重性抑郁症脑白质性别差异的初步研究

目的 利用磁共振弥散张量成像技术探讨重性抑郁症患者脑白质纤维是否存在性别差异.方法 24例重性抑郁症患者(男15例,女9例)及30名正常对照(男11名,女19名)均经常规核磁共振(MRI)和DTI扫描,基于像素的全脑分析技术对各组间DTI数据进行比较分析.结果 [1]男性患者左额中回、右颞叶回下、左梭状回、楔前叶及右顶叶回下等区域各向异性值(faraction anistropy, FA)低于男性正常对照(P<0.001);女性患者在右额上回、额叶回下、颞叶回下、左颞上回及右后扣带回等白质区域的FA值低于女性正常对照(P<0.001).[2]女性患者在右顶叶回下、左中央前回、右颞中回及右扣带回白质区域的FA值低于男性患者(P<0.001);女性正常对照仅在左边缘叶下回及左枕叶中回的区域的FA值低于男性正常对照(P<0.001).结论 男女抑郁症患者均存在脑白质异常区域,且两老少间存在差异.     

不同发作类型内侧颞叶癫灰质改变的结构性磁共振成像研究

目的探讨不同发作类型内侧颞叶癫患者灰质体积变化及其与病程的相关性。方法共40例内侧颞叶癫患者[部分性发作20例(m TLE-PS组)和继发性全面性发作20例(m TLE-s GS组)]以及20例性别、年龄相匹配的正常对照者行头部T1-三维磁化准备快速梯度回波扫描,采用基于体素的形态学分析进行灰质结构分割,选取双侧额叶和丘脑作为兴趣区,比较3组受试者各脑区灰质体积,采用Spearman秩相关分析探讨内侧颞叶癫患者各脑区灰质体积与病程的相关性。结果 3组受试者双侧额上回、右侧额中回、右侧额内侧回、右侧角回、右侧颞中回、右侧海马、双侧丘脑和双侧小脑半球灰质体积差异有统计学意义(均P0.01,FWE校正),与正常对照组相比,m TLE-PS组双侧额上回、小脑半球和右侧颞中回、海马、丘脑灰质体积减少(均P0.01,FWE校正),m TLE-s GS组双侧额上回、丘脑、小脑半球和右侧角回、颞中回、海马灰质体积减少(均P0.01,FWE校正);与m TLE-PS组相比,m TLE-s GS组双侧额上回、丘脑和右侧额内侧回、直回灰质体积减少(均P0.01,FWE校正)。m TLE-s GS组患者左侧额上回(rs=-0.611,P=0.004)和右侧额中回(rs=-0.562,P=0.010)与病程呈负相关关系。结论不同发作类型内侧颞叶癫患者均存在双侧额叶、丘脑、小脑半球和右侧颞叶、海马灰质损伤,但损伤脑区有所不同,继发性全面性发作患者以双侧额叶和丘脑灰质体积减少为主,提示丘脑-皮质环路是内侧颞叶癫继发性全面性发作的重要结构基础。     

强迫障碍患者脑灰质体积改变及其与认知功能和临床症状的相关性

目的比较强迫障碍患者脑灰质体积与健康对照的差异,并分析患者脑灰质体积有改变脑区与认知功能和临床症状的关系。方法选取首发强迫障碍患者36例和年龄、性别、受教育程度相匹配的健康对照35名,进行头部磁共振扫描,采用基于体素的形态学分析测量受试者大脑灰质体积,患者组使用神经认知成套测验和耶鲁—布朗强迫症状量表(Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale,Y-BOCS)评估认知功能和强迫症状。结果与对照组相比,患者组脑灰质体积增加的脑区有额顶叶(左侧中央后回、左侧中央前回)(t=4.299,P0.0005,体素100)、颞叶—边缘系统(左侧梭状回、左侧颞上回、左侧颞中回、左侧海马旁回)(t=4.841,P 0.0005,体素100);脑灰质体积减少的脑区为双侧前扣带回(t=-4.181,P0.0005,体素100)。患者组中,颞叶—边缘系统的灰质体积与社会认知评分正相关(r=0.347,P=0.038),前扣带回的灰质体积与强迫思维评分正相关(r=0.416,P=0.012)。结论强迫障碍患者在额顶叶、颞叶—边缘系统、双侧前扣带回等广泛的脑区存在灰质体积改变,其中颞叶—边缘系统灰质体积与社会认知、前扣带回灰质体积与强迫思维存在关联。     

