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Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Wolf RC. Motor dysfunction as an intermediate phenotype across schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: Progress and perspectives. Schizophr Res 2018; 200:26-34. [PMID: 29074330 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Primary motor abnormalities (PMA), as found in patients with schizophrenia, are quantitatively and qualitatively distinct markers of motor system abnormalities. PMA have been often referred to phenomena that are present across schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. A dysfunction of frontoparietal and subcortical networks has been proposed as core pathophysiological mechanism underlying the expression of PMA. However, it is unclear at present if such mechanisms are a common within schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. To address this question, we review recent neuroimaging studies investigating the neural substrates of PMA in schizophrenia and so-called "nonschizophrenic nonaffective psychoses" (NSNAP) such as schizophreniform, schizoaffective, brief psychotic, and other unspecified psychotic disorders. Although the extant data in patients with schizophrenia suggests that further investigation is warranted, MRI findings in NSNAP are less persuasive. It is unclear so far which PMA, if any, are characteristic features of NSNAP or, possibly even specific for these disorders. Preliminary data suggest a relationship between relapsing-remitting PMA in hyper-/hypokinetic cycloid syndromes and neurodegenerative disorders of the basal ganglia, likely reflecting the transnosological relevance of subcortical abnormalities. Despite this evidence, neural substrates and mechanisms underlying PMA that are common in schizophrenia and NSNAP cannot be clearly delineated at this stage of research. PMA and their underlying brain circuits could be promising intermediate phenotype candidates for psychotic disorders, but future multimodal neuroimaging studies in schizophrenia and NSNAP patients and their unaffected first-degree relatives are needed to answer fundamental transnosologic questions.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University Mannheim, Germany.
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Center for Mental Health, Odenwald District Healthcare Center, Erbach, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Molina V, Lubeiro A, Blanco J, Blanco JA, Rodríguez M, Rodríguez-Campos A, de Luis-García R. Parkinsonism is associated to fronto-caudate disconnectivity and cognition in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 277:1-6. [PMID: 29763834 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The present work studies the possible relation of parkinsonism and fronto-caudate dysconnectivity, as well as its relation to cognition in schizophrenia patients. We assessed parkinsonism using Simpson-Angus scale and prefronto-caudate connectivity using diffusion magnetic resonance in 22 schizophrenia patients (11 first-episodes) and 14 healthy controls. Fractional anisotropy was calculated for the white matter tracts directly linking rostral middle prefrontal (RMPF) and superior medial prefrontal (SMPF) regions with caudate nucleus. Cognition was assessed using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia Scale (BACS). Total parkinsonism scores were negatively related to fractional anisotropy in the right SMPF-caudate tract in patients, which was also found in the first-episode patients alone, but not in controls. Parkinsonism was also inversely associated in patients to performance in social cognition, verbal memory, working memory and performance speed tests. In conclusion, our data support the involvement of fronto-striatal dysconnectivity in parkinsonism in schizophrenia.
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- Vicente Molina
- Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 7, Valladolid 47005, Spain; Psychiatry Service, Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, Ramón y Cajal, 3, Valladolid 47003, Spain; Neurosciences Institute of Castilla y León (INCYL), University of Salamanca, Pintor Fernando Gallego, 1, Salamanca 37007, Spain; CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health), Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Av. Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28019, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Paseo San Vicente 58-182, Salamanca 37007, Spain.
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- Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 7, Valladolid 47005, Spain
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- Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 7, Valladolid 47005, Spain
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- Psychiatry Service, Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, Ramón y Cajal, 3, Valladolid 47003, Spain
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- Radiology Service, University Hospital of Valladolid, Ramón y Cajal, 3, Valladolid 47003, Spain
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- Psychiatry Service, Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, Ramón y Cajal, 3, Valladolid 47003, Spain
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- Imaging Processing Laboratory, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15, Valladolid 47011, Spain
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Hirjak D, Northoff G, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Wolf RC. Genuine motorische Phänomene bei schizophrenen Psychosen. DER NERVENARZT 2017; 89:27-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s00115-017-0434-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lei P, Ayton S, Appukuttan AT, Moon S, Duce JA, Volitakis I, Cherny R, Wood SJ, Greenough M, Berger G, Pantelis C, McGorry P, Yung A, Finkelstein DI, Bush AI. Lithium suppression of tau induces brain iron accumulation and neurodegeneration. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:396-406. [PMID: 27400857 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lithium is a first-line therapy for bipolar affective disorder. However, various adverse effects, including a Parkinson-like hand tremor, often limit its use. The understanding of the neurobiological basis of these side effects is still very limited. Nigral iron elevation is also a feature of Parkinsonian degeneration that may be related to soluble tau reduction. We found that magnetic resonance imaging T2 relaxation time changes in subjects commenced on lithium therapy were consistent with iron elevation. In mice, lithium treatment lowers brain tau levels and increases nigral and cortical iron elevation that is closely associated with neurodegeneration, cognitive loss and parkinsonian features. In neuronal cultures lithium attenuates iron efflux by lowering tau protein that traffics amyloid precursor protein to facilitate iron efflux. Thus, tau- and amyloid protein precursor-knockout mice were protected against lithium-induced iron elevation and neurotoxicity. These findings challenge the appropriateness of lithium as a potential treatment for disorders where brain iron is elevated (for example, Alzheimer's disease), and may explain lithium-associated motor symptoms in susceptible patients.
