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ReviewThe American journal of psychiatry2015

Sensory processing dysfunction in the personal experience and neuronal machinery of schizophrenia.

Daniel C Javitt, Robert Freedman

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In one paragraph

Review in The American journal of psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07027085 (Investigation of the Effects of Virtual Reality Applications on Sensory Processing, Cognitive Skills, Social Functioning and Disease Symptoms in Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia), which is not on this map. Cited by 221 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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221citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07027085 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Investigation of the Effects of Virtual Reality Applications on Sensory Processing, Cognitive Skills, Social Functioning and Disease Symptoms in Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia

TypeinterventionalSponsorNigde Omer Halisdemir UniversityRan2025 to 2025Enrolled52ConditionsSchizophrenia DisordersArmsvirtual reality
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

221 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 400 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Mismatch negativity matures in adolescence and without sensitivity to microglial depletion.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel C JavittFrom the Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and the Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, New York; and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora.
Robert Freedman
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research · US

Funding

The Conte Center for Schizophrenia ResearchP50MH086385 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI JAVITT, DANIEL C. · 2009 to 2013
$10.7M
STATISTICAL GENETICS AND TREATMENT ANALYSISP50MH086383 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FREEDMAN, ROBERT · 2009 to 2013
$10.6M
EARLY CORTICAL PROCESSING IN SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH049334 · NIMH · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI JAVITT, DANIEL C. · 1998 to 2022
$8.8M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH-086383NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH086383NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH086385NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH049334NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH49334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensory processing deficits, first investigated by Kraepelin and Bleuler as possible pathophysiological mechanisms in schizophrenia, are now being recharacterized in the context of our current understanding of the molecular and neurobiological brain mechanisms involved. The National Institute of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria position these deficits as intermediaries between molecular and cellular mechanisms and clinical symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations. The prepulse inhibition of startle responses by a weaker preceding tone, the inhibitory gating of response to paired sensory stimuli characterized using the auditory P50 evoked response, and the detection of slight deviations in patterns of sensory stimulation eliciting the cortical mismatch negativity potential demonstrate deficits in early sensory processing mechanisms, whose molecular and neurobiological bases are increasingly well understood. Deficits in sensory processing underlie more complex cognitive dysfunction and are in turn affected by higher-level cognitive difficulties. These deficits are now being used to identify genes involved in familial transmission of schizophrenia and to monitor potentially therapeutic drug effects for both treatment and prevention. This research also provides a clinical reminder that patients' sensory perception of the surrounding world, even during treatment sessions, may differ considerably from others' perceptions. A person's ability to understand and interact effectively with the surrounding world ultimately depends on an underlying sensory experience of it.

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Acoustic StimulationBrainEvoked Potentials, AuditoryHumansReaction TimeReflex, StartleSchizophreniaSensory Gating

Identifiers

PMID25553496
PMCPMC4501403
OpenAlexW2123703395

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