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Parker DA, Imes S, Ruban G, Ousley OY, Henshey B, Massa NM, Walker E, Cubells JF, Duncan E. Reduced amplitude and slowed latency of the acoustic startle response in adolescents and adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Schizophr Res 2024; 269:9-17. [PMID: 38703519 PMCID: PMC11180576 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is one of the most robust genetic predictors of psychosis and other psychiatric illnesses. In this study, we examined 22q11DS subjects' acoustic startle responses (ASRs), which putatively index psychosis risk. Latency of the ASR is a presumptive marker of neural processing speed and is prolonged (slower) in schizophrenia. ASR measures correlate with increased psychosis risk, depend on glutamate and dopamine receptor signaling, and could serve as translational biomarkers in interventions for groups at high psychosis risk. METHODS Startle magnitude, latency, and prepulse inhibition were assessed with a standard acoustic startle paradigm in 31 individuals with 22q11.2DS and 32 healthy comparison (HC) subjects. Surface electrodes placed on participants' orbicularis oculi recorded the electromyographic signal in ASR eyeblinks. Individuals without measurable startle blinks in the initial habituation block were classified as non-startlers. RESULTS Across the startle session, the ASR magnitude was significantly lower in 22q11DS subjects than HCs because a significantly higher proportion of 22q11DS subjects were non-startlers. Latency of the ASR to pulse-alone stimuli was significantly slower in 22q11DS than HC subjects. Due to the overall lower 22q11DS startle response frequency and magnitudes prepulse inhibition could not be analyzed. CONCLUSIONS Reduced magnitude and slow latency of 22q11DS subjects' responses suggest reduced central nervous system and neuronal responsiveness. These findings are consistent with significant cognitive impairments observed in 22q11DS subjects. Further research is needed to untangle the connections among basic neurotransmission dysfunction, psychophysiological responsiveness, and cognitive impairment.
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- David Alan Parker
- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
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- Atlanta Veterans Administration Health Care System, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory Autism Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
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- Atlanta Veterans Administration Health Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
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Stratilov V, Vetrovoy O, Potapova S, Tyulkova E. The Prenatal Hypoxic Pathology Associated with Maternal Stress Predisposes to Dysregulated Expression of the chrna7 Gene and the Subsequent Development of Nicotine Addiction in Adult Offspring. Neuroendocrinology 2024; 114:423-438. [PMID: 38198758 DOI: 10.1159/000536214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Previous studies have shown that fetal hypoxia predisposes individuals to develop addictive disorders in adulthood. However, the specific impact of maternal stress, mediated through glucocorticoids and often coexisting with fetal hypoxia, is not yet fully comprehended. METHODS To delineate the potential effects of these pathological factors, we designed models of prenatal severe hypoxia (PSH) in conjunction with maternal stress and prenatal intrauterine ischemia (PII). We assessed the suitability of these models for our research objectives by measuring HIF1α levels and evaluating the glucocorticoid neuroendocrine system. To ascertain nicotine dependence, we employed the conditioned place aversion test and the startle response test. To identify the key factor implicated in nicotine addiction associated with PSH, we employed techniques such as Western blot, immunohistochemistry, and correlational analysis between chrna7 and nr3c1 genes across different brain structures. RESULTS In adult rats exposed to PSH and PII, we observed increased levels of HIF1α in the hippocampus (HPC). However, the PSH group alone exhibited reduced glucocorticoid receptor levels and disturbed circadian glucocorticoid rhythms. Additionally, they displayed signs of nicotine addiction in the conditioned place aversion and startle response tests. We also observed elevated levels of phosphorylated DARPP-32 protein in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) indicated compromised glutamatergic efferent signaling. Furthermore, there was reduced expression of α7 nAChR, which modulates glutamate release, in the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC) and HPC. Correlation analysis revealed strong associations between chrna7 and nr3c1 expression in both brain structures. CONCLUSION Perturbations in the glucocorticoid neuroendocrine system and glucocorticoid-dependent gene expression of chrna7 associated with maternal stress response to hypoxia in prenatal period favor the development of nicotine addiction in adulthood.
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- Viktor Stratilov
- Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuronal Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuronal Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuronal Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuronal Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Takeuchi N, Fujita K, Taniguchi T, Kinukawa T, Sugiyama S, Kanemoto K, Nishihara M, Inui K. Mechanisms of Short- and Long-Latency Sensory Suppression: Magnetoencephalography Study. Neuroscience 2023; 514:92-99. [PMID: 36435478 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is sensory suppression whose mechanism (i.e., whether PPI originates from specific inhibitory mechanisms) remains unclear. In this study, we applied the combination of short-latency PPI and long-latency paired pulse suppression in 17 healthy subjects using magnetoencephalography to investigate the mechanisms of sensory suppression. Repeats of a 25-ms pure tone without a blank at 800 Hz and 70 dB were used for a total duration of 1600 ms. To elicit change-related cortical responses, the sound pressure of two consecutive tones in this series at 1300 ms was increased to 80 dB (Test). For the conditioning stimuli, the sound pressure was increased to 73 dB at 1250 ms (Pre 1) and 80 dB at 700 ms (Pre 2). Six stimuli were randomly presented as follows: (1) Test alone, (2) Pre 1 alone, (3) Pre 1 + Test, (4) Pre 2 + Test, (5) Pre 2 + Pre 1, and (6) Pre 2 + Pre 1 + Test. The inhibitory effects of the conditioning stimuli were evaluated using N100m/P200m components. The results showed that both Pre 1 and Pre 2 significantly suppressed the Test response. Moreover, the inhibitory effects of Pre 1 and Pre 2 were additive. However, when both prepulses were present, Pre 2 significantly suppressed the Pre 1 response, suggesting that the Pre 1 response amplitude was not a determining factor for the degree of suppression. These results suggested that the suppression originated from a specific inhibitory circuit independent of the excitatory pathway.