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- P Lei
- Department of Neurology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, China.,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Centre for Neural Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester West NHS Mental Health Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Iron is essential for normal neurological function because of its role in oxidative metabolism and because it is a cofactor in the synthesis of neurotransmitters and myelin. In the past several years, there has been increased attention to the importance of oxidative stress in the central nervous system. Iron is the most important inducer of reactive oxygen species, therefore, the relation of iron to neurodegenerative processes is more appreciated today than it was a few years ago. Nevertheless, despite this increased attention and awareness, our knowledge of iron metabolism in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels is still limited. Iron is distributed in a heterogeneous fashion among the different regions and cells of the brain. This regional and cellular heterogeneity is preserved across many species. Brain iron concentrations are not static; they increase with age and in many diseases and decrease when iron is deficient in the diet. In infants and children, insufficient iron in the diet is associated with decreased brain iron and with changes in behavior and cognitive functioning. Abnormal iron accumulation in the diseased brain areas and, in some cases, alterations in iron-related proteins have been reported in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Friedreich’s ataxia. There is strong evidence for iron-mediated oxidative damage as a primary contributor to cell death in these disorders. Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, especially warrant study in relation to iron availability. Myelin synthesis and maintenance have a high iron requirement, thus, oligodendrocytes must have a relatively high and constant supply of iron. However, the high oxygen utilization, high density of lipids, and high iron content of white matter all combine to increase the risk of oxidative damage. We review here the current knowledge of the normal metabolism of iron in the brain and the suspected role of iron in neuropathology.
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- Domingo J. Piñero
- George M. Leader Family Laboratory for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Department of Neuroscience & Anatomy, Penn State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- George M. Leader Family Laboratory for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Department of Neuroscience & Anatomy, Penn State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania,
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Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Wolf RC. Motor dysfunction within the schizophrenia-spectrum: A dimensional step towards an underappreciated domain. Schizophr Res 2015; 169:217-233. [PMID: 26547881 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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At the beginning of the 20th century, genuine motor abnormalities (GMA) were considered to be intricately linked to schizophrenia. Subsequently, however, GMA have been increasingly regarded as unspecific transdiagnostic phenomena or related to side effects of antipsychotic treatment. Despite possible medication confounds, within the schizophrenia spectrum GMA have been categorized into three broad categories, i.e. neurological soft signs, abnormal involuntary movements and catatonia. Schizophrenia patients show a substantial overlap across a broad range of distinct motor signs and symptoms suggesting a prominent involvement of the motor system in disease pathophysiology. There have been several attempts to increase reliability and validity in diagnosing schizophrenia based on behavior and neurobiology, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the motor domain in the past. Nevertheless, accumulating neuroscientific evidence suggests the possibility of a motor endophenotype in schizophrenia, and that GMA could represent a specific dimension within the schizophrenia-spectrum. Here, we review current neuroimaging research on GMA in schizophrenia with an emphasis on distinct and common mechanisms of brain dysfunction. Based on a dimensional approach we show that multimodal neuroimaging combined with fine-grained clinical examination can result in a comprehensive characterization of structural and functional brain changes that are presumed to underlie core GMA in schizophrenia. We discuss the possibility of a distinct motor domain, together with its implications for future research. Investigating GMA by means of multimodal neuroimaging can essentially contribute at identifying novel and biologically reliable phenotypes in psychiatry.
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- Dusan Hirjak
- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences (DISM), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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Li CT, Chou KH, Su TP, Huang CC, Chen MH, Bai YM, Lin CP. Gray matter abnormalities in schizophrenia patients with tardive dyskinesia: a magnetic resonance imaging voxel-based morphometry study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71034. [PMID: 23967150 PMCID: PMC3744521 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The pathophysiological mechanism of TD remains unknown. All previous studies, using the region-of-interest method, focused on basal ganglion areas, were with inconsistent results. This whole-brain voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study investigate the grey matter abnormality of TD and its correlates with clinical ratings. METHOD High resolution T1-weighted brain volumetric MRI from 25 schizophrenia patients with TD (TD group), 25 age-, gender-, and handedness-matched schizophrenia patients without TD (non-TD group), and 25 matched healthy subjects (NC group) were analyzed using a VBM approach. Clinical ratings included the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), and the Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS). RESULTS The TD group had significantly smaller total gray matter volumes than the NC group (p = 0.05). Compared to the non-TD group, the TD group had significantly higher PANSS negative (p<0.001), SAS (p<0.001), and AIMS (p<0.001) scores; and smaller bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, which correlated negatively with the PANSS negative scores (r = -0.366, p<0.05); and smaller right superior frontal gyrus, which correlated negatively with AIMS scores (r = -0.399, p<0.001), and PANSS general score (r = -0.338, p<0.05). LIMITATIONS The cross-section design can't separate the gray matter change to TD from the context of the illness of schizophrenia, although TD with more severe clinical psychopathology could be a phenotype. CONCLUSIONS The schizophrenia patients with TD had significantly reduced gray matter, mostly at the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus and the right superior frontal gyrus, which correlated with severity of clinical symptoms and involuntary movement, respectively.
