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Ysbæk-Nielsen AT, Gogolu RF, Tranter M, Obel ZK. Structural brain differences in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders with and without auditory verbal hallucinations. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2024; 344:111863. [PMID: 39151331 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) are debilitating, with auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) being a core characteristic. While gray matter volume (GMV) reductions are commonly replicated in SSD populations, the neural basis of AVHs remains unclear. Using previously published data, this study comprises two main analyses, one of GMV dissimilarities between SSD and healthy controls (HC), and one of GMV differences specifically associated with AVHs. Structural brain images from 71 adults with (n = 46) and without (n = 25) SSD were employed. Group differences in GMVs of the cortex, anterior cingulate (ACC), superior temporal gyrus (STG), hippocampi, and thalami were assessed. Additionally, volumes of left Heschl's gyrus (HG) in a subgroup experiencing AVHs (AVH+, n = 23) were compared with those of patients who did not (AVH-, n = 23). SSD patients displayed reduced GMVs of the cortex, ACC, STG, hippocampi, and thalami compared to HC. AVH+ had significantly reduced left HG volume when compared to AVH-. Finally, a right-lateralized ventral prefrontal cluster was found to be uniquely associated with AVH severity. This study corroborates previous findings of GMV reductions in SSD cohorts. Chiefly, our secondary analysis suggests that AVHs are associated with language areas and their contralateral homologues.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wang L, Liu R, Liao J, Xiong X, Xia L, Wang W, Liu J, Zhao F, Zhuo L, Li H. Meta-analysis of structural and functional brain abnormalities in early-onset schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1465758. [PMID: 39247615 PMCID: PMC11377232 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1465758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024] Open
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Background Previous studies based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging(rs-fMRI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) have demonstrated significant abnormalities in brain structure and resting-state functional brain activity in patients with early-onset schizophrenia (EOS), compared with healthy controls (HCs), and these alterations were closely related to the pathogenesis of EOS. However, previous studies suffer from the limitations of small sample sizes and high heterogeneity of results. Therefore, the present study aimed to effectively integrate previous studies to identify common and specific brain functional and structural abnormalities in patients with EOS. Methods The PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and WanFang databases were systematically searched to identify publications on abnormalities in resting-state regional functional brain activity and gray matter volume (GMV) in patients with EOS. Then, we utilized the Seed-based d Mapping with Permutation of Subject Images (SDM-PSI) software to conduct a whole-brain voxel meta-analysis of VBM and rs-fMRI studies, respectively, and followed by multimodal overlapping on this basis to comprehensively identify brain structural and functional abnormalities in patients with EOS. Results A total of 27 original studies (28 datasets) were included in the present meta-analysis, including 12 studies (13 datasets) related to resting-state functional brain activity (496 EOS patients, 395 HCs) and 15 studies (15 datasets) related to GMV (458 EOS patients, 531 HCs). Overall, in the functional meta-analysis, patients with EOS showed significantly increased resting-state functional brain activity in the left middle frontal gyrus (extending to the triangular part of the left inferior frontal gyrus) and the right caudate nucleus. On the other hand, in the structural meta-analysis, patients with EOS showed significantly decreased GMV in the right superior temporal gyrus (extending to the right rolandic operculum), the right middle temporal gyrus, and the temporal pole (superior temporal gyrus). Conclusion This meta-analysis revealed that some regions in the EOS exhibited significant structural or functional abnormalities, such as the temporal gyri, prefrontal cortex, and striatum. These findings may help deepen our understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of EOS and provide potential biomarkers for the diagnosis or treatment of EOS.
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- Lu Wang
- Medical Imaging College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Medical Imaging College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Medical Imaging College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Medical Imaging College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang, China
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Zandbagleh A, Mirzakuchaki S, Daliri MR, Sumich A, Anderson JD, Sanei S. Graph-based analysis of EEG for schizotypy classification applying flicker Ganzfeld stimulation. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 9:64. [PMID: 37735164 PMCID: PMC10514040 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-023-00395-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Ganzfeld conditions induce alterations in brain function and pseudo-hallucinatory experiences, particularly in people with high positive schizotypy. The current study uses graph-based parameters to investigate and classify brain networks under Ganzfeld conditions as a function of positive schizotypy. Participants from the general population (14 high schizotypy (HS), 29 low schizotypy (LS)) had an electroencephalography assessment during Ganzfeld conditions, with varying visual activation (8 frequencies of random light flicker) and soundscape-induced mood (neutral, serenity, and anxiety). Weighted functional networks were computed in six frequency sub-bands (delta, theta, alpha-low, alpha-high, beta, and gamma) as a function of light-flicker frequency and mood. The brain network was analyzed using graph theory parameters, including clustering coefficient (CC), strength, and global efficiency (GE). It was found that the LS groups had higher CC and strength than the HS groups, especially in bilateral temporal and frontotemporal brain regions. Moreover, some decreases in CC and strength measures were found in LS groups among occipital and parieto-occipital brain regions. LS groups also had significantly higher GE in all Ganzfeld conditions compared to the HS groups. The random under-sampling boosting (RUSBoost) algorithm achieved the best classification performance with an accuracy of 95.34%, specificity of 96.55%, and sensitivity of 92.85% during an anxiety-induction Ganzfeld condition. This is the first exploration of the relationship between brain functional state changes under Ganzfeld conditions in individuals who vary in positive schizotypy. The accuracy of graph-based parameters in classifying brain states as a function of schizotypy is shown, particularly for brain activity during anxiety induction, and should be investigated in psychosis.
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- Ahmad Zandbagleh
- School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Main Campus, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Main Campus, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, UK
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Analysis of the superior temporal gyrus as a possible biomarker in schizophrenia using voxel-based morphometry of the brain magnetic resonance imaging: a comprehensive review. CNS Spectr 2021; 26:319-325. [PMID: 31918770 DOI: 10.1017/s1092852919001810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The lack of predictive biomarkers for therapeutic responses to schizophrenia leads clinical procedures to be decided without taking into account the subjects' neuroanatomical features, a consideration, which could help in identifying specific pharmacological treatments for the remission of symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique widely used for radiological diagnosis and produces 3-dimensional images in excellent anatomical detail, and with a great capacity to differentiate soft tissue. Various MRI techniques of the human brain have emerged as a result of research, enabling structural tests that may help to in consolidate previous findings and lead to the discovery of new patterns of abnormality in schizophrenia. A literature review was undertaken to assess the superior temporal gyrus (STG) as a possible biomarker in schizophrenia with the use of voxel-based morphometry of the brain using MRI. Many findings in studies of schizophrenia using MRI have been inconclusive and, in some cases, conflicting, although interesting results have been obtained when attempting to correlate neuroimaging changes with aspects of clinical features and prognosis of the disease. The individuals affected by this mental illness appear to have smaller STG volumes when compared to healthy controls and also to subjects with a diagnosis of first-episode affective psychosis or groups of individuals at high risk of psychosis. However, the wide variety of definitions surrounding the STG found in a number of studies is a contributing factor to the lack of correlation between brain abnormalities and clinical symptoms. For instance, disagreements have arisen due to studies using regions of interest to analyze the STG whereas other studies prioritize the analysis of only STG subregions or specific supratemporal plane regions. It is necessary to standardize the nomenclature of the areas to be studied in the future, as this will enable more consistent results, allowing higher clinical and morphological correlations.
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DeRamus T, Silva R, Iraji A, Damaraju E, Belger A, Ford J, McEwen S, Mathalon D, Mueller B, Pearlson G, Potkin S, Preda A, Turner J, Vaidya J, van Erp T, Calhoun V. Covarying structural alterations in laterality of the temporal lobe in schizophrenia: A case for source-based laterality. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2020; 33:e4294. [PMID: 32207187 PMCID: PMC8311554 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The human brain is asymmetrically lateralized for certain functions (such as language processing) to regions in one hemisphere relative to the other. Asymmetries are measured with a laterality index (LI). However, traditional LI measures are limited by a lack of consensus on metrics used for its calculation. To address this limitation, source-based laterality (SBL) leverages an independent component analysis for the identification of laterality-specific alterations, identifying covarying components between hemispheres across subjects. SBL is successfully implemented with simulated data with inherent differences in laterality. SBL is then compared with a voxel-wise analysis utilizing structural data from a sample of patients with schizophrenia and controls without schizophrenia. SBL group comparisons identified three distinct temporal regions and one cerebellar region with significantly altered laterality in patients with schizophrenia relative to controls. Previous work highlights reductions in laterality (ie, reduced left gray matter volume) in patients with schizophrenia compared with controls without schizophrenia. Results from this pilot SBL project are the first, to our knowledge, to identify covarying laterality differences within discrete temporal brain regions. The authors argue SBL provides a unique focus to detect covarying laterality differences in patients with schizophrenia, facilitating the discovery of laterality aspects undetected in previous work.
