ArticleBrain topography2023
Abnormal Structural Network Communication Reflects Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia.
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- Altered cortical-subcortical structural connectivity underlying symptom dimensions in schizophrenia.Brain imaging and behavior · 2026Article
- Schizophrenia and Neurodevelopment: Insights From Connectome Perspective.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Review
- Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
Schizophrenia has long been thought to be a disconnection syndrome and several previous studies have reported widespread abnormalities in white matter tracts in individuals with schizophrenia. Furthermore, reductions in structural connectivity may also impair communication between anatomically unconnected pairs of brain regions, potentially impacting global signal traffic in the brain. Therefore, we used different communication models to examine direct and indirect structural connections (polysynaptic) communication in large-scale brain networks in schizophrenia. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scans were acquired from 62 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and 35 controls. In this study, we used five network communication models including, shortest paths, navigation, diffusion, search information and communicability to examine polysynaptic communication in large-scale brain networks in schizophrenia. We showed less efficient communication between spatially widespread brain regions particulary encompassing cortico-subcortical basal ganglia network in schizophrenia group relative to controls. Then, we also examined whether reduced communication efficiency was related to clinical symptoms in schizophrenia group. Among different measures of communication efficiency, only navigation efficiency was associated with global cognitive impairment across multiple cognitive domains including verbal learning, processing speed, executive functions and working memory, in individuals with schizophrenia. We did not find any association between communication efficiency measures and positive or negative symptoms within the schizophrenia group. Our findings are important for improving our mechanistic understanding of neurobiological process underlying cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia.
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