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ArticleNature communications2025

Major depressive disorder on a neuromorphic continuum.

Jiao Li, Zhiliang Long, Gong-Jun Ji, Shaoqiang Han, Yuan Chen, Guanqun Yao, Yong Xu, Kerang Zhang, Yong Zhang, Jingliang Cheng and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Dissecting the Ecological Structure of Health and Disease in the Global Gut Microbiome.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Molecular, Structural, and Functional Neuroimaging in Major Depression.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jiao Li *The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P.R. China.
Zhiliang Long *School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P.R. China.
Gong-Jun JiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-5534
Shaoqiang HanDepartment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-0315
Yuan ChenDepartment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-3747-2407
Guanqun YaoDepartment of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, P.R. China.
Yong XuDepartment of Clinical Psychology, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9679-2273
Kerang ZhangDepartment of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2738
Yong ZhangDepartment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.
Jingliang ChengDepartment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6996-329X
Kai WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6197-914X
Huafu ChenThe Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-4753
Wei LiaoThe Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P.R. China. weiliao.wl@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7406-7193

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62036003National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62333003National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62473082National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82121003National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82202250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heterogeneity of major depressive disorder (MDD) has hindered clinical translation and neuromarker identification. Biotyping facilitates solving the problems of heterogeneity, by dissecting MDD patients into discrete subgroups. However, interindividual variations suggest that depression may be conceptualized as a "continuum," rather than as a "category." We use a Bayesian model to decompose structural MRI features of MDD patients from a multisite cross-sectional cohort into three latent disease factors (spatial pattern) and continuum factor compositions (individual expression). The disease factors are associated with distinct neurotransmitter receptors/transporters obtained from open PET sources. Increases cortical thickness in sensory and decreases in orbitofrontal cortices (Factor 1) associate with norepinephrine and 5-HT

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BrainMajor Depressive DisorderAdultBayes TheoremCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNorepinephrinePositron-Emission TomographyNorepinephrine

Identifiers

PMID40069198
PMCPMC11897166

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