Lateral Ventricular Enlargement and Asymmetry and Myelin Content Imbalance in Individuals With Bipolar and Depressive Disorders: Clinical and Research Implications

IF 5 2区医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Bipolar Disorders Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI:10.1111/bdi.70012

Anna Manelis, Hang Hu, Rachel Miceli, Skye Satz, Rachel Lau, Satish Iyengar, Holly A. Swartz

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Abstract

Background

The link between ventricular enlargement and asymmetry with other indices of brain structure remains underexplored in individuals with bipolar (BD) and depressive (DD) disorders. Our study compared the lateral ventricular size, ventricular asymmetry, and cortical myelin content in individuals with BD versus those with DD versus healthy controls (HC).

Methods

We obtained T1w and T2w images from 149 individuals (age = 27.7 (SD = 6.1) years, 78% female, BD = 38, DD = 57, HC = 54) using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The BD group consisted of individuals with BD Type I (n = 11) and BD Type II (n = 27), while the DD group consisted of individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD, n = 38) and persistent depressive disorder (PDD, n = 19) Cortical myelin content was calculated using the T1w/T2w ratio. Elastic net regularized regression identified brain regions whose myelin content was associated with ventricular size and asymmetry. A post hoc linear regression examined how participants' diagnosis, illness duration, and current level of depression moderated the relationship between the size and asymmetry of the lateral ventricles and levels of cortical myelin in the selected brain regions.

Results

Individuals with BD and DD had larger lateral ventricles than HC. Larger ventricles and lower asymmetry were observed in individuals with BD who had longer lifetime illness duration and more severe current depressive symptoms. A greater left asymmetry was observed in participants with DD than in those with BD (p < 0.01). Elastic net revealed that both ventricular enlargement and asymmetry were associated with altered myelin content in cingulate, frontal, and sensorimotor cortices. In BD, but not in other groups, ventricular enlargement was related to altered myelin content in the right insular regions.

Conclusions

Lateral ventricular enlargement and asymmetry are linked to myelin content imbalance, thus potentially leading to emotional and cognitive dysfunction in mood disorders.

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Bipolar Disorders 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

7.40%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Bipolar Disorders is an international journal that publishes all research of relevance for the basic mechanisms, clinical aspects, or treatment of bipolar disorders and related illnesses. It intends to provide a single international outlet for new research in this area and covers research in the following areas: biochemistry physiology neuropsychopharmacology neuroanatomy neuropathology genetics brain imaging epidemiology phenomenology clinical aspects and therapeutics of bipolar disorders Bipolar Disorders also contains papers that form the development of new therapeutic strategies for these disorders as well as papers on the topics of schizoaffective disorders, and depressive disorders as these can be cyclic disorders with areas of overlap with bipolar disorders. The journal will consider for publication submissions within the domain of: Perspectives, Research Articles, Correspondence, Clinical Corner, and Reflections. Within these there are a number of types of articles: invited editorials, debates, review articles, original articles, commentaries, letters to the editors, clinical conundrums, clinical curiosities, clinical care, and musings.