Current Neuropharmacology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(11), P. 2362 - 2373
Published: July 25, 2023
Background:
Epigenetics
of
Autism
Spectrum
Disorders
(ASD)
is
still
an
understudied
field.
The
majority
the
studies
on
topic
used
approach
based
mere
classification
cases
and
controls.
Objective:
present
study
aimed
at
providing
a
multi-level
in
which
different
types
epigenetic
analysis
(epigenetic
drift,
age
acceleration)
are
combined.
Methods:
We
publicly
available
datasets
from
blood
(n
=
3)
brain
tissues
3),
separately.
Firstly,
we
evaluated
for
each
dataset
meta-analyzed
differential
methylation
profile
between
Secondly,
analyzed
acceleration,
drift
rare
variations.
Results:
observed
significant
epi-signature
ASD
but
not
specimens.
did
observe
acceleration
ASD,
while
was
significantly
higher
compared
to
reported
presence
variations
41
genes,
35
were
never
associated
with
ASD.
Almost
all
genes
involved
pathways
linked
etiopathogenesis
(i.e.,
neuronal
development,
mitochondrial
metabolism,
lipid
biosynthesis
antigen
presentation).
Conclusion:
Our
data
support
hypothesis
use
as
potential
tool
diagnosis
prognosis
enhanced
especially
brain,
cellular
replication,
may
suggest
that
alteration
epigenetics
occur
very
early
developmental
stage
fetal)
when
replication
high.
Patterns,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
3(11), P. 100602 - 100602
Published: Nov. 1, 2022
In
light
of
the
National
Institute
Mental
Health
(NIMH)'s
Research
Domain
Criteria
(RDoC),
advent
functional
neuroimaging,
novel
technologies
and
methods
provide
new
opportunities
to
develop
precise
personalized
prognosis
diagnosis
mental
disorders.
Machine
learning
(ML)
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
are
playing
an
increasingly
critical
role
in
era
precision
psychiatry.
Combining
ML/AI
with
neuromodulation
can
potentially
explainable
solutions
clinical
practice
effective
therapeutic
treatment.
Advanced
wearable
mobile
also
call
for
digital
phenotyping
health.
this
review,
we
a
comprehensive
review
ML
methodologies
applications
by
combining
neuromodulation,
advanced
psychiatry
practice.
We
further
molecular
cross-species
biomarker
identification
discuss
AI
(XAI)
closed
human-in-the-loop
manner
highlight
potential
multi-media
information
extraction
multi-modal
data
fusion.
Finally,
conceptual
practical
challenges
future
research.
Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Jan. 26, 2023
Reduced
or
absence
of
the
response
to
name
(RTN)
has
been
widely
reported
as
an
early
specific
indicator
for
autism
spectrum
disorder
(ASD),
while
few
studies
have
quantified
RTN
toddlers
with
ASD
in
automatic
way.
The
present
study
aims
apply
a
multimodal
machine
learning
system
(MMLS)
screening
based
on
RTN.A
total
125
were
recruited,
including
(n
=
61),
developmental
delay
(DD,
n
31),
and
typical
(TD,
33).
Procedures
were,
respectively,
performed
by
evaluator
caregiver.
Behavioral
data
collected
eight-definition
tripod-mounted
cameras
coded
MMLS.
Response
score,
time,
duration
time
accurately
calculated
evaluate
RTN.Total
accuracy
scores
rated
computers
was
0.92.
In
both
caregiver
procedures,
had
significant
differences
compared
DD
TD
(all
P-values
<
0.05).
area
under
curve
(AUC)
0.81
computer-rated
results,
AUC
0.91
human-rated
results.
identification
computer-
results
was,
74.8
82.9%.
There
difference
between
(Z
2.71,
P-value
0.007).The
can
quantify
behaviors
procedures
may
effectively
distinguish
from
non-ASD
group.
This
novel
provide
low-cost
approach
identifying
ASD.
