ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Exploration of neurometabolic alterations in adolescent patients with bipolar depression and non-suicidal self-injury based on proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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Abstract
Background: Adolescent bipolar depression (ABD) refers to depressive episodes that arise in adolescent patients with bipolar disorder. Its identification and diagnosis are challenging, and it is characterized by a high rate of misdiagnosis and disability. Studies have revealed that patients with ABD are more prone to non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) compared to those with unipolar depression. However, the neuropathophysiological mechanisms behind NSSI in ABD remain unclear. Therefore, this study employed proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( Methods: This study compared brain biochemical metabolism between ABD with and without NSSI. Forty ABD were recruited and divided into groups with (n=21) and without NSSI (n=19). Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( Results: There was no statistically significant difference (P>0.05) in the age, gender, only child status, residential status, education level, age of onset, disease course, family history, and 24-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) score between patients in the NSSI group and those without NSSI group. The N-acetylaspartate (NAA)/creatine (Cr) of patients with NSSI was lower than that of patients without NSSI, and the difference was statistically significant ( Conclusion: Compared with ABD without NSSI, ABD with NSSI have reduced NAA/Cr metabolism in the vmPFC brain area. The level of membrane phospholipid breakdown metabolism in the vmPFC brain area of ABD with NSSI may be related to the severity of depression. The level of phosphoinositol cycle in the vmPFC brain area of ABD without NSSI may be related to age or onset age. Therefore, further validation was required.
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