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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Dec 23;51(2):157–170.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.10.019

Risperidone and Divalproex Differentially Engage the Fronto-Striato-Temporal Circuitry in Pediatric Mania: A Pharmacological fMRI Study

Mani N Pavuluri 1, Alessandra M Passarotti 1, Jacklynn M Fitzgerald 1, Ezra Wegbreit 1, John A Sweeney 1
PMCID: PMC3357915  NIHMSID: NIHMS336320  PMID: 22265362

Abstract

Objective

The current study examined the impact of risperidone and divalproex on affective and working memory circuitry in patients with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD).

Method

This was a six-week double blind randomized trial of risperidone plus placebo vs. divalproex plus placebo for patients with mania (n=21; 13.6±2.5 years). The fMRI outcomes were measured using a block design affective N-back task with angry, happy and neutral face stimuli at baseline and at 6-week follow-up. Matched healthy controls (HC; n=15, 14.5±2.8 years) were also scanned twice.

Results

Post hoc analyses on the significant interaction in a 3×2×2 ANOVA which included patient groups and HC revealed that the risperidone group showed greater activation after treatment in response to the angry face condition in the left subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and striatum relative to the divalproex group. The divalproex group showed greater activation relative to the risperidone group in left inferior frontal gyrus and right middle temporal gyrus. Over the treatment course, the risperidone group showed greater change in activation in the left ventral striatum than the divalproex group, and the divalproex group showed greater activation change in left inferior frontal gyrus and right middle temporal gyrus than the risperidone group. Furthermore, each patient group showed increased activation relative to HC in fronto-striato-temporal regions over time. The happy face condition was potentially less emotionally challenging in this study and did not elicit notable findings.

Conclusion

When patients performed a working memory task under emotional duress inherent in the paradigm, divalproex enhanced activation in a fronto-temporal circuit while risperidone increased activation in the dopamine (D2) receptor-rich ventral striatum.

Keywords: risperidone, divalproex, pediatric bipolar disorder, fMRI

INTRODUCTION

There is accumulating evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of divalproex sodium (divalproex)1,2,3 and risperidone4, 5, 6 in pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). Risperidone has FDA approval for use in pediatric mania, while evidence for divalproex remains more equivocal.3, 7 Findings from open trials in pediatric mania that showed that divalproex is useful.2, 3, 8, 9 are in contrast to those from the double-blind placebo-controlled trial of divalproex extended release showing no benefit relative to placebo.10 A mechanistic understanding of how these medications impact brain function may offer further insight into how these two medications yield differential results. Functional neuroimaging studies using appropriate challenge paradigms represent one promising strategy for investigating how brain mechanisms could explain differential therapeutic benefit across different classes of medications. Importantly, understanding how treatments impact the critical interface of affective and cognitive brain circuitries can shed light on how affect regulation is influenced by cognitive operations and vice versa.11 This is especially valuable given the intricate connections between the two underlying neural operations.12 Such close connectivity between the cognitive and affective brain circuitry explains the combined affective and working memory impairment in PBD.11, 13, 14 Hence, the current study of pediatric mania embraces the emerging trend15, 16, 17, 18 of using task-elicited regional brain activation of a cognitive task (e.g. working memory) under emotional challenge as the primary outcome measure in a pharmacological study.

Working memory has been shown to be impaired in our three year longitudinal study of PBD,19 but pharmacotherapy with lamotrigine was shown to improve working memory in this population.20 In healthy controls (HC), working memory function is supported by fronto-striatal-parietal circuitry.21, 22, 23 In fact, in a sample that included mixed group of medicated and unmedicated PBD patients, Chang et al24 showed increased activity in PBD patients relative to HC while performing a visuospatial working memory task in several prefrontal regions, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) . Using an N-back working memory task performed under negative emotional challenge with unmedicated PBD patients, Passarotti et al25 showed that affective regions and cognitive prefrontal regions are less engaged in PBD, suggesting alteration in the brain circuitry at the interface of affective and cognitive functions. Using another task that probed such an interface where colored emotional words were matched with colored dots, lamotrigine monotherapy led to an increase in ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) activation in PBD patients relative to HC.16 Also, decreased activation was noted in the DLPFC in patients, illustrating the additional role of this cognitive region. Furthermore, we and others have documented alterations in fronto-temporal circuitry during facial emotion processing in PBD.26, 27, 28, 29, 30 These studies further informed us that emotional faces could be an effective probe of affective circuitry function in PBD patients.

Therefore, we compared the effects on brain function of antipsychotic (risperidone) and anti-epileptic (divalproex) medications, using a double-blind randomized controlled trial (DBRCT) in pediatric mania, with a block design affective N-back working memory task to probe the interface of cognitive and affective circuitries. Basic neurochemical research implicates fronto-temporal mechanisms of action with divalproex due to its action in the second messenger system31 and ventral fronto-striatal systems with risperidone due to its known serotonin-dopamine antagonistic activity in these regions. Serotonin rich subgenual ACC16, 32, 33, 34 and dopamine (D2) receptor-rich ventral striatum35, 36 have been implicated in bipolar disorder and could be predictably involved in the action of risperidone, a known serotonin-dopamine antagonist.

