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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2020

Abnormal Functional Relationship of Sensorimotor Network With Neurotransmitter-Related Nuclei via Subcortical-Cortical Loops in Manic and Depressive Phases of Bipolar Disorder.

Matteo Martino, Paola Magioncalda, Benedetta Conio, Laura Capobianco, Daniel Russo, Giulia Adavastro, Shankar Tumati, Zhonglin Tan, Hsin-Chien Lee, Timothy J Lane and 3 more

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Article in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Matteo MartinoDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Paola MagioncaldaDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Benedetta ConioDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Laura CapobiancoDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Daniel RussoDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Giulia AdavastroDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Shankar TumatiUniversity of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, and Mind Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Zhonglin TanMental Health Centre, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Hsin-Chien LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Timothy J LaneBrain and Consciousness Research Center, Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Mario AmoreDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Matilde IngleseIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Georg NorthoffUniversity of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, and Mind Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TWUniversity of Ottawa · CAZhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveManic and depressive phases of bipolar disorder (BD) show opposite psychomotor symptoms. Neuronally, these may depend on altered relationships between sensorimotor network (SMN) and subcortical structures. The study aimed to investigate the functional relationships of SMN with substantia nigra (SN) and raphe nuclei (RN) via subcortical-cortical loops, and their alteration in bipolar mania and depression, as characterized by psychomotor excitation and inhibition.

methodIn this resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study on healthy (n = 67) and BD patients (n = 100), (1) functional connectivity (FC) between thalamus and SMN was calculated and correlated with FC from SN or RN to basal ganglia (BG)/thalamus in healthy; (2) using an a-priori-driven approach, thalamus-SMN FC, SN-BG/thalamus FC, and RN-BG/thalamus FC were compared between healthy and BD, focusing on manic (n = 34) and inhibited depressed (n = 21) patients.

results(1) In healthy, the thalamus-SMN FC showed a quadratic correlation with SN-BG/thalamus FC and a linear negative correlation with RN-BG/thalamus FC. Accordingly, the SN-related FC appears to enable the thalamus-SMN coupling, while the RN-related FC affects it favoring anti-correlation. (2) In BD, mania showed an increase in thalamus-SMN FC toward positive values (ie, thalamus-SMN abnormal coupling) paralleled by reduction of RN-BG/thalamus FC. By contrast, inhibited depression showed a decrease in thalamus-SMN FC toward around-zero values (ie, thalamus-SMN disconnection) paralleled by reduction of SN-BG/thalamus FC (and RN-BG/thalamus FC). The results were replicated in independent HC and BD datasets.

conclusionsThese findings suggest an abnormal relationship of SMN with neurotransmitters-related areas via subcortical-cortical loops in mania and inhibited depression, finally resulting in psychomotor alterations.

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ConnectomeAdultBipolar DisorderDopamineHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNerve NetRaphe NucleiSensorimotor CortexSerotoninSubstantia NigraThalamusDopamineSerotoninbipolar disorderfunctional connectivityneurotransmitters-related areaspsychomotricitysensorimotor networkthalamus

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PMID31150559
PMCPMC6942162
OpenAlexW2946853354

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