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