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ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2016

DTI and Myelin Plasticity in Bipolar Disorder: Integrating Neuroimaging and Neuropathological Findings.

Marcella Bellani, Filippo Boschello, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Nicola Dusi, Carlo Alfredo Altamura, Mirella Ruggeri, Paolo Brambilla

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Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcella BellaniSection of Psychiatry, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona , Verona , Italy.
Filippo BoschelloSection of Psychiatry, University of Verona , Verona , Italy.
Giuseppe DelvecchioIRCCS "E. Medea" Scientific Institute , Italy.
Nicola DusiSection of Psychiatry, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona , Verona , Italy.
Carlo Alfredo AltamuraDepartment of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan , Milan , Italy.
Mirella RuggeriSection of Psychiatry, University of Verona , Verona , Italy.
Paolo BrambillaDepartment of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · ITUniversity of Verona · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITIRCCS Eugenio Medea · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major psychiatric illness with a chronic recurrent course, ranked among the worldwide leading disabling diseases. Its pathophysiology is still not completely understood and findings are still inconclusive, though a great interest on the topic has been constantly raised by magnetic resonance imaging, genetic and neuropathological studies. In recent years, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) investigations have prompted interest in the key role of white matter (WM) abnormalities in BD. In this report, we summarize and comment recent findings from DTI studies in BD, reporting fractional anisotropy as putative measure of WM integrity, as well as recent data from neuropathological studies focusing on oligodendrocyte involvement in WM alterations in BD. DTI research indicates that BD is most commonly associated with a WM disruption within the fronto-limbic network, which may be accompanied by other WM changes spread throughout temporal and parietal regions. Neuropathological studies, mainly focused on the fronto-limbic network, have repeatedly shown a loss in cortical and subcortical oligodendrocyte cell count, although an increased subcortical oligodendrocyte density has been also documented suggesting a putative role in remyelination processes for oligodendrocytes in BD. According to our review, a greater integration between DTI and morphological findings is needed in order to elucidate processes affecting WM, either glial loss or myelin plasticity, on the basis of a more targeted research in BD.

Indexed as

bipolar disorderconnectivitydiffusion tensor imagingmyelin plasticityoligodendrocytewhite matter disruption

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PMID26973545
PMCPMC4771723
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