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- T.P. DeRamus
- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Institute of Living, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Hartford, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, GA, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, GA, USA
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Talpalaru A, Bhagwat N, Devenyi GA, Lepage M, Chakravarty MM. Identifying schizophrenia subgroups using clustering and supervised learning. Schizophr Res 2019; 214:51-59. [PMID: 31455518 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Schizophrenia has a 1% incidence rate world-wide and those diagnosed present with positive (e.g. hallucinations, delusions), negative (e.g. apathy, asociality), and cognitive symptoms. However, both symptom burden and associated brain alterations are highly heterogeneous and intimately linked to prognosis. In this study, we present a method to predict individual symptom profiles by first deriving clinical subgroups and then using machine learning methods to perform subject-level classification based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) derived neuroanatomical measures. Symptomatic and MRI data of 167 subjects were used. Subgroups were defined using hierarchical clustering of clinical data resulting in 3 stable clusters: 1) high symptom burden, 2) predominantly positive symptom burden, and 3) mild symptom burden. Cortical thickness estimates were obtained in 78 regions of interest and were input, along with demographic data, into three machine learning models (logistic regression, support vector machine, and random forest) to predict subgroups. Random forest performance metrics for predicting the group membership of the high and mild symptom burden groups exceeded those of the baseline comparison of the entire schizophrenia population versus normal controls (AUC: 0.81 and 0.78 vs. 0.75). Additionally, an analysis of the most important features in the random forest classification demonstrated consistencies with previous findings of regional impairments and symptoms of schizophrenia.
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- Alexandra Talpalaru
- Biological & Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC H4H 1R3, Canada.
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Biological & Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
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Jung S, Lee A, Bang M, Lee SH. Gray matter abnormalities in language processing areas and their associations with verbal ability and positive symptoms in first-episode patients with schizophrenia spectrum psychosis. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 24:102022. [PMID: 31670071 PMCID: PMC6831896 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Impaired verbal communication is a prominent feature in patients with schizophrenia. Verbal communication difficulties adversely affect psychosocial outcomes and worsen schizophrenia's clinical manifestation. In the present study, we aimed to investigate associations among gray matter (GM) volumes in language processing areas (LPAs), verbal ability, and positive symptoms in first-episode patients (FEPs) with schizophrenia spectrum psychosis. METHODS We enrolled 94 FEPs and 52 healthy controls (HCs) and subjected them to structural magnetic resonance imaging. The GM volumes of the bilateral pars opercularis (POp), pars triangularis (PTr), planum temporale (PT), Heschl's gyrus (HG), insula, and fusiform gyrus (FG), were estimated and compared between the FEPs and HCs. Verbal intelligence levels and positive symptom severity were examined for correlations with the left LPA volumes. RESULTS The GM volumes of the left POp, HG, and FG were significantly smaller in the FEPs than in the HCs, while the right regions showed no significant between-group difference. A multiple linear regression model revealed that larger left PT volume was associated with better verbal intelligence in FEPs. In exploratory correlation analysis, several LPAs showed significant correlations with the severity of positive symptoms in FEPs. The left FG volume had a strong inverse correlation with the severity of auditory verbal hallucinations, while the left PT volume was inversely associated with the severity of positive formal thought disorder and delusions. Moreover, the volume of the left insula was positively associated with the severity of bizarre behavior. CONCLUSIONS The present study suggests that GM abnormalities in the LPAs, which can be detected during the early stage of illness, may underlie impaired verbal communication and positive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia spectrum psychosis.
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- Sra Jung
- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
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Escarti MJ, Garcia-Marti G, Sanz-Requena R, Marti-Bonmatí L, Cabrera B, Vieta E, Lobo A, Castro-Fornieles J, González-Pinto A, Cortizo R, Pina-Camacho L, Parellada M, Bernardo M, Sanjuan J. Auditory hallucinations in first-episode psychosis: A voxel-based morphometry study. Schizophr Res 2019; 209:148-155. [PMID: 31113747 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Auditory hallucinations (AH) are a core symptom of psychosis. The brain abnormalities responsible for AH remain controversial due to inconsistent and conflicting findings across studies, with substantial confounding factors, such as chronicity. Few studies have examined the pathological changes that occur in the gray matter (GM) of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and AH. The present study aims to validate the presence and characteristics of these structural abnormalities in relation to the intensity of psychotic symptoms and AH in a larger homogeneous sample than those of previous studies. METHODS A magnetic resonance voxel-based morphometric analysis was applied to a group of 215 patients with FEP (93 patients with AH and 122 patients without AH) and 177 healthy controls. The patients were evaluated using the PANSS scale. RESULTS Patients with FEP exhibited greater reductions in GM concentrations in the temporal, frontal, cingulate and insular areas than the healthy controls did. No specific differences were found between the patients with FEP and AH and the patients without AH. In addition, total scores on the PANSS were negatively correlated with GM reductions in the FEP group. No correlations were found between the severity of the AH and the GM volumes. CONCLUSIONS As in previous studies, reductions in the GM concentrations in patients with FEP suggest that alterations are present in the early stages of psychosis, and these alterations are correlated with the severity of the illness. The GM reductions were not found to be related to the presence or severity of AH.
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- María Jose Escarti
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinic, University of Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Peset, Av. de Gaspar Aguilar, 90, 46017 Valencia, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain.
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- Department of Radiology, Quirón Hospital, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 14, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Quirón Hospital, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 14, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Quirón Hospital, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 14, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI2^30), Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell 106, Torre A, 46026, Valencia, Spain
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- Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Bipolar Disorder Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Hospital Clinico, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragon) y Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, SGR-489, Institute Clinic of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Álava (Sede Santiago), EHU/University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, Madrid, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, Madrid, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinic, University of Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Universitat de València, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 15, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Ciber del Área de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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Donepezil's Effects on Brain Functions of Patients With Alzheimer Disease: A Regional Homogeneity Study Based on Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Clin Neuropharmacol 2019; 42:42-48. [PMID: 30875345 PMCID: PMC6426347 DOI: 10.1097/wnf.0000000000000324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Donepezil is known to increase cholinergic synaptic transmission in Alzheimer disease (AD), although how it affects cortical brain activity and how it consequently affects brain functions need further clarification. To investigate the therapeutic mechanism of donepezil underlying its effect on brain function, regional homogeneity (ReHo) technology was used in this study. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 11 mild-to-moderate AD patients who completed 24 weeks of donepezil treatment and 11 matched healthy controls. All participants finished neuropsychological assessment and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning to compare whole-brain ReHo before and after donepezil treatment. RESULTS Significantly decreased Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale scores (P = 0.010) and increased Mini-Mental State Examination scores (P = 0.043) were observed in the AD patients. In addition, in the right gyrus rectus (P = 0.021), right precentral gyrus (P = 0.026), and left superior temporal gyrus (P = 0.043) of the AD patients, decreased ReHo was exhibited. CONCLUSION Donepezil-mediated improvement of cognitive function in AD patients is linked to spontaneous brain activities of the right gyrus rectus, right precentral gyrus, and left superior temporal gyrus, which could be used as potential biomarkers for monitoring the therapeutic effect of donepezil.
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Calvo A, Delvecchio G, Altamura AC, Soares JC, Brambilla P. Gray matter differences between affective and non-affective first episode psychosis: A review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging studies: Special Section on "Translational and Neuroscience Studies in Affective Disorders" Section Editor, Maria Nobile MD, PhD. This Section of JAD focuses on the relevance of translational and neuroscience studies in providing a better understanding of the neural basis of affective disorders. The main aim is to briefly summaries relevant research findings in clinical neuroscience with particular regards to specific innovative topics in mood and anxiety disorders. J Affect Disord 2019; 243:564-574. [PMID: 29625792 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-affective and affective psychoses are very common mental disorders. However, their neurobiological underpinnings are still poorly understood. Therefore, the goal of the present review was to evaluate structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies exploring brain deficits in both non-affective (NA-FEP) and affective first episode psychosis (A-FEP). METHODS A bibliographic search on PUBMED of all MRI studies exploring gray matter (GM) differences between NA-FEP and A-FEP was conducted. RESULTS Overall, the results from the available evidence showed that the two diagnostic groups share common GM alterations in fronto-temporal regions and anterior cingulate cortex. In contrast, unique GM deficits have also been observed, with reductions in amygdala for A-FEP and in hippocampus and insula for NA-FEP. LIMITATIONS Few small MRI studies with heterogeneous methodology. CONCLUSIONS Although the evidences are far to be conclusive, they suggest the presence of common and distinct pattern of GM alterations in NA-FEP and A-FEP. Future larger longitudinal studies are needed to further characterize specific neural biomarkers in homogenous NA-FEP and A-FEP samples.
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- A Calvo
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Spain.
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; IRCCS "E. Medea" Scientific Institute, Bosisio Parini LC, Italy.
