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Decreased Left Putamen and Thalamus Volume Correlates with Delusions in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, November 2017
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Title
Decreased Left Putamen and Thalamus Volume Correlates with Delusions in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, November 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00245
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Xiaojun Huang, Weidan Pu, Xinmin Li, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Serdar M. Dursun, Zhimin Xue, Haihong Liu, Zhening Liu

Abstract

Delusional thinking is one of the hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia. However, the underlying neural substrate for delusions in schizophrenia remains unknown. In an attempt to further our understanding of the neural basis of delusions, we explored gray matter deficits and their clinical associations in first-episode schizophrenia patients with and without delusions. Twenty-four first-episode schizophrenia patients with delusions and 18 without delusions as well as 26 healthy controls (HC) underwent clinical assessment and whole-brain structural imaging which were acquired a 3.0 T scanner. Voxel-based morphometry was used to explore inter-group differences in gray matter volume using analysis of covariance, and Spearman correlation coefficients (rho) between the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)-delusion scores and mean regional brain volumes was obtained. Patients with delusions showed decreased brain gray matter volumes in the left putamen, thalamus, and caudate regions compared with HC. Patients with delusions also showed decreased regional volume in the left putamen and thalamus compared with patients without delusions. SAPS-delusion scores were negatively correlated with the gray matter volumes of the left putamen and thalamus. Left putamen and thalamus volume loss may be biological correlates of delusions in schizophrenia.

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Unknown 38 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 21%
Student > Master 7 18%
Other 4 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 10 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 12 32%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 13 34%
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