Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) occur in psychotic disorders, but also as a symptom of
other conditions and even in healthy people. Several current theories on the origin of AVH …

Recently, a growing body of data has revealed that beyond a dysfunction of connectivity
among different brain areas in schizophrenia patients (SCZ), there is also an abnormal …

The meanings and causes of hearing voices that others cannot hear (auditory verbal
hallucinations, in psychiatric parlance) have been debated for thousands of years. Voice …

Brain iron is central to dopaminergic neurotransmission, a key component in schizophrenia
pathology. Iron can also generate oxidative stress, which is one proposed mechanism for …

Background Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been widely used in psychiatric research
and has provided evidence of white matter abnormalities in first episode schizophrenia …

Schizophrenia has been increasingly conceptualized as a disorder of brain connectivity, in
large part due to findings emerging from white matter and functional connectivity (FC) …

To perform strictly unilateral movements, the brain relies on a large cortical and subcortical
network. This network enables healthy adults to perform complex unimanual motor tasks …

Importance Tractography studies investigating white matter (WM) abnormalities in patients
with bipolar disorder have yielded heterogeneous results owing to small sample sizes. The …

Myelin allows for the rapid and precise timing of action potential propagation along neuronal
circuits and is essential for healthy auditory system function. In this article, we discuss what …

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia have previously been associated with
functional deficiencies in language networks, specifically with functional disconnectivity in …