期刊
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 68, 期 7, 页码 674-677出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.018
关键词
Addiction; diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); fractional anisotropy (FA); nicotine; schizophrenia; white matter
资金
- National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Health [MH70644, N01-da-5-9909]
- Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program Other Tobacco-Related Diseases Research Grant
Background: Although schizophrenia patients are at high risk for tobacco use, the neurobiological basis of this comorbid association is not clear. White matter abnormalities have been described independently in schizophrenia and smoking cohorts. We sought to determine whether smoking and schizophrenia are associated with similar white matter abnormalities that could be biomarkers for the high risk of smoking in schizophrenia. Methods: Whole brain white matter integrity (fractional anisotropy) was measured in 46 schizophrenia patients (32 smokers and 14 nonsmokers) and 69 healthy age-matched control subjects (48 smokers and 21 nonsmokers). Results: Schizophrenia and smoking status were independently and additively associated with reduced fractional anisotropy in left anterior thalamic radiation/anterior limb of the internal capsule, and significant fractional anisotropy decreases were identified in the bilateral uncinate fasciculus/inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus in schizophrenia and the left prefrontal area in smoking status separately. Conclusions: Common and distinct patterns of impaired white matter are associated with schizophrenia and smoking. Particularly, the anatomic congruence of an additive white matter abnormality in the anterior thalamic radiation/anterior limb of the internal capsule suggests that this abnormal fiber connectivity between frontal cortex and striatum/thalamus may be a biomarker for the increased comorbid smoking in schizophrenia patients.
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