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Abnormalities of intrinsic regional brain activity in first-episode and chronic schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of resting-state functional MRI
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- Transdiagnostic markers across the psychosis continuum: a systematic review and meta-analysis of resting state fMRI studies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Disrupted hierarchical functional brain organization in affective and psychotic disorders: insights from functional brain gradients.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Reduced amplitude of low frequency fluctuation in the sensorimotor cortex in early psychosis: association with motor dexterity and hyperconnectivity.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- The Salience of Psychotic Experiences: Neural Correlates in the General Population.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
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- Disrupted Emergent Properties of the Brain in Schizophrenia: Insight From Integrated Information Decomposition of Resting State fMRI.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) studies have provided much evidence for abnormal intrinsic brain activity in schizophrenia, but results have been inconsistent. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of whole-brain, resting-state fMRI studies that explored differences in amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) between people with schizophrenia (including first episode and chronic) and healthy controls. Results: A systematic literature search identified 24 studies comparing a total of 1249 people with schizophrenia and 1179 healthy controls. Overall, patients with schizophrenia displayed decreased ALFF in the bilateral postcentral gyrus, bilateral precuneus, left inferior parietal gyri and right occipital lobe, and increased ALFF in the right putamen, right inferior frontal gyrus, left inferior temporal gyrus and right anterior cingulate cortex. In the subgroup analysis, patients with first-episode schizophrenia demonstrated decreased ALFF in the bilateral inferior parietal gyri, right precuneus and left medial prefrontal cortex, and increased ALFF in the bilateral putamen and bilateral occipital gyrus. Patients with chronic schizophrenia showed decreased ALFF in the bilateral postcentral gyrus, left precuneus and right occipital gyrus, and increased ALFF in the bilateral inferior frontal gyri, bilateral superior frontal gyrus, left amygdala, left inferior temporal gyrus, right anterior cingulate cortex and left insula. Limitations: The small sample size of our subgroup analysis, predominantly Asian samples, processing steps and publication bias could have limited the accuracy of the results. Conclusion: Our comprehensive meta-analysis suggests that findings of aberrant regional intrinsic brain activity during the initial stages of schizophrenia, and much more widespread damage with the progression of disease, may contribute to our understanding of the progressive pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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