抑郁症患者识别动态喜悦表情的功能磁共振研究

目的:探讨抑郁症患者动态喜悦表情加工的神经基础。方法:对15例女性抑郁症患者(抑郁症组)和15名女性健康志愿者(正常对照组)采用功能磁共振技术进行动态喜悦表情识别任务中的磁共振脑功能扫描,分析抑郁症患者与健康受试者在识别动态喜悦表情间的脑区活动差异。结果:在明确识别条件下,抑郁症组患者右枕中回(BA18)、右顶下小叶(BA40)、右楔前回(BA7)及双侧中央后回(BA7,BA5)等脑区活动增加,而双侧顶上小叶等脑区活动降低。而在不明确识别条件下,抑郁症患者右顶下小叶活动增加,而右楔叶、右中央后回及左顶上小叶活动降低。结论:抑郁症患者识别喜悦表情障碍可能是由于感知该表情面部运动能力存在缺陷所致。     

抑郁症患者对正性面部表情功能识别

目的：利用任务态功能核磁共振成像技术,初步探讨抗抑郁治疗对正性情绪识别脑区功能的影响。方法：检测19例抑郁症患者治疗前和治疗10周后在识别正性及中性面部表情视频时的激活脑区,并与19例匹配的健康者对照比较。结果：与正常对照组相比,治疗前抑郁症患者左右颞上回（BA39）、左后扣带回（BA23）、右后扣带回（BA30）、左丘脑、右岛叶（BA13）等脑区激活显著降低;治疗后患者左颞上回（BA39）、右颞上回（BA22）、左颞中回（BA37）、左右海马旁回（BA30）、右后扣带回（BA29）、右梭状回（BA36）、左额中回（BA8）、右额下回（BA47）、左顶下小叶（BA40）、右岛叶（BA13）等脑区激活较治疗前增强;但与正常组相比,左颞上回（BA22）、左额中回（BA10）、左梭状回（BA20）、左楔叶（BA19）、右顶上小叶（BA7）、右岛叶（BA13）等脑区激活仍存在一定程度的降低。结论：经抗抑郁治疗,抑郁症患者正性情绪识别脑区功能较治疗前有所改善,但与正常对照组相比,仍存在一定程度的功能损害。进一步证实了积极有效的抗抑郁治疗能够部分逆转正性情绪相关脑区损害。     

抑郁症首次发病患者静息态脑功能局部一致性的研究

目的 利用功能磁共振(fMRI)和局部一致性(regional homogeneity,ReHo)探讨抑郁症首次发病(以下简称首发)患者在静息态脑功能是否存在异常及异常部位.方法 对34例符合美国精神疾病诊断与统计手册第4版诊断标准的首发抑郁症患者(抑郁症组)和34名性别、年龄、文化程度匹配的健康志愿者(对照组)进行静息态fMRI扫描.结果 抑郁症组静息态脑血氧水平依赖信号的ReHo高于对照组的脑区有左侧额叶眶回、顶下小叶、颞上回,右侧额内侧回、顶下小叶、小脑后叶;低于对照组的脑区有左颞下回、右颞上同和胼胝体、双侧后扣带回(P＜0.005,K≥10).结论首发抑郁症患者在静息态存在多个腩区功能活动的异常,并可能和抑郁症的病理机制有关.     

难治性抑郁症脑局部葡萄糖代谢的初步研究

目的 探索难治性抑郁症的脑局部葡萄糖代谢模式.方法 对符合国际疾病分类标准第10版(ICD.10)抑郁症诊断标准的8例难治性抑郁症患者和8名正常对照进行静息态正电子发射计算机断层/18F-氟代脱氧葡萄糖(PET/FDG)扫描,利用参数统计图(SPM2)方法分析组间脑局部代谢差异.结果 患者组的双侧额中回、左侧眶额皮质、左顶下小叶、左腹侧前扣带回、右侧额下回、右颞是回和颞中回以及双侧背侧前扣带回FDG代谢水平明显低于对照组;而左侧中央前/后回、右侧额内侧回、右颞极、右岛叶以及双侧小脑等脑区代谢水平则明显高于对照组.上述差异均有统计学意义(P<0.005).结论 难治性抑郁症患者存在旁边缘系统代谢增高和皮质代谢降低的交互性改变的异常代谢模式.     

