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Microstructural properties within the amygdala and affiliated white matter tracts across adolescence

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NEUROIMAGE
卷 243, 期 -, 页码 -

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118489

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Neurodevelopment; Amygdala; Adolescence; Sex differences; Diffusion; Tractography

资金

  1. National Institutes of Health [K01 MH1087610, R03 HD090308]
  2. Neuroimaging Core of a Conte Center grant [5P50MH094258, P41EB015922]
  3. Predoctoral Training Grant in Environmental Genomics [T32ES013678]
  4. Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI)
  5. Stewart Clifton Endowment
  6. Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) Pilot Funding Program [UL1TR001855]

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This study used advanced MRI techniques to investigate age-related changes in microstructural properties of amygdala subnuclei and white matter connections across adolescence. The findings showed age-related increases in neurite density index in specific amygdala subnuclei and white matter connections, indicating increased connectivity between amygdalae and diencephalon structures during development.
The amygdala is a heterogenous set of nuclei with widespread cortical connections that continues to develop postnatally with vital implications for emotional regulation. Using high-resolution anatomical and multi-shell diffusion MRI in conjunction with novel amygdala segmentation, cutting-edge tractography, and Neurite Orienta-tion Dispersion and Density (NODDI) methods, the goal of the current study was to characterize age associations with microstructural properties of amygdala subnuclei and amygdala-related white matter connections across adolescence ( N = 61, 26 males; ages of 8-22 years). We found age-related increases in the Neurite Density Index (NDI) in the lateral nucleus (LA), dorsal and intermediate divisions of the basolateral nucleus (BLDI), and ven-tral division of the basolateral nucleus and paralaminar nucleus (BLVPL). Additionally, there were age-related increases in the NDI of the anterior commissure, ventral amygdalofugal pathway, cingulum, and uncinate fasci-culus, with the strongest age associations in the frontal and temporal regions of these white matter tracts. This is the first study to utilize NODDI to show neurite density of basolateral amygdala subnuclei to relate to age across adolescence. Moreover, age-related differences were also notable in white matter microstructural proper-ties along the anterior commissure and ventral amydalofugal tracts, suggesting increased bilateral amygdalae to diencephalon structural connectivity. As these basolateral regions and the ventral amygdalofugal pathways have been involved in associative emotional conditioning, future research is needed to determine if age-related and/or individual differences in the development of these microstructural properties link to socio-emotional functioning and/or risk for psychopathology.

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