METHOD

Design

This was a six-week out-patient DBRCT of risperidone plus placebo (that resembled divalproex capsule) vs. divalproex plus placebo (that resembled risperidone tablet) for manic and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. This study was approved by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institutional Review Board. Written informed consent was obtained after the study was completely described to the participants. Parents and adolescents older than 16 years gave written permission and children younger than 16 years gave assent to participate. The clinical trials registry number is NCT00176202.

Sample

Inclusion criteria were a DSM-IV diagnosis of mixed or manic bipolar disorder; 12 to 18 years old; and medication free or currently clinically unstable on medication, justifying termination of the ineffective regimen. With consent, all subjects receiving psychotropic medications were washed out and free of any medication for a week prior to baseline scanning, and for 4 weeks in the case of fluoxetine or aripiprazole. Prior exposure to SGAs and anti-epileptic medications was acceptable. Exclusion criteria included: active substance abuse; serious medical problems; autism and non-affective psychotic disorders. Additionally, HC scoring ≥12 on YMRS or ≥28 on CDRS-R were excluded. Using these criteria, we recruited 44 subjects into the study. After excluding subjects whose fMRI data were unusable due to motion artifacts (HC: n=1; risperidone group: n=4; divalproex group: n=3), the final sample included in the analyses included 15 HC and 21 patients randomized to either risperidone (n=10) or divalproex (n=11). No subjects dropped out of the study. Sample characteristics are summarized in Table 1. See Figure S1, available online, for the CONSORT Diagram.

Table 1.

Demographic Variables and Clinical Characteristics for the Three Groups.

HC (n=15) Risperidone Group (n=10) Divalproex Group (n=11) Analysis
Mean (SD/%) Mean (SD/%) Mean (SD/%) (F), p value
Variables
Age (years) 14.5 (2.8) 12.4 (1.6) 13.1 (2.6) (2.14), p=.13
WASI- FSIQ 107.3 (11.8) 98.70 (5.6) 97.90 (14.6) (2.86), p=.06
SESa 2.7 (1.2) 2.8 (0.7) 1.9 (1.1) (2.85), p=.07
YMRS (pre, post) (26.07), p=.00001
Baseline YMRS .93 (1.5) 27.2 (6.4) 25.3 (6.6) Risp vs HC: p=.00001
Dvpx vs HC: p=.00001
Risp vs Dvpx: p=.37
Follow-up YMRS 1.1 (1.9) 10.0 (6.4)b 14.0 (9.3)b Risp vs HC: p=.0009
Dvpx vs HC: p=.00005
Risp vs Dvpx: p=.14
CDRS (pre, post) (1.84) p=.18
Baseline CDRS-R 19.2 (2.24) 44.8 (14.1) 45.8 (13.6) Risp vs HC: p=.000001
Dvpx vs HC: p=.000001
Risp vs Dvpx: p=.84
Follow-up CDRS-R 19.1 (1.5) 33.1 (14.2) b 38.9 (14.9) Risp vs HC: p=.003
Dvpx vs HC: p=.00006
Risp vs Dvpx: p=.23
Variables N (%) N (%) N (%) Fisher's Exact P (two-tailed)
Sex p>.66
   Male 9 (60) 5 (50) 7 (64)
   Female 6 (40) 5 (50) 4 (36)
Handedness p>.17
Right 15 (100%) 9 (90%) 9 (82%)
Left 0 (0%) 1(10%) 2 (18%)
Race p>.67
    Caucasian 9 (60) 5 (50) 8 (73)
    Other 6 (40) 5 (50) 4 (27)
Episode
Manic - 7 (70) 8 (72.7)
Mixed - 3(30) 3 (27.3)
Comorbidity (N) (N) (N)
ADHD - 3 4
Psychosis - 1 -
GAD - - 1

Note: CDRS-R = Child Depression Rating Scale-Revised; Dvpx = Divalproex sodium; GAD=Generalized Anxiety Disorder; HC = Healthy Control; Risp = Risperidone; WASI-FSIQ = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Full Scale Intelligent Quotient (Matrix Reasoning and Vocabulary Subtests); YMRS = Young Mania Rating Scale.

a

Mean revised Hollingshead socio-economic status (SES)

b

follow-up scores differ significantly from baseline scores within each patient groups, relative to HC at both baseline and post-treatment, and change during the trial period relative to HC (p<.001).

Assessment and efficacy measures

Each child and their parent or legal guardian were interviewed using the Washington University in St. Louis Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (WASH-U-KSADS37) supplemented by the episode characterization of bipolar disorder from the KSADS - Present and Lifetime version.38 Diagnostic interviews were completed by doctoral level clinicians with established inter-rater reliability. The primary clinical efficacy measure was the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS39). The Child Depression Rating Scale-Revised was also administered (CDRS-R40). Three masters-level independent clinical raters with established reliability administered these clinical outcome measures on a weekly basis.

