10 results on '"Ashtari, Manzar"'
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2. Diffusion abnormalities in adolescents and young adults with a history of heavy cannabis use.
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Ashtari M, Cervellione K, Cottone J, Ardekani BA, Sevy S, and Kumra S
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- Adolescent, Alcoholism physiopathology, Analysis of Variance, Anisotropy, Case-Control Studies, Frontal Lobe pathology, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted methods, Male, Nerve Net pathology, Temporal Lobe pathology, Young Adult, Brain pathology, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Marijuana Abuse physiopathology
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Background: There is growing evidence that adolescence is a key period for neuronal maturation. Despite the high prevalence of marijuana use among adolescents and young adults in the United States and internationally, very little is known about its impact on the developing brain. Based on neuroimaging literature on normal brain developmental during adolescence, we hypothesized that individuals with heavy cannabis use (HCU) would have brain structure abnormalities in similar brain regions that undergo development during late adolescence, particularly the fronto-temporal connection., Method: Fourteen young adult males in residential treatment for cannabis dependence and 14 age-matched healthy male control subjects were recruited. Patients had a history of HCU throughout adolescence; 5 had concurrent alcohol abuse. Subjects underwent structural and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. White matter integrity was compared between subject groups using voxelwise and fiber tractography analysis., Results: Voxelwise and tractography analyses revealed that adolescents with HCU had reduced fractional anisotropy, increased radial diffusivity, and increased trace in the homologous areas known to be involved in ongoing development during late adolescence, particularly in the fronto-temporal connection via arcuate fasciculus., Conclusions: Our results support the hypothesis that heavy cannabis use during adolescence may affect the trajectory of normal brain maturation. Due to concurrent alcohol consumption in five HCU subjects, conclusions from this study should be considered preliminary, as the DTI findings reported here may be reflective of the combination of alcohol and marijuana use. Further research in larger samples, longitudinal in nature, and controlling for alcohol consumption is needed to better understand the pathophysiology of the effect of cannabis on the developing brain.
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- 2009
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3. White matter development during late adolescence in healthy males: a cross-sectional diffusion tensor imaging study.
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Ashtari M, Cervellione KL, Hasan KM, Wu J, McIlree C, Kester H, Ardekani BA, Roofeh D, Szeszko PR, and Kumra S
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- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Humans, Male, Reference Values, Brain anatomy & histology, Brain growth & development, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Background: Previous MRI studies of healthy children have reported age-related white matter (WM) changes in language and motor areas of the brain. The authors investigated WM development in healthy adolescent males through age-associated changes in fractional anisotropy (FA), radial (lambda( perpendicular)) and axial (lambda(||)) diffusivity., Methods: Twenty-four healthy adolescent males (mean age=16.6, SD=2.5 years) were divided into two groups with an age split of 16.9 years and underwent a whole-brain voxelwise analysis., Results: At a threshold of p<0.001 and extent threshold of 100 contiguous voxels, several clusters with increased FA and axial diffusivity and no differences in radial diffusivity were observed in older adolescents compared to the younger adolescents in the left arcuate fasciculus, bilateral posterior internal capsule/thalamic radiation, bilateral prefrontal gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus, and posterior corpus callosum. Increased FA and lambda(||) of several clusters along the arcuate fasciculus significantly correlated with a test of language and semantic memory., Conclusions: These results suggest ongoing maturational changes especially in the arcuate fasiculus during late adolescence. Increased FA and lambda(||) with no changes in radial diffusivity may reflect a developmental pattern of reduced tortuousity toward more straightened fibers and/or increased axonal fiber organization during late adolescence.
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- 2007
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4. Neuroimaging studies of children with serious emotional disturbances: a selective review.
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Serene JA, Ashtari M, Szeszko PR, and Kumra S
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- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Bipolar Disorder psychology, Child, Depressive Disorder, Major psychology, Humans, Severity of Illness Index, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity diagnosis, Bipolar Disorder diagnosis, Brain abnormalities, Depressive Disorder, Major diagnosis, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Schizophrenia diagnosis
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Objectives: To critically review and integrate, from a developmental perspective, recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of 4 childhood psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (BD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and major depressive disorder (MDD)., Method: We reviewed published reports in refereed journals. We briefly describe the major findings with respect to the brain morphometry, chemistry, and function of children with psychiatric disorders and synthesize the reports in a summary to update clinicians., Results: Some cortical grey matter abnormalities associated with schizophrenia appear to predate the onset of frank psychosis and continue to advance after the onset of psychosis, at least in more severe cases. Pediatric BD is associated with abnormalities in a circuit, thought to be involved in mood regulation, that encompasses the amygdala, striatum, and ventral PFC. Frontostriatal abnormalities are reported consistently in ADHD, potentially reflecting abnormalities in the development of cognitive control. Children with MDD show prefrontal cortical alterations that may differ in familial and nonfamilial subtypes of MDD., Conclusions: Results from neuroimaging studies of childhood psychopathology reveal abnormalities in the developmental trajectories observed in healthy children. Although MRI has increased our understanding of the pathophysiology of these disorders, routine neuroimaging for children with severe emotional disturbances is not indicated for diagnostic purposes.
