Suo, Xueling, Lei, Du, Li, Wenbin, Sun, Huaiqiang, Qin, Kun, Yang, Jing, Li, Lingjiang, Kemp, Graham J 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8324-9666 and Gong, Qiyong
(2022)
Psychoradiological abnormalities in treatment-naive noncomorbid patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, 39 (1).
pp. 83-91.
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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>Neuroimaging studies in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have identified various alterations in white matter (WM) microstructural organization. However, it remains unclear whether these are localized to specific regions of fiber tracts, and what diagnostic value they might have. This study set out to explore the spatial profile of WM abnormalities along defined fiber tracts in PTSD.<h4>Methods</h4>Diffusion tensor images were obtained from 77 treatment-naive noncomorbid patients with PTSD and 76 demographically matched trauma-exposed non-PTSD (TENP) controls. Using automated fiber quantification, tract profiles of fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, mean diffusivity, and radial diffusivity were calculated to evaluate WM microstructural organization. Results were analyzed by pointwise comparisons, by correlation with symptom severity, and for diagnosis-by-sex interactions. Support vector machine analyses assessed the ability of tract profiles to discriminate PTSD from TENP.<h4>Results</h4>Compared to TENP, PTSD showed lower fractional anisotropy accompanied by higher radial diffusivity and mean diffusivity in the left uncinate fasciculus, and lower fractional anisotropy accompanied by higher radial diffusivity in the right anterior thalamic radiation. Tract profile alterations were correlated with symptom severity, suggesting a pathophysiological relevance. There were no significant differences in diagnosis-by-sex interaction. Tract profiles allowed individual classification of PTSD versus TENP with significant accuracy, of potential diagnostic utility.<h4>Conclusions</h4>These findings add to the knowledge of the neuropathological basis of PTSD. WM alterations based on a tract-profile quantification approach are a potential biomarker for PTSD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | automated fiber quantification, diffusion tensor imaging, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychoradiology, white matter |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2022 15:16 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 21:17 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/da.23226 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3146202 |
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