Brain Imaging and Behavior,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 343 - 366
Published: March 20, 2023
Microstructural
alterations
in
white
matter
are
evident
obsessive-compulsive
disorder
(OCD)
both
adult
and
paediatric
populations.
Paediatric
patients
go
through
the
process
of
maturation
thus
may
undergo
different
pathophysiology
than
OCD.
Findings
from
studies
have
been
inconsistent,
possibly
due
to
their
small
sample
size
or
heterogeneous
The
aim
this
review
is
provide
a
comprehensive
overview
structures
correlation
with
clinical
features.
Based
on
PRISMA
guidelines,
we
performed
systematic
search
diffusion
tensor
imaging
that
reported
fractional
anisotropy,
mean
diffusivity,
radial
axial
diffusivity
between
healthy
controls
using
voxel-based
analysis,
tract-based
spatial
statistics.
We
identified
fifteen
relevant
studies.
Most
changes
predominantly
corpus
callosum,
cingulum,
arcuate
fasciculus,
uncinate
inferior
longitudinal
superior
fronto-occipital
corticospinal
tract,
forceps
minor
major,
cerebellum
disorder.
These
included
increased
decreased
anisotropy
tracts.
were
associated
symptoms.
Moreover,
specific
genetic
polymorphisms
linked
cerebellar
White
widespread
OCD
patients.
often
symptoms
however
there
controversies
direction
some
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: July 27, 2022
Abstract
Epilepsy
is
associated
with
genetic
risk
factors
and
cortico-subcortical
network
alterations,
but
associations
between
neurobiological
mechanisms
macroscale
connectomics
remain
unclear.
This
multisite
ENIGMA-Epilepsy
study
examined
whole-brain
structural
covariance
networks
in
patients
epilepsy
related
findings
to
postmortem
gene
expression
patterns.
Brain
analysis
included
578
adults
temporal
lobe
(TLE),
288
idiopathic
generalized
(IGE),
1328
healthy
controls
from
18
centres
worldwide.
Graph
theoretical
of
revealed
increased
clustering
path
length
orbitofrontal
regions
TLE,
suggesting
a
shift
towards
regularization.
Conversely,
people
IGE
showed
decreased
fronto-temporo-parietal
cortices,
indicating
random
configuration.
Syndrome-specific
topological
alterations
reflected
patterns
genes
for
hippocampal
sclerosis
TLE
IGE.
These
imaging-transcriptomic
signatures
could
potentially
guide
diagnosis
or
tailor
therapeutic
approaches
specific
syndromes.
Human Brain Mapping,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
43(9), P. 2727 - 2742
Published: March 19, 2022
Abstract
The
reproducibility
crisis
in
neuroimaging
has
led
to
an
increased
demand
for
standardized
data
processing
workflows.
Within
the
ENIGMA
consortium,
we
developed
HALFpipe
(
H
armonized
A
na
l
ysis
of
F
unctional
MRI
pipe
line),
open‐source,
containerized,
user‐friendly
tool
that
facilitates
reproducible
analysis
task‐based
and
resting‐state
fMRI
through
uniform
application
preprocessing,
quality
assessment,
single‐subject
feature
extraction,
group‐level
statistics.
It
provides
state‐of‐the‐art
preprocessing
using
fMRIPrep
without
requirement
input
Brain
Imaging
Data
Structure
(BIDS)
format.
extends
functionality
with
additional
steps,
which
include
spatial
smoothing,
grand
mean
scaling,
temporal
filtering,
confound
regression.
generates
interactive
assessment
(QA)
webpage
rate
key
outputs
raw
general.
features
myriad
post‐processing
functions
at
individual
subject
level,
including
calculation
activation,
seed‐based
connectivity,
network‐template
(or
dual)
regression,
atlas‐based
functional
connectivity
matrices,
regional
homogeneity
(ReHo),
fractional
amplitude
low‐frequency
fluctuations
(fALFF),
offering
support
evaluate
a
combinatorial
number
or
settings
one
run.
