Elevated Functional Connectivity Along a Corticostriatal Loop and the Mechanism of Auditory/Verbal Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia
Hoffman RE, Fernandez T, Pittman B, Hampson M. Elevated Functional Connectivity Along a Corticostriatal Loop and the Mechanism of Auditory/Verbal Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2010, 69: 407-414. PMID: 21145042, PMCID: PMC3039042, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.09.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlgorithmsAntipsychotic AgentsCerebral CortexDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleFrontal LobeHallucinationsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeostriatumNeural PathwaysNeuropsychological TestsPutamenSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySocioeconomic FactorsTemporal LobeVerbal BehaviorConceptsHealthy control subjectsControl subjectsFunctional connectivityNonhallucinating patientsPatient groupInferior frontal gyrusAuditory/verbal hallucinationsCorticostriatal loopsElevated functional connectivityVerbal hallucinationsFalse discovery rate correctionFunctional magnetic resonancePatientsSubcortical regionsLeft inferior frontal gyrusSeed regionPutamenFrontal gyrusSpeech processing networkFunctional coordinationNeural activitySchizophreniaFC relativeHigh levelsHallucinationsFunctional connectivity to a right hemisphere language center in prematurely born adolescents
Myers EH, Hampson M, Vohr B, Lacadie C, Frost SJ, Pugh KR, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Makuch RW, Constable RT, Ment LR. Functional connectivity to a right hemisphere language center in prematurely born adolescents. NeuroImage 2010, 51: 1445-1452. PMID: 20347043, PMCID: PMC2872040, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityWord Reading EfficiencyVerbal Comprehension IndexWechsler Intelligence ScaleRight supramarginal gyrusPeabody Picture VocabularyGreater cognitive deficitsPPVT-R scoresPhonological processingComprehension IndexLanguage tasksChildren-IIIIntelligence ScaleReading efficiencyLanguage deficitsPicture VocabularyWISC-IIISupramarginal gyrusCognitive outcomesNeurobiological basisHemisphere regionsCognitive deficitsWernicke's areaNeural activityLanguage processing