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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- Intelligence quotient (IQ) in pediatric patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder(2020) BATISTUZZO, Marcelo Camargo; SOUZA, Marina de Marco e; BERNARDES, Elisa Teixeira; REQUENA, Guaraci; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; SHAVITT, Roseli GedankeObjective: The aim of the present study was to examine the intellectual quotient (IQ) in a large sample of youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and to compare them with typically developing individuals (TDI), adding to the scarce literature focusing on the intelligence evaluation of this population. Method: The IQ of 82 children and adolescents with OCD and 82 TDI, matched by age, sex, handedness and education, was assessed by the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI, Brazilian-version). Statistics were performed with independent t-test, correlations and ANCOVA (controlling for motor and processing speed and comorbidities), corrected using the Benjamini-Hochberg multiple comparisons correction. Results: No between-group differences were found on the full-scale IQ (FSIQ, p-value = 0.545) or verbal IQ (VIQ; p-value = 0.423). In contrast, a significant difference was found in the performance IQ (PIQ; p-value = 0.045, Cohen's d = 0.379) and IQ discrepancy, i.e. the difference between VIQ and PIQ (p-value = 0.012, Cohen's d = 0.494). Analyses of the PIQ subtest scores revealed impaired performance in the Block Design test among OCD patients (p-value = 0.012, Cohen's d = 0.273), that remained after correcting for motor and processing speed and comorbidity status. Conclusion: In our sample of pediatric patients with OCD, the FSIQ, VIQ and PIQ were within the average range (90-110), and we did not find between-group differences in the FSIQ or VIQ, indicating that youth with OCD do not present major deficits in intellectual efficiency. Nevertheless, replicating an extensive adult literature, we found lower PIQ scores in youth patients, that were not better explained by motor and processing speed or comorbidity status.
- Brain structural covariance networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a graph analysis from the ENIGMA Consortium(2020) YUN, Je-Yeon; BOEDHOE, Premika S. W.; VRIEND, Chris; JAHANSHAD, Neda; ABE, Yoshinari; AMEIS, Stephanie H.; ANTICEVIC, Alan; ARNOLD, Paul D.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; BENEDETTI, Francesco; BEUCKE, Jan C.; BOLLETTINI, Irene; BOSE, Anushree; BREM, Silvia; CALVO, Anna; CHENG, Yuqi; CHO, Kang Ik K.; CIULLO, Valentina; DALLASPEZIA, Sara; DENYS, Damiaan; FEUSNER, Jamie D.; FOUCHE, Jean-Paul; GIMENEZ, Monica; GRUNER, Patricia; HIBAR, Derrek P.; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.; HU, Hao; HUYSER, Chaim; IKARI, Keisuke; KATHMANN, Norbert; KAUFMANN, Christian; KOCH, Kathrin; LAZARO, Luisa; LOCHNER, Christine; MARQUES, Paulo; MARSH, Rachel; MARTINEZ-ZALACAIN, Ignacio; MATAIX-COLS, David; MENCHON, Jose M.; MINUZZI, Luciano; MORGADO, Pedro; MOREIRA, Pedro; NAKAMAE, Takashi; NAKAO, Tomohiro; NARAYANASWAMY, Janardhanan C.; NURMI, Erika L.; O'NEILL, Joseph; PIACENTINI, John; PIRAS, Fabrizio; PIRAS, Federica; REDDY, Y. C. Janardhan; SATO, Joao R.; SIMPSON, H. Blair; SORENI, Noam; SORIANO-MAS, Carles; SPALLETTA, Gianfranco; STEVENS, Michael C.; SZESZKO, Philip R.; TOLIN, David F.; VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Ganesan; WALITZA, Susanne; WANG, Zhen; WINGEN, Guido A. van; XU, Jian; XU, Xiufeng; ZHAO, Qing; THOMPSON, Paul M.; STEIN, Dan J.; HEUVEL, Odile A. van den; KWON, Jun SooBrain structural covariance networks reflect covariation in morphology of different brain areas and are thought to reflect commontrajectories in brain development and maturation. Large-scale investigation of structural covariance networks in obsessive-compulsivedisorder (OCD) may provide clues to the pathophysiology of this neurodevelopmental disorder. Using T1-weighted MRI scansacquired from 1616 individuals with OCD and 1463 healthy controls across 37 datasets participating in the ENIGMA-OCDWorking Group, we calculated intra-individual brain structural covariance networks (using the bilaterally-averaged values of 33cortical surface areas, 33 cortical thickness values, and six subcortical volumes), in which edge weights were proportional to thesimilarity between two brain morphological features in terms of deviation from healthy controls (i.e. z-score transformed). Globalnetworks were characterized using measures of network segregation (clustering and modularity), network integration (global efficiency),and their balance (small-worldness), and their community membership was assessed. Hub profiling of regional networkswas undertaken using measures of betweenness, closeness, and eigenvector centrality. Individually calculated network