Finally,
flexible
factorial
models
can
be
defined
mixed‐effects
regression
group
multiple
comparison
correction.
Here,
introduce
theoretical
framework
was
developed,
present
overview
main
pipeline.
offers
scientific
community
major
advance
toward
addressing
neuroimaging,
providing
workflow
encompasses
post‐processing,
QA
data,
while
broadening
core
principles
producing
results.
Instructions
code
found
https://github.com/HALFpipe/HALFpipe
.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
76(5), P. 140 - 161
Published: Feb. 4, 2022
This
review
compares
the
main
brain
abnormalities
in
schizophrenia
(SZ),
bipolar
disorder
(BD),
major
depressive
(MDD),
and
22q11.2
Deletion
Syndrome
(22q11DS)
determined
by
ENIGMA
(Enhancing
Neuro
Imaging
Genetics
through
Meta
Analysis)
consortium
investigations.
We
obtained
ranked
effect
sizes
for
subcortical
volumes,
regional
cortical
thickness,
surface
area,
diffusion
tensor
imaging
abnormalities,
comparing
each
of
these
disorders
relative
to
healthy
controls.
In
addition,
studies
report
on
significant
associations
between
metrics
disorder-related
factors
such
as
symptom
severity
treatments.
Visual
comparison
size
profiles
shows
that
are
generally
same
direction
scale
with
(in
order
SZ
>
BD
MDD).
The
22q11DS,
a
rare
genetic
syndrome
increases
risk
psychiatric
disorders,
appear
be
much
larger
than
either
complex
disorders.
is
consistent
idea
effects
compared
common
variants.
Cortical
thickness
area
22q11DS
psychosis
without
more
similar
those
MDD;
pattern
not
observed
structures
fractional
anisotropy
sizes.
similarities
measures
across
mimic
shared
variance
reported
based
family
structural
phenotypes.
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 13, 2024
Obsessive-compulsive
disorder
(OCD)
affects
~1%
of
the
population
and
exhibits
a
high
SNP-heritability,
yet
previous
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS)
have
provided
limited
information
on
genetic
etiology
underlying
biological
mechanisms
disorder.
We
conducted
GWAS
meta-analysis
combining
53,660
OCD
cases
2,044,417
controls
from
28
European-ancestry
cohorts
revealing
30
independent
significant
SNPs
SNP-based
heritability
6.7%.
Separate
for
clinical,
biobank,
comorbid,
self-report
sub-groups
found
no
evidence
sample
ascertainment
impacting
our
results.
Functional
positional
QTL
gene-based
approaches
identified
249
candidate
risk
genes
OCD,
which
25
were
as
putatively
causal,
highlighting
WDR6,
DALRD3,
CTNND1
in
MHC
region.
Tissue
single-cell
enrichment
analyses
highlighted
hippocampal
cortical
excitatory
neurons,
along
with
D1-
D2-type
dopamine
receptor-containing
medium
spiny
playing
role
risk.
displayed
correlations
65
out
112
examined
phenotypes.
Notably,
it
showed
positive
all
included
psychiatric
phenotypes,
particular
anxiety,
depression,
anorexia
nervosa,
Tourette
syndrome,
negative
subset
autoimmune
disorders,
educational
attainment,
body
mass
index..
This
study
marks
step
toward
unraveling
its
landscape
advances
understanding
genetics,
providing
foundation
future
interventions
to
address
this
debilitating
Human Brain Mapping,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
43(1), P. 23 - 36
Published: March 10, 2020
Abstract
Neuroimaging
has
played
an
important
part
in
advancing
our
understanding
of
the
neurobiology
obsessive–compulsive
disorder
(OCD).
At
same
time,
neuroimaging
studies
OCD
have
had
notable
limitations,
including
reliance
on
relatively
small
samples.
