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EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 260, 期 6, 页码 465-473出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0094-1
关键词
Schizophrenia; MRI; Broca's language area; Pars opercularis; Pars triangularis
资金
- JSPS [18390319, 20023009]
- MEXT
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan [H18-Shi 7, H19-Kokoro-Ippan 012, H20-3, H20-Kokoro-Ippan 001]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22689034, 18390319, 20023009] Funding Source: KAKEN
Previous literature has suggested an important role of inferior frontal gyrus, which mainly consists of Brodmann's Area (BA) 44 and 45, in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. While recent neuroimaging techniques have revealed differential functional correlates of BA 44 and 45 in healthy individuals, previous studies have not yet separately evaluated the gray matter volume reduction of BA 44 and 45 and their relationships to psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. In the present study, magnetic resonance images were obtained from 29 right-handed male patients with schizophrenia and from 29 age- and handedness-matched healthy male controls. The reliable manual tracing methodology was employed to measure the gray matter volume of BA 44 and BA 45. The severities of psychotic symptoms were evaluated using the five-factor model of positive and negative syndrome scale in the patient group. A significant gray matter volume reduction of both the BA 44 and BA 45 was found bilaterally in the patients with schizophrenia compared with the healthy controls. Among these inferior frontal sub-regions, reduced volume of right BA 45 revealed the largest effect size. In addition, the reduced volume of BA 45 in left hemisphere showed a significant association with the increased severity of delusional behavior, while the severity of disorganized and positive symptoms were correlated with the bilateral BA 45 volumes in the patient group. The findings support an important role of inferior frontal gyrus in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The present study further demonstrated that BA 45 might especially contribute to the production of psychotic symptoms in the patients with schizophrenia.
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