Cited by 560Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and PsychiatryNeural dynamics and brain function

Defining the phenotype of schizophrenia: cognitive dysmetria and its neural mechanisms

Andreasen, Nancy C, Nopoulos, Peg, O’Leary, Daniel S, Miller, Del D, Wassink, Thomas, Flaum, Michael·1999·Biological Psychiatry

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All research on schizophrenia depends on selecting the correct phenotype to define the sample to be studied. Definition of the phenotype is complicated by the fact that there are no objective markers for the disorder. Further, the symptoms are diverse, leading some to propose that the disorder is heterogeneous and not a single disorder or syndrome. This article explores an alternative possibility. It proposes that schizophrenia may be a single disorder linked by a common pathophysiology (a neurodevelopmental mechanism), which leads to a misconnection syndrome of neural circuitry. Evidence for disruption in a specific circuit is explored: the cortical-thalamic-cerebellar-cortical circuit (CCTCC). It is suggested that a disruption in this circuit leads to an impairment in synchrony, or the smooth coordination of mental processes. When synchrony is impaired, the patient suffers from a cognitive dysmetria, and the impairment in this basic cognitive process defines the phenotype of schizophrenia and produces its diversity of symptoms.

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Authors
Andreasen, N. C., Nopoulos, P., O’Leary, D. S., Miller, D. D., Wassink, T., & Flaum, M.
Affiliations
University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Andreasen, Nancy C
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-10
Volume
46
Issue
7
Pages
908-920
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2006883575
Cited by
560
References
156
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH 40856, MH-31593, MHCRC-43271, R01MH040856)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
schizophrenia, phenotypes, cognitive dysmetria, neuronal synchronization, symptom heterogeneity
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Nerve Net, Phenotype, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Thalamus, Neurocognitive Disorders

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