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ArticleSchizophrenia research. Cognition2018

Cognitive and psychopathology correlates of brain white/grey matter structure in severely psychotic schizophrenic inpatients.

Nerisa Banaj, Federica Piras, Fabrizio Piras, Valentina Ciullo, Mariangela Iorio, Claudia Battaglia, Donatella Pantoli, Giuseppe Ducci, Gianfranco Spalletta

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Nerisa BanajLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Federica PirasLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio PirasLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Valentina CiulloLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Mariangela IorioLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Claudia BattagliaDepartment of Mental Health, ASL, Roma 1, 00135 Rome, Italy.
Donatella PantoliDepartment of Radiology, S. Filippo Neri Hospital, ASL, Roma, 1, 00135 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe DucciDepartment of Mental Health, ASL, Roma 1, 00135 Rome, Italy.
Gianfranco SpallettaLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy.

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Abstract

The brain structural correlates of cognitive and psychopathological symptoms within the active phase in severely psychotic schizophrenic inpatients have been rarely investigated. Twenty-eight inpatients with a DSM-5 diagnosis of Schizophrenia (SZ), admitted for acute psychotic decompensation, were assessed through a comprehensive neuropsychological and psychopathological battery. All patients underwent a high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging investigation. Increased psychotic severity was related to reduced grey matter volumes in the medial portion of the right superior frontal cortex, the superior orbitofrontal cortex bilaterally and to white matter volume reduction in the medial portion of the left superior frontal area. Immediate verbal memory performance was related to left insula and inferior parietal cortex volume, while long-term visuo-spatial memory was related to grey matter volume of the right middle temporal cortex, and the right (lobule VII, CRUS1) and left (lobule VI) cerebellum. Moreover, psychotic severity correlated with cognitive inflexibility and negative symptom severity was related to visuo-spatial processing and reasoning disturbances. These findings indicate that a disruption of the cortical-subcortical-cerebellar circuit, and distorted memory function contribute to the development and maintenance of psychotic exacerbation.

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Brain morphometryCerebellumCognitionFrontal cortexPsychotic exacerbationSchizophrenia inpatientsTemporal cortex

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