title: Attentional networks and cingulum bundle in chronic schizophrenia.
abstract: Thirty patients with chronic schizophrenia and 30 age-matched controls performed the Attention Network Test (ANT). A subset of the patient group (n=18) also had available magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures of the cingulum bundle (CB) fractional anisotropy and volume. The patients showed a significantly different pattern of ANT performance, characterized primarily by decreased alerting efficiency. In addition, left CB fractional anisotropy correlated significantly with orienting of attention. Smaller right CB volume also correlated with reduced alertness, but not when covarying for medication and illness duration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA. paul.nestor@umb.edu
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nestor
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubicki
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niznikiewicz
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: McCarley
authors.forename: Martha E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Shenton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016880:Anisotropy; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*