| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2006-035.09 |
| Location: | Arquivo PCA - Pasta 17/2006
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Title:
| Grey matter abnormalities in children aged 9–13 years presenting antecedents of schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry study
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| Publication year: | 2010
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URL:
| http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00230.x/abstract
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies have identified widespread grey matter abnormalities in individuals with schizophrenia and less extensive abnormalities in first-episode patients and high-risk individuals defined by familial/genetic vulnerability or ultra high-risk criteria (Chan et al., in press. Schizophrenia Bulletin). Using a novel community screening method, we identified children who present multiple putative antecedents of schizophrenia (ASz) who may bear elevated risk for developing the disorder. We aimed to determine whether ASz children show grey matter abnormalities relative to typically-developing (TD) children with no antecedents.
METHODS:
Thirty TD (Mage = 10.6 years) and nineteen ASz (Mage = 10.5 years) children completed structural MRI scanning (3T GE). Paediatric templates were created from sample demographics (age and gender) using the Template-O-Matic toolbox (Wilke et al, 2008; NeuroImage 41: 903–913). Differences in grey matter volume (GMV) and concentration (GMC) were examined using VBM methods implemented in Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM5).
RESULTS:
GMC and GMV were signifi cantly decreased (P < 0.01, corrected) in ASz children in the right middle frontal gyrus and increased in the left superior temporal gyrus, relative to TD children. Additionally, signifi cant GMC decreases were apparent in ASz children in the right inferior frontal and left precentral gyrii.
CONCLUSIONS:
ASz children aged 9–13 years show grey matter abnormalities in frontal and temporal brain regions that are consistent with those
observed in adults with schizophrenia. Furthermore, individuals with schizophrenia have been shown to experience functional abnormality in these same regions during working memory, inhibition and motor function tasks and during auditory hallucinations.
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Cullen, A. E.
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Secondary author(s):
| Brito, S., Gregory, S., Williams, S., Murray, R., Hodgins, S., Laurens, K. R.
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Document type:
| Abstract
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Cullen, A. E., Brito, S., Gregory, S., Williams, S., Murray, R., Hodgins, S., & Laurens, K. R. (2010). Grey matter abnormalities in children aged 9–13 years presenting antecedents of schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry study. POSTER ABSTRACTS. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 4(Suppl. 1), 45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00230.x
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| Indexed document: | Yes
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| Keywords: | Childhood / Antecedents / Schizophrenia / Community screening / Grey matter abnormalities
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Grey matter abnormalities in children aged 9–13 years presenting antecedents of schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry study |