Brain network dynamics during working memory are modulated by dopamine and diminished in schizophrenia

U Braun, A Harneit, G Pergola, T Menara… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dynamical brain state transitions are critical for flexible working memory but the network
mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here, we show that working memory …

Dynamic brain network reconfiguration as a potential schizophrenia genetic risk mechanism modulated by NMDA receptor function

U Braun, A Schäfer, DS Bassett… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Schizophrenia is increasingly recognized as a disorder of distributed neural dynamics, but
the molecular and genetic contributions are poorly understood. Recent work highlights a …

Dopamine D1 signaling organizes network dynamics underlying working memory

JL Roffman, AS Tanner, H Eryilmaz… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Local prefrontal dopamine signaling supports working memory by tuning pyramidal neurons
to task-relevant stimuli. Enabled by simultaneous positron emission tomography–magnetic …

Reduced prefrontal-parietal effective connectivity and working memory deficits in schizophrenia

L Deserno, P Sterzer, T Wüstenberg… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
The neural mechanisms behind cognitive deficits in schizophrenia still remain unclear.
Functional neuroimaging studies on working memory (WM) yielded inconsistent results …

Linking microcircuit dysfunction to cognitive impairment: effects of disinhibition associated with schizophrenia in a cortical working memory model

JD Murray, A Anticevic, M Gancsos, M Ichinose… - Cerebral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Excitation–inhibition balance (E/I balance) is a fundamental property of cortical
microcircuitry. Disruption of E/I balance in prefrontal cortex is hypothesized to underlie …

Working memory circuitry in schizophrenia shows widespread cortical inefficiency and compensation

MA Kim, E Tura, SG Potkin, JH Fallon… - Schizophrenia …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Working memory studies in schizophrenia (SZ), using functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) and univariate analyses, have led to observations of hypo-or …

Dysregulation of working memory and default‐mode networks in schizophrenia using independent component analysis, an fBIRN and MCIC study

DI Kim, DS Manoach, DH Mathalon… - Human brain …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Deficits in working memory (WM) are a consistent neurocognitive marker for schizophrenia.
Previous studies have suggested that WM is the product of coordinated activity in distributed …

Thalamic projections sustain prefrontal activity during working memory maintenance

SS Bolkan, JM Stujenske, S Parnaudeau… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The mediodorsal thalamus (MD) shares reciprocal connectivity with the prefrontal cortex
(PFC), and decreased MD–PFC connectivity is observed in schizophrenia patients. Patients …

Dysfunctional and compensatory prefrontal cortical systems, genes and the pathogenesis of schizophrenia

HY Tan, JH Callicott, DR Weinberger - Cerebral Cortex, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive deficits are critical determinants of schizophrenia morbidity. In this review, we offer
a mechanistic perspective regarding schizophrenia-related changes observed in prefrontal …

Evidence for anomalous network connectivity during working memory encoding in schizophrenia: an ICA based analysis

SA Meda, MC Stevens, BS Folley, VD Calhoun… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Numerous neuroimaging studies report abnormal regional brain activity during
working memory performance in schizophrenia, but few have examined brain network …