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Kim JY, Jeon H, Kwon A, Jin MJ, Lee SH, Chung YC. Self-Awareness of Psychopathology and Brain Volume in Patients With First Episode Psychosis. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:839. [PMID: 31803084 PMCID: PMC6873658 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Memory impairment, excessive rumination, and increased interpersonal sensitivity are major characteristics of high psychosis risk or first episode psychosis (FEP). Herein, we investigated the relationship between brain volume and self-awareness of psychopathology in patients with FEP. All participants (FEP: 34 and HCs: 34) completed clinical assessments and the following self-reported psychopathology evaluations: prospective and retrospective memory questionnaire (PRMQ), ruminative response scale (RRS), and interpersonal sensitivity measure (IPSM). Structural magnetic resonance imaging was then conducted. The PRMQ, RRS, and IPSM scores were significantly higher in the FEP group than in the healthy controls (HCs). The volumes of the amygdala, hippocampus, and superior temporal gyrus (STG) were significantly lower in the FEP group than in the HCs. There was a significant group-dependent moderation effect between self-awareness of psychopathology (PRMQ, RRS, and IPSM scores) and right STG (rSTG) volume. In the FEP group, self-awareness of psychopathology was positively associated with rSTG volume, while in the HCs, this correlation was negative. Our results indicate that self-awareness of psychopathology impacts rSTG volume in the opposite direction between patients with FEP and HCs. In patients with FEP, awareness of impairment may induce increases in rSTG brain volume. However, HCs showed decreased rSTG volume when they were aware of impairment.
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- Jeong-Youn Kim
- Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea
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- Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea
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- Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea
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- Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea.,Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Clinical Emotion and Cognition Research Laboratory, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea.,Department of Psychiatry, Inje University, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Goyang, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
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Sumich A, Anderson JD, Howard CJ, Heym N, Castro A, Baker J, Belmonte MK. Reduction in lower-alpha power during Ganzfeld flicker stimulation is associated with the production of imagery and trait positive schizotypy. Neuropsychologia 2018; 121:79-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xie W, Peng CK, Huang CC, Lin CP, Tsai SJ, Yang AC. Functional brain lateralization in schizophrenia based on the variability of resting-state fMRI signal. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2018; 86:114-121. [PMID: 29807061 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Abnormal brain lateralization has been implicated in schizophrenia but few studies have focused on the variability of resting-state fMRI signal and its lateralization in schizophrenia. Here we utilized standard deviations (SD) to quantify the variability of resting-state fMRI signal and measured the lateralization index (LI), on the basis of SD of the resting-state fMRI signal in order to assess the difference of brain signal variability across the hemispheres. We recruited 180 patients with schizophrenia and 358 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. Between-group comparison revealed that in comparison to healthy volunteers, schizophrenia patients have significantly higher SD of resting-state fMRI activity in left inferior temporal, left fusiform, and right superior medial frontal cortex, and lower SD in right precuneus, posterior cingulum on both sides, right lingual, and left calcarine in the occipital region. Using region of interest approach, most brain regions showed increased leftward lateralization in patients with schizophrenia, as compared with healthy controls. SD and LI were also found to be correlated to age of onset or duration of illness. These results provide further evidence that abnormal variability and lateralization exist in schizophrenia patients, and abnormality in fusiform, lingual and inferior temporal could have potential help to identify the dysfunctional brain lateralization in schizophrenia.
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- Wanqing Xie
- Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Brain Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Institute of Brain Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Wang J, Wydell TN, Zhang L, Quan W, Tian J, Liu J, Dong W. The underlying mechanism of deficits of speech comprehension and hallucinations in Chinese patients with schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res 2018; 97:16-21. [PMID: 29161608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sentence context and fundamental frequency (F0) contours are important factors to speech perception and comprehension. In Chinese-Mandarin, lexical tones can be distinguished by the F0 contours. Previous studies found healthy people could use the cue of context to recover the phonological representations of lexical tones from the altered tonal patterns to comprehend the sentences in quiet condition, but can not in noise environment. Lots of research showed that patients with schizophrenia have deficits of speech perception and comprehension. However, it is unclear how context and F0 contours influence speech perception and comprehension in patients with schizophrenia. This study detected the contribution of context and lexical tone to sentence comprehension in four types of sentences by manipulating the context and F0 contours in 32 patients with schizophrenia and 33 healthy controls. The results showed that (1) in patients with schizophrenia, the interaction between context and F0 contour was not significant, which was significant in healthy controls; (2) the scores of sentences with two types of sentences with flattened F0 contours were negatively correlated with hallucination trait scores; (3) the patients with schizophrenia showed significantly lower scores on the intelligibility of sentences in all conditions, which were negatively correlated with PANSS-P. The patients with schizophrenia couldn't use the cue of context to recover the phonological representations of lexical tones from the altered tonal patterns when they comprehend the sentences, inner noise may be the underlying mechanism for the deficits of speech perception and comprehension.
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- Jiuju Wang
- Peking University Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health), Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China
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- Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
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- College of Chinese Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health), Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health), Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health), Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital (Institute of Mental Health), Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China.
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Hunter SA, Lawrie SM. Imaging and Genetic Biomarkers Predicting Transition to Psychosis. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2018; 40:353-388. [PMID: 29626338 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2018_46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The search for diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in schizophrenia care and treatment is the focus of many within the research community. Longitudinal cohorts of patients presenting at elevated genetic and clinical risk have provided a wealth of data that has informed our understanding of the development of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.Imaging follow-up of high-risk cohorts has demonstrated changes in cerebral grey matter of those that eventually transition to schizophrenia that predate the onset of symptoms and evolve over the course of illness. Longitudinal follow-up studies demonstrate that observed grey matter changes can be employed to differentiate those who will transition to schizophrenia from those who will not prior to the onset of the disorder.In recent years our understanding of the genetic makeup of schizophrenia has advanced significantly. The development of modern analysis techniques offers researchers the ability to objectively quantify genetic risk; these have been successfully applied within a high-risk paradigm to assist in differentiating between high-risk individuals who will subsequently become unwell and those who will not.This chapter will discuss the application of imaging and genetic biomarkers within high-risk groups to predict future transition to schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. We aim to provide an overview of current approaches focussing on grey matter changes that are predictive of future transition to illness, the developing field of genetic risk scores and other methods being developed to aid clinicians in diagnosis and prognosis.
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- Stuart A Hunter
- Division of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Division of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Takano Y, Aoki Y, Yahata N, Kawakubo Y, Inoue H, Iwashiro N, Natsubori T, Koike S, Gonoi W, Sasaki H, Takao H, Kasai K, Yamasue H. Neural basis for inferring false beliefs and social emotions in others among individuals with schizophrenia and those at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2017; 259:34-41. [PMID: 27960147 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Inferring beliefs and social emotions of others has different neural substrates and possibly different roles in the pathophysiology of different clinical phases of schizophrenia. The current study investigated the neural basis for inferring others' beliefs and social emotions, as individual concepts, in 17 subjects at ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR), 16 patients with schizophrenia and 20 healthy controls. Brain activity significantly differed from normal in both the left superior temporal sulcus (STS) and the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) in the schizophrenia group while inferring others' beliefs, whereas those of UHR group were in the middle of those in the schizophrenia and healthy-control groups. Brain activity during inferring others' social emotions significantly differed in both the left STS and right IFG among individuals at UHR; however, there was no significant difference in the schizophrenia group. In contrast, brain activity differed in the left IFG of those in both the schizophrenia and UHR groups while inferring social emotion. Regarding the difference in direction of the abnormality, both the UHR and schizophrenia groups were characterized by hyper-STS and hypo-IFG activations when inferring others' beliefs and emotions. These findings might reflect different aspects of the same pathophysiological process at different clinical phases of psychosis.
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- Yosuke Takano
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; The Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashiku, Hamamatsu City 431-3192, Japan.
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Mørch-Johnsen L, Nesvåg R, Jørgensen KN, Lange EH, Hartberg CB, Haukvik UK, Kompus K, Westerhausen R, Osnes K, Andreassen OA, Melle I, Hugdahl K, Agartz I. Auditory Cortex Characteristics in Schizophrenia: Associations With Auditory Hallucinations. Schizophr Bull 2017; 43:75-83. [PMID: 27605526 PMCID: PMC5216858 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated associations between smaller auditory cortex volume and auditory hallucinations (AH) in schizophrenia. Reduced cortical volume can result from a reduction of either cortical thickness or cortical surface area, which may reflect different neuropathology. We investigate for the first time how thickness and surface area of the auditory cortex relate to AH in a large sample of schizophrenia spectrum patients. METHODS Schizophrenia spectrum (n = 194) patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Mean cortical thickness and surface area in auditory cortex regions (Heschl's gyrus [HG], planum temporale [PT], and superior temporal gyrus [STG]) were compared between patients with (AH+, n = 145) and without (AH-, n = 49) a lifetime history of AH and 279 healthy controls. RESULTS AH+ patients showed significantly thinner cortex in the left HG compared to AH- patients (d = 0.43, P = .0096). There were no significant differences between AH+ and AH- patients in cortical thickness in the PT or STG, or in auditory cortex surface area in any of the regions investigated. Group differences in cortical thickness in the left HG was not affected by duration of illness or current antipsychotic medication. CONCLUSIONS AH in schizophrenia patients were related to thinner cortex, but not smaller surface area of the left HG, a region which includes the primary auditory cortex. The results support that structural abnormalities of the auditory cortex underlie AH in schizophrenia.