measureswere integrated across the 37 datasets using a meta-analytical approach. These network measures were summated across the networkdensity range of K = 0.10-0.25 per participant, and were integrated across the 37 datasets using a meta-analytical approach. Compared with healthy controls, at a global level, the structural covariance networks of OCD showed lower clustering(P<0.0001), lower modularity (P<0.0001), and lower small-worldness (P = 0.017). Detection of community membershipemphasized lower network segregation in OCD compared to healthy controls. At the regional level, there were lower (rank-transformed)centrality values in OCD for volume of caudate nucleus and thalamus, and surface area of paracentral cortex, indicativeof altered distribution of brain hubs. Centrality of cingulate and orbito-frontal as well as other brain areas was associated withOCD illness duration, suggesting greater involvement of these brain areas with illness chronicity. In summary, the findings of thisstudy, the largest brain structural covariance study of OCD to date, point to a less segregated organization of structural covariancenetworks in OCD, and reorganization of brain hubs. The segregation findings suggest a possible signature of altered brain morphometryin OCD, while the hub findings point to OCD-related alterations in trajectories of brain development and maturation, particularlyin cingulate and orbitofrontal regions.
- 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.
- Hippocampal formation volume, its subregions, and its specific contributions to visuospatial memory tasks(2020) SHAVITT, T.; JOHNSON, I. N. S.; BATISTUZZO, M. C.Visuospatial memory (VSM) is the ability to represent and manipulate visual and spatial information. This cognitive function depends on the functioning of the hippocampal formation (HF), located in the medial portion of the temporal cortex. The present study aimed to investigate whether there is an association between the volume of the HF and performance in VSM tests. High-resolution structural images (T1) and neuropsychological tests evaluating VSM were performed on 31 healthy individuals. A VSM index was created by grouping 5 variables from 5 tasks (4 from the CANTAB battery and 1 from the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test). Multiple linear regression models using the volumes of HF subregions as independent variables and the VSM index as the dependent variable were conducted to test the hypothesis that memory performance could be predicted by HF volumes. We also conducted analyses to explore the role of covariates that may mediate this relationship, specifically age and intelligence quotient (IQ). We found significant associations between the hippocampal subregions of the left hemisphere and the VSM index (F(7,22)=2.758, P=0.032, R-a(2)=0.298). When IQ was accounted for as a covariate, we also found significant results for the right hemisphere (F(8,21)=2.804, P=0.028, R-a(2)=0.517). We concluded that the bilateral hippocampal formations contributed to performance on VSM tasks. Also, VSM processing is essential for a diverse set of daily activities and may be influenced by demographic variables in healthy subjects.
- Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children(2020) BERNARDES, Elisa Teixeira; MANITTO, Alicia Matijasevich; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; PAN, Pedro Mario; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo Camargo; ROHDE, Luis Augusto; POLANCZYK, Guilherme V.Evidence points to an independent relationship among childhood maltreatment, impairments in executive functions (EF) and disruptive behavior disorders (DBD). However, it is still not fully understood how these three factors are interrelated. This study evaluated the association between childhood maltreatment and DBD testing the role of EF performance as a mediator or moderator. We studied a probabilistic school-based sample of 2016 children from 6 to 12 years. Mental disorders were assessed using the Development and Well-Being Assessment with parents and children. Children answered questions about exposure to child maltreatment and were evaluated with a set of cognitive tasks addressing inhibitory control, working memory, cognitive flexibility and planning. Childhood maltreatment was strongly associated with DBD (OR = 7.7, CI 95% 4.5-12.9). No association was found between childhood maltreatment and EF performance. Children with DBD showed worse performance in cognitive flexibility, which was not identified as a mediator or moderator of the association between childhood maltreatment and DBD. Results indicate that the association between maltreatment and disruptive behavior occurs regardless of performance in executive function in a community sample. Future studies are essential to confirm these findings and elucidate the cognitive mechanisms involved in this association.
