NeuroImage,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
285, P. 120493 - 120493
Published: Dec. 10, 2023
Early-onset
Schizophrenia
(EOS)
is
a
profoundly
progressive
psychiatric
disorder
characterized
by
both
positive
and
negative
symptoms,
whose
pathogenesis
influenced
genes,
environment
brain
structure
development.
In
this
study,
the
MIND
(Morphometric
Inverse
Divergence)
network
was
employed
to
explore
relationship
between
morphological
similarity
specific
transcriptional
expression
patterns
in
EOS
patients.
This
study
involved
cohort
of
187
participants
aged
7
17
years,
consisting
97
patients
90
healthy
controls
(HC).
Multiple
features
were
used
construct
for
all
participants.
Furthermore,
we
explored
associations
brain-wide
gene
through
partial
least
squares
(PLS)
regression,
shared
genetic
predispositions
with
other
disorders,
functional
enrichment
PLS
weighted
as
well
signature
assessment
cell
types,
cortical
layers,
developmental
stages.
The
showed
differences
orbitofrontal
cortex,
pericalcarine
lingual
gyrus,
multiple
networks
compared
HC.
Moreover,
our
exploration
revealed
significant
overlap
PLS2
genes
linking
EOS-related
dysregulated
reported
diseases.
Interestingly,
correlated
changes
(PLS2-)
exhibited
not
only
metabolism-related
pathways,
but
also
astrocytes,
layers
(specifically
layer
I
III),
posterior
stages
(late
infancy
young
adulthood
stages).
However,
PLS2+
primarily
enriched
synapses
signaling-related
pathways
early
(from
early-mid
fetal
neonatal
infancy)
special
types
or
layers.
These
findings
provide
novel
perspective
on
intricate
macroscopic
morphometric
structural
abnormalities
microscopic
during
onset
progression
EOS.
PLoS Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(9), P. e3002314 - e3002314
Published: Sept. 25, 2023
The
brain
is
composed
of
disparate
neural
populations
that
communicate
and
interact
with
one
another.
Although
fiber
bundles,
similarities
in
molecular
architecture,
synchronized
activity
all
reflect
how
regions
potentially
another,
a
comprehensive
study
these
interregional
relationships
jointly
structure
function
remains
missing.
Here,
we
systematically
integrate
7
multimodal,
multiscale
types
similarity
("connectivity
modes")
derived
from
gene
expression,
neurotransmitter
receptor
density,
cellular
morphology,
glucose
metabolism,
haemodynamic
activity,
electrophysiology
humans.
We
first
show
for
connectivity
modes,
feature
decreases
distance
increases
when
are
structurally
connected.
Next,
modes
exhibit
unique
diverse
connection
patterns,
hub
profiles,
spatial
gradients,
modular
organization.
Throughout,
observe
consistent
primacy
modes-namely
correlated
expression
similarity-that
map
onto
multiple
phenomena,
including
the
rich
club
patterns
abnormal
cortical
thickness
across
13
neurological,
psychiatric,
neurodevelopmental
disorders.
Finally,
to
construct
single
multimodal
wiring
human
cortex,
fuse
fused
network
maps
major
organizational
features
cortex
structural
connectivity,
intrinsic
functional
networks,
cytoarchitectonic
classes.
Altogether,
this
work
contributes
integrative
cerebral
cortex.
Neurology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
104(4)
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Although
multiple
sclerosis
(MS)
can
be
conceptualized
as
a
network
disorder,
brain
analyses
typically
require
advanced
MRI
sequences
not
commonly
acquired
in
clinical
practice.
Using
conventional
MRI,
we
assessed
cross-sectional
and
longitudinal
structural
disconnection
morphometric
similarity
networks
people
with
MS
(pwMS),
along
their
relationship
disability.
In
this
monocentric
study,
3T
of
pwMS
healthy
controls
(HC)
was
retrospectively
analyzed.
Physical
cognitive
disabilities
were
the
expanded
disability
status
scale
(EDSS)
symbol
digit
modalities
test
(SDMT),
respectively.
Demyelinating
lesions
automatically
segmented,
corresponding
masks
used
to
assess
pairwise
between
atlas-defined
regions
based
on
normative
tractography
data.
Morphometric
Inverse
Divergence
method,
computed
cortical
FreeSurfer
surface
reconstruction.
network-based
statistics
(NBS)
its
extension
NBS-predict,
tested
whether
subject-level
connectomes
associated
disease
status,
progression,
disability,
long-term
confirmed
progression
(CDP),
independently
from
global
lesion
burden
atrophy.
