Abnormal striatum functional connectivity in major depression and schizophrenia: a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study
10.3760/cma.j.cn113661-20200519-00227
- VernacularTitle:抑郁症与精神分裂症患者纹状体功能连接异常的静息态功能磁共振研究
- Author:
Cheng CHEN
1
;
Huiling WANG
;
Gaohua WANG
;
Tianzi JIANG
;
Yuan ZHOU
;
Huan HUANG
;
Shihao WU
;
Bei RONG
Author Information
1. 武汉大学人民医院精神科 430060
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depressive disorder;
Schizophrenia;
Corpus striatum;
Functional connectivity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry
2021;54(1):17-24
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To compare and explore the characteristics of striatum functional connectivity in major depression and schizophrenic.Methods:Thirty-six patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia, and health controls were recruited in this study. All subjects underwent rest-stating functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Routine preprocessing of rs-fMRI data was performed. The regional homogeneity (ReHo), and fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (fALFF) values of the three groups were calculated, separately. Based on the results of one-way analysis of covariance, different brain areas were superimposed to obtain the overlapping regions (the left striatum). Next, the superimposed brain region (the left striatum) was used as the region of interest (ROI), and the customized ROI method was used for the whole-brain functional connectivity analysis. Finally, Pearson correlation analysis was performed between the functional connectivity of the brain regions and clinical features of MDD and schizophrenia.Result:Among the three groups, left striatum extending to the insula and Rolland′s insula showed significant differences of the ReHo values ( P<0.001, AlphaSim correction, voxel number >99);while left superior parietal areas and bilateral insula extending to lentiform nucleus showed significant differences of fALFF values (AlphaSim correction, P<0.001, voxel number >90). The left striatum were superimposed and revealed significant ReHo and fALFF values. The ROI analysis showed that the brain area with different functional connections in the three groups was left inferior temporal gyrus (AlphaSim correction, P<0.001, volume element number>42). The pairwise comparative analysis showed that compared with healthy controls (0.24±0.03), patients with MDD (0.15±0.02) and schizophrenia (0.09±0.01) showed decreased functional connections between the left striatum and the inferior temporal gyrus, and the decline was more significant in patients with schizophrenia. The functional connectivity value of left inferior temporal gyrus was not correlated with HAMD score in MDD( r=-0.02, P=0.93). The functional connectivity value of left inferior temporal gyrus was positively correlated with PANSS positive score in patients with schizophrenia ( r=-0.40, P=0.02). Conclusion:Both MDD and schizophrenia patients may have abnormal function connections of the striatum and the abnormal function connection with the left temporal inferior gyrus may closely related to clinical symptoms of schizophrenia. The brain function activity of striatum and its abnormal connection with the left temporal inferior gyrus may play an important role in the neuropathology of schizophrenia and MDD.