Study dosing of risperidone and divalproex

The mean (standard deviation, SD) risperidone dose at endpoint was 1.45 (±0.35) mg/day in nonresponders and 1.35 (±0.46) mg/day in responders (defined as improvement >=50% on the YMRS scores). The mean (SD) divalproex dose at endpoint was 866.67 (±214.52) mg/day in non-responders and 852.14 (±275.13) mg/day in responders. For the risperidone group there were 6 responders (60%) and 4 non-responders (40%), whereas for the divalproex group there were 4 responders (36%) and 7 non-responders (64%). The mean serum valproic level at end point was 98 μg/mL, and 95% of patients achieved a therapeutic serum valproic level of > 75 μg/mL by the 5th day. No titration of medications was allowed after day 7. One subject in the divalproex group received lorazepam as a rescue medication at a dose of 2 mg for severe agitation during the first week of the trial.

fMRI Session: Affective 2-back Task with Emotional Faces

Participants underwent an fMRI scanning session at baseline and at completion of treatment. In each session, they were administered a 2-back working memory task with emotional faces, for 7 min. The paradigm involved blocks of two runs i.e., angry and neutral, and happy and neutral. The first run consisted of blocks of angry and neutral faces and the second run consisted of happy and neutral faces. On each trial, an emotional face stimulus (i.e., angry, happy or neutral) was presented for 3 sec. and subjects responded by pressing a response key if they saw the same face that was presented two trials earlier. In this task, a 2-back match always involved a match both in face identity and emotion. There were 160 Gur faces41 with either neutral, angry or happy face emotions balanced by gender, race and affect. Each condition (angry or happy vs. neutral face) consisted of four 30 sec. trial blocks (each with ten trials), with blocks of 10 angry, happy or neutral faces presented in a pseudorandom sequence (Figure 1). A 20-sec. fixation mark in-between blocks allowed for emotional arousal to return to baseline and for rest periods during testing.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

2-Back Working Memory Task with Emotional Faces

MRI Protocol

Gradient-echo planar functional imaging and structural acquisitions were performed with a 3.0 Tesla whole body scanner (Signa, General Electric Medical System, Milwaukee, WI). We acquired twenty-five slices in the axial plane (TE=25ms; flip angle=90°; field of view=20×20cm2; acquisition matrix=64×64; TR=2.5s; slice thickness=5 mm with 1mm gap). Anatomical images were also acquired in the axial plane (three-dimensional spoiled gradient recalled [SPGR], 1.5mm thick contiguous axial slices) and were later co-registered with the functional data.

Image Processing and Data Analysis

We used FIASCO software (Functional Imaging Analysis Software - Computational Olio42) to implement 3D motion estimation and motion correction and to remove slow signal drift. Individual volumes were excluded from analyses if, relative to median head position, head displacement was greater than 1.5mm or head rotation was greater than 0.5 degrees. The groups did not differ in terms of the number of volumes retained after discarding volumes with motion artifact. For each subject, voxel-wise effect size (r) maps were obtained by contrasting activation for affective versus neutral face emotion blocks separately for baseline and follow-up. A Fisher z transform was applied to normalize the effect size maps (zr)43. Subjects’ zr-maps and SPGR anatomical images were warped into Talairach space using automated procedures in AFNI (Analysis of Functional NeuroImages44). We re-sampled each individual's normalized functional map (3.125 × 3.125 × 6 mm grid) to an isotropic 3 × 3× 3 mm grid to provide a voxel dimension similar to that of the in-plane resolution of the acquired data.

Based on our hypotheses, we conducted a whole-brain voxel-wise 3 × 2 × 2 ANOVA in AFNI that compared the three groups (risperidone, divalproex, HC) for each condition (angry vs. neutral faces, happy vs. neutral faces) and testing time (baseline, follow-up) to examine differences in brain activation at baseline and follow-up in risperidone or divalproex groups relative to each other and to HC, the reference group for healthy brain activation. Restricting our analyses to clusters that were significant in the 3-way interaction, we carried out pair-wise comparisons to further deconstruct the significant interaction and clarify the directionality of the within-group and between-group differences at baseline and follow-up. To correct for a total of 21 comparisons, we applied Bonferroni correction resulting in an adjusted probability for significance of p=0.002. Then, using this adjusted probability value, we carried out AlphaSim whole brain Monte Carlo simulations45 to correct for voxel-wise multiple comparisons in the fMRI analyses. To do so, we identified significant voxel clusters by adopting a contiguity threshold (uncorrected p=.002; minimum volume threshold= 108 mm3) that ensured a corrected p<0.05. We also performed Spearman correlation analyses to further explore the relationship between changes in behavioral performance (median reaction time [RT], accuracy) as well as clinical measures (YMRS, CDRS-R) with changes in fMRI brain activation in anatomical ROIs for which we had a priori predictions (i.e., amygdala, VLPFC, medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), DLPFC, subgenual and dorsal ACC) and showed significant interaction effects in the ANOVA. Anatomical ROIs were defined in standard Talairach space using AFNI tools. Spearman correlation analyses were used due to small samples and limited power. The ROIs in AFNI format, as well as the rationale for anatomical ROI definition, are available at our Pediatric BRAIN Center website: http://www.psych.uic.edu/brain-center/publications_supplement.html.

