PMID- 28620278 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1662-4548 (Print) IS - 1662-453X (Electronic) IS - 1662-453X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2017 TI - Revealing the Dysfunction of Schematic Facial-Expression Processing in Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study of Different References. PG - 314 LID - 10.3389/fnins.2017.00314 [doi] LID - 314 AB - The use of event-related potential (ERP) recording technology during perceptual and cognitive processing has been studied in order to develop objective diagnostic indexes for people with neuropsychiatric disorders. For example, patients with schizophrenia exhibit consistent abnormalities in face-evoked early components of ERPs and mismatch negativities (MMNs). In most studies, the choice of reference has been the average reference (AVE), but whether this is the most suitable choice is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically compare the AVE and reference electrode standardization technique (REST) methods for assessing expressional face-evoked early visual ERPs and visual MMNs (vMMNs) in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. The results showed that both the AVE and REST methods could: (1) obtain primary visual-evoked ERPs in the two groups, (2) reveal the neutral and emotional expression discrimination deficit of the P1 component in the patients, which was normal in the healthy controls, (3) reflect reductions of happy vMMNs in the patients compared to the healthy controls, and (4) show right-dominant sad vMMNs only in the patients. On the other hand, compared to the energy distributions of the AVE-obtained potentials, those of REST-obtained early visual ERPs and vMMNs were more concentrated around the temporo-occipital areas. Furthermore, only the REST-obtained vMMNs revealed a significant difference between happy and sad mismatch stimuli in patients with schizophrenia. These results demonstrate that REST technology might provide new insights into neurophysiological factors associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. FAU - She, Shenglin AU - She S AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Li, Haijing AU - Li H AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Ning, Yuping AU - Ning Y AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Ren, Jianjuan AU - Ren J AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wu, Zhangying AU - Wu Z AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Huang, Rongcheng AU - Huang R AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. FAU - Zhao, Jingping AU - Zhao J AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Mental Health Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, China. FAU - Wang, Qian AU - Wang Q AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing, China. FAU - Zheng, Yingjun AU - Zheng Y AD - Department of General Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170531 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neurosci JT - Frontiers in neuroscience JID - 101478481 PMC - PMC5450627 OTO - NOTNLM OT - average reference (AVE) OT - facial expression OT - reference electrode standardization technique (REST) OT - schizophrenia OT - visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) EDAT- 2017/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/18 06:01 PMCR- 2017/01/01 CRDT- 2017/06/17 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnins.2017.00314 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neurosci. 2017 May 31;11:314. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00314. eCollection 2017.