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Functional disruption of cerebello-thalamo-cortical networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Sha, Zhiqiang, Edmiston, E. Kale, Versace, Amelia, Fournier, Jay C., Graur, Simona, Greenberg, Tsafrir, Lima Santos, João Paulo, Chase, Henry W. +10 more·2020·Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Abstract

Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive, compulsive behaviors. Neuroimaging studies have implicated altered connectivity among the functional networks of the cerebral cortex in the pathophysiology of OCD. However, there has been no comprehensive investigation of the cross-talk between the cerebellum and functional networks in the cerebral cortex.Methods This functional neuroimaging study was completed by 44 adult participants with OCD and 43 healthy control participants. We performed large-scale data-driven brain network analysis to identify functional connectivity patterns using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data.Results Participants with OCD showed lower functional connectivity within the somatomotor network and greater functional connectivity among the somatomotor network, cerebellum, and subcortical network (e.g., thalamus and pallidum; all p < .005). Network-based statistics analyses demonstrated one component comprising connectivity within the somatomotor network that showed lower connectivity and a second component comprising connectivity among the somatomotor network, and motor regions in particular, and the cerebellum that showed greater connectivity in participants with OCD relative to healthy control participants. In participants with OCD, abnormal connectivity across both network-based statistics-derived components positively correlated with OCD symptom severity (p = .006).Conclusions To our knowledge, this study is the first comprehensive investigation of large-scale network alteration across the cerebral cortex, subcortical regions, and cerebellum in OCD. Our findings highlight a critical role of the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of OCD.

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    OCD participants showed greater connectivity between the SMN and the subcortical network compared with healthy participants.

    “greater connectivity between the SMN and SCN(T=2.81,P=0.003)”
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    OCD participants showed lower connectivity in the somatomotor network compared with healthy participants.

    “We observed lower connectivity in the SMN(T=−2.82,P=0.003)”
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    In OCD participants, the SMN showed greater connectivity with the thalamus compared with healthy participants.

    “The SMN showed greater connectivity with the thalamus(T=2.54,P=0.005)”
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    In OCD participants, the SMN showed greater connectivity with the pallidum compared with healthy participants.

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    Only one connectivity PLS component (PLS1) explained more than 20% of the variance in Y-BOCS scores (44.2%).

    “Only one connectivity PLS component(the first,PLS1) explained more than 20% of the variance in Y-BOCS scores(PLS1: 44.2%).”
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    NBS analysis identified a component (Component 1) with 30 nodes and 48 connections that showed lower connectivity in OCD participants, with all nodes restricted to the SMN (within-network).

    “A component(Component 1) with 30 nodes and 48 connections showed significantly lower connectivity in OCD(Fig.2A). All these nodes were restricted to the SMN network, i.e., a within network component.”
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    There was a positive correlation between participant loadings on the PLS1 component and Y-BOCS scores (R=0.66, P<0.001), indicating that more abnormal connectivity was associated with greater symptom severity.

    “There was a positive correlation between participant loadings on the PLS1 component and Y-BOCS scores(R=0.66,P<0.001;Fig.2D), indicating that more abnormal connectivity was associated with greater symptom severity.”
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    In OCD participants, greater SMN-cerebellum connectivity was specific to the limbic, frontoparietal, and default-mode nodes (Crus I and II), but not the somatomotor nodes (Lobules I-V).

    “OCD participants showed greater SMN-cerebellum connectivity, specifically, the limbic, frontoparietal and default-mode nodes(Crus I and II), but not the somatomotor nodes(Lobules I-V).”
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    In OCD participants, connectivity in NBS-derived components correlated with Y-BOCS scores (P=0.006), but not with anxiety (HAMA-14) or depressive symptom severity (HRSD-17) after correction.

    “Connectivity correlated with Y-BOCS scores in OCD participants(P=0.006), but not with anxiety(HAMA-14,P=0.04) or depressive symptom severity(HRSD-17,P=0.03).”
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    OCD participants had more severe depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms than healthy participants.

