Eduardo J. Aguilar

TL;DR: The association between white noise speech illusions and familial risk is contingent on additional evidence of endophenotypic expression and of exposure to childhood adversity, and speech illusions may represent a trait-dependent risk marker.

TL;DR: Findings have implications for understanding the nature of the neuropathological processes in early schizophrenia, as well as the potential impact of early treatment, and one-year follow-up MRI investigations in a smaller subset of patients suggested that the STG volume reductions may be reversible.

TL;DR: The presence and characteristics of structural abnormalities in relation with the intensity and phenomenology of auditory hallucinations are defined by means of magnetic resonance voxel-based morphometry (MR-VBM) method applied on a highly homogeneous group of 18 persistent hallucinatory patients meeting DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia compared to 19 healthy matched controls.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia involves genetic underpinnings that act by making individuals more sensitive to the effects of some environmental exposures, including cannabis use and exposure to early‐life adversities.

TL;DR: Although sample size limitations and potential clinical heterogeneity preclude definitive conclusions, these data point to structural differences in key cerebral areas in patients who had attempted suicide when comparing with non-suicidal patients.