- Is it time to change the gold standard of obsessive-compulsive disorder severity assessment? Factor structure of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale(2020) FATORI, Daniel; COSTA, Daniel L. C.; ASBAHR, Fernando R.; FERRAO, Ygor A.; ROSARIO, Maria Conceicao; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.Objectives: The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale has been considered the gold standard scale to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder severity. Previous studies using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis with this scale showed mixed findings in terms of factor structure and fit of models. Therefore, we used confirmatory factor analysis to compare different Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale models in a large sample aiming to identify the best model fit. Methods: We assessed adult obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (n = 955) using three measures: Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale severity ratings, the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and the clinical global impression scale. We tested all factor structures reported by previous studies to investigate which model best fitted the data: one-factor, two-factor, three-factor and their equivalent high-order solutions. We also investigated Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale items correlations with scores from the other measures of obsessive-compulsive disorder severity. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis models presented mediocre to fair goodness-of-fit indexes. Severity items related to resistance to obsessions and compulsions presented low factor loadings. The model with the best fit indexes was a high-order model without obsessive-compulsive disorder resistance items. These items also presented small correlations with other obsessive-compulsive disorder severity measures. Conclusion: The obsessive-compulsive disorder field needs to discuss further improvements in the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and/or continue to search for better measures of obsessive-compulsive disorder severity.
- Exploring response inhibition and error monitoring in obsessive-compulsive disorder(2020) SILVEIRA, Vitor Portella; FRYDMAN, Ilana; FONTENELLE, Leonardo F.; MATTOS, Paulo; OLIVEIRA-SOUZA, Ricardo de; MOLL, Jorge; HOEXTER, Marcelo Queiroz; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; MCLAUGHLIN, Nicole C. R.; SHEPHARD, Elizabeth; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo CamargoBehavioral evidence of impaired response inhibition (RI) and hyperactive error monitoring (EM) in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is inconsistent. Recent neuroimaging work suggests that EM plays a role in RI impairments in OCD, but this has rarely been investigated using behavioral measures. The aims of this study were to (1) compare RI and EM performance between adults with OCD and non-psychiatric controls (NPC) while investigating possible moderators, and (2) assess whether excessive EM influences RI in OCD. We compared RI and EM performance on the Stop-Signal Task (SST) between 92 adults with OCD and 65 NPC from two Brazilian sites. We used linear regression to investigate which variables (group, age, medication use, clinical symptomatology) influenced performance, as well as to examine possible associations between RI and EM. OCD and NPC did not differ in RI and EM. However, age moderated RI performance in OCD with a medium effect size, reflecting differential effects of age on RI between groups: age was positively associated with RI in OCD but not NPC. Further, OCD severity predicted EM with a medium to large effect size, suggesting that more symptomatic patients showed greater monitoring of their mistakes. Finally, group moderated the relationship between RI and EM with a small effect size. Our findings suggest that demographic factors may influence RI, whereas clinical factors may influence EM. Further, we found preliminary behavioral evidence to indicate that impaired RI and excessive EM are related in OCD.
