medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 17, 2023
Abstract
Importance
Understanding
the
mechanisms
of
major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
improvement
is
a
key
challenge
to
determine
effective
personalized
treatments.
Objective
To
perform
secondary
analysis
quantifying
neural-to-symptom
relationships
in
MDD
as
function
antidepressant
treatment.
Design
Double
blind
randomized
controlled
trial.
Setting
Multicenter.
Participants
Patients
with
early
onset
recurrent
depression
from
public
Establishing
Moderators
and
Biosignatures
Antidepressant
Response
Clinical
Care
(EMBARC)
study.
Interventions
Either
sertraline
or
placebo
during
8
weeks
(stage
1),
according
response
second
line
treatment
for
additional
2).
Main
Outcomes
Measures
identify
data-driven
pattern
symptom
variations
these
two
stages,
we
performed
Principal
Component
Analysis
(PCA)
on
individual
items
four
clinical
scales
measuring
depression,
anxiety,
suicidal
ideas
manic-like
symptoms,
resulting
univariate
measure
improvement.
We
then
investigated
how
initial
neural
factors
predicted
this
stage
1.
do
so,
extracted
resting-state
global
brain
connectivity
(GBC)
at
baseline
level
using
whole-brain
functional
network
parcellation.
In
turn,
computed
linear
model
each
parcel
scores
1
group.
Results
192
patients
(127
women),
age
37.7
years
old
(standard
deviation:
13.5),
were
included.
The
first
PC
(PC1)
capturing
20%
variation
was
similar
across
groups
2,
suggesting
reproducible
PC1
patients’
significantly
differed
1,
whereas
no
difference
evidenced
between
Global
Impressions
(CGI).
Baseline
GBC
correlated
sertraline,
but
not
Conclusions
Relevance
Using
reduction
symptoms
scales,
identified
common
profile
sertraline.
However,
patterns
that
mapped
onto
distinguished
placebo.
Our
results
underscore
mapping
circuits
vital
detect
treatment-responsive
profiles
may
aid
optimal
patient
selection
future
trials.
Key
Points
Question
What
antidepressants
placebo?
Findings
has
shared
behavioral
geometry
differs
terms
intensity
group
only.
Meaning
There
signature
can
be
more
robustly
by
neurobehavioral
features
when
it
pharmacologically
induced.
Nature Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
30(2), P. 403 - 413
Published: Jan. 16, 2024
Abstract
Disruption
in
reciprocal
connectivity
between
the
right
anterior
insula
and
left
dorsolateral
prefrontal
cortex
is
associated
with
depression
may
be
a
target
for
neuromodulation.
In
five-center,
parallel,
double-blind,
randomized
controlled
trial
we
personalized
resting-state
functional
magnetic
resonance
imaging
neuronavigated
connectivity-guided
intermittent
theta
burst
stimulation
(cgiTBS)
at
site
based
on
effective
from
to
cortex.
We
tested
its
efficacy
reducing
primary
outcome
symptoms
measured
by
GRID
Hamilton
Depression
Rating
Scale
17-item
over
8,
16
26
weeks,
compared
structural
(MRI)
repetitive
transcranial
(rTMS)
delivered
standard
(F3)
patients
‘treatment-resistant
depression’.
Participants
were
randomly
assigned
20
sessions
4–6
weeks
of
either
cgiTBS
(
n
=
128)
or
rTMS
127)
MRI
baseline
weeks.
Persistent
decreases
depressive
seen
no
differences
arms
score
(intention-to-treat
adjusted
mean,
−0.31,
95%
confidence
interval
(CI)
−1.87,
1.24,
P
0.689).
Two
serious
adverse
events
possibly
related
TMS
(mania
psychosis).
MRI-neuronavigated
equally
treatment-resistant
(trial
registration
no.
ISRCTN19674644).
Science Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
69(10), P. 1536 - 1555
Published: March 6, 2024
Recent
advances
in
open
neuroimaging
data
are
enhancing
our
comprehension
of
neuropsychiatric
disorders.
By
pooling
images
from
various
cohorts,
statistical
power
has
increased,
enabling
the
detection
subtle
abnormalities
and
robust
associations,
fostering
new
research
methods.
