2016
Schizophrenia is associated with a pattern of spatial working memory deficits consistent with cortical disinhibition
Starc M, Murray JD, Santamauro N, Savic A, Diehl C, Cho YT, Srihari V, Morgan PT, Krystal JH, Wang XJ, Repovs G, Anticevic A. Schizophrenia is associated with a pattern of spatial working memory deficits consistent with cortical disinhibition. Schizophrenia Research 2016, 181: 107-116. PMID: 27745755, PMCID: PMC5901719, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.10.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy comparison subjectsSpatial WM taskSchizophrenia patientsSevere cognitive deficitsSpecific spatial locationsComputational modelContinuous response measuresWM precisionWM representationsSpatial WMWM taskDistractor distanceWM impairmentWM tracesNeural mechanismsCognitive deficitsMemory deficitsBehavioral consequencesDelay periodDelay durationCortical disinhibitionSpatial locationComparison subjectsMicrocircuit modelDistractibility
2012
NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia
Anticevic A, Gancsos M, Murray JD, Repovs G, Driesen NR, Ennis DJ, Niciu MJ, Morgan PT, Surti TS, Bloch MH, Ramani R, Smith MA, Wang XJ, Krystal JH, Corlett PR. NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 16720-16725. PMID: 23012427, PMCID: PMC3478611, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208494109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlgorithmsBrainCognitionDouble-Blind MethodExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleHumansInfusions, IntravenousKetamineMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemoryModels, NeurologicalPattern Recognition, VisualPsychomotor PerformanceReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSchizophreniaSynaptic TransmissionYoung AdultConceptsNeural systemsLarge-scale brain systemsTask-dependent activationN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsRealistic computational modelingSevere neuropsychiatric illnessNMDA glutamate receptor antagonistGlutamate receptor antagonistsBrain systemsNMDA receptor functionTask performanceMultiple interacting regionsCognitionCortical disinhibitionGlutamatergic neurotransmissionReceptor antagonistCortical computationGlutamate's roleReciprocal relationshipNeuropsychiatric illnessLocal circuitsReceptor functionSchizophreniaPresent findingsComputational modeling