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White matter abnormalities associated with auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: A combined study of voxel-based analyses of diffusion tensor imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging

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Seok, Jeong-Ho, Park, Hae-Jeong, Chun, Ji-Won, Lee, Seung-Koo, Cho, Hyun Sang, Kwon, Jun Soo, Kim, Jae-Jin·2007·Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Abstract

White matter (WM) abnormalities in schizophrenia may offer important clues to a better understanding of the disconnectivity associated with the disorder. The aim of this study was to elucidate a WM basis of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia through the simultaneous investigation of WM tract integrity and WM density. Diffusion tensor images (DTIs) and structural T1 magnetic resonance images (MRIs) were taken from 15 hallucinating schizophrenic patients, 15 non-hallucinating schizophrenic patients and 22 normal controls. Voxel-based analyses and post-hoc region of interest analyses were obtained to compare the three groups on fractional anisotropy (FA) derived from DTI as well as WM density derived from structural MRIs. In both the hallucinating and non-hallucinating groups, FA of the WM regions was significantly decreased in the left superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), whereas WM density was significantly increased in the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF). The mean FA value of the left frontal part of the SLF was positively correlated with the severity score of auditory hallucinations in the hallucinating patient group. Our findings show that WM changes were mainly observed in the frontal and temporal areas, suggesting that disconnectivity in the left fronto-temporal area may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. In addition, pathologic WM changes in this region may be an important step in the development of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.

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  • In schizophrenia, primary sensorimotor fasciculi appear comparatively unaffected, while structural abnormalities are consistently reported in frontal fasciculi connecting the frontal lobe with the rest of the brain, including the uncinate, arcuate, superior longitudinal, and cingulum bundle.

    “Specifically, while the primary sensorimotor fasciculi appear to be comparatively unaffected in patients in schizophrenia, structural abnormalities have consistently been reported in the fasciculi connecting the frontal lobe with the rest of the brain, such as the uncinate fasciculus, 25,26 arcuate fasciculus, 27,28 superior longitudinal fasciculus, 29,30 and cingulum bundle.31,32”

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Authors
Seok, J.-H., Park, H.-J., Chun, J.-W., Lee, S.-K., Cho, H. S., Kwon, J. S., & Kim, J.-J.
Affiliations
  • Hallym University (KR)
  • Yonsei University (KR)
  • Seoul National University (KR)
Corresponding author
Kim, Jae-Jin
Venue
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-11
Volume
156
Issue
2
Pages
93-104
ISSN
0925-4927 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2005726303
Cited by
168
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62
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6.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
Keywords
schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations, white matter abnormalities, fractional anisotropy, white matter density, superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, fronto-temporal connectivity
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Corpus Callosum, Dominance, Cerebral, Frontal Lobe, Hallucinations, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neural Pathways, Schizophrenia, Temporal Lobe, Anisotropy, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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