Eye movement characteristics in schizophrenia: A recent update with clinical implications

Eye movements are indispensable for the collection of visual information in everyday life. Many findings regarding the neural basis of eye movements have been accumulated from neurophysiological and psychophysical studies. In the field of psychiatry, studies on eye movement characteristics in mental...

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Published inNeuropsychopharmacology reports Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 2 - 9
Main Authors Morita, Kentaro, Miura, Kenichiro, Kasai, Kiyoto, Hashimoto, Ryota
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
biomarker
Biomarkers
eye movement
Eye movements
eye‐tracking
Mental disorders
Neurobiology
recovery
Review
Schizophrenia
Velocity
eye-tracking
recovery
schizophrenia
biomarker
eye movement
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Summary:Eye movements are indispensable for the collection of visual information in everyday life. Many findings regarding the neural basis of eye movements have been accumulated from neurophysiological and psychophysical studies. In the field of psychiatry, studies on eye movement characteristics in mental illnesses have been conducted since the early 1900s. Participants with schizophrenia are known to have characteristic eye movements during smooth pursuit, saccade control, and visual search. Recently, studies evaluating eye movement characteristics as biomarkers for schizophrenia have attracted considerable attention. In this article, we review the neurophysiological basis of eye movement control and eye movement characteristics in schizophrenia. Furthermore, we discuss the prospects for eye movements as biomarkers for mental illnesses. In this paper, we review recent research on eye movements in schizophrenia and discuss the prospects for eye movements as biomarkers for mental illnesses.
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This work was supported by AMED under Grant Number JP18dm0207006, JP19dm0207069 and JP19lm0203007; the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI‐IRCN) at The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS); and the Grants‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI; Grant Number 18KT0022, 19H05467); Advanced Bioimaging Support (Grant Number 16H06280).
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ISSN:2574-173X
2574-173X
DOI:10.1002/npr2.12087