International
collaborative
efforts
to
increase
statistical
power
by
combining
samples
from
across
sites
been
bolstered
ENIGMA
consortium;
this
provides
specific
technical
expertise
for
conducting
multi‐site
analyses,
as
well
access
a
community
scientists.
In
article,
we
outline
background
to,
development
of,
and
initial
findings
ENIGMA's
working
group,
which
currently
consists
47
34
institutes
15
countries
5
continents,
with
total
sample
2,323
patients
2,325
healthy
controls.
Initial
work
focused
cortical
thickness
subcortical
volumes,
structural
connectivity,
brain
lateralization
children,
adolescents
adults
OCD,
also
study
commonalities
distinctions
different
neurodevelopment
disorders.
Additional
is
ongoing,
employing
machine
learning
techniques.
Findings
date
contributed
neurobiological
models
provided
model
global
scientific
collaboration,
number
clinical
implications.
Importantly,
shed
new
light
questions
about
whether
functional
alterations
found
reflect
neurodevelopmental
changes,
effects
disease
process,
or
medication
impacts.
We
conclude
summary
ongoing
ENIGMA‐OCD,
consideration
future
directions
research
within
beyond
ENIGMA.
Chimpanzees
are
among
the
closest
living
relatives
to
humans
and,
as
such,
provide
a
crucial
comparative
model
for
investigating
primate
brain
evolution.
In
recent
years,
human
mapping
has
strongly
benefited
from
enhanced
computational
models
and
image
processing
pipelines
that
could
also
improve
data
analyses
in
animals
by
using
species-specific
templates.
this
study,
we
use
structural
MRI
National
Chimpanzee
Brain
Resource
(NCBR)
develop
chimpanzee
reference
template
Juna.Chimp
spatial
registration
macro-anatomical
parcellation
Davi130
standardized
whole-brain
analysis.
Additionally,
introduce
ready-to-use
pipeline
built
upon
CAT12
toolbox
SPM12,
implementing
standard
preprocessing
framework
chimpanzees.
Applying
approach
194
subjects,
find
strong
evidence
human-like
age-related
gray
matter
atrophy
multiple
regions
of
brain,
well
as,
general
rightward
asymmetry
regions.
Human Brain Mapping,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
43(1), P. 15 - 22
Published: Oct. 6, 2021
Abstract
This
Special
Issue
of
Human
Brain
Mapping
is
dedicated
to
a
10‐year
anniversary
the
Enhancing
NeuroImaging
Genetics
through
Meta‐Analysis
(ENIGMA)
Consortium.
It
reports
updates
from
broad
range
international
neuroimaging
projects
that
pool
data
around
world
answer
fundamental
questions
in
neuroscience.
Since
ENIGMA
was
formed
December
2009,
initiative
grew
into
worldwide
effort
with
over
2,000
participating
scientists
45
countries,
and
50
working
groups
leading
large‐scale
studies
human
brain
disorders.
Over
last
decade,
many
lessons
were
learned
on
how
best
diverse
sources.
Working
created
develop
methods
analyze
anatomical
diffusion
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI),
resting
state
task‐based
functional
MRI,
electroencephalography
(EEG),
magnetoencephalography
(MEG),
spectroscopy
(MRS).
The
quest
understand
genetic
effects
development
disease
also
led
analyses
scans
an
unprecedented
scale.
Genetic
roadmaps
cortex
by
researchers
who
collaborated
perform
statistically
well‐powered
common
rare
variants
measures
rates
aging.
Here,
we
summarize
31
papers
this
,
covering:
(a)
technical
approaches
harmonize
analysis
different
types
data,
(b)
reviews
decade
work
several
ENIGMA's
clinical
groups,
(c)
new
empirical
reporting
mapping
patients
substance
use
disorders,
schizophrenia,
bipolar
major
depression,
posttraumatic
stress
disorder,
obsessive
compulsive
epilepsy,
stroke.