6 research outputs found
Intrusive Traumatic Re-Experiencing Domain (ITRED) â Functional Connectivity Feature Classification by the ENIGMA PTSD Consortium
Background
Intrusive Traumatic Re-Experiencing Domain (ITRED) was recently introduced as a novel perspective on posttraumatic psychopathology, proposing to focus research of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the unique symptoms of intrusive and involuntary re-experiencing of the trauma, namely, intrusive memories, nightmares, and flashbacks. The aim of the present study was to explore ITRED from a neural network connectivity perspective.
Methods
Data was collected from nine sites taking part in the ENIGMA-PTSD Consortium (n=584) and included itemized PTSD symptoms scores and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) data. We assessed the utility of rsFC in classifying PTSD, ITRED-only (no PTSD diagnosis), and Trauma-exposed (TE)-only (no PTSD or ITRED) groups using a machine learning approach, examining well-known networks implicated in PTSD. Random forest classification model was built on a training set using cross-validation (CV), and the averaged CV model performance for classification was evaluated using area-under-the-curve (AUC). The model was tested using a fully independent portion of the data (test dataset), and the test AUC was evaluated.
Results
RsFC signatures differentiated TE-only participants from PTSD and from ITRED-only participants at about 60% accuracy. Conversely, rsFC signatures did not differentiate PTSD from ITRED-only individuals (45% accuracy). Common features differentiating TE-only participants from PTSD and from ITRED-only participants mainly involved default mode network-related pathways. Some unique features, such as connectivity within the frontal-parietal network, differentiated TE-only participants from one group (PTSD or ITRED-only), but to a lesser extent from the other.
Conclusion
Neural network connectivity supports ITRED as a novel neurobiologically-based approach to classifying post-trauma psychopathology
Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning
Neuroanatomical findings on youth anxiety disorders are notoriously difficult to replicate, small in effect size,
and have limited clinical relevance. These concerns have prompted a paradigm shift towards highly powered
(i.e., big data) individual-level inferences, which are data-driven, transdiagnostic, and neurobiologically
informed. Hence, we uniquely built/validated supervised neuroanatomical machine learning (ML) models for
individual-level inferences, using the largest up to date neuroimaging database on youth anxiety disorders:
ENIGMA Anxiety Consortium (N=3,343; Age: 10-25 years; Global Sites: 32). Modest, yet robust, brain-based
classifications were achieved for specific anxiety disorders (Panic Disorder), but also transdiagnostically for all
anxiety disorders when patients were subgrouped according to their sex, medication status, and symptom
severity (AUCâs 0.59-0.63). Classifications were driven by neuroanatomical features (cortical thickness/surface
area, subcortical volumes) in fronto-striato-limbic and temporo-parietal regions. This benchmark study provides
estimates on individual-level classification performances that can be realistically achieved with ML using
neuroanatomical data, within a large, heterogenous, and multi-site sample of youth with anxiety disorders
Intrusive Traumatic Re-Experiencing Domain: Functional Connectivity Feature Classification by the ENIGMA PTSD Consortium
Background: Intrusive traumatic re-experiencing domain (ITRED) was recently introduced as a novel perspective on posttraumatic psychopathology, proposing to focus research of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the unique symptoms of intrusive and involuntary re-experiencing of the trauma, namely, intrusive memories, nightmares, and flashbacks. The aim of the present study was to explore ITRED from a neural network connectivity perspective. Methods: Data were collected from 9 sites taking part in the ENIGMA (Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta Analysis) PTSD Consortium (n = 584) and included itemized PTSD symptom scores and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) data. We assessed the utility of rsFC in classifying PTSD, ITRED-only (no PTSD diagnosis), and trauma-exposed (TE)âonly (no PTSD or ITRED) groups using a machine learning approach, examining well-known networks implicated in PTSD. A random forest classification model was built on a training set using cross-validation, and the averaged cross-validation model performance for classification was evaluated using the area under the curve. The model was tested using a fully independent portion of the data (test dataset), and the test area under the curve was evaluated. Results: rsFC signatures differentiated TE-only participants from PTSD and ITRED-only participants at about 60% accuracy. Conversely, rsFC signatures did not differentiate PTSD from ITRED-only individuals (45% accuracy). Common features differentiating TE-only participants from PTSD and ITRED-only participants mainly involved default mode networkârelated pathways. Some unique features, such as connectivity within the frontoparietal network, differentiated TE-only participants from one group (PTSD or ITRED-only) but to a lesser extent from the other group. Conclusions: Neural network connectivity supports ITRED as a novel neurobiologically based approach to classifying posttrauma psychopathology
Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning
Neuroanatomical findings on youth anxiety disorders are notoriously difficult to replicate, small in effect size and have limited clinical relevance. These concerns have prompted a paradigm shift toward highly powered (that is, big data) individual-level inferences, which are data driven, transdiagnostic and neurobiologically informed. Here we built and validated supervised neuroanatomical machine learning models for individual-level inferences, using a caseâcontrol design and the largest known neuroimaging database on youth anxiety disorders: the ENIGMA-Anxiety Consortium (Nâ=â3,343; ageâ=â10â25 years; global sitesâ=â32). Modest, yet robust, brain-based classifications were achieved for specific anxiety disorders (panic disorder), but also transdiagnostically for all anxiety disorders when patients were subgrouped according to their sex, medication status and symptom severity (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.59â0.63). Classifications were driven by neuroanatomical features (cortical thickness, cortical surface area and subcortical volumes) in fronto-striato-limbic and temporoparietal regions. This benchmark study within a large, heterogeneous and multisite sample of youth with anxiety disorders reveals that only modest classification performances can be realistically achieved with machine learning using neuroanatomical data
Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning
Neuroanatomical findings on youth anxiety disorders are notoriously difficult to replicate, small in effect size and have limited clinical relevance. These concerns have prompted a paradigm shift toward highly powered (that is, big data) individual-level inferences, which are data driven, transdiagnostic and neurobiologically informed. Here we built and validated supervised neuroanatomical machine learning models for individual-level inferences, using a caseâcontrol design and the largest known neuroimaging database on youth anxiety disorders: the ENIGMA-Anxiety Consortium (N = 3,343; age = 10â25 years; global sites = 32). Modest, yet robust, brain- based classifications were achieved for specific anxiety disorders (panic disorder), but also transdiagnostically for all anxiety disorders when patients were subgrouped according to their sex, medication status and symptom severity (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.59â0.63). Classifications were driven by neuroanatomical features (cortical thickness, cortical surface area and subcortical volumes) in fronto- striato-limbic and temporoparietal regions. This benchmark study within a large, heterogeneous and multisite sample of youth with anxiety disorders reveals that only modest classification performances can be realistically achieved with machine learning using neuroanatomical data
Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning
Neuroanatomical findings on youth anxiety disorders are notoriously difficult to replicate, small in effect size and have limited clinical relevance. These concerns have prompted a paradigm shift toward highly powered (that is, big data) individual-level inferences, which are data driven, transdiagnostic and neurobiologically informed. Here we built and validated supervised neuroanatomical machine learning models for individual-level inferences, using a caseâcontrol design and the largest known neuroimaging database on youth anxiety disorders: the ENIGMA-Anxiety Consortium (Nâ=â3,343; ageâ=â10â25 years; global sitesâ=â32). Modest, yet robust, brain-based classifications were achieved for specific anxiety disorders (panic disorder), but also transdiagnostically for all anxiety disorders when patients were subgrouped according to their sex, medication status and symptom severity (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.59â0.63). Classifications were driven by neuroanatomical features (cortical thickness, cortical surface area and subcortical volumes) in fronto-striato-limbic and temporoparietal regions. This benchmark study within a large, heterogeneous and multisite sample of youth with anxiety disorders reveals that only modest classification performances can be realistically achieved with machine learning using neuroanatomical data