Abnormal Prefrontal Development in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.
Childhood trauma
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Neurodevelopment
Pediatric
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Structural magnetic resonance imaging
Journal
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging
ISSN: 2451-9030
Titre abrégé: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101671285
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
29
03
2018
revised:
27
07
2018
accepted:
27
07
2018
pubmed:
22
10
2018
medline:
7
1
2020
entrez:
22
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Prior studies of pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have reported cross-sectional and age-related structural and functional brain abnormalities in networks associated with cognitive, affective, and self-referential processing. However, no reported studies have comprehensively examined longitudinal gray matter development and its intrinsic functional correlates in pediatric PTSD. Twenty-seven youths with PTSD and 21 nontraumatized typically developing (TD) youths were assessed at baseline and 1-year follow-up. At each visit, youths underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Regions with volumetric abnormalities in whole-brain structural analyses were identified and used as seeds in exploratory intrinsic connectivity analyses. Youths with PTSD exhibited sustained reductions in gray matter volume (GMV) in right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PFC) and bilateral ventrolateral PFC. Group-by-time analyses revealed aberrant longitudinal development in dorsolateral PFC, where typically developing youths exhibited normative decreases in GMV between baseline and follow-up, and youths with PTSD showed increases in GMV. Using these regions as seeds, patients with PTSD exhibited atypical longitudinal decreases in intrinsic PFC-amygdala and PFC-hippocampus connectivity, in contrast to increases in typically developing youths. Specifically, youths with PTSD showed decreasing ventromedial PFC-amygdala connectivity as well as decreasing ventrolateral PFC-hippocampus connectivity over time. Notably, volumetric abnormalities in ventromedial PFC and ventrolateral PFC were predictive of symptom severity. These findings represent novel longitudinal volumetric and connectivity changes in pediatric PTSD. Atypical prefrontal GMV and prefrontal-amygdala/hippocampus development may underlie persistence of PTSD in youths and could serve as future therapeutic targets.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Prior studies of pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have reported cross-sectional and age-related structural and functional brain abnormalities in networks associated with cognitive, affective, and self-referential processing. However, no reported studies have comprehensively examined longitudinal gray matter development and its intrinsic functional correlates in pediatric PTSD.
METHODS
Twenty-seven youths with PTSD and 21 nontraumatized typically developing (TD) youths were assessed at baseline and 1-year follow-up. At each visit, youths underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Regions with volumetric abnormalities in whole-brain structural analyses were identified and used as seeds in exploratory intrinsic connectivity analyses.
RESULTS
Youths with PTSD exhibited sustained reductions in gray matter volume (GMV) in right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PFC) and bilateral ventrolateral PFC. Group-by-time analyses revealed aberrant longitudinal development in dorsolateral PFC, where typically developing youths exhibited normative decreases in GMV between baseline and follow-up, and youths with PTSD showed increases in GMV. Using these regions as seeds, patients with PTSD exhibited atypical longitudinal decreases in intrinsic PFC-amygdala and PFC-hippocampus connectivity, in contrast to increases in typically developing youths. Specifically, youths with PTSD showed decreasing ventromedial PFC-amygdala connectivity as well as decreasing ventrolateral PFC-hippocampus connectivity over time. Notably, volumetric abnormalities in ventromedial PFC and ventrolateral PFC were predictive of symptom severity.
CONCLUSIONS
These findings represent novel longitudinal volumetric and connectivity changes in pediatric PTSD. Atypical prefrontal GMV and prefrontal-amygdala/hippocampus development may underlie persistence of PTSD in youths and could serve as future therapeutic targets.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30343133
pii: S2451-9022(18)30188-5
doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.013
pmc: PMC6371792
mid: NIHMS986901
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
171-179Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : K08 MH100267
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : TL1 TR000429
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR000427
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR002373
Pays : United States
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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