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- Cheng-Ta Li
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lerner V, Miodownik C. Motor symptoms of schizophrenia: is tardive dyskinesia a symptom or side effect? A modern treatment. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2011; 13:295-304. [PMID: 21519907 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Abnormal involuntary dyskinetic movements in schizophrenia patients have been documented for more than 140 years. Clinicians should distinguish between two kinds of disturbances-spontaneous dyskinetic movements and movements induced by psychotropic medications-which may look familiar clinically. As a modern term, tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a potentially permanent neurological hyperkinetic movement disorder that occurs after months or years of taking psychotropic drugs. Several distinct forms of TD exist, specifically tardive akathisia, tardive blepharospasm, tardive dystonia, tardive gait, tardive myoclonus, tardive tremor, and tardive tics, and they have different pathophysiologies and treatment. The pathogenesis of TD remains unclear, and the pathophysiology is complex and multifactorial. Moreover, there is solid evidence of a genetic predisposition to TD. This article summarizes recent relevant publications concerning TD and the most recent studies regarding treatment of this disorder with antioxidative agents.
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- Vladimir Lerner
- Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 4600, Be'er-Sheva, 84170, Israel.
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Juras V, Zbýň Š, Szomolanyi P, Trattnig S. Regression error estimation significantly improves the region-of-interest statistics of noisy MR images. Med Phys 2010; 37:2813-21. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3431995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Basal ganglia MR relaxometry in obsessive-compulsive disorder: T2 depends upon age of symptom onset. Brain Imaging Behav 2009; 4:35-45. [PMID: 20503112 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-009-9083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Dysfunction in circuits linking frontal cortex and basal ganglia (BG) is strongly implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). On MRI studies, neuropsychiatric disorders with known BG pathology have abnormally short T2 relaxation values (a putative biomarker of elevated iron) in this region. We asked if BG T2 values are abnormal in OCD. We measured volume and T2 and T1 relaxation rates in BG of 32 adults with OCD and 33 matched controls. There were no group differences in volume or T1 values in caudate, putamen, or globus pallidus (GP). The OCD group had lower T2 values (suggesting higher iron content) in the right GP, with a trend in the same direction for the left GP. This effect was driven by patients whose OCD symptoms began from around adolescence to early adulthood. The results suggest a possible relationship between age of OCD onset and iron deposition in the basal ganglia.
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Bai YM, Chou KH, Lin CP, Chen IY, Li CT, Yang KC, Chou YH, Su TP. White matter abnormalities in schizophrenia patients with tardive dyskinesia: a diffusion tensor image study. Schizophr Res 2009; 109:167-81. [PMID: 19261444 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 02/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a severe side effect of antipsychotics. While increasing evidence suggests that damaged brain microcircuitry of white matter (WM) is responsible for the clinical symptoms in schizophrenia, no reports of WM abnormality associated with TD were noted. METHOD Brain white matter abnormalities were investigated among 20 schizophrenia patients with TD (Schizophrenia with TD group), 20 age-, gender-, and handedness-matched schizophrenic patients without TD (Schizophrenia without TD group), and 20 matched healthy subjects with magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging analysis. Voxel-wise analysis was used to compare fractional anisotropy (FA) maps of the white matter following intersubject registration to Talairach space. Clinical ratings included the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS), Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), and the Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS). RESULTS The study subjects were 75% female with average of 40.1+/-9. 8 years. The Schizophrenia with TD group had significantly higher PANSS total scores (p=0.024), PANSS negative score (p=0.001), SAS (p<0.001) and AIMS (p<0.001) scores; and demonstrated more widespread FA decreases than the Schizophrenia without TD group, especially over the inferior frontal gyrus, temporal sublobar extranuclear WM (around the basal ganglion), parietal precuneus gyrus WM (around somatosensory cortex), and medial frontal gyrus WM (around dorsolateral prefrontal cortex). The AIMS (p<0.01) and SAS (p<0.01) score positively correlated with decreased FA over these areas, and PANSS negative score positively correlated with FA decrease over medial frontal gyrus WM (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS More widespread abnormality of white matter was noted among schizophrenia patients than those without, especially involved cortico-basal ganglion circuits with clinical symptom correlation of involuntary movements and negative symptoms. Further studies with larger sample size are required to validate the findings.
