期刊
NEUROSCIENCE BULLETIN
卷 35, 期 4, 页码 688-696出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-019-00348-x
关键词
Schizophrenia; Cortical thickness; Age-related
资金
- National Basic Research Development Program of China [2016YFC0904300]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81630030, 81130024, 81528008]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China/Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme [81461168029]
- 135 Project for Disciplines of Excellence, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China [ZY2016103, ZY2016203]
Substantial evidence supports the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia. Meanwhile, progressive neurodegenerative processes have also been reported, leading to the hypothesis that neurodegeneration is a characteristic component in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. However, a major challenge for the neurodegenerative hypothesis is that antipsychotic drugs used by patients have profound impact on brain structures. To clarify this potential confounding factor, we measured the cortical thickness across the whole brain using high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in 145 first-episode and treatment-naive patients with schizophrenia and 147 healthy controls. The results showed that, in the patient group, the frontal, temporal, parietal, and cingulate gyri displayed a significant age-related reduction of cortical thickness. In the control group, age-related cortical thickness reduction was mostly located in the frontal, temporal, and cingulate gyri, albeit to a lesser extent. Importantly, relative to healthy controls, patients exhibited a significantly smaller age-related cortical thickness in the anterior cingulate, inferior temporal, and insular gyri in the right hemisphere. These results provide evidence supporting the existence of neurodegenerative processes in schizophrenia and suggest that these processes already occur in the early stage of the illness.
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