Altered language network lateralization in euthymic bipolar patients: a pilot study

Autor: Zaira Romeo, Marco Marino, Alessandro Angrilli, Ilaria Semenzato, Angela Favaro, Gianna Magnolfi, Giordano Bruno Padovan, Dante Mantini, Chiara Spironelli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Translational Psychiatry, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3188
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02202-7
Popis: Abstract Bipolar patients (BD) in the euthymic phase show almost no symptoms, nevertheless possibility of relapse is still present. We expected to find a psychobiological trace of their vulnerability by analyzing a specific network—the Language Network (LN)—connecting many high-level processes and brain regions measured at rest. According to Crow’s hypothesis on the key role of language in the origin of psychoses, we expected an altered asymmetry of the LN in euthymic BDs. Eighteen euthymic BD patients (10 females; age = 54.50 ± 11.38 years) and 16 healthy controls (HC) (8 females; age = 51.16 ± 11.44 years) underwent a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan at rest. The LN was extracted through independent component analysis. Then, LN time series was used to compute the fractional amplitude of the low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) index, which was then correlated with clinical scales. Compared with HC, euthymic patients showed an altered LN with greater activation of Broca’s area right homologous and anterior insula together with reduced activation of left middle temporal gyrus. The normalized fALFF analysis on BD patients’ LN time series revealed that the Slow-5 fALFF band was positively correlated with residual mania symptoms but negatively associated with depression scores. In line with Crow’s hypothesis postulating an altered language hemispheric asymmetry in psychoses, we revealed, in euthymic BD patients, a right shift involving both the temporal and frontal linguistic hubs. The fALFF applied to LN allowed us to highlight a number of significant correlations of this measure with residual mania and depression psychiatric symptoms.
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