PMID- 26578933 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20151120 LR - 20200930 IS - 1662-5161 (Print) IS - 1662-5161 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5161 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2015 TI - Anterior cingulate cortex-related connectivity in first-episode schizophrenia: a spectral dynamic causal modeling study with functional magnetic resonance imaging. PG - 589 LID - 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00589 [doi] LID - 589 AB - Understanding the neural basis of schizophrenia (SZ) is important for shedding light on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this mental disorder. Structural and functional alterations in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), hippocampus, and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) have been implicated in the neurobiology of SZ. However, the effective connectivity among them in SZ remains unclear. The current study investigated how neuronal pathways involving these regions were affected in first-episode SZ using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Forty-nine patients with a first-episode of psychosis and diagnosis of SZ-according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision-were studied. Fifty healthy controls (HCs) were included for comparison. All subjects underwent resting state fMRI. We used spectral dynamic causal modeling (DCM) to estimate directed connections among the bilateral ACC, DLPFC, hippocampus, and MPFC. We characterized the differences using Bayesian parameter averaging (BPA) in addition to classical inference (t-test). In addition to common effective connectivity in these two groups, HCs displayed widespread significant connections predominantly involved in ACC not detected in SZ patients, but SZ showed few connections. Based on BPA results, SZ patients exhibited anterior cingulate cortico-prefrontal-hippocampal hyperconnectivity, as well as ACC-related and hippocampal-dorsolateral prefrontal-medial prefrontal hypoconnectivity. In summary, spectral DCM revealed the pattern of effective connectivity involving ACC in patients with first-episode SZ. This study provides a potential link between SZ and dysfunction of ACC, creating an ideal situation to associate mechanisms behind SZ with aberrant connectivity among these cognition and emotion-related regions. FAU - Cui, Long-Biao AU - Cui LB AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Liu, Jian AU - Liu J AD - Network Center, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Wang, Liu-Xian AU - Wang LX AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Li, Chen AU - Li C AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Xi, Yi-Bin AU - Xi YB AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Guo, Fan AU - Guo F AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Wang, Hua-Ning AU - Wang HN AD - Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhang, Lin-Chuan AU - Zhang LC AD - School of Biomedical Engineering, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Liu, Wen-Ming AU - Liu WM AD - Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - He, Hong AU - He H AD - Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Tian, Ping AU - Tian P AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Yin, Hong AU - Yin H AD - Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. FAU - Lu, Hongbing AU - Lu H AD - School of Biomedical Engineering, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151103 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Hum Neurosci JT - Frontiers in human neuroscience JID - 101477954 PMC - PMC4630283 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anterior cingulate cortex OT - effective connectivity OT - functional magnetic resonance imaging OT - schizophrenia OT - spectral dynamic causal modeling EDAT- 2015/11/19 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/19 06:01 PMCR- 2015/01/01 CRDT- 2015/11/19 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00589 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Nov 3;9:589. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00589. eCollection 2015.