2013
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Wernicke’s and Right Homologous Sites to Curtail “Voices”: A Randomized Trial
Hoffman RE, Wu K, Pittman B, Cahill JD, Hawkins KA, Fernandez T, Hannestad J. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Wernicke’s and Right Homologous Sites to Curtail “Voices”: A Randomized Trial. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 73: 1008-1014. PMID: 23485015, PMCID: PMC3641174, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
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 levelsHallucinations