however, a similar approach to discriminate different modalities of pain is lacking. Identification of more accurate and specific pain biomarkers will require an in-depth understanding of the modality specificity of pain. In this review, we summarize early and recent findings on the modality specificity of pain in the brain, with a focus on distinct neural activity patterns between chronic clinical and acute experimental pain, direct, social, and vicarious pain, and somatic and visceral pain. We also suggest future directions to improve our current strategy of pain management using our knowledge of modality-specific aspects of pain.
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- Younbyoung Chae
- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea; Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea; Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea; Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea.
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Ingram M, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Lloyd JJ, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP. Spatial covariance analysis of FDG-PET and HMPAO-SPECT for the differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2022; 322:111460. [PMID: 35247828 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
We investigated diagnostic characteristics of spatial covariance analysis (SCA) of FDG-PET and HMPAO-SPECT scans in the differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in comparison with visual ratings and region of interest (ROI) analysis. Sixty-seven patients (DLB 29, AD 38) had both HMPAO-SPECT and FDG-PET scans. Spatial covariance patterns were used to separate AD and DLB in an initial derivation group (DLB n=15, AD n=19), before being forward applied to an independent group (DLB n=14, AD n=19). Visual ratings were by consensus, with ROI analysis utilising medial occipital/medial temporal uptake ratios. SCA of HMPAO-SPECT performed poorly (AUC 0.59±0.10), whilst SCA of FDG-PET (AUC 0.83±0.07) was significantly better. For FDG-PET, SCA showed similar diagnostic performance to ROI analysis (AUC 0.84±0.08) and visual rating (AUC 0.82±0.08). In contrast to ROI analysis, there was little concordance between SCA and visual ratings of FDG-PET scans. We conclude that SCA of FDG-PET outperforms that of HMPAO-SPECT. SCA of FDG-PET also performed similarly to the other analytical approaches, despite the limitations of a relatively small SCA derivation group. Compared to visual rating, SCA of FDG-PET relies on different sources of group variance to separate DLB from AD.
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- Matthew Ingram
- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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Nisticò V, Rossi RE, D'Arrigo AM, Priori A, Gambini O, Demartini B. Functional neuroimaging in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a systematic review highlights common brain alterations with Functional Movement Disorders. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2022; 28:185-203. [PMID: 35189600 PMCID: PMC8978134 DOI: 10.5056/jnm21079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by recurring abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without detectable organic causes. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the literature on functional neuroimaging in IBS and to highlight brain alterations similarities with other functional disorders - functional movement disorders in particular. We conducted the bibliographic search via PubMed in August 2020 and included 50 studies following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for systematic reviews. Overall, our findings showed an aberrant activation and functional connectivity of the insular, cingulate, sensorimotor and frontal cortices, the amygdala and the hippocampus, suggesting an altered activity of the homeostatic and salience network and of the autonomous nervous system. Moreover, glutamatergic dysfunction in the anterior insula and hypothalamic pituitary axis dysregulation were often reported. These alterations seem to be very similar to those observed in patients with functional movement disorders. Hence, we speculate that different functional disturbances might share a common pathophysiology and we discussed our findings in the light of a Bayesian model framework.
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- Veronica Nisticò
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,"Aldo Ravelli" Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Gastro-intestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Organ Transplant, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,"Aldo Ravelli" Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,III Clinica Neurologica, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Presidio San Paolo, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,"Aldo Ravelli" Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,Unità di Psichiatria 52, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Presidio San Paolo, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,"Aldo Ravelli" Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,Unità di Psichiatria 52, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Presidio San Paolo, Milan, Italy
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Foret JT, Caillaud M, Gourley DD, Dekhtyar M, Tanaka H, Haley AP. Influence of endogenous estrogen on a network model of female brain integrity. Aging Brain 2022; 2:100053. [PMID: 36908891 PMCID: PMC9997143 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbas.2022.100053] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent reports document sex differences in midlife brain integrity and metabolic health, such that more relationships are detectable between metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and markers of brain health in females than in males. Midlife is characterized by a rapid decrease in endogenous estrogen levels for women which is thought to increase risk for cardiometabolic disease and neurocognitive decline. Our study used network models, designed to explore the interconnectedness and organization of relationships among many variables at once, to compare the influence of endogenous estrogen and chronological age on a network of brain and metabolic health in order to investigate the utility of estrogen as a biomarker for brain vulnerability. Data were analyzed from 82 females (ages 40-62). Networks consisted of known biomarkers of risk for late-life cognitive decline: the five components of MetS; Brain-predicted age difference calculated on gray and white matter volume; white matter hyperintensities; Default Mode Network functional connectivity; cerebral concentrations of N-acetyl aspartate, glutamate and myo-inositol; and serum concentrations of estradiol. A second network replaced estradiol with chronological age. Expected influence (EI) of estradiol on the network was -1.190, relative to chronological age at -0.524, indicating that estradiol had a stronger expected influence over the network than age. A negative expected influence indicates that higher levels of estradiol would be expected to decrease the number of relationships in the model, which is thought to indicate lower risk. Overall, levels of estradiol appear more influential than chronological age at midlife for relationships between brain integrity and metabolic health.
