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Todd J, Salisbury D, Michie PT. Why mismatch negativity continues to hold potential in probing altered brain function in schizophrenia. PCN REPORTS : PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 2023; 2:e144. [PMID: 38867817 PMCID: PMC11114358 DOI: 10.1002/pcn5.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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The brain potential known as mismatch negativity (MMN) is one of the most studied indices of altered brain function in schizophrenia. This review looks at what has been learned about MMN in schizophrenia over the last three decades and why the level of interest and activity in this field of research remains strong. A diligent consideration of available evidence suggests that MMN can serve as a biomarker in schizophrenia, but perhaps not the kind of biomarker that early research supposed. This review concludes that MMN measurement is likely to be most useful as a monitoring and response biomarker enabling tracking of an underlying pathology and efficacy of interventions, respectively. The role of, and challenges presented by, pre-clinical models is discussed as well as the merits of different methodologies that can be brought to bear in pursuing a deeper understanding of pathophysiology that might explain smaller MMN in schizophrenia.
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- Juanita Todd
- School of Psychological SciencesUniversity of NewcastleNewcastleNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- School of Psychological SciencesUniversity of NewcastleNewcastleNew South WalesAustralia
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Perrottelli A, Giordano GM, Brando F, Giuliani L, Pezzella P, Mucci A, Galderisi S. Unveiling the Associations between EEG Indices and Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12092193. [PMID: 36140594 PMCID: PMC9498272 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12092193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cognitive dysfunctions represent a core feature of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders due to their presence throughout different illness stages and their impact on functioning. Abnormalities in electrophysiology (EEG) measures are highly related to these impairments, but the use of EEG indices in clinical practice is still limited. A systematic review of articles using Pubmed, Scopus and PsychINFO was undertaken in November 2021 to provide an overview of the relationships between EEG indices and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Out of 2433 screened records, 135 studies were included in a qualitative review. Although the results were heterogeneous, some significant correlations were identified. In particular, abnormalities in alpha, theta and gamma activity, as well as in MMN and P300, were associated with impairments in cognitive domains such as attention, working memory, visual and verbal learning and executive functioning during at-risk mental states, early and chronic stages of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. The review suggests that machine learning approaches together with a careful selection of validated EEG and cognitive indices and characterization of clinical phenotypes might contribute to increase the use of EEG-based measures in clinical settings.
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Deng J, Zheng X, Zhu C, Lin Z, Ye Y. Auditory acuity and musical ability in young adults with high schizotypal traits. Compr Psychiatry 2022; 114:152297. [PMID: 35123176 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite auditory cognition dysfunction being consistently found in people with schizophrenia, the evidence from non-clinical individuals with schizotypy is rare and inconsistent. No studies thus far have comprehensively assessed the association among auditory perception, musical cognition, and schizotypy in non-clinical samples. AIM We aimed to explore abnormalities in auditory skills, from basic perception to musical ability, among individuals with schizotypal traits. METHOD An extreme-group design was adopted. Sixty-six participants from the schizotypy and control groups were screened from 1093 young adults using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Auditory acuity was assessed using four auditory discrimination threshold tests, and musical ability was evaluated through the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA). Basic demographic information and musical backgrounds were assessed and matched, and depression, anxiety, and digit-span index were evaluated and controlled. RESULTS Elevated sensitivity in auditory perception and improved musical talent were found in young adults with high schizotypal traits. Auditory acuity and musical ability were positively correlated with schizotypy and its factors among participants across groups. A regression analysis in the control group showed that cognitive perceptual scores of SPQ positively predicted auditory temporal sensitivity. The mediation analysis revealed an indirect effect of pure tone duration discrimination between musical rhythmic ability and positive factor of schizotypy. DISCUSSION Elevated sensitivity in auditory temporal perception and improved musical talent in young adults with high schizotypy may contribute to explaining the variation of auditory process in the development of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. It can also help elucidate the association between psychopathology and creativity in auditory modality.
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- Jue Deng
- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, No. 1 Technology Road, Higher Education Mega-Center, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 350117, China
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, No. 1 Technology Road, Higher Education Mega-Center, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 350117, China
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, No. 1 Technology Road, Higher Education Mega-Center, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 350117, China
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- Mental Health Center, Fujian Medical University, No. 1 Xuefu North Road, Higher Education Mega-Center, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 350122, China
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, No. 1 Technology Road, Higher Education Mega-Center, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 350117, China.
