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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2026

Multiscale characterization of cortical signatures in positive and negative schizotypy: a worldwide ENIGMA study.

Matthias Kirschner, Benazir Hodzic-Santor, Leda Kennedy, Justine Y Hansen, Mathilde Antoniades, Igor Nenadić, Tilo Kircher, Axel Krug, Tina Meller, Udo Dannlowski and 62 more

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Matthias Kirschner *Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-1439
Benazir Hodzic-Santor *McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Leda Kennedy *Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Justine Y HansenMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-7480
Mathilde AntoniadesCenter for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Igor NenadićUniversity of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-7473
Tilo KircherUniversity of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-2625
Axel KrugUniversity of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0564-2497
Tina MellerUniversity of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Udo DannlowskiInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-3759
Dominik GrotegerdInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Kira FlinkenflügelInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7738-5429
Susanne MeinertInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2177-7161
Tiana BorgersInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Janik GoltermannInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3087-1002
Tim HahnInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6541-3795
Joscha BöhnleinInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9870-5599
Elisabeth J LeehrInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9264-5003
Carlotta BarkhauInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7546-9183
Alex FornitoTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Aurina ArnatkeviciuteTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-7084
Mark A BellgroveTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0186-8349
Jeggan TiegoTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-6398
Pamela DeRosseStony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Melissa GreenSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-4874
Yann QuidéSchool of Psychology, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8569-7139
Christos PantelisDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Carlton South, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9565-0238
Raymond C K ChanState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7571-6933
Yi WangState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-5831
Ulrich EttingerUniversity of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0160-0281
Martin DebbanéFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-8753
Melodie DeromeFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Christian GaserGerman Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Site Jena Magdeburg Halle, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-099X
Bianca BesteherGerman Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Site Jena Magdeburg Halle, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-9298
Kelly DiederenDepartment of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
Tom J SpencerDepartment of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
Josselin HouenouDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Mental Services, Northern Health, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3166-5606
Edith Pomarol-ClotetFIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation & CIBERSAM, ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain.
Raymond SalvadorFIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation & CIBERSAM, ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain.
Wulf RösslerPsychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lukasz SmigielskiPsychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-7644
Veena KumariBrunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-5505
Preethi PremkumarBrunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.
Haeme R P ParkSchool of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-4346
Kristina WiebelsSchool of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Imke JansenVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9044-6468
James GilleenUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1095-9058
Paul AllenNeuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Jan-Bernard MarsmanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Irina LebedevaMental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Alexander TomyshevMental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Anne-Kathrin FettDepartment of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0282-273X
Iris SommerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Sanne KoopsDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Phillip GrantFresenius University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Asia FerrariDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3227-9443
Bin WanDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Indrit BègueDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5350-4454
Dennis HernausDepartment of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-5756
Maria JalbrzikowskiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-9432
Casey PaquolaInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain & Behaviour) Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Sara LarivièreDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5701-1307
Boris BernhardtMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9256-6041
Sofie L ValkInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain & Behaviour) Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Bratislav MisicMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-2862
Theo G M van ErpClinical Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jessica A TurnerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-8434
Paul M ThompsonImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Andre AlemanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Alain DagherMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-5779
Stefan KaiserDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Gemma ModinosDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK. gemma.modinos@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7870-066X

Funding

Training U54EB020403 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2014 to 2018
$10.1M
ENIGMA-COINSTAC-APOE2 Functional and structural connectome protective mechanisms for Alzheimer’s disease and mood disorders: Request for supplemental funds for NIH R01:1R01MH121246R01MH121246 · NIMH · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CALHOUN, VINCE D, TURNER, JESS · 2019 to 2023
$5.0M
Predicting psychosis risk in youth using a novel structural neuroimaging score that measures deviation from normative development. Can we bring it to communities using portable, low-field MRI?R01MH129636 · NIMH · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MARIA JALBRZIKOWSKI · 2022 to 2026
$3.8M
NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB020403NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121246NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH129636Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 219240Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Positive and negative schizotypy reflect distinct patterns of subclinical traits in the general population associated with neurodevelopmental and schizophrenia-spectrum pathologies. Yet, a comprehensive characterization of the unique and shared neuroanatomical signatures of these schizotypy dimensions is lacking. Leveraging 3D brain MRI data from 2730 unmedicated healthy individuals, we identified neuroanatomical profiles of positive and negative schizotypy and systematically compared them with disorder-specific, microarchitectural, neurotransmitter-level, and connectome measures. Positive and negative schizotypy were associated with distinct cortical signatures, of predominantly thinner frontal and thicker paralimbic cortical areas, respectively. These cortical signatures of positive and negative schizotypy were differentially linked to brain-wide cortical patterns of schizophrenia-spectrum (clinical high-risk for psychosis, schizophrenia) and neurodevelopmental conditions (ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome). Additionally, the positive and negative schizotypy-related cortical profiles mapped onto different local attributes of gene expression, cortical myelination, D1, and histamine receptor distributions. Network models further showed that positive and negative schizotypy cortical signatures were spatially associated with cortical hubs, suggesting that highly interconnected regions are more vulnerable to the morphological differences associated with both schizotypy dimensions. Finally, predominantly sensorimotor-to-association and paralimbic areas emerged as epicenters with connectivity profiles significantly linked to the schizotypy-related cortical patterns. Collectively, this study identified cortical signatures of positive and negative schizotypy traits that are embedded along multiple scales of cortical organization and neuropsychiatric pathologies. Our work yields novel insights into how neurobiology and brain architecture may guide neuroanatomical vulnerability and resilience to psychopathology in the general population.

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Schizotypal Personality DisorderAdolescentAdultBrainBrain MappingCerebral CortexConnectomeFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaYoung Adult

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PMID42000906
PMCPMC13441894

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