Article
Neurosciences
Junle Li, Rui Wang, Ning Mao, Manli Huang, Shijun Qiu, Jinhui Wang
Summary: Using multimodal MRI and various data, this study found that major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with widespread and irregular cortical thinning. These reductions are related to structural covariance, functional synchronization, gene co-expression, and chemoarchitectonic covariance. The study also found that the specific cytoarchitectonic class and genes enriched in metabolic and membrane-related processes play a significant role in MDD.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Guanmao Chen, Pan Chen, JiaYing Gong, Yanbin Jia, Shuming Zhong, Feng Chen, Jurong Wang, Zhenye Luo, Zhangzhang Qi, Li Huang, Ying Wang
Summary: This study investigated the shared and specific patterns of dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) variability of the striato-cortical circuitry in bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). The results showed that both BD and MDD patients had common dFC alterations in the dorsal striatal-sensorimotor and ventral striatal-cognitive circuitries, while MDD patients had specific dFC alterations in the ventral striatal-affective circuitry.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Youbin Kang, Wooyoung Kang, Aram Kim, Woo-Suk Tae, Byung-Joo Ham, Kyu-Man Han
Summary: Early neurodevelopmental deviations, such as abnormal cortical folding patterns, are candidate biomarkers of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study investigated the association between MDD and the local gyrification index (LGI) in each cortical region, as well as the association between LGI and clinical characteristics of MDD. Patients with MDD showed decreased LGI values in multiple cortical regions compared to healthy controls, while within the MDD group, longer illness duration and recurrence were associated with increased gyrification in certain temporal and occipital regions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kyu-Man Han, Kwan Woo Choi, Aram Kim, Wooyoung Kang, Youbin Kang, Woo-Suk Tae, Mi-Ryung Han, Byung-Joo Ham
Summary: This study identified significant differences in DNA methylation of the NLRP3 gene between MDD patients and healthy controls. The methylation scores were significantly correlated with cortical thickness in the MDD group, suggesting that NLRP3 DNA methylation may predispose to depression-related brain structural changes by enhancing neuroinflammatory processes associated with the NLRP3 inflammasome in MDD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xiaowei Jiang, Xinrui Wang, Linna Jia, Ting Sun, Jiahui Kang, Yifang Zhou, Shengnan Wei, Feng Wu, Lingtao Kong, Fei Wang, Yanqing Tang
Summary: The study combined MRI and follow-up to investigate the pathologic changes in MDD and BD patients, revealing distinct alterations in gray matter volume and functional connectivity in the brain, providing a scientific basis for differential diagnosis.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Xiao-Li Sun, Li-Na Ma, Zhen-Zhu Chen, Yan-Bing Xiong, Jiao Jia, Yu Wang, Yan Ren
Summary: This study found significant differences in the metabolic phenotypes between bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and healthy controls. Glycerolipid metabolism was significantly involved in both BD and MDD, while pyruvate metabolism was significantly involved in MDD. Pyruvate, choline, and acetate may be potential biomarkers for distinguishing MDD from BD, and pantothenic acid may be a potential biomarker for distinguishing BD from MDD.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Soo Young Kim, Seong Joon An, Jong Hee Han, Youbin Kang, Eun Bit Bae, Woo-Suk Tae, Byung-Joo Ham, Kyu-Man Han
Summary: This study investigated the association between specific types of childhood abuse and gray matter volumes in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). The results showed that MDD patients had a decreased gray matter volume in the right anterior cingulate gyrus and right middle occipital gyrus. Childhood sexual abuse was associated with a decreased gray matter volume in the right middle occipital gyrus, and MDD patients with childhood sexual abuse had significantly smaller volumes in the right middle occipital gyrus compared to MDD patients without childhood sexual abuse or healthy controls.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Xipeng Long, Lei Li, Xiuli Wang, Yuan Cao, Baolin Wu, Neil Roberts, Qiyong Gong, Graham J. Kemp, Zhiyun Jia
Summary: This study conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of gray matter volume alterations in adolescents with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The findings suggest that distinct patterns of GMV alterations in these two populations could aid in differentiation and provide potential diagnostic biomarkers.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Giulia Cattarinussi, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Fabio Sambataro, Paolo Brambilla
Summary: This study provides an overview of the association between polygenic risk score (PRS) for major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizophrenia (SCZ) and MRI abnormalities. The study found that PRS for BD and SCZ showed either positive or negative correlations with cortical thickness, mostly involving fronto-temporal areas. PRS for MDD was associated with cortical alterations in prefrontal regions in healthy subjects. Overall, the evidence on the effect of PRS for these psychiatric disorders on the brain is heterogeneous and inconclusive.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Yanjia Deng, Ping Gong, Shuguang Han, Jingyu Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Bin Zhang, Yong Lin, Kai Xu, Ge Wen, Kai Liu