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- Ya Mei Bai
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Diffusion-weighted imaging and magnetization transfer imaging of tardive and edentulous orodyskinesia. Mov Disord 2008; 23:1281-5. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.22081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kuznetsov Y, Khiat A, Blanchet PJ, Boulanger Y. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of dyskinesia patients. Mov Disord 2007; 22:957-62. [PMID: 17377925 DOI: 10.1002/mds.21459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Oral dyskinesias may occur spontaneously or be induced by medications such as antipsychotics and antidepressants. In this study, single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to compare metabolite levels in the striatum for (1) 12 patients with drug-induced tardive dyskinesia (TD), (2) 12 patients with spontaneous oral dyskinesia (SOD), (3) 8 antidepressant-treated patients without TD, and (4) 8 control subjects. Statistically significant reductions in the choline/creatine (Cho/Cr) ratio were measured for the drug-treated patients with TD (-13%, P = 0.020) and SOD patients (-12%, P = 0.034) relative to control subjects. In comparison with antidepressant-treated patients without TD, drug-treated patients with TD showed a non statistically significant reduction in Cho/Cr (-11%, P = 0.079). All other metabolite ratios (N-acetylaspartate (NAA)/Cr, myo-inositol (mI)/Cr, glutamine + glutamate (Glx)/Cr, macromolecule + lipid (MM+Lip)/Cr, NAA/Cho) were unaffected by either type of dyskinesia. The observed Cho/Cr reduction in dyskinesia patients suggests decreased membrane phosphatidylcholine turnover, which provides free choline as precursor of molecules responsible for cellular signal transduction.
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- Yevgeniy Kuznetsov
- Département de Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Canada
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Casanova MF, Araque JM. Mineralization of the basal ganglia: implications for neuropsychiatry, pathology and neuroimaging. Psychiatry Res 2003; 121:59-87. [PMID: 14572624 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(03)00202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This article examines the evidence for and against the existence of basal ganglia mineralization as a defined clinico-pathological entity. In reviewing the literature on basal ganglia mineralization, this article emphasizes evidence derived from different neuroimaging modalities, genetics, metabolic studies, postmortem series and their possible neuropsychiatric correlates. Relevant articles were collected through Medline and Index Medicus searches. Researchers have encountered multiple difficulties in accepting basal ganglia mineralization as a distinct entity. This syndrome lacks set clinical criteria or a unique etiology; not surprisingly, numerous articles have applied varied definitions. Because many of the reported cases have not been examined postmortem, both the extent and nature of their mineralization remains uncertain. Furthermore, researchers have considered small foci of basal ganglia mineralization a normal phenomenon of aging. However, when brain deposits are extensive, they are associated with a set of age-dependent, progressive clinical symptoms. They include cognitive impairment, extrapyramidal symptoms and psychosis. Most cases are related to abnormalities of calcium metabolism, but rare familial cases of idiopathic origin have been reported. Overabundant mineralization of the brain is judged pathological based on its amount, distribution and accompanying clinical symptoms. Although its relation with calcium dysregulation is well known, modern studies have emphasized abnormalities of iron and dopamine metabolism. The authors suggest that these metabolic abnormalities may link basal ganglia mineralization to psychotic symptomatology.
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- Manuel F Casanova
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Harvey BH, Nel A. Role of aging and striatal nitric oxide synthase activity in an animal model of tardive dyskinesia. Brain Res Bull 2003; 61:407-16. [PMID: 12909284 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(03)00143-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The risk of tardive dyskinesia (TD) increases with advancing age. Haloperidol increases striatal oxidative stress and inhibits nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) in vitro. Biological aging is associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced brain NOS activity. This paper has explored aging and striatal NOS activity ex vivo as co-morbid factors in an animal model of TD. Young adult, mature adult and aged rats were treated with water or haloperidol (1.5 mg/kg per day) for 12 weeks. Vacous chewing movements (VCM) were monitored, as was striatal NOS activity. Aging significantly increased spontaneous VCM in mature and aged animals and progressively attenuated NOS activity in both mature adult and aged rats compared to young animals, and numerically lower in aged versus mature adult animals. Haloperidol significantly increased VCM in all age groups, while significantly reducing NOS activity in young and mature adults but not aged. Reduced NOS activity after haloperidol treatment was significantly lower in mature compared to young rats, but only numerically lower in aged rats receiving the drug, with a slight increase noted in the latter. In the current model, aging did not markedly alter haloperidol-induced VCM. Abrogated striatal nitrergic activity, therefore, underlies aging and haloperidol-induced VCM. Compensatory nitrergic mechanisms may preclude progressive NOS suppression and dyskinesia under conditions of advanced age and NOS inhibition.