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Calvin OL, Redish AD. Global disruption in excitation-inhibition balance can cause localized network dysfunction and Schizophrenia-like context-integration deficits. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008985. [PMID: 34033641 PMCID: PMC8184155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Poor context integration, the process of incorporating both previous and current information in decision making, is a cognitive symptom of schizophrenia. The maintenance of the contextual information has been shown to be sensitive to changes in excitation-inhibition (EI) balance. Many regions of the brain are sensitive to EI imbalances, however, so it is unknown how systemic manipulations affect the specific regions that are important to context integration. We constructed a multi-structure, biophysically-realistic agent that could perform context-integration as is assessed by the dot pattern expectancy task. The agent included a perceptual network, a memory network, and a decision making system and was capable of successfully performing the dot pattern expectancy task. Systemic manipulation of the agent’s EI balance produced localized dysfunction of the memory structure, which resulted in schizophrenia-like deficits at context integration. When the agent’s pyramidal cells were less excitatory, the agent fixated upon the cue and initiated responding later than the default agent, which were like the deficits one would predict that individuals on the autistic spectrum would make. This modelling suggests that it may be possible to parse between different types of context integration deficits by adding distractors to context integration tasks and by closely examining a participant’s reaction times. Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental health disorder and its underlying etiology is currently unknown. Neural imbalances in the neural excitation and inhibition of specific regions of the brain have been hypothesized to cause symptoms of schizophrenia. Most regions of the brain have specific excitation-inhibition balances that permit their functioning in the processing of information. How systemic changes in the excitation-inhibition balance cause specific deficits and dysfunction within neural circuits is unknown. A common cognitive deficit in schizophrenia is difficulty with context integration, which is the ability to successfully use previous and current information when making decisions. We assessed how this symptom could be caused by an imbalance in neural excitation and inhibition by simulating the effects of potential imbalances in a model agent. Global imbalances in the agent’s neural excitation and inhibition led to impairment of specific circuits. These dysfunctional circuits produced behavioral deficits that were like those observed in individuals with schizophrenia. These simulations suggested how specific neural circuits may be disrupted by global changes in excitation or inhibition, ways to improve the assessment of context integration, new approaches to analyzing behavior, and why it may be beneficial to assess context integration in autism spectrum disorder.
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- Olivia L. Calvin
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United State of America
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United State of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United State of America
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Kovács G, Grotheer M, Münke L, Kéri S, Nenadić I. Significant repetition probability effects in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2019; 290:22-29. [PMID: 31254800 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence suggests that the comparison of expected and incoming sensory stimuli (the prediction-error (ε) processing) is impaired in schizophrenia patients (SZ). For example, in studies of mismatch negativity, an ERP component that signals ε, SZ patients show deficits in the auditory and visual modalities. To test the role of impaired ε processing further in SZ, using neuroimaging methods, we applied a repetition-suppression (RS) paradigm. METHODS Patients diagnosed with SZ (n = 17) as well as age- and sex- matched healthy control subjects (HC, n = 17) were presented with pairs of faces, which could either repeat or alternate. Additionally, the likelihood of repetition/alternation trials was modulated in individual blocks of fMRI recordings, testing the effects of repetition probability (P(rep)) on RS. RESULTS We found a significant RS in the fusiform and occipital face areas as well as in the lateral occipital cortex that was similar in healthy controls and SZ patients SZ. More importantly, we observed similar P(rep) effects (larger RS in blocks with high frequency of repetitions than in blocks with low repetition likelihood) in both the control and the patient group. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that repetition_probability modulations affect the neural responses in schizophrenia patients and healthy participants similarly. This suggests that the neural mechanisms determining perceptual inferences based on stimulus probabilities remain unimpaired in schizophrenia.
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- Gyula Kovács
- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; DFG Research Unit Person Perception, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; DFG Research Unit Person Perception, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg / Marburg University Hospital - UKGM, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 8, 35037 Marburg, Germany.
