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ArticleEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2025

Sex differences in anhedonia in bipolar depression: a resting-state fMRI study.

Xiaoqin Wang, Yi Xia, Rui Yan, Hao Sun, Yinghong Huang, Qiudong Xia, Junling Sheng, Wei You, Lingling Hua, Hao Tang and 2 more

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Xiaoqin Wang *The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yi Xia *The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Rui YanThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Hao SunThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yinghong HuangThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Qiudong XiaThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Junling ShengThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Wei YouThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Lingling HuaThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Hao TangThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Zhijian YaoThe Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China. zjyao@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-5771
Qing LuSchool of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 sipailou, Nanjing, 210096, China. luq@seu.edu.cn.
Nanjing Brain Hospital · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNSoutheast University · BD

Funding

Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82301718Jiangsu Medical Innovation Center for Mental Illness CXZX202226Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program BE2019675Key Project supported by Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation, Nanjing Commission of Health ZKX21035National Natural Science Foundation of China 82151315National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271568National Natural Science Youth Foundation 82101573the General project of Nanjing Science and Technology Development Plan YKK22140the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Youth Fund BK20230154the Key Project of Science and Technology Innovation for Social Development in Suzhou 2022SS04
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Abstract

Previous studies about anhedonia symptoms in bipolar depression (BD) ignored the unique role of gender on brain function. This study aims to explore the regional brain neuroimaging features of BD with anhedonia and the sex differences in these patients. The resting-fMRI by applying fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) method was estimated in 263 patients with BD (174 high anhedonia [HA], 89 low anhedonia [LA]) and 213 healthy controls. The effects of two different factors in patients with BD were analyzed using a 3 (group: HA, LA, HC) × 2 (sex: male, female) ANOVA. The fALFF values were higher in the HA group than in the LA group in the right medial cingulate gyrus and supplementary motor area. For the sex-by-group interaction, the fALFF values of the right hippocampus, left medial occipital gyrus, right insula, and bilateral medial cingulate gyrus were significantly higher in HA males than in LA males but not females. These results suggested that the pattern of high activation could be a marker of anhedonia symptoms in BD males, and the sex differences should be considered in future studies of BD with anhedonia symptoms.

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AnhedoniaBipolar DisorderCerebral CortexSex CharacteristicsAdultFemaleGyrus CinguliHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAnhedoniaBipolar depressionFunctional neuroimagingHippocampusInsulaSex difference

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