Heterochronicity of white matter development and aging explains regional patient control differences in schizophrenia
Kochunov P, Ganjgahi H, Winkler A, Kelly S, Shukla D, Du X, Jahanshad N, Rowland L, Sampath H, Patel B, O'Donnell P, Xie Z, Paciga S, Schubert C, Chen J, Zhang G, Thompson P, Nichols T, Hong L. Heterochronicity of white matter development and aging explains regional patient control differences in schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping 2016, 37: 4673-4688. PMID: 27477775, PMCID: PMC5118078, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related declineWhite matterSchizophrenia patientsFractional anisotropyFA valuesDiagnosis interactionFaster age-related declinePathophysiology of schizophreniaHum Brain MappEffect of diagnosisLower fractional anisotropyPatient-control differencesT Siemens MRI scannerBrain white matterClinical burdenRegional FA valuesPatientsAbnormal rateBrain connectivityTract developmentAdolescent maturationSpecific tractsRegional reductionDiagnosisSchizophrenia