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Hamilton HK, Perez VB, Ford JM, Roach BJ, Jaeger J, Mathalon DH. Mismatch Negativity But Not P300 Is Associated With Functional Disability in Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2018; 44:492-504. [PMID: 29036701 PMCID: PMC5890465 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbx104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mismatch negativity (MMN) and P300 event-related potential (ERP) reductions in schizophrenia (SZ) reflect preattentive and attention-mediated auditory processing deficits, respectively. Although both have been linked to cognitive deficits in SZ, their relative contributions to real-world functioning are unclear. We sought to determine the functional significance of disrupted auditory processing in SZ by examining MMN and P300 in typically disabled low-functioning patients and in patients with high levels of independent role functioning. MMN to auditory deviants and P300 to infrequent auditory target and nontarget novel stimuli were assessed in 20 high-functioning SZ patients (HF-SZ), 17 low-functioning patients (LF-SZ), and 35 healthy comparison (HC) subjects. There was a group effect on MMN and P300 amplitudes across stimulus types. MMN was significantly diminished in LF-SZ compared to HF-SZ and HC, and HF-SZ demonstrated comparable MMN to HC. In contrast, P300 was significantly reduced in both LF-SZ and HF-SZ compared to HC. Logistic regression suggested independent sensitivity of MMN to functioning in SZ over and above P300 measures. Neither MMN nor P300 were associated with positive or negative symptom severity. Results replicate MMN and P300 abnormalities in SZ, and also suggest that the neural mechanisms associated with the preattentive detection of auditory deviance are most compromised in patients with functional disability. MMN may index pathophysiological processes that are critical for optimal functioning in SZ.
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- Holly K Hamilton
- San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA,University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA,University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA,University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, CA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY,CognitionMetrics, LLC, Wilmington, DE
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- San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA,University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,To whom correspondence should be addressed; San Francisco VA Health Care System, 4150 Clement Street, 116D, San Francisco, CA 94121; tel: 415-221-4810-x23860; e-mail:
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Rosburg T, Weigl M, Thiel R, Mager R. The event-related potential component P3a is diminished by identical deviance repetition, but not by non-identical repetitions. Exp Brain Res 2018; 236:1519-1530. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-018-5237-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Randeniya R, Oestreich LKL, Garrido MI. Sensory prediction errors in the continuum of psychosis. Schizophr Res 2018; 191:109-122. [PMID: 28457774 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Sensory prediction errors are fundamental brain responses that signal a violation of expectation in either the internal or external sensory environment, and are therefore crucial for survival and adaptive behaviour. Patients with schizophrenia show deficits in these internal and external sensory prediction errors, which can be measured using electroencephalography (EEG) components such as N1 and mismatch negativity (MMN), respectively. New evidence suggests that these deficits in sensory prediction errors are more widely distributed on a continuum of psychosis, whereas psychotic experiences exist to varying degrees throughout the general population. In this paper, we review recent findings in sensory prediction errors in the auditory domain across the continuum of psychosis, and discuss these in light of the predictive coding hypothesis.
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- R Randeniya
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Australia; ARC Centre for Integrative Brain Function, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Australia; School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Australia; ARC Centre for Integrative Brain Function, Australia.
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Avissar M, Xie S, Vail B, Lopez-Calderon J, Wang Y, Javitt DC. Meta-analysis of mismatch negativity to simple versus complex deviants in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2018; 191:25-34. [PMID: 28709770 PMCID: PMC5745291 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Mismatch negativity (MMN) deficits in schizophrenia (SCZ) have been studied extensively since the early 1990s, with the vast majority of studies using simple auditory oddball task deviants that vary in a single acoustic dimension such as pitch or duration. There has been a growing interest in using more complex deviants that violate more abstract rules to probe higher order cognitive deficits. It is still unclear how sensory processing deficits compare to and contribute to higher order cognitive dysfunction, which can be investigated with later attention-dependent auditory event-related potential (ERP) components such as a subcomponent of P300, P3b. In this meta-analysis, we compared MMN deficits in SCZ using simple deviants to more complex deviants. We also pooled studies that measured MMN and P3b in the same study sample and examined the relationship between MMN and P3b deficits within study samples. Our analysis reveals that, to date, studies using simple deviants demonstrate larger deficits than those using complex deviants, with effect sizes in the range of moderate to large. The difference in effect sizes between deviant types was reduced significantly when accounting for magnitude of MMN measured in healthy controls. P3b deficits, while large, were only modestly greater than MMN deficits (d=0.21). Taken together, our findings suggest that MMN to simple deviants may still be optimal as a biomarker for SCZ and that sensory processing dysfunction contributes significantly to MMN deficit and disease pathophysiology.
