Childhood trauma moderates schizotypy-related brain morphology: analyses of 1182 healthy individuals from the ENIGMA schizotypy working group.
Yann QuidéOliver J WatkeysEmiliana ToniniDominik GrotegerdUdo DannlowskiIgor NenadićTilo T J KircherAxel KrugTim HahnSusanne MeinertJanik GoltermannMarius GruberFrederike SteinKatharina BroschAdrian WroblewskiFlorian Thomas-OdenthalPaula UsemannBenjamin StraubeNina AlexanderElisabeth Johanna LeehrJochen BauerNils Ralf WinterLukas FischKatharina DohmWulf RösslerLukasz SmigielskiPamela DeRosseAshley MoyettJosselin HouenouMarion LeboyerJames GilleenSophia I ThomopoulosPaul M ThompsonAndre AlemanGemma ModinosMelissa Jane GreenPublished in: Psychological medicine (2023)
These results suggest that alterations in brain regions critical for higher cognitive and integrative processes that are associated with schizotypy may be enhanced in individuals exposed to high levels of trauma.