    “OCD participants had more severe depression(HRSD-17), anxiety(HAMA-14), and obsessive-compulsive symptoms(Y-BOCS,P<0.001;Table 1).”
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    NBS analysis identified a component (Component 2) with 23 nodes and 28 connections that showed greater connectivity in OCD participants, linking regions in the motor cortex and cerebellum, including ventral attention, frontoparietal and default-mode nodes of the posterior cerebellum (Lobules VI-VIII and Crus I and II), i.e., a between-network component.

    “There was one component with greater connectivity in OCD versus healthy participants(Component 2), which included 23 nodes and 28 connections linking regions in the motor cortex and cerebellum, including the ventral attention, frontoparietal and default-mode nodes of the posterior cerebellum(Lobules VI-VIII and Crus I and II), i.e., a between-network component(Fig.2B).”
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    Network analysis showed greater connectivity in the thalamus and pallidum in OCD participants, and these connections were not disrupted in the NBS analysis.

    “Our network analysis revealed greater connectivity in the thalamus and pallidum in OCD participants that were not disrupted in the NBS analysis.”
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    PLS analysis showed associations between network connectivity and OCD symptom severity, but not anxiety or depressive symptom severity.

    “PLS analysis revealed associations between network connectivity and OCD, but not anxiety and depressive, symptom severity.”
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    In participants with OCD, within-SMN connectivity and SMN-cerebellar connectivity were significantly negatively correlated, with lower within-SMN connectivity associated with greater SMN-cerebellar connectivity.

    “There was a significant correlation between the two NBS components comprising within-SMN connectivity and SMN-cerebellar connectivity in participants with OCD, such that participants with lower within-SMN connectivity had greater connectivity between the SMN and the cerebellum.”
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    OCD is associated with alterations in several large-scale cortical networks, including the frontoparietal, default-mode, salience, and limbic networks.

    “Consistent with this range of symptoms, OCD is associated with alterations in several large-scale networks (e.g. the frontoparietal network(FPN), default-mode network(DMN), salience network(SN) and limbic network(LN,9,10).”
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    The cerebellum provides output to the cortex and tunes sensory input to facilitate behavioral adjustment in response to feedback.

    “The cerebellum provides output to the cortex, and “tunes” sensory input to facilitate behavioral (particularly motor) adjustment in response to feedback(25–27).”
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    Alterations in cerebellar-cortical network connectivity might underlie habitual behavior dysfunction in OCD that occurs across multiple domains.

    “Given these roles, and because the cerebellum provides output across the cortex(29), alterations in cerebellar-cortical network connectivity might underlie habitual behavior dysfunction in OCD that occurs across multiple domains(30).”
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    A single photon emission computed tomography study revealed elevated regional cerebral blood flow in the cerebellum in OCD.

    “A single photon emission computed tomography study revealed elevated regional cerebral blood flow in the cerebellum in OCD(32).”
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    PLS analysis regressed out effects of sex, gender, and scanner, used 1,000 permutations, and Bonferroni correction for 3 parallel comparisons.

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      “The PLS components were considered significant at alpha=0.05 with 1,000 permutations, after permuting the clinical score labels assigned as each set of outcome variables.”
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      “The statistical threshold for PLS analyses was set to P<0.05 for each PLS component, with Bonferroni correction for 3 parallel comparisons.”
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    SMN changes have been associated with OCD treatment response, including greater somatomotor activity following cognitive behavior therapy.

    “SMN changes have also been associated with OCD treatment response, including greater somatomotor activity following cognitive behavior therapy(68).”
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    Permutation testing (N=10,000) was used to test differences in network strength between OCD and healthy participants, controlling for age, gender, and scanner, with Bonferroni correction for 9 comparisons.