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- Lynn Mørch-Johnsen
- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; .,NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway;,Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway;,NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway;,NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;,Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;,Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;,Division of Psychiatry and Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway;,NORMENT and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Huang X, Pu W, Li X, Greenshaw AJ, Dursun SM, Xue Z, Liu H, Liu Z. Decreased Left Putamen and Thalamus Volume Correlates with Delusions in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:245. [PMID: 29209237 PMCID: PMC5702009 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Delusional thinking is one of the hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia. However, the underlying neural substrate for delusions in schizophrenia remains unknown. In an attempt to further our understanding of the neural basis of delusions, we explored gray matter deficits and their clinical associations in first-episode schizophrenia patients with and without delusions. METHODS Twenty-four first-episode schizophrenia patients with delusions and 18 without delusions as well as 26 healthy controls (HC) underwent clinical assessment and whole-brain structural imaging which were acquired a 3.0 T scanner. Voxel-based morphometry was used to explore inter-group differences in gray matter volume using analysis of covariance, and Spearman correlation coefficients (rho) between the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)-delusion scores and mean regional brain volumes was obtained. RESULTS Patients with delusions showed decreased brain gray matter volumes in the left putamen, thalamus, and caudate regions compared with HC. Patients with delusions also showed decreased regional volume in the left putamen and thalamus compared with patients without delusions. SAPS-delusion scores were negatively correlated with the gray matter volumes of the left putamen and thalamus. DISCUSSION Left putamen and thalamus volume loss may be biological correlates of delusions in schizophrenia.
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- Xiaojun Huang
- Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Medical Psychological Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Mental Health Center of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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Lee JS, Kim CY, Joo YH, Newell D, Bouix S, Shenton ME, Kubicki M. Increased diffusivity in gray matter in recent onset schizophrenia is associated with clinical symptoms and social cognition. Schizophr Res 2016; 176:144-150. [PMID: 27554199 PMCID: PMC5392041 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Diffusion weighted MRI (dMRI) is a method sensitive to pathological changes affecting tissue microstructure. Most dMRI studies in schizophrenia, however, have focused solely on white matter. There is a possibility, however, that subtle changes in diffusivity exist in gray matter (GM). Accordingly, we investigated diffusivity in GM in patients with recent onset schizophrenia. METHODS We enrolled 45 patients and 21 age and sex-matched healthy controls. All subjects were evaluated using the short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and the video based social cognition scale. DMRI and T1W images were acquired on a 3 Tesla magnet, and mean Fractional Anisotropy (FA), Trace (TR) and volume were calculated for each of the 68 cortical GM Regions of Interest parcellated using FreeSurfer. RESULTS There was no significant difference of FA and GM volume between groups after Bonferroni correction. For the dMRI measures, however, patients evinced increased TR in the left bank of the superior temporal sulcus, the right inferior parietal, the right inferior temporal, and the right middle temporal gyri. In addition, higher TR in the right middle temporal gyrus and the right inferior temporal gyrus, respectively, was associated with decreased social function and higher PANSS score in patients with schizophrenia. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates high sensitivity of dMRI to subtle pathology in GM in recent onset schizophrenia, as well as an association between increased diffusivity in temporal GM regions and abnormalities in social cognition and exacerbation of psychiatric symptoms.
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- Jung Sun Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Division, Brockton, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Brown M, Kuperberg GR. A Hierarchical Generative Framework of Language Processing: Linking Language Perception, Interpretation, and Production Abnormalities in Schizophrenia. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:643. [PMID: 26640435 PMCID: PMC4661240 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Language and thought dysfunction are central to the schizophrenia syndrome. They are evident in the major symptoms of psychosis itself, particularly as disorganized language output (positive thought disorder) and auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), and they also manifest as abnormalities in both high-level semantic and contextual processing and low-level perception. However, the literatures characterizing these abnormalities have largely been separate and have sometimes provided mutually exclusive accounts of aberrant language in schizophrenia. In this review, we propose that recent generative probabilistic frameworks of language processing can provide crucial insights that link these four lines of research. We first outline neural and cognitive evidence that real-time language comprehension and production normally involve internal generative circuits that propagate probabilistic predictions to perceptual cortices - predictions that are incrementally updated based on prediction error signals as new inputs are encountered. We then explain how disruptions to these circuits may compromise communicative abilities in schizophrenia by reducing the efficiency and robustness of both high-level language processing and low-level speech perception. We also argue that such disruptions may contribute to the phenomenology of thought-disordered speech and false perceptual inferences in the language system (i.e., AVHs). This perspective suggests a number of productive avenues for future research that may elucidate not only the mechanisms of language abnormalities in schizophrenia, but also promising directions for cognitive rehabilitation.
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- Meredith Brown
- Department of Psychiatry–Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, CharlestownMA, USA
- Department of Psychology, Tufts University, MedfordMA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry–Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, CharlestownMA, USA
- Department of Psychology, Tufts University, MedfordMA, USA
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Gao B, Wang Y, Liu W, Chen Z, Zhou H, Yang J, Cohen Z, Zhu Y, Zang Y. Spontaneous Activity Associated with Delusions of Schizophrenia in the Left Medial Superior Frontal Gyrus: A Resting-State fMRI Study. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26204264 PMCID: PMC4512714 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Delusions of schizophrenia have been found to be associated with alterations of some brain regions in structure and task-induced activation. However, the relationship between spontaneously occurring symptoms and spontaneous brain activity remains unclear. In the current study, 14 schizophrenic patients with delusions and 14 healthy controls underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) scan. Patients with delusions of schizophrenia patients were rated with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Characteristics of Delusional Rating Scale (CDRS). Regional homogeneity (ReHo) was calculated to measure the local synchronization of the spontaneous activity in a voxel-wise way. A two-sample t-test showed that ReHo of the right anterior cingulate gyrus and left medial superior frontal gyrus were higher in patients, and ReHo of the left superior occipital gyrus was lower, compared to healthy controls. Further, among patients, correlation analysis showed a significant difference between delusion scores of CRDS and ReHo of brain regions. ReHo of the left medial superior frontal gyrus was negatively correlated with patients’ CDRS scores but not with delusional PANSS scores. These results suggested that altered local synchronization of spontaneous brain activity may be related to the pathophysiology of delusion in schizophrenia.
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- Bin Gao
- Department of Psychiatry, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China; Mental Health Center, School of Medicine, Zhe Jiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Richmond St., Providence, RI, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China; Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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Cheah SY, Lawford BR, Young RM, Morris CP, Voisey J. Dysbindin (DTNBP1) variants are associated with hallucinations in schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2015; 30:486-91. [PMID: 25697573 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dystrobrevin binding protein 1 (DTNBP1) is a schizophrenia susceptibility gene involved with neurotransmission regulation (especially dopamine and glutamate) and neurodevelopment. The gene is known to be associated with cognitive deficit phenotypes within schizophrenia. In our previous studies, DTNBP1 was found associated not only with schizophrenia but with other psychiatric disorders including psychotic depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, nicotine dependence and opiate dependence. These findings suggest that DNTBP1 may be involved in pathways that lead to multiple psychiatric phenotypes. In this study, we explored the association between DTNBP1 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and multiple psychiatric phenotypes included in the Diagnostic Interview of Psychosis (DIP). METHODS Five DTNBP1 SNPs, rs17470454, rs1997679, rs4236167, rs9370822 and rs9370823, were genotyped in 235 schizophrenia subjects screened for various phenotypes in the domains of depression, mania, hallucinations, delusions, subjective thought disorder, behaviour and affect, and speech disorder. SNP-phenotype association was determined with ANOVA under general, dominant/recessive and over-dominance models. RESULTS Post hoc tests determined that SNP rs1997679 was associated with visual hallucination; SNP rs4236167 was associated with general auditory hallucination as well as specific features including non-verbal, abusive and third-person form auditory hallucinations; and SNP rs9370822 was associated with visual and olfactory hallucinations. SNPs that survived correction for multiple testing were rs4236167 for third-person and abusive form auditory hallucinations; and rs9370822 for olfactory hallucinations. CONCLUSION These data suggest that DTNBP1 is likely to play a role in development of auditory related, visual and olfactory hallucinations which is consistent with evidence of DTNBP1 activity in the auditory processing regions, in visual processing and in the regulation of glutamate and dopamine activity.