RESULTS

Demographic and Clinical Data

Table 1 summarizes clinical and demographic data for the three groups with both patient groups showing significant improvement in manic and depressive symptoms. Separate ANOVAs for each demographic measure revealed that the three groups did not differ significantly for age, estimated IQ, or SES (p>.05). Similarly, no significant group differences were found for handedness, gender, or racial composition using Fisher's p tests (two-tailed). Moreover, we conducted two separate 3 × 2 ANOVAs, one for YMRS and one for CDRS-R scores, with group (risperidone group, divalproex group, HC) as between-subject factor and testing time (baseline, follow-up) as a within-subject factor (Table 1).

Behavioral Results

We carried out separate repeated measures ANOVAs for median RT and accuracy data, with group (risperidone group, divalproex group, HC) as a between-subjects factor, and testing time (baseline, follow-up) and face emotion condition (angry, happy, neutral) as within-subjects factors. Median RT and mean accuracy for each group are reported in Table 2. We traditionally use median RT instead of mean RT since it considerably reduces the high RT variability that is often present in psychiatric population.

Table 2. Behavioral Results.

Median Reaction Time and Accuracy for the Risperidone group, the Divalproex group and Healthy Controls (HC).

Risperidone Group (n=10) Divalproex Group (n=11) Healthy Controls (n=15)
Response Time (in ms) Median RT (SD) Median RT (SD) Median RT (SD)
Baseline
    Happy Condition 920 (112) 919 (108) 719 (131)
    Angry Condition 920 (111) 1196 (266) 826 (133)
    Neutral Condition 855 (222) 1155 (267) 708 (146)
Follow-up
    Happy Condition 927 (223) 1077 (233) 897 (173)
    Angry Condition 1005 (145) 1256 (186) 941 (207)
    Neutral Condition 868 (89) 1166 (204) 828 (71)
Accuracy (% correct) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD)
Baseline
    Happy Condition 97 (0.04) 95 (0.04) 96 (0.07)
    Angry Condition 97 (0.03) 96 (0.03) 97 (0.05)
    Neutral Condition 96 (0.03) 96 (0.03) 96 (0.06)
Follow-up
    Happy Condition 98 (0.01) 83 (0.13) 99 (.01)
    Angry Condition 98 (0.02) 91 (0.05) 87 (.09)
    Neutral Condition 97 (0.02) 82 (0.12) 93 (.08)

Note: ms=milliseconds; RT=reaction time; SD=standard deviation

Median Reaction Time

A main effect of testing time [F(1,33)=6.16, p<.02] revealed that median RT was overall slower at follow-up than baseline, but this effect did not differ across groups. Moreover, there was a significant interaction of group by face emotion condition [F(4,66)=7.01, p<.00009]. For angry faces, the divalproex group had slower responses than the risperidone group [F(1,33)=18.30, p<.0002] and HC [F(1,33)=37.44, p<.000001], who did not differ from each other (p<.17). The same pattern of results occurred for neutral faces, for which the divalproex group had slower responses than the risperidone group [F(1,33)=23.90, p<.00003] and HC [F(1,33)=49.89, p<.000001], who did not differ from each other (p<.11). For happy faces both the divalproex group [F(1,33)=15.74, p<.0004] and the risperidone group [F(1,33)=5.47, p<.03] had slower responses than HC, but did not differ from each other (p<.16).

Accuracy

The main effect of group [F(2,33)=8.80, p<.001] was significant. Planned comparisons revealed that across both testing times the divalproex group exhibited lower accuracy compared to both the risperidone group [F(1,33)=17.03, p<.0002] and HC [F(1,33)=7.92, p<.008], who did not differ from each other (p=.10). No other significant results were found.

fMRI Results

A significant group by face emotion by testing time interaction was found [F(2,33)=4.18, p<0.03]. A list of the clusters that were significant based on the ANOVA interactions and the relative between- and within-group differences in activation at baseline and follow-up are reported in Tables 3-5. See Supplement 1, available online, for additional results.

Table 3.

Between-Group Comparisons for Angry or Happy vs. Neutral Faces at Baseline or Follow-up.

