| Title: | Changes in patterns of age-related network connectivity are associated with risk for schizophrenia |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Published: | 8 Aug 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37527347/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221533120 |
| Citations: | 7 (7 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 10181
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Abstract
Alterations in fMRI-based brain functional network connectivity (FNC) are associated with schizophrenia (SCZ) and the genetic risk or subthreshold clinical symptoms preceding the onset of SCZ, which often occurs in early adulthood. Thus, age-sensitive FNC changes may be relevant to SCZ risk-related FNC. We used independent component analysis to estimate FNC from childhood to adulthood in 9,236 individuals. To capture individual brain features more accurately than single-session fMRI, we studied an average of three fMRI scans per individual. To identify potential familial risk-related FNC changes, we compared age-related FNC in first-degree relatives of SCZ patients mostly including unaffected siblings (SIB) with neurotypical controls (NC) at the same age stage. Then, we examined how polygenic risk scores for SCZ influenced risk-related FNC patterns. Finally, we investigated the same risk-related FNC patterns in adult SCZ patients (oSCZ) and young individuals with subclinical psychotic symptoms (PSY). Age-sensitive risk-related FNC patterns emerge during adolescence and early adulthood, but not before. Young SIB always followed older NC patterns, with decreased FNC in a cerebellar-occipitoparietal circuit and increased FNC in two prefrontal-sensorimotor circuits when compared to young NC. Two of these FNC alterations were also found in oSCZ, with one exhibiting reversed pattern. All were linked to polygenic risk for SCZ in unrelated individuals (R2 varied from 0.02 to 0.05). Young PSY showed FNC alterations in the same direction as SIB when compared to NC. These results suggest that age-related neurotypical FNC correlates with genetic risk for SCZ and is detectable with MRI in young participants.</p>
22 Authors
- Roberta Passiatore
- Linda A. Antonucci
- Thomas P. DeRamus
- Leonardo Fazio
- Giuseppe Stolfa
- Leonardo Sportelli
- Gianluca C. Kikidis
- Giuseppe Blasi
- Qiang Chen
- Juergen Dukart
- Aaron L. Goldman
- Venkata S. Mattay
- Teresa Popolizio
- Antonio Rampino
- Fabio Sambataro
- Pierluigi Selvaggi
- William Ulrich
- Apulian Network on Risk for Psychosis
- Daniel R. Weinberger
- Alessandro Bertolino
- Vince D. Calhoun
- Giulio Pergola
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 41655 | Characterizing brain networks and their inter-individual variability by high-throughput imaging and computational modelling |
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