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Sex-specific associations of childhood adversity with frontostriatal network organization and anhedonia in young adulthood.

Ryan J Shepherd, Matthias Pierce, Nils Muhlert, Mica Komarnyckyj, Meg Sheppard, Tobias Banaschewski, Gareth J Barker, Arun L W Bokde, Rüdiger Brühl, Sylvane Desrivières and 16 more

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Ryan J ShepherdDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0009-0008-1592-9732
Matthias PierceDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2182-0369
Nils MuhlertDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6414-5589
Mica KomarnyckyjDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6749-3685
Meg SheppardDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-5009-1739
Tobias BanaschewskiDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Square J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany; German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ulm.ORCID 0000-0003-4595-1144
Gareth J BarkerDepartment of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5214-7421
Arun L W BokdeDiscipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0114-4914
Rüdiger BrühlPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0111-5996
Sylvane DesrivièresSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom.
Herta FlorInstitute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Square J5, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4809-5398
Penny GowlandSir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4900-4817
Antoine GrigisUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7984-3710
Andreas HeinzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Germany; German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Site Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5405-9065
Frauke NeesInstitute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7796-8234
Dimitri Papadopoulos OrfanosUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Luise PoustkaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7738-4394
Michael N SmolkaDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5398-5569
Nathalie HolzDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Square J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany; German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ulm.ORCID 0000-0002-6225-9267
Nilakshi VaidyaCentre for Population Neuroscience and Stratified Medicine (PONS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4600-7158
Henrik WalterDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9403-6121
Robert WhelanSchool of Psychology and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-2790-7281
Paul WirschingDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1228-6846
Gunter SchumannCentre for Population Neuroscience and Stratified Medicine (PONS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7740-6469
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Rebecca ElliottDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7602-010X

Funding

Training U54EB020403 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2014 to 2018
$10.1M
A decentralized macro and micro gene-by-environment interaction analysis of substance use behavior and its brain biomarkers R01DA049238 · NIDA · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CALHOUN, VINCE D, LIU, JINGYU · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
ENIGMA World Aging CenterR56AG058854 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2018 to 2018
$683k
NIA NIH HHS R56 AG058854NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB020403NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA049238Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Anhedonia is a transdiagnostic psychiatric symptom linked to increased functional connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and striatum. Here, we examined how dimensions of early adversity contribute to this profile of connectivity. Methods: In a European community sample of young adults (IMAGEN), we examined cross-sectional (n=613) and longitudinal (n=332) associations of adversity dimensions with resting-state fMRI-derived connectivity. We selected 10 ROIs from anhedonia literature, defined in the functional images as 4mm-radius spheres. We then used network-based regression models to identify clusters of ROI-ROI connections associated with threat and deprivation scores, using interaction terms to examine sex and age-specific associations. We also examined associations between adversity and anhedonia, operationalized using factor analysis of six items from self-report surveys. Results: At age 18-22, we identified sex-specific associations between deprivation and connectivity for a cluster of 9 ROI-ROI connections ( Conclusion: Compared to females, young adult males may be more vulnerable to developing anhedonia after experiencing deprivation in childhood. Dimensions of early adversity are linked to distinct pathways of frontostriatal development.

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anhedoniabrain developmentearly adversityprefrontal cortexresting-state fMRIsex differences

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PMCPMC13483791

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