帕金森病患者脑灰质变化的VBM-MRI研究

目的应用核磁共振的基于体素形态学(voxel-based morphometry method of magnetic resonanceimaging,VBM-MRI)技术,研究帕金森病(Parkinson disease,PD)患者大脑灰质变化的状况。方法 28例PD组与年龄、受教育年限相匹配32例健康对照组的VBM-MRI图像数据进行比较,PD组中,早期PD组(early Parkinson disease,EPD,n=14)与晚期PD组((late Parkinson disease,LPD,n=14)的VBM-MRI图像数据进行比较。结果与健康对照组比较,VBM-MRI显示PD组患者存在下列脑区灰质体积减少:额叶(双侧额上回、左额下回)、双侧颞叶(颞上回、颞中回)、右侧扣带回、右侧丘脑、双侧尾状核及左顶下小叶。与EPD比较,VBM-MRI显示LPD在下列脑区存在灰质体积减少:额叶(双侧额上回、右侧额下回、右侧额叶眶部、双侧内侧前额叶),颞叶(右侧颞上回、左侧颞中回),右侧海马旁回、右侧尾状核、右侧下丘脑,差异均有显著统计学意义。结论本组PD患者的脑灰质改变,主要集中在额叶、颞叶、右侧扣带回及皮质下的灰质。随着PD病程进展,这些部位的灰质减少加剧,并在边缘叶有进展的趋势。     

伴躯体症状抑郁症患者磁共振脑灰质体积异常表现

目的 采用基于体素的形态学分析（voxel-based morphometry,VBM）比较伴和不伴躯体症状抑郁症患者大脑灰质体积变化,探索伴躯体症状抑郁症患者在MRI上特有表现。方法 纳入52例抑郁症患者,根据入组时健康问卷躯体症状群量表评分是否>9分将其分为伴躯体症状组和不伴躯体症状组,同时纳入性别、年龄匹配的健康志愿者40名作为对照组。所有被试予MRI扫描,采用VBM方法比较各组大脑灰质体积的差异。结果 与对照组相比,伴躯体症状组右颞上回灰质体积增加,右眶额下回、右颞下回、左眶额下回、左颞上回体积减少（P<0.001）,不伴躯体症状组右颞中回灰质体积增加,右颞上回、右颞下回体积减少（P<0.01）。抑郁症患者中,伴躯体症状组右舌回、左扣带回的体积较不伴躯体症状组增加（P<0.01）。结论 抑郁症伴躯体症状患者在VBM-MRI上表现为舌回、扣带回体积增加。     

反社会人格障碍患者的脑灰质结构研究

目的 研究反社会人格障碍(APD)患者与正常人大脑灰质结构的异同.方法 对17例APD患者(APD组)和19名与APD组的年龄、性别、智商及文化程度匹配的正常对照者(正常对照组)进行脑部T1加权像及3维结构像扫描,并使用基于体素的形态学分析法进行数据分析.结果 APD组左额上回(BA8)、右楔前叶、左眶额回、双侧额中同、右额内侧同、右侧顶下小叶、左梭状回、双侧颞上回及双侧小脑的灰质密度低于正常对照组,而左额上回(BA38)及左海马旁回的密度高于正常对照组(P<0.005).结论 APD患者存在脑结构的异常,主要包括前额叶、眶额回、楔前叶、颞叶及双侧小脑.     

反社会人格障碍患者的脑灰质结构研究

目的 研究反社会人格障碍(APD)患者与正常人大脑灰质结构的异同.方法 对17例APD患者(APD组)和19名与APD组的年龄、性别、智商及文化程度匹配的正常对照者(正常对照组)进行脑部T1加权像及3维结构像扫描,并使用基于体素的形态学分析法进行数据分析.结果 APD组左额上回(BA8)、右楔前叶、左眶额回、双侧额中同、右额内侧同、右侧顶下小叶、左梭状回、双侧颞上回及双侧小脑的灰质密度低于正常对照组,而左额上回(BA38)及左海马旁回的密度高于正常对照组(P<0.005).结论 APD患者存在脑结构的异常,主要包括前额叶、眶额回、楔前叶、颞叶及双侧小脑.     

