| Title: |
Multiscale characterization of cortical signatures in positive and negative schizotypy: a worldwide ENIGMA study |
| Authors: |
Kirschner, M; Hodzic-Santor, B; Kennedy, L; Hansen, JY; Antoniades, M; Nenadić, I; Kircher, T; Krug, A; Meller, T; Dannlowski, U; Grotegerd, D; Flinkenflügel, K; Meinert, S; Borgers, T; Goltermann, J; Hahn, T; Böhnlein, J; Leehr, EJ; Barkhau, C; Fornito, A; Arnatkeviciute, A; Bellgrove, MA; Tiego, J; DeRosse, P; Green, M; Quidé, Y; Pantelis, C; Chan, RCK; Wang, Y; Ettinger, U; Debbané, M; Derome, M; Gaser, C; Besteher, B; Diederen, K; Spencer, TJ; Houenou, J; Pomarol-Clotet, E; Salvador, R; Rössler, W; Smigielski, L; Kumari, V; Premkumar, P; Park, HRP; Wiebels, K; Jansen, I; Gilleen, J; Allen, P; Marsman, JB; Lebedeva, I; Tomyshev, A; Fett, AK; Sommer, I; Koops, S; Grant, P; Ferrari, A; Wan, B; Bègue, I; Hernaus, D; Jalbrzikowski, M; Paquola, C; Larivière, S; Bernhardt, B; Valk, SL; Misic, B; van Erp, TGM; Turner, JA; Thompson, PM; Aleman, A; Dagher, A; Kaiser, S; Modinos, G; Quide, Yann |
| Source: |
urn:ISSN:1359-4184 ; urn:ISSN:1476-5578 ; Molecular Psychiatry, 1-15 |
| Publisher Information: |
Springer Nature |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks |
| Subject Terms: |
5202 Biological Psychology; 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; 52 Psychology; Behavioral and Social Science; Brain Disorders; Mental Health; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD); Schizophrenia; Basic Behavioral and Social Science; Biomedical Imaging; Autism; Neurosciences; Pediatric Research Initiative; Serious Mental Illness; Genetics; Mental Illness; 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors; anzsrc-for: 5202 Biological Psychology; anzsrc-for: 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; anzsrc-for: 52 Psychology; anzsrc-for: 06 Biological Sciences; anzsrc-for: 11 Medical and Health Sciences; anzsrc-for: 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; anzsrc-for: 3202 Clinical sciences; anzsrc-for: 5203 Clinical and health psychology |
| Description: |
Positive and negative schizotypy reflect distinct patterns of subclinical traits in the general population associated with neurodevelopmental and schizophrenia-spectrum pathologies. Yet, a comprehensive characterization of the unique and shared neuroanatomical signatures of these schizotypy dimensions is lacking. Leveraging 3D brain MRI data from 2730 unmedicated healthy individuals, we identified neuroanatomical profiles of positive and negative schizotypy and systematically compared them with disorder-specific, microarchitectural, neurotransmitter-level, and connectome measures. Positive and negative schizotypy were associated with distinct cortical signatures, of predominantly thinner frontal and thicker paralimbic cortical areas, respectively. These cortical signatures of positive and negative schizotypy were differentially linked to brain-wide cortical patterns of schizophrenia-spectrum (clinical high-risk for psychosis, schizophrenia) and neurodevelopmental conditions (ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome). Additionally, the positive and negative schizotypy-related cortical profiles mapped onto different local attributes of gene expression, cortical myelination, D1, and histamine receptor distributions. Network models further showed that positive and negative schizotypy cortical signatures were spatially associated with cortical hubs, suggesting that highly interconnected regions are more vulnerable to the morphological differences associated with both schizotypy dimensions. Finally, predominantly sensorimotor-to-association and paralimbic areas emerged as epicenters with connectivity profiles significantly linked to the schizotypy-related cortical patterns. Collectively, this study identified cortical signatures of positive and negative schizotypy traits that are embedded along multiple scales of cortical organization and neuropsychiatric pathologies. Our work yields novel insights into how neurobiology and brain architecture may guide neuroanatomical vulnerability and resilience ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/108195 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41380-026-03547-x |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/108195; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-026-03547-x |
| Rights: |
open access ; https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; CC-BY ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E7ED4DBD |
| Database: |
BASE |