MARCELO CAMARGO BATISTUZZO
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Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/23 - Laboratório de Psicopatologia e Terapêutica Psiquiátrica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/23 - Laboratório de Psicopatologia e Terapêutica Psiquiátrica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Attentional Bias to Symmetry and Cleaning Features in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study(2015) MATHIS, Maria Alice De; SALUM, Giovanni; MORAES, Ivanil; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo; MARCO, Marina De; TOLEDO, Maria Cecilia; REQUENA, Guaraci; ABEND, Rany; BAR-HAIM, Yair; MIGUEL, Euripedes; SHAVITT, RoseliconferenceObject Associations Between Medial Prefrontal Cerebral Metabolic Features and Clinical Characteristics in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder(2016) BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; HOEXTER, Marcelo; COSTA, Fabiana; SHAVITT, Roseli; LOPES, Antonio C.; CAPPI, Carolina; VATTIMO, Edoardo; MATHIS, Alice de; DINIZ, Juliana B.; HENNING, Anke; PASTORELLO, Bruno; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; OTADUY, Maria C.- Toward identifying reproducible brain signatures of obsessive-compulsive profiles: rationale and methods for a new global initiative(2020) SIMPSON, Helen Blair; HEUVEL, Odile A. van den; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; REDDY, Y. C. Janardhan; STEIN, Dan J.; LEWIS-FERNANDEZ, Roberto; SHAVITT, Roseli Gedanke; LOCHNER, Christine; POUWELS, Petra J. W.; NARAYANAWAMY, Janardhanan C.; VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Ganesan; HEZEL, Dianne M.; VRIEND, Chris; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.; JOODE, Niels T. de; COSTA, Daniel Lucas; MATHIS, Maria Alice de; SHESHACHALA, Karthik; NARAYAN, Madhuri; BALKOM, Anton J. L. M. van; BATELAAN, Neeltje M.; VENKATARAM, Shivakumar; CHERIAN, Anish; MARINCOWITZ, Clara; PANNEKOEK, Nienke; STOVEZKY, Yael R.; MARE, Karen; LIU, Feng; OTADUY, Maria Concepcion Garcia; PASTORELLO, Bruno; RAO, Rashmi; KATECHIS, Martha; METER, Page Van; WALL, MelanieBackground Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has a lifetime prevalence of 2-3% and is a leading cause of global disability. Brain circuit abnormalities in individuals with OCD have been identified, but important knowledge gaps remain. The goal of the new global initiative described in this paper is to identify robust and reproducible brain signatures of measurable behaviors and clinical symptoms that are common in individuals with OCD. A global approach was chosen to accelerate discovery, to increase rigor and transparency, and to ensure generalizability of results. Methods We will study 250 medication-free adults with OCD, 100 unaffected adult siblings of individuals with OCD, and 250 healthy control subjects at five expert research sites across five countries (Brazil, India, Netherlands, South Africa, and the U.S.). All participants will receive clinical evaluation, neurocognitive assessment, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The imaging will examine multiple brain circuits hypothesized to underlie OCD behaviors, focusing on morphometry (T1-weighted MRI), structural connectivity (Diffusion Tensor Imaging), and functional connectivity (resting-state fMRI). In addition to analyzing each imaging modality separately, we will also use multi-modal fusion with machine learning statistical methods in an attempt to derive imaging signatures that distinguish individuals with OCD from unaffected siblings and healthy controls (Aim #1). Then we will examine how these imaging signatures link to behavioral performance on neurocognitive tasks that probe these same circuits as well as to clinical profiles (Aim #2). Finally, we will explore how specific environmental features (childhood trauma, socioeconomic status, and religiosity) moderate these brain-behavior associations. Discussion Using harmonized methods for data collection and analysis, we will conduct the largest neurocognitive and multimodal-imaging study in medication-free subjects with OCD to date. By recruiting a large, ethno-culturally diverse sample, we will test whether there are robust biosignatures of core OCD features that transcend countries and cultures. If so, future studies can use these brain signatures to reveal trans-diagnostic disease dimensions, chart when these signatures arise during development, and identify treatments that target these circuit abnormalities directly. The long-term goal of this research is to change not only how we conceptualize OCD but also how we diagnose and treat it.