    “Finally, we used permutation testing(N=10,000) to test for differences in network strength between OCD and healthy participants(PBonferroni<0.05 for 9 comparisons), controlling for age, gender, and scanner(9,14,34).”
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    Within- and between-network connectivity analyses retained correlation coefficients of P<0.01 (FDR corrected) and selected only connections that remained for at least 50% of participants.

    “We used the original weighted connectivity graph. Within these individual subject maps, we retained correlation coefficients of P<0.01, FDR corrected. All other correlations were set to zero. In order to ensure sufficient power, we selected only the connections that remained following FDR correction for at least 50% of the participants for statistical analysis(48).”
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    NBS used two-sample t-tests (P<0.001) controlling for age, gender, and scanner, with permutation tests (N=10,000) and family-wise error correction (PFWE<0.05).

    “We utilized NBS to localize edge-level group differences in both positive and negative connectivity using two sample t tests(P<0.001), controlling for age, gender, and scanner(58).”
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      “A family-wise error(FWE)-corrected p-value(PFWE<0.05) for the network component was estimated by the proportion of permutations for which a component of greater size was identified.”
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    Others report elevated FPN-thalamic connectivity and thalamic global connectivity in OCD.

    “Others report elevated FPN-thalamic connectivity(17,77) and thalamic global connectivity in OCD(34).”
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    Repetitive low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation to the somatomotor cortex normalizes activity and improves symptoms in OCD.

    “Repetitive low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation to the somatomotor cortex also normalizes activity and improves symptoms(69).”
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    An OCD resting-state analysis demonstrated elevated connectivity between cerebellar and basal ganglia nodes that was associated with less cognitive flexibility.

    “Consistent with our results, an OCD resting-state analysis demonstrated elevated connectivity between cerebellar and basal ganglia nodes that was associated with less cognitive flexibility(75).”
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    The pallidum is involved in habitual behavior and learning.

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    Lower connectivity in the SMN and enhanced thalamic-SMN connectivity could be related to sensorimotor gating anomalies in OCD.

    “Lower connectivity in the SMN and enhanced thalamic-SMN connectivity could be related to sensorimotor gating anomalies in OCD.”
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    The literature suggests that OCD symptoms are explained by aberrant functional connectivity among large-scale brain networks, including the FPN, SN, DMN and LN.

    “While the literature suggests that OCD symptoms are explained by aberrant functional connectivity among large-scale brain networks, including the FPN, SN, DMN and LN(9,10)”
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    Cerebral-cerebellum connectivity disruption has been reported in several psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders, depressive disorder, autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    “Cerebral-cerebellum connectivity disruption has been reported in several psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders(70), depressive disorder(71), autism(72) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(73).”
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    There were no significant between-group differences in age, gender, or educational attainment.

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    This study is the first comprehensive investigation of cerebello-cerebral network connectivity in OCD.

    “To our knowledge, this study is the first comprehensive investigation of cerebello-cerebral network connectivity in OCD.”
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    These studies did not assess specific thalamic connections, whereas we showed greater connectivity between the thalamus and SMN using whole-brain network analysis, thereby refining understanding of thalamic connectivity in OCD.

    “These studies did not assess specific thalamic connections, whereas we showed greater connectivity between the thalamus and SMN using whole-brain network analysis, thereby refining our understanding of thalamic connectivity in OCD.”
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    The robustness of brain network results was evaluated by examining network sparsity and effects of functional atlas, medication, head motion, and scanner.

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    Because the basal ganglia and thalamus have heterogeneous functional subdivisions, the study could not determine how cytoarchitectonically distinct subdivisions might contribute to circuit alterations in OCD.

    “Finally, due to heterogeneous functional subdivisions in the basal ganglia and thalamus, we were unable to pinpoint how cytoarchitectonically distinct subdivisions might be involved in circuit alterations in OCD.”
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    This circuit underlies motor control and learning via the integration of interoceptive, sensory, and motor information.

