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Objective  Disruptions in the dopamine system have been observed in psychiatric disorders. Since dopamine is mainly produced in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), elucidating the differences in the VTA neural network across psychiatric disorders would facilitate a greater understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these disorders. However, no study has compared VTA-seed-based functional connectivity across psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we conducted a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) study to perform a seed-based fMRI analysis, using the VTA as a seed.    Methods  We included participants with major depressive disorder (MDD; n = 45), schizophrenia (n = 32), and bipolar disorder (BPD; n = 30), along with healthy control participants (n = 46) who were matched for age, gender, and handedness.    Results  The results showed that patients with MDD and BPD had altered VTA-related connectivity in the superior frontal gyrus, frontal pole regions, hippocampus, cerebellum, and posterior cingulate cortex. Some of these differences in connectivity were also found between affective disorders and schizophrenia; however, there were no differences between the schizophrenia and control groups. Connectivity between the VTA and the hippocampus was correlated with positive symptoms in the schizophrenia group. The connectivity was not associated with medication dose, and the results remained significant after controlling for dose.    Conclusions  The results suggest that altered brain functional connectivity related to VTA networks could be associated with the distinctive pathophysiologies of psychiatric disorders, especially affective disorders.

Differences in Functional Connectivity Networks Related to the Midbrain Dopaminergic System-Related Area in Various Psychiatric Disorders