Journal article
Altered corticostriatal functional connectivity in individuals with high social anhedonia
Y Wang, WH Liu, Z Li, XH Wei, XQ Jiang, FL Geng, LQ Zou, SSY Lui, EFC Cheung, C Pantelis, RCK Chan
Psychological Medicine | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2016
Abstract
Background. Dysregulation of the striatum and altered corticostriatal connectivity have been associated with psychotic disorders. Social anhedonia has been identified as a predictor for the development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine corticostriatal functional connectivity in individuals with high social anhedonia. Method. Twenty-one participants with high social anhedonia score and 30 with low social anhedonia score measured by the Chinese version of the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale were recruited from university undergraduates (age 17-21 years) to undergo resting-state functional MRI scans. Six subdivisions of the striatum in each hemisphe..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by a grant from the 'Strategic Priority Research Program (B)' of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB02030002), the National Science Fund China (81088001, 91132701), and a grant from Beijing Training Project For The Leading Talents in S&T (Z151100000315020) to Raymond Chan. Yi Wang was supported by a National Science Fund China (31400884). Christos Pantelis was supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship (ID: 628386). The authors thank the student helpers for their help with the data collection in Guangzhou Medial School.