Cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia in velo-cardio-facial syndrome

van Amelsvoort, T, Henry, J, Morris, R, Owen, Michael John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-0862, Linszen, D, Murphy, K and Murphy, D 2004. Cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia in velo-cardio-facial syndrome. Schizophrenia Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 223-232. 10.1016/j.schres.2003.10.004

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Abstract

Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS) is a genetic disorder associated with 22q11 deletion, a characteristic clinical phenotype, behavourial problems, specific cognitive deficits and a high rate of psychosis (particularly schizophrenia). The study of VCFS provides a unique opportunity to identify susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and its associated cognitive deficits. To date, there have been no studies investigating the impact of schizophrenia on cognitive function in adults with VCFS. Therefore we studied the neuropsychological profile of 28 adults with VCFS; 13 with schizophrenia (mean age (+/-S.D.) 34 years +/-11, IQ 71+/-11) and 15 without a history of psychosis (mean age 33 years +/-11, IQ 75+/-11). The VCFS group with schizophrenia compared to the VCFS group without schizophrenia performed significantly (P<0.05) worse on tests of: (1) spatial working memory and strategy formation; (2) the similarities sub-test of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS); (3) visual recognition; (4) and attention. These deficits may reflect differences in the development and function of frontal brain regions, and this might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia in VCFS. Future studies will need to address how haploinsufficiency of genes on chromosome 22q11 might affect cognition and its relation to the development of psychosis.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI) Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0920-9964
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83739

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