1. Virtual Ontogeny of Cortical Growth Preceding Mental Illness
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Patel, Yash, Shin, Jean, Abé, Christoph, Agartz, Ingrid, Alloza, Clara, Alnæs, Dag, Ambrogi, Sonia, Antonucci, Linda A, Arango, Celso, Arolt, Volker, Auzias, Guillaume, Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, Banaj, Nerisa, Banaschewski, Tobias, Bandeira, Cibele, Başgöze, Zeynep, Cupertino, Renata Basso, Bau, Claiton HD, Bauer, Jochen, Baumeister, Sarah, Bernardoni, Fabio, Bertolino, Alessandro, Bonnin, Caterina Del Mar, Brandeis, Daniel, Brem, Silvia, Bruggemann, Jason, Bülow, Robin, Bustillo, Juan R, Calderoni, Sara, Calvo, Rosa, Canales-Rodríguez, Erick J, Cannon, Dara M, Carmona, Susanna, Carr, Vaughan J, Catts, Stanley V, Chenji, Sneha, Chew, Qian Hui, Coghill, David, Connolly, Colm G, Conzelmann, Annette, Craven, Alexander R, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Cullen, Kathryn, Dahl, Andreas, Dannlowski, Udo, Davey, Christopher G, Deruelle, Christine, Díaz-Caneja, Covadonga M, Dohm, Katharina, Ehrlich, Stefan, Epstein, Jeffery, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Eyler, Lisa T, Fedor, Jennifer, Fitzgerald, Jacqueline, Foran, William, Ford, Judith M, Fortea, Lydia, Fuentes-Claramonte, Paola, Fullerton, Janice, Furlong, Lisa, Gallagher, Louise, Gao, Bingchen, Gao, Si, Goikolea, Jose M, Gotlib, Ian, Goya-Maldonado, Roberto, Grabe, Hans J, Green, Melissa, Grevet, Eugenio H, Groenewold, Nynke A, Grotegerd, Dominik, Gruber, Oliver, Haavik, Jan, Hahn, Tim, Harrison, Ben J, Heindel, Walter, Henskens, Frans, Heslenfeld, Dirk J, Hilland, Eva, Hoekstra, Pieter J, Hohmann, Sarah, Holz, Nathalie, Howells, Fleur M, Ipser, Jonathan C, Jahanshad, Neda, Jakobi, Babette, Jansen, Andreas, Janssen, Joost, Jonassen, Rune, Kaiser, Anna, Kaleda, Vasiliy, Karantonis, James, King, Joseph A, Kircher, Tilo, Kochunov, Peter, Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle, Landén, Mikael, Landrø, Nils Inge, and Lawrie, Stephen
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Biological Psychology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Psychology ,Schizophrenia ,Neurosciences ,Brain Disorders ,Biotechnology ,Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period ,Infant Mortality ,Pediatric ,Serious Mental Illness ,Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) ,Genetics ,Mental Health ,Preterm ,Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn ,2.3 Psychological ,social and economic factors ,Aetiology ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Neurological ,Mental health ,Reproductive health and childbirth ,Good Health and Well Being ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Autism Spectrum Disorder ,Bipolar Disorder ,Cerebral Cortex ,Child ,Depressive Disorder ,Major ,Female ,Humans ,Infant ,Newborn ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Pregnancy ,Premature Birth ,Cortical growth ,Cortical surface area ,Mental illness ,Neurodevelopment ,Neurogenesis ,Psychiatric disorders ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Psychiatry ,Biological sciences ,Biomedical and clinical sciences - Abstract
BackgroundMorphology of the human cerebral cortex differs across psychiatric disorders, with neurobiology and developmental origins mostly undetermined. Deviations in the tangential growth of the cerebral cortex during pre/perinatal periods may be reflected in individual variations in cortical surface area later in life.MethodsInterregional profiles of group differences in surface area between cases and controls were generated using T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging from 27,359 individuals including those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and high general psychopathology (through the Child Behavior Checklist). Similarity of interregional profiles of group differences in surface area and prenatal cell-specific gene expression was assessed.ResultsAcross the 11 cortical regions, group differences in cortical area for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and Child Behavior Checklist were dominant in multimodal association cortices. The same interregional profiles were also associated with interregional profiles of (prenatal) gene expression specific to proliferative cells, namely radial glia and intermediate progenitor cells (greater expression, larger difference), as well as differentiated cells, namely excitatory neurons and endothelial and mural cells (greater expression, smaller difference). Finally, these cell types were implicated in known pre/perinatal risk factors for psychosis. Genes coexpressed with radial glia were enriched with genes implicated in congenital abnormalities, birth weight, hypoxia, and starvation. Genes coexpressed with endothelial and mural genes were enriched with genes associated with maternal hypertension and preterm birth.ConclusionsOur findings support a neurodevelopmental model of vulnerability to mental illness whereby prenatal risk factors acting through cell-specific processes lead to deviations from typical brain development during pregnancy.
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- 2022