反社会人格障碍患者的脑灰质结构研究

目的 研究反社会人格障碍(APD)患者与正常人大脑灰质结构的异同.方法 对17例APD患者(APD组)和19名与APD组的年龄、性别、智商及文化程度匹配的正常对照者(正常对照组)进行脑部T1加权像及3维结构像扫描,并使用基于体素的形态学分析法进行数据分析.结果 APD组左额上回(BA8)、右楔前叶、左眶额回、双侧额中同、右额内侧同、右侧顶下小叶、左梭状回、双侧颞上回及双侧小脑的灰质密度低于正常对照组,而左额上回(BA38)及左海马旁回的密度高于正常对照组(P<0.005).结论 APD患者存在脑结构的异常,主要包括前额叶、眶额回、楔前叶、颞叶及双侧小脑.     

反社会人格障碍患者的脑灰质结构研究

目的 研究反社会人格障碍(APD)患者与正常人大脑灰质结构的异同.方法 对17例APD患者(APD组)和19名与APD组的年龄、性别、智商及文化程度匹配的正常对照者(正常对照组)进行脑部T1加权像及3维结构像扫描,并使用基于体素的形态学分析法进行数据分析.结果 APD组左额上回(BA8)、右楔前叶、左眶额回、双侧额中同、右额内侧同、右侧顶下小叶、左梭状回、双侧颞上回及双侧小脑的灰质密度低于正常对照组,而左额上回(BA38)及左海马旁回的密度高于正常对照组(P<0.005).结论 APD患者存在脑结构的异常,主要包括前额叶、眶额回、楔前叶、颞叶及双侧小脑.     

反社会人格障碍患者的脑灰质结构研究

目的 研究反社会人格障碍(APD)患者与正常人大脑灰质结构的异同.方法 对17例APD患者(APD组)和19名与APD组的年龄、性别、智商及文化程度匹配的正常对照者(正常对照组)进行脑部T1加权像及3维结构像扫描,并使用基于体素的形态学分析法进行数据分析.结果 APD组左额上回(BA8)、右楔前叶、左眶额回、双侧额中同、右额内侧同、右侧顶下小叶、左梭状回、双侧颞上回及双侧小脑的灰质密度低于正常对照组,而左额上回(BA38)及左海马旁回的密度高于正常对照组(P<0.005).结论 APD患者存在脑结构的异常,主要包括前额叶、眶额回、楔前叶、颞叶及双侧小脑.     

Language lateralization in female patients with schizophrenia: an fMRI study

Gender differences in schizophrenia are among the most consistently reported findings in schizophrenia research. However, the biological substrate underlying these gender differences is still largely unknown. Differences in language lateralization between men and women may underlie some gender differences in schizophrenia.

In previous functional imaging studies, language lateralization was found to be decreased in male schizophrenia patients as compared to healthy males, which was due to enhanced language activation of the right hemisphere as compared to the healthy males. It could be hypothesized that decreased language lateralization in schizophrenia is gender specific, i.e. decreased lateralization in male patients and normal lateralization in female patients.

To test this hypothesis, language activation was measured in 12 right-handed female patients with schizophrenia and 12 healthy females, and compared to findings in 12 male patients and 12 male controls of an earlier study.

Language lateralization was significantly lower in the female patients (0.44) as compared to the female controls (0.75), which was due to increased activation of the right-sided language areas (patients: 19 voxels; controls: 8 voxels), while left hemisphere activation was similar in patients and controls. When these data are compared to the male patients and controls, both patient groups had lower lateralization than their healthy counterparts, but there was no difference between male and female patients. In both sexes, decreased lateralization resulted from increased right hemispheric language activation, which suggests a failure to inhibit nondominant language areas in schizophrenia. These findings indicate that lower language lateralization in women is not likely to underlie gender differences in schizophrenia.     

慢性精神分裂症患者生命质量的性别差异

目的：探讨长期住院的慢性精神分裂症患者生命质量的性别差异及影响因素。方法：采用健康状况调查问卷（SF-36）、阳性与阴性症状量表（PANSS）、治疗中出现的症状量表（TESS）对连续住院时间超过5年的72例男性、47例女性慢性精神分裂症患者进行评定,选用60名健康自愿者作为对照。结果：男性患者生命质量显菩低于女性;精神病状态、药物种类、药物不良反应、年龄、住院时间对男女生命质量均有影响;男性的生命质量还受病期、婚姻状况的影响。结论：慢性精神分裂症患者的生命质量低下．应给予更多关注。     

