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Longitudinal neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessment of risk and protective factors across the schizophrenia spectrum

Award Number: R01MH121411
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Longitudinal neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessment of risk and protective factors across the schizophrenia spectrum - PROJECT SUMMARY Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is similar to schizophrenia (SZ), but with fewer and attenuated abnormalities, thus representing an important yet understudied intermediate SZ-spectrum phenotype. Examination of abnormalities in SPD will provide information regarding etiology, genetics, treatment and risk factors associated with psychosis. Although individuals with SPD demonstrate marked temporal lobe abnormalities that resemble SZ, we hypothesize that relative “sparing” or “functional enhancement” in the frontal lobes (e.g., dorsolateral prefrontal cortex), may protect these individuals from frank psychosis and the severe social and cognitive deficits typically observed in SZ. Studying SPD is powerful as antipsychotic medication and hospitalization confounds observed in SZ are not present. Moreover, there is no study examining neurobiological changes in the SZ-spectrum that incorporates individuals with SPD using a longitudinal design as proposed here. This novel approach will help disentangle potential risk and protective factors for psychosis in the SZ spectrum. This is the first longitudinal study to utilize multimodal MR imaging and Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approaches in SZ-spectrum disorders to identify aberrant neural circuitry along a continuum from healthy controls (HCs) to SPD to SZ and examine changes in these measures in relationship to impairments in symptom severity, neurocognition and functional outcome. We propose studying three groups (80 in each) of demographically matched and rigorously diagnosed individuals (age 18- 40): HCs (no Axis I or personality disorder), unmedicated individuals with SPD (and no Axis I disorder), and early-onset (first 2 years of illness) SZ patients at baseline, 9-, and 18-month follow-up. Measures assessing frontal and temporal lobe integrity include multimodal MR imaging (structural MRI, DTI, resting-state fMRI, and task-based fMRI with a nonverbal event related working-memory task; baseline and 18-months) and neuropsychological assessment (all three timepoints). We will utilize dynamic causal modeling to test competing neurobiological models involving abnormal frontotemporal connectivity in the SZ-spectrum and machine learning approaches to integrate multimodal neuroimaging, neurocognitive, and clinical assessment data. We focus on three specific aims: (1) Investigate the longitudinal course of frontal-temporal lobe/circuitry abnormalities in the SZ-spectrum using multimodal MR imaging; (2) Investigate the longitudinal course of neurocognition, clinical, and functional outcome in the SZ spectrum; (3) Determine which factor or combination of factors differentiate groups in the SZ-spectrum to identify those that are associated with risk for and protection from SZ using machine learning.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $996,261 )
2024	2024	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	1 GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	5	5/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$99,624
2024	2024	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	1 GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	5	12/22/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$896,637
														Subtotal = $996,261

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,003,197 )
2023	2023	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	4	12/15/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$902,878
2023	2023	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	4	1/19/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$100,319
														Subtotal = $1,003,197

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $998,852 )
2022	2022	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	3	12/17/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$898,966
2022	2022	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	3	5/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$99,886
														Subtotal = $998,852

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,003,694 )
2021	2021	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	2	12/15/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$717,247
2021	2021	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	2	7/22/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$206,753
2021	2021	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	2	4/20/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$79,694
														Subtotal = $1,003,694

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $839,437 )
2020	2020	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PL	NEW YORK	NY	10029	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	3/6/2020	NEW	$839,437
														Subtotal = $839,437

Grand Total All Awards = $4,841,441

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Longitudinal neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessment of risk and protective factors across the schizophrenia spectrum

Award Number: R01MH121411

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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