腰背痛患者静息态fMRI的脑功能局部一致性研究

目的 利用功能磁共振成像(fMRI)技术探讨静息状态下腰背痛患者脑局部一致性(ReHo)变化的特点. 方法 选择自2011年8月至2012年1月南方医科大学珠江医院康复医学科招募的15例年龄、性别和文化程度相近的健康者作为受试者,向其右侧腰背部肌肉注射0.3 mL30g/L的高渗盐水制造腰背痛模型,采用3.0T MR仪分别在注射前、注射后进行静息状态fMRI扫描,所得数据进行配对t检验,比较疼痛及非疼痛状态下静息态脑功能的局部一致性差异. 结果 与正常状态相比,腰背痛受试者ReHo增高的脑区有:双侧前额叶内侧、左额下回、右额中回、右小脑扁桃体、右脑桥、右岛叶、右尾状核、右楔前叶、右海马旁回、后扣带回;ReHo减低的脑区有:右颞上回、左颞中回、左中央前回、左中央后回、左海马旁回、左梭状回、左前扣带回、左顶上小叶、右顶下小叶(P＜0.005,体素值≥10). 结论 静息状态下腰背痛患者部分脑区存在脑活动区域一致性异常.     

老年抑郁症首次发病与复发患者脑结构的磁共振研究

目的:基于磁共振探讨首发与复发老年抑郁症患者脑结构特点。方法:对首发与复发老年抑郁症患者30例(首发组20例,复发组10例)和正常人30名(正常对照组)进行脑磁共振成像检查并运用弥散张量成像(DTI)扫描,比较首发与复发抑郁症患者与正常对照组的异常脑区以及首发与复发患者脑白质、灰质容量及白质各向异性分数(FA)值的差异。结果:与正常对照组比较,患者组双侧额叶、右顶叶、左楔叶、左海马回灰质以及左颞上回白质T1信号强度减低;右扣带回灰质T1信号及白质T1信号强度升高(P0.01,像素集合30)。首发组和复发组患者脑白质容量未发现显著差异脑区,但复发组右海马区灰质容量较首发组明显减小(P0.01,像素集合30)。与首发组比较,复发组右额中回、左颞中回白质FA值减低(P均0.01,像素集合30)。结论:首发与复发老年抑郁症患者可能存在前额叶及右扣带回功能缺陷;双侧海马区灰质容量可能与临床症状有关。     

反社会人格障碍男性青年大脑白质异常改变： 证据来自于基于体素脑形态测量学的DARTEL分析

SPM8 DARTEL工具包对3D脑结构成像数据对男性青年反社会人格障碍者和正常组的大脑白质结构进行基于体素的形态学分析（VBM）。结果显示,与正常对照者比较,反社会人格障碍者主要表现为双侧前额叶、右岛叶、中央前回,左右颞上回、右中央后回、右侧顶下小叶、右侧楔前叶、右枕中叶、右海马旁回及双侧扣带回等多个脑区白质体积密度增加,左颞中叶、右小脑的白质体积密度减小。相关分析显示,额内侧回的白质体积密度增加与反社会行为的评分(PDQ)有正相关。提示反社会人格障碍者存在多个脑区的白质形态学明显异常,这些异常可能与其反社会行为有关。     