Gender differences in cognitive function of patients with chronic schizophrenia

Schizophrenic patients have cognitive impairments, but gender differences in these cognitive deficits have had limited study. This study assessed cognitive functioning in 471 subjects including 122 male and 78 female schizophrenic patients and 141 male and 130 female healthy controls. We found that immediate memory, language, delayed memory and total RBANS scores were significantly decreased in schizophrenia compared with healthy controls for both genders. Male patients had significant lower immediate memory, delayed memory and total RBANS scores than female patients, and healthy controls showed a similar gender difference. The RBANS showed modest correlations with PANSS scores, duration of illness and antipsychotic dose (chlorpromazine equivalents). Almost all RBANS scores in the schizophrenics and healthy controls showed significant positive correlations with education. Thus, patients of both sexes with schizophrenia experienced more deteriorated performance than healthy controls on cognitive domains of immediate memory, language and delayed memory. Furthermore, male schizophrenic patients had more serious cognitive deficits than female patients in immediate and delayed memory, but not in language, visuospatial and attention indices.     

Influence of diagnostic classification on gender ratio in schizophrenia

BACKGROUND: The research literature on hospital admissions for psychoses in youths was reviewed in order to test whether there was a gender ratio discrepancy in diagnostic subgroups; the effect of the diagnostic criteria classification on this measure was also investigated. METHOD: A meta-analysis was conducted on 12 primary studies by assessing the male/female odds ratio (OR) in the schizophrenia and mood disorders with psychosis subgroups as well as the amount of variability between studies. Study inclusion criteria were: patients between the ages of 8 and 19, at least 15 patients with psychosis and a standardized diagnostic criteria classification system such as DSM, ICD or RDC. RESULTS: The male/female OR measured in this meta-analysis implies that a male subject with psychosis is 1.7 times as likely to obtain a diagnosis of schizophrenia; conversely, a female subject with psychosis is 2.1 times as likely to be assigned in the mood disorders with psychosis subgroup. Disparity in diagnostic criteria nomenclature (ICD-9 vs. DSM) could account for a statistically significant difference in male/female OR for the schizophrenia subgroup in a subset of 11 studies. CONCLUSIONS: Under the narrower definition of schizophrenia in studies using DSM diagnostic criteria classification, the shift towards a greater proportion of patients diagnosed with mood disorders with psychosis could be explained by the time criteria; the simultaneous emergence of the gender ratio difference is discussed. This study shows that subtle changes in diagnostic criteria in psychiatric illnesses can greatly influence observational data pertaining to youths.     

Levels of serum interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1beta, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and leptin and their correlation in depression

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between leptin and cytokines in depressed patients. METHODS: Thirty-three unmedicated patients (24 female, nine male) with depressive disorder and 23 healthy controls (16 female, seven male) were assessed for serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1beta, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and leptin. RESULTS: Levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in depressed patients were higher than in normal controls. There were significantly lower leptin levels in depressed patients than in normal controls. There were also significant differences in the leptin levels, being higher in female than in male patients, and in female than in male controls. CONCLUSIONS: IL-6 and TNF-alpha cytokines and leptin are important in the psychoimmunology of depressed patients. There were gender differences in leptin levels in depression.     

Gender differences in suicide attempts from adolescence to young adulthood

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of age, gender, and psychosocial factors during adolescence with risk of suicide attempt between ages 19 and 23 years. METHOD: Initial assessments were conducted with 1,709 adolescents (aged 14-18) in western Oregon between 1987 and 1989. One year later, 1,507 participants returned for a second assessment. A subset of participants (n = 941; 57.2% women) had a third diagnostic assessment after turning 24 (between 1993 and 1999). Information on suicidal behavior, psychosocial risk factors, and lifetime DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnosis was collected at each assessment. RESULTS: The suicide attempt hazard rate for female adolescents was significantly higher than for male adolescents (Wilcoxon chi 2(1)[n = 941] = 12.69, p < .001). By age 19, the attempt hazard rate for female adolescents dropped to a level comparable with that of male adolescents. Disappearance of the gender difference for suicide attempts by young adulthood was not paralleled by a decrease in the gender difference for major depression. Adolescent suicidal behavior predicted suicide attempt during young adulthood for female, but not male, participants. Adolescent psychosocial risk factors for suicide attempt during young adulthood were identified separately for girls and boys. CONCLUSIONS: Unlike depression, the elevated incidence rate of suicide attempts by adolescent girls is not maintained into young adulthood. Screening and prevention implications are discussed.     

