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Neuroanatomical profiles of personality change in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The neurobiological basis of personality is poorly understood. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) frequently presents with complex behavioural changes, and therefore potentially provides a disease model in which to investigate brain substrates of personality.

Aims

To assess neuroanatomical correlates of personality change in a cohort of individuals with FTLD using voxel-based morphometry (VBM).

Method

Thirty consecutive individuals fulfilling consensus criteria for FTLD were assessed. Each participant's carer completed a Big Five Inventory (BFI) questionnaire on five key personality traits; for each trait, a change score was derived based on current compared with estimated premorbid characteristics. All participants underwent volumetric brain magnetic resonance imaging. A VBM analysis was implemented regressing change score for each trait against regional grey matter volume across the FTLD group.

Results

The FTLD group showed a significant decline in extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness and an increase in neuroticism. Change in particular personality traits was associated with overlapping profiles of grey matter loss in more anterior cortical areas and relative preservation of grey matter in more posterior areas; the most robust neuroanatomical correlate was identified for reduced conscientiousness in the region of the posterior superior temporal gyrus.

Conclusions

Quantitative measures of personality change in FTLD can be correlated with changes in regional grey matter. The neuroanatomical profiles for particular personality traits overlap brain circuits previously implicated in aspects of social cognition and suggest that dysfunction at the level of distributed cortical networks underpins personality change in FTLD.

SUBMITTER: Mahoney CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3093679 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neuroanatomical profiles of personality change in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

Mahoney Colin J CJ   Rohrer Jonathan D JD   Omar Rohani R   Rossor Martin N MN   Warren Jason D JD  

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20110303 5


<h4>Background</h4>The neurobiological basis of personality is poorly understood. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) frequently presents with complex behavioural changes, and therefore potentially provides a disease model in which to investigate brain substrates of personality.<h4>Aims</h4>To assess neuroanatomical correlates of personality change in a cohort of individuals with FTLD using voxel-based morphometry (VBM).<h4>Method</h4>Thirty consecutive individuals fulfilling consensus crit  ...[more]

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