Birth season and gross brain morphology associated with early neurodevelopment in schizophrenia spectrum patients and healthy subjects

Tsutomu Takahashi*, Daiki Sasabayashi, Yoichiro Takayanagi, Haruko Kobayashi, Misako Torigoe, Kazumi Sakamoto, Yusuke Yuasa, Noa Tsujii, Kyo Noguchi, Michio Suzuki

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Abstract

This MRI study examined the effects of birth seasons on gross brain characteristics, such as the prevalence/size of midline brain structures (cavum septi pellucidi and adhesio interthalamica), orbitofrontal surface morphology, and insular gross anatomy, in 135 patients with schizophrenia, 47 with schizotypal disorder, and 88 healthy controls. Birth seasons only affected the insular anatomy. Summer-born subjects (N = 110) were characterized by more developed left insular gyri than winter-born subjects; however, this effect had no diagnostic specificity. The present results do not support birth seasons affecting the neurodevelopmental pathology of schizophrenia spectrum.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111714
JournalPsychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
Volume335
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023/10

Keywords

  • Gyrification
  • Insular cortex
  • Magnetic resonance imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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