Summary: This study reveals a relationship between miR-146a-5p overexpression and cortical atrophy in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), which helps to specify the in vivo mediating effect of miR-146a-5p dysregulation on brain structural abnormalities in MDD patients.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Tao Chen, Wenming Zhao, Yu Zhang, Jiakuai Yu, Ting Wang, Jiajia Zhang, Yifei Li, Jiajia Zhu, Dao-min Zhu
Summary: This study aimed to explore the changes in brain function in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and found that the fALFF of the right superior parietal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus could predict the improvement of depression and anxiety symptoms. The findings also showed a positive correlation between the fALFF of the right superior parietal gyrus and baseline sleep efficiency in MDD patients.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Ziyu Zhu, Youjin Zhao, Keren Wen, Qian Li, Nanfang Pan, Shiqin Fu, Fei Li, Joaquim Radua, Eduard Vieta, Graham J. Kemp, Bharat B. Biswa, Qiyong Gong
Summary: This meta-analysis identified significant cortical thinning in specific regions of the brain in patients with bipolar disorder, suggesting potential neuroimaging biomarkers. However, limitations in the data, including the lack of exploration into the effects of medication and mood states, highlight the need for further research in this area.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xiaotong Wen, Bukui Han, Huanhuan Li, Fengyu Dou, Guodong Wei, Gangqiang Hou, Xia Wu
Summary: Previous studies have suggested a connection between altered amygdala function and symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to examine how the interactions between the amygdala and other brain regions/networks are altered in MDD patients, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Jesminne Castricum, Tom K. Birkenhager, Steven A. Kushner, Ype Elgersma, Joke H. M. Tulen
Summary: This study investigated inhibitory neurotransmission and cortical plasticity in MDD patients and controls using TMS technology, finding deficits in cortical plasticity in MDD patients. However, no significant differences in cortical inhibition were observed in depressed patients, suggesting that reduced cortical inhibition may not be a robust correlate of the pathophysiological mechanism in MDD.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Feng Chen, Jiaying Gong, Guanmao Chen, Pan Chen, Shuming Zhong, Guixian Tang, Jurong Wang, Zhenye Luo, Ting Su, Siying Fu, Shunkai Lai, Li Huang, Ying Wang
Summary: Comparing the brain blood flow and functional connectivity of patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder can help us understand their pathophysiological mechanisms and find more effective treatments. The research found that patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder shared common features of increased blood flow in the posterior lobe of the cerebellum and middle temporal gyrus. Additionally, only patients with bipolar disorder showed decreased functional connectivity between the posterior lobe of the cerebellum and the inferior frontal gyrus.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
M. J. Bosma, S. R. Cox, T. Ziermans, C. R. Buchanan, X. Shen, E. M. Tucker-Drob, M. J. Adams, H. C. Whalley, S. M. Lawrie
Summary: This study reveals that lower global white matter microstructure is associated with having PLEs in combination with distress, suggesting a direction of future research. Additionally, it replicates the finding that processing speed mediates the relationship between white matter microstructure and g-factor.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Philip J. Asherson, Lena Johansson, Rachel Holland, Megan Bedding, Andrew Forrester, Laura Giannulli, Ylva Ginsberg, Sheila Howitt, Imogen Kretzschmar, Stephen M. Lawrie, Craig Marsh, Caroline Kelly, Megan Mansfield, Clare McCafferty, Khuram Khan, Ulrich Muller-Sedgwick, John Strang, Grace Williamson, Lauren Wilson, Susan Young, Sabine Landau, Lindsay D. G. Thomson
Summary: This study investigated the efficacy of methylphenidate in reducing ADHD symptoms in young adult prisoners. The results showed that methylphenidate treatment did not significantly improve ADHD symptoms, indicating that routine use of this medication in this population is not supported. Further research is needed to evaluate the effects of higher dosing, treatment adherence, multi-modal treatments, and preventative interventions in the community.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Bianca Bianciardi, Ruchika Gajwani, Joachim Gross, Andrew I. Gumley, Stephen M. Lawrie, Melina Moelling, Matthias Schwannauer, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Alessio Fracasso, Peter J. Uhlhaas
Summary: This study found that temporal and prosodic aspects of speech are not impaired in early-stage psychosis. Comparisons between different groups showed differences between participants meeting clinical high-risk for psychosis criteria and healthy controls or participants with affective disorders and substance abuse. Further research is needed to determine whether these abnormalities are present in sub-groups of CHR-P participants with elevated psychosis-risk.
EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Chuang Liang, Godfrey Pearlson, Juan Bustillo, Peter Kochunov, Jessica A. Turner, Xuyun Wen, Rongtao Jiang, Zening Fu, Xiao Zhang, Kaicheng Li, Xijia Xu, Daoqiang Zhang, Shile Qi, Vince D. Calhoun
Summary: Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and psychotic bipolar disorder have significant overlap in clinical features, brain abnormalities, and genetic risk factors. This study aims to identify multimodal brain networks associated with psychotic symptom, mood, and cognition to differentiate among these disorders. The findings suggest shared brain networks implicated in prefrontal, medial temporal, anterior cingulate, and insular cortices, although they are linked to different clinical domains. The identified networks have the potential to serve as biomarkers for distinguishing among these disorders and understanding their underlying mechanisms.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Marta Seretny, Liana Romaniuk, Heather Whalley, Kim Sladdin, Stephen Lawrie, Catherine Elizabeth Warnaby, Neil Roberts, Lesley Colvin, Irene Tracey, Marie Fallon
Summary: This study is the first to explore whether there is a brain-based vulnerability to chronic sensory CIPN. The study found that patients who later developed CIPN showed altered patterns of brain activity in sensory, motor, attentional, and affective regions. This suggests the possibility of a pre-existing vulnerability centered on brainstem regions of the descending pain modulatory system.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Rebecca A. Madden, Kimberley Atkinson, Xueyi Shen, Claire Green, Robert F. Hillary, Emma Hawkins, Emma Sage, Anca-Larisa Sandu, Gordon Waiter, Christopher McNeil, Mathew Harris, Archie Campbell, David Porteous, Jennifer A. Macfarlane, Alison Murray, Douglas Steele, Liana Romaniuk, Stephen M. Lawrie, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations between childhood trauma and brain structure. The results showed that childhood trauma was associated with reduced global brain volume, reduced cortical surface area in the frontal and parietal lobes, as well as reduced volumes in the hippocampus, thalamus, and nucleus accumbens.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Hon Wah Yeung, Aleks Stolicyn, Colin R. R. Buchanan, Elliot M. M. Tucker-Drob, Mark E. E. Bastin, Saturnino Luz, Andrew M. M. McIntosh, Heather C. C. Whalley, Simon R. R. Cox, Keith Smith
Summary: By applying advanced and computationally expensive machine learning techniques to large neuroimaging datasets, researchers aim to uncover key differences in the human brain related to sex, age, cognitive function, and psychopathology. However, in this study, the complexity of the models did not improve the detection of associations between brain structural connectivity and complex phenotypes, likely due to the current sample size limitation.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Jessica Mundy, Christopher Hubel, Brett N. N. Adey, Helena L. L. Davies, Molly R. R. Davies, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Matthew Hotopf, Gursharan Kalsi, Sang Hyuck Lee, Andrew M. M. McIntosh, Henry C. C. Rogers, Thalia C. C. Eley, Robin M. M. Murray, Evangelos Vassos, Gerome Breen
Summary: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is commonly used for screening bipolar disorder but its validity for genetic studies has not been fully examined. A study compared the MDQ to self-reported bipolar disorder and conducted genome-wide association studies to investigate genetic correlations with bipolar disorder and other traits. The MDQ showed low positive predictive value for self-reported bipolar disorder and no genetic correlations with bipolar disorder were found. The study also suggested that the MDQ may capture symptoms of general distress or psychopathology instead of specifically targeting hypomania/mania in at-risk populations.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Niamh MacSweeney, Judith Allardyce, Amelia Edmondson-Stait, Xueyi Shen, Hannah Casey, Stella W. Y. Chan, Breda Cullen, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Sophia Frangou, Alex S. F. Kwong, Stephen M. Lawrie, Liana Romaniuk, Heather C. Whalley
