Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?

<h4>Introduction</h4>High comorbidity among pediatric disorders characterized by behavioral and emotional dysregulation poses problems for diagnosis and treatment, and suggests that these disorders may be better conceptualized as dimensions of abnormal behaviors. Furthermore, identifying...

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Main Authors: Liana C L Portugal, Maria João Rosa, Anil Rao, Genna Bebko, Michele A Bertocci, Amanda K Hinze, Lisa Bonar, Jorge R C Almeida, Susan B Perlman, Amelia Versace, Claudiu Schirda, Michael Travis, Mary Kay Gill, Christine Demeter, Vaibhav A Diwadkar, Gary Ciuffetelli, Eric Rodriguez, Erika E Forbes, Jeffrey L Sunshine, Scott K Holland, Robert A Kowatch, Boris Birmaher, David Axelson, Sarah M Horwitz, Eugene L Arnold, Mary A Fristad, Eric A Youngstrom, Robert L Findling, Mirtes Pereira, Leticia Oliveira, Mary L Phillips, Janaina Mourao-Miranda
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author Liana C L Portugal
Maria João Rosa
Anil Rao
Genna Bebko
Michele A Bertocci
Amanda K Hinze
Lisa Bonar
Jorge R C Almeida
Susan B Perlman
Amelia Versace
Claudiu Schirda
Michael Travis
Mary Kay Gill
Christine Demeter
Vaibhav A Diwadkar
Gary Ciuffetelli
Eric Rodriguez
Erika E Forbes
Jeffrey L Sunshine
Scott K Holland
Robert A Kowatch
Boris Birmaher
David Axelson
Sarah M Horwitz
Eugene L Arnold
Mary A Fristad
Eric A Youngstrom
Robert L Findling
Mirtes Pereira
Leticia Oliveira
Mary L Phillips
Janaina Mourao-Miranda
author_facet Liana C L Portugal
Maria João Rosa
Anil Rao
Genna Bebko
Michele A Bertocci
Amanda K Hinze
Lisa Bonar
Jorge R C Almeida
Susan B Perlman
Amelia Versace
Claudiu Schirda
Michael Travis
Mary Kay Gill
Christine Demeter
Vaibhav A Diwadkar
Gary Ciuffetelli
Eric Rodriguez
Erika E Forbes
Jeffrey L Sunshine
Scott K Holland
Robert A Kowatch
Boris Birmaher
David Axelson
Sarah M Horwitz
Eugene L Arnold
Mary A Fristad
Eric A Youngstrom
Robert L Findling
Mirtes Pereira
Leticia Oliveira
Mary L Phillips
Janaina Mourao-Miranda
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description <h4>Introduction</h4>High comorbidity among pediatric disorders characterized by behavioral and emotional dysregulation poses problems for diagnosis and treatment, and suggests that these disorders may be better conceptualized as dimensions of abnormal behaviors. Furthermore, identifying neuroimaging biomarkers related to dimensional measures of behavior may provide targets to guide individualized treatment. We aimed to use functional neuroimaging and pattern regression techniques to determine whether patterns of brain activity could accurately decode individual-level severity on a dimensional scale measuring behavioural and emotional dysregulation at two different time points.<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of fifty-seven youth (mean age: 14.5 years; 32 males) was selected from a multi-site study of youth with parent-reported behavioral and emotional dysregulation. Participants performed a block-design reward paradigm during functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Pattern regression analyses consisted of Relevance Vector Regression (RVR) and two cross-validation strategies implemented in the Pattern Recognition for Neuroimaging toolbox (PRoNTo). Medication was treated as a binary confounding variable. Decoded and actual clinical scores were compared using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and mean squared error (MSE) to evaluate the models. Permutation test was applied to estimate significance levels.<h4>Results</h4>Relevance Vector Regression identified patterns of neural activity associated with symptoms of behavioral and emotional dysregulation at the initial study screen and close to the fMRI scanning session. The correlation and the mean squared error between actual and decoded symptoms were significant at the initial study screen and close to the fMRI scanning session. However, after controlling for potential medication effects, results remained significant only for decoding symptoms at the initial study screen. Neural regions with the highest contribution to the pattern regression model included cerebellum, sensory-motor and fronto-limbic areas.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The combination of pattern regression models and neuroimaging can help to determine the severity of behavioral and emotional dysregulation in youth at different time points.
