Accelerated cortical thinning precedes and predicts conversion to psychosis: The NAPLS3 longitudinal study of youth at clinical high-risk
Collins M, Ji J, Chung Y, Lympus C, Afriyie-Agyemang Y, Addington J, Goodyear B, Bearden C, Cadenhead K, Mirzakhanian H, Tsuang M, Cornblatt B, Carrión R, Keshavan M, Stone W, Mathalon D, Perkins D, Walker E, Woods S, Powers A, Anticevic A, Cannon T. Accelerated cortical thinning precedes and predicts conversion to psychosis: The NAPLS3 longitudinal study of youth at clinical high-risk. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 28: 1182-1189. PMID: 36434057, PMCID: PMC10005940, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01870-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCHR-NCPercent thickness changeCortical thinningPsychosis onsetHealth controlsProgressive grey matter lossNorth American Prodrome Longitudinal StudyClinical high-risk individualsGray matter lossHigh-risk individualsLongitudinal studyGreater percent decreaseNovel treatment targetsParietal cortical regionsTargeted early interventionsCortical thicknessCortical areasMRI scansCHR individualsTreatment targetsEarly interventionCortical regionsLeft hemisphere regionsROC analysisHC participants