- Cognitive performance in children and adolescents at high-risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder(2020) BERNARDES, Elisa Teixeira; SARAIVA, Leonardo Cardoso; SOUZA, Marina de Marco e; QUEIROZ-HOEXTER, Marcelo; CHACON, Priscila; REQUENA, Guaraci; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; SHAVITT, Roseli Gedanke; POLANCZYK, Guilherme Vanoni; CAPPI, Carolina; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo CamargoBackground Cognitive performance has been studied in adults with obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) and in adult relatives of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Meanwhile, few studies have been conducted with children under the same conditions. This study compared the neurocognitive domains previously associated with dysfunction in OCD, especially visuoconstructive ability, visuospatial memory, executive functions, and intelligence, in children and adolescents at high risk (HR) for OCD (n = 18) and non-OCD controls (NOC) (n = 31). Methods For the HR group, we considered the first-degree relatives of patients with OCD that present OCS, but do not meet diagnostic criteria for OCD. Psychiatric diagnosis was assessed by experienced clinicians using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV and OCS severity was measured by the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Neurocognitive assessment was performed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. Performance on the cognitive domains was compared between groups using Multivariate Analysis of Variance, whereas performance on the neuropsychological variables was compared between groups using independent t-tests in a cognitive subdomain analysis. Results The cognitive domain analysis revealed a trend towards significance for impairments in the motor and processing speed domain (p = 0.019; F = 3.12) in the HR group. Moreover, the cognitive subdomain analysis identified a statistically significant underperformance in spatial working memory in the HR group when compared to the NOC group (p = 0.005;t = - 2.94), and a trend towards significance for impairments in non-verbal memory and visuoconstructive tasks in the HR group. Conclusions Our results suggest impairments in spatial working memory and motor and processing speed in a non-clinical sample of HR participants. Considering the preliminary nature of our findings, further studies investigating these neurocognitive domains as potential predictors of pediatric OCD are warranted.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Symptoms Predict Poorer Response to Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable OCD(2020) COPETTI, Maria Eugenia; LOPES, Antonio C.; REQUENA, Guaraci; JOHNSON, Isaac N. S.; GREENBERG, Benjamin D.; NOREN, Georg; MCLAUGHLIN, Nicole C. R.; SHAVITT, Roseli G.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.; HOEXTER, Marcelo Q.Gamma ventral capsulotomy (GVC) is a radiosurgical procedure which aims to create lesions in the ventral part of the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC). It has been used as a treatment option for patients with intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who do not respond to several first-line treatments attempts. However, changes in personality disorder symptoms after GVC have not been investigated. The aims of this study are to investigate changes in personality disorder symptoms after GVC and to search for baseline personality disorder symptoms that may predict clinical response to GVC. Fourteen treatment-intractable OCD patients who underwent GVC completed the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SCID-II) at baseline and one year after the procedure. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to investigate personality disorder symptom changes before and after surgery. Linear regression models were utilized to predict treatment response, using baseline personality disorder symptoms as independent variables. We did not observe any quantitative changes in personality disorder symptoms after GVC, compared with baseline. Higher severity of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms at baseline was correlated with worse treatment response after GVC for OCD (beta = -0.085, t-value = -2.52, p-value = 0.027). These findings advocate for the safety of the GVC procedure in this specific population of intractable OCD patients, in terms of personality disorder symptom changes. They also highlight the importance of taking into account the severity of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms when GVC is indicated for intractable OCD patients.
- Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents(2020) MIOTTO, Eliane C.; BALARDIN, Joana B.; MARTIN, Maria da Graca M.; V, Guilherme Polanczyk; SAVAGE, Cary R.; MIGUEL, Euripedes C.; BATISTUZZO, Marcelo C.Episodic memory is the ability to learn, store and recall new information. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a crucial area engaged in this ability. Cognitive training has been demonstrated to improve episodic memory in adults and older subjects. However, there are no studies examining the effects of cognitive training on episodic memory encoding in typically developing children and adolescents. This study investigated the behavioral effects and neural correlates of semantic categorization strategy training in children and adolescents during verbal episodic memory encoding using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants with age range: 7-18 years were scanned before and after semantic categorization training during encoding of word lists. Results showed improved memory performance in adolescents, but not in children. Deactivation of the anterior medial PFC/anterior cingulate and higher activation of the right anterior and lateral orbital gyri, right frontal pole and right middle frontal gyrus activation were found after training in adolescents when compared to children. These findings suggest different maturational paths of brain regions, especially in the PFC, and deactivation of default mode network areas, which are involved in successful memory and executive processes in the developing brain.