Fig. 1.
Resting-state functional connectivity of the PuM nucleus/MGN. (A) Regions of interest (ROIs) selection. (B–G) Compared with normal controls (NCs), schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), and without auditory verbal hallucination (NAVH), had significantly stronger resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the left medial pulvinar (LPuM) nucleus-left middle temporal gyrus (LMTG), and right PuM (RPuM) nucleus-right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG), and weaker rsFC of the right medial geniculate nucleus (RMGN)-right superior temporal gyrus (RSTG). (H–K) Moreover, compared with the NAVH and NC groups, the AVH group had significantly weaker rsFC of the LPuM nucleus-left cerebellum VIII (LCereVIII) and RPuM nucleus-left cerebellum crus II (LCeCrII). (L) Correlation matrix between the rsFC of the thalamic nucleus-cerebral cortex and the thalamic nucleus-cerebellum. **P < .01, ***P < .001.