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Reduced left uncinate fasciculus fractional anisotropy in deficit schizophrenia but not in non-deficit schizophrenia.
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PMID:  22250608     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Aims:  Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder manifesting with heterogeneous symptom clusters and clinical presentations. The deficit syndrome is the condition defined by the existence of primarily negative symptoms, and patients with the deficit syndrome differ from non-deficit patients on measures of brain structure and function. In the current study, by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), we investigated the frontotemporal connectivity that is hypothesized to differ between deficit and non-deficit schizophrenia. Methods:  Twenty-nine patients and 17 healthy controls were included in the study. The patients had deficit (n = 11) or non-deficit (n = 18) schizophrenia and they were evaluated clinically with the Schedule for Deficit Syndrome (SDS) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Diffusion-based images were obtained with a 1.5T Siemens Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine and analyses were carried out with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain Library Software - Diffusion tool box software. Results:  The fractional anisotropy values in the left uncinate fasciculus of schizophrenia patients with the deficit syndrome were lower than those of non-deficit patients and the controls. There were no differences between non-deficit schizophrenia patients and controls. Conclusion:  These findings provide evidence of left uncinate fasciculus damage resulting in disrupted communication between orbitofrontal prefrontal areas and temporal areas in deficit schizophrenia patients.
Authors:
Omer Kitis; Ozgun Ozalay; E Burcak Zengin; Damla Haznedaroglu; M Cagdas Eker; Dilek Yalvac; Kaya Oguz; Kerry Coburn; Ali Saffet Gonul
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences     Volume:  66     ISSN:  1440-1819     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9513551     Medline TA:  Psychiatry Clin Neurosci     Country:  Australia    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  34-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2012 The Authors. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences © 2012 Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology SoCAT Project Department of Psychiatry, SoCAT Project Department of Psychiatry, Neuroimaging Unit, SoCAT Project, Ege University School of Medicine International Computer Institute and School of Medicine, SoCAT Project, Ege University, Bornova Menemen State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Georgia, USA.
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