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- Brian H Harvey
- School of Pharmacy, University of Potchefstroom, North West Province 2520, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Tardive dyskinesia has been and continues to be a significant problem associated with long-term antipsychotic use, but its pathophysiology remains unclear. In the last 10 years, preclinical studies of the administration of antipsychotics to animals, as well as clinical studies of oxidative processes in patients given antipsychotic medications, with and without tardive dyskinesia, have continued to support the possibility that neurotoxic free radical production may be an important consequence of antipsychotic treatment, and that such production may relate to the development of dyskinetic phenomena. In line with this hypothesis, evidence has accumulated for the efficacy of antioxidants, primarily vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), in the treatment and prevention of tardive dyskinesia. Early studies suggested a modest effect of vitamin E treatment on existing tardive dyskinesia, but later studies did not demonstrate a significant effect. Because evidence has continued to accumulate for increased oxidative damage from antipsychotic medications, but less so for the effectiveness of vitamin E, especially in cases of long-standing tardive dyskinesia, alternative antioxidant approaches to the condition may be warranted. These approaches may include the use of antioxidants as a preventive measure for tardive dyskinesia or the use of other antioxidants or neuroprotective drugs, such as melatonin, for established tardive dyskinesia.
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- James B Lohr
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
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Andreassen OA, Jørgensen HA. Neurotoxicity associated with neuroleptic-induced oral dyskinesias in rats. Implications for tardive dyskinesia? Prog Neurobiol 2000; 61:525-41. [PMID: 10748322 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(99)00064-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tardive dyskinesia is a serious motor side effect of long-term treatment with neuroleptics, with an unknown pathophysiologic basis. Brain damage and aging are prominent risk-factors, and together with the persistent character of the disorder, it is likely that long-lasting neuronal changes are involved in the pathogenesis. It has been hypothesized that striatal neurodegeneration caused by excitotoxic mechanisms and oxidative stress may play an important role in the development of the disorder, and the scope of the present work is to review the evidence supporting this hypothesis. The rat model of tardive dyskinesia has been used extensively in the field, and the usefulness of this model will be discussed. Neuroleptics are able to induce oxidative stress in vitro and increase striatal glutamatergic activity in rats, which may lead to toxic effects in the striatum. Drugs that block excitotoxicity inhibit the development of persistent oral dyskinesia in the rat model, and impaired energy metabolism leads to increased frequency of oral dyskinesia. There are also signs of altered striatal histology in rats with high frequency of oral dyskinesia. Furthermore, markers of increased oxidative stress and glutamatergic neurotransmission have been found in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tardive dyskinesia. In conclusion, several lines of evidence implicate neurotoxic events in the development of neuroleptic induced tardive dyskinesia.
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- O A Andreassen
- Department of Psychiatry, Sandviken Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Kimura T, Shono M, Yokota S, Ishizuka K, Watanabe M, Takamatsu J, Miyakawa T. Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and tardive dyskinesia in a Japanese population. J Psychiatr Res 2000; 34:329-32. [PMID: 11104846 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3956(00)00023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The findings that free radicals play a causative role in the occurrence of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and that apolipoprotein E (ApoE) 4 has decreased anti-oxidant activity suggest a potential link between TD and ApoE alleles. We, therefore, examined ApoE allelic frequencies in schizophrenic subjects with TD and non-TD. Serum samples were obtained from 333 DSM IV-diagnosed schizophrenic patients and 191 controls in Japan. The presence of TD was evaluated by research diagnostic criteria for TD. ApoE phenotypes of the serum samples were determined by polyacrylamide gel isoelectricfocusing. A total of 62 TD subjects (31 males, 31 females) were identified among all patients examined. No significant differences in ApoE allelic frequency were found between TD and non-TD groups. ApoE epsilon4 allele frequency, however, was significantly lower in the female TD group than in the male TD group. These findings do not clearly demonstrate a certain association between TD and the epsilon4 allele, but may preliminarily reveal a difference in influence of this allele on the development of TD between males and females.
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- T Kimura
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Honjo 1-1-1, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
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Wirshing DA, Bartzokis G, Pierre JM, Wirshing WC, Sun A, Tishler TA, Marder SR. Tardive dyskinesia and serum iron indices. Biol Psychiatry 1998; 44:493-8. [PMID: 9777182 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(97)00453-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate whether peripheral (serum) markers of iron status are associated with severity of the choreoathetoid movements seen in tardive dyskinesia (TD). METHODS Serum iron indices (ferritin, iron, and total iron binding capacity) and fluphenazine levels were measured in a group of 30 male DSM-III diagnosed schizophrenic patients chronically treated with fluphenazine decanoate. The severity of choreoathetoid movements was assessed with the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), and akathisia was assessed with the Barnes scale. RESULTS A significant positive correlation was observed between AIMS scores and serum ferritin. This relationship remained significant after controlling for age and plasma fluphenazine levels. No significant correlations were observed between serum iron or total iron binding capacity and choreoathetoid movement ratings. There were no significant associations between serum iron indices and akathisia ratings. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that choreoathetoid movements are associated with serum ferritin levels in chronically medicated male schizophrenic patients. This relationship does not seem to be caused by an association of these variable with age or plasma fluphenazine levels. In addition, the relationship seems to be specific, since other iron indices and another extrapyramidal side effect (akathisia) do not demonstrate a similar relationship. In view of reports that antipsychotic medications change normal iron metabolism and increase iron uptake into the brain, the current results could be interpreted to suggest that serum ferritin levels may be a risk factor for TD in patients treated with "classic" antipsychotic medications.
