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A general exposome factor explains individual differences in functional brain network topography and cognition in youth.

ABSTRACT: Childhood environments are critical in shaping cognitive neurodevelopment. With the increasing availability of large-scale neuroimaging datasets with deep phenotyping of childhood environments, we can now build upon prior studies that have considered relationships between one or a handful of environmental and neuroimaging features at a time. Here, we characterize the combined effects of hundreds of inter-connected and co-occurring features of a child's environment ("exposome") and investigate associations with each child's unique, multidimensional pattern of functional brain network organization ("functional topography") and cognition. We apply data-driven computational models to measure the exposome and define personalized functional brain networks in pre-registered analyses. Across matched discovery (n=5139, 48.5% female) and replication (n=5137, 47.1% female) samples from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the exposome was associated with current (ages 9-10) and future (ages 11-12) cognition. Changes in the exposome were also associated with changes in cognition after accounting for baseline scores. Cross-validated ridge regressions revealed that the exposome is reflected in functional topography and can predict performance across cognitive domains. Importantly, a single measure capturing a child's exposome could more accurately and parsimoniously predict cognition than a wealth of personalized neuroimaging data, highlighting the importance of children's complex, multidimensional environments in cognitive neurodevelopment.

SUBMITTER: Keller AS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11004064 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A general exposome factor explains individual differences in functional brain network topography and cognition in youth.

Keller Arielle S AS Moore Tyler M TM Luo Audrey A Visoki Elina E Gataviņš Mārtiņš M MM Shetty Alisha A Cui Zaixu Z Fan Yong Y Feczko Eric E Houghton Audrey A Li Hongming H Mackey Allyson P AP Miranda-Dominguez Oscar O Pines Adam A Shinohara Russell T RT Sun Kevin Y KY Fair Damien A DA Satterthwaite Theodore D TD Barzilay Ran R

Developmental cognitive neuroscience 20240402

Childhood environments are critical in shaping cognitive neurodevelopment. With the increasing availability of large-scale neuroimaging datasets with deep phenotyping of childhood environments, we can now build upon prior studies that have considered relationships between one or a handful of environmental and neuroimaging features at a time. Here, we characterize the combined effects of hundreds of inter-connected and co-occurring features of a child's environment ("exposome") and investigate as ...[more]

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Project description:ImportanceFunctional brain networks are associated with both behavior and genetic factors. To uncover clinically translatable mechanisms of psychopathology, it is critical to define how the spatial organization of these networks relates to genetic risk during development.ObjectiveTo determine the relationship between transdiagnostic polygenic risk scores (PRSs), personalized functional brain networks (PFNs), and overall psychopathology (p-factor) during early adolescence.DesignThe Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of 21 collection sites across the United States. Here, we conduct a cross-sectional analysis of ABCD baseline data, collected 2017-2018.SettingThe ABCD Study ® is a multi-site community-based study.ParticipantsThe sample is largely recruited through school systems. Exclusion criteria included severe sensory, intellectual, medical, or neurological issues that interfere with protocol and scanner contraindications. Split-half subsets were used for cross-validation, matched on age, ethnicity, family structure, handedness, parental education, site, sex, and anesthesia exposure.ExposuresPolygenic risk scores of transdiagnostic genetic factors F1 (PRS-F1) and F2 (PRS-F2) derived from adults in Psychiatric Genomic Consortium and UK Biobanks datasets. PRS-F1 indexes liability for common psychiatric symptoms and disorders related to mood disturbance; PRS-F2 indexes liability for rarer forms of mental illness characterized by mania and psychosis.Main outcomes and measures(1) P-factor derived from bifactor models of youth- and parent-reported mental health assessments. (2) Person-specific functional brain network topography derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans.ResultsTotal participants included 11,873 youths ages 9-10 years old; 5,678 (47.8%) were female, and the mean (SD) age was 9.92 (0.62) years. PFN topography was found to be heritable (N=7,459, 57.06% of vertices h 2 p FDR <0.05, mean h 2 =0.35). PRS-F1 was associated with p-factor (N=5,815, r=0.12, 95% CI [0.09-0.15], p<0.001). Interindividual differences in functional network topography were associated with p-factor (N=7,459, mean r=0.12), PRS-F1 (N=3,982, mean r=0.05), and PRS-F2 (N=3,982, mean r=0.08). Cortical maps of p-factor and PRS-F1 regression coefficients were highly correlated (r=0.7, p=0.003).Conclusions and relevancePolygenic risk for transdiagnostic adulthood psychopathology is associated with both p-factor and heritable PFN topography during early adolescence. These results advance our understanding of the developmental drivers of psychopathology.

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A general exposome factor explains individual differences in functional brain network topography and cognition in youth.

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A general exposome factor explains individual differences in functional brain network topography and cognition in youth.

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