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ArticlePsychiatry research. Neuroimaging2022

Frontotemporal thalamic connectivity in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder.

Philip R Szeszko, Suril Gohel, Daniel H Vaccaro, King-Wai Chu, Cheuk Y Tang, Kim E Goldstein, Antonia S New, Larry J Siever, Margaret McClure, M Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez and 3 more

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Article in Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Aberrant effective connectivity during working memory performance in schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia: A spectrum approach.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Philip R SzeszkoMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; Mental Health Patient Care Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: philip.szeszko@mssm.edu.
Suril GohelDepartment of Health Informatics, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
Daniel H VaccaroMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
King-Wai ChuMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Cheuk Y TangTranslational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Kim E GoldsteinMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.
Antonia S NewDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Larry J SieverMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Margaret McClureDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA.
M Mercedes Perez-RodriguezDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
M Mehmet HaznedarMental Health Patient Care Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
William ByneDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Erin A HazlettMental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
James J. Peters VA Medical Center · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USColumbia University · USFairfield University · USImaging Center · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Longitudinal neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessment of risk and protective factors across the schizophrenia spectrumR01MH121411 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI HAZLETT, ERIN A., SZESZKO, PHILIP R · 2020 to 2024
$4.8M
Neurobiology of Affective Instability in Veterans at Low and High Risk for SuicideI01CX001451 · VA · JAMES J PETERS VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAZLETT, ERIN A. · 2017 to 2021
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CSR&D Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6CX001738 · VA · JAMES J PETERS VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAZLETT, ERIN A. · 2018 to 2022
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CSRD VA I01 CX000609CSRD VA I01 CX001451CSRD VA IK6 CX001738CSRD VA IK6 CX002700NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) resembles schizophrenia, but with attenuated brain abnormalities and the absence of psychosis. The thalamus is integral for processing and transmitting information across cortical regions and widely implicated in the neurobiology of schizophrenia. Comparing thalamic connectivity in SPD and schizophrenia could reveal an intermediate schizophrenia-spectrum phenotype to elucidate neurobiological risk and protective factors in psychosis. We used rsfMRI to investigate functional connectivity between the mediodorsal nucleus (MDN) and pulvinar, and their connectivity with frontal and temporal cortical regions, respectively in 43 healthy controls (HCs), and individuals in the schizophrenia-spectrum including 45 psychotropic drug-free individuals with SPD, and 20 individuals with schizophrenia-related disorders [(schizophrenia (n = 10), schizoaffective disorder (n = 8), schizophreniform disorder (n = 1) and psychosis NOS (n = 1)]. Individuals with SPD had greater functional connectivity between the MDN and pulvinar compared to individuals with schizophrenia. Thalamo-frontal (i.e., between the MDN and rostral middle frontal cortex) connectivity was comparable in SPD and HCs; in SPD greater connectivity was associated with less symptom severity. Individuals with schizophrenia had less thalamo-frontal connectivity and thalamo-temporal (i.e., pulvinar to the transverse temporal cortex) connectivity compared with HCs. Thalamo-frontal functional connectivity may be comparable in SPD and HCs, but abnormal in schizophrenia, and that this may be protective against psychosis in SPD.

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SchizophreniaSchizotypal Personality DisorderHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingTemporal LobeThalamusResting state fMRISchizophreniaSchizotypal personality disorderThalamus

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PMID35240516
PMCPMC9018622
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