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- Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki 444-8553, Japan.
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan; Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
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- Department of Functioning and Disability, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai 480-0392, Japan
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Lang X, Wang D, Zhou H, Wang L, Kosten TR, Zhang XY. P50 inhibition defects, psychopathology and gray matter volume in patients with first-episode drug-naive schizophrenia. Asian J Psychiatr 2023; 80:103421. [PMID: 36563611 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sensory gating deficits and gray matter volume (GMV) abnormalities have been found to be associated with the pathogenesis and psychopathology of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, no studies have investigated their interrelationship in first-episode treatment-naive (FETN) SCZ patients. METHODS We recruited 52 FETN SCZ patients and 57 healthy controls. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used to measure the psychopathology of the patients. We collected magnetic resonance imaging and P50 inhibition data from all participants. RESULTS Compared to healthy controls, patients had shorter S1 and S2 latencies but larger S2 amplitudes and P50 ratio (Bonferroni adjusted all p < 0.01). In patients, S2 latency was independently associated with PANSS total score, negative symptoms and general psychopathology (t = 2.26-2.58, both P < 0.05), whereas S1 (t = 2.44, P < 0.05) and S2 latencies (t = 2.13, P < 0.05) were associated with PANSS cognitive factor. Moreover, GMV in the left inferior temporal gyrus, left lingual gyrus and right superior occipital gyrus, and bilateral dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus were each associated with the P50 components (all p < 0.05). In addition, GMV associated with S2 latency was negatively correlated with PANSS general psychopathology (t = -2.46, p < 0.05) and total score (t = -2.34, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that FETN SCZ patients exhibit deficits in P50 inhibition and GMV of brain regions associated with these deficits may be associated with their psychopathological symptoms, suggesting that brain structures associated with P50 components may be important biomarkers of SCZ psychopathology. Future studies could use a prospective longitudinal design to investigate the potential causal relationship of brain structures associated with P50 components in the psychopathological symptoms of SCZ patients.
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- XiaoE Lang
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Test-retest reliability of prepulse inhibition (PPI) and PPI correlation with working memory. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2022; 34:344-353. [PMID: 35959694 DOI: 10.1017/neu.2022.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Sensorimotor gating is experimentally operationalized by the prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle response (SR). Previous studies suggest high test-retest reliability of PPI and potential correlation with working memory (WM). Here, we aimed to validate and extend the test-retest reliability of PPI in healthy humans and its correlation with WM performance. METHODS We applied an acoustic startle PPI paradigm with four different prepulse intensities (64, 68, 72 and 76 dB) and two different WM tasks [n-back, change detection task (CDT)] in a group of 26 healthy adults (final sample size n = 23). To assess test-retest reliability, we performed all tests on two separate days ~27 days (range: 21-32 days) apart. RESULTS We were able to confirm high test-retest reliability of the PPI with a mean intraclass correlation (ICC) of > 0.80 and significant positive correlation of PPI with n-back but not with CDT performance. Detailed analysis showed that PPI across all prepulse intensities significantly correlated with both the 2-back and 0-back conditions, suggesting regulation by cross-conditional processes (e.g. attention). However, when removing the 0-back component from the 2-back data, we found a specific and significant correlation with WM for the 76-dB PPI condition. CONCLUSION With the present study, we were able to confirm the high test-retest reliability of the PPI in humans and could validate and expand on its correlation with WM performance.
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Oliveras I, Soria-Ruiz OJ, Sampedro-Viana D, Cañete T, Río-Álamos C, Tobeña A, Fernández-Teruel A. Different maturation patterns for sensorimotor gating and startle habituation deficits in male and female RHA vs RLA rats. Behav Brain Res 2022; 434:114021. [PMID: 35872331 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neurodevelopmental anomalies are thought to play a crucial role in the emergence of schizophrenia. The Roman high-avoidance (RHA) rats exhibit impaired prepulse inhibition (PPI), as well as other behavioral and cognitive singularities related to schizophrenia syndromes compared to the Roman low-avoidance (RLA) rats. In the present study, we aimed at elucidating whether PPI deficits in the RHA rats take place during prepubescence, adolescence, or adulthood. Thus, we evaluated the levels of PPI of both strains and both sexes during these three developmental phases. Additionally, we also investigated the onset of startle habituation deficits in the same groups. The results showed that male RHA rats exhibit a clear-cut PPI reduction compared to their RLA counterparts in adulthood. In female RHA rats, we observed lower levels of PPI since adolescence and through adulthood. We also found no differences between PPI percentages among the three ages in RHA male rats. Contrarily, in male RLA rats, PPI levels were increased in adults compared to their adolescent and prepubescent counterparts. Finally, a deficit in startle habituation was observed in adulthood of both male and female RHA rats, although in the latter case the disturbance in startle habituation was more profound. These results further the description of the maturational trajectory of cognitive markers relevant to schizophrenia prodrome and they add face validity to the RHA rats as a model of schizophrenia-relevant phenotypes.
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- Ignasi Oliveras
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine & Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain.
