Positive symptoms associate with cortical thinning in the superior temporal gyrus via the ENIGMA Schizophrenia consortium
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Contributors
- Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Georgia State University
- King's College London (KCL)
- Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
- University of California at Irvine
- Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
- CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
- Utrecht University
- University of Oslo
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital
- Karolinska Institutet
- Osaka University
- National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Physiological Sciences
- University of Rome La Sapienza
- IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Roma
- Baylor College of Medicine
- University of Pennsylvania
- Heidelberg University
- Trinity College Dublin
- University of Galway
- TUD Dresden University of Technology
Abstract
Objective: Based on the role of the superior temporal gyrus (STG) in auditory processing, language comprehension and self-monitoring, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between STG cortical thickness and positive symptom severity in schizophrenia. Method: This prospective meta-analysis includes data from 1987 individuals with schizophrenia collected at seventeen centres around the world that contribute to the ENIGMA Schizophrenia Working Group. STG thickness measures were extracted from T1-weighted brain scans using FreeSurfer. The study performed a meta-analysis of effect sizes across sites generated by a model predicting left or right STG thickness with a positive symptom severity score (harmonized SAPS or PANSS-positive scores), while controlling for age, sex and site. Secondary models investigated relationships between antipsychotic medication, duration of illness, overall illness severity, handedness and STG thickness. Results: Positive symptom severity was negatively related to STG thickness in both hemispheres (left: βstd = −0.052; P = 0.021; right: βstd = −0.073; P = 0.001) when statistically controlling for age, sex and site. This effect remained stable in models including duration of illness, antipsychotic medication or handedness. Conclusion: Our findings further underline the important role of the STG in hallmark symptoms in schizophrenia. These findings can assist in advancing insight into symptom-relevant pathophysiological mechanisms in schizophrenia.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 439-447 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 5 |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2017 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
researchoutputwizard | legacy.publication#78967 |
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Scopus | 85016621288 |
PubMed | 28369804 |
ORCID | /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/159605884 |
Keywords
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Keywords
- cortical thickness, ENIGMA, FreeSurfer, MRI, positive and negative syndrome scale, positive symptoms, scale for the assessment of positive symptoms, schizophrenia, superior temporal gyrus