The metabolic basis of psychosis in bipolar disorder: A positron emission tomography study.
Giorgio MarottaGiuseppe DelvecchioAlessandro PigoniGianmario MandoliniValentina CiappolinoLucio OldaniDomenico MadonnaMarika GrottaroliAlfredo Carlo AltamuraPaolo BrambillaPublished in: Bipolar disorders (2018)
Overall, our results suggest that FDG uptake alterations in brain regions involved in emotion regulation are a key feature of BD, regardless the presence of past psychosis. Finally, we demonstrated that the FDG uptake reduction in fusiform gyrus is associated with the presence of past psychotic symptoms in BD, ultimately leading towards the idea that the fusiform gyrus might be considered a putative biomarker of psychosis.