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- S-Y Cheah
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.
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Ribolsi M, Daskalakis ZJ, Siracusano A, Koch G. Abnormal asymmetry of brain connectivity in schizophrenia. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:1010. [PMID: 25566030 PMCID: PMC4273663 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Recently, a growing body of data has revealed that beyond a dysfunction of connectivity among different brain areas in schizophrenia patients (SCZ), there is also an abnormal asymmetry of functional connectivity compared with healthy subjects. The loss of the cerebral torque and the abnormalities of gyrification, with an increased or more complex cortical folding in the right hemisphere may provide an anatomical basis for such aberrant connectivity in SCZ. Furthermore, diffusion tensor imaging studies have shown a significant reduction of leftward asymmetry in some key white-matter tracts in SCZ. In this paper, we review the studies that investigated both structural brain asymmetry and asymmetry of functional connectivity in healthy subjects and SCZ. From an analysis of the existing literature on this topic, we can hypothesize an overall generally attenuated asymmetry of functional connectivity in SCZ compared to healthy controls. Such attenuated asymmetry increases with the duration of the disease and correlates with psychotic symptoms. Finally, we hypothesize that structural deficits across the corpus callosum may contribute to the abnormal asymmetry of intra-hemispheric connectivity in schizophrenia.
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- Michele Ribolsi
- Dipartimento di Medicina dei Sistemi, Clinica Psichiatrica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata , Rome , Italy ; Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS , Rome , Italy
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- Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON , Canada
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- Dipartimento di Medicina dei Sistemi, Clinica Psichiatrica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata , Rome , Italy
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- Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS , Rome , Italy
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Sumich A, Castro A, Kumari V. N100 and N200, but not P300, amplitudes predict paranoia/suspiciousness in the general population. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Iwashiro N, Yahata N, Kawamuro Y, Kasai K, Yamasue H. Aberrant interference of auditory negative words on attention in patients with schizophrenia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83201. [PMID: 24376662 PMCID: PMC3871545 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous research suggests that deficits in attention-emotion interaction are implicated in schizophrenia symptoms. Although disruption in auditory processing is crucial in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, deficits in interaction between emotional processing of auditorily presented language stimuli and auditory attention have not yet been clarified. To address this issue, the current study used a dichotic listening task to examine 22 patients with schizophrenia and 24 age-, sex-, parental socioeconomic background-, handedness-, dexterous ear-, and intelligence quotient-matched healthy controls. The participants completed a word recognition task on the attended side in which a word with emotionally valenced content (negative/positive/neutral) was presented to one ear and a different neutral word was presented to the other ear. Participants selectively attended to either ear. In the control subjects, presentation of negative but not positive word stimuli provoked a significantly prolonged reaction time compared with presentation of neutral word stimuli. This interference effect for negative words existed whether or not subjects directed attention to the negative words. This interference effect was significantly smaller in the patients with schizophrenia than in the healthy controls. Furthermore, the smaller interference effect was significantly correlated with severe positive symptoms and delusional behavior in the patients with schizophrenia. The present findings suggest that aberrant interaction between semantic processing of negative emotional content and auditory attention plays a role in production of positive symptoms in schizophrenia. (224 words).
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- Norichika Iwashiro
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (NI); (HY)
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Takada-Nishishiro Hospital, Jyoetsu-shi, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- JST, National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (NI); (HY)
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Altered intrinsic functional connectivity in language-related brain regions in association with verbal memory performance in euthymic bipolar patients. Brain Sci 2013; 3:1357-73. [PMID: 24961532 PMCID: PMC4061875 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci3031357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Potential abnormalities in the structure and function of the temporal lobes have been studied much less in bipolar disorder than in schizophrenia. This may not be justified because language-related symptoms, such as pressured speech and flight of ideas, and cognitive deficits in the domain of verbal memory are amongst the hallmark of bipolar disorder (BD), and contribution of temporal lobe dysfunction is therefore likely. In the current study, we examined resting-state functional connectivity (FC) between the auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyrus [HG], planum temporale [PT]) and whole brain using seed correlation analysis in n = 21 BD euthymic patients and n = 20 matched healthy controls and associated it with verbal memory performance. In comparison to controls BD patients showed decreased functional connectivity between Heschl’s gyrus and planum temporale and the left superior and middle temporal gyrus. Additionally, fronto-temporal functional connectivity with the right inferior frontal/precentral gyrus and the insula was increased in patients. Verbal episodic memory deficits in the investigated sample of BD patients and language-related symptoms might therefore be associated with a diminished FC within the auditory/temporal gyrus and a compensatory fronto-temporal pathway.
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Ottet MC, Schaer M, Debbané M, Cammoun L, Thiran JP, Eliez S. Graph theory reveals dysconnected hubs in 22q11DS and altered nodal efficiency in patients with hallucinations. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:402. [PMID: 24046733 PMCID: PMC3763187 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schizophrenia is postulated to be the prototypical dysconnection disorder, in which hallucinations are the core symptom. Due to high heterogeneity in methodology across studies and the clinical phenotype, it remains unclear whether the structural brain dysconnection is global or focal and if clinical symptoms result from this dysconnection. In the present work, we attempt to clarify this issue by studying a population considered as a homogeneous genetic sub-type of schizophrenia, namely the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS). Cerebral MRIs were acquired for 46 patients and 48 age and gender matched controls (aged 6-26, respectively mean age = 15.20 ± 4.53 and 15.28 ± 4.35 years old). Using the Connectome mapper pipeline (connectomics.org) that combines structural and diffusion MRI, we created a whole brain network for each individual. Graph theory was used to quantify the global and local properties of the brain network organization for each participant. A global degree loss of 6% was found in patients' networks along with an increased Characteristic Path Length. After identifying and comparing hubs, a significant loss of degree in patients' hubs was found in 58% of the hubs. Based on Allen's brain network model for hallucinations, we explored the association between local efficiency and symptom severity. Negative correlations were found in the Broca's area (p < 0.004), the Wernicke area (p < 0.023) and a positive correlation was found in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) (p < 0.014). In line with the dysconnection findings in schizophrenia, our results provide preliminary evidence for a targeted alteration in the brain network hubs' organization in individuals with a genetic risk for schizophrenia. The study of specific disorganization in language, speech and thought regulation networks sharing similar network properties may help to understand their role in the hallucination mechanism.
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- Marie-Christine Ottet
- Departement of Psychiatry, Office Médico-Pédagogique (OMP), University of Geneva School of Medicine Geneva, Switzerland ; Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland
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Oertel-Knöchel V, Knöchel C, Matura S, Prvulovic D, Linden DEJ, van de Ven V. Reduced functional connectivity and asymmetry of the planum temporale in patients with schizophrenia and first-degree relatives. Schizophr Res 2013; 147:331-8. [PMID: 23672819 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The planum temporale (PT) is a highly lateralized brain area associated with auditory and language processing. In schizophrenia, reduced structural and functional laterality of the PT has been suggested, which is of clinical interest because of its potential role in the generation of auditory verbal hallucinations. We investigated whether resting-state functional imaging (fMRI) of the PT reveals aberrant functional connectivity and laterality in patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and unaffected relatives, and examined possible associations between altered intrinsic functional organization of auditory networks and hallucinations. We estimated functional connectivity between bilateral PT and whole-brain in 24 SZ patients, 22 unaffected first-degree relatives and 24 matched healthy controls. The results indicated reduced functional connectivity between PT and temporal, parietal, limbic and subcortical regions in SZ patients and relatives in comparison with controls. Altered functional connectivity correlated with predisposition towards hallucinations (measured with the Revised Hallucination Scale [RHS]) in both patients and relatives. We also observed reduced functional asymmetry of the superior temporal gyrus in patients and relatives, which correlated significantly with acute severity of hallucinations in the patient group. To conclude, SZ patients and relatives showed abnormal asymmetry and aberrant connectivity in the planum temporale during resting-state, which was related to psychopathology. These results are in line with results from auditory processing and symptom-mapping studies that suggest that the PT is a central node in the generation of hallucinations. Our findings support reduced intrinsic functional hemispheric asymmetry of the auditory network as a possible trait marker in schizophrenia.
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- Viola Oertel-Knöchel
- Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe Univ., Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Interhemispheric EEG coherence is reduced in auditory cortical regions in schizophrenia patients with auditory hallucinations. Int J Psychophysiol 2013; 89:63-71. [PMID: 23707337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Central auditory processing has been reported to be impaired in schizophrenia patients who experience auditory hallucinations, and interhemispheric transfer in auditory circuits may be compromised. In this study, we used EEG spectral coherence to examine interhemispheric connectivity between cortical areas known to be important in the processing of auditory information. Coherence was compared across three subject groups: schizophrenia patients with a recent history of auditory hallucinations (AH), schizophrenia patients who did not experience auditory hallucinations (nonAH), and healthy controls (HC). Subjects listened to pure tone and word stimuli while EEG was recorded continuously. Upper alpha and upper beta band coherence was calculated from six pairs of electrodes located over homologous auditory areas in the left and right cerebral hemispheres. Significant between-group differences were found on four electrode pairs (C3-C4, C5-C6, Ft7-Ft8 and Cp5-Cp6) in the upper alpha band. Relative to both the HC and nonAH groups, coherence was lower in the AH patients, consistent with the hypothesis that interhemispheric connectivity is reduced in these patients.
