One of the leading researchers at Moscow State University’s Institute for Advanced Brain Studies told socialbites.ca that the structure of the brain changes in patients with schizophrenia, and these changes can be seen using anatomical MRI scans. MV Lomonosov, Senior Researcher, Scientific and Clinical Research Center for Neuropsychiatry, Hospital. Alekseeva Vadim Ushakov.
“With the help of morphometry methods, it is possible to measure the volumes, areas and thicknesses of certain structures in the brain. In the same MRI, you can also measure a method called tractography (a technique that allows you to visualize the pathways of the brain – white matter tracts). Ushakov stated that diffusions reflect the direction of axonal pathways, processes that enable cells to connect to each other.
According to him, doctors can see large parts of the brain called “telegraph lines” this way. MRI shows how one area of the brain is connected to another by lines and how strong this connection is.
In patients with schizophrenia, MRI shows a different structure of brain structures and the direction of “telegraph lines”.
“Also, such patients lose richness (interaction of neurons according to the service principle) because the brain cannot communicate with itself. But for now, we only see violations. The next step is to understand how specific disorders relate to symptoms: hallucinations, delusions,” said the expert.
Schizophrenia remains one of humanity’s most mysterious diseases. So far, the causes of its development have not been found, there is no objective diagnosis, it is completely incurable. Will there be a test for schizophrenia and how the polygraph will help the development of schizophrenia report Ushakov “Newspaper.Ru”.
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