Altered coupling relationships across resting-state functional connectivity measures in schizophrenia, bipolar
Lu Ma1, Shanshan Jiang1, Wei Tang2
1Department of Radiology, Tsinghua University Hospital, Beijing 100084, China.
Abstract:
Resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) measures have enjoyed significant success in discovering the neuropathological characteristics of schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar disorder (BD), and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, it is unknown whether and how the spatial and temporal coupling relationships across rsFC measures would be altered in these psychiatric disorders. Here, resting-state fMRI data were obtained from a transdiagnostic sample of healthy controls (HC) and individuals with SZ, BD, and ADHD. We used Kendall's W to compute volume-wise and voxel-wise concordance across rsFC measures, followed by group comparisons. In terms of the spatial coupling, both SZ and BD individuals exhibited decreased volume-wise concordance compared with HC. Regarding the temporal coupling, SZ individuals showed decreased voxel-wise concordance in the right lateral occipital cortex relative to HC. BD individuals exhibited decreased voxel-wise concordance in the bilateral basal forebrain and bilateral superior/middle temporal gyrus compared to HC. Additionally, correlation analyses demonstrated positive associations of voxel-wise concordance in the left basal forebrain with negative symptoms including alogia and affective flattening in pooled SZ and BD individuals. Our findings of distinct patterns of spatial and temporal decoupling across rsFC measures among SZ, BD, and ADHD may provide unique insights into the neuropathological mechanisms of these psychiatric disorders.
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