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Schizophrenia-like topological changes in the structural connectome of individuals with subclinical psychotic experiences
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posted on 2015-07-01, 00:00 authored by M Drakesmith, Karen CaeyenberghsKaren Caeyenberghs, A Dutt, S Zammit, C J Evans, A Reichenberg, G Lewis, A S David, D K Jones© 2015 The Authors Human Brain Mapping Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Schizophrenia is often regarded as a "dysconnectivity" disorder and recent work using graph theory has been used to better characterize dysconnectivity of the structural connectome in schizophrenia. However, there are still little data on the topology of connectomes in less severe forms of the condition. Such analysis will identify topological markers of less severe disease states and provide potential predictors of further disease development. Individuals with psychotic experiences (PEs) were identified from a population-based cohort without relying on participants presenting to clinical services. Such individuals have an increased risk of developing clinically significant psychosis. 123 individuals with PEs and 125 controls were scanned with diffusion-weighted MRI. Whole-brain structural connectomes were derived and a range of global and local GT-metrics were computed. Global efficiency and density were significantly reduced in individuals with PEs. Local efficiency was reduced in a number of regions, including critical network hubs. Further analysis of functional subnetworks showed differential impairment of the default mode network. An additional analysis of pair-wise connections showed no evidence of differences in individuals with PEs. These results are consistent with previous findings in schizophrenia. Reduced efficiency in critical core hubs suggests the brains of individuals with PEs may be particularly predisposed to dysfunction. The absence of any detectable effects in pair-wise connections illustrates that, at less severe stages of psychosis, white-matter alterations are subtle and only manifest when examining network topology. This study indicates that topology could be a sensitive biomarker for early stages of psychotic illness.
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Human Brain MappingVolume
36Issue
7Pagination
2629 - 2643Publisher
WileyLocation
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1065-9471eISSN
1097-0193Language
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