HOLŠTAJN ZEMÁNKOVÁ, Petra, Jan LOŠÁK, Kristína CZEKÓOVÁ, Ovidiu LUNGU, Martin JÁNI, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK and Martin BAREŠ. Theory of Mind Skills Are Related to Resting-State Frontolimbic Connectivity in Schizophrenia. BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. NEW ROCHELLE: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2018, vol. 8, No 6, p. 350-361. ISSN 2158-0014. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/brain.2017.0563.
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Original name Theory of Mind Skills Are Related to Resting-State Frontolimbic Connectivity in Schizophrenia
Authors HOLŠTAJN ZEMÁNKOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan LOŠÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kristína CZEKÓOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ovidiu LUNGU (124 Canada), Martin JÁNI (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin BAREŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition BRAIN CONNECTIVITY, NEW ROCHELLE, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2018, 2158-0014.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30103 Neurosciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/18:00105775
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/brain.2017.0563
UT WoS 000452155400005
Keywords in English fMRI; resting-state functional connectivity; schizophrenia; seed voxel analysis; theory of mind
Tags 14110127, 14110222, podil, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia (SCH) often demonstrate impairment in social-cognitive functions as well as disturbances in large-scale network connectivity. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is a core region of the default mode network, with projections to limbic structures. It plays an important role in social and emotional decision-making. We investigated whether resting-state functional connectivity (FC) relates to the cognitive and affective domains of theory of mind (ToM). Twenty-three SCH patients and 19 healthy controls (HCs) underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning. vmPFC seed connectivity was correlated with behavioral measures assessing ToM domains. SCH performed less well than HCs in both ToM task domains. An analysis of the resting-state FC revealed that SCH had reduced connectivity from the vmPFC to the subcallosal cortex, right amygdala, and right hippocampus as a function of behavioral scores in both ToM domains. Within-group analyses indicated that in HCs, the performance in ToM was positively associated with frontoamygdalar resting-state connectivity, whereas in SCH, the performance in ToM was negatively associated with the frontosubcallosal connectivity. Differences in the pattern of the resting-state frontolimbic connectivity and its associations with performance in ToM tasks between the two study groups might represent a different setup for processing social information in patients with SCH.
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