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Bimodal distribution of tone-matching deficits indicates discrete pathophysiological entities within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: To date, no measures are available that permit differentiation of discrete, clinically distinct subtypes of schizophrenia (SZ) with potential differential underlying pathophysiologies. Over recent years, there has been increasing recognition that SZ is heterogeneously associated with deficits in early auditory processing (EAP), as demonstrated using clinically applicable tasks such as tone-matching task (TMT). Here, we pooled TMT performances across 310 SZ individuals and 219 healthy controls (HC), along with clinical, cognitive, and resting-state functional-connectivity MRI (rsFC-MRI) measures. In addition, TMT was measured in a group of 24 patients at symptomatic clinical high risk (CHR) for SZ and 24 age-matched HC (age range 7-27 years). We provide the first demonstration that the EAP deficits are bimodally distributed across SZ subjects (P?

SUBMITTER: Donde C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731304 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bimodal distribution of tone-matching deficits indicates discrete pathophysiological entities within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

Dondé Clément C Martínez Antigona A Kantrowitz Joshua T JT Silipo Gail G Dias Elisa C EC Patel Gaurav H GH Sanchez-Peña Juan J Corcoran Cheryl M CM Medalia Alice A Saperstein Alice A Vail Blair B Javitt Daniel C DC

Translational psychiatry 20190906 1

To date, no measures are available that permit differentiation of discrete, clinically distinct subtypes of schizophrenia (SZ) with potential differential underlying pathophysiologies. Over recent years, there has been increasing recognition that SZ is heterogeneously associated with deficits in early auditory processing (EAP), as demonstrated using clinically applicable tasks such as tone-matching task (TMT). Here, we pooled TMT performances across 310 SZ individuals and 219 healthy controls (H ...[more]

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Bimodal distribution of tone-matching deficits indicates discrete pathophysiological entities within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

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Bimodal distribution of tone-matching deficits indicates discrete pathophysiological entities within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

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