However,
is
not
accurate
human
observer,
detection
single
symptom
like
sufficient
enough
detect
JMIR mhealth and uhealth,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11, P. e45405 - e45405
Published: March 20, 2023
Depressive
and
manic
episodes
within
bipolar
disorder
(BD)
major
depressive
(MDD)
involve
altered
mood,
sleep,
activity,
alongside
physiological
alterations
wearables
can
capture.
Firstly,
we
explored
whether
wearable
data
could
predict
(aim
1)
the
severity
of
an
acute
affective
episode
at
intra-individual
level
2)
polarity
euthymia
among
different
individuals.
Secondarily,
which
were
related
to
prior
predictions,
generalization
across
patients,
associations
between
symptoms
data.
We
conducted
a
prospective
exploratory
observational
study
including
patients
with
BD
MDD
on
(manic,
depressed,
mixed)
whose
recorded
using
research-grade
(Empatica
E4)
3
consecutive
time
points
(acute,
response,
remission
episode).
Euthymic
healthy
controls
during
single
session
(approximately
48
h).
Manic
assessed
standardized
psychometric
scales.
Physiological
included
following
channels:
acceleration
(ACC),
skin
temperature,
blood
volume
pulse,
heart
rate
(HR),
electrodermal
activity
(EDA).
Invalid
removed
rule-based
filter,
channels
aligned
1-second
units
segmented
window
lengths
32
seconds,
as
best-performing
parameters.
developed
deep
learning
predictive
models,
channels'
individual
contribution
permutation
feature
importance
analysis,
computed
scales'
items
normalized
mutual
information
(NMI).
present
novel,
fully
automated
method
for
preprocessing
analysis
from
device,
viable
supervised
pipeline
time-series
analyses.
Overall,
35
sessions
(1512
hours)
12
mixed,
euthymic)
7
(mean
age
39.7,
SD
12.6
years;
6/19,
32%
female)
analyzed.
The
mood
was
predicted
moderate
(62%-85%)
accuracies
1),
their
(70%)
accuracy
2).
most
relevant
features
former
tasks
ACC,
EDA,
HR.
There
fair
agreement
in
classification
(Kendall
W=0.383).
Generalization
models
unseen
overall
low
accuracy,
except
models.
ACC
associated
"increased
motor
activity"
(NMI>0.55),
"insomnia"
(NMI=0.6),
"motor
inhibition"
(NMI=0.75).
EDA
"aggressive
behavior"
(NMI=1.0)
"psychic
anxiety"
(NMI=0.52).
show
potential
identify
specific
mania
depression
quantitatively,
both
MDD.
Motor
stress-related
(EDA
HR)
stand
out
digital
biomarkers
predicting
depression,
respectively.
These
findings
represent
promising
pathway
toward
personalized
psychiatry,
allow
early
identification
intervention
episodes.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Jan. 11, 2024
Abstract
Humans
can
easily
extract
the
rhythm
of
a
complex
sound,
like
music,
and
move
to
its
regular
beat,
in
dance.
These
abilities
are
modulated
by
musical
training
vary
significantly
untrained
individuals.
The
causes
this
variability
multidimensional
typically
hard
grasp
single
tasks.
To
date
we
lack
comprehensive
model
capturing
rhythmic
fingerprints
both
musicians
non-musicians.
Here
harnessed
machine
learning
parsimonious
abilities,
based
on
behavioral
testing
(with
perceptual
motor
tasks)
individuals
with
without
formal
(
n
=
79).
We
demonstrate
that
their
link
informal
music
experience
be
successfully
captured
profiles
including
minimal
set
measures.
findings
highlight
techniques
employed
distill
ultimately
shed
light
individual
relationship
experiences.
Journal of Neural Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20(2), P. 026021 - 026021
Published: Feb. 22, 2023
Objective.
Major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
is
a
prevalent
psychiatric
whose
diagnosis
relies
on
experienced
psychiatrists,
resulting
in
low
rate.
As
typical
physiological
signal,
electroencephalography
(EEG)
has
indicated
strong
association
with
human
beings'
mental
activities
and
can
be
served
as
an
objective
biomarker
for
diagnosing
MDD.Approach.
The
basic
idea
of
the
proposed
method
fully
considers
all
channel
information
EEG-based
MDD
recognition
designs
stochastic
search
algorithm
to
select
best
discriminative
features
describing
individual
channels.Main
results.
To
evaluate
method,
we
conducted
extensive
experiments
MODMA
dataset
(including
dot-probe
tasks
resting
state),
128-electrode
public
including
24
patients
29
healthy
controls.
Under
leave-one-subject-out
cross-validation
protocol,
achieved
average
accuracy
99.53%
fear-neutral
face
pairs
cued
experiment
99.32%
state,
outperforming
state-of-the-art
methods.
Moreover,
our
experimental
results
also
that
negative
emotional
stimuli
could
induce
states,
high-frequency
EEG
contributed
significantly
distinguishing
between
normal
patients,
which
marker
recognition.Significance.
provided
possible
solution
intelligent
used
develop
computer-aided
diagnostic
tool
aid
clinicians
early
clinical
purposes.
Brain Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Abstract
Background:
The
integration
of
the
information
encoded
in
multiparametric
MRI
images
can
enhance
performance
machine-learning
classifiers.
In
this
study,
we
investigate
whether
combination
structural
and
functional
might
improve
performances
a
deep
learning
(DL)
model
trained
to
discriminate
subjects
with
Autism
Spectrum
Disorders
(ASD)
respect
typically
developing
controls
(TD).
Material
methods
We
analyzed
both
brain
scans
publicly
available
within
ABIDE
I
II
data
collections.
considered
1383
male
age
between
5
40
years,
including
680
ASD
703
TD
from
35
different
acquisition
sites.
extracted
morphometric
features
Freesurfer
CPAC
analysis
packages,
respectively.
Then,
due
multisite
nature
dataset,
implemented
harmonization
protocol.
vs.
classification
was
carried
out
multiple-input
DL
model,
consisting
neural
network
which
generates
fixed-length
feature
representation
each
modality
(FR-NN),
Dense
Neural
Network
for
(C-NN).
Specifically,
joint
fusion
approach
multiple
source
integration.
main
advantage
latter
is
that
loss
propagated
back
FR-NN
during
training,
thus
creating
informative
representations
modality.
C-NN,
number
layers
neurons
per
layer
be
optimized
performs
ASD-TD
discrimination.
evaluated
by
computing
Area
under
Receiver
Operating
Characteristic
curve
nested
10-fold
cross-validation.
drive
were
identified
SHAP
explainability
framework.
Results
AUC
values
0.66±0.05
0.76±0.04
obtained
discrimination
when
only
or
are
considered,
led
an
0.78±0.04.
set
connectivity
as
most
important
two-class
supports
idea
changes
tend
occur
individuals
regions
belonging
Default
Mode
Social
Brain.
Conclusions
Our
results
demonstrate
multimodal
outperforms
acquired
single
it
efficiently
exploits
complementarity
information.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(24)
Published: June 12, 2024
Autism
is
traditionally
diagnosed
behaviorally
but
has
a
strong
genetic
basis.
A
genetics-first
approach
could
transform
understanding
and
treatment
of
autism.
However,
isolating
the
gene-brain-behavior
relationship
from
confounding
sources
variability
challenge.
We
demonstrate
novel
technique,
3D
transport-based
morphometry
(TBM),
to
extract
structural
brain
changes
linked
copy
number
variation
(CNV)
at
16p11.2
region.
identified
two
distinct
endophenotypes.
In
data
Simons
Variation
in
Individuals
Project,
detection
these
endophenotypes
enabled
89
95%
test
accuracy
predicting
CNV
images
alone.
Then,
TBM
direct
visualization
driving
accurate
prediction,
revealing
dose-dependent
among
deletion
duplication
carriers.
These
are
sensitive
articulation
disorders
explain
portion
intelligence
quotient
variability.
Genetic
stratification
combined
with
reveal
new
many
neurodevelopmental
disorders,
accelerating
precision
medicine,
human
neurodiversity.