An MRI Study of the Relationship Between Duration of Untreated Psychosis and Morphology of Cerebral Cortex in First-episode Schizophrenia

ZHANG Ping-ping, LI Yin-fei, DENG Wei, WEI Wei, ZHANG Ya-min, ZHANG Cheng-cheng, LI Tao

Abstract

We analyzed the brain structure of schizophrenia patients from multiple perspectives to explore the relationship between the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and clinical outcomes.  Methods  For 85 patients and 86 controls, clinical symptoms and cognitive function were evaluated, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and free surfer analysis were used to extract the cortical indicator, such as brain cortex thickness, surface area, volume, and so on. The patients were divided into four subgroups according to the boundary of March, June and two year due to the distribution and median of DUP. Finally multi-group comparison and correlation analysis for above indicators were analysed.  Results  DUP was associated with the surface area of the left insula, parsorbitalis, right hippocampus, superior frontal gyrus, frontal pole, and temporal pole; DUP mainly influenced the cortical thickness of left posterior cingulate gyrus, postcentral gyrus, right lateral occipital cortex, parsopercularis, medial orbitofrontal cortex, and the bilateral precentral gyrus. For cortical volume, DUP significantly affected left postcentral gyrus, right precuneus, lateral occipital cortex, parsopercularis, lingual gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, bilateral cuneus, pericalcarine cortex, precentral gyrus,superior parietal lobule, and insula.The first three months after onset is a critical period for the deterioration of cortical morphology and clinical function.  Conclusion  DUP in first-episode schizophrenia is associated with cortical morphological changes of temporal lobe, precentral, orbitofrontal cortex and the majority of medial regions of occipital lobe, it is very important to conduct early intervention for patients.

 

Keywords: SP, Duration of untreated psychosis, Cortical morphology, Magnetic resonance imaging


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