Abstract
AbstractPatients with schizophrenia (SZ) display moderate reductions in brainstem volumes, including the midbrain, pons, superior cerebellar peduncle, and medulla oblongata. Here, we investigated alterations in brainstem volumes between SZ patients and healthy controls (HCs) stratified by sex. T1-weighted MRI brain scans were processed with FreeSurfer v6.0 in 156 SZ patients (61 males/95 females) and 205 HCs (133/72). Of the brainstem structures, pons volumes were significantly reduced, particularly in male SZ patients. The decreased pons volumes were correlated with lower levels of education but not duration of illness in male patients. These findings suggest that the reduction in pons volume in male patients might be occurred before or around the onset of the disorder.
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