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- Michael Avissar
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, United States.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, United States; Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, United States
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Neural mechanisms of mismatch negativity dysfunction in schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:1585-1593. [PMID: 28167837 PMCID: PMC5547016 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Schizophrenia is associated with cognitive deficits that reflect impaired cortical information processing. Mismatch negativity (MMN) indexes pre-attentive information processing dysfunction at the level of primary auditory cortex. This study investigates mechanisms underlying MMN impairments in schizophrenia using event-related potential, event-related spectral decomposition (ERSP) and resting state functional connectivity (rsfcMRI) approaches. For this study, MMN data to frequency, intensity and duration-deviants were analyzed from 69 schizophrenia patients and 38 healthy controls. rsfcMRI was obtained from a subsample of 38 patients and 23 controls. As expected, schizophrenia patients showed highly significant, large effect size (P=0.0004, d=1.0) deficits in MMN generation across deviant types. In ERSP analyses, responses to deviants occurred primarily the theta (4-7 Hz) frequency range consistent with distributed corticocortical processing, whereas responses to standards occurred primarily in alpha (8-12 Hz) range consistent with known frequencies of thalamocortical activation. Independent deficits in schizophrenia were observed in both the theta response to deviants (P=0.021) and the alpha-response to standards (P=0.003). At the single-trial level, differential patterns of response were observed for frequency vs duration/intensity deviants, along with At the network level, MMN deficits engaged canonical somatomotor, ventral attention and default networks, with a differential pattern of engagement across deviant types (P<0.0001). Findings indicate that deficits in thalamocortical, as well as corticocortical, connectivity contribute to auditory dysfunction in schizophrenia. In addition, differences in ERSP and rsfcMRI profiles across deviant types suggest potential differential engagement of underlying generator mechanisms.
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Haigh SM, Matteis MD, Coffman BA, Murphy TK, Butera CD, Ward KL, Leiter-McBeth JR, Salisbury DF. Mismatch negativity to pitch pattern deviants in schizophrenia. Eur J Neurosci 2017; 46:2229-2239. [PMID: 28833772 PMCID: PMC5768303 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Simple mismatch negativity (MMN) to infrequent pitch deviants is impaired in individuals with long-term schizophrenia (Sz). The complex MMN elicited by pattern deviance often manifes is cut from here]->ts later after deviant onset than simple MMN and can ascertain deficits in abstracting relationships between stimuli. Sz exhibit reduced complex MMN, but so far this has only been measured when deviance detection relies on a grouping rule. We measured MMN to deviants in pitch-based rules to see whether MMN is also abnormal in Sz under these conditions. Three experiments were conducted. Twenty-seven Sz and 28 healthy matched controls (HC) participated in Experiments 1 and 2, and 24 Sz and 26 HC participated in Experiment 3. Experiment 1 was a standard pitch MMN task, and Sz showed the expected MMN reduction (~ 115 ms) in the simple pitch deviant compared to HC. Experiment 2 comprised standard groups of six tones that ascended in pitch, and deviant groups where the last tone descended in pitch. Complex MMN was late (~ 510 ms) and significantly blunted in Sz. Experiment 3 comprised standard groups of 12 tones (six tones ascending in pitch followed by six tones descending in pitch, like a scale), and deviant groups containing two repetitions of six ascending tones (the scale restarted midstream). Complex MMN was also late (~ 460 ms) and significantly blunted in Sz. These results identify a late pitch pattern deviance-related MMN that is deficient in schizophrenia. This suggests specific deficits in later more complex deviance detection in schizophrenia for abstract patterns.
