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Contribution of Impaired Early-Stage Visual Processing to Working Memory Dysfunction in Adolescents With Schizophrenia: A Study With Event-Related Potentials and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Haenschel, Corinna, Bittner, Robert A., Haertling, Fabian, Rotarska-Jagiela, Anna, Maurer, Konrad, Singer, Wolf, Linden, David E. J.·2007·Archives of General Psychiatry

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CONTEXT: Working memory (WM) deficits in patients with schizophrenia have mainly been associated with prefrontal dysfunction. However, the contribution of perceptual deficits and abnormalities in sensory areas has not been explored. The present study closes this important gap in our understanding of WM dysfunction in schizophrenia by monitoring neural activity during WM encoding and retrieval with event-related potentials (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the neurophysiological changes that contribute to WM impairment in early-onset schizophrenia at perceptual and cognitive stages using the ERP components P1, P3a, P370, and P570 and fMRI data from extrastriate visual areas. DESIGN: We conducted the study between June 1, 2003, and December 20, 2006. Electroencephalographic and fMRI data were acquired separately during a visual delayed discrimination task. Participants encoded up to 3 abstract shapes that were presented sequentially for 600 milliseconds each and decided after a 12-second delay whether a probe matched 1 of the sample stimuli. SETTING: Between-group study at an inpatient psychiatric hospital and outpatient psychiatric facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Seventeen adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia according to DSM-IV criteria and 17 matched controls participated in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Amplitude of the ERP components P1, P3a, P370, and P570 and the fMRI signal from extrastriate visual areas. RESULTS: The P1 amplitude was reduced in patients during encoding and retrieval. The P1 amplitude increased with WM load during encoding only in controls. In this group, a stronger P1 amplitude increase predicted better WM performance. The P1 reduction was mirrored by reduced activation of visual areas in patients in fMRI. The P370 amplitude during encoding and retrieval was also reduced in patients. CONCLUSIONS: The P1 amplitude reduction indicates an early visual deficit in adolescents with schizophrenia. Our findings suggest that P1 is of particular relevance for successful WM encoding. Early visual deficits contribute to impaired WM in schizophrenia in addition to deficits in later memory-related processes.

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Authors
Haenschel, C., Bittner, R. A., Haertling, F., Rotarska-Jagiela, A., Maurer, K., Singer, W., & Linden, D. E. J.
Affiliations
Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
Venue
Archives of General Psychiatry
Published
2007-11-01
Volume
64
Issue
11
Pages
1229
ISSN
0003-990X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2096448210
Cited by
215
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85
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12.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
early-onset schizophrenia, working memory deficits, P1 component, event-related potentials, extrastriate visual areas, visual processing deficits, working memory encoding, working memory retrieval, adolescents, working memory load
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory Disorders, Outpatients, Schizophrenia, Visual Perception, Case-Control Studies

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