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- D A Wirshing
- Psychiatry Service, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, CA 90073, USA
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Supprian T, Hofmann E, Warmuth-Metz M, Franzek E, Becker T. MRI T2 relaxation times of brain regions in schizophrenic patients and control subjects. Psychiatry Res 1997; 75:173-82. [PMID: 9437774 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(97)00052-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this MRI investigation T2 relaxation times were studied in schizophrenic patients compared to normal control subjects. Approximate T2 relaxation times were calculated using signal intensity at two echo times in several brain regions of 25 male schizophrenic patients and 25 age-matched, normal male control subjects. The schizophrenic patients showed significantly longer T2 relaxation times as compared to normal control subjects in the left anterior column of the fornix. This is a small structure, prone to partial volume effects and this may account for these findings. There was a trend towards longer T2 times in the left frontal cortex and shorter T2 times in [corrected] right temporal cortex in schizophrenic patients as compared to control subjects. There were right/left differences in relaxation times within each group. In both patients and control subjects, frontal lobe white matter T2 was longer on the right than on the left side. This finding is probably due to brain asymmetry and unrelated to the presence or absence of psychiatric illness. In schizophrenic patients only the left temporal cortex showed longer T2 times than the right side. This observation could indicate left sided temporal lobe pathology in schizophrenia.
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- T Supprian
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Germany
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Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Hance DB, Marx P, Foster JA, Marder SR. MR evaluation of age-related increase of brain iron in young adult and older normal males. Magn Reson Imaging 1997; 15:29-35. [PMID: 9084022 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(96)00234-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The purposes of this study were to extend the investigation of age-related increases in brain iron to a younger age group, replicate previously published results, and further evaluate the validity of a novel noninvasive magnetic resonance (MR) method for measuring tissue iron (ferritin) levels with specificity. The method consists of measuring the dependence of tissue transverse relaxation rates (R2) on the field strength of MR instruments. Two MR instruments operating at 1.5 and 0.5 T were used to measure the field-dependent R2 increase (FDRI) in the frontal white matter, caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus. A group of 13 normal adult males (ages 21-77), with seven subjects below and six above age 35, was examined. As expected from postmortem and prior FDRI data, robust and significant age-related increases in FDRI were observed in the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus, with the globus pallidus FDRI increasing sharply in the second decade and reaching a plateau after age 30. In addition, we replicated previous reports showing very high correlations between FDRI and published brain iron levels for the four regions examined. The data replicate and extend previous FDRI observations on brain aging and are consistent with postmortem data on age-related increases in brain iron. These results are relevant to the investigation of age-related neurodegenerative diseases in which iron may catalyze toxic free radical reactions.
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- G Bartzokis
- Research Service, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, CA 90073, USA
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Buckley P, O'Callaghan E, Mulvany F, Larkin C, Stack JP, Redmond O, Ennis JT, Thompson P, Waddington JL. Basal ganglia T2 relaxation times in schizophrenia: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study in relation to tardive dyskinesia. Psychiatry Res 1995; 61:95-102. [PMID: 7480392 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(95)02591-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Transverse, or spin-spin, relaxation times (T2) from magnetic resonance images of basal ganglia structures were compared between control subjects and patients with schizophrenia, who were subdivided on the basis of the presence or absence of tardive dyskinesia. As a group, schizophrenic patients showed evidence of somewhat more prolonged T2 relaxation times in the right putamen and globus pallidus than did control subjects; there were no significant correlations between hemispheric T2 values and corresponding volumes of the lateral ventricles. Overall, there was little difference in T2 values between patients with and without tardive dyskinesia. These data extend the range of evidence for basal ganglia dysfunction in schizophrenia, but they do not support earlier reports of prominent T2 changes associated with tardive dyskinesia.
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- P Buckley
- Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Bartzokis G, Sultzer D, Mintz J, Holt LE, Marx P, Phelan CK, Marder SR. In vivo evaluation of brain iron in Alzheimer's disease and normal subjects using MRI. Biol Psychiatry 1994; 35:480-7. [PMID: 8018799 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can measure transverse relaxation rate (R2) of tissues. Although R2 is increased by tissue iron levels, R2 is not a specific measure of iron. A new method, based on the fact that ferritin (the primary tissue iron storage protein) affects R2 in a field-dependent manner, can quantify tissue iron with specificity by measuring the Field Dependent R2 Increase (FDRI). Using the FDRI method, we compared brain iron stores in frontal white matter, caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus of five male patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and eight age and gender-matched normal controls. FDRI values were significantly higher among AD patients in the caudate and globus pallidus. The data suggest that AD may involve disturbances in brain iron metabolism and that the involvement of iron in the pathophysiology of age-related neurodegenerative disorders can be investigated in vivo using MRI.