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Vohra HZ, Saunders JM, Jaster AM, de la Fuente Revenga M, Jimenez J, Fernández-Teruel A, Wolstenholme JT, Beardsley PM, González-Maeso J. Sex-specific effects of psychedelics on prepulse inhibition of startle in 129S6/SvEv mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2022; 239:1649-1664. [PMID: 34345931 PMCID: PMC10103008 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05913-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle is a sensorimotor gating phenomenon perturbed in a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions. Psychedelics disrupt PPI in rats and humans, but their effects and involvement of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor (5-HT2AR) in mice remain unexplored. METHODS We tested the effect of the psychedelic 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI) (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) on startle amplitude and %PPI in response to acoustic stimuli under up to four different experimental conditions that included changes in background and stimulus intensity, prepulse and pulse duration, and interstimulus interval in male and female 129S6/SvEv mice. We also evaluated the effect of the 5-HT2AR antagonist M100,907 (1 mg/kg, i.p.) on DOI-induced startle amplitude and %PPI, as well as the effect of the psychedelic LSD (0.24 mg/kg, i.p.) and the dopamine agonists apomorphine (5 mg/kg, s.c.) and SKF-82,958 (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) in male 129S6/SvEv mice. RESULTS DOI altered startle amplitude with either pulse alone or prepulse + pulse presentations in all PPI conditions, and increased %PPI in three out of four PPI conditions in male mice - an effect that was prevented by M100,907. In female mice, DOI increased %PPI without affecting startle amplitude. %PPI was positively correlated with startle amplitude in males while being negatively correlated in female mice. In male mice, LSD also increased %PPI, although it did not affect startle amplitude, whereas apomorphine and SKF-82,958 induced decreases in %PPI. CONCLUSION Our findings highlight a distinct effect of the psychedelic DOI on PPI in 129S6/SvEv mice, suggesting 5-HT2AR-dependent PPI improvement in a paradigm-dependent and sex-dependent manner.
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- Hiba Z Vohra
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.,Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, E-08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.,VCU Alcohol Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.,Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
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Pöhlchen D, Fietz J, Czisch M, Sämann PG, Spoormaker VI, Binder E, Brückl T, Erhardt A, Grandi N, Lucae S, von Muecke-Heim I, Ziebula J. Startle Latency as a Potential Marker for Amygdala-Mediated Hyperarousal. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2022; 8:406-416. [PMID: 35577304 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fear-related disorders are characterized by hyperexcitability in reflexive circuits and maladaptive associative learning mechanisms. The startle reflex is suited to investigate both processes, either by probing it under baseline conditions or by deriving it in fear conditioning studies. In anxiety research, the amplitude of the fear-potentiated startle has been shown to be influenced by amygdalar circuits and has typically been the readout of interest. In schizophrenia research, prolonged startle peak latency under neutral conditions is an established readout, thought to reflect impaired processing speed. We therefore explored whether startle latency is an informative readout for human anxiety research. METHODS We investigated potential similarities and differences of startle peak latency and amplitude derived from a classical fear conditioning task in a sample of 206 participants with varying severity levels of anxiety disorders and healthy control subjects. We first reduced startle response to stable components and regressed individual amygdala gray matter volumes onto the resulting startle measures. We then probed time, stimulus, and group effects of startle latency. RESULTS We showed that startle latency and startle amplitude were 2 largely uncorrelated measures; startle latency, but not amplitude, showed a sex-specific association with gray matter volume of the amygdala; startle latencies showed a fear-dependent task modulation; and patients with fear-related disorders displayed shorter startle latencies throughout the fear learning task. CONCLUSIONS These data provide support for the notion that probing startle latencies under threat may engage amygdala-modulated threat processing, making them a complementary marker for human anxiety research.
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Oliveras I, Tapias-Espinosa C, Río-Álamos C, Sampedro-Viana D, Cañete T, Sánchez-González A, Tobeña A, Fernández-Teruel A. Prepulse inhibition deficits in inbred and outbred rats and between-strain differences in startle habituation do not depend on startle reactivity levels. Behav Processes 2022; 197:104618. [DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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San-Martin R, Zimiani MI, de Ávila MAV, Shuhama R, Del-Ben CM, Menezes PR, Fraga FJ, Salum C. Early Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Patients Display Reduced Neural Prepulse Inhibition. Brain Sci 2022; 12:93. [PMID: 35053836 PMCID: PMC8773710 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12010093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Altered sensorimotor gating has been demonstrated by Prepulse Inhibition (PPI) tests in patients with psychosis. Recent advances in signal processing methods allow assessment of neural PPI through electroencephalogram (EEG) recording during acoustic startle response measures (classic muscular PPI). Simultaneous measurements of muscular (eye-blink) and neural gating phenomena during PPI test may help to better understand sensorial processing dysfunctions in psychosis. In this study, we aimed to assess simultaneously muscular and neural PPI in early bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients. METHOD Participants were recruited from a population-based case-control study of first episode psychosis. PPI was measured using electromyography (EMG) and EEG in pulse alone and prepulse + pulse with intervals of 30, 60, and 120 ms in early bipolar disorder (n = 18) and schizophrenia (n = 11) patients. As control group, 15 socio-economically matched healthy subjects were recruited. All subjects were evaluated with Rating Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and Young Mania Rating Scale questionnaires at recruitment and just before PPI test. Wilcoxon ranked sum tests were used to compare PPI test results between groups. RESULTS In comparison to healthy participants, neural PPI was significantly reduced in PPI 30 and PPI60 among bipolar and schizophrenia patients, while muscular PPI was reduced in PPI60 and PPI120 intervals only among patients with schizophrenia. CONCLUSION The combination of muscular and neural PPI evaluations suggested distinct impairment patterns among schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients. Simultaneous recording may contribute with novel information in sensory gating investigations.
