Brain correlates of depression, post-traumatic distress, and inflammatory biomarkers in COVID-19 survivors: A multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study.

Anxiety COVID-19 Depression Diffusion-tensor imaging Functional connectivity Grey matter Magnetic resonance imaging PTSD Resting state SARS-COV-2 White matter

Journal

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
ISSN: 2666-3546
Titre abrégé: Brain Behav Immun Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101759062

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 26 10 2021
accepted: 31 10 2021
pubmed: 9 11 2021
medline: 9 11 2021
entrez: 8 11 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Psychiatric sequelae substantially contribute to the post-acute burden of disease associated with COVID-19, persisting months after clearance of the virus. Brain imaging shows white matter (WM) hypodensities/hyperintensities, and the involvement of grey matter (GM) in prefrontal, anterior cingulate (ACC) and insular cortex after COVID, but little is known about brain correlates of persistent psychopathology. With a multimodal approach, we studied whole brain voxel-based morphometry, diffusion-tensor imaging, and resting-state connectivity, to correlate MRI measures with depression and post-traumatic distress (PTSD) in 42 COVID-19 survivors without brain lesions, at 90.59 ​± ​54.66 days after COVID. Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) measured in the emergency department, which reflects the immune response and systemic inflammation based on peripheral lymphocyte, neutrophil, and platelet counts, predicted worse self-rated depression and PTSD, widespread lower diffusivity along the main axis of WM tracts, and abnormal functional connectivity (FC) among resting state networks. Self-rated depression and PTSD inversely correlated with GM volumes in ACC and insula, axial diffusivity, and associated with FC. We observed overlapping associations between severity of inflammation during acute COVID-19, brain structure and function, and severity of depression and post-traumatic distress in survivors, thus warranting interest for further study of brain correlates of the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. Beyond COVID-19, these findings support the hypothesis that regional GM, WM microstructure, and FC could mediate the relationship between a medical illness and its psychopathological sequelae, and are in agreement with current perspectives on the brain structural and functional underpinnings of depressive psychopathology.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34746876
doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100387
pii: S2666-3546(21)00190-3
pmc: PMC8562046
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

100387

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None.

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Auteurs

Francesco Benedetti (F)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.

Mariagrazia Palladini (M)

Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.

Marco Paolini (M)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
PhD Program in Molecular Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Elisa Melloni (E)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.

Benedetta Vai (B)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.

Rebecca De Lorenzo (R)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Roberto Furlan (R)

Clinical Neuroimmunology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.

Patrizia Rovere-Querini (P)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Andrea Falini (A)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Department of Neuroradiology, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Mario Gennaro Mazza (MG)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychobiology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

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