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Auditory Cortex Thickness Is Associated With N100 Amplitude in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, ISSN: 2632-7899, Vol: 4, Issue: 1, Page: sgad015
2023
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New Schizophrenia Data Has Been Reported by a Researcher at University of Oslo (Auditory Cortex Thickness Is Associated With N100 Amplitude in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders)

2023 JUL 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health News Daily -- New research on schizophrenia is the subject of

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Background and Hypothesis: The auditory cortex (AC) may play a central role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations (AH). Previous schizophrenia studies report thinner AC and impaired AC function, as indicated by decreased N100 amplitude of the auditory evoked potential. However, whether these structural and functional alterations link to AH in schizophrenia remain poorly understood. Study Design: Patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SCZspect), including patients with a lifetime experience of AH (AH+), without (AH-), and healthy controls underwent magnetic resonance imaging (39 SCZspect, 22 AH+, 17 AH-, and 146 HC) and electroencephalography (33 SCZspect, 17 AH+, 16 AH-, and 144 HC). Cortical thickness of the primary (AC1, Heschl's gyrus) and secondary (AC2, Heschl's sulcus, and the planum temporale) AC was compared between SCZspect and controls and between AH+, AH-, and controls. To examine if the association between AC thickness and N100 amplitude differed between groups, we used regression models with interaction terms. Study Results: N100 amplitude was nominally smaller in SCZspect (P =. 03, d = 0.42) and in AH- (P =. 020, d = 0.61), while AC2 was nominally thinner in AH+ (P =. 02, d = 0.53) compared with controls. AC1 thickness was positively associated with N100 amplitude in SCZspect (t = 2.56, P =. 016) and AH- (t = 3.18, P =. 008), while AC2 thickness was positively associated with N100 amplitude in SCZspect (t = 2.37, P =. 024) and in AH+ (t = 2.68, P =. 019). Conclusions: The novel findings of positive associations between AC thickness and N100 amplitude in SCZspect, suggest that a common neural substrate may underlie AC thickness and N100 amplitude alterations.

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Slapø, Nora Berz; Nerland, Stener; Nordbø Jørgensen, Kjetil; Mørch-Johnsen, Lynn; Pettersen, Johanne Hagen; Roelfs, Daniel; Parker, Nadine; Valstad, Mathias; Pentz, Atle; Timpe, Clara M F; Richard, Geneviève; Beck, Dani; Werner, Maren C Frogner; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Melle, Ingrid; Agartz, Ingrid; Westlye, Lars T; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole A; Moberget, Torgeir; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Jönsson, Erik G

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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