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- Rodrigo San-Martin
- Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo 09606-045, Brazil; (R.S.-M.); (M.I.Z.)
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- Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo 09606-045, Brazil; (R.S.-M.); (M.I.Z.)
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- Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-900, Brazil; (M.A.V.d.Á.); (R.S.); (C.M.D.-B.)
- Population Mental Health Research Center, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil;
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- Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-900, Brazil; (M.A.V.d.Á.); (R.S.); (C.M.D.-B.)
- Population Mental Health Research Center, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil;
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- Population Mental Health Research Center, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil;
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil
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- Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André 09210-580, Brazil;
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- Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo 09606-045, Brazil; (R.S.-M.); (M.I.Z.)
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San-Martin R, Castro LA, Menezes PR, Fraga FJ, Simões PW, Salum C. Meta-Analysis of Sensorimotor Gating Deficits in Patients With Schizophrenia Evaluated by Prepulse Inhibition Test. Schizophr Bull 2020; 46:1482-1497. [PMID: 32506125 PMCID: PMC8061122 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle is an operational measure of sensorimotor gating that is often impaired in patients with schizophrenia. Despite the large number of studies, there is considerable variation in PPI outcomes reported. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating PPI impairment in patients with schizophrenia compared with healthy control subjects, and examined possible explanations for the variation in results between studies. Major databases were screened for observational studies comparing healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia for the prepulse and pulse intervals of 60 and 120 ms as primary outcomes, ie, PPI-60 and PPI-120. Standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were extracted and pooled using random effects models. We then estimated the mean effect size of these measures with random effects meta-analyses and evaluated potential PPI heterogeneity moderators, using sensitivity analysis and meta-regressions. Sixty-seven primary studies were identified, with 3685 healthy and 4290 patients with schizophrenia. The schizophrenia group showed reduction in sensorimotor gating for both PPI-60 (SMD = -0.50, 95% CI = [-0.61, -0.39]) and PPI-120 (SMD = -0.44, 95% CI = [-0.54, -0.33]). The sensitivity and meta-regression analysis showed that sample size, gender proportion, imbalance for gender, source of control group, and study continent were sources of heterogeneity (P < .05) for both PPI-60 and PPI-120 outcomes. Our findings confirm a global sensorimotor gating deficit in schizophrenia patients, with overall moderate effect size for PPI-60 and PPI-120. Methodological consistency should decrease the high level of heterogeneity of PPI results between studies.
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- Rodrigo San-Martin
- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Population Mental Health Research Center, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences Center, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences Center, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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Pearce BD, Massa N, Goldsmith DR, Gandhi ZH, Hankus A, Alrohaibani A, Goel N, Cuthbert B, Fargotstein M, Barr DB, Panuwet P, Brown VM, Duncan E. Toxoplasma gondii Effects on the Relationship of Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites to Acoustic Startle Latency in Schizophrenia vs. Control Subjects. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:552743. [PMID: 33329089 PMCID: PMC7715008 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.552743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background: Chronic infection with Toxoplasma gondii (TOXO) results in microcysts in the brain that are controlled by inflammatory activation and subsequent changes in the kynurenine pathway. TOXO seropositivity is associated with a heightened risk of schizophrenia (SCZ) and with cognitive impairments. Latency of the acoustic startle response, a putative index of neural processing speed, is slower in SCZ. SCZ subjects who are TOXO seropositive have slower latency than SCZ subjects who are TOXO seronegative. We assessed the relationship between kynurenine pathway metabolites and startle latency as a potential route by which chronic TOXO infection can lead to cognitive slowing in SCZ. Methods: Fourty-seven SCZ subjects and 30 controls (CON) were tested on a standard acoustic startle paradigm. Kynurenine pathway metabolites were measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry were kynurenine (KYN), tryptophan (TRYP), 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-OHAA), anthranilic acid (AA), and kynurenic acid (KYNA). TOXO status was determined by IgG ELISA. Results: In univariate ANCOVAs on onset and peak latency with age and log transformed startle magnitude as covariates, both onset latency [F(1,61) = 5.76; p = 0.019] and peak latency [F(1,61) = 4.34; p = 0.041] were slower in SCZ than CON subjects. In stepwise backward linear regressions after stratification by Diagnosis, slower onset latency in SCZ subjects was predicted by higher TRYP (B = 0.42; p = 0.008) and 3-OHAA:AA (B = 3.68; p = 0.007), and lower KYN:TRYP (B = -185.42; p = 0.034). In regressions with peak latency as the dependent variable, slower peak latency was predicted by higher TRYP (B = 0.47; p = 0.013) and 3-OHAA:AA ratio (B = 4.35; p = 0.010), and by lower KYNA (B = -6.67; p = 0.036). In CON subjects neither onset nor peak latency was predicted by any KYN metabolites. In regressions stratified by TOXO status, in TOXO positive subjects, slower peak latency was predicted by lower concentrations of KYN (B = -8.08; p = 0.008), KYNA (B = -10.64; p = 0.003), and lower KYN:TRYP ratios (B = -347.01; p = 0.03). In TOXO negative subjects neither onset nor peak latency was predicted by any KYN metabolites. Conclusions: KYN pathway markers predict slowing of startle latency in SCZ subjects and in those with chronic TOXO infection, but this is not seen in CON subjects nor TOXO seronegative subjects. These findings coupled with prior work indicating a relationship of slower latency with SCZ and TOXO infection suggest that alterations in KYN pathway markers may be a mechanism by which neural processing speed, as indexed by startle latency, is affected in these subjects.