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- Sarah M Haigh
- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oxford Building, 3501 Forbes Avenue Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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Salisbury DF, McCathern AG. Abnormal Complex Auditory Pattern Analysis in Schizophrenia Reflected in an Absent Missing Stimulus Mismatch Negativity. Brain Topogr 2016; 29:867-874. [PMID: 27519536 PMCID: PMC5768310 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-016-0514-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The simple mismatch negativity (MMN) to tones deviating physically (in pitch, loudness, duration, etc.) from repeated standard tones is robustly reduced in schizophrenia. Although generally interpreted to reflect memory or cognitive processes, simple MMN likely contains some activity from non-adapted sensory cells, clouding what process is affected in schizophrenia. Research in healthy participants has demonstrated that MMN can be elicited by deviations from abstract auditory patterns and complex rules that do not cause sensory adaptation. Whether persons with schizophrenia show abnormalities in the complex MMN is unknown. Fourteen schizophrenia participants and 16 matched healthy underwent EEG recording while listening to 400 groups of 6 tones 330 ms apart, separated by 800 ms. Occasional deviant groups were missing the 4th or 6th tone (50 groups each). Healthy participants generated a robust response to a missing but expected tone. The schizophrenia group was significantly impaired in activating the missing stimulus MMN, generating no significant activity at all. Schizophrenia affects the ability of "primitive sensory intelligence" and pre-attentive perceptual mechanisms to form implicit groups in the auditory environment. Importantly, this deficit must relate to abnormalities in abstract complex pattern analysis rather than sensory problems in the disorder. The results indicate a deficit in parsing of the complex auditory scene which likely impacts negatively on successful social navigation in schizophrenia. Knowledge of the location and circuit architecture underlying the true novelty-related MMN and its pathophysiology in schizophrenia will help target future interventions.
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- Dean F Salisbury
- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Forbes Ave, Suite 420, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, USA.
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Forbes Ave, Suite 420, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, USA
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Erickson MA, Ruffle A, Gold JM. A Meta-Analysis of Mismatch Negativity in Schizophrenia: From Clinical Risk to Disease Specificity and Progression. Biol Psychiatry 2016; 79:980-7. [PMID: 26444073 PMCID: PMC4775447 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The observation that mismatch negativity (MMN) is consistently impaired in schizophrenia has generated considerable interest in the use of this biomarker as an index of disease risk and progression. Despite such enthusiasm, a number of issues remain unresolved regarding the nature of MMN impairment. The present study expands upon an earlier meta-analysis of MMN impairment in schizophrenia by examining impairment across a range of clinical presentations, as well as across experimental parameters. METHODS One hundred one samples of schizophrenia patients were included in the present study, including first-episode (n = 13), chronic (n = 13), and mixed-stage (n = 75) samples. Additionally, MMN was examined in three related conditions: bipolar disorder (n = 9), unaffected first-degree relatives (n = 8), and clinical high risk (n = 16). RESULTS We found that MMN impairment 1) likely reflects a vulnerability to disease progression in clinical high-risk populations rather than a genetic risk for the condition; 2) is largely unrelated to duration of illness after the first few years of illness, indicating that impairment is not progressive throughout the life span; 3) is present in bipolar disorder, albeit to a lesser degree than in schizophrenia; and 4) is not modulated by experimental parameters such as magnitude of change between standard and deviant tones or frequency of deviant tones but may be modulated by attentional demands. CONCLUSIONS Such findings lay the foundation for a better understanding of the nature of MMN impairment in schizophrenia, as well as its potential as a clinically useful biomarker.
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- Molly A. Erickson
- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Univeristy of Maryland School of Medicine,Corresponding author's contact information: 55 Wade Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228.