抑郁症与正常人静息态脑功能变化对照研究

目的:利用功能磁共振成像(functional magnetic resonance imaging,fMRI)技术,研究静息状态下重性抑郁症患者经抗抑郁药治疗前后脑局部一致性变化的特点. 方法:20例重性抑郁症患者(抑郁症组),以20名在性别、年龄、受教育年限均与之相匹配的健康人作为对照(对照组),在抗抑郁治疗前和治疗10周进行静息状态fMRI扫描. 结果:与治疗前比较,抑郁症组治疗后大脑左侧黑质、左额中回(BA9,BA10)、左额内侧回(BA10)、左颞中回(BA21)、右额中回(BA11)、右额内侧回(BA25)、右额下回(BA45)及右颞上回(BA38)局部一致性减低.与对照组比较,抑郁症组治疗前双侧楔前叶(BA7)局部一致性增高,而治疗后右前扣带回腹侧(BA31)、右额下回(BA46)、右额内侧回(BAIO)及左海马旁回(BA36)局部一致性减低. 结论:静息状态下抑郁症患者存在部分脑功能异常,经抗抑郁治疗后可逆转.     

首发抑郁障碍患者及抑郁易感者静息态脑功能磁共振的研究

目的:探讨首发抑郁障碍患者及抑郁易感者静息态下脑功能,探索抑郁症发病及抑郁易感的病理生理学机制。方法:采用静息态功能磁共振成像技术(rs-fMRI)对23例首发未服药抑郁障碍患者、26例抑郁易感者和15例健康志愿者行rs-fMRI扫描,应用局部一致性分析方法(ReHo)比较各组间的差异脑区。结果:相对正常组,患者组右额上回、双侧前扣带回ReHo值升高,右壳核、小脑后叶及颞上回ReHo值降低;易感组左壳核及右前扣带回ReHo值升高,左舌回、额上回及右颞上回ReHo值降低。相对患者组,易感组右壳核、小脑后叶、颞上回及扣带回ReHo值升高,左楔前叶及额上回ReHo值降低(P均0.05)。结论:抑郁障碍是一个涉及多脑区、多系统的疾病;这些异常脑区可能是抑郁易感的病理脑区。     

首发抑郁症患者静息态MRI脑局部一致性的改变

目的 利用静息态MRI 技术去探索首发抑郁症患者特异脑区的脑功能改变。方法 对符 合抑郁症诊断标准的20 例患者及20 名健康志愿者进行静息态MRI检查,使用静息态MRI局部一致性 （ReHo）分析方法,比较抑郁症组与对照组ReHo 值,发现特异性增高或减低的脑区。结果 抑郁症组 对比对照组,ReHo 增高的脑区有小脑后叶、颞下回、枕中回、舌回、中央后回、中央前回、额上回、顶 叶等;ReHo 降低的脑区有边缘叶、海马旁回、壳核、丘脑、豆状核、额下回、额中回、楔前叶、扣带回等。 结论 静息态MRI 的ReHo 分析方法可能发现抑郁症异常的脑区,为抑郁症发病机制的探索提供帮助。     

识别负性表情时抑郁症患者杏仁核的磁源性影像动态变化

目的:探讨识别负性动态表情时抑郁症患者杏仁核的动态变化及其功能偏侧化特点在抑郁症病理机制中的作用。方法:利用脑磁图检测14例抑郁症患者及14名年龄、性别、受教育年限近似匹配的健康对照者识别表情时的脑部反应。结果:与对照组相比,患者组双侧杏仁核在50～150ms、100～200ms、150～250ms、300～400ms、450～550ms以及600～700ms时间段过度激活(P<0.05);左侧杏仁在50～150ms、100～200ms、150～250ms、300～400ms以及750～850ms时间段过度激活(P<0.05);右侧杏仁核在50～150ms、100～200ms、150～250ms、250～350ms、300～400ms、450～550ms、550～650ms、600～700ms以及750～850ms时间段过度激活(P<0.05);而且右侧杏仁核功能激活水平始终高于左侧杏仁核(P<0.05)。结论:抑郁症患者情绪障碍发生可能与抑郁症患者杏仁核异常及杏仁核功能偏侧化协调异常有关。     

