Rich-club reorganization of white matter structural network in schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations following 1 Hz rTMS treatment.

ABSTRACT: The human brain comprises a large-scale structural network of regions and interregional pathways, including a selectively defined set of highly central and interconnected hub regions, often referred to as the "rich club", which may play a pivotal role in the integrative processes of the brain. A quintessential symptom of schizophrenia, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) have shown a decrease in severity following low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). However, the underlying mechanism of rTMS in treating AVH remains elusive. This study investigated the effect of low-frequency rTMS on the rich-club organization within the brain in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia who experience AVH using diffusion tensor imaging data. Through by constructing structural con

SUBMITTER: Guan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature