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Trial reportPloS one2012

Adjusting brain dynamics in schizophrenia by means of perceptual and cognitive training.

Tzvetan Popov, Brigitte Rockstroh, Nathan Weisz, Thomas Elbert, Gregory A Miller

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Trial report in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Magnetoencephalography for Schizophrenia.Neuroimaging clinics of North America · 2020
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  10. Mismatch Negativity is a Sensitive and Predictive Biomarker of Perceptual Learning During Auditory Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2017
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  19. Auditory event-related potentials and α oscillations in the psychosis prodrome: neuronal generator patterns during a novelty oddball task.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tzvetan PopovDepartment of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Tzvetan.Popov@uni-konstanz.de
Brigitte Rockstroh
Nathan Weisz
Thomas Elbert
Gregory A Miller

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn a previous report we showed that cognitive training fostering auditory-verbal discrimination and working memory normalized magnetoencephalographic (MEG) M50 gating ratio in schizophrenia patients. The present analysis addressed whether training effects on M50 ratio and task performance are mediated by changes in brain oscillatory activity. Such evidence should improve understanding of the role of oscillatory activity in phenomena such as M50 ratio, the role of dysfunctional oscillatory activity in processing abnormalities in schizophrenia, and mechanisms of action of cognitive training. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsTime-locked and non-time-locked oscillatory activity was measured together with M50 ratio in a paired-click design before and after a 4-week training of 36 patients randomly assigned to specific cognitive exercises (CE) or standard (comparison) cognitive training (CP). Patient data were compared to those of 15 healthy controls who participated in two MEG measurements 4 weeks apart without training. Training led to more time-locked gamma-band response and more non-time-locked alpha-band desynchronization, moreso after CE than after CP. Only after CE, increased alpha desynchronization was associated with normalized M50 ratio and with improved verbal memory performance. Thus, both types of cognitive training normalized gamma activity, associated with improved stimulus encoding. More targeted training of auditory-verbal discrimination and memory additionally normalized alpha desynchronization, associated with improved elaborative processing. The latter presumably contributes to improved auditory gating and cognitive function. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Results suggest that dysfunctional interplay of ocillatory activity that may contribute to auditory processing disruption in schizophrenia can be modified by targeted training.

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Brain WavesCognitive Behavioral TherapyAdultBrainCase-Control StudiesDiscrimination, PsychologicalHumansMagnetoencephalographyMemoryMiddle AgedPerceptionSchizophreniaYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID22815697
PMCPMC3399837

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