Journal article
Dynamic functional connectivity analysis reveals transient states of dysconnectivity in schizophrenia
NeuroImage clinical, Vol.5(C), pp.298-308
2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.07.003
PMCID: PMC4141977
PMID: 25161896
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by functional dysconnectivity or abnormal integration between distant brain regions. Recent functional imaging studies have implicated large-scale thalamo-cortical connectivity as being disrupted in patients. However, observed connectivity differences in schizophrenia have been inconsistent between studies, with reports of hyperconnectivity and hypoconnectivity between the same brain regions. Using resting state eyes-closed functional imaging and independent component analysis on a multi-site data that included 151 schizophrenia patients and 163 age- and gender matched healthy controls, we decomposed the functional brain data into 100 components and identified 47 as functionally relevant intrinsic connectivity networks. We subsequently evaluated group differences in functional network connectivity, both in a static sense, computed as the pairwise Pearson correlations between the full network time courses (5.4 minutes in length), and a dynamic sense, computed using sliding windows (44 s in length) and k-means clustering to characterize five discrete functional connectivity states. Static connectivity analysis revealed that compared to healthy controls, patients show significantly stronger connectivity, i.e., hyperconnectivity, between the thalamus and sensory networks (auditory, motor and visual), as well as reduced connectivity (hypoconnectivity) between sensory networks from all modalities. Dynamic analysis suggests that (1), on average, schizophrenia patients spend much less time than healthy controls in states typified by strong, large-scale connectivity, and (2), that abnormal connectivity patterns are more pronounced during these connectivity states. In particular, states exhibiting cortical-subcortical antagonism (anti-correlations) and strong positive connectivity between sensory networks are those that show the group differences of thalamic hyperconnectivity and sensory hypoconnectivity. Group differences are weak or absent during other connectivity states. Dynamic analysis also revealed hypoconnectivity between the putamen and sensory networks during the same states of thalamic hyperconnectivity; notably, this finding cannot be observed in the static connectivity analysis. Finally, in post-hoc analyses we observed that the relationships between sub-cortical low frequency power and connectivity with sensory networks is altered in patients, suggesting different functional interactions between sub-cortical nuclei and sensorimotor cortex during specific connectivity states. While important differences between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls have been identified, one should interpret the results with caution given the history of medication in patients. Taken together, our results support and expand current knowledge regarding dysconnectivity in schizophrenia, and strongly advocate the use of dynamic analyses to better account for and understand functional connectivity differences.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Dynamic functional connectivity analysis reveals transient states of dysconnectivity in schizophrenia
- Creators
- E Damaraju - The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USAE A Allen - The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; K.G. Jebsen Center for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayA Belger - Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USAJ M Ford - Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA ; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USAS McEwen - Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAD H Mathalon - Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA ; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USAB A Mueller - Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAG D Pearlson - Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USAS G Potkin - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USAA Preda - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USAJ A Turner - Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, GA, USAJ G Vaidya - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, IA, USAT G van Erp - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USAV D Calhoun - The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Department of ECE, University of New Mexico, NM, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- NeuroImage clinical, Vol.5(C), pp.298-308
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.07.003
- PMID
- 25161896
- PMCID
- PMC4141977
- NLM abbreviation
- Neuroimage Clin
- ISSN
- 2213-1582
- eISSN
- 2213-1582
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Grant note
- K01 MH099431 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 DA040487 / NIDA NIH HHS P20 GM103472 / NIGMS NIH HHS U54 HD079124 / NICHD NIH HHS U24 RR021992 / NCRR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984003937502771
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