Mariélia B L de Freitas, Licia P Luna, Márcia Beatriz, Romulo Kunrath Pinto, Candida H Lopes Alves, Lays Bittencourt, Antônio E Nardi, Viola Oertel, André B Veras, David Freitas de Lucena, Gilberto Sousa Alves
BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) may exhibit functional abnormalities in several brain areas, including the medial temporal and prefrontal cortex and hippocampus; however, a less explored topic is how brain connectivity is linked to premorbid trauma experiences and clinical features in non-Caucasian samples of SCZ and BD. METHODS: Sixty-two individuals with SCZ (n = 20), BD (n = 21), and healthy controls (HC, n = 21) from indigenous and African ethnicity were submitted to clinical screening (Di-PAD), traumata experiences (ETISR-SF), cognitive and functional MRI assessment...
December 12, 2023: Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging