White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study
<strong>Background</strong> Anorexia nervosa (AN) often begins in adolescence, however, the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology at this developmentally important age is scarce, impeding early interventions. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate microstructural...
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| author | Vogel, K Timmers, I Kumar, V Nickl-Jockschat, T Bastiani, M Roebroek, A Herpertz-Dahlmann, B Konrad, K Goebel, R Seitz, J |
| author_facet | Vogel, K Timmers, I Kumar, V Nickl-Jockschat, T Bastiani, M Roebroek, A Herpertz-Dahlmann, B Konrad, K Goebel, R Seitz, J |
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| description | <strong>Background</strong> Anorexia nervosa (AN) often begins in adolescence, however, the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology at this developmentally important age is scarce, impeding early interventions. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate microstructural white matter (WM) brain changes including an experimental longitudinal follow-up. <strong>Methods</strong> We acquired whole brain diffusion-weighted brain scans of 22 adolescent female hospitalized patients with AN at admission and nine patients longitudinally at discharge after weight rehabilitation. Patients (10–18 years) were compared to 21 typically developing controls (TD). Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were applied to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) across groups and time points. Associations between average FA values of the global WM skeleton and weight as well as illness duration parameters were analyzed by multiple linear regression. <strong>Results</strong> We observed increased FA in bilateral frontal, parietal and temporal areas in AN patients at admission compared to TD. Higher FA of the global WM skeleton at admission was associated with faster weight loss prior to admission. Exploratory longitudinal analysis showed this FA increase to be partially normalized after weight rehabilitation. <strong>Conclusions</strong> Our findings reveal a markedly different pattern of WM microstructural changes in adolescent AN compared to most previous results in adult AN. This could signify a different susceptibility and reaction to semi-starvation in the still developing brain of adolescents or a time-dependent pathomechanism differing with extend of chronicity. Higher FA at admission in adolescents with AN could point to WM fibers being packed together more closely. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c4605426-7fda-4a30-9f93-5cbc35a393252022-03-27T06:22:58ZWhite matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal studyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c4605426-7fda-4a30-9f93-5cbc35a39325EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2016Vogel, KTimmers, IKumar, VNickl-Jockschat, TBastiani, MRoebroek, AHerpertz-Dahlmann, BKonrad, KGoebel, RSeitz, J<strong>Background</strong> Anorexia nervosa (AN) often begins in adolescence, however, the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology at this developmentally important age is scarce, impeding early interventions. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate microstructural white matter (WM) brain changes including an experimental longitudinal follow-up. <strong>Methods</strong> We acquired whole brain diffusion-weighted brain scans of 22 adolescent female hospitalized patients with AN at admission and nine patients longitudinally at discharge after weight rehabilitation. Patients (10–18 years) were compared to 21 typically developing controls (TD). Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were applied to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) across groups and time points. Associations between average FA values of the global WM skeleton and weight as well as illness duration parameters were analyzed by multiple linear regression. <strong>Results</strong> We observed increased FA in bilateral frontal, parietal and temporal areas in AN patients at admission compared to TD. Higher FA of the global WM skeleton at admission was associated with faster weight loss prior to admission. Exploratory longitudinal analysis showed this FA increase to be partially normalized after weight rehabilitation. <strong>Conclusions</strong> Our findings reveal a markedly different pattern of WM microstructural changes in adolescent AN compared to most previous results in adult AN. This could signify a different susceptibility and reaction to semi-starvation in the still developing brain of adolescents or a time-dependent pathomechanism differing with extend of chronicity. Higher FA at admission in adolescents with AN could point to WM fibers being packed together more closely. |
| spellingShingle | Vogel, K Timmers, I Kumar, V Nickl-Jockschat, T Bastiani, M Roebroek, A Herpertz-Dahlmann, B Konrad, K Goebel, R Seitz, J White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title | White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title_full | White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title_short | White matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
| title_sort | white matter microstructural changes in adolescent anorexia nervosa including an exploratory longitudinal study |
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