PMID- 24951401 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150226 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-2509 (Electronic) IS - 0920-9964 (Print) IS - 0920-9964 (Linking) VI - 157 IP - 1-3 DP - 2014 Aug TI - Neural responses during social reflection in relatives of schizophrenia patients: relationship to subclinical delusions. PG - 292-8 LID - S0920-9964(14)00285-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.schres.2014.05.033 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Deficits in the capacity to reflect about the self and others ("social reflection" [SR]) have been identified in schizophrenia, as well as in people with a genetic or clinical risk for the disorder. However, the neural underpinnings of these abnormalities are incompletely understood. METHODS: Responses of a network of brain regions known to be involved in self and other processing (e.g., medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), and superior temporal gyrus (STG)) were measured during SR in 16 first-degree, non-psychotic relatives (RELS) of schizophrenia patients and 16 healthy controls (CONS). Because of prior evidence linking dysfunction in this network and delusions, associations between SR-related responses of this network and subclinical delusions (measured using the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory) were also examined. RESULTS: Compared with CONS, RELS showed significantly less SR-related activity of the right and left PCC and STG. Moreover, response magnitudes were negatively correlated with levels of delusional thinking across both groups. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that aberrant function of the neural circuitry underpinning SR is associated with the genetic liability to schizophrenia and confers vulnerability to delusional beliefs. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Brent, Benjamin K AU - Brent BK AD - The Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; The Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: bbrent@bidmc.harvard.edu. FAU - Seidman, Larry J AU - Seidman LJ AD - The Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; The Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. FAU - Coombs, Garth 3rd AU - Coombs G 3rd AD - The Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States. FAU - Keshavan, Matcheri S AU - Keshavan MS AD - The Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. FAU - Moran, Joseph M AU - Moran JM AD - The Center for Brain Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center, United States. FAU - Holt, Daphne J AU - Holt DJ AD - The HST-MIT Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States; The Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. LA - eng GR - KL2 TR001100/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - L30 MH091727/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 16259/PHS HHS/United States GR - KL2 RR 025757/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 MH076054/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - KL2 RR025757/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - K23MH076054/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20140617 PL - Netherlands TA - Schizophr Res JT - Schizophrenia research JID - 8804207 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Brain/*physiopathology MH - Brain Mapping MH - Delusions/*physiopathology MH - *Family MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neural Pathways/physiopathology MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Reaction Time MH - *Schizophrenia/genetics/physiopathology MH - *Social Perception MH - Thinking/*physiology PMC - PMC4109724 MID - NIHMS603166 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Delusions OT - Genetic risk OT - Relatives OT - Schizophrenia OT - Social reflection COIS- Conflict of Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2014/06/22 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/27 06:00 PMCR- 2015/08/01 CRDT- 2014/06/22 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/05/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/05/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/06/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0920-9964(14)00285-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.schres.2014.05.033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Schizophr Res. 2014 Aug;157(1-3):292-8. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.05.033. Epub 2014 Jun 17.