Cortical morphometric correlational networks associated with cognitive deficits in first episode schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic cognitive and behavioral disorder associated with abnormal cortical activity during information processing. Several brain structures associated with the seven performance domains evaluated using the MATRICS (Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia) Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) have shown cortical volume loss in first episode schizophrenia (FES) patients. However, the relationship between morphological organization and MCCB performance remains unclear. Therefore, in the current observational study, high-resolution structural MRI scans were collected from 50 FES patients, and the morphometric correlation network (MCN) using cortical volume was established to characterize the cortical pattern associated with poorer MCCB performance. We also investigated topological properties, such as the modularity, the degree and the betweenness centrality. Our findings show structural volume was directly and strongly associated with the cognitive deficits of FES patients in the precuneus, anterior cingulate, and fusiform gyrus, as well as the prefrontal, parietal, and sensorimotor cortices. The medial orbitofrontal, fusiform, and superior frontal gyri were not only identified as the predominant nodes with high degree and betweenness centrality in the MCN, but they were also found to be critical in performance in several of the MCCB domains. Together, these results suggest a widespread cortical network is altered in FES patients and that performance on the MCCB domains is associated with the core pathophysiology of SCZ.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:231

Enthalten in:

Schizophrenia research - 231(2021) vom: 03. Mai, Seite 179-188

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Chencai [VerfasserIn]
Oughourlian, Talia [VerfasserIn]
Tishler, Todd A [VerfasserIn]
Anwar, Faizan [VerfasserIn]
Raymond, Catalina [VerfasserIn]
Pham, Alex D [VerfasserIn]
Perschon, Abby [VerfasserIn]
Villablanca, J Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Ventura, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Subotnik, Kenneth L [VerfasserIn]
Nuechterlein, Keith H [VerfasserIn]
Ellingson, Benjamin M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cortical volume
First episode schizophrenia
Journal Article
MCCB
Morphometric correlation network
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 05.07.2021

Date Revised 05.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.schres.2021.04.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324274505