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The British Journal of Psychiatry 175: 375-379 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
B Boroojerdi, R Topper, H Foltys and U Meincke
Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. boroojer@codon.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex may not only elicit excitatory responses in hand muscles contralateral to the stimulated hemisphere, but may also suppress tonic voluntary electromyogram activity in muscles ipsilateral to the stimulation. This inhibition is mediated between the motor cortices via the corpus callosum. AIMS: To investigate motor excitability and interhemispheric (transcallosal) connections in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Transcallosal inhibition and motor conduction parameters were investigated in ten patients with schizophrenia and in ten age- and gender-matched healthy subjects. RESULTS: Transcallosal conduction time (TCT) and duration of the inhibition were significantly longer in patients with schizophrenia (mean (s.d.)): TCT, 12.4 (2.9) ms in normal subjects and 15.3 (2.6) ms in patients (P = 0.03); mean duration, 34.1 (4.9) ms in normal subjects and 51.9 (16.8) ms in patients (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Magnetic motor conduction parameters are unaltered in schizophrenia, but transcallosal inhibition is significantly delayed and prolonged. This may indicate abnormal function of the corpus callosum in these patients.
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