Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Jihui Yue,1,2,* Shuming Zhong,1,* Aimin Luo,3 Shunkai Lai,1 Tingting He,4 Yuchong Luo,2 Ying Wang,5 Yiliang Zhang,1 Shiyi Shen,4 Hui Huang,4 Shenglin Wen,2 Yanbin Jia1 1Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Repu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:312963eddb3a4e9889a33c11f3328da42021-12-02T15:07:50ZCorrelations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/312963eddb3a4e9889a33c11f3328da42021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/correlations-between-working-memory-impairment-and-neurometabolites-of-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Jihui Yue,1,2,* Shuming Zhong,1,* Aimin Luo,3 Shunkai Lai,1 Tingting He,4 Yuchong Luo,2 Ying Wang,5 Yiliang Zhang,1 Shiyi Shen,4 Hui Huang,4 Shenglin Wen,2 Yanbin Jia1 1Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Psychiatry, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Psychology, Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yanbin JiaDepartment of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13392489168Fax +86 020-38688888Email Yanbinjia2006@163.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of working memory (WM) impairment in drug-naive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by using neuropsychological tests and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS).Patients and Methods: A total of 55 patients with drug-naive OCD and 55 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited for this study. The working memory (WM) was evaluated using the digit span test (DST), visual space memory test (VSMT), and the 2-back task and stroop color word test (SCWT). The bilateral metabolite levels of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) were evaluated by 1H-MRS, then determined the ratios of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline-containing compounds (Cho), and myo-inositol (MI) to creatine (Cr). The independent sample t-test was used to analyse the differences in WM performance and neurometabolite ratios. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to screen the influential factors of WM, with an introduction level of 0.05 and a rejection level of 0.10.Results: 1) Patients with OCD performed significantly worse on DST (score), VSMT (score), 2-back task (accuracy rate), SCWT (execution time) when compared with HCs. 2) NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr in the left PFC (lPFC) and MI/Cr ratios in the bilateral PFC of OCD patients were significantly lower when compared to HCs. 3) For OCD patients, the NAA/Cr ratio in the lPFC was negatively correlated with the score of DST (forwards), the Cho/Cr ratio in the lPFC was positively correlated with the accuracy rate of 2-back task, and the MI/Cr ratio in the right PFC (rPFC) was positively correlated with the score of DST (forwards) and the accuracy rate of VSMT. We also found that the compulsive symptoms showed a positive correlation with MI/Cr ratio of the rPFC.Conclusion: Drug-naive OCD patients have demonstrated WM impairments, including phonological loop, visual-spatial sketchpad and central executive system, and the WM impairments might be associated with hypometabolism in the PFC, especially the lPFC.Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder, prefrontal cortex, working memory, neurometabolites, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopyYue JZhong SLuo ALai SHe TLuo YWang YZhang YShen SHuang HWen SJia YDove Medical Pressarticleobsessive compulsive disorderprefrontal cortexworking memoryneurometabolitesproton magnetic resonance spectroscopyNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 17, Pp 2647-2657 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic obsessive compulsive disorder
prefrontal cortex
working memory
neurometabolites
proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle obsessive compulsive disorder
prefrontal cortex
working memory
neurometabolites
proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Yue J
Zhong S
Luo A
Lai S
He T
Luo Y
Wang Y
Zhang Y
Shen S
Huang H
Wen S
Jia Y
Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
description Jihui Yue,1,2,* Shuming Zhong,1,* Aimin Luo,3 Shunkai Lai,1 Tingting He,4 Yuchong Luo,2 Ying Wang,5 Yiliang Zhang,1 Shiyi Shen,4 Hui Huang,4 Shenglin Wen,2 Yanbin Jia1 1Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Psychiatry, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Psychology, Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yanbin JiaDepartment of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13392489168Fax +86 020-38688888Email Yanbinjia2006@163.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of working memory (WM) impairment in drug-naive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by using neuropsychological tests and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS).Patients and Methods: A total of 55 patients with drug-naive OCD and 55 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited for this study. The working memory (WM) was evaluated using the digit span test (DST), visual space memory test (VSMT), and the 2-back task and stroop color word test (SCWT). The bilateral metabolite levels of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) were evaluated by 1H-MRS, then determined the ratios of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline-containing compounds (Cho), and myo-inositol (MI) to creatine (Cr). The independent sample t-test was used to analyse the differences in WM performance and neurometabolite ratios. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to screen the influential factors of WM, with an introduction level of 0.05 and a rejection level of 0.10.Results: 1) Patients with OCD performed significantly worse on DST (score), VSMT (score), 2-back task (accuracy rate), SCWT (execution time) when compared with HCs. 2) NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr in the left PFC (lPFC) and MI/Cr ratios in the bilateral PFC of OCD patients were significantly lower when compared to HCs. 3) For OCD patients, the NAA/Cr ratio in the lPFC was negatively correlated with the score of DST (forwards), the Cho/Cr ratio in the lPFC was positively correlated with the accuracy rate of 2-back task, and the MI/Cr ratio in the right PFC (rPFC) was positively correlated with the score of DST (forwards) and the accuracy rate of VSMT. We also found that the compulsive symptoms showed a positive correlation with MI/Cr ratio of the rPFC.Conclusion: Drug-naive OCD patients have demonstrated WM impairments, including phonological loop, visual-spatial sketchpad and central executive system, and the WM impairments might be associated with hypometabolism in the PFC, especially the lPFC.Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder, prefrontal cortex, working memory, neurometabolites, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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author Yue J
Zhong S
Luo A
Lai S
He T
Luo Y
Wang Y
Zhang Y
Shen S
Huang H
Wen S
Jia Y
author_facet Yue J
Zhong S
Luo A
Lai S
He T
Luo Y
Wang Y
Zhang Y
Shen S
Huang H
Wen S
Jia Y
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title Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
title_short Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
title_full Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
title_fullStr Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Correlations Between Working Memory Impairment and Neurometabolites of the Prefrontal Cortex in Drug-Naive Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
title_sort correlations between working memory impairment and neurometabolites of the prefrontal cortex in drug-naive obsessive-compulsive disorder
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/312963eddb3a4e9889a33c11f3328da4
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