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  • Title: MRI volumetry of the vermis and the cerebellar hemispheres in men with schizophrenia.
    Author: Joyal CC, Pennanen C, Tiihonen E, Laakso MP, Tiihonen J, Aronen HJ.
    Journal: Psychiatry Res; 2004 Jul 30; 131(2):115-24. PubMed ID: 15313518.
    Abstract:
    An association between cerebellar abnormalities and different manifestations of schizophrenia is increasingly hypothesized, either at the motor (anterior vermis), affective/psychotic (posterior vermis), or cognitive (cerebellar hemispheres) level. However, morphometric and volumetric cerebellar measurements have yielded highly divergent results. The main goal of this study was to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to separately estimate the volumes of the entire vermis, the cerebellar hemispheres and three midsaggital vermian areas among 38 men with schizophrenia and 26 healthy men. Compared with the control group, persons with schizophrenia had significantly smaller volumes of the whole vermis, but not of the cerebellar hemispheres, a difference that approached significance when only the patients without a comorbid diagnosis of alcohol abuse/dependence were considered. Significant anomalies of the posterior vermian areas (lobules VI and VII) were detected in both subgroups of patients, while abnormalities of the anterior vermis (lobules I-V) were observed only among patients with a dual diagnosis of alcoholism. No difference emerged between the groups at the inferior vermian level (lobules VIII-X). Overall, these findings corroborate the hypothesized association between schizophrenia and specific posterior vermian anomalies, which might not necessarily be the consequence of alcohol abuse. However, the suggestion that schizophrenia is related to abnormal volumes of the lateral cerebellum is not supported.
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