Affective System

Emotions, Delusions & the Limbic System

The affect dimension comprises signs of paranoid experiences of threat or power, such as delusions of persecution or grandiosity.

 

The Affect Domain
Subclinical paranoid beliefs and enhanced neural response during processing of unattractive faces
Furger et al., Neuroimage Clin 2020;27:102269
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102269

Inferior frontal gyrus gray matter volume is associated with aggressive behavior in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Schoretsanitis et al., Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging2019;290:14–21
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.06.003

Increased structural connectivity of the medial forebrain bundle in schizophrenia spectrum disorders is associated with delusions of paranoid threat and grandiosity
Bracht et al., Neuroimage Clin 2019;24:102044
DOI:1 0.1016/j.nicl.2019.102044

Limbic Interference During Social Action Planning in Schizophrenia
Stegmayer et al., Schizophr Bull 2018;44:359–368
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbx059

Specific cerebral perfusion patterns in three schizophrenia symptom dimensions
Stegmayer et al., Schizophr Res 2017;190:96–101
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.018

Keep at bay! – Abnormal personal space regulation as marker of paranoia in schizophrenia
Schoretsanitis et al., European Psychiatry 2016;31:1–7
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.10.001

White matter pathway organization of the reward system is related to positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia
Bracht et al., Schizophr Res 2014;153:136–142
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.015

Ventral striatum grey matter density reduction in patients with schizophrenia and psychotic emotional dysregulation
Stegmayer et al., Neuroimage Clin 2013;4:232-9
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.12.007