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- 2007
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5. Brain morphometry using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: application to schizophrenia.
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Ardekani BA, Bappal A, D'Angelo D, Ashtari M, Lencz T, Szeszko PR, Butler PD, Javitt DC, Lim KO, Hrabe J, Nierenberg J, Branch CA, and Hoptman MJ
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- Adult, Female, Hippocampus pathology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occipital Lobe pathology, Temporal Lobe pathology, Brain pathology, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Schizophrenia pathology
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Loss of cortical gray matter is accompanied by a commensurate increase in the sulcal and intraventricular cerebrospinal fluid volume. On diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, this would be reflected as a higher apparent diffusion coefficient in affected brain regions. On the basis of the above premise, we suggest that the apparent diffusion coefficient may be used as a surrogate marker for the assessment of regional brain volume deficits. We demonstrate this approach by voxelwise analysis of registered apparent diffusion coefficient images from a group of 15 patients with schizophrenia and 15 age-matched healthy controls. We found widespread regional apparent diffusion coefficient increases in patients. Affected areas included the bilateral insular cortex, hippocampus, temporal lobe, and occipital areas. These results largely concur with previous findings of cortical volume deficits in schizophrenia.
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- 2005
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6. White matter abnormalities in early-onset schizophrenia: a voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging study.
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Kumra S, Ashtari M, Cervellione KL, Henderson I, Kester H, Roofeh D, Wu J, Clarke T, Thaden E, Kane JM, Rhinewine J, Lencz T, Diamond A, Ardekani BA, and Szeszko PR
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- Adolescent, Age of Onset, Anisotropy, Brain ultrastructure, Brain Mapping, Child, Female, Frontal Lobe pathology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychotic Disorders diagnosis, Schizophrenia diagnosis, Schizophrenic Psychology, Temporal Lobe pathology, Brain pathology, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging statistics & numerical data, Psychotic Disorders pathology, Schizophrenia pathology
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Objective: To investigate abnormalities in the structural integrity of brain white matter as suggested by diffusion tensor imaging in adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia (onset of psychosis by age 18)., Method: Twenty-six patients with schizophrenia and 34 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers received diffusion tensor imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging examinations. Fractional anisotropy maps were compared between groups in the white matter using a voxelwise analysis after intersubject registration to Talairach space., Results: Compared with healthy volunteers, patients demonstrated lower fractional anisotropy values in the left anterior cingulate region in close proximity to the caudate nucleus (95% confidence interval of schizophrenic-healthy: -66 to -20). Using regression analysis, the rate of change in fractional anisotropy differed significantly between groups in this region across the age span examined (10-20 years), after adjusting for group differences in premorbid intellectual capacity and parental socioeconomic status. There were no areas of significantly higher fractional anisotropy in patients compared with healthy volunteers., Conclusions: These data suggest that early-onset schizophrenia is associated with a disruption in the structural integrity of white matter tracts in the anterior cingulate region. These structural abnormalities may contribute to the deficits in motivation, attention, memory, and higher executive functions in adolescents with schizophrenia.
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- 2005
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7. White matter abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
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Szeszko PR, Ardekani BA, Ashtari M, Malhotra AK, Robinson DG, Bilder RM, and Lim KO
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- Adult, Anisotropy, Brain physiopathology, Female, Functional Laterality, Gyrus Cinguli metabolism, Gyrus Cinguli physiopathology, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging statistics & numerical data, Male, Models, Neurological, Neural Pathways metabolism, Neural Pathways physiopathology, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder metabolism, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder physiopathology, Occipital Lobe metabolism, Occipital Lobe physiopathology, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Water metabolism, Brain metabolism, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging statistics & numerical data, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis
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Context: Several neurobiological models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit a primary role for dysfunction of the anterior cingulate gyrus. Both functional and structural neuroimaging studies have implicated anterior cingulate gray matter abnormalities in the pathophysiology of OCD, but there has been little investigation of the anterior cingulate white matter in this disorder., Objective: To test the hypothesis that patients with OCD have abnormal white matter microstructure in the anterior cingulate gyrus compared with healthy volunteers as inferred from diffusion tensor imaging. Additional analyses examined group differences in white matter integrity across the entire brain., Design, Setting, and Participants: Fifteen patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD and 15 healthy volunteers matched for age, sex, and handedness underwent diffusion tensor imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging examinations. Fractional anisotropy (FA), a robust intravoxel measure of water self-diffusion, was compared between groups on a voxel-by-voxel basis in the anterior cingulate white matter after standardization in Talairach space., Main Outcome Measures: Clinical ratings of symptom severity (ie, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale) and FA., Results: Compared with healthy volunteers, patients demonstrated significantly lower FA bilaterally in 3 areas of the anterior cingulate gyrus white matter. Additional analyses conducted across the rest of the brain white matter revealed lower FA bilaterally in the parietal region (supramarginal gyri), right posterior cingulate gyrus, and left occipital lobe (lingual gyrus). No areas of significantly higher FA were observed in patients compared with healthy volunteers. Lower FA in the parietal region correlated significantly with higher Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale scores., Conclusions: These preliminary findings provide evidence of an abnormality that involves the anterior cingulate white matter in the pathogenesis of OCD and are consistent with neurobiological models that posit a defect in connectivity in the anterior cingulate basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit. White matter abnormalities in other brain regions may also be implicated in the neurobiology of OCD.
