Prominent role of cerebellar communication in schizophrenia reflected by resting state fMRI connectivity

Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder, the pathophysiology of which is unclear. Several studies have shown the involvement of altered brain communication. Several new voxel-level connectivity measures such as radial similarity, radial correlation, inter-hemispheric connectivity and local correlation have enabled a deeper understanding of alterations in communication. Our results reveal the prominent role of the cerebellum in schizophrenia by investigating voxel-level connectivity in resting state fMRI data.