The goal of this case-control study is to compare brain glutamate, glucose utilisation, lactate production and brain activity in healthy volunteers and people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It investigates the following main questions: Whether, compared to healthy volunteers, participants with schizophrenia show: 1. reduction in brain glucose utilisation 2. increased brain lactate 3. greater variability in brain glutamate Participants will be asked to have a screening visit, a MRI brain scan and a PET-MRI brain scan.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
75
7 Tesla MRI scan
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-MR scan
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGBrain glucose utilisation
Measured using fully quantitative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET (CMRglc)
Time frame: 1 day
Glutamate - anterior cingulate cortex
Glutamate and glutamine measured using magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 7 Tesla
Time frame: 1 day
Lactate - visual cortex
Measured using magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 7 Tesla at rest and during visual stimulation
Time frame: 1 day
Cerebral blood flow
Measured using arterial spin labelling, 3 Tesla MRI
Time frame: 1 day
Cortical network activity
Network activity / connectivity as measured using fMRI at 3 Tesla
Time frame: 1 day
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