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ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2019

Hyperactivity and Reduced Activation of Anterior Hippocampus in Early Psychosis.

Maureen McHugo, Pratik Talati, Kristan Armstrong, Simon N Vandekar, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Neil D Woodward, Stephan Heckers

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Article in The American journal of psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 64 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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64 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maureen McHugoDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Pratik TalatiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Kristan ArmstrongDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Simon N VandekarDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Jennifer Urbano BlackfordDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Neil D WoodwardDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Stephan HeckersDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (McHugo, Armstrong, Blackford, Woodward, Heckers) and Department of Biostatistics (Vandekar), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.; and Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Talati).
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Imaging Hippocampal Function in PsychosisR01MH070560 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HECKERS, STEPHAN · 2005 to 2025
$7.2M
Replacement and Upgrade of a 3T MR Scanner for ResearchS10OD021771 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI GORE, JOHN C · 2016 to 2016
$2.0M
Hippocampal and Cortical Cerebral Blood Volume in PsychosisF30MH102846 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI TALATI, PRATIK · 2014 to 2016
$119k
CSRD VA I01 CX001226NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NIH HHS S10 OD021771NIMH NIH HHS F30 MH102846NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH070560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn schizophrenia, the anterior hippocampus is hyperactive and shows reduced task-related recruitment, but the relationship between these two findings is unclear. The authors tested the hypothesis that hyperactivity impairs recruitment of the anterior hippocampus during scene processing.

methodsFunctional MRI data from 45 early-psychosis patients and 35 demographically matched healthy control subjects were analyzed using a block-design 1-back scene-processing task. Hippocampal activation in response to scenes and faces compared with scrambled images was measured. In a subset of 20 early-psychosis patients and 31 healthy control subjects, baseline hippocampal activity using cerebral blood volume (CBV) mapping was measured. Correlation analyses were used to examine the association between baseline hippocampal activity and task-related hippocampal activation.

resultsActivation of the anterior hippocampus was significantly reduced and CBV in the anterior hippocampus was significantly increased in the early stages of psychosis. Increased CBV in early-psychosis patients was inversely correlated with task-related activation during scene processing in the anterior hippocampus.

conclusionsAnterior hippocampal hyperactivity in early-psychosis patients appears to limit effective recruitment of this region during task performance. These findings provide novel support for the anterior hippocampus as a therapeutic target in the treatment of cognitive deficits in psychosis.

Indexed as

Case-Control StudiesFemaleHippocampusHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePhotic StimulationSchizophreniaTime FactorsYoung AdultBrain ImagingHippocampusPsychosisSchizophrenia

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PMID31623459
PMCPMC7716419
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