Emotional Awareness in Schizophrenia Is Associated With Gray Matter Volume of Right Precuneus

@article{1757838,
   author = {Jáni, Martin and Kikinis, Zora and Lošák, Jan and Pasternak, Ofer and Szczepankiewicz, Filip and Heller, Karina and Swago, Sophia and Silva, Annelise and Bouix, Sylvain and Kubicki, Marek and Ustohal, Libor and Kudlička, Petr and Vojtíšek, Lubomír and Westin, CarlandFrederik and Kašpárek, Tomáš},
   article_location = {Lausanne},
   article_number = {April 2021},
   doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.601742},
   keywords = {MRI; schizophrenia; psychopathology; emotional awareness; alexithymia},
   language = {eng},
   issn = {1664-0640},
   journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry},
   title = {Emotional Awareness in Schizophrenia Is Associated With Gray Matter Volume of Right Precuneus},
   url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.601742/full},
   volume = {12},
   year = {2021}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1757838
AU  - Jáni, Martin - Kikinis, Zora - Lošák, Jan - Pasternak, Ofer - Szczepankiewicz, Filip - Heller, Karina - Swago, Sophia - Silva, Annelise - Bouix, Sylvain - Kubicki, Marek - Ustohal, Libor - Kudlička, Petr - Vojtíšek, Lubomír - Westin, Carl-Frederik - Kašpárek, Tomáš
PY  - 2021
TI  - Emotional Awareness in Schizophrenia Is Associated With Gray Matter Volume of Right Precuneus
JF  - Frontiers in Psychiatry
VL  - 12
IS  - April 2021
SP  - 1-8
EP  - 1-8
PB  - Frontiers
SN  - 16640640
KW  - MRI
KW  - schizophrenia
KW  - psychopathology
KW  - emotional awareness
KW  - alexithymia
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.601742/full
N2  - Objectives: We assessed the relationship between emotional awareness (e.g., the ability to identify and differentiate our own feelings and feelings of others) and regional brain volumes in healthy and in schizophrenia groups. Methods: Magnetic resonance images of 29 subjects with schizophrenia and 33 matched healthy controls were acquired. Brain gray matter was parcellated using FreeSurfer and 28 regions of interest associated with emotional awareness were analyzed. All participants were assessed using the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS) of Self and of Other. LEAS scores were correlated with gray matter volume for each hemisphere on the 14 brain regions of the emotional awareness network. Results: Individuals with schizophrenia showed decreased emotional awareness on both LEAS Self and LEAS Other compared to healthy controls. There were no statistically significant between-group differences in gray matter volumes of the emotional awareness network. The performance on LEAS Other correlated negatively with right precuneus gray matter volume only in the schizophrenia group. Conclusion: Our findings suggest a relationship between gray matter volume of the right precuneus and deficits in understanding of emotional states of others in schizophrenia.
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JÁNI, Martin, Zora KIKINIS, Jan LOŠÁK, Ofer PASTERNAK, Filip SZCZEPANKIEWICZ, Karina HELLER, Sophia SWAGO, Annelise SILVA, Sylvain BOUIX, Marek KUBICKI, Libor USTOHAL, Petr KUDLIČKA, Lubomír VOJTÍŠEK, Carl-Frederik WESTIN and Tomáš KAŠPÁREK. Emotional Awareness in Schizophrenia Is Associated With Gray Matter Volume of Right Precuneus. \textit{Frontiers in Psychiatry}. Lausanne: Frontiers, 2021, vol.~12, April 2021, p.~1-8. ISSN~1664-0640. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.601742.