Reduced Cortical Thickness in Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Disorder

• Published in: Schizophrenia bulletin Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 387 - 394
• Main Authors: Takayanagi, Yoichiro, Sasabayashi, Daiki, Takahashi, Tsutomu, Furuichi, Atsushi, Kido, Mikio, Nishikawa, Yumiko, Nakamura, Mihoko, Noguchi, Kyo, Suzuki, Michio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Regular; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnostic imaging; Schizophrenia - pathology; Schizophrenia - physiopathology; Schizotypal Personality Disorder - diagnostic imaging; Schizotypal Personality Disorder - pathology; Schizotypal Personality Disorder - physiopathology; Young Adult; magnetic resonance imaging; schizophrenia; schizophrenia spectrum; cortical thickness; schizotypal disorder

Abstract Schizotypal disorder is characterized by odd behavior and attenuated forms of schizophrenic features without the manifestation of overt and sustained psychoses. Past studies suggest that schizotypal disorder shares biological and psychological commonalties with schizophrenia. Structural mag...