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SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
卷 151, 期 1-3, 页码 124-132出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.10.017
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Schizophrenia; Hippocampus; Habituation; fMRI adaptation; Repetition suppression; Faces
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资金
- National Institute of Mental Health [R01 MH070560, K01 MH083052]
- National Center for Research Resources [UL1 RR024975-01, 2 UL1 TR000445-06]
Background: Neural habituation, the decrease in brain response to repeated stimulation, is a basic form of learning. There is strong evidence for behavioral and physiological habituation deficits in schizophrenia, and one previous study found reduced neural habituation within the hippocampus. However, it is unknown whether neural habituation deficits are specific to faces and limited to the hippocampus. Here we studied habituation of several brain regions in schizophrenia, using both face and object stimuli. Post-scan memory measures were administered to test for a link between hippocampal habituation and memory performance. Methods: During an fMRI scan, 23 patients with schizophrenia and 21 control subjects viewed blocks of a repeated neutral face or neutral object, and blocks of different neutral faces and neutral objects. Habituation in the hippocampus, primary visual cortex and fusiform face area (FFA) was compared between groups. Memory for faces, words, and word pairs was assessed after the scan. Results: Patients showed reduced habituation to faces in the hippocampus and primary visual cortex, but not the FFA. Healthy control subjects exhibited a pattern of hippocampal discrimination that distinguished between repeated and different images for both faces and objects, and schizophrenia patients did not Hippocampal discrimination was positively correlated with memory for word pairs. Conclusion: Patients with schizophrenia showed reduced habituation of the hippocampus and visual cortex, and a lack of neural discrimination between old and new images in the hippocampus. Hippocampal discrimination correlated with memory performance, suggesting reduced habituation may contribute to the memory deficits commonly observed in schizophrenia. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved,
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