~(18)F-FDG PET显像观察特发性快眼动睡眠期行为障碍患者脑葡萄糖代谢特点的研究

目的探讨~(18)F-FDG PET显像观察特发性快眼动睡眠期行为障碍(iRBD)患者脑葡萄糖代谢改变和iRBD脑葡萄糖代谢改变与病程间的相关性。方法纳入多导睡眠监测(PSG)确诊的iRBD患者20例(iRBD组)和年龄、性别匹配的健康对照者19例(对照组)。两组均行~(18)F-FDG PET脑显像。基于自动解剖标记模板将大脑划分为90个左右对称的脑区,计算各脑区葡萄糖代谢半定量值。对iRBD组和对照组各脑区葡萄糖代谢半定量值进行独立样本t检验;并对iRBD组脑葡萄糖代谢改变与病程行Pearson相关分析。结果 (1)与对照组比较,iRBD组的双侧背外侧额上回、双侧眶部额上回、双侧眶部额中回、双侧海马、双侧海马旁回、双侧杏仁核、左侧眶部额下回、左侧岛叶、左侧内侧与旁扣带脑回、左侧中央旁小叶、左侧苍白球的葡萄糖代谢半定量值均增高(P0.05);双侧距状裂周围皮质、双侧楔叶、双侧舌回、双侧枕上回、双侧枕中回、双侧枕下回、双侧角回、双侧颞上回、双侧颞中回、右侧颞横回的葡萄糖代谢半定量值均降低(P0.05)。Pearson相关分析结果,iRBD组双侧杏仁核、双侧颞上回、右侧楔叶、右侧枕上回、右侧颞横回、左侧海马、左侧颞中回的葡萄糖代谢半定量值与病程呈正相关(P0.05);而双侧眶部额上回、双侧眶部额中回、左侧中央旁小叶、左侧眶部额下回、左侧内侧和旁扣带回、右侧背外侧额上回、右侧海马旁回的葡萄糖代谢半定量值与病程呈负相关(P0.05)。结论 iRBD患者脑内存在疾病相关的葡萄糖代谢水平改变,有助于客观评估iRBD病情的变化。     

Brain glucose metabolism difference between bipolar and unipolar mood disorders in depressed and euthymic states

Background

Functional brain imaging studies have consistently demonstrated abnormalities in regional cerebral glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex in patients with mood disorders (MD). These studies, however, have not clarified the differential characteristics of glucose metabolism between depressed and euthymic states, or between bipolar mood disorder (BP) and unipolar mood disorder (UP).

Methods

We used [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to evaluate the differences in glucose metabolism at resting state. We compared 30 depressed and 17 euthymic female patients with mood disorders with age-, IQ-, and socioeconomically matched 20 healthy controls (HCs). Then, BP and UP patients were separately analyzed. The PET data were objectively analyzed by statistical parametric mapping (SPM).

Results

Compared with HCs, the depressed MD patients showed significantly lower glucose metabolism in the bilateral frontal gyri, left cingulate gyrus, bilateral temporal gyri, right insula, bilateral inferior parietal lobules, and right occipital gyrus. In contrast, the euthymic MD patients demonstrated fewer areas with significant reduction. When the depressed BP patients were separately compared with HCs, the glucose metabolism was found to be significantly lower in the bilateral frontal gyri, right cingulate gyrus, and bilateral inferior parietal lobules. Meanwhile, the depressed UP patients showed a significantly lower metabolism in the bilateral frontal gyri, left cingulate gyrus, bilateral temporal gyri, bilateral insulae, bilateral inferior parietal lobules, and right occipital gyrus.

Conclusions

The results of this study provide evidence of persistent hypometabolism in depressed MD patients, particularly in the frontal gyrus. Although the conclusions are limited in the cross-sectional study, these findings suggest that abnormalities in the right frontal gyrus, left temporal gyrus, and left cingulate gyrus tend to normalize as the depression symptoms improve, although those in the left frontal gyrus, right cingulate gyrus, and right temporal gyrus persist. This study also elucidated the cerebral hypofunction specific to each BP and UP. BP patients showed a decrease in glucose metabolism in the right anterior cingulate and UP patients did in the right temporal gyrus, right insula, and left posterior cingulate. This study clarified the differences between subtypes.     

