Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Cerebello-thalamo-cortical hyperconnectivity as a state-independent functional neural signature for psychosis prediction and characterization

  • Hengyi Cao,
  • Oliver Y. Chén,
  • Yoonho Chung,
  • Jennifer K. Forsyth,
  • Sarah C. McEwen,
  • Dylan G. Gee,
  • Carrie E. Bearden,
  • Jean Addington,
  • Bradley Goodyear,
  • Kristin S. Cadenhead,
  • Heline Mirzakhanian,
  • Barbara A. Cornblatt,
  • Ricardo E. Carrión,
  • Daniel H. Mathalon,
  • Thomas H. McGlashan,
  • Diana O. Perkins,
  • Aysenil Belger,
  • Larry J. Seidman,
  • Heidi Thermenos,
  • Ming T. Tsuang,
  • Theo G. M. van Erp,
  • Elaine F. Walker,
  • Stephan Hamann,
  • Alan Anticevic,
  • Scott W. Woods,
  • Tyrone D. Cannon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06350-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Brain function alterations in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders remain poorly understood. Here, the authors discover that increased neural connectivity in the cerebello-thalamo-cortical circuitry predicts psychosis in those at high risk, and is present in people with schizophrenia.