Aberrant brain language network in schizophrenia spectrum disorder: a systematic review of its relation to language signs beyond symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Language disturbances are a core feature of schizophrenia, often studied as a formal thought disorder. The neurobiology of language in schizophrenia has been addressed within the same framework, that language and thought are equivalents considering symptoms and not signs. This review aims to systematically examine published peer-reviewed studies that employed neuroimaging techniques to investigate aberrant brain-language networks in individuals with schizophrenia in relation to linguistic signs.

Methods

We employed a language model for automatic data extraction. We selected our studies according to the PRISMA recommendations, and we conducted the quality assessment of the selected studies according to the STROBE guidance.

Results

We analyzed the findings fr

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Sanchez MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254709 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature