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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2023

Alterations of interhemispheric functional homotopic connectivity and corpus callosum microstructure in bulimia nervosa.

Yiling Wang, Lirong Tang, Miao Wang, Weihua Li, Xuemei Wang, Jiani Wang, Qian Chen, Zhenghan Yang, Xiaohong Li, Zhanjiang Li and 3 more

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Yiling Wang *Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lirong Tang *The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Miao WangChinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China.
Weihua LiDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xuemei WangThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jiani WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qian ChenDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhenghan YangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xiaohong LiThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhanjiang LiThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Guowei WuCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Peng ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhenchang WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Friendship Hospital · CNBeijing Anding Hospital · CNChinese Institute for Brain Research · CNInstitute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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Abstract

Background: Accumulating evidence indicates maladaptive neural information interactions between different brain regions underlie bulimia nervosa (BN). However, little is known about the alterations in interhemispheric communication of BN, which is facilitated by the corpus callosum (CC), the major commissural fiber connecting the two hemispheres. To shed light on the interhemispheric communications in BN, the present study aims to explore alterations of interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity and the CC microstructure in BN. Methods: Based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data collected from 42 BN patients and 38 healthy controls (HCs), the group differences of voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) index and CC white matter microstructure were compared. Then brain regions with significant group differences in VMHC were selected as seeds for subsequent functional connectivity (FC) analysis. Seed-based fiber tracking and correlation analysis were used to analyze the relationship between VMHC and CC changes. And correlation analysis was used to reveal the correlation between abnormal imaging variables and the clinical features of BN. Results: Compared with HCs, the BN group showed decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) in middle part of CC (CCMid) and increased VMHC in bilateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and middle temporal gyrus (MTG) [false discovery rate (FDR) correction with a corrected threshold of P<0.05]. Subsequent FC analyses indicated increased FC between left OFC and right OFC, bilateral MTG, left middle occipital gyrus and right precuneus (PCUN); between right OFC and left cerebellum crus II and right PCUN; and between left MTG and right inferior temporal gyrus, right cerebellum lobule VI and right medial superior frontal gyrus (FDR correction with a corrected threshold of P<0.05). The VMHC values of OFC and MTG showed no correlations with FA values of the CCMid and the white fibers between the bilateral OFC and MTG were not through the CCMid. In addition, several regions with abnormal FC had a potential correlation trend with abnormal eating behaviors in BN patients (P<0.05, uncorrected). Conclusions: Aberrant interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity and CC microstructure were observed in BN, and they may be independent of each other. Regions with aberrant interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity showed hyperconnectivity with regions related to reward processing, body shape perception, and self-reference.

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Bulimia nervosa (BN)corpus callosum (CC)functional connectivity (FC)interhemispheric communicationvoxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC)

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