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- 2005
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8. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a preliminary diffusion tensor imaging study.
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Ashtari M, Kumra S, Bhaskar SL, Clarke T, Thaden E, Cervellione KL, Rhinewine J, Kane JM, Adesman A, Milanaik R, Maytal J, Diamond A, Szeszko P, and Ardekani BA
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- Anisotropy, Brain Mapping, Case-Control Studies, Child, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted methods, Male, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity pathology, Cerebellum pathology, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Frontal Lobe pathology
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Background: The purpose of this study was to explore whether there are white matter (WM) abnormalities in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using diffusion tensor imaging. Based upon the literature, we predicted decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) findings in the frontal and cerebellar regions., Methods: Eighteen patients with ADHD and 15 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers received DTI assessments. Fractional anisotropy maps of WM were compared between groups with a voxelwise analysis after intersubject registration to Talairach space., Results: Children with ADHD had decreased FA in areas that have been implicated in the pathophysiology of ADHD: right premotor, right striatal, right cerebral peduncle, left middle cerebellar peduncle, left cerebellum, and left parieto-occipital areas., Conclusions: These preliminary data support the hypothesis that alterations in brain WM integrity in frontal and cerebellar regions occur in ADHD. The pattern of decreased FA might implicate the corticopontocerebellar circuit in the pathophysiology of ADHD.
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- 2005
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9. White matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
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Szeszko PR, Ardekani BA, Ashtari M, Kumra S, Robinson DG, Sevy S, Gunduz-Bruce H, Malhotra AK, Kane JM, Bilder RM, and Lim KO
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- Adult, Anisotropy, Brain ultrastructure, Brain Mapping, Female, Frontal Lobe pathology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychotic Disorders diagnosis, Schizophrenia diagnosis, Schizophrenic Psychology, Temporal Lobe pathology, Brain pathology, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging statistics & numerical data, Psychotic Disorders pathology, Schizophrenia pathology
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Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate brain white matter abnormalities by using diffusion tensor imaging in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder close to illness onset., Method: Ten patients experiencing a first episode of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and 13 healthy volunteers received diffusion tensor imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging examinations. Voxel-wise analysis was used to compare fractional anisotropy maps in the white matter of the two groups following intersubject registration to Talairach space., Results: Compared with healthy volunteers, patients demonstrated lower fractional anisotropy in the left internal capsule and left-hemisphere white matter of the middle frontal gyrus and posterior superior temporal gyrus. There were no areas of significantly higher fractional anisotropy in patients compared with healthy volunteers., Conclusions: These findings suggest that white matter pathology is present early in the course of schizophrenia and may be less pronounced than has been found in previous diffusion tensor imaging studies of patients with chronic illness. Further, these data are consistent with hypotheses regarding frontotemporal dysfunction and the failure of left-hemisphere lateralization in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- 2005
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10. Sex differences in frontal lobe white matter microstructure: a DTI study.
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Szeszko PR, Vogel J, Ashtari M, Malhotra AK, Bates J, Kane JM, Bilder RM, Frevert T, and Lim K
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- Adult, Confidence Intervals, Female, Humans, Male, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Frontal Lobe anatomy & histology, Frontal Lobe metabolism, Myelin Sheath metabolism, Sex Characteristics
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There is evidence that the brains of men and women are structurally different, but there are few data regarding possible sex differences in white matter microstructure. Using diffusion tensor imaging we assessed fractional anisotropy (FA) in the frontal lobe white matter on contiguous 5 mm slices in nine healthy male and 11 healthy female adults. Overall, women had higher FA in the left frontal lobe compared to men and a leftward asymmetry of FA in contrast to men, who showed no hemispheric asymmetry. Among women, greater leftward asymmetry of frontal lobe FA correlated significantly with better verbal comprehension and memory functioning. Our findings may be indicative of increased directional coherence and/or density of left hemisphere white matter fibers and a leftward asymmetry of this structural integrity among women compared to men.
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- 2003
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