Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

Evidence of shared and distinct functional and structural brain signatures in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder

  • Yuhui Du,
  • Zening Fu,
  • Ying Xing,
  • Dongdong Lin,
  • Godfrey Pearlson,
  • Peter Kochunov,
  • L. Elliot Hong,
  • Shile Qi,
  • Mustafa Salman,
  • Anees Abrol,
  • Vince D. Calhoun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02592-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Du et al used fMRI data from patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to analyze multi-scale brain functional connectivity and cerebral grey matter density and volume. They demonstrated the presence of convergent and divergent changes in SZ and ASD that correlated with clinical features.