conferenceObject Single-Shot Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Insufficient Response to Radiosurgery(2018) LOPES, Antonio; KASABKOJIAN, Stephanie; SALLES, Antonio de; GORGULHO, Alessandra; VATTIMO, Edoardo; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo; HOEXTER, Marcelo; MATHIS, Maria E. de; JOAQUIM, Marines; CAPPI, Carolina; MCLAUGHLIN, Nicole; GREENBERG, Benjamin; NOREN, Georg; MIGUEL, EuripedesconferenceObject Myo-Inositol Reduction in Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study(2015) BATISTUZZO, Marcelo; HOEXTER, Marcelo; COSTA, Fabiana; SHAVITT, Roseli; LOPES, Antonio; CAPPI, Carolina; MATHIS, Alice De; NATASHA, Senc O.; HENNING, Anke; PASTORELLO, Bruno; LEITE, Claudia; MIGUEL, Euripedes; OTADUY, Maria- No evidence of attentional bias toward angry faces in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder(2019) SKINAZI, Michele; MATHIS, Maria A. de; COHAB, Tatiana; SOUZA, Marina de Marco e; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.Objective: Although attentional bias (AB) toward angry faces is well established in patients with anxiety disorders, it is still poorly studied in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We investigated whether OCD patients present AB toward angry faces, whether AB is related to symptom severity and whether AB scores are associated with specific OCD symptom dimensions. Methods: Forty-eight OCD patients were assessed in clinical evaluations, intelligence testing and a dot-probe AB paradigm that used neutral and angry faces as stimuli. Analyses were performed with a one-sample t-test, Pearson correlations and linear regression. Results: No evidence of AB was observed in OCD patients, nor was there any association between AB and symptom severity or dimension. Psychiatric comorbidity did not affect our results. Conclusion: In accordance with previous studies, we were unable to detect AB in OCD patients. To investigate whether OCD patients have different brain activation patterns from anxiety disorder patients, future studies using a transdiagnostic approach should evaluate AB in OCD and anxiety disorder patients as they perform AB tasks under functional neuroimaging protocols.
- Lower Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Glutamate Levels in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(2021) BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; SOTTILI, Bruna A.; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; LOPES, Antonio C.; CAPPI, Carolina; MATHIS, Maria Alice de; PASTORELLO, Bruno; DINIZ, Juliana B.; SILVA, Renata M. F.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.; OTADUY, Maria C.Background: Recent studies using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1-MRS) indicate that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) present abnormal levels of glutamate (Glu) and gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the frontal and striatal regions of the brain. These abnormalities could be related to the hyperactivation observed in cortico-striatal circuits of patients with OCD. However, most of the previous H-1-MRS studies were not capable of differentiating the signal from metabolites that overlap in the spectrum, such as Glu and glutamine (Gln), and referred to the detected signal as the composite measure-Glx (sum of Glu and Gln). In this study, we used a two-dimensional JPRESS H-1-MRS sequence that allows the discrimination of overlapping metabolites by observing the differences in J-coupling, leading to higher accuracy in the quantification of all metabolites. Our objective was to identify possible alterations in the neurometabolism of OCD, focusing on Glu and GABA, which are key neurotransmitters in the brain that could provide insights into the underlying neurochemistry of a putative excitatory/inhibitory imbalance. Secondary analysis was performed including metabolites such as Gln, creatine (Cr), N-acetylaspartate, glutathione, choline, lactate, and myo-inositol. Methods: Fifty-nine patients with OCD and 42 healthy controls (HCs) underwent 3T H-1-MRS in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC, 30 x 25 x 25 mm(3)). Metabolites were quantified using ProFit (version 2.0) and Cr as a reference. Furthermore, Glu/GABA and Glu/Gln ratios were calculated. Generalized linear models (GLMs) were conducted using each metabolite as a dependent variable and age, sex, and gray matter fraction (fGM) as confounding factors. GLM analysis was also used to test for associations between clinical symptoms and neurometabolites. Results: The GLM analysis indicated lower levels of Glu/Cr in patients with OCD (z = 2.540; p = 0.011). No other comparisons reached significant differences between groups for all the metabolites studied. No associations between metabolites and clinical symptoms were detected. Conclusions: The decreased Glu/Cr concentrations in the vmPFC of patients with OCD indicate a neurochemical imbalance in the excitatory neurotransmission that could be associated with the neurobiology of the disease and may be relevant for the pathophysiology of OCD.
