Difficulties during delivery, brain ventricle enlargement and cognitive impairment in first episode psychosis.

Ana Costas-CarreraNorma VerdoliniClemente Garcia-RizoGisela MezquidaJoost JanssenIsabel ValliIluminada CorripioAna M Sanchez-TorresMiquel BioqueAntonio LoboAna Gonzalez-PintoMarta Rapado-CastroEduard VietaHelena De la SernaAnna ManeAlexandra RoldanNicolas CrossleyRafael PenadesManuel J CuestaMara ParelladaMiquel Bernardonull null

Published in: Psychological medicine (2023)

Our results suggest that difficulties during delivery might be significant contributors to the ventricular enlargement historically described in schizophrenia. Thus, obstetric complications may contribute to the development of psychosis through changes in brain architecture.

Keyphrases

cognitive impairment
resting state
white matter
functional connectivity
bipolar disorder
heart failure
pregnant women
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
multiple sclerosis
coronary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
brain injury
atrial fibrillation