2024
Neural correlates of proactive avoidance deficits and alcohol use motives in problem drinking
Le T, Oba T, Couch L, McInerney L, Li C. Neural correlates of proactive avoidance deficits and alcohol use motives in problem drinking. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 336. PMID: 39168986, PMCID: PMC11339324, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03039-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAvoidance deficitNegative emotionsDrinking motivesAlcohol useNeural correlatesProblem drinkingRight anterior insula activityAssociated with greater alcohol useAnterior insula activityAlcohol use motivesGreater alcohol useProblem drinking groupInfluence alcohol usePhysical painInsula activationDrinking severityGo/NoGo taskNeural underpinningsPutamen responseSocial drinkersBehavioral measuresAvoidance performanceBehavioral resultsFunctional connectivityDrinking behaviorNeurogenetic underpinnings of nicotine use severity: Integrating the brain transcriptomes and GWAS variants via network approaches
Yang B, Xiang B, Wang T, Ma S, Li C. Neurogenetic underpinnings of nicotine use severity: Integrating the brain transcriptomes and GWAS variants via network approaches. Psychiatry Research 2024, 334: 115815. PMID: 38422867, PMCID: PMC11017751, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMediodorsal nucleus of the thalamusMedial prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexNeurogenetic underpinningsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexBrain transcriptomeDrug memoryOrbitofrontal cortexInhibitory controlSmoking severityAssociated with CPDHuman brain transcriptomeMediodorsal nucleusWhole-brainNeurogenetic mechanismsPrimary motor cortexMechanisms of individual variationCortexHub proteinsGenetic riskAmygdalaStriatumMotor cortexOPFCHippocampus
2023
The effects of cocaine use severity and abstinence on behavioral performance and neural processes of response inhibition
Li G, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Tang X, Li C. The effects of cocaine use severity and abstinence on behavioral performance and neural processes of response inhibition. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2023, 336: 111734. PMID: 37871409, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDays of abstinenceStop-signal reaction timeHealthy controlsCocaine dependenceSuperior temporal gyrusCocaine use severityStop-signal taskCocaine useResponse inhibitionUse severityBilateral superior temporal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonanceWhole-brain regressionNeural processesPoor response inhibitionInhibition dysfunctionCerebral markersTemporal gyrusSTG activityAbstinenceSuccess trialsSeverityNeural mechanismsInhibitionBehavioral performanceRegional Homogeneity in schizophrenia patients with tardive dyskinesia: a resting-state fMRI study
Yu T, Li Y, Li N, Huang J, Fan F, Luo X, Tan S, Yang F, Tian B, Tian L, Li C, Tan Y. Regional Homogeneity in schizophrenia patients with tardive dyskinesia: a resting-state fMRI study. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2023, 335: 111724. PMID: 37871408, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111724.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal Involuntary Movement ScaleTardive dyskinesiaInferior semilunar lobuleSchizophrenia patientsCourse of TDRegional homogeneityResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingResting-state fMRI studySeverity of TDCerebral regional homogeneityUpper limb scoreNegative Syndrome ScaleNon-TD groupMedial frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingLower ReHoReHo valuesHigher ReHoLimb scoreNeuronal degenerationHealthy controlsFunctional abnormalitiesMovement ScaleLeft supramarginal gyrusBrain volumes in alcohol use disorder: Do females and males differ? A whole‐brain magnetic resonance imaging mega‐analysis
Maggioni E, Rossetti M, Allen N, Batalla A, Bellani M, Chye Y, Cousijn J, Goudriaan A, Hester R, Hutchison K, Li C, Martin‐Santos R, Momenan R, Sinha R, Schmaal L, Solowij N, Suo C, van Holst R, Veltman D, Yücel M, Thompson P, Conrod P, Mackey S, Garavan H, Brambilla P, Lorenzetti V. Brain volumes in alcohol use disorder: Do females and males differ? A whole‐brain magnetic resonance imaging mega‐analysis. Human Brain Mapping 2023, 44: 4652-4666. PMID: 37436103, PMCID: PMC10400785, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelationships of in vivo brain norepinephrine transporter and age, BMI, and gender
Koohsari S, Sadabad F, Pittman B, Gallezot J, Carson R, van Dyck C, Li C, Potenza M, Matuskey D. Relationships of in vivo brain norepinephrine transporter and age, BMI, and gender. Synapse 2023, 77: e22279. PMID: 37382240, PMCID: PMC10416616, DOI: 10.1002/syn.22279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexMultilinear reference tissue model 2Gender-related differencesBrain norepinephrine transportersNorepinephrine transporterAge-related declineStructural MR scansBrain regionsReference tissue model 2Mass indexRaphe nucleusLocus coeruleusOccipital cortexBMI relationshipHealthy adultsHigh-resolution research tomographAvailable radiotracersHealthy participantsMR scansAgeAnatomic templateReference regionNegative associationNet availabilityPotential ageAge-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing
Chaudhary S, Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Chen Y, Chao H, Li C. Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing. NeuroImage 2023, 276: 120207. PMID: 37263454, PMCID: PMC10330646, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFaster reaction timesNegative emotionsAge-related declineEmotional stimuliTrait anxietyAge-related reductionReaction timeEmotion regulation literatureSalient emotional stimuliPositive emotional stimuliFacial emotion processingPrefrontal cortical responsesRostral anterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain regressionAnterior cingulate activityDefault mode networkAnterior cingulate cortexEmotion regulationNeural evidenceEmotion processingDorsolateral PFCStimulus registrationDiminished anxietyPsychophysiological interactionEmotional circuitsThe effects of age on the severity of problem drinking: Mediating effects of positive alcohol expectancy and neural correlates
Chaudhary S, Chen Y, Zhornitsky S, Le T, Zhang S, Chao H, Dominguez J, Li C. The effects of age on the severity of problem drinking: Mediating effects of positive alcohol expectancy and neural correlates. Addiction Biology 2023, 28: e13278. PMID: 37252876, DOI: 10.1111/adb.13278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive alcohol expectanciesAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestAlcohol expectanciesAlcohol use disorderNeural correlatesCue responsesPath analysisProblem drinkingAlcohol misuseEffect of ageAUDIT scoresRostral anterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain regressionAlcohol cue exposureMiddle occipital cortexModerate alcohol use disorderAlcohol Expectancy QuestionnaireAnterior cingulate cortexAlcohol use severityBilateral rostral anterior cingulate cortexPsychological mechanismsBilateral parahippocampal gyrusCue exposureNeural processesSeverity of problems
2022
Cortical profiles of numerous psychiatric disorders and normal development share a common pattern
Cao Z, Cupertino R, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Murphy A, Pancholi D, Juliano A, Chaarani B, Albaugh M, Yuan D, Schwab N, Stafford J, Goudriaan A, Hutchison K, Li C, Luijten M, Groefsema M, Momenan R, Schmaal L, Sinha R, van Holst R, Veltman D, Wiers R, Porjesz B, Lett T, Banaschewski T, Bokde A, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Brühl R, Martinot J, Martinot M, Artiges E, Nees F, Orfanos D, Paus T, Poustka L, Hohmann S, Millenet S, Fröhner J, Robinson L, Smolka M, Walter H, Winterer J, Schumann G, Whelan R, Bhatt R, Zhu A, Conrod P, Jahanshad N, Thompson P, Mackey S, Garavan H. Cortical profiles of numerous psychiatric disorders and normal development share a common pattern. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 28: 698-709. PMID: 36380235, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01855-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical thicknessPsychiatric disordersNumerous psychiatric disordersNeurological disordersDesikan-Killiany atlasLower cortical thicknessNormative maturationAllen Human Brain AtlasHealthy adult participantsCortical maturationExpression of PC1Cortical changesEmergence of psychopathologyBrain maturationPsychiatric diseasesMultiple gene ontology categoriesHuman Brain AtlasCortical profilesPubertal transitionCT differencesDisordersLate childhoodABCD studyAdult participantsNeurobiological basisSubcortical structures associated with childhood trauma and perceived stress in schizophrenia
Fan F, Tan S, Liu S, Chen S, Huang J, Wang Z, Yang F, Li CR, Tan Y. Subcortical structures associated with childhood trauma and perceived stress in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 5654-5662. PMID: 36154670, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722002860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeAmygdala gray matter volumeSubcortical gray matter volumesClinical symptomsEarly life traumaChildhood traumaSubcortical structuresCortical gray matter volumePerceived stressTotal cortical gray matter volumeAge-matched controlsSmaller amygdala volumesStructural brain imagingClinical featuresClinical manifestationsTrauma ScoreHealthy controlsChildhood trauma scoresLong-term effectsAmygdala volumePatientsMatter volumeEarly childhood traumaSmaller amygdalaVolumetric correlatesAlcohol and cannabis co‐use and longitudinal gray matter volumetric changes in early and late adolescence
Luo X, Yang JJ, Buu A, Trucco EM, Li C. Alcohol and cannabis co‐use and longitudinal gray matter volumetric changes in early and late adolescence. Addiction Biology 2022, 27: e13208. PMID: 36001427, PMCID: PMC9413216, DOI: 10.1111/adb.13208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeLate adolescenceCaudal middle frontal cortexEarly adolescent onsetGray matter volumetric changesMiddle frontal cortexSevere alcohol useBrain developmentCross-sectional findingsSocial cognitionExecutive controlNCANDA studyVolumetric declinesSupramarginal gyrusPotential sex differencesSuperior temporalImpact of alcoholAdolescent onsetSubstance useCortical regionsAlcohol useMatter volumeFrontal cortexResult of alcoholMixed-effects modelingCognitive Challenges Are Better in Distinguishing Binge From Nonbinge Drinkers: An Exploratory Deep‐Learning Study of fMRI Data of Multiple Behavioral Tasks and Resting State
Li G, Zhang Z, Chen Y, Wang W, Bi J, Tang X, Li C. Cognitive Challenges Are Better in Distinguishing Binge From Nonbinge Drinkers: An Exploratory Deep‐Learning Study of fMRI Data of Multiple Behavioral Tasks and Resting State. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2022, 57: 856-868. PMID: 35808911, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonbinge drinkersBinge drinkingResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataSignificant group main effectBehavioral tasksSupplementary motor areaGradient-echo echo-planar sequenceMultiple behavioral tasksGroup main effectNodal metricsRight cuneusEcho-planar sequenceMagnetic resonance imaging dataMotor areaRegion of interestFunctional connectivityBingeDrinkersTechnical efficacyNeural responsesFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataNumber of ROIsP-valueStage 2Human Connectome ProjectIdentifying alcohol misuse biotypes from neural connectivity markers and concurrent genetic associations
Zhu T, Becquey C, Chen Y, Lejuez CW, Li CR, Bi J. Identifying alcohol misuse biotypes from neural connectivity markers and concurrent genetic associations. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 253. PMID: 35710901, PMCID: PMC9203552, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01983-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLoss and Frontal Striatal Reactivities Characterize Alcohol Use Severity and Rule-Breaking Behavior in Young Adult Drinkers
Li G, Chen Y, Chaudhary S, Tang X, Li CR. Loss and Frontal Striatal Reactivities Characterize Alcohol Use Severity and Rule-Breaking Behavior in Young Adult Drinkers. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2022, 7: 1007-1016. PMID: 35709958, PMCID: PMC10249655, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSex-different interrelationships of rs945270, cerebral gray matter volumes, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a region-wide study across brain
Luo X, Fang W, Lin X, Guo X, Chen Y, Tan Y, Wang L, Jing X, Wang X, Zhang Y, Yu T, Ide J, Cao Y, Yang L, Li CR. Sex-different interrelationships of rs945270, cerebral gray matter volumes, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a region-wide study across brain. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 225. PMID: 35654767, PMCID: PMC9163172, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02007-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHD symptom scoresGray matter volumeDeficit hyperactivity disorderCortical gray matter volumePutamen gray matter volumesHyperactivity disorderADHD riskMatter volumePathogenesis of ADHDMediation effectBrain regionsLeft putamenCerebral gray matter volumeCerebral regionsRelevant covariatesHistory of suicide attempts associated with the thinning right superior temporal gyrus among individuals with schizophrenia
Yin Y, Tong J, Huang J, Tian B, Chen S, Tan S, Wang Z, Yang F, Tong Y, Fan F, Kochunov P, Jahanshad N, Li CR, Hong LE, Tan Y. History of suicide attempts associated with the thinning right superior temporal gyrus among individuals with schizophrenia. Brain Imaging And Behavior 2022, 16: 1893-1901. PMID: 35545740, PMCID: PMC10025969, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00624-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight superior temporal gyrusSuperior temporal gyrusCortical surface areaSuicide attemptsTemporal gyrusSuicide attemptersMean cortical thicknessIndividual brain regionsCortical thinningCortical abnormalitiesHealthy volunteersCortical thicknessGeneral populationThinner cortexMorphometric alterationsWhole brainBrain regionsStructural MRISuicidal behaviorGyrusSchizophreniaHigh rateAttemptersIndividualsGroupBrain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy‐drinking adolescents
