Original article (Clinical research)

Prediction of functional connectivity of fronto-limbic network in the outcome of subjects with clinical high-risk for psychosis

  • 朱田园1,沈梦婷1,徐丽华1,张天宏1,张建业2#,王继军1,唐莺莹1#
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  • 1. Department of EEG and Neuroimaging, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; 2. Department of Radiology, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China

Online published: 2020-11-04

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81871050, 81971251); Scientific Innovation Program-Clinical Medicine Grant Support of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (17411953100); Shanghai Municipal Education Commission—Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Grant Support (20191836).

Abstract

Objective · To explore the role of functional connectivity (FC) within the fronto-limbic network in predicting the onset of psychosis in the subjects with clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR). Methods · A total of 164 CHR subjects and 89 healthy controls (HC) who underwent resting-state functional MRI were recruited. FCs between frontal [medial prefrontal cortex and bilateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)] and limbic (bilateral hippocampus and bilateral amygdala) brain regions at baseline were calculated. CHR subjects were further divided into 3 subgroups, i.e., CHR converters (CHR-C) group, symptomatic CHR (CHR-S) group and remitted CHR (CHR-R) group according to clinical outcome after one-year follow-up. The FCs of fronto-limbic network were compared between the groups and among the subgroups, and their interaction with brain regions, as well as their correlations with positive and negative symptoms were analyzed. Results · There was no significant main effect of group (P=0.110), but a significant interaction of subgroups and brain regions (P=0.049). CHR-C group had lower FC between bilateral OFC and bilateral amygdala than HC group and CHR-R group (all P<0.05). The FCs between left OFC and left hippocampus in the three CHR subgroups were all lower than that in HC group (all P<0.05). In addition, the FC between left OFC and right amygdala was positively correlated with the severity of negative symptoms in CHR-C group, while the FCs between left OFC and bilateral hippocampus and between right OFC and left hippocampus were negatively correlated with the severity of positive symptoms in CHR-C group. Conclusion · The decrease of OFC-hippocampus connectivity may be common in the subjects with CHR, while the decrease of OFC-amygdala connectivity may predict CHR subjects will convert to schizophrenia in the later stage.

Cite this article

朱田园1,沈梦婷1,徐丽华1,张天宏1,张建业2#,王继军1,唐莺莹1# . Prediction of functional connectivity of fronto-limbic network in the outcome of subjects with clinical high-risk for psychosis[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2020 , 40(9) : 1222 -1228 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2020.09.010

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