Global
collaborations
imaging
have
furthered
knowledge
neurobiological
foundations
brain
disorders
aided
imaging-based
prediction
for
more
targeted
treatment.
Large-scale
magnetic
resonance
initiatives
driving
innovation
analytics
supporting
generalizable
psychiatric
studies.
We
also
emphasize
significant
role
big
understanding
neural
mechanisms
early
identification
precise
treatment
However,
challenges
such
as
harmonization
across
different
sites,
privacy
protection,
effective
sharing
must
be
addressed.
With
proper
governance
science
practices,
we
conclude
with
a
projection
how
large-scale
resources
could
revolutionize
diagnosis,
selection,
outcome
prediction,
contributing
to
optimal
health.
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
28(8), P. 4854 - 4865
Published: May 3, 2024
Functional
connectivity
(FC)
networks,
built
from
analyses
of
resting-state
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(rs-fMRI),
serve
as
efficacious
biomarkers
for
identifying
Autism
Spectrum
Disorders
(ASD)
patients.
Given
the
neurobiological
heterogeneity
across
individuals
and
unique
presentation
ASD
symptoms,
fusion
individualized
information
into
diagnosis
becomes
essential.
However,
this
aspect
is
overlooked
in
most
methods.
Furthermore,
existing
methods
typically
focus
on
studying
direct
pairwise
connections
between
brain
ROIs,
while
disregarding
interactions
indirectly
connected
neighbors.
To
overcome
above
challenges,
we
build
common
FC
by
tangent
pearson
embedding
(TP)
orthogonal
basis
extraction
(COBE)
respectively,
present
a
novel
multiview
transformer
(MBT)
aimed
at
effectively
fusing
subjects.
MBT
mainly
constructed
layers
with
diffusion
kernel
(DK),
quality-inspired
weighting
module
(FQW),
similarity
loss
orthonormal
clustering
readout
(OCFRead).
DK
can
incorporate
higher-order
random
walk
to
capture
wider
among
regions.
FQW
promotes
adaptive
features
views,
OCFRead
are
placed
last
layer
accomplish
ultimate
integration
information.
In
our
method,
TP,
modules
all
help
model
that
make
up
shortcomings
traditional
We
conducted
experiments
public
ABIDE
dataset
based
AAL
CC200
respectively.
Our
framework
has
shown
promising
results,
outperforming
state-of-the-art
both
templates.
This
suggests
its
potential
valuable
approach
clinical
diagnosis.
Molecular Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 31, 2025
Abstract
Major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
presents
a
substantial
health
burden
with
low
treatment
response
rates.
Predicting
antidepressant
efficacy
is
challenging
due
to
MDD’s
complex
and
varied
neuropathology.
Identifying
biomarkers
for
requires
thorough
analysis
of
clinical
trial
data.
Multimodal
neuroimaging,
combined
advanced
data-driven
methods,
can
enhance
our
understanding
the
neurobiological
processes
influencing
outcomes.
To
address
this,
we
analyzed
resting-state
fMRI
EEG
connectivity
data
from
130
patients
treated
sertraline
135
placebo
Establishing
Moderators
Biosignatures
Antidepressant
Response
in
Clinical
Care
(EMBARC)
study.
A
deep
learning
framework
was
developed
using
graph
neural
networks
integrate
data-augmented
cross-modality
correlation,
aiming
predict
individual
symptom
changes
by
revealing
multimodal
brain
network
signatures.
The
results
showed
that
model
demonstrated
promising
prediction
accuracy,
an
R
2
value
0.24
0.20
placebo.
It
also
exhibited
potential
transferring
predictions
only
EEG.
Key
regions
identified
predicting
included
inferior
temporal
gyrus
(fMRI)
posterior
cingulate
cortex
(EEG),
while
response,
precuneus
supplementary
motor
area
(EEG)
were
critical.
Additionally,
both
modalities
superior
as
significant
anterior
postcentral
common
predictors
arm.
variations
frontoparietal
control,
ventral
attention,
dorsal
limbic
notably
associated
MDD
treatment.
By
integrating
EEG,
study
established
novel
signatures
responses
MDD,
providing
interpretable
circuit
patterns
may
guide
future
targeted
interventions.
Trial
Registration:
Depression
ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier:
NCT#01407094.