Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium
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Contributors
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
- National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Physiological Sciences
- Utrecht University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- VA Medical Center
- Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
- CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
- Universidad de Cantabria
- University of Seville
- University of Oslo
- Bjørknes University College
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital
- Karolinska Institutet
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- University of New South Wales
- Neuroscience Research Australia
- Edith Collins Centre (Translational Research in Alcohol Drugs and Toxicology)
- University of Sydney
- University of Queensland
- University of Newcastle
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)
- Hunter New England Health
- University of Melbourne
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- University of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC)
- University of Marburg
- Brain and Behavior
- Heidelberg University
Abstract
Left–right asymmetry is an important organizing feature of the healthy brain that may be altered in schizophrenia, but most studies have used relatively small samples and heterogeneous approaches, resulting in equivocal findings. We carried out the largest case–control study of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia, with MRI data from 5,080 affected individuals and 6,015 controls across 46 datasets, using a single image analysis protocol. Asymmetry indexes were calculated for global and regional cortical thickness, surface area, and subcortical volume measures. Differences of asymmetry were calculated between affected individuals and controls per dataset, and effect sizes were meta-analyzed across datasets. Small average case–control differences were observed for thickness asymmetries of the rostral anterior cingulate and the middle temporal gyrus, both driven by thinner left-hemispheric cortices in schizophrenia. Analyses of these asymmetries with respect to the use of antipsychotic medication and other clinical variables did not show any significant associations. Assessment of age- and sex-specific effects revealed a stronger average leftward asymmetry of pallidum volume between older cases and controls. Case–control differences in a multivariate context were assessed in a subset of the data (N = 2,029), which revealed that 7% of the variance across all structural asymmetries was explained by case–control status. Subtle case–control differences of brain macrostructural asymmetry may reflect differences at the molecular, cytoarchitectonic, or circuit levels that have functional relevance for the disorder. Reduced left middle temporal cortical thickness is consistent with altered left-hemisphere language network organization in schizophrenia.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | e2213880120 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-32 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 14 |
Publication status | Published - 4 Apr 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 36976765 |
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ORCID | /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/150328102 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-5112-405X/work/150329251 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-1753-7811/work/150329902 |
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Keywords
- Schizophrenia, asymmetry, brain imaging, cortical, subcortical, Humans, Male, Cerebral Cortex, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods, Functional Laterality, Case-Control Studies, Brain/diagnostic imaging, Schizophrenia/diagnostic imaging, Female