Hippocampal function in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Hall, Jeremy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2737-9009, Whalley, H. C., Marwick, K., McKirdy, J., Sussmann, J., Romaniuk, L., Johnstone, E. C., Wan, H. I., McIntosh, A. M. and Lawrie, S. M. 2010. Hippocampal function in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Psychological Medicine 40 (05) , pp. 761-770. 10.1017/S0033291709991000

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The hippocampus plays a central role in memory formation. There is considerable evidence of abnormalities in hippocampal structure and function in schizophrenia, which may differentiate it from bipolar disorder. However, no previous studies have compared hippocampal activation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder directly. METHOD: Fifteen patients with schizophrenia, 14 patients with bipolar disorder and 14 healthy comparison subjects took part in the study. Subjects performed a face-name pair memory task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Differences in blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) activity were determined during encoding and retrieval of the face-name pairs. RESULTS: The patient groups showed significant differences in hippocampal and prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation during face-name pair learning. During encoding, patients with schizophrenia showed decreased anterior hippocampal activation relative to subjects with bipolar disorder, whereas patients with bipolar disorder showed decreased dorsal PFC activation relative to patients with schizophrenia. During retrieval, patients with schizophrenia showed greater activation of the dorsal PFC than patients with bipolar disorder. Patients with schizophrenia also differed from healthy control subjects in the activation of several brain regions, showing impaired superior temporal cortex activation during encoding and greater dorsal PFC activation during retrieval. These effects were evident despite matched task performance. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with schizophrenia showed deficits in hippocampal activation during a memory task relative to patients with bipolar disorder. The disorders were further distinguished by differences in PFC activation. The results demonstrate that these disorders can distinguished at a group level using non-invasive neuroimaging.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0033-2917
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81465

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