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Modinos G, Costafreda SG, van Tol MJ, McGuire PK, Aleman A, Allen P. Neuroanatomy of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: A quantitative meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry studies. Cortex 2013; 49:1046-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2011] [Revised: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Is gamma band EEG synchronization reduced during auditory driving in schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations? Schizophr Res 2012; 141:266-70. [PMID: 22892287 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia patients assumingly result from a state inadequate activation of the primary auditory system. We tested brain responsiveness to auditory stimulation in healthy controls (n=26), and in schizophrenia patients that frequently (n=18) or never (n=11) experienced AVH. Responsiveness was assessed by driving the EEG with click-tones at 20, 30 and 40Hz. We compared stimulus induced EEG changes between groups using spectral amplitude maps and a global measure of phase-locking (GFS). As expected, the 40Hz stimulation elicited the strongest changes. However, while controls and non-hallucinators increased 40Hz EEG activity during stimulation, a left-lateralized decrease was observed in the hallucinators. These differences were significant (p=.02). As expected, GFS increased during stimulation in controls (p=.08) and non-hallucinating patients (p=.06), which was significant when combining the two groups (p=.01). In contrast, GFS decreased with stimulation in hallucinating patients (p=0.13), resulting in a significantly different GFS response when comparing subjects with and without AVH (p<.01). Our data suggests that normally, 40Hz stimulation leads to the activation of a synchronized network representing the sensory input, but in hallucinating patients, the same stimulation partly disrupts ongoing activity in this network.
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Vita A, De Peri L, Deste G, Sacchetti E. Progressive loss of cortical gray matter in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of longitudinal MRI studies. Transl Psychiatry 2012; 2:e190. [PMID: 23168990 PMCID: PMC3565772 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cortical gray matter deficits have been found in patients with schizophrenia, with evidence of progression over time. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of progressive cortical gray matter volume changes over time in schizophrenia, their site and time of occurrence, and the role of potential moderators of brain changes. English language articles published between 1 January 1983 and 31 March 2012 in the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched. Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies comparing changes in cortical gray matter volume over time between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls were included. Hedges g was calculated for each study. Analyses were performed using fixed- and random-effects models. A subgroup analysis was run to explore the pattern of brain changes in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. A meta-regression statistic was adopted to investigate the role of potential moderators of the effect sizes (ESs). A total of 19 studies, analyzing 813 patients with schizophrenia and 718 healthy controls, were included. Over time, patients with schizophrenia showed a significantly higher volume loss of total cortical gray matter, left superior temporal gyrus (STG), left anterior STG, left Heschl gyrus, left planum temporale and posterior STG bilaterally. Meta-analysis of first-episode schizophrenic patients showed a more significant pattern of progressive loss of whole cerebral gray matter volume involving the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes, and left Heschl gyrus compared with healthy controls. Clinical, pharmacologic and neuroradiological variables were found to be significant moderators of brain volume changes in patients with schizophrenia. The meta-analysis demonstrates that progressive cortical gray matter changes in schizophrenia occur with regional and temporal specificity. The underlying pathological process appears to be especially active in the first stages of the disease, affects the left hemisphere and the superior temporal structures more and is at least partly moderated by the type of pharmacological treatment received.
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- A Vita
- School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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- School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy,Department of Mental Health, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy,Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders and EULO, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Knöchel C, O'Dwyer L, Alves G, Reinke B, Magerkurth J, Rotarska-Jagiela A, Prvulovic D, Hampel H, Linden DEJ, Oertel-Knöchel V. Association between white matter fiber integrity and subclinical psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia patients and unaffected relatives. Schizophr Res 2012; 140:129-35. [PMID: 22817874 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In this study, we investigate whether aberrant integrity of white matter (WM) fiber tracts represents a genetically determined biological marker of schizophrenia (SZ), and its relation with clinical symptoms. We collected brain DTI data from 28 SZ patients, 18 first-degree relatives and 22 matched controls and used voxel-based analysis with tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) in order to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) between groups. Mean voxel-based FA values from the entire skeleton of each group were compared. We did a multiple regression analysis, followed by single post-hoc contrasts between groups. FA values were extracted from the statistically significant areas. The results showed significantly smaller FA values for SZ patients in comparison with controls in cortico-spinal tracts, in commissural fibers, in thalamic projections, in association fibers and in cingulum bundles. A significant increase of FA in SZ patients in comparison with healthy controls was only found in the arcuate fasciculus. Relatives had intermediate values between patients and controls which were deemed significant in the comparison to patients and controls in association fibers, arcuate fasciculus and cingulum bundles. Lower FA values in association fibers were significantly associated with predisposition toward hallucinations (in SZ patients and relatives), with higher PANSS scores of positive symptoms and with duration of illness (SZ patients). Our results suggest that clinical and subclinical presentations of psychotic symptoms are associated with aberrant integrity of multiple WM tracts. This association may represent an endophenotype of schizophrenia, since it is present in unaffected relatives as well. Such endophenotypes may serve as quantitative traits for future genetic studies and as candidate markers for early and preclinical identification of subjects at risk.
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- Christian Knöchel
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe Univ., Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Palaniyappan L, Balain V, Radua J, Liddle PF. Structural correlates of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Schizophr Res 2012; 137:169-73. [PMID: 22341902 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite being one of the most common symptoms of schizophrenia, determining the neural correlates of auditory hallucinations still remains elusive with various studies providing inconsistent results. METHODS We conducted a voxel-based meta-analysis of studies investigating the structural correlates of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. RESULTS 7 datasets including 350 patients were identified. There was a significant negative correlation between the severity of hallucinations and gray matter volume in the left insula and right superior temporal gyrus. CONCLUSION With its key role in stimulus evaluation and optimizing prediction (proximal salience), the insula is likely to be a cardinal region along with superior temporal gyrus in the mechanism of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.
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- Lena Palaniyappan
- Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, A Floor, South Block, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK.
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Henshall KR, Sergejew AA, McKay CM, Rance G, Shea TL, Hayden MJ, Innes-Brown H, Copolov DL. Interhemispheric transfer time in patients with auditory hallucinations: an auditory event-related potential study. Int J Psychophysiol 2012; 84:130-9. [PMID: 22342240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Central auditory processing in schizophrenia patients with a history of auditory hallucinations has been reported to be impaired, and abnormalities of interhemispheric transfer have been implicated in these patients. This study examined interhemispheric functional connectivity between auditory cortical regions, using temporal information obtained from latency measures of the auditory N1 evoked potential. Interhemispheric Transfer Times (IHTTs) were compared across 3 subject groups: schizophrenia patients who had experienced auditory hallucinations, schizophrenia patients without a history of auditory hallucinations, and normal controls. Pure tones and single-syllable words were presented monaurally to each ear, while EEG was recorded continuously. IHTT was calculated for each stimulus type by comparing the latencies of the auditory N1 evoked potential recorded contralaterally and ipsilaterally to the ear of stimulation. The IHTTs for pure tones did not differ between groups. For word stimuli, the IHTT was significantly different across the 3 groups: the IHTT was close to zero in normal controls, was highest in the AH group, and was negative (shorter latencies ipsilaterally) in the nonAH group. Differences in IHTTs may be attributed to transcallosal dysfunction in the AH group, but altered or reversed cerebral lateralization in nonAH participants is also possible.
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Oertel-Knochel V, Knochel C, Rotarska-Jagiela A, Reinke B, Prvulovic D, Haenschel C, Hampel H, Linden DEJ. Association between Psychotic Symptoms and Cortical Thickness Reduction across the Schizophrenia Spectrum. Cereb Cortex 2012; 23:61-70. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Le C, Silverman DHS. Neuroimaging and EEG-based explorations of cerebral substrates for suprapentasensory perception: a critical appraisal of recent experimental literature. Psychiatry Res 2011; 194:105-10. [PMID: 21924873 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2009] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Many people have reported experiencing on at least one occasion what are often labeled "paranormal phenomena," and some people report having such experiences frequently. From a neuroscience perspective, this begs the question of whether and how information emanating from outside of our bodies may be received by the human brain in a manner capable of influencing our conscious perceptions, other than through the conventionally accepted routes of our sensory organs for sight, sound, touch, taste and smell-i.e., exploring the existence, nature, and basis of presumed suprapentasensory (SPS) perception. The present review article, in an examination of investigations aimed at identifying SPS-associated neurologic substrates, critically reviews recently published literature covering EEG studies of reported perceptions of "sensed presence" and ganzfeld-induced imagery, neuronuclear imaging studies of experimentally induced experiences considered to be explicitly "religious" or "spiritual," and brain imaging studies that seek to understand neurologic correlates of individuals' proneness to reporting such experiences. The limitations of present studies (as well as of the conclusions that can be drawn from them), and potential avenues for addressing those limitations in future studies, are also considered.