Gender differences in temporal lobe structures of patients with schizophrenia: a volumetric MRI study

OBJECTIVE: The temporal lobe and associated structures have been previously implicated in the neuroanatomy of schizophrenia. This study was designed to assess the potential influence of gender on the morphology of temporal lobe structures, including the superior temporal gyrus and the amygdala/hippocampal complex, in patients with schizophrenia and to examine whether schizophrenic patients differ morphologically in these structures from comparison subjects. METHOD: Magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure the volume of temporal lobe structures, including the superior temporal gyrus, the amygdala/hippocampal complex, and the temporal lobe (excluding the volumes of the superior temporal gyrus and amygdala/hippocampal complex), and two comparison areas--the prefrontal cortex and caudate--in 36 male and 23 female patients with schizophrenia and 19 male and 18 female comparison subjects. RESULTS: There was a significant main effect of diagnosis in the superior temporal gyrus and the amygdala/hippocampal complex, with smaller volumes in patients than in comparison subjects. There was a significant gender-by-diagnosis-by-hemisphere interaction for temporal lobe volume. Temporal lobe volume on the left was significantly smaller in male patients than in male comparison subjects. Female patients and female comparison subjects demonstrated no significant difference in temporal lobe volume. There were no statistically significant gender interactions for the superior temporal gyrus, the amygdala/hippocampal complex, or the comparison regions. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that there may be a unique interaction between gender and the pathophysiologic processes that lead to altered temporal lobe volume in patients with schizophrenia.     

Reduced source activity of event-related potentials for affective facial pictures in schizophrenia patients

The ability to recognize facial affect is impaired in schizophrenia patients. This study compared source activities of the event-related potentials (ERPs) for affective facial pictures between schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. Twenty-three schizophrenia patients (11 females) and 24 healthy controls (12 females) were recruited. The standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) source activities of four ERP components (P100, N170, N250, and P300) were compared between schizophrenia patients and healthy controls in response to fearful, happy, and neutral facial expressions. Group differences of sLORETA source activities were found only for the N170 component in response to the fearful face. Source activities in the middle frontal gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus were lower in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls. Source activity in the insula was lower in male schizophrenia patients compared to male healthy controls. Source activities in the superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, insula and inferior frontal gyrus were lower in male compared to female schizophrenia patients. However, there was no gender difference on ERP source activities in the healthy controls. These results support the hypothesis that schizophrenia patients have reduced N170 current source density in response to fearful faces. The area exhibiting reduced current source density includes the frontal and temporal cortex. The present results suggest that there may be gender differences in facial affect processing in schizophrenia patients.     

精神分裂症遗传的性别差异

目的：比较不同性别精神分裂症遗传的差异。方法：在同期出院的877例精神分裂症患者中，整群连续抽取精神分裂症阳性家族史患者107例：按性别分为男性组45例，女性组62例。对家族史阳性率，先证者父系、母系、同胞、子女患病情况，一、二、三级亲属患病情况，胎次，患病个数及疗效作统计分析。结果：男性阳性家族史比率较女性低，且疗效差异有显著性；女性患者4胎及以上者显著较多。结论：不同性别精神分裂症的遗传有差异。     

Gender differences in non-motor symptoms in early, drug naïve Parkinson’s disease

Gender differences in brain structure and function may lead to differences in the clinical expression of neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Few studies reported gender-related differences in the burden of non-motor symptoms (NMS) in treated PD patients, but this matter has not been previously explored in drug-naïve PD patients. This study is to assess gender differences in the prevalence of NMS in a large sample of early, drug-naïve PD patients compared with age and sex-matched healthy controls. Two hundred early, drug-naïve PD patients and ninety-three age and sex-matched healthy controls were included in the study. Frequency of NMS was evaluated by means of the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire. The difference in gender distribution of NMS was evaluated with the χ ² exact test; multiple comparisons were corrected with the Benjamini–Hochberg method. Male PD patients complained of problems having sex and taste/smelling difficulties significantly more frequently than female PD patients. Furthermore, men with PD complained more frequently of dribbling, sadness/blues, loss of interest, anxiety, acting during dreams, and taste/smelling difficulties as compared to healthy control men, while female PD patients reported more frequently loss of interest and anxiety as compared with healthy control women. This study shows specific sex-related patterns of NMS in drug-naïve PD. In contrast with previous data, female PD patients did not present higher prevalence of mood symptoms as compared to male PD patients. Comparison with healthy controls showed that some NMS classically present in premotor and early stage of disease (i.e., acting out during dreams, taste/smelling difficulties) are more frequent in male than in female patients.