Talairach Coordinates for peak values Area BA Volume (mm3) t value for peak values
BASELINE
Angry vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC none none none none none
HC> Risperidone Group 45 20 -3 R inferior frontal gyrus 47 108 5.10
-0 16 -12 L subgenual ACC 25 108 4.65
-37 17 5 L insula 13 162 6.24
-49 -67 8 L middle temporal gyrus 19 297 4.91
Divalproex Group > HC none none none none none
HC> Divalproex Group 47 17 2 R inferior frontal gyrus 47/45 135 5.77
20 14 -1 R putamen 486 5.34
-19 5 -1 L putamen 108 4.91
8 5 -13 R subgenual ACC 25 108 6.13
Risperidone Group > Divalproex Group none none none none none
Divalproex Group> Risperidone Group none none none none none
Happy vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC none none none none none
HC> Risperidone Group none none none none none
Divalproex Group > HC none none none none none
HC> Divalproex Group none none none none none
Risperidone Group > Divalproex Group none none none none none
Divalproex Group > Risperidone Group none none none none none
FOLLOW-UP
Angry vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC 56 -46 -19 R inferior temporal gyrus 37 108 4.10
-6 8 -14 L subgenual ACC 25 108 3.99
-11 16 6 L caudate 108 2.74
HC> Risperidone Group none none none none none
Divalproex Group > HC -36 35 -14 L VLPFC 47/11 108 2.15
37 50 -1 R VLPFC 45/46 270 3.05
20 41 29 R middle frontal gyrus 9 108 3.71
65 -31 -7 R middle temporal gyrus 21 189 3.44
HC> Divalproex Group none none none none none
Risperidone Group > Divalproex Group -2 -3 -8 L subgenual ACC 25 108 2.98
-22 -5 -3 L ventral striatum 108 3.34
Divalproex Group> Risperidone Group -40 32 -7 L inferior frontal gyrus 47/11 108 2.82
63 -34 -7 R middle temporal gyrus 21 189 2.93
Happy vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC 44 26 -13 R inferior frontal gyrus 47 216 4.77
-49 -19 2 L superior temporal gyrus 22 297 5.21
HC> Risperidone Group none none none none none
Divalproex Group > HC none none none none none
HC> Divalproex Group none none none none none
Risperidone Group > Divalproex Group -25 -88 5 L middle occipital gyrus 18 324 4.36
Divalproex Group> Risperidone Group 62 -40 -4 R middle temporal gyrus 21 108 4.17

Note: Talairach coordinates and t values for clusters for which there is a significant three-way interaction (corrected p<0.05, with cluster contiguity threshold) in the whole-brain Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). ACC= anterior cingulate cortex; BA = Brodmann Area; HC=healthy control; L=left; R=right; VLPFC=ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.

Table 5.

Within Group Differences at Follow-up vs. Baseline.

Talairach Coordinates for peak values Area BA Volume (mm3) t value for peak values
HC
Angry vs. Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline none none none none none
Baseline > Follow-up 26, 11, 2 R putamen 135 3.73
5 -16 32 R midcingulate gyrus 24 135 3.67
Happy vs Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline 62, -43, 29 R inferior parietal gyrus 40 135 4.58
Baseline > Follow-up none none none none none
Risperidone Group
Angry vs. Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline 11, -7, 29 R midcingulate gyrus 24 162 4.03
26, -13, -4 R ventral striatum 108 3.15
-12, -4, -2 L ventral striatum 108 4.74
Baseline > Follow-up none none none none none
Happy vs. Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline none none none none none
Baseline > Follow-up none none none none none
Divalproex Group
Angry vs. Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline 20, 65, 5 R medial frontal gyrus 10 243 3.87
53, -34, -4 R middle temporal gyrus 21 108 4.24
Baseline > Follow-up none none none none none
Happy vs. Neutral
Follow-up > Baseline -46, 20, 14 L inferior frontal gyrus 45 108 3.24
Baseline > Follow-up none none none none none

Note: Talairach coordinates and t values for clusters for which there is a significant three-way interaction (corrected p<0.05, with cluster contiguity threshold) in the whole-brain Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). BA = Brodmann Area; HC=healthy control; L=left; R=right.

I. Between Group Differences at Baseline for Angry and Happy Face Emotion Condition: Table 3

At baseline, the two patient groups did not differ significantly for either face emotion condition, confirming that our randomization was effective. For the angry face condition, the risperidone group exhibited lower activation relative to HC at baseline in the right VLPFC, left insula, subgenual ACC, and middle temporal gyrus, but showed no regions of greater activation. Relative to HC, the divalproex group exhibited lower activation at baseline in the right VLPFC, subgenual ACC, and bilateral putamen, but no regions of greater activation. There were no significant group differences for the happy face condition at baseline. Baseline brain activation for both angry and happy face conditions in YMRS responders vs non-responders is also reported in Tables S1 and S2, available online.

