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JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
Volume 290, Issue -, Pages 23-30Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.061
Keywords
Childhood trauma; Childhood adversity; fMRI; Dynamic functional connectivity; Dynamic brain network
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- China Precision Medicine Initiative [2016YFC0906300]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81671335, 81701325, 81801353, 82071506]
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This study found that childhood trauma is associated with increased global brain network switching rates in young adults, with effects mainly observed in specific brain subnetworks. Additionally, there was a positive correlation between network switching rates and the severity of childhood trauma. These findings suggest a potential long-term impact of childhood trauma on brain functional dynamism and its contribution to psychiatric disorders in adulthood.
Background: Both childhood trauma and disruptions in brain functional networks are implicated in the development of psychiatric disorders in early adulthood. However, the relationships between these two factors remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether and how childhood trauma would relate to changes of functional network dynamics in young adults. Methods: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 53 young healthy adults, whose childhood trauma histories were assessed by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Network switching rate, a measure of stability of dynamic brain networks over time, was calculated at both global and local levels for each participant. Switching rates at both levels were compared between participants with and without childhood trauma, and further correlated with CTQ total score. Results: In the current sample, 19 (35.8%) participants reported a history of childhood trauma. At the global level, participants with childhood trauma showed significantly higher network switching rates than those without trauma (F = 10.021, p = 0.003). A significant positive correlation was found between network switching rates and CTQ scores in the entire sample (r = 0.378, p = 0.007). At the local level, these effects were mainly observed in the default-mode, fronto-parietal, cingulo-opercular, and occipital subnetworks. Conclusions: Our study provides preliminary evidence for a possible long-term effect of childhood trauma on brain functional dynamism. These findings may have potential contributions to psychiatric disorders during adulthood.
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