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- Bradley D. Pearce
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Decatur, GA, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Decatur, GA, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Kätzel D, Wolff AR, Bygrave AM, Bannerman DM. Hippocampal Hyperactivity as a Druggable Circuit-Level Origin of Aberrant Salience in Schizophrenia. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:486811. [PMID: 33178010 PMCID: PMC7596262 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.486811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The development of current neuroleptics was largely aiming to decrease excessive dopaminergic signaling in the striatum. However, the notion that abnormal dopamine creates psychotic symptoms by causing an aberrant assignment of salience that drives maladaptive learning chronically during disease development suggests a therapeutic value of early interventions that correct salience-related neural processing. The mesolimbic dopaminergic output is modulated by several interconnected brain-wide circuits centrally involving the hippocampus and key relays like the ventral and associative striatum, ventral pallidum, amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, nucleus reuniens, lateral and medial septum, prefrontal and cingulate cortex, among others. Unraveling the causal relationships between these circuits using modern neuroscience techniques holds promise for identifying novel cellular-and ultimately molecular-treatment targets for reducing transition to psychosis and symptoms of schizophrenia. Imaging studies in humans have implicated a hyperactivity of the hippocampus as a robust and early endophenotype in schizophrenia. Experiments in rodents, in turn, suggested that the activity of its output region-the ventral subiculum-may modulate dopamine release from ventral tegmental area (VTA) neurons in the ventral striatum. Even though these observations suggested a novel circuit-level target for anti-psychotic action, no therapy has yet been developed along this rationale. Recently evaluated treatment strategies-at least in part-target excess glutamatergic activity, e.g. N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC), levetiracetam, and mGluR2/3 modulators. We here review the evidence for the central implication of the hippocampus-VTA axis in schizophrenia-related pathology, discuss its symptom-related implications with a particular focus on aberrant assignment of salience, and evaluate some of its short-comings and prospects for drug discovery.
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- Dennis Kätzel
- Institute for Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Greenwood TA, Swerdlow NR, Sprock J, Calkins ME, Freedman R, Green MF, Gur RE, Gur RC, Lazzeroni LC, Light GA, Nuechterlein KH, Radant AD, Silverman JM, Stone WS, Sugar CA, Tsuang DW, Tsuang MT, Turetsky BI, Braff DL, Duncan E. Heritability of acoustic startle magnitude and latency from the consortium on the genetics of schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2020; 224:33-39. [PMID: 33189519 PMCID: PMC7728376 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Latency of the acoustic startle reflex is the time from presentation of the startling stimulus until the response, and provides an index of neural processing speed. Schizophrenia subjects exhibit slowed latency compared to healthy controls. One prior publication reported significant heritability of latency. The current study was undertaken to replicate and extend this solitary finding in a larger cohort. METHODS Schizophrenia probands, their relatives, and control subjects from the Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia (COGS-1) were tested in a paradigm to ascertain magnitude, latency, and prepulse inhibition of startle. Trial types in the paradigm were: pulse-alone, and trials with 30, 60, or 120 ms between the prepulse and pulse. Comparisons of subject groups were conducted with ANCOVAs to assess startle latency and magnitude. Heritability of startle magnitude and latency was analyzed with a variance component method implemented in SOLAR v.4.3.1. RESULTS 980 subjects had analyzable startle results: 199 schizophrenia probands, 456 of their relatives, and 325 controls. A mixed-design ANCOVA on startle latency in the four trial types was significant for subject group (F(2,973) = 4.45, p = 0.012) such that probands were slowest, relatives were intermediate and controls were fastest. Magnitude to pulse-alone trials differed significantly between groups by ANCOVA (F(2,974) = 3.92, p = 0.020) such that controls were lowest, probands highest, and relatives intermediate. Heritability was significant (p < 0.0001), with heritability of 34-41% for latency and 45-59% for magnitude. CONCLUSION Both startle latency and magnitude are significantly heritable in the COGS-1 cohort. Startle latency is a strong candidate for being an endophenotype in schizophrenia.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA,Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA,VISN-22 Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA,Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
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- VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Decatur, GA, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
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Takeuchi N, Kinukawa T, Sugiyama S, Inui K, Nishihara M. Test-retest reliability of prepulse inhibition paradigm using auditory evoked potentials. Neurosci Res 2020; 170:187-194. [PMID: 32987086 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2020.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is a neurological phenomenon in which a weak initial stimulus reduces the level of responses to a subsequent stronger stimulus. Although acoustic startle reflexes are usually used for PPI examinations, recent studies have observed similar phenomena with event-related cortical potentials. In the present study, test-retest reliability of PPI measured using auditory change-related cortical responses was assessed in 35 healthy adults. Four sound stimuli were randomly presented at an even probability; Standard, Test alone, Prepulse alone, and Test + Prepulse. The Standard stimulus was a train of 25-ms tone pulses at 70 dB for 650 ms, while for Test alone and Prepulse alone, the sound pressure was increased to 80 dB at 350 ms and 73 dB at 300 ms, respectively. Measurements were performed twice with at least 7 days separation, and validity was evaluated using intra-class correlation (ICC) for latency, amplitude, and suppression rate of the P50, N100, and P200 components. The results showed high ICC values for the latency and amplitude of nearly all components, except for response to Prepulse alone (0.3-0.6). Furthermore, ICC for suppression rate was greater than 0.5 for the peak-to-peak amplitude. Good reproducibility for N100 and P200 components was obtained with this method. The present results support the PPI paradigm as a reliable tool for clinical measurements of inhibitory functions.
