The third aim of the present study was to investigate the empirical relationship between neural conduction velocity (as estimated by IHTT) and the structural integrity of the conducting fibers (as quantified by the FA and Mode of the visual callosum fibers) in healthy individuals and schizophrenia patients. By elucidating this relationship, we hoped to shed light on whether schizophrenia could feasibly be associated with subtle conduction delays causing irregularities in the precise timing of neural discharges and consequent abnormalities in neural coherence (Fries, 2005; Spencer et al., 2003).
