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Exploring brain connectivity changes in major depressive disorder using functional-structural data fusion: A CAN-BIND-1 study.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing interest in examining the wealth of data generated by fusing functional and structural imaging information sources. These approaches may have clinical utility in identifying disruptions in the brain networks that underlie major depressive disorder (MDD). We combined an existing software toolbox with a mathematically dense statistical method to produce a novel processing pipeline for the fast and easy implementation of data fusion analysis (FATCAT-awFC). The novel FATCAT-awFC pipeline was then utilized to identify connectivity (conventional functional, conventional structural and anatomically weighted functional connectivy) changes in MDD patients compared to healthy comparison participants (HC). Data were acquired from the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network for Depression (CAN-BIND-1) study. Large-scale resting-state networks were assessed. We found statistically significant anatomically-weighted functional connectivity (awFC) group differences in the default mode network and the ventral attention network, with a modest effect size (d < 0.4). Functional and structural connectivity seemed to overlap in significance between one region-pair within the default mode network. By combining structural and functional data, awFC served to heighten or reduce the magnitude of connectivity differences in various regions distinguishing MDD from HC. This method can help us more fully understand the interconnected nature of structural and functional connectivity as it relates to depression.

SUBMITTER: Ayyash S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exploring brain connectivity changes in major depressive disorder using functional-structural data fusion: A CAN-BIND-1 study.

Ayyash Sondos S Davis Andrew D AD Alders Gésine L GL MacQueen Glenda G Strother Stephen C SC Hassel Stefanie S Zamyadi Mojdeh M Arnott Stephen R SR Harris Jacqueline K JK Lam Raymond W RW Milev Roumen R Müller Daniel J DJ Kennedy Sidney H SH Rotzinger Susan S Frey Benicio N BN Minuzzi Luciano L Hall Geoffrey B GB

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There is a growing interest in examining the wealth of data generated by fusing functional and structural imaging information sources. These approaches may have clinical utility in identifying disruptions in the brain networks that underlie major depressive disorder (MDD). We combined an existing software toolbox with a mathematically dense statistical method to produce a novel processing pipeline for the fast and easy implementation of data fusion analysis (FATCAT-awFC). The novel FATCAT-awFC p ...[more]

PMID: 34296501

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Project description:BackgroundCognitive dysfunction and brain structural connectivity alterations have been observed in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about their interrelation. The present study follows a network approach to evaluate alterations in cognition-related brain structural networks.MethodsCognitive performance of n = 805 healthy and n = 679 acutely depressed or remitted individuals was assessed using 14 cognitive tests aggregated into cognitive factors. The structural connectome was reconstructed from structural and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Associations between global connectivity strength and cognitive factors were established using linear regressions. Network-based statistics were applied to identify subnetworks of connections underlying these global-level associations. In exploratory analyses, effects of depression were assessed by evaluating remission status-related group differences in subnetwork-specific connectivity. Partial correlations were employed to directly test the complete triad of cognitive factors, depressive symptom severity, and subnetwork-specific connectivity strength.ResultsAll cognitive factors were associated with global connectivity strength. For each cognitive factor, network-based statistics identified a subnetwork of connections, revealing, for example, a subnetwork positively associated with processing speed. Within that subnetwork, acutely depressed patients showed significantly reduced connectivity strength compared to healthy controls. Moreover, connectivity strength in that subnetwork was associated to current depressive symptom severity independent of the previous disease course.ConclusionsOur study is the first to identify cognition-related structural brain networks in MDD patients, thereby revealing associations between cognitive deficits, depressive symptoms, and reduced structural connectivity. This supports the hypothesis that structural connectome alterations may mediate the association of cognitive deficits and depression severity.

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Exploring brain connectivity changes in major depressive disorder using functional-structural data fusion: A CAN-BIND-1 study.

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Exploring brain connectivity changes in major depressive disorder using functional-structural data fusion: A CAN-BIND-1 study.

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