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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Brain Sci. 2023 May 26;8(2):e230005. doi: 10.20900/jpbs.20230005

Table 1.

Structural gray matter neuroimaging studies in CHR and psychosis conversion.

Author/year Modality Study Type Age range (mean) Case n Country Other Abnormalities
Luna et al. 2022 [40] Structural (gray) SR/MA 26.3 2801 na ↓sup frontal (n.s.)
ENIGMA 2021 [41] Structural (gray) MA 21.1 1792 na
ENIGMA
↓cortical thickness in CHR
↓thickness of fusiform, sup temp and paracentral in conv.
Merritt et al., 2021 [42] Structural (gray) SR na 2473a na accelerated cortical decline
Del Re et al. 2021 [22] Structural (gray) SS 18.8 92 China none in CHR
↓thickness in banks STS, Heschl’s, pars triang with conv.
Fortea et al., 2021 [43] Structural (gray) MA 22.3 1148 na none in CHR
↓R temporal, ACC, paracingulate w conv.
Zikidi et al. 2020 [36] Structural (gray) SS 21.7 114 Scotland none
Ding et al., 2019 [44] Structural (gray) SR/MA na 743 na ↓ vol superior frontal, R rectus
↑vol median cingulate, R fusiform, L STG, R thalamus
Chung et al. 2019 [21] Structural (gray) SS 12–35 378 US/Canada
NAPLS
↓cortical volume
↓area of ACC, prefrontal, parahipp in younger converters
Kwak et al. 2019 [28] Structural (gray) SS 20.6 74 South Korea ↓prefrontal, inf parietal
Tomyshev et al. 2019 [33] Structural (gray) SS 20.4 30 Russia ↓frontal, temp, parietal thickness
Saunders et al. 2019 [45]. Structural (gray) SR/MA 13–29 432 na ↑pituitary
↑pituitary with conv.
Sakuma et al. 2018 [21] Structural (gray) SS 21.0 45 Japan none
Takayanagi et al. 2017 [32] Structural (gray) SS 22.6 73 Japan ↑area of ACC
↓thickness of ACC with conv.
Ho et al. 2017 [46] Structural (gray) SS 21.2 93 Singapore none in hippocampus in CHR
Shrinkage in CA1 with symptom persistence and conv.
Walter et al. 2016 [47] Structural (gray) SR/MA 21.2 939 na slight ↓R hippocampus in CHR
Dean et al. 2016 [48] Structural (gray) SS 18.9 38 US ↓hippocampus, inversion in L ventral hipp
Cannon et al. 2015 [37] Structural (gray) SS 12–35 274 US/Canada
NAPLS
no baseline differences
↓rate of loss in R sup frontal, mid frontal, med orbitofr in converters
Klauser et al. 2015 [26] Structural (gray) SS 21.5 69 Singapore none
conv. ↑whole brain vol in conv.
Tognin et al. 2013 [49] Structural (gray) SS 23.9 40 England thinning of L insula, R temporal with symptom progression
Nordholem et al. 2013 [50] Structural (gray) SR/MA na na na trend ↑pituitary in CHR
trend ↑pituitary with conv.
Iwashiro et al. 2012 [25] Structural (gray) SS 23.6 20 Japan ↓pars triangularis
Ziermans et al. 2012 [51] Structural (gray) SS 15.6 43 Netherlands ↓L ant cing, precueus, temp/parietal/occ with conv.
Fusar-Poli et al. 2012 [52] Structural (gray) ma 22.5 198 Na
AN
↓temporal, limbic prefrontal
↓temporal ant cing, cerebell, insula with conversion
Jung et al. 2012 [53] Structural (gray) SS 21.6 16 South Korea ↓Broca’s area
Fusar-Poli et al. 2011 [24] Structural (gray) MA 28 896 na ↓R sup temporal, L precuneus, L med frontal, R mid frontal, B parahipp/hipp, ant cingulate
↓R inf frontal, sup. temp in conv.
Mechelli et al. 2011 [54] Structural (gray) SS 23.3 182 England
Germany
Switzerland
Australia
↓frontal
↓L parahippocampal in conv.
Smieskova et al. 2010 [55] Structural (gray) SR/MA na 385* na ↓prefront, cing, insula, cerebel in conv.
Koutsouleris et al. 2009 [27] Structural (gray) SS 25.1 45 Germany ↓prefront, orbitofr, limbic, cerebel
↓lat and med temporal in conv.
Sun et al. 2009 [30] Structural (gray) SS 19.5 35 Australia ↓R prefrontal in conv.
Takahashi et al. 2009 [56] Structural (gray) SS 20.2 97 Australia
AN
↓insula with conv.
Takahashi et al. 2009 [31] Structural (gray) SS 20.2 35 Australia
AN
↓planum polare/temporale in conv.
Ziermans et al. 2009 [35] Structural (gray) SS 15.8 54 Netherlands none
Borgwardt et al. 2007 [20] Structural (gray) SS na 12 Switzerland ↓post. cing, precuneus, paracent, L sup parietal, and ↑L parietal/post temp in conv.
Velakoulis et al. 2006 [34] Structural (gray) SS 20.1 135 Australia none in hippocampus and amygdala
Pantelis et al. 2003 [29] Structural (gray) SS 19.3 75 Australia ↓temporal, inf. frontal, cingulate
↓L parahipp, fusiform, orbitofrontal, cerebellar, cingulate with conv.

ACC = anterior cingulate cortex; AN = antipsychotic naïve; BG = basal ganglia; conv = conversion to psychosis; cerebell = cerebellum; cing = cingulate; DLPFC = dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; ENIGMA = Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis; hipp = hippocampus; inf = inferior; L = left; lat = lateral; MA = meta-analysis; med = medial; na = not available; mPFC = medial prefrontal cortex; MTL = medial temporal lobe; NAPLS = North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study; n.s. = not significant; parahipp = parahippocampus; orbitofr = orbitofrontal; prefront = prefrontal; R = right; SFG = superior frontal gyrus; SR = systematic review; SS = single study; sup = superior; temp = temporal; triang = triangularis; vol = volume; w = with.

*

across multiple modalities

a

includes high-risk groups other than CHR; When CHR converters and non-converters are reported separately, the displayed mean age is from non-converters.