Schizophrenia is often considered to be a disconnection syndrome. The abnormal interactions between large-scale functional brain networks result in cognitive and perceptual deficits. The present study investigated event-related functional connectivity networks to compare facial processing in individuals with and without schizophrenia. Faces and tables were presented to participants, and event-related phase synchrony, represented by the phase lag index (PLI), was calculated. In addition, cortical oscillatory dynamics may be useful for understanding the neural mechanisms underlying the disparate cognitive and functional impairments in schizophrenic patients. Therefore, the dynamic graph theoretical networks related to facial processing were compared between individuals with and without schizophrenia. Our results showed that event-related phase synchrony was significantly reduced in distributed networks, and normalized clustering coefficients were significantly increased in schizophrenic patients relative to those of the controls. The present data suggest that schizophrenic patients have specific alterations, indicated by increased local connectivity in gamma oscillations during facial processing.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81671776]; Beijing Nova ProgramBeijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission [Z171100001117057]; Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher EducationSpecialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (SRFDP) [20121101120042]; MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences [14YJC740060]
第一作者机构:[1]Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Inst Technol, Beijing Adv Innovat Ctr Intelligent Robots & Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China;
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Inst Technol, Beijing Adv Innovat Ctr Intelligent Robots & Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China;[6]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Dept Neurol, Beijing Key Lab Translat Med Cerebrovasc Dis, Beijing, Peoples R China;[7]China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Yan Tianyi,Wang Wenhui,Liu Tiantian,et al.Increased local connectivity of brain functional networks during facial processing in schizophrenia: evidence from EEG data[J].ONCOTARGET.2017,8(63):107312-107322.doi:10.18632/oncotarget.20598.
APA:
Yan, Tianyi,Wang, Wenhui,Liu, Tiantian,Chen, Duanduan,Wang, Changming...&Zhao, Lun.(2017).Increased local connectivity of brain functional networks during facial processing in schizophrenia: evidence from EEG data.ONCOTARGET,8,(63)
MLA:
Yan, Tianyi,et al."Increased local connectivity of brain functional networks during facial processing in schizophrenia: evidence from EEG data".ONCOTARGET 8..63(2017):107312-107322