Paracingulate Sulcus Morphology and Hallucinations in Clinical and Nonclinical Groups.

ABSTRACT: Hallucinations are a characteristic symptom of psychotic mental health conditions that are also experienced by many individuals without a clinical diagnosis. Hallucinations in schizophrenia have been linked to differences in the length of the paracingulate sulcus (PCS), a structure in the medial prefrontal cortex which has previously been associated with the ability to differentiate perceived and imagined information. We investigated whether this putative morphological basis for hallucinations extends to individuals without a clinical diagnosis, by examining whether nonclinical individuals with hallucinations have shorter PCS than nonclinical individuals without hallucinations. Structural MRI scans were examined from 3 demographically matched groups of individuals: 50 patients with psychot

SUBMITTER: Garrison JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581129 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature