Correlating anterior insula gray matter volume changes in young people with clinical and neurocognitive outcomes: an MRI study

BMC Psychiatry

Ian B Hickie²  Maxwell R Bennett²  Sharon L Naismith²  Daniel F Hermens²  Jim Lagopoulos²  Sean N Hatton¹ 

[1] Postal Address: Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, 100 Mallet Street, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia;Clinical Research Unit, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

关键词: Executive function;    Symptoms;    MRI;    Psychosis;    Bipolar;    Anxiety;    Depression;    Insula;   

Others  :  1124386
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-12-45

 received in 2012-03-14, accepted in 2012-05-20,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

The anterior insula cortex is considered to be both the structural and functional link between experience, affect, and behaviour. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown changes in anterior insula gray matter volume (GMV) in psychosis, bipolar, depression and anxiety disorders in older patients, but few studies have investigated insula GMV changes in young people. This study examined the relationship between anterior insula GMV, clinical symptom severity and neuropsychological performance in a heterogeneous cohort of young people presenting for mental health care.

Methods

Participants with a primary diagnosis of depression (n = 43), bipolar disorder (n = 38), psychosis (n = 32), anxiety disorder (n = 12) or healthy controls (n = 39) underwent structural MRI scanning, and volumetric segmentation of the bilateral anterior insula cortex was performed using the FreeSurfer application. Statistical analysis examined the linear and quadratic correlations between anterior insula GMV and participants’ performance in a battery of clinical and neuropsychological assessments.

Results

Compared to healthy participants, patients had significantly reduced GMV in the left anterior insula (t = 2.05, p = .042) which correlated with reduced performance on a neuropsychological task of attentional set-shifting (ρ = .32, p = .016). Changes in right anterior insula GMV was correlated with increased symptom severity (r = .29, p = .006) and more positive symptoms (r = .32, p = .002).

Conclusions

By using the novel approach of examining a heterogeneous cohort of young depression, anxiety, bipolar and psychosis patients together, this study has demonstrated that insula GMV changes are associated with neurocognitive deficits and clinical symptoms in such young patients.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Hatton et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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