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- Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki 444-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Functioning and Disability, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai 480-0392, Japan
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan; Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
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Santos-Toscano R, Ucha M, Borcel É, Ambrosio E, Higuera-Matas A. Maternal immune activation is associated with a lower number of dopamine receptor 3-expressing granulocytes with no alterations in cocaine reward, resistance to extinction or cue-induced reinstatement. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2020; 193:172930. [PMID: 32294488 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2020.172930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
There is evidence for increased rates of drug use among schizophrenic patients. However, the causality in this relationship remains unclear. In the present work, we use a maternal immune activation model to test whether animals at high risk of developing a schizophrenia-like condition are more prone to acquire cocaine self-administration, show enhanced sensitivity to the reinforcing actions of cocaine or if they are resistant to extinction or vulnerable to relapse. Also, given that D3 and CB2 receptor expression in immune cells is altered in patients with schizophrenia, we examined the populations of immune cells expressing these receptors. Pregnant rats were daily injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (2 mg/kg s.c.) or saline during pregnancy, and we tested prepulse inhibition -PPI- in the offspring. After this, one group of rats was submitted to cocaine self-administration (0.5 mg/kg) under fixed and progressive ratio schedules, dose-response testing, extinction and cue-induced drug-seeking. Another group was sacrificed to study the immune blood cells by flow cytometry. While rats born to LPS-treated mothers showed impaired PPI, there were no differences in cocaine self-administration acquisition, responsiveness to dose shifts, extinction or cue-induced reinstatement. Finally, there were fewer D3R+ granulocytes in the LPS-offspring and an exciting trend for CB2R+ lymphocytes to be more abundant in LPS-exposed rats. Our results indicate that the higher prevalence of cocaine abuse among people with schizophrenia is not due to a pre-existing pathology and suggest that D3R+ granulocytes and possibly CB2R+ lymphocytes could be potential biomarkers of schizophrenia.
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- Raquel Santos-Toscano
- Department of Psychobiology, School of Psychology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, School of Psychology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, School of Psychology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, School of Psychology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, School of Psychology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
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Massa N, Owens AV, Harmon W, Bhattacharya A, Ivleva EI, Keedy S, Sweeney JA, Pearlson GD, Keshavan MS, Tamminga CA, Clementz BA, Duncan E. Relationship of prolonged acoustic startle latency to diagnosis and biotype in the bipolar-schizophrenia network on intermediate phenotypes (B-SNIP) cohort. Schizophr Res 2020; 216:357-366. [PMID: 31796306 PMCID: PMC7239737 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Latency of the acoustic startle reflex is the time from presentation of the startling stimulus until the response and provides an index of neural processing speed. Latency is prolonged in schizophrenia, is 90% heritable, and predicts conversion to schizophrenia in a high-risk population. The Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network for Intermediate Phenotypes (B-SNIP) consortium investigates neurobiological features found in psychotic disorders spanning diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia (SCZ), schizoaffective disorder (SAD), and psychotic bipolar disorder (BP). We investigated whether differences in startle latency and prepulse inhibition (PPI) occur in probands, their first-degree relatives, and neurobiologically defined subgroups of the probands (Biotypes). METHODS 1143 subjects were included from the B-SNIP cohort: 143 with SCZ, 178 SCZ relatives (SCZ-Fam), 123 with SAD, 152 SAD relatives (SAD-Fam), 138 BP, 183 BP relatives (BP-Fam), and 226 controls (CON). A Biopac system recorded the eyeblink component of the startle reflex during startle testing. RESULTS Latency differed by diagnosis (F(3,620) = 5.10, p = 0.002): SCZ, SAD, and BP probands had slower latency than CON, with relatives intermediate. Biotypes 1 and 2 had slower latency than CON (p < 0.031) but Biotype 3 did not differ from CON. PPI did not separate CON from other subjects when analyzed by diagnoses nor when analyzed by biotype. Biotype 1 relatives had slower latency (F(3,663) = 3.49, p = 0.016) and more impaired PPI than Biotype 2 and 3 relatives (F(3,663) = 2.77, p = 0.041). CONCLUSION Startle latency is prolonged in psychotic disorders that cross traditional diagnostic categories. These data suggest a genetic difference between biotypes that span across clinically defined diagnoses.
