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Dysconnection Topography in Schizophrenia Revealed with State-Space Analysis of EEG

Jalili, Mahdi  
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Lavoie, Suzie
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Deppen, Patricia
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2007
PLoS ONE

Background The dysconnection hypothesis has been proposed to account for pathophysiological mechanisms underlying schizophrenia. Widespread structural changes suggesting abnormal connectivity in schizophrenia have been imaged. A functional counterpart of the structural maps would be the EEG synchronization maps. However, due to the limits of currently used bivariate methods, functional correlates of dysconnection are limited to the isolated measurements of synchronization between preselected pairs of EEG signals. Methods/Results To reveal a whole-head synchronization topography in schizophrenia, we applied a new method of multivariate synchronization analysis called S-estimator to the resting dense-array (128 channels) EEG obtained from 14 patients and 14 controls. This method determines synchronization from the embedding dimension in a state-space domain based on the theoretical consequence of the cooperative behavior of simultaneous time series—the shrinking of the state-space embedding dimension. The S-estimator imaging revealed a specific synchronization landscape in schizophrenia patients. Its main features included bilaterally increased synchronization over temporal brain regions and decreased synchronization over the postcentral/parietal region neighboring the midline. The synchronization topography was stable over the course of several months and correlated with the severity of schizophrenia symptoms. In particular, direct correlations linked positive, negative, and general psychopathological symptoms to the hyper-synchronized temporal clusters over both hemispheres. Along with these correlations, general psychopathological symptoms inversely correlated within the hypo-synchronized postcentral midline region. While being similar to the structural maps of cortical changes in schizophrenia, the S-maps go beyond the topography limits, demonstrating a novel aspect of the abnormalities of functional cooperation: namely, regionally reduced or enhanced connectivity. Conclusion/Significance The new method of multivariate synchronization significantly boosts the potential of EEG as an imaging technique compatible with other imaging modalities. Its application to schizophrenia research shows that schizophrenia can be explained within the concept of neural dysconnection across and within large-scale brain networks.

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DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0001059
Web of Science ID

WOS:000207458500006

Author(s)
Jalili, Mahdi  
Lavoie, Suzie
Deppen, Patricia
Meuli, Reto
Do, Kim
Cuénod, Michel
Hasler, Martin  
De Feo, Oscar  
Knyazeva, Maria
Date Issued

2007

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PLoS ONE
Volume

2

Issue

10

Article Number

e1059

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http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001059
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October 24, 2007
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