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ArticleScientific reports2019

Cognitive correlates of abnormal myelination in psychosis.

Lucy D Vanes, Elias Mouchlianitis, Erica Barry, Krisna Patel, Katie Wong, Sukhwinder S Shergill

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  3. Cortical myelin mapping in antipsychotic medication-naïve, first-episode psychosis patients.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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6 authors.

Lucy D VanesInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. lucy.vanes@ucl.ac.uk.
Elias MouchlianitisInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Erica BarryInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Krisna PatelInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Katie WongInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Sukhwinder S ShergillInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, de Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0901868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psychotic illness has consistently been associated with deficits in cognitive function and reduced white matter integrity in the brain. However, the link between white matter disruptions and deficits in cognitive domains remains poorly understood. We assessed cognitive performance and white matter myelin water fraction (MWF) using multicomponent driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T1 and T2 (mcDESPOT) in recent-onset psychosis patients and age-matched healthy controls (HC). Psychosis patients showed deficits in working memory, phonological and semantic fluency, general intelligence quotient and reduced MWF in the left temporal white matter compared to HC. MWF in the left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus and inferior longitudinal fasciculus was positively associated with intelligence quotient and verbal fluency in patients, and fully mediated group differences in performance in both phonological and semantic verbal fluency. There was no association between working memory and MWF in the left temporal white matter. Negative symptoms demonstrated a negative association with MWF within the left inferior and superior longitudinal fasciculi. These findings indicate that psychosis-related deficits in distinct cognitive domains, such as verbal fluency and working memory, are not underpinned by a single common dysfunction in white matter connectivity.

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AdultCognitionFemaleHumansIntelligence TestsMaleMyelin SheathPhoneticsPsychotic DisordersSemanticsWaterWater

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PMID30914748
PMCPMC6435797

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