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Corticolimbic fast-tracking: enhanced multimodal integration in functional neurological disorder

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Diez, Ibai, Ortiz-Terán, Laura, Williams, Benjamin, Jalilianhasanpour, Rozita, Ospina, Juan Pablo, Dickerson, Bradford C, Keshavan, Matcheri S, LaFrance Jr, W Curt +2 more·2019·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

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Objective: Some individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND) exhibit motor and affective disturbances, along with limbic hyper-reactivity and enhanced motor-limbic connectivity. Given that the multimodal integration network (insula, dorsal cingulate, temporoparietal junction (TPJ)) is implicated in convergent sensorimotor, affective and interoceptive processing, we hypothesised that patients with FND would exhibit altered motor and amygdalar resting-state propagation to this network. Patient-reported symptom severity and clinical outcome were also hypothesised to map onto multimodal integration areas. Methods: Between-group differences in primary motor and amygdalar nuclei (laterobasal, centromedial) were examined using graph-theory stepwise functional connectivity (SFC) in 30 patients with motor FND compared with 30 healthy controls. Within-group analyses correlated functional propagation profiles with symptom severity and prospectively collected 6-month outcomes as measured by the Screening for Somatoform Symptoms Conversion Disorder subscale and Patient Health Questionnaire-15 composite score. Findings were clusterwise corrected for multiple comparisons. Results: Compared with controls, patients with FND exhibited increased SFC from motor regions to the bilateral posterior insula, TPJ, middle cingulate cortex and putamen. From the right laterobasal amygdala, the FND cohort showed enhanced connectivity to the left anterior insula, periaqueductal grey and hypothalamus among other areas. In within-group analyses, symptom severity correlated with enhanced SFC from the left anterior insula to the right anterior insula and TPJ; increased SFC from the left centromedial amygdala to the right anterior insula correlated with clinical improvement. Within-group associations held controlling for depression, anxiety and antidepressant use. Conclusions: These neuroimaging findings suggest potential candidate neurocircuit pathways in the pathophysiology of FND.

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Diez, I., Ortiz-Terán, L., Williams, B., Jalilianhasanpour, R., Ospina, J. P., Dickerson, B. C., Keshavan, M. S., LaFrance Jr, W. C., Sepulcre, J., & Perez, D. L.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Perez, David L
Venue
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2019-03-08
Volume
90
Issue
8
Pages
929-938
ISSN
  • 0022-3050 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-330X
OpenAlex
W2920853899
Cited by
99
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 6
FWCI
8.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • TECNALIA Publications (Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation) (submittedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Basque Country Government Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
  • National Institute of Health (S10RR023043)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Physician-Scientist Development Award
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH111983-02)
  • Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
conversion disorder, resting-state functional connectivity, anterior insula, temporoparietal junction, middle cingulate cortex, amygdala, centromedial amygdala, symptom severity, clinical outcomes, somatoform symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Amygdala, Brain, Conversion Disorder, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Membrane Potentials, Motor Cortex, Neural Pathways, Putamen, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Case-Control Studies, Neuroimaging

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