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- Nicholas Massa
- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033,Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329
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- Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
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Cadenhead KS, Duncan E, Addington J, Bearden C, Cannon TD, Cornblatt BA, Mathalon D, McGlashan TH, Perkins DO, Seidman LJ, Tsuang M, Walker EF, Woods SW, Bauchman P, Belger A, Carrión RE, Donkers F, Johannesen J, Light G, Niznikiewicz M, Nunag J, Roach B. Evidence of Slow Neural Processing, Developmental Differences and Sensitivity to Cannabis Effects in a Sample at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis From the NAPLS Consortium Assessed With the Human Startle Paradigm. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:833. [PMID: 33005152 PMCID: PMC7479820 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT Biomarkers are important in the study of the prodromal period of psychosis because they can help to identify individuals at greatest risk for future psychotic illness and provide insights into disease mechanism underlying neurodevelopmental abnormalities. The biomarker abnormalities can then be targeted with treatment, with an aim toward prevention or mitigation of disease. The human startle paradigm has been used in translational studies of psychopathology including psychotic illness to assess preattentive information processing for over 50 years. In one of the largest studies to date in clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis participants, we aimed to evaluate startle indices as biomarkers of risk along with the role of age, sex, treatment, and substance use in this population of high risk individuals. METHODS Startle response reactivity, latency, and prepulse inhibition (PPI) were assessed in 543 CHR and 218 Normal Comparison (NC) participants between the ages of 12 and 35. RESULTS At 1 year follow-up, 58 CHR participants had converted to psychosis. CHR and NC groups did not differ across any of the startle measures but those CHR participants who later converted to psychosis had significantly slower startle latency than did those who did not convert to psychosis, and this effect was driven by female CHR participants. PPI was significantly associated with age in the CHR, but not the NC, participants with the greatest positive age correlations present in those CHR participants who later converted to psychosis, consistent with a prior report. Finally, there was a significant group by cannabis use interaction due to greater PPI in cannabis users and opposite PPI group effects in users (CHR>NC) and non-users (NC>CHR). DISCUSSION This is the first study to demonstrate a relationship of startle response latency to psychotic conversion in a CHR population. PPI is an important biomarker that may be sensitive to the neurodevelopmental abnormalities thought to be present in psychosis prone individuals and the effects of cannabis. The significant correlations with age in this sample as well as the finding of greater PPI in CHR cannabis users replicate findings from another large sample of CHR participants.
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- Kristin S Cadenhead
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Decatur, GA, United States.,Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States.,Department of Psychology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, United States.,The Zucker Hillside Hospital, New York, NY, United States
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, VA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, United States.,University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, VA, United States
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- University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States.,Department of Psychology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, United States.,The Zucker Hillside Hospital, New York, NY, United States
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- University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, VA, United States
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Fargotstein M, Hasenkamp W, Gross R, Cuthbert B, Green A, Swails L, Lewison B, Boshoven W, Keyes M, Duncan E. The effect of antipsychotic medications on acoustic startle latency in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2018; 198:28-35. [PMID: 28732798 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex (PPI) is extensively studied as a biomarker of schizophrenia (SCZ); however, antipsychotic medication can confound the measure. Latency, the time between the startling stimulus and the reflexive eye blink, provides an index of neural processing speed and is 90% heritable. SCZ subjects have slower latency than controls (CON). This study examined the effects of antipsychotic medication on startle latency. 108 CON and 132 SCZ subjects in three medication subgroups (94 on second-generation antipsychotics (SGA), 25 on first-generation antipsychotics (FGA), 13 unmedicated (NoMed)) were tested on a standard acoustic startle paradigm designed to measure startle magnitude, PPI, and latency. Latency was slower in SCZ compared to CON subjects (p=0.005). Latency did not differ between the three SCZ medication groups. When CON were added to that model, both the NoMed subjects (p=0.04) and the SGA subjects (p=0.003) were slower than CON subjects. For PPI, CON did not differ from SCZ analyzed as a single group. When SCZ subjects were divided into medication groups, PPI was lower in NoMed subjects than the CON group (p=0.03), the SGA group (p=0.02) and the FGA group (p=0.05). SCZ subjects on any medication did not differ from CON. Thus, latency was partially normalized by antipsychotic medication, but this did not obscure the slower latency in SCZ compared to CON. Therefore latency is both trait and state related, whereas medication normalized PPI and obscured any difference between SCZ and CON.
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- Molly Fargotstein
- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast #200, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast #200, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast #200, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast #200, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast #200, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
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Ehrlich AT, Semache M, Bailly J, Wojcik S, Arefin TM, Colley C, Le Gouill C, Gross F, Lukasheva V, Hogue M, Darcq E, Harsan LA, Bouvier M, Kieffer BL. Mapping GPR88-Venus illuminates a novel role for GPR88 in sensory processing. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:1275-1296. [PMID: 29110094 PMCID: PMC5871604 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1547-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
GPR88 is an orphan G-protein coupled receptor originally characterized as a striatal-enriched transcript and is a potential target for neuropsychiatric disorders. At present, gene knockout studies in the mouse have essentially focused on striatal-related functions and a comprehensive knowledge of GPR88 protein distribution and function in the brain is still lacking. Here, we first created Gpr88-Venus knock-in mice expressing a functional fluorescent receptor to fine-map GPR88 localization in the brain. The receptor protein was detected in neuronal soma, fibers and primary cilia depending on the brain region, and remarkably, whole-brain mapping revealed a yet unreported layer-4 cortical lamination pattern specifically in sensory processing areas. The unique GPR88 barrel pattern in L4 of the somatosensory cortex appeared 3 days after birth and persisted into adulthood, suggesting a potential function for GPR88 in sensory integration. We next examined Gpr88 knockout mice for cortical structure and behavioral responses in sensory tasks. Magnetic resonance imaging of live mice revealed abnormally high fractional anisotropy, predominant in somatosensory cortex and caudate putamen, indicating significant microstructural alterations in these GPR88-enriched areas. Further, behavioral analysis showed delayed responses in somatosensory-, visual- and olfactory-dependent tasks, demonstrating a role for GPR88 in the integration rather than perception of sensory stimuli. In conclusion, our data show for the first time a prominent role for GPR88 in multisensory processing. Because sensory integration is disrupted in many psychiatric diseases, our study definitely positions GPR88 as a target to treat mental disorders perhaps via activity on cortical sensory networks.
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- Aliza T Ehrlich
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Engineering Science, Computer Science and Imaging Laboratory (ICube), Integrative Multimodal Imaging in Healthcare, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Perry Pavilion Room E-3317.1, 6875 boulevard LaSalle, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada.
