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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2025

7-Tesla ultra-high field MRI of the parahippocampal cortex reveals evidence of common neurobiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder and neurotic personality traits.

Dominik Nießen, Ravichandran Rajkumar, Dilsa Cemre Akkoc Altinok, Gereon Johannes Schnellbächer, Shukti Ramkiran, Jana Hagen, Nadim Jon Shah, Tanja Veselinović, Irene Neuner

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Dominik NießenDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Ravichandran RajkumarDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Dilsa Cemre Akkoc AltinokDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Gereon Johannes SchnellbächerDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Shukti RamkiranDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-1873
Jana HagenDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Nadim Jon ShahInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, INM-4, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
Tanja Veselinović *Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-6966
Irene Neuner *Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. i.neuner@fz-juelich.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-8873

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The parahippocampal cortex (PHC) is a highly interconnected region within the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and is essential in memory, emotion and cognition. According to the cognitive model of depression, dysfunctions in these processes constitute the pathophysiological foundation of major depressive disorder (MDD). Research suggests that human personality, and neuroticism in particular, plays an important role in the development and disease progression of MDD. Furthermore, extensive neuroimaging evidence indicates that neuroticism and depression share overlapping structural and functional correlates, potentially including the PHC. In a matched sample of 86 adults (43 MDD patients, 43 control participants, mean age 31.4 years, range 18-61 years, 40 female), PHC thickness was measured using structural MRI at an ultra-high field strength of 7 T and compared to the level of neuroticism as measured by the NEO-FFI scale. MDD patients exhibited significantly lower left hemispheric PHC thickness compared to healthy controls (p

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PMCPMC12228691

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