Qian Li1,2,3, Youjin Zhao1,2,3, Zixuan Huang1,4, Yi Guo1,2,3, Jingyi Long1,2,3, Lekai Luo1,2,3, Wanfang You1,2,3, John A Sweeney1,5, Fei Li1,2,3, Qiyong Gong1,2,3. 1. Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 2. Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China. 3. Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 4. Medical Imaging Technology Department, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 5. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the most prominent and replicable fractional anisotropy (FA) alterations of white matter associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) studies. METHODS: We reviewed previous TBSS studies (n = 20) in OCD and performed a meta-analysis (n = 16) of FA differences. RESULTS: No between-group differences in FA were detected in the pooled meta-analysis. However, reduced FA was identified in the genu and anterior body of corpus callosum (CC) in adult OCD. FA reductions in the anterior body of CC were associated with a later age of onset in adult patients with OCD. For pediatric OCD, decreased FA in earlier adolescence and increased FA in later adolescence were seemingly related to an altered trajectory of brain maturation. CONCLUSIONS: Absent in the pooled sample but robust in adults, disrupted microstructural organization in the anterior part of CC indicates a bias of deficits toward connections in interhemispheric connections of rostral neocortical regions, which could lead to deficits of interhemispheric communication and thus contribute to cognitive and emotional deficits in adult OCD. The correlation between FA in the anterior body of CC and older illness onset suggests that patients with later adult onset of illness may represent a biologically distinct subgroup. For pediatric OCD, alterations in neurodevelopmental maturation may contribute to inconsistent patterns of FA alteration relative to controls during adolescence. While most studies of OCD have emphasized alterations of within hemisphere fronto-striatal circuits, these results indicate that between hemisphere connectivity of this circuitry may also represent important pathophysiology of the illness.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the most prominent and replicable fractional anisotropy (FA) alterations of white matter associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) studies. METHODS: We reviewed previous TBSS studies (n = 20) in OCD and performed a meta-analysis (n = 16) of FA differences. RESULTS: No between-group differences in FA were detected in the pooled meta-analysis. However, reduced FA was identified in the genu and anterior body of corpus callosum (CC) in adult OCD. FA reductions in the anterior body of CC were associated with a later age of onset in adult patients with OCD. For pediatric OCD, decreased FA in earlier adolescence and increased FA in later adolescence were seemingly related to an altered trajectory of brain maturation. CONCLUSIONS: Absent in the pooled sample but robust in adults, disrupted microstructural organization in the anterior part of CC indicates a bias of deficits toward connections in interhemispheric connections of rostral neocortical regions, which could lead to deficits of interhemispheric communication and thus contribute to cognitive and emotional deficits in adult OCD. The correlation between FA in the anterior body of CC and older illness onset suggests that patients with later adult onset of illness may represent a biologically distinct subgroup. For pediatric OCD, alterations in neurodevelopmental maturation may contribute to inconsistent patterns of FA alteration relative to controls during adolescence. While most studies of OCD have emphasized alterations of within hemisphere fronto-striatal circuits, these results indicate that between hemisphere connectivity of this circuitry may also represent important pathophysiology of the illness.
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