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ArticleBMC psychiatry2022

Brain connectomes in youth at risk for serious mental illness: an exploratory analysis.

Paul D Metzak, Mohammed K Shakeel, Xiangyu Long, Mike Lasby, Roberto Souza, Signe Bray, Benjamin I Goldstein, Glenda MacQueen, JianLi Wang, Sidney H Kennedy and 2 more

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul D Metzak *Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mohammed K Shakeel *Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. mohammed.kalathil@ucalgary.ca.
Xiangyu LongDepartment of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mike LasbyDepartment of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Roberto SouzaDepartment of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Signe BrayDepartment of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Benjamin I GoldsteinCentre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Glenda MacQueenDepartment of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
JianLi WangDepartment of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sidney H KennedyDepartment of Psychiatry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jean AddingtonDepartment of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Catherine LebelDepartment of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
University of Calgary · CACentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CADalhousie University · CASt. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIdentifying early biomarkers of serious mental illness (SMI)-such as changes in brain structure and function-can aid in early diagnosis and treatment. Whole brain structural and functional connectomes were investigated in youth at risk for SMI.

methodsParticipants were classified as healthy controls (HC; n = 33), familial risk for serious mental illness (stage 0; n = 31), mild symptoms (stage 1a; n = 37), attenuated syndromes (stage 1b; n = 61), or discrete disorder (transition; n = 9) based on clinical assessments. Imaging data was collected from two sites. Graph-theory based analysis was performed on the connectivity matrix constructed from whole-brain white matter fibers derived from constrained spherical deconvolution of the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scans, and from the correlations between brain regions measured with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data.

resultsLinear mixed effects analysis and analysis of covariance revealed no significant differences between groups in global or nodal metrics after correction for multiple comparisons. A follow up machine learning analysis broadly supported the findings. Several non-overlapping frontal and temporal network differences were identified in the structural and functional connectomes before corrections.

conclusionsResults suggest significant brain connectome changes in youth at transdiagnostic risk may not be evident before illness onset.

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ConnectomeMental DisordersAdolescentBrainDiffusion Tensor ImagingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingConnectomeConstrained spherical deconvolutionFunctional connectivityLinear support vector machineMajor depressive disorderPROCANResting-state fMRIStructural connectivityTransdiagnostic risk

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PMID36109720
PMCPMC9476574
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