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Task-related functional connectivity analysis of emotion discrimination in a family study of schizophrenia

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Goghari, Vina M, Sanford, Nicole, Spilka, Michael J, Woodward, Todd S·2017·Schizophrenia Bulletin

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Poor emotion recognition is a core deficit in schizophrenia and is associated with poor functional outcome. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) multivariate analysis methods were used to elucidate the neural underpinnings of face and emotion processing associated with both genetic liability and disease-specific effects. Schizophrenia patients, relatives, and controls completed a task that included 4 facial emotion discrimination conditions and an age discrimination condition during fMRI. Three functional networks were derived from the data: the first involved in visual attention and response generation, the second a default mode network (DMN), and a third involved in face and emotion processing. No differences in activation were found between groups for the visual attention and response generation network, suggesting that basic processes were intact. Both schizophrenia patients and relatives showed evidence for hyperdeactivation in the DMN compared to controls, with relatives being intermediate, suggesting a genetic liability effect. Both disease-specific and genetic liability effects were found for the face processing network, which included the amygdala. Patients exhibited lower coordinated network activity compared to controls and relatives across all facial discrimination conditions. Additionally, in relation to the other emotion discrimination conditions, a heightened coordinated response during fear and anger discrimination was observed in schizophrenia compared to other conditions, whereas relatives demonstrated heightened coordinated activity for anger discrimination only relative to other emotion conditions. With regards to brain functioning, this study found that schizophrenia is associated with abnormal processing of threat-related information, and that in part may be associated with the genetic risk for the disorder, suggesting that the facial and emotion processing network could be targeted for intervention.

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Authors
Goghari, V. M., Sanford, N., Spilka, M. J., & Woodward, T. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
Corresponding author
Goghari, Vina M
Venue
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Published
2017-02-16
Volume
43
Issue
6
Pages
1348-1362
ISSN
  • 0586-7614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-1701
OpenAlex
W2593819770
Cited by
38
References
71
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • University of Calgary
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
schizophrenia, emotion recognition
MeSH terms
Facial Recognition, Adult, Amygdala, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Emotions, Facial Expression, Family, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Net, Schizophrenia, Social Perception, Young Adult, Endophenotypes

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