II. Between Group Differences at Follow-up for Angry and Happy Face Emotion Condition: Table 3

For the angry face condition at follow-up, the risperidone group exhibited greater activation relative to the divalproex group, in the left ventral striatum and subgenual ACC and lower activation in the left VLPFC and right middle temporal gyrus. At follow-up, the risperidone group exhibited increased activation relative to HC in the right VLPFC, left subgenual ACC and caudate, and no decreased activation. Relative to HC, the divalproex group showed increased activation in right DLPFC, middle temporal gyrus, and bilateral VLPFC, and no decreased activation. For the happy face condition at follow-up, the risperidone group exhibited greater activation than the divalproex group in left middle occipital gyrus and lower activation in right middle temporal gyrus. Relative to HC, the risperidone group exhibited greater activation for the happy face condition at follow-up in right VLPFC and left superior temporal gyrus and no decreased activation, while the divalproex group did not show significant differences compared to HC.

III. Between Group Differences at Follow-up vs. Baseline for Angry and Happy Face Emotion Condition: Table 4

Table 4.

Between-Group Comparisons at Follow-up vs. Baseline: A) for Angry or Happy vs. Neutral Faces; B) Collapsed over Face Emotion Condition.

Talairach Coordinates for peak values Area BA Volume (mm3) t value for peak values
Angry vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC -4, 32, 14 L dorsal ACC 32 162 3.55
-7, 17, -13 L subgenual ACC 25 108 3.67
21, -6, -2 R ventral striatum 189 3.44
-7, 11, -1 L ventral striatum 135 2.77
2, -19, 29 R posterior cingulate gyrus 23 405 4.21
53, -25, -4 R middle temporal gyrus 21 189 4.30
HC> Risperidone Group none none none none none
Happy vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group > HC none none none none none
HC > Risperidone Group none none none none none
Angry vs. Neutral
Divalproex Group > HC 14, 62, -1 R medial frontal gyrus 10 162 3.73
-40, 35, -4 L inferior frontal gyrus 47,11 135 3.51
6, 20, -5 L subgenual ACC 108 2.71
8, 14, 14 R dorsal caudate 162 4.19
-7, 17, 14 L dorsal caudate 108 2.73
20, 11, -4 R putamen 405 3.67
15, -5, -6 R ventral striatum 297 4.02
57, -34, -7 R middle temporal gyrus 21 216 3.53
HC > Divalproex Group none none none none none
Happy vs. Neutral
Divalproex Group > HC none none none none none
HC > Divalproex Group none none none none none
Angry vs. Neutral
Risperidone Group >Divalproex Group -17, -8, -2 L ventral striatum 108 2.32
Divalproex Group > Risperidone Group -40, 35, -5 L inferior frontal gyrus 47 108 2.71
62, -33, -5 R middle temporal gyrus 21 162 2.23
Happy vs. Neutral
14, -34, 65 R postcentral gyrus 3 162 4.01
Risperidone Group > Divalproex Group
Divalproex Group > Risperidone Group none none none none none

Note: Talairach coordinates and t values for clusters for which there is a significant three-way interaction (corrected p<0.05, with cluster contiguity threshold) in the whole-brain Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). ACC= anterior cingulate cortex; BA = Brodmann Area; HC=healthy control; L=left; R=right.

For the angry face condition, the risperidone group showed a greater increase in activation from baseline to follow-up than the divalproex group in left ventral striatum and decreased activation in left VLPFC and right middle temporal gyrus. Figure 2 illustrates differential activation between the two patient groups.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Group by Time interaction in the left Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex (VLPFC) and left ventral striatum in the divalproex and risperidone groups for the angry face condition. Note: DVPX=Divalproex; RISP=Risperidone; VLPFC=ventrolateral prefrontal Cortex.

Relative to HC, the risperidone group exhibited increased activation from baseline to follow-up in left dorsal and subgenual ACC, bilateral ventral striatum, right posterior cingulate, and middle temporal gyrus, and no regions of decreased activation.

The divalproex group exhibited increased activation relative to HC from baseline to follow-up in right medial frontal gyrus, ventral striatum, putamen, and middle temporal gyrus, bilateral caudate, left VLPFC and subgenual ACC, and no decreased activation.

For the happy face condition, the risperidone group showed increased activation relative to the divalproex group from baseline to follow-up in the right postcentral gyrus and no regions of decreased activation. There were no significant differences between the risperidone group and HC. Relative to HC, with treatment, the divalproex group exhibited no increased or decreased activation. Between group comparisons at follow-up relative to baseline, collapsed over face emotion condition, can be found in Table S3, available online.