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- Christine Le
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Cheung V, Chiu CPY, Law CW, Cheung C, Hui CLM, Chan KKS, Sham PC, Deng MY, Tai KS, Khong PL, McAlonan GM, Chua SE, Chen E. Positive symptoms and white matter microstructure in never-medicated first episode schizophrenia. Psychol Med 2011; 41:1709-1719. [PMID: 20809999 DOI: 10.1017/s003329171000156x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND We investigated cerebral structural connectivity and its relationship to symptoms in never-medicated individuals with first-onset schizophrenia using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHOD We recruited subjects with first episode DSM-IV schizophrenia who had never been exposed to antipsychotic medication (n=34) and age-matched healthy volunteers (n=32). All subjects received DTI and structural magnetic resonance imaging scans. Patients' symptoms were assessed on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Voxel-based analysis was performed to investigate brain regions where fractional anisotropy (FA) values significantly correlated with symptom scores. RESULTS In patients with first-episode schizophrenia, positive symptoms correlated positively with FA scores in white matter associated with the right frontal lobe, left anterior cingulate gyrus, left superior temporal gyrus, right middle temporal gyrus, right middle cingulate gyrus, and left cuneus. Importantly, FA in each of these regions was lower in patients than controls, but patients with more positive symptoms had FA values closer to controls. We found no significant correlations between FA and negative symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The newly-diagnosed, neuroleptic-naive patients had lower FA scores in the brain compared with controls. There was positive correlation between FA scores and positive symptoms scores in frontotemporal tracts, including left fronto-occipital fasciculus and left inferior longitudinal fasciculus. This implies that white matter dysintegrity is already present in the pre-treatment phase and that FA is likely to decrease after clinical treatment or symptom remission.
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- V Cheung
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, SAR China
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The hemispheres of the human brain are anatomically and functionally asymmetric, and many cognitive and motor functions such as language and handedness are lateralized. This review examines anatomical, psychological, and physiological approaches to the understanding of separate hemispheric functions and their integration. The concept of hemispheric laterality plays a central role in current neuropsychological and pathophysiological models of schizophrenia. Reduced hemispheric asymmetry has also been reported for other mental disorders, for example, bipolar disorder. Recent research reflects an increasing interest in the molecular and population genetics of laterality and its potential link with animal models of schizophrenia. The authors review the principles of laterality and brain asymmetry and discuss the evidence for changes in asymmetry in schizophrenia and other mental disorders.
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- Viola Oertel-Knöchel
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Talbot K, Louneva N, Cohen JW, Kazi H, Blake DJ, Arnold SE. Synaptic dysbindin-1 reductions in schizophrenia occur in an isoform-specific manner indicating their subsynaptic location. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16886. [PMID: 21390302 PMCID: PMC3046962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND An increasing number of studies report associations between variation in DTNBP1, a top candidate gene in schizophrenia, and both the clinical symptoms of the disorder and its cognitive deficits. DTNBP1 encodes dysbindin-1, reduced levels of which have been found in synaptic fields of schizophrenia cases. This study determined whether such synaptic reductions are isoform-specific. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Using Western blotting of tissue fractions, we first determined the synaptic localization of the three major dysbindin-1 isoforms (A, B, and C). All three were concentrated in synaptosomes of multiple brain areas, including auditory association cortices in the posterior half of the superior temporal gyrus (pSTG) and the hippocampal formation (HF). Tests on the subsynaptic tissue fractions revealed that each isoform is predominantly, if not exclusively, associated with synaptic vesicles (dysbindin-1B) or with postsynaptic densities (dysbindin-1A and -1C). Using Western blotting on pSTG (n = 15) and HF (n = 15) synaptosomal fractions from schizophrenia cases and their matched controls, we discovered that synaptic dysbindin-1 is reduced in an isoform-specific manner in schizophrenia without changes in levels of synaptophysin or PSD-95. In pSTG, about 92% of the schizophrenia cases displayed synaptic dysbindin-1A reductions averaging 48% (p = 0.0007) without alterations in other dysbindin-1 isoforms. In the HF, by contrast, schizophrenia cases displayed normal levels of synaptic dysbindin-1A, but 67% showed synaptic reductions in dysbindin-1B averaging 33% (p = 0.0256), while 80% showed synaptic reductions in dysbindin-1C averaging 35% (p = 0.0171). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Given the distinctive subsynaptic localization of dysbindin-1A, -1B, and -1C across brain regions, the observed pSTG reductions in dysbindin-1A are postsynaptic and may promote dendritic spine loss with consequent disruption of auditory information processing, while the noted HF reductions in dysbindin-1B and -1C are both presynaptic and postsynaptic and could promote deficits in spatial working memory.
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- Konrad Talbot
- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Strahl B, Cheung YK, Stuckey SL. Diagnostic yield of computed tomography of the brain in first episode psychosis. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2011; 54:431-4. [PMID: 20958941 DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Brain computed tomography (CT) is inconsistently recommended worldwide in the investigative algorithm of patients presenting with first episode psychosis (FEP). The objective of this study is to investigate the clinical efficacy of brain CT in patients presenting with FEP without neurological signs in a major metropolitan teaching hospital. METHODS The CT brain scan reports of 237 consecutive patients, for which the imaging requests or reports provided a history of FEP but no focal neurological signs, were retrospectively identified within a 6-year period in a 750-bed tertiary referral teaching hospital using the radiology information system text-search function (170 male, 67 female; mean age, 28.3 years). All reports were authored or approved by consultant radiologist. They were reviewed for the presence of any lesion that could cause psychosis and hence alter clinical management. Minor neuroradiological abnormalities were also noted. Hospital Ethics Committee registration and approval were obtained and patient informed consent was not required. RESULTS No focal brain lesion potentially responsible for the psychosis or focal lesion requiring surgical intervention was identified in any patient. Findings unable to be directly linked to the psychosis such as evidence of small vessel ischaemic disease, arachnoid cysts, cerebral atrophy, and normal variants were present in 17.6% of patients (45 of 237 studies), none of which led to an alteration of clinical management. CONCLUSION The results of this study postulate that brain CT should not be universally performed in the initial assessment of patients with first episode psychosis without neurological signs.
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- Britta Strahl
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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The neuropsychology of hallucinations. ARCH BIOL SCI 2011. [DOI: 10.2298/abs1101043p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Hallucinations are a psychopathological phenomenon with neuropsychological,
neuroanatomical and pathophysiological correlates in specific brain areas.
They can affect any of the senses, but auditory and visual hallucinations
predominate. Verbal hallucinations reveal no gross organic lesions while
visual hallucinations are connected to defined brain lesions. Functional
neuroimaging shows impairments in modality specific sensory systems with the
hyperactivity of the surrounding cerebral cortex. Disinhibition and expansion
of the inner speech was noted with impaired internal monitoring in auditory
verbal hallucinations. The subcortical areas and modal-specific associative
cortex and cingulate cortex are essential for the occurrence of
hallucinations.
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Habel U, Chechko N, Pauly K, Koch K, Backes V, Seiferth N, Shah NJ, Stöcker T, Schneider F, Kellermann T. Neural correlates of emotion recognition in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2010; 122:113-23. [PMID: 20663646 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 05/28/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The following fMRI study aimed to characterize the neural correlates of explicit emotion discrimination in 17 patients with schizophrenia and 17 matched healthy controls. In patients, emotion recognition impairments were found to be paralleled by cerebral dysfunctions in the affective division of the anterior cingulate cortex, the bilateral dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, the right superior temporal gyrus and the right fusiform gyrus. While the patients' responses to emotional faces were characterized predominantly by hypoactivations, the neutral faces elicited hyperactivations mainly in the frontal and cingulate areas, and the basal ganglia, along with misattribution errors. The decreased activation in the fusiform face area during responses to both emotional and neutral stimuli may be indicative of general face processing deficits. Similar although less pronounced deficits have been observed in subjects at high risk of psychosis as well as in patients with early onset. In adult schizophrenia, the evidence of an imbalanced cerebral network appears early in the course of the illness, with the dysfunctions, as indicated by correlations here, becoming more pronounced in patients with longer illness duration.