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- G Bartzokis
- Research Service, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles (Brentwood Division), CA 90073
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Ben-Shachar D, Livne E, Spanier I, Leenders KL, Youdim MB. Typical and atypical neuroleptics induce alteration in blood-brain barrier and brain 59FeCl3 uptake. J Neurochem 1994; 62:1112-8. [PMID: 7906714 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62031112.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Long-term neuroleptic medication of schizophrenic patients induces extrapyramidal motor side effects, of which tardive dyskinesia (TD) is the most severe. The etiology of TD is still obscure. Recently, it was suggested that abnormal iron metabolism may play a crucial role in neuroleptic-induced dopamine D2 receptor super-sensitivity. The apparent relationship between neuroleptics and iron is further supported by the increase of iron in the basal ganglia of patients with TD. We now report on the ability of neuroleptic to alter the blood-brain barrier in the rat and to potentiate the normally limited iron transport into the brain. Thus, chronic treatment of rats with chlorpromazine and haloperidol facilitated 59Fe3+ uptake into brain cells. In contrast, clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic neuroleptic with little extrapyramidal motor side effects, caused iron sedimentation in brain blood vessels with no sign of detectable iron in the cells. Moreover, chronic treatment with chlorpromazine and haloperidol caused a 43% and 24% reduction, respectively, in liver nonheme iron, whereas clozapine induced an 81% increase. The apparent different potentials of chlorpromazine, haloperidol, and clozapine to increase iron transport into the brain from its peripheral stores may be linked to the severity of extrapyramidal motor side effects they induce and to the pathophysiology of TD.
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- D Ben-Shachar
- Department of Pharmacology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Dalgalarrondo P, Gattaz WF. Basal ganglia abnormalities in tardive dyskinesia. Possible relationship with duration of neuroleptic treatment. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1994; 244:272-7. [PMID: 7893773 DOI: 10.1007/bf02190380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate CT abnormalities in tardive dyskinesia (TD) and to search for possible relationships with clinical data. A group of 30 psychotic patients (15 schizophrenic and 15 affective disorder) with TD was compared to a matched group of 30 psychiatric patients without TD and a matched group of 30 healthy controls. CT data were analyzed using two multivariate statistical methods [multidimensional scaling (MDS) and step-wise discriminant analysis]. MDS clearly separated both TD and non-TD groups from the healthy control group on the basis of CT parameters. Caudate left area reduction and left temporal sulci enlargement were the most important parameters that discriminated TD from non-TD patients. Only in TD-patients did caudate left area reduction and left temporal sulci enlargement correlate significantly with cumulative duration of psychiatric hospitalizations. The data of the present study support the findings of structural abnormalities in the caudate nucleus and in the temporal lobe of patients with TD. These abnormalities were especially marked in the left hemisphere. It is assumed that some factor related to longer psychiatric hospital treatment (e.g. neuroleptic intake) could account for these abnormalities.
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- P Dalgalarrondo
- Neurobiology Unit, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
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Elkashef AM, Egan MF, Frank JA, Hyde TM, Lewis BK, Wyatt RJ. Basal ganglia iron in tardive dyskinesia: an MRI study. Biol Psychiatry 1994; 35:16-21. [PMID: 8167198 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)91161-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Alterations in brain iron could play an important role in the development of tardive dyskinesia in patients receiving neuroleptic medication. To test this hypothesis, magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain were performed on 21 chronic schizophrenic patients. Ten patients met research diagnostic criteria for persistent tardive dyskinesia, and 11 were free of tardive dyskinesia. All patients had received long-term neuroleptic treatment and were on a stable neuroleptic dose for at least 3 months before scanning. The signal intensity of basal ganglia structures was obtained as a quantitative estimate of brain iron content. No difference was found in the signal intensity ratios between the two groups. This suggests that iron deposition in the basal ganglia, at least as assessed by this measure, does not play a role in the pathophysiology of tardive dyskinesia.
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- A M Elkashef
- Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIMH, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC 20032
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Bartzokis G, Aravagiri M, Oldendorf WH, Mintz J, Marder SR. Field dependent transverse relaxation rate increase may be a specific measure of tissue iron stores. Magn Reson Med 1993; 29:459-64. [PMID: 8464361 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910290406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The degree to which MRI magnet field strength affects measured transverse relaxation rates (R2) defines a measure termed the field dependent R2 increase (FDRI). We report here the results of in vivo and in vitro experiments that were conducted to evaluate whether FDRI is a potentially useful measure of tissue iron stores. T2 relaxation times were obtained using two clinical MRI instruments operating at 0.5 and 1.5 Tesla, and relaxation rates (R2) were calculated as the reciprocal of T2. The in vivo experiment measured R2 in human brain frontal white matter, caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus. The FDRI was very highly correlated with published brain iron levels for the four regions examined. The in vitro experiment measured R2 in agarose gel-based phantoms containing physiologic forms and amounts proteins involved in iron storage and transport (ferritin, apoferritin, transferrin, and apotransferrin). Significant field dependence was observed only for the ferritin phantoms. The differences in the R2 values obtained at the two field strengths were striking, and were proportional to the ferritin levels of the phantoms. These studies suggest that FDRI may be a specific measure of tissue ferritin. The quantitative significance of the results to imaging and possible applications to the clinical investigation of pathologic states are discussed.
