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Brain pathway differences between Parkinson's disease patients with and without depressive symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S. Mohammadi Jooyandeh ,
T.C. Baghai ,
M.H. Aarabi ,
M. Dolatshahi  and
B. Langguth
S. Mohammadi Jooyandeh
Affiliation:
University hospital Regensburg, psychiatry and psychotherapy, Regensburg, Germany
T.C. Baghai
Affiliation:
University hospital Regensburg, psychiatry and psychotherapy, Regensburg, Germany
M.H. Aarabi
Affiliation:
Basir eye health research center, neuroscience, Tehran, Iran
M. Dolatshahi
Affiliation:
Tehran university of medical sciences, student's scientific research center, Tehran, Iran
B. Langguth
Affiliation:
University hospital Regensburg, psychiatry and psychotherapy, Regensburg, Germany

Abstract

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Introduction

Depression occurs frequently in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the neural basis of depression in PD remains unclear. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (DMRI) connectometry is based on the spin distribution function (SDF), which quantifies the density of diffusing water.

Aim

The aim of this study was to assess the microstructural changes in the brain connectivity of PD patients with and without depressive symptoms.

Methods

DMRI was used to assess microstructural abnormalities in the brains of 16 PD patients with depressive symptoms compared to 11 PD patients without depressive symptoms. Data used in the preparation of this paper were obtained from the Parkinson's progression markers initiative (PPMI) database (http://www.ppmi-info.org/data/). This dataset was acquired on a 3-Tesla scanner (Siemens), producing 64 DWI at b = 1000 s/mm2 and one b0 image. Diffusion MRI data were corrected for subject motion, eddy current distortions, and susceptibility artefacts due to magnetic field inhomogeneity. DMRI connectometry was conducted in a total of 27 patients using percentage measurement.

Results

PD Patients with depressive symptoms showed decreased anisotropy (FDR < 0.05) in the fornix bilaterally, left inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) and corticospinal tract bilaterally compared to PD patients without depressive symptoms.

Conclusions

Lesser WM integrity of the left ILF fibers, which connect visual face recognition areas to the amygdala and hippocampus, seems to be associated with depressive symptoms in PD patients. Our study supports the hypothesis that neurodegenerative processes in projections from the somatosensory, cingulate, and insular cortices may be related to depression in PD.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Neuroimaging and neuroscience in psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S349
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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