MRI Data Shows Human Brain Can Reverse Effects of Schizophrenia
By MedImaging International staff writers Posted on 14 Jun 2016 |
Image: The Destrieux atlas shows the manual parcellation and the anatomical regions of one hemisphere of the human brain (Photo courtesy of Dr. Lena Palaniyappan).
The results of an international study indicate that the brains of schizophrenia patients can heal, and can reorganize and fight the disease.
Schizophrenia is associated a widespread reduction in the volume of brain tissue, but there is also a small increase in brain tissue in other regions. The researchers were able to record this increase using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) covariance analysis. The researchers enrolled 98 schizophrenia patients, and 83 control patients without the disease.
The research was published in a study entitled ‘Dynamic cerebral reorganization in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: a MRI-derived cortical thickness study’ that was published online on May 26, 2016, in the journal Psychological Medicine. The research was carried out by scientists at the Robarts Research Institute, Western University (London, ON, Canada) University of Nottingham, (Nottingham, UK), and in universities and institutes in China, and one institute in Canada.
The results showed that a reduction in cortical thickness in the brain was accompanied by increased thickness in distributed regions of the brain, and that there was reduced deviation from the control patients with increasing duration of the illness.
The researchers concluded that subtle reorganization of the cerebrum indicates that the brain has an inherent plasticity that may occur in parallel with tissue reduction in adult schizophrenia patients.
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University of Nottingham
Schizophrenia is associated a widespread reduction in the volume of brain tissue, but there is also a small increase in brain tissue in other regions. The researchers were able to record this increase using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) covariance analysis. The researchers enrolled 98 schizophrenia patients, and 83 control patients without the disease.
The research was published in a study entitled ‘Dynamic cerebral reorganization in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: a MRI-derived cortical thickness study’ that was published online on May 26, 2016, in the journal Psychological Medicine. The research was carried out by scientists at the Robarts Research Institute, Western University (London, ON, Canada) University of Nottingham, (Nottingham, UK), and in universities and institutes in China, and one institute in Canada.
The results showed that a reduction in cortical thickness in the brain was accompanied by increased thickness in distributed regions of the brain, and that there was reduced deviation from the control patients with increasing duration of the illness.
The researchers concluded that subtle reorganization of the cerebrum indicates that the brain has an inherent plasticity that may occur in parallel with tissue reduction in adult schizophrenia patients.
Related Links:
Robarts Research Institute
University of Nottingham
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