White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group
Laura S van Velzen
(1, 2)
,
Sinead Kelly
(3)
,
Dmitry Isaev
,
Andre Aleman
(4)
,
Lyubomir I Aftanas
,
Jochen Bauer
(5)
,
Bernhard T Baune
(5, 2)
,
Ivan V Brak
,
Angela Carballedo
(6)
,
Colm G Connolly
(7)
,
Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne
(8)
,
Kathryn R Cullen
,
Konstantin V Danilenko
,
Udo Dannlowski
(5)
,
Verena Enneking
(5)
,
Elena Filimonova
,
Katharina Förster
(5)
,
Thomas Frodl
(6, 9)
,
Ian H Gotlib
(10)
,
Nynke A Groenewold
(11)
,
Dominik Grotegerd
(5)
,
Mathew A Harris
(12)
,
Sean N Hatton
(13)
,
Emma L Hawkins
(12)
,
Ian B Hickie
,
Tiffany C Ho
,
Andreas Jansen
,
Tilo Kircher
,
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
,
Peter Kochunov
,
Axel Krug
,
Jim Lagopoulos
,
Renick Lee
,
Tristram A Lett
,
Meng Li
,
Frank P Macmaster
,
Nicholas G Martin
,
Andrew M Mcintosh
,
Quinn Mclellan
,
Susanne Meinert
,
Igor Nenadić
,
Evgeny Osipov
,
Brenda W J H Penninx
,
Maria J Portella
,
Jonathan Repple
,
Annerine Roos
,
Matthew D Sacchet
,
Philipp G Sämann
,
Knut Schnell
,
Xueyi Shen
,
Kang Sim
,
Dan J Stein
,
Marie-Jose van Tol
,
Alexander S Tomyshev
,
Leonardo Tozzi
,
Ilya M Veer
,
Robert Vermeiren
,
Yolanda Vives-Gilabert
,
Henrik Walter
,
Martin Walter
,
Nic J A van der Wee
,
Steven J A van der Werff
,
Melinda Westlund Schreiner
,
Heather C Whalley
,
Margaret J Wright
,
Tony T Yang
,
Alyssa Zhu
,
Dick J Veltman
,
Paul M Thompson
,
Neda Jahanshad
,
Lianne Schmaal
1
Amsterdam UMC -
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2 University of Melbourne
3 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
4 University of Groningen [Groningen]
5 WWU - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster
6 Trinity College Dublin
7 UC San Francisco - University of California [San Francisco]
8 ICM - Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute
9 OVGU - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg = Otto-von-Guericke University [Magdeburg]
10 Stanford University
11 University of Cape Town
12 Edin. - University of Edinburgh
13 The University of Sydney
2 University of Melbourne
3 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
4 University of Groningen [Groningen]
5 WWU - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster
6 Trinity College Dublin
7 UC San Francisco - University of California [San Francisco]
8 ICM - Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute
9 OVGU - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg = Otto-von-Guericke University [Magdeburg]
10 Stanford University
11 University of Cape Town
12 Edin. - University of Edinburgh
13 The University of Sydney
Laura S van Velzen
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Dmitry Isaev
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Lyubomir I Aftanas
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Bernhard T Baune
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Ivan V Brak
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Colm G Connolly
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Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne
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Kathryn R Cullen
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Konstantin V Danilenko
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Elena Filimonova
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Mathew A Harris
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Ian B Hickie
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Tiffany C Ho
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Andreas Jansen
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Tilo Kircher
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Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
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Peter Kochunov
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Axel Krug
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Jim Lagopoulos
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Renick Lee
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Tristram A Lett
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Meng Li
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Frank P Macmaster
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Nicholas G Martin
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Andrew M Mcintosh
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Quinn Mclellan
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Susanne Meinert
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Igor Nenadić
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Evgeny Osipov
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Brenda W J H Penninx
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Maria J Portella
- Function : Author
Jonathan Repple
- Function : Author
Annerine Roos
- Function : Author
Matthew D Sacchet
- Function : Author
Philipp G Sämann
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Knut Schnell
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Xueyi Shen
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Kang Sim
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Dan J Stein
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Marie-Jose van Tol
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Alexander S Tomyshev
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Leonardo Tozzi
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Ilya M Veer
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Robert Vermeiren
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Yolanda Vives-Gilabert
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Henrik Walter
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Martin Walter
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Nic J A van der Wee
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Steven J A van der Werff
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Melinda Westlund Schreiner
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Heather C Whalley
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Margaret J Wright
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Tony T Yang
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Alyssa Zhu
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Dick J Veltman
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Paul M Thompson
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Neda Jahanshad
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Lianne Schmaal
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Abstract
Alterations in white matter (WM) microstructure have been implicated in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). However, previous findings have been inconsistent, partially due to low statistical power and the heterogeneity of depression. In the largest multi-site study to date, we examined WM anisotropy and diffusivity in 1305 MDD patients and 1602 healthy controls (age range 12–88 years) from 20 samples worldwide, which included both adults and adolescents, within the MDD Working Group of the Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) consortium. Processing of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data and statistical analyses were harmonized across sites and effects were meta-analyzed across studies. We observed subtle, but widespread, lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in adult MDD patients compared with controls in 16 out of 25 WM tracts of interest (Cohen’s d between 0.12 and 0.26). The largest differences were observed in the corpus callosum and corona radiata. Widespread higher radial diffusivity (RD) was also observed (all Cohen’s d between 0.12 and 0.18). Findings appeared to be driven by patients with recurrent MDD and an adult age of onset of depression. White matter microstructural differences in a smaller sample of adolescent MDD patients and controls did not survive correction for multiple testing. In this coordinated and harmonized multisite DTI study, we showed subtle, but widespread differences in WM microstructure in adult MDD, which may suggest structural disconnectivity in MDD.
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