IV. Within Group Differences at Follow-up vs. Baseline for Angry and Happy Face Emotion Condition: Table 5

For the angry face condition, the risperidone group showed greater activation at follow-up, relative to baseline, in right midcingulate gyrus and bilateral ventral striatum, and no decreased activation. There were no significant differences due to treatment in this group for the happy face condition. For the angry condition, the divalproex group showed increased activation at follow-up, relative to baseline, in right medial frontal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus and no decreased activation. For the happy face condition, the divalproex group showed greater left VLPFC, and no decreased activation. For the angry face condition, HC exhibited no increased activation and decreased activation in right putamen and mid-cingulate gyrus, whereas for the happy face condition HC showed increased activation in right inferior parietal gyrus and no decreased activation

Neural Correlates of Changes in Clinical Measures scores from Baseline to Follow-up

For each condition, and each of our patient groups, exploratory Spearman's correlation analyses (two-tailed) were performed between changes in YMRS scores from baseline to follow-up, and changes in BOLD signal activation from baseline to follow-up in specific ROIs (i.e. amygdala, VLPFC, dorsal ACC, subgenual ACC) based on the significant clusters from the whole-brain ANOVA interaction. We also conducted these correlations for the two patient groups combined. For these exploratory multiple comparisons, we report results that were significant at an uncorrected p<.05. For the risperidone group, the improvement in manic symptoms was correlated with decreased activity in bilateral amygdala (left: r=.98, p=.001; right: r=.88, p=.02) and increased activity in VLPFC (left: r=.70, p=.04; right: r=.85, p=.004); whereas in the divalproex group, significant correlation was found with the decreased activity in the left amygdala (r=.64, p=.05). Across all patients, the change in YMRS scores was positively correlated with changes in the left amygdala (r=.74, p=.001), and right VLPFC (r=.61, p=.005) (Table S4, available online). No significant correlations were found between changes in CDRS-R scores and activity changes in any of the ROIs. Because of the exploratory nature and uncorrected p values of these analyses, these results are preliminary until replicated in future.

DISCUSSION

Our study compared the neural network engagement in PBD patients with an SGA vs. an anti-epileptic during a working memory task with emotional face stimuli. In line with our hypothesis, when risperidone and divalproex were directly compared over the course of treatment, there was significantly greater engagement during the angry face condition of the ventral striatum with risperidone and the VLPFC and middle temporal gyrus with divalproex. After treatment, the risperidone group also showed greater activation relative to the divalproex group in the subgenual ACC, along with the ventral striatum. Additionally, after treatment and consistent with the increase over the course of treatment, the divalproex group showed greater activation relative to the risperidone group in VLPFC and middle temporal gyrus. Furthermore, during the angry face condition, each patient group showed increased activation over time relative to HC in the VLPFC, ACC,11, 46, 47, 48 ventral striatum49, 50 and middle temporal lobe51, 52 all of which may be critical for mood stabilization in patients, irrespective of the type of medication. Across all comparisons, the happy face condition did not elicit notable findings to the same extent as the angry face condition, probably by the virtue of it being a less effective emotional probe to elicit BOLD signal responses. With regards to the behavioral results, along with reduced accuracy in the divalproex group relative to the other two groups across testing times, RT was also uniformly slower in the divalproex group in both conditions. This may be, in part, due to the psychomotor slowing known to be caused by divalproex.53

Differential Response between Risperidone and Divalproex

While both risperidone and divalproex led to reduction in manic symptoms, and the BOLD signal changes relative to HC were also similar in each patient group, on direct comparison there were mechanistic differences between these two medications. The SGA, risperidone, relative to divalproex, resulted in greater increase in bilateral ventral striatum activity while attending to angry stimuli during the working memory task. Healthy adult human studies have demonstrated a strong correlation between the plasma concentration of risperidone and D2 receptor occupancy in ventral striatum.35 Dynamic molecular imaging has also shown dopamine release in the striatum during negative emotion processing in human volunteers.54 A reduction in serotonin in the frontal cortex and striatum in rats impaired mood and working memory that, in turn, were shown to be reversed with risperidone36, underscoring our current findings in PBD. Furthermore, risperidone is known to be specifically effective in reducing aggression55 and the current study illustrated how angry faces served as a probe better than happy faces. A careful future evaluation of the change in participants’ aggressive symptoms while attending to angry emotional faces will elucidate the role of risperidone in specifically reducing participants’ aggression. While there was no significantly greater increase in subgenual ACC activation over time with risperidone relative to divalproex, there was greater activation in this region after the treatment. This is a replication of our previous finding where we were able to demonstrate increased subgenual activity with risperidone in pediatric mania while performing a color matching task, which is also a cognitive-affective interface task.56 The subgenual ACC has been shown to be underactive in untreated patients with bipolar disorder while performing an attentional task57 and appears to be a key region concerned with modulating autonomic responses and neurotransmission in animals.34 Risperidone may improve this region's ability to gain emotional control through serotonin-dopamine antagonism. Consistent with our findings, stimulation of the subgenual ACC ameliorated symptoms in adult depression33 and perfusion was normalized with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor in the same region.32, 58

