A neurobehavioral signature of risk for mania

Date:
July 11, 2023
Source:
Elsevier
Summary:
Mania, in which mood and energy level are extremely elevated for
at least a week, and hypomania, which is less severe and lasts at
least four days, are the defining features of bipolar spectrum
disorders (BSD) and can be the most disruptive symptoms. A new
study now identifies a signature of risk for developing future
mania or hypomania.


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FULL STORY ========================================================================== Mania, in which mood and energy level are extremely elevated for at least
a week, and hypomania, which is less severe and lasts at least four days,
are the defining features of bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD) and can
be the most disruptive symptoms. A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, now
identifies a signature of risk for developing future mania or hypomania.

BSD are psychiatric conditions that typically emerge in young adulthood,
often severely disrupting lives and requiring intensive treatments. Mania
risk has remained challenging for clinicians to predict; the ability to
do so would aid in directing treatments to at-risk patients sooner.

The researchers, led by Adriane M. Soehner, PhD, at the University of Pittsburgh, built on previous research showing that heightened reward motivation and sleep-circadian rhythm disruption are associated with
mania/ hypomania onset. Brain imaging studies have also shown that BSD
is associated with elevated reward expectancy activation in the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, a key reward- and salience-processing
hub.

For the current study, Dr. Soehner and colleagues clustered these
markers together; they hypothesized that a signature of increased mania
risk would be marked by elevated reward sensitivity, impulsivity, and sleep-circadian characteristics. Young adult participants, who did not
have a diagnosis of BSD, completed assessments and underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging.

About half the participants also underwent follow-up assessments at six
and 12 months.

Three "profiles" emerged from the sample: one healthy, one at moderate
risk, and one at high risk. Individuals at high risk had elevated mania symptoms at baseline compared to the other two groups. Over the 12-month follow-up interval, mania symptoms in both the high-risk and moderate-risk groups exceeded the healthy group.

Dr. Soehner said of the findings, "Here, we identified neurobehavioral
profiles based on reward sensitivity, impulsivity, and sleep-circadian characteristics that help distinguish those with elevated mania
vulnerability. These characteristics, in combination, may help
detect mania risk and provide targets to guide and monitor early interventions." Cameron Carter, MD, Editor of Biological Psychiatry:
Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, said of the work, "New findings
such as these highlight our emerging ability to combine neurobiological
and clinical measures to identify groups of patients at highest risk
for serious mental health problems such as mania, allowing for early identification and intervention for those at highest risk. Future
research is needed to show that this can lead to reduced suffering and
better outcomes in individuals identified in this way."
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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Adriane M. Soehner, Meredith L. Wallace, Kale Edmiston, Henry
W. Chase,
Jeannette Lockovich, Haris Aslam, Richelle Stiffler, Simona Graur,
Alex Skeba, Genna Bebko, Osasumwen E. Benjamin, Yiming Wang,
Mary L. Phillips.

Neurobehavioral Reward and Sleep-Circadian Profiles Predict
Present and Next-Year Mania/Hypomania Symptoms. Biological
Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2023; DOI:
10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.04.012 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230711133131.htm

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