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Univeristy of Maryland School of Medicine
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Univeristy of Maryland School of Medicine
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Michie PT, Malmierca MS, Harms L, Todd J. The neurobiology of MMN and implications for schizophrenia. Biol Psychol 2016; 116:90-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Kärgel C, Sartory G, Kariofillis D, Wiltfang J, Müller BW. The effect of auditory and visual training on the mismatch negativity in schizophrenia. Int J Psychophysiol 2016; 102:47-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Döring C, Müller M, Hagenmuller F, Ajdacic-Gross V, Haker H, Kawohl W, Rössler W, Heekeren K. Mismatch negativity: Alterations in adults from the general population who report subclinical psychotic symptoms. Eur Psychiatry 2016; 34:9-16. [PMID: 26928341 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Revised: 11/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deficits of mismatch negativity (MMN) in schizophrenia and individuals at risk for psychosis have been replicated many times. Several studies have also demonstrated the occurrence of subclinical psychotic symptoms within the general population. However, none has yet investigated MMN in individuals from the general population who report subclinical psychotic symptoms. METHODS The MMN to duration-, frequency-, and intensity deviants was recorded in 217 nonclinical individuals classified into a control group (n=72) and three subclinical groups: paranoid (n=44), psychotic (n=51), and mixed paranoid-psychotic (n=50). Amplitudes of MMN at frontocentral electrodes were referenced to average. Based on a three-source model of MMN generation, we conducted an MMN source analysis and compared the amplitudes of surface electrodes and sources among groups. RESULTS We found no significant differences in MMN amplitudes of surface electrodes. However, significant differences in MMN generation among the four groups were revealed at the frontal source for duration-deviant stimuli (P=0.01). We also detected a trend-level difference (P=0.05) in MMN activity among those groups for frequency deviants at the frontal source. CONCLUSIONS Individuals from the general population who report psychotic symptoms are a heterogeneous group. However, alterations exist in their frontal MMN activity. This increased activity might be an indicator of more sensitive perception regarding changes in the environment for individuals with subclinical psychotic symptoms.
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- C Döring
- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Translational Neuromodeling Unit, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- The Zurich Program for Sustainable Development of Mental Health Services (ZInEP), Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Horacek M, Kärgel C, Scherbaum N, Müller BW. The effect of deviance predictability on mismatch negativity in schizophrenia patients. Neurosci Lett 2016; 617:76-81. [PMID: 26861199 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mismatch negativity (MMN) is an electrophysiological index of prediction error processing and recently has been considered an endophenotype marker in schizophrenia. While the prediction error is a core concept in the MMN generation, predictability of deviance occurrence has rarely been assessed in MMN research and in schizophrenia patients. We investigated the MMN to 12% temporally predictable or unpredictable duration decrement deviant stimuli in two runs in 29 healthy controls and 31 schizophrenia patients. We analyzed MMN amplitudes and latencies and its associations with clinical symptoms at electrode Fz. With a stimulus onset asynchronicity of 500 ms in the regular predictable condition, a deviant occurred every 4s while it varied randomly in the unpredictable condition. In the random condition we found diminished MMN amplitudes in patients which normalized in the regular deviance condition, resulting in an analysis of variance main effect of predictability and a predictability x group interaction. Deviance predictability did not affect the MMN of control subjects and we found no relevant results with regard to MMN latencies. Our results indicate that MMN amplitudes in patients normalize to the level of the control subjects in the case of a temporally fixed regular deviant. In schizophrenia patients the detection of deviance is basically intact. However, the temporal uncertainty of deviance occurrence may be of substantial relevance to the highly replicated MMN deficit in schizophrenia patients.
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- Magdalena Horacek
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstrasse 2 0, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany; Department of Addiction Medicine and Addictive Behavior, LVR-Hospital Essen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstrasse 2 0, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany.
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Askew CE, Metherate R. Synaptic interactions and inhibitory regulation in auditory cortex. Biol Psychol 2015; 116:4-9. [PMID: 26555718 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This Special Issue focuses on the auditory-evoked mismatch negativity (MMN), an electrophysiological index of change, and its reduction in schizophrenia. The following brief review is an attempt to complement the behavioral and clinical contributions to the Special Issue by providing basic information on synaptic interactions and processing in auditory cortex. A key observation in previous studies is that the MMN involves activation of cortical N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Yet, NMDA receptor activation is regulated by a number of synaptic events, which also may contribute to the MMN reduction in schizophrenia. Accordingly, this review will focus on synaptic interactions, notably inhibitory regulation of NMDA receptor-mediated activity, in auditory cortex.
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- Caitlin E Askew
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for Hearing Research, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for Hearing Research, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Is it time to move mismatch negativity into the clinic? Biol Psychol 2015; 116:41-6. [PMID: 26342995 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Since its inception in the 1970s, the mismatch negativity (MMN) event-related potential has improved our understanding of pre-attentive detection of rule violations, which is a fundamental cognitive process considered by some a form of "primitive intelligence". The body of research to date ranges from animal studies (i.e. when investigating the neural mechanisms and pharmacological properties of MMN generation) to researching the psychophysiological nature of human consciousness. MMN therefore offers the possibility to detect abnormal functioning in the neural system involved in MMN generation, such as it occurs in some neurodevelopmental disorders or patients in vegetative state. While the clinical research data holds considerable promise for translation into clinical practice, standardization and normative data of an optimized (i.e. disorder-specific) MMN recording algorithm is needed in order for MMN to become a valuable clinical investigation tool.
