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SynthesisFrontiers in human neuroscience2023

Altered brain functional networks in schizophrenia with persistent negative symptoms: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.

Tingting Zhu, Zengxiu Wang, Weifeng Wu, Yuru Ling, Zixu Wang, Chao Zhou, Xinyu Fang, Chengbing Huang, Chunming Xie, Jiu Chen and 1 more

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Tingting ZhuDepartment of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huaian, Jiangsu, China.
Zengxiu WangDepartment of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Weifeng WuDepartment of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Yuru LingDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zixu WangDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chao ZhouDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xinyu FangDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chengbing HuangDepartment of Psychiatry, The Third People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huaian, Jiangsu, China.
Chunming XieDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Jiu ChenInstitute of Neuropsychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiangrong ZhangDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To investigate brain structural and functional characteristics of three brain functional networks including default mode network (DMN), central executive network (CEN), and salience network (SN) in persistent negative symptoms (PNS) patients. Methods: We performed an activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of functional connectivity (FC) studies and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies to detect specific structural and functional alterations of brain networks between PNS patients and healthy controls. Results: Seventeen VBM studies and twenty FC studies were included. In the DMN, PNS patients showed decreased gray matter in the bilateral medial frontal gyrus and left anterior cingulate gyrus and a significant reduction of FC in the right precuneus. Also, PNS patients had a decrease of gray matter in the left inferior parietal lobules and medial frontal gyrus, and a significant reduction of FC in the bilateral superior frontal gyrus in the CEN. In comparison with healthy controls, PNS patients exhibited reduced gray matter in the bilateral insula, anterior cingulate gyrus, left precentral gyrus and right claustrum and lower FC in these brain areas in the SN, including the left insula, claustrum, inferior frontal gyrus and extra-nuclear. Conclusion: This meta-analysis reveals brain structural and functional imaging alterations in the three networks and the interaction among these networks in PNS patients, which provides neuroscientific evidence for more personalized treatment.Systematic Review RegistrationThe PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, registration number: CRD42022335962).

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central executive networkdefault mode networkfunctional connectivitygray matter volumepersistent negative symptomssalience network

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PMCPMC10637389

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