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- G Bartzokis
- Research Service, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles (Brentwood Division), CA 90073
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Granholm E, Bartzokis G, Asarnow RF, Marder SR. Preliminary associations between motor procedural learning, basal ganglia T2 relaxation times, and tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 1993; 50:33-44. [PMID: 8511222 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(93)90022-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The hypothesis that the caudate nucleus is involved in the pathophysiology of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in schizophrenia was investigated by examining motor procedural learning on the pursuit rotor task and basal ganglia T2 relaxation times (T2) determined using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Increased severity of TD was associated with shortened caudate T2 and decreased motor learning. Motor-learning scores of schizophrenic patients with and without TD did not differ significantly from those of normal control subjects, but motor learning in the schizophrenic patients correlated with caudate T2. The results suggest that a corticocaudate system subserves motor procedural learning and provide converging evidence from neuropsychological and MRI measures suggesting caudate involvement in TD.
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- E Granholm
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ueyama K, Fukuzako H, Takeuchi K, Hirakawa K, Fukuzako T, Hokazono Y, Takigawa M, Matsumoto K. Brain atrophy and intellectual impairment in tardive dyskinesia. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY 1993; 47:99-104. [PMID: 8105130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1993.tb02036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Fourteen chronic schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) and 13 without TD were given psychological tests and CT scans. The low density rate (LDR), i.e., the ratio of the X-ray absorption (corresponding nearly to that of cerebrospinal fluid) of a brain lesion to the X-ray absorption of the whole brain, was used as an index of brain atrophy (HN-method). The LDR of the left hemisphere of the TD patients was significantly higher than that of non-TD patients in the basal nucleus and lateral ventricle, and the LDR of the right hemisphere for the TD patients was significantly higher than that of non-TD patients in the basal nucleus. The Hasegawa Dementia Rating Scale (HDRS) and Bender-Gestalt Test (BGT) for the TD patients were significantly lower than those for the non-TD patients. Our study revealed that brain atrophy was greater in TD than in non-TD patients and tended to be more pronounced in the left hemisphere, and that the degree of intellectual impairment was greater in the TD patients than in the non-TD group. The results suggest that schizophrenic brains with TD tend to be more easily damaged than those without TD, that this tendency predominates on the left side, and that intellectual impairment in TD is related to brain atrophy.
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- K Ueyama
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
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1. The distribution of iron in the human brain, what is known about its biological functions, and the interaction of neuroleptics with iron suggest that this trace metal may play an important role in the pathogenesis of neuroleptic-induced movement disorders (NIMD). 2. The availability of magnetic resonance imaging has made some of the hypotheses testable in human subjects. 3. This article is a brief overview of the current literature on the association between NIMD and brain iron.
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- P Sachdev
- Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince Henry Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Subtypes of the features of chronic schizophrenia were investigated. As in previous research, three discrete syndromes were found. These were then related to demographic, psychological, and movement-disorder variables. Possible pathophysiological mechanisms are discussed in terms of known neostriatal functions.
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Tosk JM, Holshouser BA, Aloia RC, Hinshaw DB, Hasso AN, MacMurray JP, Will AD, Bozzetti LP. Effects of the interaction between ferric iron and L-dopa melanin on T1 and T2 relaxation times determined by magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Med 1992; 26:40-5. [PMID: 1625565 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910260105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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T1 and T2 relaxation times of agar phantoms containing L-dopa melanin and Fe3+ were measured under MRI conditions. Fe3+ shortened T1 and T2 relaxation times. Melanin influenced relaxation times only in the presence of Fe3+; thus, contrast in MR images of the basal ganglia may depend upon levels of both paramagnetic iron and neuromelanin.
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- J M Tosk
- Psychiatry Service, Jerry L. Pettis Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92357
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Brown KW, White T, Palmer D. Movement disorders and psychological tests of frontal lobe function in schizophrenic patients. Psychol Med 1992; 22:69-77. [PMID: 1349440 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700032748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Neuropsychological tests of frontal lobe functions were undertaken in 46 chronic schizophrenic patients who were also rated for movement disorders. Tardive dyskinesia was found to have significant associations with most of these psychological tests. The possible mechanisms are discussed within the context of known neostriatal psychological functions.
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Brown KW, White T. The association among negative symptoms, movement disorders, and frontal lobe psychological deficits in schizophrenic patients. Biol Psychiatry 1991; 30:1182-90. [PMID: 1686411 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(91)90154-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Neuropsychological tests of frontal lobe function were undertaken in 46 chronic schizophrenic patients who were also rated for movement disorders and negative symptoms. "High" and "low" SANS groups were formed by segregating around the median value. The "high" SANS group was found to differ significantly in terms of the severity of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and drug-induced parkinsonism, and frontal psychological tests. A possible mechanism is discussed within the context of known neostriatal psychological function.
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- K W Brown
- Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Glasgow (TW), Scotland
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