期刊
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
卷 282, 期 -, 页码 64-72出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.10.008
关键词
Global field power; Schizophrenia; Longitudinal; N1 component; Event-related potential
资金
- NCCR Synapsy from the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF [51NF40-158776]
- Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [FCT PD/BD/105785/2014]
- Knowledge Foundation of Georgia
Visual backward masking is strongly impaired in patients with schizophrenia. Masking deficits have been proposed as potential endophenotypes of schizophrenia. Masking performance deficits manifest as strongly reduced amplitudes in the electroencephalogram (EEG). In order to fulfill the criteria of an endophenotype, masking deficits should not vary substantially across time and should be present at the first psychotic event. To verify whether these conditions are met for visual backward masking, we tested patients with first episode psychosis (n = 21) in a longitudinal study. Patients were tested with visual backward masking and EEG three times every six months over a period of one year. We found that the EEG amplitudes of patients with first episode psychosis were higher as compared to those of patients with schizophrenia but lower as compared to those of unaffected controls. More interestingly, we found that the EEG amplitudes of patients with first episode psychosis remained stable over the course of one year. Since chronic schizophrenia patients have strongly reduced amplitudes, we speculate that the neural correlates of masking deficits (EEG amplitudes) continue to decrease as the disease progresses.
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