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Lateral interactions in the visual cortex of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

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KÉRI, SZABOLCS, KELEMEN, OGUZ, BENEDEK, GYÖRGY, JANKA, ZOLTÁN·2005·Psychological Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is associated with perceptual organization deficits and abnormal neuronal connectivity has been described in early visual areas. The purpose of this study was to investigate the functional integrity of lateral connections in early visual areas of patients with schizophrenia and type I bipolar disorder with a history of psychosis. METHOD: Twenty-four out-patients with schizophrenia, 22 out-patients with bipolar disorder, and 20 healthy control subjects participated in the study. Using a computer-assisted psychophysical test, contrast thresholds were measured for centrally presented target stimuli (Gabor patches), which were surrounded by two collinear flankers. Target-to-flanker distances were 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 122. Psychophysical measures were contrast threshold changes at each target-to-flanker distance compared with baseline thresholds determined for isolated targets with no flankers. Clinical measures included IQ, positive, negative, and depressive symptoms. Results. In patients with schizophrenia, flankers did not facilitate contrast detection for target stimuli at 2-6 lambda distances compared to controls [effect size (Cohen's d): 1.25-1.42]. The inhibitory effect of flankers (0 and 1lambda) and contrast thresholds in the absence of flankers were spared. Patients with bipolar disorder did not differ from the controls. Medicated and non-medicated patients displayed similar performances. Positive and negative symptoms and depression did not correlate with contrast threshold values. CONCLUSIONS: Excitatory lateral connections in early visual cortex are specifically impaired in patients with schizophrenia, which may contribute to perceptual disorders such as unclear seeing, partial or skewed sight, disrupted rectilinearity, and abnormal figure-ground segregation.

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Authors
KÉRI, S., KELEMEN, O., BENEDEK, G., & JANKA, Z.
Affiliations
University of Szeged (HU)
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
2005-02-07
Volume
35
Issue
7
Pages
1043-1051
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W2003742768
Cited by
52
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FWCI
1.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SZTE Publicatio Repozitórium (University of Szeged) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
Keywords
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, lateral interactions, early visual cortex, contrast detection, flanker effect, perceptual organization, figure-ground segregation, antipsychotic drugs, positive and negative symptoms, depression
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Bipolar Disorder, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Middle Aged, Perceptual Disorders, Schizophrenia, Task Performance and Analysis, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception, Case-Control Studies

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