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Published on: March 17, 2016
Widespread white-matter microstructure integrity reduction in first-episode schizophrenia patients after acute
Linghui Meng1, Kaiming Li2, Wenbin Li2
1Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Radiology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Abstract:
Potential effects of initiating acute antipsychotic treatment on white matter (WM) microstructure in schizophrenia patients remain poorly characterized. Thirty-five drug-naïve first-episode schizophrenia patients were scanned before and after six weeks of treatment with second-generation antipsychotic medications. Nineteen demographically matched healthy subjects were scanned twice over the same time interval. Tract-based spatial statistics was used to test for changes in WM microstructural integrity after treatment. Widespread fractional anisotropy (FA) decrease was found in patients after antipsychotic treatment in bilateral posterior corona radiata, anterior corona radiata, superior corona radiata and posterior thalamic radiation, left posterior limb of the internal capsule, and mid-body of the corpus callosum. These effects appeared to result primarily from decreased axial diffusivity. These findings suggest an effect on brain white matter from acute antipsychotic therapy in schizophrenia.
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