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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Voxel-based analysis of the diffusion tensor in psychiatric diseases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15591259
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Radiation science
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

ABE Osamu  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (50302716)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMADA Haruyasu  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Research Associate, 医学部附属病院, 助手 (70359610)
KASAI Kiyoto  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (80322056)
AOKI Shigeki  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部附属病院, 助教授 (80222470)
OHTOMO Kuni  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, 医学部附属病院, 教授 (80126010)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Keywordsmagnetic resonance imaging / diffusion tensor / amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / normal agin / posttraumatic stress disorder / statistical parametric mapping / diffusion tensor tractography
Research Abstract

Recent functional neuroimaging work has suggested that interregional functional connectivity between the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), other limbic, and prefrontal regions may be involved in the pathophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, less attention has been paid to the white matter network. Voxel-based analysis enables an exploration of morphological or functional changes throughout the entire brain. Here we undertook the first application of this technology to diffusion tensor data in patients with PTSD. Participants were 9 victims of the Tokyo subway sarin attack with PTSD and 16 matched victims of the same traumatic event without PTSD. The voxel-based analysis showed a significant fractional anisotropy increase in the left anterior cingulum, subjacent to the left ACC gray matter where we previously found volume decrement, in PTSD subjects. Moreover, the severity was positively, but not significantly associated with the fractional anisotropy of the left anterior cingulum in the victims with PTSD, using the region of interest defined in the native space with the inverse normalization technique. The present study demonstrated further evidence of abnormalities of both the ACC, a structure which is pivotally involved in attention, emotional regulation, and fear conditioning, and of subjacent white matter in the pathology of PTSD.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] Voxel-based diffusion tensor analysis reveals aberrant anterior cingulum integrity in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism2006

    • Author(s)
      Abe O, Yamasue H, Kasai K, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging (In press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Voxel-based diffusion tensor analysis reveals aberrant anterior cingulum integrity in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism.2006

    • Author(s)
      Abe O, Yamasue H, Kasai K, Yamada H, Aoki S, Iwanami A, Ohtani T, Masutani Y, Kato N, Ohtomo K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Neuroanatomy in monozygotic twins with Asperger disorder discordant for comorbid depression2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Ishijima, M, Abe O, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Neurology 65(3)

      Pages: 491-492

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Association between lower P300 amplitude and smaller anterior cingulate cortex volume in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder : a study of victims of Tokyo subway sarin attack2005

    • Author(s)
      Araki T, kasai K, Yamasue H, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroimage 25(1)

      Pages: 43-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Neuroanatomy in monozygotic twins with Asperger disorder discordant for comorbid depression.2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Ishijima M, Abe O, Sasaki T, Yamada H, Suga M, Rogers M, Minowa I, Someya R, Kurita H, Aoki S, Kato N, Kasai K.
    • Journal Title

      Neurology 65(3)

      Pages: 491-492

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Association between lower P300 amplitude and smaller anterior cingulate cortex volume in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder : a study of victims of Tokyo subway sarin attack.2005

    • Author(s)
      Araki T, Kasai K, Yamasue H, Kato N, Kudo N, Ohtani T, Nakagome K, Kirihara K, Yamada H, Abe O, Iwanami A.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroimage 25(1)

      Pages: 43-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : diffusion tensor tractography and voxel-based analysis2004

    • Author(s)
      Abe O, Yamada H, Masutani Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      NMR Biomed 17(6)

      Pages: 411-416

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Localized volume reduction in prefrontal,temporolimbic,and paralimbic regions in schizophrenia : an MRI parcellation study.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Iwanami A, Hirayasu Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 131(3)

      Pages: 195-207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Abnormal association between reduced magnetic mismatch field to speech sounds and smaller left planum temporale volume in schizophrenia.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Yamada H, Yumoto M, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroimage 22(2)

      Pages: 720-727

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : diffusion tensor tractography and voxel-based analysis.2004

    • Author(s)
      Abe O, Yamada H, Masutani Y, Aoki S, Kunimatsu A, Yamasue H, Fukuda R, Kasai K, Hayashi N, Masumoto T, Mori H, Soma T, Ohtomo K.
    • Journal Title

      NMR Biomed 17(6)

      Pages: 411-416

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Localized volume reduction in prefrontal, temporolimbic, and paralimbic regions in schizophrenia : an MRI parcellation study.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Iwanami A, Hirayasu Y, Yamada H, Abe O, Kuroki N, Fukuda R, Tsujii K, Aoki S, Ohtomo K, Kato N, Kasai K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 131(3)

      Pages: 195-207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Abnormal association between reduced magnetic mismatch field to speech sounds and smaller left planum temporale volume in schizophrenia.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamasue H, Yamada H, Yumoto M, Kamio S, Kudo N, Uetsuki M, Abe O, Fukuda R, Aoki S, Ohtomo K, Iwanami A, Kato N, Kasai K.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroimage 22(2)

      Pages: 72O-727

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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