- Outlining new frontiers for the comprehension of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review of its relationship with fear and anxiety(2012) DINIZ, Juliana Belo; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; OLIVEIRA, Amanda Ribeiro de; REIMER, Adriano Edgar; BRANDAO, Marcus Lira; MATHIS, Maria Alice de; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo Camargo; COSTA, Daniel Lucas Conceicao; HOEXTER, Marcelo QueirozAnxiety is an important component of the psychopathology of the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). So far, most interventions that have proven to be effective for treating OCD are similar to those developed for other anxiety disorders. However, neurobiological studies of OCD came to conclusions that are not always compatible with those previously associated with other anxiety disorders. Objectives: The aim of this study is to review the degree of overlap between OCD and other anxiety disorders phenomenology and pathophysiology to support the rationale that guides research in this field. Results: Clues about the neurocircuits involved in the manifestation of anxiety disorders have been obtained through the study of animal anxiety models, and structural and functional neuroimaging in humans. These investigations suggest that in OCD, in addition to dysfunction in cortico-striatal pathways, the functioning of an alternative neurocircuitry, which involves amygdalo-cortical interactions and participates in fear conditioning and extinction processes, may be impaired. Conclusion: It is likely that anxiety is a relevant dimension of OCD that impacts on other features of this disorder. Therefore, future studies may benefit from the investigation of the expression of fear and anxiety by OCD patients according to their type of obsessions and compulsions, age of OCD onset, comorbidities, and patterns of treatment response.
- Cellular and Extracellular White Matter Abnormalities in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study(2021) MAZIERO, Maria Paula; SEITZ-HOLLAND, Johanna; CHO, Kang Ik K.; GOLDENBERG, Joshua E.; TANAMATIS, Tais W.; DINIZ, Juliana B.; CAPPI, Carolina; MATHIS, Maria Alice de; OTADUY, Maria C. G.; MARTIN, Maria da Graca Morais; SILVA, Renata de Melo Felipe da; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; LOPES, Antonio C.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; PASTERNAK, Ofer; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.BACKGROUND: While previous studies have implicated white matter (WM) as a core pathology of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), the underlying neurobiological processes remain elusive. This study used free-water (FW) imaging derived from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to identify cellular and extracellular WM abnormalities in patients with OCD compared with control subjects. Next, we investigated the association between diffusion measures and clinical variables in patients. METHODS: We collected diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and clinical data from 83 patients with OCD (56 women/27 men, age 37.7 +/- 10.6 years) and 52 control subjects (27 women/25 men, age 32.8 +/- 11.5 years). Fractional anisotropy (FA), FA of cellular tissue, and extracellular FW maps were extracted and compared between patients and control subjects using tract-based spatial statistics and voxelwise comparison in FSL Randomise. Next, we correlated these WM measures with clinical variables (age of onset and symptom severity) and compared them between patients with and without comorbidities and patients with and without psychiatric medication. RESULTS: Patients with OCD demonstrated lower FA (43.4% of the WM skeleton), lower FA of cellular tissue (31% of the WM skeleton), and higher FW (22.5% of the WM skeleton) compared with control subjects. We did not observe significant correlations between diffusion measures and clinical variables. Comorbidities and medication status did not influence diffusion measures. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings of widespread FA, FA of cellular tissue, and FW abnormalities suggest that OCD is associated with microstructural cellular and extracellular abnormalities beyond the corticostriatothalamocortical circuits. Future multimodal longitudinal studies are needed to understand better the influence of essential clinical variables across the illness trajectory.
- Attentional Bias in specific symmetry and cleaning dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder(2020) MATHIS, Maria Alice De; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo Camargo; BAR-HAIM, Yair; ABEND, Rany; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; MORAIS, Ivanil; REQUENA, Guaraci; SALUM, Giovanni Abrahao; SHAVITT, Roseli G.Attentional bias (AB) refers to increased allocation of attention on threat stimuli when compared to neutral stimuli. It is not clear if AB occurs in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We tested AB for symmetry and cleaning symptoms of OCD. Sixty-two patients with OCD and 40 healthy controls matched by gender, age and IQ, completed a computerized dot-probe task where two pictures (with symmetry or cleaning related content) were shown. The probe appeared in the location previously occupied by one of the pictures. Within-subjects linear mixed-effect models were used to investigate the effects of the factors: group (patients vs controls), OCD dimension (cleaning vs symmetry), task condition (neutral, congruent and incongruent), and the interaction among them. We also correlated AB scores with the clinical and demographic variables. No positive interaction resulted among the factors, but positive results were observed in group and condition, separately. Patients were significantly slower than controls (p-value = 0.014) (an effect that was accounted for by depression and anxiety symptoms and comorbidity) and the neutral condition was significantly faster when compared the other two conditions (congruent and incongruent, p-value = 0.013). No association was found between AB scores and clinical symptoms. There was no AB toward specific, content-related, stimuli in this sample of OCD patients.