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Damaso KAM, Michie PT, Todd J. Paying attention to MMN in schizophrenia. Brain Res 2015; 1626:267-79. [PMID: 26163366 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of this review is to explore the phenomenon of reduced mismatch negativity (MMN) in persons with schizophrenia and the possible relationship it has with attention impairments. In doing so we discuss (i) the prediction error account of MMN, (ii) reduced MMN as a faulty predictive processing system in persons with schizophrenia, (iii) the role of these systems in relevance filtering and attentional resource protection, (iv) attentional impairments in persons with schizophrenia, and (v) research that has explored MMN and attention in schizophrenia groups. Our review of the literature suggests that no study has appropriately examined the functional impact of smaller MMN in schizophrenia on the performance of a concurrent attention task. We conclude that future research should explore this notion further in the hope that it might embed MMN findings within outcomes of functional significance to individuals with the illness and those providing treatment. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Prediction and Attention.
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- Karlye A M Damaso
- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Hay RA, Roach BJ, Srihari VH, Woods SW, Ford JM, Mathalon DH. Equivalent mismatch negativity deficits across deviant types in early illness schizophrenia-spectrum patients. Biol Psychol 2015; 105:130-7. [PMID: 25603283 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Neurophysiological abnormalities in auditory deviance processing, as reflected by the mismatch negativity (MMN), have been observed across the course of schizophrenia. Studies in early schizophrenia patients have typically shown varying degrees of MMN amplitude reduction for different deviant types, suggesting that different auditory deviants are uniquely processed and may be differentially affected by duration of illness. To explore this further, we examined the MMN response to 4 auditory deviants (duration, frequency, duration+frequency "double deviant", and intensity) in 24 schizophrenia-spectrum patients early in the illness (ESZ) and 21 healthy controls. ESZ showed significantly reduced MMN relative to healthy controls for all deviant types (p<0.05), with no significant interaction with deviant type. No correlations with clinical symptoms were present (all ps>0.05). These findings support the conclusion that neurophysiological mechanisms underlying processing of auditory deviants are compromised early in illness, and these deficiencies are not specific to the type of deviant presented.
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- Rachel A Hay
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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Mismatch negativity (MMN) deficiency: a break-through biomarker in predicting psychosis onset. Int J Psychophysiol 2015; 95:338-44. [PMID: 25562834 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Currently, the mismatch negativity (MMN) deficit is one of the most robust and replicable findings in schizophrenia, reflecting cognitive and functional decline, psychosocial and socio-occupational impairment, and executive dysfunction in these patients. An important break-through has very recently taken place here in the prediction of conversion to psychosis when the MMN in particular to change in tone duration was recorded in clinically at risk-mental state (ARMS) individuals. Attenuations in the MMN in these patients may be very useful in helping clinicians determine who are most likely to develop a psychotic disorder, as we will review in the present article.
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Todd J, Harms L, Schall U, Michie PT. Mismatch negativity: translating the potential. Front Psychiatry 2013; 4:171. [PMID: 24391602 PMCID: PMC3866657 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The mismatch negativity (MMN) component of the auditory event-related potential has become a valuable tool in cognitive neuroscience. Its reduced size in persons with schizophrenia is of unknown origin but theories proposed include links to problems in experience-dependent plasticity reliant on N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors. In this review we address the utility of this tool in revealing the nature and time course of problems in perceptual inference in this illness together with its potential for use in translational research testing animal models of schizophrenia-related phenotypes. Specifically, we review the reasons for interest in MMN in schizophrenia, issues pertaining to the measurement of MMN, its use as a vulnerability index for the development of schizophrenia, the pharmacological sensitivity of MMN and the progress in developing animal models of MMN. Within this process we highlight the challenges posed by knowledge gaps pertaining to the tool and the pharmacology of the underlying system.
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- Juanita Todd
- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Schizophrenia Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Schizophrenia Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Schizophrenia Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Schizophrenia Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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