White matter microstructure and structural networks in treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients after commencing clozapine treatment: A longitudinal diffusion imaging study
Authors: Tronchin, G., Akudjedu, T.N. et al.
Journal: Psychiatry Research
Volume: 298
eISSN: 1872-7123
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113772
Abstract:This study investigates changes on white matter microstructure and neural networks after 6 months of switching to clozapine in schizophrenia patients compared to controls, and whether any changes are related to clinical variables. T1 and diffusion-weighted MRI images were acquired at baseline before commencing clozapine and after 6 months of treatment for 22 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and 23 controls. The Tract-based spatial statistics approach was used to compare changes over time between groups in fractional anisotropy (FA). Changes in structural network organisation weighted by FA and number of streamlines were assessed using graph theory. Patients displayed a significant reduction of FA over time (p<0.05) compared to controls in the genu and body of the corpus callosum and bilaterally in the anterior and superior corona radiata. There was no correlation between FA change in patients and changes in clinical variables or serum level of clozapine. There was no changes in structural network organisation between groups (F(7,280)=2.80;p = 0.187). This longitudinal study demonstrated progressive focal FA abnormalities in key anterior tracts, but preserved brain structural network organisation in patients. The FA reduction was independent of any clinical measures and may reflect progression of the underlying pathophysiology of this malignant form of schizophrenia illness.
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White matter microstructure and structural networks in treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients after commencing clozapine treatment: A longitudinal diffusion imaging study.
Authors: Tronchin, G., Akudjedu, T.N. et al.
Journal: Psychiatry Res
Volume: 298
Pages: 113772
eISSN: 1872-7123
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113772
Abstract:This study investigates changes on white matter microstructure and neural networks after 6 months of switching to clozapine in schizophrenia patients compared to controls, and whether any changes are related to clinical variables. T1 and diffusion-weighted MRI images were acquired at baseline before commencing clozapine and after 6 months of treatment for 22 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and 23 controls. The Tract-based spatial statistics approach was used to compare changes over time between groups in fractional anisotropy (FA). Changes in structural network organisation weighted by FA and number of streamlines were assessed using graph theory. Patients displayed a significant reduction of FA over time (p<0.05) compared to controls in the genu and body of the corpus callosum and bilaterally in the anterior and superior corona radiata. There was no correlation between FA change in patients and changes in clinical variables or serum level of clozapine. There was no changes in structural network organisation between groups (F(7,280)=2.80;p = 0.187). This longitudinal study demonstrated progressive focal FA abnormalities in key anterior tracts, but preserved brain structural network organisation in patients. The FA reduction was independent of any clinical measures and may reflect progression of the underlying pathophysiology of this malignant form of schizophrenia illness.
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White matter microstructure and structural networks in treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients after commencing clozapine treatment: A longitudinal diffusion imaging study
Authors: Tronchin, G., Akudjedu, T.N. et al.
Journal: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
Volume: 298
eISSN: 1872-7123
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113772
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White Matter Microstructure and Structural Networks in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Patients After Commencing Clozapine Treatment: A Longitudinal Diffusion Imaging Study
Authors: Tronchin, G., Akudjedu, T.N. et al.
Journal: Psychiatry Research
Volume: 298
Issue: April 2021
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0165-1781
Abstract:This study investigates changes on white matter microstructure and neural networks after 6 months of switching to clozapine in schizophrenia patients compared to controls, and whether any changes are related to clinical variables. T1 and diffusion-weighted MRI images were acquired at baseline before commencing clozapine and after 6 months of treatment for 22 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and 23 controls. The Tract-based spatial statistics approach was used to compare changes over time between groups in fractional anisotropy (FA). Changes in structural network organisation weighted by FA and number of streamlines were assessed using graph theory. Patients displayed a significant reduction of FA over time (p<0.05) compared to controls in the genu and body of the corpus callosum and bilaterally in the anterior and superior corona radiata. There was no correlation between FA change in patients and changes in clinical variables or serum level of clozapine. There was no changes in structural network organisation between groups (F(7,280)=2.80;p = 0.187). This longitudinal study demonstrated progressive focal FA abnormalities in key anterior tracts, but preserved brain structural network organisation in patients. The FA reduction was independent of any clinical measures and may reflect progression of the underlying pathophysiology of this malignant form of schizophrenia illness.
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White matter microstructure and structural networks in treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients after commencing clozapine treatment: A longitudinal diffusion imaging study.
Authors: Tronchin, G., Akudjedu, T.N. et al.
Journal: Psychiatry research
Volume: 298
Pages: 113772
eISSN: 1872-7123
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113772
Abstract:This study investigates changes on white matter microstructure and neural networks after 6 months of switching to clozapine in schizophrenia patients compared to controls, and whether any changes are related to clinical variables. T1 and diffusion-weighted MRI images were acquired at baseline before commencing clozapine and after 6 months of treatment for 22 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and 23 controls. The Tract-based spatial statistics approach was used to compare changes over time between groups in fractional anisotropy (FA). Changes in structural network organisation weighted by FA and number of streamlines were assessed using graph theory. Patients displayed a significant reduction of FA over time (p<0.05) compared to controls in the genu and body of the corpus callosum and bilaterally in the anterior and superior corona radiata. There was no correlation between FA change in patients and changes in clinical variables or serum level of clozapine. There was no changes in structural network organisation between groups (F(7,280)=2.80;p = 0.187). This longitudinal study demonstrated progressive focal FA abnormalities in key anterior tracts, but preserved brain structural network organisation in patients. The FA reduction was independent of any clinical measures and may reflect progression of the underlying pathophysiology of this malignant form of schizophrenia illness.
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