Elisa Ambrosi1, Chiara Chiapponi2, Gabriele Sani3, Giovanni Manfredi3, Fabrizio Piras4, Carlo Caltagirone5, Gianfranco Spalletta6. 1. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. 2. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Department of Systems Medicine, "Tor Vergata" University, Rome, Italy. 3. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Centro Lucio Bini, Rome, Italy. 4. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy. 5. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, "Tor Vergata" University, Rome, Italy. 6. Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: g.spalletta@hsantalucia.it.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies of bipolar disorder (BD) report contrasting results and are mainly focused on bipolar I (BD-I) samples. We aimed at investigating how and where DTI parameters differ between BD-I and bipolar II (BD-II) and between BD and healthy control subjects (HC). METHODS: We conducted a tract-based spatial statistics analysis of DTI derived parameters, namely fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) in a matched sample of 50 BD (25 BD-I and 25 BD-II) during the chronic course of the illness and 50 HC. RESULTS: Compared to BD-I and HC, BD-II showed lower FA but no significant AD or RD differences in the right inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF). Both patient groups showed lower AD and RD in the left internal capsule and lower AD across the left ILF, the cortico-spinal tract within the right hemisphere and bilaterally in the cerebellum with respect to HC. LIMITATIONS: Patients were medicated at the time of scanning; the BD-II group had higher Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores than the BD-I group. CONCLUSIONS: BD-II patients differ from BD-I in the ILF. Both BD subtypes showed widespread white matter (WM) changes in the internal capsule, cortico-spinal tract and cerebellum. The loss of WM integrity in BD-II might be due to demyelination whereas WM changes common to both subgroups could be attributable to axonal damage.
BACKGROUND: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies of bipolar disorder (BD) report contrasting results and are mainly focused on bipolar I (BD-I) samples. We aimed at investigating how and where DTI parameters differ between BD-I and bipolar II (BD-II) and between BD and healthy control subjects (HC). METHODS: We conducted a tract-based spatial statistics analysis of DTI derived parameters, namely fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) in a matched sample of 50 BD (25 BD-I and 25 BD-II) during the chronic course of the illness and 50 HC. RESULTS: Compared to BD-I and HC, BD-II showed lower FA but no significant AD or RD differences in the right inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF). Both patient groups showed lower AD and RD in the left internal capsule and lower AD across the left ILF, the cortico-spinal tract within the right hemisphere and bilaterally in the cerebellum with respect to HC. LIMITATIONS: Patients were medicated at the time of scanning; the BD-II group had higher Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores than the BD-I group. CONCLUSIONS: BD-II patients differ from BD-I in the ILF. Both BD subtypes showed widespread white matter (WM) changes in the internal capsule, cortico-spinal tract and cerebellum. The loss of WM integrity in BD-II might be due to demyelination whereas WM changes common to both subgroups could be attributable to axonal damage.
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