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Aberrant Functional Connectivity and Brain Network Organization in High-Schizotypy Individuals: An Electroencephalography Study.

Jelena Trajkovic, Giulia Ricci, Gabriele Pirazzini, Luca Tarasi, Francesco Di Gregorio, Elisa Magosso, Mauro Ursino, Vincenzo Romei

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Jelena TrajkovicCentro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Giulia RicciDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi," Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Gabriele PirazziniDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi," Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Luca TarasiCentro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4977-3173
Francesco Di GregorioCentro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Elisa MagossoDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi," Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Mauro UrsinoDepartment of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi," Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.
Vincenzo RomeiCentro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena 47521, Italy.

Funding

Bial FoundationMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2019-111335 GA-100MNESYS PE0000006MURMUR-Ministry of University and Research 2022H4ZRSNMUR-Ministry of University and Research P2022XAKXLNational Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP)#NEXTGENERATIONEU (NGEU)
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Abstract

background and hypothesisOscillatory synchrony plays a crucial role in establishing functional connectivity across distinct brain regions. Within the realm of schizophrenia, suggested to be a neuropsychiatric disconnection syndrome, discernible aberrations arise in the organization of brain networks. We aim to investigate whether the resting-state functional network is already altered in healthy individuals with high schizotypy traits, highlighting the pivotal influence of brain rhythms in driving brain network alterations. STUDY

designTwo-minute resting-state electroencephalography recordings were conducted on healthy participants with low and high schizotypy scores. Subsequently, spectral Granger causality was used to compute functional connectivity in theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency bands, and graph theory metrics were employed to assess global and local brain network features. STUDY

resultsResults highlighted that high-schizotypy individuals exhibit a lower local efficiency in theta and alpha frequencies and a decreased global efficiency across theta, alpha, and beta frequencies. Moreover, high schizotypy is characterized by a lower nodes' centrality and a frequency-specific decrease of functional connectivity, with a reduced top-down connectivity mostly in slower frequencies and a diminished bottom-up connectivity in faster rhythms.

conclusionsThese results show that healthy individuals with a higher risk of developing psychosis exhibit a less efficient functional brain organization, coupled with a systematic decrease in functional connectivity impacting both bottom-up and top-down processing. These frequency-specific network alterations provide robust support for the dimensional model of schizophrenia, highlighting distinctive neurophysiological signatures in high-schizotypy individuals.

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BrainBrain WavesConnectomeNerve NetSchizotypal Personality DisorderAdolescentAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultbrain rhythmselectroencephalographyGranger causalitygraph theoryresting-state networksschizotypy

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PMID39903471
PMCPMC12414563

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