After treatment, patients randomized to divalproex showed greater fronto-temporal activity than those who were randomized to risperidone. In the angry face condition, the divalproex group showed an increase in activity post-treatment relative to HC in the VLPFC, an area known for involvement in selection and stimulus comparison tasks,59 such as sorting and remembering faces in the current N-back task. Consistent with our current findings, treatment with another antiepileptic drug, i.e. lamotrigine, led to increased VLPFC activity during an affective color matching task probing the affective and cognitive interface.16 A similar increase in bilateral middle temporal lobe activity was noted with lamotrigine using a similar affective N-back task in PBD.60 The mesial or the middle temporal gyrus is known for the dual function of working memory and facial emotion processing.61, 62 In fact, divalproex was shown to normalize myo-inositol and phosphomonoester concentrations in fronto-temporal regions via phosphorinositol second messenger system (PI-cycle), given its role in bipolar patients treated with this medication.31 Furthermore, the medial part of the middle temporal gyrus is implicated in human lesion studies causing epilepsy, which can be treated by divalproex.51, 52

In the happy face condition, there were no notable group differences noted over the course of treatment, but some occurred post-treatment. The risperidone group showed greater activity in the occipital cortex which may reflect greater effort in visually scanning the faces63 to hold them in short- term memory, while the divalproex group showed greater activity in middle temporal gyrus known to support working memory and facial emotion processing.61, 62

Fronto-Striato-Temporal Circuitry Emerged in Response to Mood Stabilization to Serve the Dual Function of Working Memory and Affect Modulation in PBD

Previous findings from fMRI treatment studies of PBD with lamotrigine,16, 60 and risperidone and divalproex11 are in line with those of the current study showing enhanced activity in the higher cortical VLPFC and DLPFC, ventral striatum, and pre and subgenual ACC alongside clinical improvement in mania with both medications, in all patients, relative to HC. The cognitive studies of working memory in healthy adults21, 64, 65 and PBD post-treatment16 have demonstrated enhanced engagement of VLPFC and ACC similar to our current findings, underscoring the dual function of VLPFC's affective and cognitive control. Similarly, the temporal lobe51, 52 and the ventral striatum49, 50 known to be engaged in modulating affect, working memory, and attention appeared to be more engaged with treatment in the current study, illustrated with the angry face condition. In addition, treatment resulted in the enhanced engagement of affect control regions - i.e. the VLPFC and the subgenual ACC - similar to our previous studies in PBD.16 Also, the posterior cingulate cortex, known to be engaged during attentional control,16, 66, 67 was deployed in supporting the working memory processing. Although not apparent in the whole brain analysis, the ROI analysis revealed a decrease in amygdala activity and an increase in VLPFC activity related to the reduction in YMRS score in all patients. These findings indicate a relationship between mood stabilization with SGA and divalproex and improvements in these areas are consistent with those of previous studies68, 69 proposing top-down control of the VLPFC over the amygdala.

These findings must be interpreted in light of a few limitations. The sample size is small, but yields interpretable findings given the conserved power with fMRI techniques involving the acquisition of several hundreds of repeated measures of voxel-wise activity within the brain for each single subject. Unlike behavioral studies, fMRI studies require fewer subjects to have enough power to characterize group differences in brain function.70 Furthermore, the use of fMRI tasks containing many trials, for which the BOLD signal in each voxel can be averaged across, coupled with the use of stringent statistical procedures that apply voxel-wise probability corrections (e.g. AlphaSim cluster thresholding), considerably increases the study power to detect reliable group difference effects. Finally, the results reported in this study are in line with those from previous studies that employed similar tasks with findings that fall within the parameters of a priori hypothesis,14,16 which further confirms that the results were not driven by the sample size in this study. However, the ROI- based fronto-limbic changes must be interpreted with caution given the uncorrected p value until they can be replicated in a larger sample. The block design did not allow us to differentiate the pattern of brain activity for correct and incorrect trials, especially given that the patients who received divalproex showed lower accuracy throughout the study. However, given that the study compared the two medications and the divalproex group showed reduced accuracy both pre-and post- treatment, the incorrect trials are likely not responsible for drug effects, though future studies are needed to replicate these findings. Additionally, a block design offered greater statistical power and signal stability relative to an event-related design. Future studies will also need to further explore whether the beneficial effects of medications in normalizing cognitive circuitry activity is secondary to mood stabilization, or whether medications directly and differentially improve working memory function and will determine the relationship between brain activation and clinical response over the course of treatment. The strengths of the study include the use of a DBRCT design, the comparison of two classes of medications, the use of IQ-, age-, and gender-matched patient and HC groups, the utilization of a task addressing the critical interface of cognitive and emotional processes closer to real-life application, and the contribution of new mechanistic knowledge of how individual medications influence brain function.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by National Institute of Health grants 1 K23 RR018638-01 and MO1-RR-13987, and Berger Colbeth Endowed Funds.

Dr. Pavuluri receives grant or research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Marshall Reynolds Foundation. She is the recipient of the Berger-Colbeth Term Chair in Child Psychiatry and serves on the speakers’ bureau of Bristol-Myers Squibb (Abilify). Dr. Passarotti receives funding from a NARSAD Young Investigator Award. Dr. Sweeney receives funding from NIH, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Eli Lilly and Co.

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