Adele Ferro

Dr. Adele Ferro

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 April 2012 in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Cinzia PerliniCinzia Perlini
Cinzia Perlini
AMAndrea Marini
Andrea Marini
MGMarco Garzitto
Marco Garzitto
MIM. Isola
M. Isola
SCS. Cerruti
S. Cerruti
Paolo BrambillaPaolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla

1 July 2008 in Schizophrenia Research
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ATA Tavano
A Tavano
SSS Sponda
S Sponda
FFFranco Fabbro
Franco Fabbro
Cinzia PerliniCinzia Perlini
Cinzia Perlini
GRG Rambaldelli
G Rambaldelli
Paolo BrambillaPaolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla

1 September 2021 in Journal of Affective Disorders
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DGDavide Gritti
Davide Gritti
Giuseppe DelvecchioGiuseppe Delvecchio
Giuseppe Delvecchio
AFAdele Ferro
Adele Ferro
CBCinzia Bressi
Cinzia Bressi
PBPaolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla

1 February 2011 in Brain Research Bulletin
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PMPaola Mengotti
Paola Mengotti
SDSerena D’aGostini
Serena D’aGostini
RTRobert Terlevic
Robert Terlevic
CCCristina De Colle
Cristina De Colle
EBElsa Biasizzo
Elsa Biasizzo
Paolo BrambillaPaolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla

1 December 2009 in European Neuropsychopharmacology
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LTLuisa Tomelleri
Luisa Tomelleri
JJJigar Jogia
Jigar Jogia
Cinzia PerliniCinzia Perlini
Cinzia Perlini
MBMarcella BELLANI
Marcella BELLANI
AFAdele Ferro
Adele Ferro
NINeuroimaging Network Of The Ecnp Networks Initiative
Neuroimaging Network Of The Ecnp Networks Initiative

11 April 2022 in Biological Psychiatry
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PLParis Alexandros Lalousis
Paris Alexandros Lalousis
LSLianne Schmaal
Lianne Schmaal
SWStephen J. Wood
Stephen J. Wood
RRRenate L.E.P. Reniers
Renate L.E.P. Reniers
NBNicholas M. Barnes
Nicholas M. Barnes
RURachel Upthegrove
Rachel Upthegrove
Identifying neurobiologically based transdiagnostic categories of depression and psychosis may elucidate heterogeneity and provide better candidates for predictive modeling. We aimed to identify clusters across patients with recent-onset depression (ROD) and recent-onset psychosis (ROP) based on structural neuroimaging data. We hypothesized that these transdiagnostic clusters would identify patients with poor outcome and allow more accurate prediction of symptomatic remission than traditional diagnostic structures. HYDRA (Heterogeneity through Discriminant Analysis) was trained on whole-brain volumetric measures from 577 participants from the discovery sample of the multisite PRONIA study to identify neurobiologically driven clusters, which were then externally validated in the PRONIA replication sample (n = 404) and three datasets of chronic samples (Centre for Biomedical Research Excellence, n = 146; Mind Clinical Imaging Consortium, n = 202; Munich, n = 470). The optimal clustering solution was two transdiagnostic clusters (cluster 1: n = 153, 67 ROP, 86 ROD; cluster 2: n = 149, 88 ROP, 61 ROD; adjusted Rand index = 0.618). The two clusters contained both patients with ROP and patients with ROD. One cluster had widespread gray matter volume deficits and more positive, negative, and functional deficits (impaired cluster), and one cluster revealed a more preserved neuroanatomical signature and more core depressive symptomatology (preserved cluster). The clustering solution was internally and externally validated and assessed for clinical utility in predicting 9-month symptomatic remission, outperforming traditional diagnostic structures. We identified two transdiagnostic neuroanatomically informed clusters that are clinically and biologically distinct, challenging current diagnostic boundaries in recent-onset mental health disorders. These results may aid understanding of the etiology of poor outcome patients transdiagnostically and improve development of stratified treatments.