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- Janelle T Foret
- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Biomedical Imaging Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Xie J, Li L, Wang L, Xiao P, Liu J, Liu X, Zhou J, Liao Y, Cheng AS. Homotopy of resting-state functional connectivity correlates with psychological distress in adolescent and young adult cancer patients. FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK 2021; 26:1470-1479. [PMID: 34994162 DOI: 10.52586/5041] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent and young adult cancer patients (AYACPs) experience a high incidence of psychological distress. However, the effect of psychological distress on the functional connectivity between the hemispheres in AYACPs remains unknown. Voxel-mirrored homotopy connectivity detection is an effective way to explore the effects of psychological distress on functional connectivity throughout the brain in AYACPs. METHODS Twenty-four AYACPs underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS Voxel-mirrored homotopy connectivity in the psychological distress group was significantly lower in the superior parietal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus (orbital part), superior frontal gyrus (dorsolateral), superior occipital gyrus, precuneus, lingual gyrus, calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex than in the non-psychological distress group, while in the inferior temporal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus (orbital part), voxel-mirrored homotopy connectivity was significantly higher (p < 0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the decrease in voxel-mirrored homotopy connectivity in the following brain regions was helpful in distinguishing the psychological distress group from the non-psychological distress group: left superior frontal gyrus (dorsolateral), left calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex, right postcentral gyrus, and left precuneus. CONCLUSIONS Activity imbalances in multiple brain regions exist in AYACPs with psychological distress. Voxel-mirrored homotopy connectivity detection is an effective way to explore the potential neural mechanisms of mental disorders in AYACPs and optimize the treatment of mental disorders.
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- Jianfei Xie
- Department of Nursing, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Health Management Center, Hunan Cancer Hospital, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nursing, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 999077 Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Saraf G, Pinto JV, Cahn A, White AG, Shahinfard E, Vafai N, Sossi V, Yatham LN. Dopamine release during psychological stress in euthymic bipolar I disorder: a Positron Emission Tomography study with [ 11C]raclopride. J Affect Disord 2021; 295:724-732. [PMID: 34517246 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.022] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurochemical mechanisms underlying stress induced relapse of mood episodes in Bipolar I Disorder (BD) remain unknown. This study investigated whether euthymic BD patients have a greater dopamine release in ventral striatum, caudate and putamen in response to psychological stress using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning with the radiotracer [11C]raclopride. METHODS Euthymic patients with BD (n = 10) and 10 matched healthy controls underwent two [11C]raclopride PET scans, one during a "stress" and the other in a "no stress" condition separated by at least 24 h. Montreal Imaging Stress Test (MIST) was used to induce stress during stress condition. Participants received an injection of [11C]raclopride over one minute followed by PET scan for 60 min. Participants were assessed for mood symptom severity at baseline, and before and after each scan. The reduction in [11C]raclopride binding in stress condition compared with non-stress rest condition for each subject provided an estimate of dopamine release due to stress. RESULTS There was a significant effect of stress in reducing the [11C]raclopride binding in the ventral striatum, caudate and putamen; however, no significant effects of group or condition x group interaction were found. LIMITATIONS Small sample size and recruitment of euthymic patients who may be less vulnerable to stress may limit the generalizability of findings. CONCLUSIONS Our findings showed that psychological stress led to dopamine release in the basal ganglia for all participants but the magnitude of dopamine release during a stress task was not different between euthymic BD patients and healthy controls.
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- Gayatri Saraf
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre, University of British Columbia & Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre, University of British Columbia & Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Ross MC, Heilicher M, Cisler JM. Functional imaging correlates of childhood trauma: A qualitative review of past research and emerging trends. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2021; 211:173297. [PMID: 34780877 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Childhood trauma exposure is common and is associated with poor clinical outcomes in adolescence along with mental health and sociodemographic challenges in adulthood. While many strategies exist to investigate the biological imprint of childhood trauma exposure, functional neuroimaging is a robust and growing technology for non-invasive studies of brain activity following traumatic experience and the relationship of childhood trauma exposure with psychopathology, cognition, and behavior. In this review, we discuss three popular approaches for discerning functional neural correlates to early life trauma, including regional activation, bivariate functional connectivity, and network-based connectivity. The breadth of research in each method is discussed, followed by important limitations and considerations for future research. We close by considering emerging trends in functional neuroimaging research of childhood trauma, including the use of complex decision-making tasks to mimic clinically-relevant behaviors, data-driven techniques such as multivariate pattern analysis and whole-brain network topology, and the applications of real-time neurofeedback for treatment of trauma-related mental disorders. We aim for this review to provide a framework for understanding the relationship between atypical neural functioning and adverse outcomes following childhood trauma exposure, with a focus on improving consistency in research methods and translatability of research findings for clinical settings.
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- Marisa C Ross
- Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, United States of America.
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- University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychiatry
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