Changes in blood supply / glucose metabolism in various syndromes associated with schizophrenia
(Adapted from lecture notes for the MRCPsych.)
Psychomotor poverty syndrome
Decreased left dorsal prefrontal cortex
Decreased medial prefrontal cortex
Decreased anterior cingulated gyrus
Increased head of caudate
Disorganised syndrome
Decreased right ventral prefrontal cortex
Increased anterior cingulated
Increased dorsomedial thalamus
Decreased Brocas area
Decreased bilateral parietal association areas
Reality distortion syndrome
Increased left parahippocampal region
Increased left striatum