Reduced facilitation effect of collinear flankers on contrastdetection reveals impaired lateral connectivity in the visual cortex of schizophrenia patients
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The aim of this study was to investigate lateral connectivity in early visual cortex of schizophrenia patients. Contrast thresholds were measured for centrally presented Gabor patches which were surrounded by two collinear or orthogonal flankers. The healthy subjects (n = 15) showed lower contrast thresholds for central Gabor patches when collinear flankers were presented. This effect was significantly reduced in unmedicated highly functioning schizophrenia patients (n = 20) who performed normally on the continuous performance test. The performance of the patients did not correlate with the positive and negative symptoms. The facilitation effect of collinear flankers is believed to reflect lateral interactions between feature-specific units in early visual cortex (V1). Our results therefore suggest abnormal lateral interactions in early visual cortex of schizophrenia patients.
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Gain control of neural responses is achieved through a combination of intrinsic neuronal properties, lateral interactions and feedback modulations.
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- Authors
- Must, A., Janka, Z., Benedek, G., & Kéri, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Szeged (HU)
- Corresponding author
- Kéri, Szabolcs
- Venue
- Neuroscience Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-03
- Volume
- 357
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 131-134
- ISSN
- 0304-3940 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1979730475
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroscience Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Keywords
- schizophrenia, lateral connections, visual cortex, contrast detection, early visual cortex, Gabor patches, visual attention
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Photic Stimulation, Schizophrenia, Visual Cortex, Contrast Sensitivity
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