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- Ute Habel
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Suga M, Yamasue H, Abe O, Yamasaki S, Yamada H, Inoue H, Takei K, Aoki S, Kasai K. Reduced gray matter volume of Brodmann's Area 45 is associated with severe psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2010; 260:465-73. [PMID: 20020306 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0094-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Previous literature has suggested an important role of inferior frontal gyrus, which mainly consists of Brodmann's Area (BA) 44 and 45, in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. While recent neuroimaging techniques have revealed differential functional correlates of BA 44 and 45 in healthy individuals, previous studies have not yet separately evaluated the gray matter volume reduction of BA 44 and 45 and their relationships to psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. In the present study, magnetic resonance images were obtained from 29 right-handed male patients with schizophrenia and from 29 age- and handedness-matched healthy male controls. The reliable manual tracing methodology was employed to measure the gray matter volume of BA 44 and BA 45. The severities of psychotic symptoms were evaluated using the five-factor model of positive and negative syndrome scale in the patient group. A significant gray matter volume reduction of both the BA 44 and BA 45 was found bilaterally in the patients with schizophrenia compared with the healthy controls. Among these inferior frontal sub-regions, reduced volume of right BA 45 revealed the largest effect size. In addition, the reduced volume of BA 45 in left hemisphere showed a significant association with the increased severity of delusional behavior, while the severity of disorganized and positive symptoms were correlated with the bilateral BA 45 volumes in the patient group. The findings support an important role of inferior frontal gyrus in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The present study further demonstrated that BA 45 might especially contribute to the production of psychotic symptoms in the patients with schizophrenia.
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- Motomu Suga
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
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Takahashi T, Malhi GS, Wood SJ, Yücel M, Walterfang M, Kawasaki Y, Suzuki M, Pantelis C. Gray matter reduction of the superior temporal gyrus in patients with established bipolar I disorder. J Affect Disord 2010; 123:276-82. [PMID: 19766321 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Revised: 08/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Functional abnormalities of the superior temporal gyrus (STG) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder, but magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of this region have yielded inconsistent findings. METHOD We used MRI to examine the volumes of the STG and its gray matter subregions [planum polare (PP), Heschl gyrus (HG), planum temporale (PT), and lateral STG (rostral and caudal regions)] in 26 patients with established bipolar I disorder (8 males and 18 females, mean age=38.4 years) and 24 age and gender-matched healthy controls (7 males and 17 females, mean age=38.7 years). RESULTS Bipolar patients had significantly smaller volumes of the PT and caudal STG compared with controls in the left hemisphere. The STG white matter volume did not differ between the groups. There was no association between the STG volume and number of manic/depressive episodes, family history, or clinical subtype (i.e., psychotic and nonpsychotic), but daily dosage of lithium treatment at the time of scanning was positively correlated with right PP and right rostral STG volumes. LIMITATIONS Entire clinical data (e.g., lifetime medication, symptomatology) were not available. CONCLUSIONS These findings implicate a role for the STG gray matter, especially its left posterior regions, in the neurobiology of bipolar disorder. Our findings may also support the notion of lithium-induced gray matter expansion.
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- Tsutomu Takahashi
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia.
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Takahashi T, Suzuki M, Zhou SY, Tanino R, Nakamura K, Kawasaki Y, Seto H, Kurachi M. A follow-up MRI study of the superior temporal subregions in schizotypal disorder and first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2010; 119:65-74. [PMID: 20051316 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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While longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have demonstrated progressive gray matter reduction of the superior temporal gyrus (STG) during the early phases of schizophrenia, it remains unknown whether patients with schizotypal features exhibit similar STG changes. In this study, longitudinal MRI data were obtained from 18 patients with first-episode schizophrenia, 13 patients with schizotypal disorder, and 20 healthy controls. The volumes of the STG and its subregions [planum polare (PP), Heschl gyrus (HG), planum temporale (PT), rostral STG, and caudal STG] were measured on baseline and follow-up (mean: 2.7 years) scans and were compared across groups. At the baseline, both the schizophrenia and schizotypal patients had smaller left PT and left caudal STG than the controls. In a longitudinal comparison, the schizophrenia patients showed significant gray matter reduction of the STG over time (left: -2.8%/year; right: -1.5%/year) compared with the schizotypal patients (left: -0.6%/year; right: -0.3%/year) and controls (left: 0.0%/year; right: -0.1%/year) without a prominent effect of subregion or type of antipsychotic (typical/atypical). In the schizophrenia patients, greater annual volume reductions of the left PP and right PT were correlated with less improvement of positive psychotic symptoms. A higher cumulative dose of antipsychotics during follow-up in schizophrenia was significantly correlated with less severe gray matter reductions in the left PT and bilateral caudal STG. Our findings suggest that the left posterior STG subregions are commonly reduced in diseases of the schizophrenia spectrum; whereas, schizophrenia patients exhibit further progressive STG changes associated with overt psychosis in the early years of the illness.
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- Tsutomu Takahashi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Horn H, Federspiel A, Wirth M, Müller TJ, Wiest R, Walther S, Strik W. Gray matter volume differences specific to formal thought disorder in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2010; 182:183-6. [PMID: 20418073 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Revised: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Formal thought disorder (FTD) is one of the main symptoms of schizophrenia. To date there are no whole brain volumetric studies investigating gray matter (GM) differences specifically associated with FTD. Here, we studied 20 right-handed schizophrenia patients that differed in the severity of formal thought disorder and 20 matched healthy controls, using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). The severity of FTD was measured with the Scale for the Assessment of Thought, Language, and Communication. The severity was negatively correlated with the GM volume of the left superior temporal sulcus, the left temporal pole, the right middle orbital gyrus and the right cuneus/lingual gyrus. Structural abnormalities specific for FTD were found to be unrelated to GM differences associated with schizophrenia in general. The specific GM abnormalities within the left temporal lobe may help to explain language disturbances included in FTD.
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- Helge Horn
- University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 21, Bern, Switzerland.
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Nenadic I, Smesny S, Schlösser RGM, Sauer H, Gaser C. Auditory hallucinations and brain structure in schizophrenia: voxel-based morphometric study. Br J Psychiatry 2010; 196:412-3. [PMID: 20435970 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.070441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We applied voxel-based morphometry to high-resolution magnetic resonance images of 99 participants with schizophrenia. Voxel-wise correlations with a score of auditory hallucination severity identified areas in the left and right superior temporal cortex (including Heschl's gyrus), left supramarginal/angular gyrus, left postcentral gyrus and left posterior cingulate cortex. This study extends previous region-of-interest studies demonstrating main effects of auditory hallucinations related to modality-specific superior temporal areas including primary and secondary auditory cortices.
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- Igor Nenadic
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Philosophenweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Reduced laterality as a trait marker of schizophrenia--evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging. J Neurosci 2010; 30:2289-99. [PMID: 20147555 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4575-09.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Laterality is a characteristic principle of the organization of the brain systems for language, and reduced hemispheric asymmetry has been considered a risk factor for schizophrenia. Here we sought support for the risk factor hypothesis by investigating whether reduced asymmetry of temporal lobe structure and function is also present in unaffected relatives. Sixteen schizophrenia patients, 16 age-matched first-degree relatives, and 15 healthy controls underwent high-resolution three-dimensional anatomical imaging and functional magnetic resonance imaging during auditory stimulation. Both the overall auditory cortex and planum temporale volumes and the lateralization to the left hemisphere were markedly reduced in patients. The decrease of lateralization correlated with increased severity of symptoms. In addition, both the overall functional activation in response to auditory stimulation and its asymmetry were reduced in the patients. Relatives had intermediate values between patients and controls on both structural and functional measures. This study provides added support for the idea that reduced hemispheric asymmetry is a biological risk factor for schizophrenia.
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Takayanagi Y, Kawasaki Y, Nakamura K, Takahashi T, Orikabe L, Toyoda E, Mozue Y, Sato Y, Itokawa M, Yamasue H, Kasai K, Kurachi M, Okazaki Y, Matsushita M, Suzuki M. Differentiation of first-episode schizophrenia patients from healthy controls using ROI-based multiple structural brain variables. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:10-7. [PMID: 19751790 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2009] [Revised: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brain morphometric measures from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have not been used to discriminate between first-episode patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjects. METHODS Magnetic resonance images were acquired from 34 (17 males, 17 females) first-episode schizophrenia patients and 48 (24 males, 24 females) age- and parental socio-economic status-matched healthy subjects. Twenty-nine regions of interest (ROI) were measured on 1-mm-thick coronal slices from the prefrontal and central parts of the brain. Linear discriminant function analysis was conducted using standardized z scores of the volumes of each ROI. RESULTS Discriminant function analysis with cross-validation procedures revealed that brain anatomical variables correctly classified 75.6% of male subjects and 82.9% of female subjects, respectively. The results of the volumetric comparisons of each ROI between patients and controls were generally consistent with those of the previous literature. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence of MRI-based successful classification between first-episode patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. The potential of these methods for early detection of schizophrenia should be further explored.
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- Yoichiro Takayanagi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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