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Reduced magnetic mismatch negativity: a shared deficit in psychosis and related risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2022

Christian Valt
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Tiziana Quarto
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Department of Humanities, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Angelantonio Tavella
Affiliation:
Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
Fabiola Romanelli
Affiliation:
Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
Leonardo Fazio
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Department of Medicine and Surgery, LUM University, Casamassima, Italy
Giorgio Arcara
Affiliation:
IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy
Mario Altamura
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Giuseppe Barrasso
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Barletta-Andria-Trani, Andria, Italy
Antonello Bellomo
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Giuseppe Blasi
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
Flora Brudaglio
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Barletta-Andria-Trani, Andria, Italy
Angela Carofiglio
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Bari, Bari, Italy
Enrico D'Ambrosio
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience – King's College London, London, UK
Flavia Antida Padalino
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Antonio Rampino
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
Alessandro Saponaro
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy
Domenico Semisa
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Bari, Bari, Italy
Domenico Suma
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, ASL Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy
Giulio Pergola*
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Alessandro Bertolino*
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy Bari University Hospital, Bari, Italy
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Authors for correspondence: Giulio Pergola, E-mail: giulio.pergola@uniba.it; Alessandro Bertolino, E-mail: alessandro.bertolino@uniba.it
Authors for correspondence: Giulio Pergola, E-mail: giulio.pergola@uniba.it; Alessandro Bertolino, E-mail: alessandro.bertolino@uniba.it

Abstract

Background

Abnormal auditory processing of deviant stimuli, as reflected by mismatch negativity (MMN), is often reported in schizophrenia (SCZ). At present, it is still under debate whether this dysfunctional response is specific to the full-blown SCZ diagnosis or rather a marker of psychosis in general. The present study tested MMN in patients with SCZ, bipolar disorder (BD), first episode of psychosis (FEP), and in people at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR).

Methods

Source-based MEG activity evoked during a passive auditory oddball task was recorded from 135 patients grouped according to diagnosis (SCZ, BD, FEP, and CHR) and 135 healthy controls also divided into four subgroups, age- and gender-matched with diagnostic subgroups. The magnetic MMN (mMMN) was analyzed as event-related field (ERF), Theta power, and Theta inter-trial phase coherence (ITPC).

Results

The clinical group as a whole showed reduced mMMN ERF amplitude, Theta power, and Theta ITPC, without any statistically significant interaction between diagnosis and mMMN reductions. The mMMN subgroup contrasts showed lower ERF amplitude in all the diagnostic subgroups. In the analysis of Theta frequency, SCZ showed significant power and ITPC reductions, while only indications of diminished ITPC were observed in CHR, but no significant decreases characterized BD and FEP.

Conclusions

Significant mMMN alterations in people experiencing psychosis, also for diagnoses other than SCZ, suggest that this neurophysiological response may be a feature shared across psychotic disorders. Additionally, reduced Theta ITPC may be associated with risk for psychosis.

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

**

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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