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spelling doaj-art-87a283c80fc34e60a69a78e271b563b52025-08-20T02:22:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01111e011760310.1371/journal.pone.0117603Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?Liana C L PortugalMaria João RosaAnil RaoGenna BebkoMichele A BertocciAmanda K HinzeLisa BonarJorge R C AlmeidaSusan B PerlmanAmelia VersaceClaudiu SchirdaMichael TravisMary Kay GillChristine DemeterVaibhav A DiwadkarGary CiuffetelliEric RodriguezErika E ForbesJeffrey L SunshineScott K HollandRobert A KowatchBoris BirmaherDavid AxelsonSarah M HorwitzEugene L ArnoldMary A FristadEric A YoungstromRobert L FindlingMirtes PereiraLeticia OliveiraMary L PhillipsJanaina Mourao-Miranda<h4>Introduction</h4>High comorbidity among pediatric disorders characterized by behavioral and emotional dysregulation poses problems for diagnosis and treatment, and suggests that these disorders may be better conceptualized as dimensions of abnormal behaviors. Furthermore, identifying neuroimaging biomarkers related to dimensional measures of behavior may provide targets to guide individualized treatment. We aimed to use functional neuroimaging and pattern regression techniques to determine whether patterns of brain activity could accurately decode individual-level severity on a dimensional scale measuring behavioural and emotional dysregulation at two different time points.<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of fifty-seven youth (mean age: 14.5 years; 32 males) was selected from a multi-site study of youth with parent-reported behavioral and emotional dysregulation. Participants performed a block-design reward paradigm during functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Pattern regression analyses consisted of Relevance Vector Regression (RVR) and two cross-validation strategies implemented in the Pattern Recognition for Neuroimaging toolbox (PRoNTo). Medication was treated as a binary confounding variable. Decoded and actual clinical scores were compared using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and mean squared error (MSE) to evaluate the models. Permutation test was applied to estimate significance levels.<h4>Results</h4>Relevance Vector Regression identified patterns of neural activity associated with symptoms of behavioral and emotional dysregulation at the initial study screen and close to the fMRI scanning session. The correlation and the mean squared error between actual and decoded symptoms were significant at the initial study screen and close to the fMRI scanning session. However, after controlling for potential medication effects, results remained significant only for decoding symptoms at the initial study screen. Neural regions with the highest contribution to the pattern regression model included cerebellum, sensory-motor and fronto-limbic areas.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The combination of pattern regression models and neuroimaging can help to determine the severity of behavioral and emotional dysregulation in youth at different time points.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117603&type=printable
spellingShingle Liana C L Portugal
Maria João Rosa
Anil Rao
Genna Bebko
Michele A Bertocci
Amanda K Hinze
Lisa Bonar
Jorge R C Almeida
Susan B Perlman
Amelia Versace
Claudiu Schirda
Michael Travis
Mary Kay Gill
Christine Demeter
Vaibhav A Diwadkar
Gary Ciuffetelli
Eric Rodriguez
Erika E Forbes
Jeffrey L Sunshine
Scott K Holland
Robert A Kowatch
Boris Birmaher
David Axelson
Sarah M Horwitz
Eugene L Arnold
Mary A Fristad
Eric A Youngstrom
Robert L Findling
Mirtes Pereira
Leticia Oliveira
Mary L Phillips
Janaina Mourao-Miranda
Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
PLoS ONE
title Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
title_full Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
title_fullStr Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
title_full_unstemmed Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
title_short Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging?
title_sort can emotional and behavioral dysregulation in youth be decoded from functional neuroimaging
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117603&type=printable
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