Attenuated resting-state functional connectivity in patients with childhood- and adult-onset schizophrenia

Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) is a rare, severe form of the adult-onset disorder (AOS). Our previous resting-state fMRI study identified attenuated functional connectivity in COS compared with controls. Here, we ask whether COS and AOS patients and their siblings exhibit similar abnormalities of functional connectivity.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - January 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rebecca E. Watsky, Stephen J. Gotts, Rebecca A. Berman, Harrison M. McAdams, Xueping Zhou, Dede Greenstein, Francois M. Lalonde, Peter Gochman, Liv S. Clasen, Lorie Shora, Anna E. Ord óñez, Nitin Gogtay, Alex Martin, Deanna M. Barch, Judith L. Rapoport, Source Type: research