title: Aberrant Hippocampal Connectivity in Unmedicated Patients With Schizophrenia and Effects of Antipsychotic Medication: A Longitudinal Resting State Functional MRI Study.
abstract: To better characterize hippocampal pathophysiology in schizophrenia, we conducted a longitudinal study evaluating hippocampal functional connectivity during resting state, using seeds prescribed in its anterior and posterior regions. We enrolled 34 unmedicated patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (SZ) and 34 matched healthy controls. SZ were scanned while off medication, then were treated with risperidone for 6 weeks and re-scanned (n = 22). Group differences in connectivity, as well as changes in connectivity over time, were assessed on the group's participant level functional connectivity maps. We found significant dysconnectivity with anterior and posterior hippocampal seeds in unmedicated SZ. Baseline connectivity between the hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex, caudate nucleus, auditory cortex and calcarine sulcus in SZ predicted subsequent response to antipsychotic medications. These same regions demonstrated changes over the 6-week treatment trial that were correlated with symptomatic improvement. Our findings implicate several neural networks relevant to clinical improvement with antipsychotic medications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;
authors.forename: Nina Vanessa
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kraguljac
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;
authors.forename: David Matthew
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;
authors.forename: Jennifer Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ver Hoef
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;
authors.forename: Ebony
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; alahti@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Adrienne Carol
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lahti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D063132:Connectome / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018967:Risperidone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018967:Risperidone
keywords: auditory cortex; caudate; frontal cortex; functional MRI; risperidone; treatment response