Heba Hamed ElShahawi , Hossam Moussa Sakr , Mostafa Ahmad Hashim , Hadeer Hassan Mohamed , Mai SeifElDin Abdeen
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Abstract
Background
It is postulated that mirror neurons (MNs) abnormalities are associated with social skills.
Objectives
Using DTI, altered structural connectivity and its association with social cognition in MNs-hub regions was investigated in schizophrenia in comparison to healthy.
Methods
Fifteen patients with schizophrenia in their first episode and 15 healthy controls were included in this study. They were subjected to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorder (SCID-I), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), with special consideration to “Anhedonia and Asociality” subscale, Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) and a comprehensive cognitive assessment. DTI scans were acquired in patients and controls. FA and Trace of the regions of interest rich in mirror neurons were evaluated, i.e., anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), inferior parietal lobe (IPL) and premotor cortex (PMC).
Results
A significant difference in Trace of these 3 regions was observed in schizophrenia patients. There were no group differences in FA. There was a significant positive correlation between the Trace of the right IPL and right and left PMA, with the “Anhedonia & Associability” subscale.
Conclusions
Mirror neuron system in schizophrenia patients might be connected to negative symptoms, more specifically, to social deficits.
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Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research publishes original papers and reviews in
biological psychiatry,
brain research,
neurology,
neuropsychiatry,
neuropsychoimmunology,
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The journal has a focus on international and interdisciplinary basic research with clinical relevance. Translational research is particularly appreciated. Authors are allowed to submit their manuscript in their native language as supplemental data to the English version.
Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research is related to the oldest German speaking journal in this field, the Centralblatt fur Nervenheilkunde, Psychiatrie und gerichtliche Psychopathologie, founded in 1878. The tradition and idea of previous famous editors (Alois Alzheimer and Kurt Schneider among others) was continued in modernized form with Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research. Centralblatt was a journal of broad scope and relevance, now Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research represents a journal with translational and interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on clinically oriented research in psychiatry, neurology and neighboring fields of neurosciences and psychology/psychotherapy with a preference for biologically oriented research including basic research. Preference is given for papers from newly emerging fields, like clinical psychoimmunology/neuroimmunology, and ideas.
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