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Resting-State Networks Associated with Behavioral and Self-Reported Measures of Persecutory Ideation in Psychosis

Authors :
Rebecca Kazinka
Danielle N. Pratt
Lingyan Yu
Angus W. MacDonald
Anita Kwashie
Source :
Brain Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 11, Brain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1490, p 1490 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021.

Abstract

Persecutory ideations are self-referential delusions of being the target of malevolence despite a lack of evidence. Wisner et al. (2021) found that reduced connectivity between the left frontoparietal (lFP) network and parts of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) correlated with increased persecutory behaviors among psychotic patients performing in an economic social decision-making task that can measure the anticipation of a partner’s spiteful behavior. If this pattern could be observed in the resting state, it would suggest a functional-structural prior predisposing individuals to persecutory ideation. Forty-four patients in the early course of a psychotic disorder provided data for resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging across nine brain networks that included the FP network and a similar OFC region. As predicted, we found a significant and negative correlation between the lFP–OFC at rest and the level of suspicious mistrust on the decision-making task using a within-group correlational design. Additionally, self-reported persecutory ideation correlated significantly with the connectivity between the right frontoparietal (rFP) network and the OFC. We extended the previous finding of reduced connectivity between the lFP network and the OFC in psychosis patients to the resting state, and observed a possible hemispheric difference, such that greater rFP–OFC connectivity predicted elevated self-reported persecutory ideation, suggesting potential differences between the lFP and rFP roles in persecutory social interactions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20763425
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Brain Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....57bdb7e0692ed5c9c588e10024ee519d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111490