Common and distinct structural features of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: The European Network on Psychosis, Affective disorders and Cognitive Trajectory (ENPACT) study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 11; p. e0188000
• Main Authors: Maggioni, Eleonora, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Nenadic, Igor, Benedetti, Francesco, Gaser, Christian, Sauer, Heinrich, Roiz-Santiañez, Roberto, Poletti, Sara, Marinelli, Veronica, Bellani, Marcella, Perlini, Cinzia, Ruggeri, Mirella, Altamura, A. Carlo, Diwadkar, Vaibhav A., Brambilla, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.11.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biology and Life Sciences; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - diagnostic imaging; Bipolar Disorder - pathology; Care and treatment; Cognition; Diagnosis; Europe; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnostic imaging; Schizophrenia - pathology; Young Adult; Italy; Germany; Spain

Although schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) share elements of pathology, their neural underpinnings are still under investigation. Here, structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data collected from a large sample of BD and SCZ patients and healthy controls (HC) were analyzed in terms o...