Ottino‐González J, Garavan H, Albaugh M, Cao Z, Cupertino R, Schwab N, Spechler P, Allen N, Artiges E, Banaschewski T, Bokde A, Burke Quinlan E, Brühl R, Orr C, Cousijn J, Desrivières S, Flor H, Foxe J, Fröhner J, Goudriaan A, Gowland P, Grigis A, Heinz A, Hester R, Hutchison K, Li C, London E, Lorenzetti V, Luijten M, Nees F, Martín‐Santos R, Martinot J, Millenet S, Momenan R, Paillère Martinot M, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Paulus M, Poustka L, Schmaal L, Schumann G, Sinha R, Smolka MN, Solowij N, Stein DJ, Stein EA, Uhlmann A, van Holst RJ, Veltman DJ, Walter H, Whelan R, Wiers RW, Yücel M, Zhang S, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Conrod P, Mackey S. Brain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy‐drinking adolescents. Addiction 2022, 117: 1312-1325. PMID: 34907616, DOI: 10.1111/add.15772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol dependenceHeavy drinking adolescentsStructural covariance networksAge 19Non-dependent controlsPre-existing risk factorsAge 14Cohort of adolescentsCross-sectional analysisRisk factorsAlcohol exposureEnhancing Neuroimaging GeneticsCortical thicknessHazardous drinkersEarly markerMeta-AnalysisNetwork segregationCross-sectional sampleIMAGEN studySubstantial exposureAdultsDrinking adolescentsCovariance networksBrain organizationAdolescentsGray matter volumetric correlates of dimensional impulsivity traits in children: Sex differences and heritability
Chen Y, Ide JS, Li CS, Chaudhary S, Le TM, Wang W, Zhornitsky S, Zhang S, Li C. Gray matter volumetric correlates of dimensional impulsivity traits in children: Sex differences and heritability. Human Brain Mapping 2022, 43: 2634-2652. PMID: 35212098, PMCID: PMC9057091, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeImpulsivity traitsPositive urgencyVolumetric correlatesSensation seekingHigher positive urgencyMid-cingulate cortexSex differencesVoxel-based morphometry analysisSmaller gray matter volumeImpulsivity dimensionsSubsample of twinsDistinct correlatesCingulate cortexPrecentral gyrusSubcortical gray matter volumesMatter volumeTotal intracranial volumeSeekingImpulsivityMorphometry analysisPrevious researchInsulaCorrelatesGirlsThe thalamus and its subnuclei—a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Weeland CJ, Kasprzak S, de Joode NT, Abe Y, Alonso P, Ameis SH, Anticevic A, Arnold PD, Balachander S, Banaj N, Bargallo N, Batistuzzo MC, Benedetti F, Beucke JC, Bollettini I, Brecke V, Brem S, Cappi C, Cheng Y, Cho KIK, Costa DLC, Dallaspezia S, Denys D, Eng GK, Ferreira S, Feusner JD, Fontaine M, Fouche JP, Grazioplene RG, Gruner P, He M, Hirano Y, Hoexter MQ, Huyser C, Hu H, Jaspers-Fayer F, Kathmann N, Kaufmann C, Kim M, Koch K, Bin Kwak Y, Kwon JS, Lazaro L, Li CR, Lochner C, Marsh R, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Mataix-Cols D, Menchón JM, Minnuzi L, Moreira PS, Morgado P, Nakagawa A, Nakamae T, Narayanaswamy JC, Nurmi EL, Ortiz AE, Pariente JC, Piacentini J, Picó-Pérez M, Piras F, Piras F, Pittenger C, Reddy YCJ, Rodriguez-Manrique D, Sakai Y, Shimizu E, Shivakumar V, Simpson HB, Soreni N, Soriano-Mas C, Sousa N, Spalletta G, Stern ER, Stevens MC, Stewart SE, Szeszko PR, Takahashi J, Tanamatis T, Tang J, Thorsen AL, Tolin D, van der Werf YD, van Marle H, van Wingen GA, Vecchio D, Venkatasubramanian G, Walitza S, Wang J, Wang Z, Watanabe A, Wolters LH, Xu X, Yun JY, Zhao Q, White T, Thompson P, Stein D, van den Heuvel O, Vriend C. The thalamus and its subnuclei—a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 70. PMID: 35190533, PMCID: PMC8861046, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01823-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderMagnetic resonance imagingThalamic volumeOCD patientsThalamic subregionsT1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imagingBrain magnetic resonance imagingClinical-level symptomsLarger thalamic volumesPediatric OCD patientsAdult OCD patientsSeparate multiple linear regression modelsVolumetric group differencesThalamus sizeMedicated patientsAdolescent patientsAnterior thalamusHealthy controlsSubregional volumesGeneral populationMedication statusMultiple comparison correctionPatientsResonance imagingIntracranial volumeCerebral Volumetric Correlates of Apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Meta-Analysis, Label-Based Review, and Study of an Independent Cohort
Chaudhary S, Zhornitsky S, Chao HH, van Dyck CH, Li CR. Cerebral Volumetric Correlates of Apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Meta-Analysis, Label-Based Review, and Study of an Independent Cohort. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 85: 1251-1265. PMID: 34924392, PMCID: PMC9215906, DOI: 10.3233/jad-215316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseInferior frontal gyrusIndependent cohortEmotional scoresHealthy controlsCognitive impairmentVolumetric correlatesMini-Mental State Examination scoreAD/mild cognitive impairmentNeuroanatomical correlatesState Examination scoreApathy Evaluation ScaleGray matter volumeVoxel-based morphometryRight inferior frontal gyrusLabel-based reviewMild cognitive impairmentNormal older adultsCortical atrophyHigh morbidityBasal gangliaRight putamenMatter volumeAnterior cingulateReduced quality