The cerebellum gains weight: a systematic review of alterations in cerebellar volume and cerebro-cerebellar functional alterations in individuals with eating disorders

L Siciliano, G Olivito, M Leggio - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Brain imaging studies on eating disorders (EDs) often reported volumetric and
functional changes involving the cerebellum. Nevertheless, few studies performed in-depth …

Diagnostic value of structural, functional and effective connectivity in bipolar disorder

TM Gencheva, BV Valkov… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The aim of this systematic review is to assess the functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of bipolar disorder (BD) patients that characterize …

Identifying misdiagnosed bipolar disorder using support vector machine: feature selection based on fMRI of follow-up confirmed affective disorders

X Jiang, B Cao, C Li, L Jia, Y **g, W Cai… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Nearly a quarter of bipolar disorder (BD) patients were misdiagnosed as major depressive
disorder (MDD) patients, which cannot be corrected until mania/hypomania develops. It is …

The cerebellum gets social: evidence from an exploratory study of cerebellar, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric disorders

G Olivito, L Siciliano, S Clausi, M Lupo, R Baiocco… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Social prediction is a key feature of social cognition (SC), a function in which the modulating
role of the cerebellum is recognized. Accordingly, cerebellar alterations are reported in …

Altered levels of plasma inflammatory cytokines and white matter integrity in bipolar disorder patients with suicide attempts

X Jiang, Y Guo, L Jia, Y Zhu, Q Sun, L Kong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Bipolar disorder (BD) has a higher lifetime rate of suicide attempts (SA) than other
psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, BD patients with SA (BD+ S) are prone to a worse quality …

The role of the cerebellum in sequencing and predicting social and non-social events in patients with bipolar disorder

L Siciliano, G Olivito, M Lupo, N Urbini… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Advances in the operational mode of the cerebellum indicate a role in
sequencing and predicting non-social and social events, crucial for individuals to optimize …

Integrity of cerebellar tracts associated with the risk of bipolar disorder

L Hou, BYH Lam, NML Wong, W Lu, R Zhang… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
This study examined the structural brain differences across individuals of different BD stages
and the risks of develo** bipolar disorder (BD) associated with these brain differences. A …

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano”: The Emerging Link of Motor Reserve with Motor and Cognitive Abilities and Compensatory Brain Networks in SCA2 Patients

L Siciliano, G Olivito, N Urbini, MC Silveri, M Leggio - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ability to resiliently cope with neuropathological lesions is a key scientific concern.
Accordingly, this study aims to investigate whether motor reserve (MR), likely to be boosted …

Theory of mind profile and cerebellar alterations in remitted bipolar disorder 1 and 2: a comparison study

G Olivito, M Lupo, L Siciliano, A Gragnani… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The literature on social cognition abilities in bipolar disorder (BD) is controversial about the
occurrence of theory of mind (ToM) alterations. In addition to other cerebral structures, such …

Possible compensatory role of cerebellum in bipolar disorder. A cortical thickness study

A Inuggi, G Marenco, J Bode, A Bovio… - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Recent studies suggested that structural changes in the cerebellum are implicated in the
pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). Here, we aimed to characterize the structural …