We
studied
461
(age
=
37.2
±
10.6
years,
F/M
324/137),
1,235
visits
(mean
follow-up
time
1.9
2.0
range
0.1-13.3
years),
55
HC
42.4
15.7
years;
25/30).
Long-term
available
for
285
12.4
2.8
127
whom
(44.6%)
exhibited
CDP.
At
baseline,
mostly
centered
around
thalami
sensory
association
hubs,
while
extensively
disrupted
(pFWE
<
0.01).
EDSS
related
frontothalamic
0.01)
left
perisylvian
cortex
0.02),
SDMT
cortico-subcortical
hemisphere
Longitudinally,
both
disruption
significantly
progressed
0.04
pFWE
0.01),
correlating
increase
(ρ
0.07,
p
0.02
ρ
0.11,
0.001),
baseline
predicted
CDP
(accuracy
59%
[58-60],
0.03).
Structural
networks,
through
are
sensitive
MS-related
damage
progression.
They
explain
disease-related
predict
evolution
atrophy,
potentially
adding
established
measures
biomarkers
severity
PLoS Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(6), P. e3002647 - e3002647
Published: June 20, 2024
The
human
brain
is
organized
as
segregation
and
integration
units
follows
complex
developmental
trajectories
throughout
life.
cortical
manifold
provides
a
new
means
of
studying
the
brain’s
organization
in
multidimensional
connectivity
gradient
space.
However,
how
morphometric
changes
across
lifespan
remains
unclear.
Here,
leveraging
structural
magnetic
resonance
imaging
scans
from
1,790
healthy
individuals
aged
8
to
89
years,
we
investigated
age-related
global,
within-
between-network
dispersions
reveal
networks
3D
manifolds
based
on
similarity
network
(MSN),
combining
multiple
features
conceptualized
“fingerprint”
an
individual’s
brain.
Developmental
global
dispersion
unfolded
along
patterns
molecular
organization,
such
acetylcholine
receptor.
Communities
were
increasingly
dispersed
with
age,
reflecting
more
disassortative
profiles
within
community.
Increasing
within-network
primary
motor
association
cortices
mediated
influence
age
cognitive
flexibility
executive
functions.
We
also
found
that
secondary
sensory
decreasingly
rest
during
aging,
possibly
indicating
shift
extreme
central
position
manifolds.
Together,
our
results
MSN
perspective
space,
providing
insights
into
brain,
well
performance.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 15, 2024
Although
white
matter
(WM)
accounts
for
nearly
half
of
adult
brain,
its
wiring
diagram
is
largely
unknown.
Here,
an
approach
developed
to
construct
WM
networks
by
estimating
interregional
morphological
similarity
based
on
structural
magnetic
resonance
imaging.
It
found
that
showed
nontrivial
topology,
presented
good-to-excellent
test-retest
reliability,
accounted
phenotypic
interindividual
differences
in
cognition,
and
are
under
genetic
control.
Through
integration
with
multimodal
multiscale
data,
it
further
able
predict
the
patterns
hamodynamic
coherence,
metabolic
synchronization,
gene
co-expression,
chemoarchitectonic
covariance,
associated
connectivity.
Moreover,
prediction
followed
functional
connectomic
hierarchy
related
genes
enriched
forebrain
neuron
development
differentiation
serotonergic
system-related
receptors
transporters
covariance.
Finally,
applying
this
multiple
sclerosis
neuromyelitis
optica
spectrum
disorders,
both
diseases
exhibited
dysconnectivity,
which
correlated
clinical
variables
patients
diagnose
differentiate
diseases.
Altogether,
these
findings
indicate
provide
a
reliable
biologically
meaningful
means
explore
architecture
health
disease.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
65(11), P. 1407 - 1418
Published: April 17, 2024
The
COVID-19
pandemic
has
caused
some
individuals
to
experience
vicarious
traumatization
(VT),
an
adverse
psychological
reaction
those
who
are
primarily
traumatized,
which
may
negatively
impact
one's
mental
health
and
well-being
been
demonstrated
vary
with
personal
trauma
history.
neural
mechanism
of
VT
how
past
history
affects
current
remain
largely
unknown.
This
study
aimed
identify
neurobiological
markers
that
track
individual
differences
in
reveal
the
link
between
childhood
cumulative
(CCT)
VT.