PMID- 28125578 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170808 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2017 TI - Functional Connectivity Anomalies in Adolescents with Psychotic Symptoms. PG - e0169364 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0169364 [doi] LID - e0169364 AB - BACKGROUND: Previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research suggests that, prior to the onset of psychosis, high risk youths already exhibit brain abnormalities similar to those present in patients with schizophrenia. OBJECTIVES: The goal of the present study was to describe the functional organization of endogenous activation in young adolescents who report auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in view of the "distributed network" hypothesis of psychosis. We recruited 20 young people aged 13-16 years who reported AVHs and 20 healthy controls matched for age, gender and handedness from local schools. METHODS: Each participant underwent a semi-structured clinical interview and a resting state (RS) neuroimaging protocol. We explored functional connectivity (FC) involving three different networks: 1) default mode network (DMN) 2) salience network (SN) and 3) central executive network (CEN). In line with previous findings on the role of the auditory cortex in AVHs as reported by young adolescents, we also investigated FC anomalies involving both the primary and secondary auditory cortices (A1 and A2, respectively). Further, we explored between-group inter-hemispheric FC differences (laterality) for both A1 and A2. Compared to the healthy control group, the AVH group exhibited FC differences in all three networks investigated. Moreover, FC anomalies were found in a neural network including both A1 and A2. The laterality analysis revealed no between-group, inter-hemispheric differences. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that young adolescents with subclinical psychotic symptoms exhibit functional connectivity anomalies directly and indirectly involving the DMN, SN, CEN and also a neural network including both primary and secondary auditory cortical regions. FAU - Amico, Francesco AU - Amico F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0837-2100 AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - O'Hanlon, Erik AU - O'Hanlon E AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. AD - Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Kraft, Dominik AU - Kraft D AD - Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. FAU - Oertel-Knochel, Viola AU - Oertel-Knochel V AD - Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. FAU - Clarke, Mary AU - Clarke M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. AD - Department of Psychology, Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Kelleher, Ian AU - Kelleher I AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Higgins, Niamh AU - Higgins N AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Coughlan, Helen AU - Coughlan H AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Creegan, Daniel AU - Creegan D AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Heneghan, Mark AU - Heneghan M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Power, Emmet AU - Power E AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Power, Lucy AU - Power L AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Ryan, Jessica AU - Ryan J AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. FAU - Frodl, Thomas AU - Frodl T AD - Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. FAU - Cannon, Mary AU - Cannon M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170126 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Auditory Cortex/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Brain Mapping MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cerebrum/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Child MH - Female MH - Hallucinations/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Neural Pathways/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Psychotic Disorders/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology PMC - PMC5268394 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2017/01/27 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/09 06:00 PMCR- 2017/01/26 CRDT- 2017/01/27 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/01/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/01/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-16-23365 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0169364 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2017 Jan 26;12(1):e0169364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169364. eCollection 2017.