MRI diffusion tractography study in individuals with schizotypal features: A pilot study

Richard P. Smallman; Emma  Barkus; Hojjatollah Azadbakht; Karl V. Embelton; Hamied A. Haroon; Shôn W. Lewis; David M. Morris; Geoffrey J. Parker; Teresa M. Rushe

doi:10.1016/jpscychresns.2013.10.006

MRI diffusion tractography study in individuals with schizotypal features: A pilot study

Richard P. Smallman, Emma Barkus, Hojjatollah Azadbakht, Karl V. Embelton, Hamied A. Haroon, Shôn W. Lewis, David M. Morris, Geoffrey J. Parker, Teresa M. Rushe

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Abstract

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have identified changes in white matter tracts in schizophrenia patients and those at high risk of transition. Schizotypal samples represent a group on the schizophrenia continuum that share some aetiological risk factors but without the confounds of illness. The aim of the current study was to compare tract microstructural coherence as measured by
fractional anisotropy (FA) between 12 psychometrically defined schizotypes and controls. We investigated bilaterally the uncinate and arcuate fasciculi (UF and AF) via a probabilistic tractography algorithm (PICo), with FA values compared between groups. Partial correlations were also examined between measures of subclinical hallucinatory/delusional experiences and FA values. High schizotypes
were found to have significantly higher FA values in bilateral UF only, but failed to reach significance in each hemisphere. In the whole sample there was a positive correlation between increasing FA values and measures of hallucinatory experience in the right AF. These findings suggest subtle changes in microstructural coherence are present in schizotypes. Correlations between mild hallucinatory experience and increasing FA values could indicate increasing coherence could be associated with symptom formation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-57
Number of pages	9
Journal	Psychiatry research-Neuroimaging
Volume	221
Issue number	1
Early online date	31 Oct 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/jpscychresns.2013.10.006
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2014

Keywords

Arcuate fasiculus
Uncinate fasciculus
SPQ
Launey-Slade

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Smallman, R. P., Barkus, E., Azadbakht, H., Embelton, K. V., Haroon, H. A., Lewis, S. W., Morris, D. M., Parker, G. J., & Rushe, T. M. (2014). MRI diffusion tractography study in individuals with schizotypal features: A pilot study. Psychiatry research-Neuroimaging, 221(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/jpscychresns.2013.10.006

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