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ArticleBrain and behavior2019

Resting-state connectivity within and across neural circuits in anorexia nervosa.

Blair Uniacke, Yun Wang, Dominik Biezonski, Tamara Sussman, Seonjoo Lee, Jonathan Posner, Joanna Steinglass

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Blair UniackeDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-8858-3575
Yun WangDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
Dominik BiezonskiRockefeller University, New York, New York.
Tamara SussmanDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
Seonjoo LeeDivision of Mental Health Data Science, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York.
Jonathan PosnerDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
Joanna SteinglassDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USRockefeller University · US

Funding

Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating DisordersT32MH096679 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI EVELYN ATTIA, B. TIMOTHY WALSH · 2013 to 2026
$2.4M
Multimodal Imaging of the Mesocortical System in Anorexia NervosaR21MH099388 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI POSNER, JONATHAN E, STEINGLASS, JOANNA E · 2014 to 2015
$466k
NIMH NIH HHS R21-MH099388NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH096679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionObsessional thoughts and ritualized eating behaviors are characteristic of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), leading to the common suggestion that the illness shares neurobiology with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Resting-state functional connectivity MRI (rs-fcMRI) is a measure of functional neural architecture. This longitudinal study examined functional connectivity in AN within the limbic cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) loop, as well as in the salience network, the default mode network, and the executive control network (components of the triple network model of psychopathology).

methodsResting-state functional connectivity MRI scans were collected in unmedicated female inpatients with AN (n = 25) and healthy controls (HC; n = 24). Individuals with AN were scanned before and after weight restoration and followed for one month after hospital discharge. HC were scanned twice over the same timeframe.

resultsUsing a seed-based correlation approach, individuals with AN had increased connectivity within the limbic CSTC loop when underweight, only. There was no significant association between limbic CSTC connectivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms or prognosis. Exploratory analyses of functional network connectivity within the triple network model showed reduced connectivity between the salience network and left executive control network among AN relative to HC. These abnormalities persisted following weight restoration.

conclusionsThe CSTC findings suggest that the neural underpinnings of obsessive-compulsive symptoms may differ from those of OCD. The inter-network abnormalities warrant examination in relation to illness-specific behaviors, namely abnormal eating behavior. This longitudinal study highlights the complexity of the neural underpinnings of AN.

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AdolescentAdultAnorexia NervosaBrainBrain MappingExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingNerve NetNeural PathwaysYoung Adultanorexia nervosaconnectivityexecutive control networkorbitofrontal cortexsalience networkstriatumtriple network model

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PMCPMC6373651
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