A shared neural basis underlying psychiatric comorbidity

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Contributors

  • Chao Xie - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Shitong Xiang - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Chun Shen - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Xuerui Peng - , Faculty of Psychology (Author)
  • Jujiao Kang - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Yuzhu Li - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Wei Cheng - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Shiqi He - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Marina Bobou - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • M John Broulidakis - , Solent University (Author)
  • Betteke Maria van Noort - , MSB Medical School Berlin Hochschule für Gesundheit und Medizin (Author)
  • Zuo Zhang - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Lauren Robinson - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Nilakshi Vaidya - , Mental Health Institute Berlin GmbH (Author)
  • Jeanne Winterer - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Yuning Zhang - , Solent University (Author)
  • Sinead King - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Tobias Banaschewski - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)
  • Gareth J Barker - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Arun L W Bokde - , Trinity College Dublin (Author)
  • Uli Bromberg - , University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf (Author)
  • Christian Büchel - , University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf (Author)
  • Herta Flor - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)
  • Antoine Grigis - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Hugh Garavan - , Northern Vermont University (Author)
  • Penny Gowland - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)
  • Andreas Heinz - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Bernd Ittermann - , Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Author)
  • Hervé Lemaître - , Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives (Author)
  • Jean-Luc Martinot - , INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Author)
  • Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot - , INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Author)
  • Frauke Nees - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)
  • Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos - , French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Author)
  • Tomáš Paus - , University of Montreal (Author)
  • Luise Poustka - , University Medical Center Göttingen (Author)
  • Juliane H Fröhner - , Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Ulrike Schmidt - , South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Julia Sinclair - , Solent University (Author)
  • Michael N Smolka - , Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Argyris Stringaris - , Heythrop College, University of London (Author)
  • Henrik Walter - , Mental Health Institute Berlin GmbH (Author)
  • Robert Whelan - , Trinity College Dublin (Author)
  • Sylvane Desrivières - , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Barbara J Sahakian - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Trevor W Robbins - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Gunter Schumann - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Tianye Jia - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)
  • Jianfeng Feng - , Zhongshan Hospital at Fudan University (Author)

Abstract

Recent studies proposed a general psychopathology factor underlying common comorbidities among psychiatric disorders. However, its neurobiological mechanisms and generalizability remain elusive. In this study, we used a large longitudinal neuroimaging cohort from adolescence to young adulthood (IMAGEN) to define a neuropsychopathological (NP) factor across externalizing and internalizing symptoms using multitask connectomes. We demonstrate that this NP factor might represent a unified, genetically determined, delayed development of the prefrontal cortex that further leads to poor executive function. We also show this NP factor to be reproducible in multiple developmental periods, from preadolescence to early adulthood, and generalizable to the resting-state connectome and clinical samples (the ADHD-200 Sample and the Stratify Project). In conclusion, we identify a reproducible and general neural basis underlying symptoms of multiple mental health disorders, bridging multidimensional evidence from behavioral, neuroimaging and genetic substrates. These findings may help to develop new therapeutic interventions for psychiatric comorbidities.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1232-1242
Number of pages11
JournalNature medicine
Volume29
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - May 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC10202801
Scopus 85153790250
ORCID /0000-0001-5398-5569/work/150329570
ORCID /0000-0002-8493-6396/work/150330269

Keywords

Keywords

  • Adolescent, Humans, Young Adult, Comorbidity, Mental Disorders/diagnostic imaging, Neuroimaging, Psychopathology