Summary: Earlier pubertal timing is associated with higher rates of depressive disorders in adolescence. Neuroimaging studies report brain structural associations with both pubertal timing and depression. However, whether brain structure mediates the relationship between pubertal timing and depression remains unclear.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Jiayue-Clara Jiang, Chenwen Hu, Andrew M. McIntosh, Sonia Shah
Summary: Observational studies and randomized controlled trials have shown inconsistent findings on the effects of cholesterol-lowering statins on depression. It is still uncertain whether statins have any beneficial effects on depression, and if so, what the underlying molecular mechanisms are. Genomic approaches were used to investigate this further.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Nina MacKenzie, Daniel J. Smith, Stephen M. Lawrie, Andrew M. Rome, David McCartney
Summary: This study analyzed the outcomes of a residential rehabilitation program for substance misuse over a 4-year period. The results showed that attending the program was associated with increased rates of abstinence, reduced alcohol use, and improvements in psychological well-being and harm reduction.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Aleks Stolicyn, Laura M. Lyall, Donald M. Lyall, Nikolaj Kjaer Hoier, Mark J. Adams, Xueyi Shen, James H. Cole, Andrew M. Mcintosh, Heather C. Whalley, Daniel J. Smith
Summary: Sleeping longer or shorter than recommended is associated with differences in brain structure, indicating potential implications for brain health. Longer sleep duration is associated with various structural differences, while shorter sleep duration is linked to lower cortical surface area.
Article
Psychiatry
Lingling Hua, Rick A. Adams, Tineke Grent-'t-Jong, Ruchika Gajwani, Joachim Gross, Andrew I. Gumley, Rajeev Krishnadas, Stephen M. Lawrie, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Matthias Schwannauer, Peter J. Uhlhaas
Summary: Evidence suggests that early-stage psychosis involves impaired sensory attenuation in auditory and thalamic regions. However, these deficits may not predict clinical outcomes in individuals at high risk for psychosis.
Review
Neurosciences
Maya Jammoul, Dareen Jammoul, Kevin K. Wang, Firas Kobeissy, Ralph G. Depalma
Summary: This article reviews the possible mechanisms by which traumatic brain injury (TBI) may stimulate the development of opioid use disorder (OUD) and discusses the interaction between these two processes. CNS damage due to TBI appears to drive adverse effects of subsequent OUD, with pain being a risk factor for opioid use after TBI.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2024)
Article
Neurosciences
Danusa Mar Arcego, Jan-Paul Buschdorf, Nicholas O'Toole, Zihan Wang, Barbara Barth, Irina Pokhvisneva, Nirmala Arul Rayan, Sachin Patel, Euclides Jose de Mendonca Filho, Patrick Lee, Jennifer Tan, Ming Xuan Koh, Chu Ming Sim, Carine Parent, Randriely Merscher Sobreira de Lima, Andrew Clappison, Kieran J. O'Donnell, Carla Dalmaz, Janine Arloth, Nadine Provencal, Elisabeth B. Binder, Josie Diorio, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Michael J. Meaney
Summary: This study investigates the impact of environmental influences on mental health by integrating transcriptomic data from animal models with human data. The results suggest that hippocampal glucocorticoid-related transcriptional activity mediates the effects of early adversity on neural mechanisms implicated in psychiatric disorders.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2024)
Article
Neurosciences
Milenna T. van Dijk, Ardesheer Talati, Pratik Kashyap, Karan Desai, Nora C. Kelsall, Marc J. Gameroff, Natalie Aw, Eyal Abraham, Breda Cullen, Jiook Cha, Christoph Anacker, Myrna M. Weissman, Jonathan Posner
Summary: This study found that maternal stress is associated with future depressive symptoms and alterations in microstructure of the dentate gyrus (DG) in offspring. These results were consistent across two independent cohorts.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2024)
Article
Neurosciences
Josephine C. McGowan, Liliana R. Ladner, Claire X. Shubeck, Juliana Tapia, Christina T. LaGamma, Amanda Anqueira-Gonzalez, Ariana DeFrancesco, Briana K. Chen, Holly C. Hunsberger, Ezra J. Sydnor, Ryan W. Logan, Tzong-Shiue Yu, Steven G. Kernie, Christine A. Denny
Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to fear generalization by altering fear memory traces, and this symptom can be improved with (R,S)-ketamine.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2024)