Author:
Zhang Xiaolong,Braun Urs,Harneit Anais,Zang Zhenxiang,Geiger Lena S.,Betzel Richard F.,Chen Junfang,Schweiger Janina,Schwarz Kristina,Reinwald Jonathan Rochus,Fritze Stefan,Witt Stephanie,Rietschel Marcella,Nöthen Markus M.,Degenhardt Franziska,Schwarz Emanuel,Hirjak Dusan,Meyer-Lindenberg Andreas,Bassett Danielle S.,Tost Heike
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundAlterations in the structural connectome of schizophrenia patients have been widely characterized, but the mechanisms leading to those alterations remain largely unknown. Generative network models have recently been introduced as a tool to test the biological underpinnings of the formation of altered structural brain networks.MethodsWe evaluated different generative network models to investigate the formation of structural brain networks in healthy controls (n=152), schizophrenia patients (n=66) and their unaffected first-degree relatives (n=32), and we identified spatial and topological factors contributing to network formation. We further investigated the association of these factors to cognition and to polygenic risk for schizophrenia.ResultsStructural brain networks can be best accounted for by a two-factor model combining spatial constraints and topological neighborhood structure. The same wiring model explained brain network formation for all groups analyzed. However, relatives and schizophrenia patients exhibited significantly lower spatial constraints and lower topological facilitation compared to healthy controls. The model parameter for spatial constraint was correlated with the polygenic risk for schizophrenia and predicted reduced cognitive performance.ConclusionsOur results identify spatial constraints and local topological structure as two interrelated mechanisms contributing to normal brain development as well as altered connectomes in schizophrenia. Spatial constraints were linked to the genetic risk for schizophrenia and general cognitive functioning, thereby providing insights into their biological basis and behavioral relevance.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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