抑郁症患者静息状态的功能磁共振成像研究

目的 了解在静息状态下抑郁症患者脑区的局部一致性特点.方法 采用功能磁共振成像(fMRI)技术,检测静息状态下27例抑郁症患者(患者组)和性别、年龄、受教育程度均与患者相匹配的27名正常人(对照组)的脑功能活动,并对两组进行比较.利用局部一致性方法 分析fMRI数据,用SPM2软件进行配对t检验(P＜0.005).结果 与对照组相比,患者组双侧额中回、右额下回、右颞上回、左前扣带回、右后扣带回、右岛叶、双侧豆状核、双侧屏状核、左尾状核局部一致性显著增高(P＜0.005,未校正,体素值＞10);未显示脑区有明显的局部一致性减低.结论 抑郁症患者神经环路脑区局部在静息状态下具有很高的一致性,其局部一致性的增高可能参与了抑郁症的代偿机制.     

Neuroanatomic substrates of semantic memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease: patterns of functional MRI activation.

Impairment in semantic processing occurs early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and differential impact on subtypes of semantic relations have been reported, yet there is little data on the neuroanatomic basis of these deficits. Patients with mild AD and healthy controls underwent 3 functional MRI auditory stimulation tasks requiring semantic or phonological decisions (match-mismatch) about word pairs (category-exemplar, category-function, pseudoword). Patients showed a significant performance deficit only on the exemplar task. On voxel-based fMRI activation analyses, controls showed a clear activation focus in the left superior temporal gyrus for the phonological task; patients showed additional foci in the left dorsolateral prefrontal and bilateral cingulate areas. On the semantic tasks, predominant activation foci were seen in the inferior and middle frontal gyrus (left greater than right) in both groups but patients showed additional activation suggesting compensatory recruitment of locally expanded foci and remote regions, for example, right frontal activation during the exemplar task. Covariance analyses indicated that exemplar task performance was strongly related to signal increase in bilateral medial prefrontal cortex. The authors conclude that fMRI can reveal similarities and differences in functional neuroanatomical processing of semantic and phonological information in mild AD compared to healthy elderly, and can help to bridge cognitive and neural investigations of the integrity of semantic networks in AD.     

Evidence of cortical reorganization of language networks after stroke with subacute Broca's aphasia: a blood oxygenation level dependent-functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that is a common consequence of stroke.The pathogenesis of the disease is not fully understood,and as a result,current treatment options are not satisfactory.Here,we used blood oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the activation of bilateral cortices in patients with Broca's aphasia 1 to 3 months after stroke.Our results showed that language expression was associated with multiple brain regions in which the right hemisphere participated in the generation of language.The activation areas in the left hemisphere of aphasia patients were significantly smaller compared with those in healthy adults.The activation frequency,volumes,and intensity in the regions related to language,such as the left inferior frontal gyrus(Broca's area),the left superior temporal gyrus,and the right inferior frontal gyrus(the mirror region of Broca's area),were lower in patients compared with healthy adults.In contrast,activation in the right superior temporal gyrus,the bilateral superior parietal lobule,and the left inferior temporal gyrus was stronger in patients compared with healthy controls.These results suggest that the right inferior frontal gyrus plays a role in the recovery of language function in the subacute stage of stroke-related aphasia by increasing the engagement of related brain areas.     

Brain functional changes in facial expression recognition in patients with major depressive disorder before and after antidepressant treatment A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used during emotion recognition to identify changes in functional brain activation in 21 first-episode, treatment-naive major depressive disorder patients before and after antidepressant treatment. Following escitalopram oxalate treatment, patients exhibited decreased activation in bilateral precentral gyrus, bilateral middle frontal gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus, bilateral postcentral gyrus, left cingulate and right parahippocampal gyrus, and increased activation in right superior frontal gyrus, bilateral superior parietal lobule and left occipital gyrus during sad facial expression recognition. After antidepressant treatment, patients also exhibited decreased activation in the bilateral middle frontal gyrus, bilateral cingulate and right parahippocampal gyrus, and increased activation in the right inferior frontal gyrus, left fusiform gyrus and right precuneus during happy facial expression recognition. Our experimental findings indicate that the limbic-cortical network might be a key target region for antidepressant treatment in major depressive disorder.     

首次发病且未用药的成年早发和晚发抑郁症患者脑功能连接差异研究

目的比较成年早发抑郁症(EOD)和成年晚发抑郁症(LOD)患者默认网络(DMN)内部功能连接的差异,探究不同发病年龄的抑郁症患者是否有不同的发病机制。方法选取在昆明医科大学第一附属医院精神科门诊或住院的EOD患者(n=58)和LOD患者(n=62)为研究对象,同期招募年轻健康对照组(n=60)和年老健康对照组(n=52)。对受试者进行静息态功能磁共振扫描,选择左侧楔前叶为种子点,计算该种子点与全脑的功能连接,并比较各组间该种子点的功能连接差异。结果四组之间功能连接具有差异的脑区涉及双侧额叶、颞叶、基底节、枕叶、顶叶及小脑等脑区。EOD组左侧楔前叶与左侧小脑Crus1区、左侧小脑IX区、左侧颞中回、右侧楔前叶、右侧前扣带回、右侧额中回、右侧角回、右侧脑岛、右侧内侧额上回、右侧颞中回的功能连接均高于年轻健康对照组(Z=3. 752 4～5. 867 8,P均0. 05);而左侧楔前叶与左侧额中回、左侧中央旁小叶、右侧缘上回、右侧额上回、右侧颞下回、右侧中央后回、右侧中央前回、右侧枕上回的功能连接均低于年轻健康对照组(Z=-5. 007 6～-3. 797 7,P均0. 05)。LOD组左侧楔前叶与左侧小脑Crus2区、左侧尾状核、左侧颞下回、左侧小脑Crus1区、左侧角回、左侧额中回、右侧额中回、右侧角回、右侧眶额部额中回的功能连接均高于年老健康对照组(Z=4. 122 8～6. 579 4,P均0. 05);与左侧海马旁回、左侧额上回、右侧枕中回、右侧中央前回、右侧内侧额上回、右侧锯状回、右侧颞下回、右侧中央旁小叶、右侧梭状回、右侧后扣带回的功能连接均低于年老健康对照组(Z=-5. 884 0～-3. 617 2,P均0. 05)。EOD组左侧楔前叶与左侧锯状回、左侧小脑IV-VI区、左侧小脑Crus2区的功能连接比LOD组高(Z=4. 087 7、3. 937 4、3. 672 1,P均0. 05);EOD组左侧楔前叶与右侧额中回、右侧眶额部额下回、右侧额上回的功能连接比LOD组低(Z=-4. 274 8、-3. 956 8、-4. 724 3、-3. 663 2,P均0. 05)。结论 DMN内部功能连接增高及额顶网络功能连接降低可能与EOD的发病机制相关,而DMN前部功能连接增高和后部功能连接降低可能与LOD的发病机制相关,不同发病年龄的成年抑郁症患者可能有不同的发病机制。     

矿难后急性重性创伤后应激障碍症状激发和创伤有关短期记忆提取的功能性磁共振成像研究

目的 探讨急性重性创伤后应激障碍(post traumatic stress disorder,PTSD)患者的脑功能及执行记忆功能时的脑反应.方法 采用功能磁共振成像技术,对经历矿难的10例急性重性PTSD患者(PTSD组)和7例非PTSD对照(非PTSD组)执行症状激发任务,并首次采用1项创伤有关的短期记忆提取任务...