    “This circuit underlies motor control and learning via the integration of interoceptive, sensory, and motor information(86,87).”
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    The posterior cerebellum is regarded as the 'cognitive cerebellum' because it connects multiple cerebral cortex regions involved in executive function and attention switching.

    “The posterior cerebellum is considered the “cognitive cerebellum”, because it links multiple regions of the cerebral cortex involved in executive function and attention switching(74,92,93).”
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    The difference between the network analysis and NBS findings can be accounted for by methodological distinctions between the two approaches.

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    Pallidal damage produces compulsive behavior.

    “pallidal damage produces compulsive behavior(5,81).”
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    There are two subsystems in the cerebello-thalamo-motor circuit: the cerebellar motor loop and the basal ganglia motor loop.

    “There are two subsystems in this circuit. The first, the cerebellar motor loop, sends output from the cerebellum to the motor cortex via the superior cerebellar peduncle and ventrolateral thalamus. The cerebellum also receives input from the motor cortex through the pons(25,26). The second, the basal ganglia motor loop, comprises reciprocal connections between motor cortex and basal ganglia(e.g. p”
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    Pallidal, thalamic, and motor cortex activity is also associated with checking symptoms in OCD.

    “Pallidal, thalamic, and motor cortex activity is also associated with checking symptoms in OCD(89).”
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    NBS identifies significant components, analogous to clusters, with nodal connections analogous to voxels, using principles from conventional permutation testing of cluster-thresholded brain maps.

    “Based on the principles underpinning traditional cluster-based thresholding of brain maps with permutation tests, NBS identifies significant components(similar to “clusters”) with nodal connections(similar to “voxels”).”
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    Our findings of elevated SMN-thalamic and SMN-pallidal connectivity might underlie aberrant sensory integration and habit learning, respectively, in OCD.

    “Our findings of elevated SMN-thalamic and SMN-pallidal connectivity might underlie aberrant sensory integration and habit learning, respectively, in OCD.”
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    Study design and conductnone given

    The study used appropriate statistical correction approaches.

    “Although we employed appropriate statistical correction approaches, replication studies with larger samples are needed to make generalizations about the overall OCD population.”
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    Changes in SMN and pallidal activity are associated with motor automation.

    “Changes in SMN and pallidal activity are associated with motor automation(80)”
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    The study was cross-sectional and was not designed to assess illness course or risk for developing OCD.

    “This study employed a cross-sectional approach and was not designed to assess effects of illness course or risk for the development of OCD.”
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    Others have reported pallidal hyperactivity and structural deficits in OCD.

    “Others have reported pallidal hyperactivity and structural deficits in OCD(82,83).”
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    Few studies have examined cerebellar-cortical network contributions in OCD.

    “Yet, few studies have examined cerebellar-cortical network contributions in OCD.”
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    The sample of OCD participants is representative of the broader OCD population.

    “Forty-four adult participants with OCD and 43 healthy participants completed this functional neuroimaging study.”
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    No prior study has comprehensively examined cerebellar-cerebral connectivity in OCD.

    “To our knowledge, this study is the first to comprehensively examine cerebellar-cerebral connectivity in OCD.”
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Sha, Z., Edmiston, E. K., Versace, A., Fournier, J. C., Graur, S., Greenberg, T., Lima Santos, J. P., Chase, H. W., Stiffler, R. S., Bonar, L., Hudak, R., Yendiki, A., Greenberg, B. D., Rasmussen, S., Liu, H., Quirk, G., Haber, S., & Phillips, M. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Brown University (US)
  • University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (PR)
  • University of Rochester Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Sha, Zhiqiang
Venue
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-04
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
438-447
ISSN
2451-9022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2998688799
Cited by
48
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
FWCI
5.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Pittsburgh Foundation
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH106435)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder, cerebellum, functional connectivity, sensorimotor network, subcortical network, thalamus, globus pallidus, network-based statistics, symptom severity, resting-state functional connectivity
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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