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.
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Smith AK, Jovanovic T, Kilaru V, Lori A, Gensler L, Lee SS, Norrholm SD, Massa N, Cuthbert B, Bradley B, Ressler KJ, Duncan E. A Gene-Based Analysis of Acoustic Startle Latency. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:117. [PMID: 28729842 PMCID: PMC5498475 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Latency of the acoustic startle response is the time required from the presentation of startling auditory stimulus until the startle response is elicited and provides an index of neural processing speed. Latency is prolonged in subjects with schizophrenia compared to controls in some but not all studies and is 68-90% heritable in baseline startle trials. In order to determine the genetic association with latency as a potential inroad into genetically based vulnerability to psychosis, we conducted a gene-based study of latency followed by an independent replication study of significant gene findings with a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based analysis of schizophrenia and control subjects. 313 subjects from an urban population of low socioeconomic status with mixed psychiatric diagnoses were included in the gene-based study. Startle testing was conducted using a Biopac M150 system according to our published methods. Genotyping was performed with the Omni-Quad 1M or the Omni Express BeadChip. The replication study was conducted on 154 schizophrenia subjects and 123 psychiatric controls. Genetic analyses were conducted with Illumina Human Omni1-Quad and OmniExpress BeadChips. Twenty-nine SNPs were selected from four genes that were significant in the gene-based analysis and also associated with startle and/or schizophrenia in the literature. Linear regressions on latency were conducted, controlling for age, race, and diagnosis as a dichotomous variable. In the gene-based study, 2,870 genes demonstrated the evidence of association after correction for multiple comparisons (false discovery rate < 0.05). Pathway analysis of these genes revealed enrichment for relevant biological processes including neural transmission (p = 0.0029), synaptic transmission (p = 0.0032), and neuronal development (p = 0.024). The subsequent SNP-based replication analysis revealed a strong association of onset latency with the SNP rs901561 on the neuregulin gene (NRG1) in an additive model (beta = 0.21, p = 0.001), indicating that subjects with the AA and AG genotypes had slower mean latency than subjects with GG genotype. In conclusion, startle latency, a highly heritable measure that is slowed in schizophrenia, may be a useful biological probe for genetic contributions to psychotic disorders. Our analyses in two independent populations point to a significant prediction of startle latency by genetic variation in NRG1.
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- Alicia K. Smith
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Mental Health Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Mental Health Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Mental Health Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Mental Health Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Mental Health Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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McDiarmid TA, Bernardos AC, Rankin CH. Habituation is altered in neuropsychiatric disorders-A comprehensive review with recommendations for experimental design and analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 80:286-305. [PMID: 28579490 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Abnormalities in the simplest form of learning, habituation, have been reported in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders as etiologically diverse as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fragile X syndrome, Schizophrenia, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Migraine. Here we provide the first comprehensive review of what is known about alterations in this form of non-associative learning in each disorder. Across several disorders, abnormal habituation is predictive of symptom severity, highlighting the clinical significance of habituation and its importance to normal cognitive function. Abnormal habituation is discussed within the greater framework of learning theory and how it may relate to disease phenotype either as a cause, symptom, or therapy. Important considerations for the design and interpretation of habituation experiments are outlined with the hope that these will aid both clinicians and basic researchers investigating how this simple form of learning is altered in disease.
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- Troy A McDiarmid
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Rm F221, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Rm F221, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Rm F221, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada.
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Ronca SE, Smith J, Koma T, Miller MM, Yun N, Dineley KT, Paessler S. Mouse Model of Neurological Complications Resulting from Encephalitic Alphavirus Infection. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:188. [PMID: 28223982 PMCID: PMC5293790 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Long-term neurological complications, termed sequelae, can result from viral encephalitis, which are not well understood. In human survivors, alphavirus encephalitis can cause severe neurobehavioral changes, in the most extreme cases, a schizophrenic-like syndrome. In the present study, we aimed to adapt an animal model of alphavirus infection survival to study the development of these long-term neurological complications. Upon low-dose infection of wild-type C57B/6 mice, asymptomatic and symptomatic groups were established and compared to mock-infected mice to measure general health and baseline neurological function, including the acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition paradigm. Prepulse inhibition is a robust operational measure of sensorimotor gating, a fundamental form of information processing. Deficits in prepulse inhibition manifest as the inability to filter out extraneous sensory stimuli. Sensory gating is disrupted in schizophrenia and other mental disorders, as well as neurodegenerative diseases. Symptomatic mice developed deficits in prepulse inhibition that lasted through 6 months post infection; these deficits were absent in asymptomatic or mock-infected groups. Accompanying prepulse inhibition deficits, symptomatic animals exhibited thalamus damage as visualized with H&E staining, as well as increased GFAP expression in the posterior complex of the thalamus and dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. These histological changes and increased GFAP expression were absent in the asymptomatic and mock-infected animals, indicating that glial scarring could have contributed to the prepulse inhibition phenotype observed in the symptomatic animals. This model provides a tool to test mechanisms of and treatments for the neurological sequelae of viral encephalitis and begins to delineate potential explanations for the development of such sequelae post infection.
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- Shannon E Ronca
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTX, USA; Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Addiction Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTX, USA; Galveston National Lab, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTX, USA
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Lee BH, Park TY, Lin E, Li H, Yang CH, Choi KH. Altered Acoustic Startle Reflex, Prepulse Inhibition, and Peripheral Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Morphine Self-Administered Rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 20:383-391. [PMID: 27927738 PMCID: PMC5417055 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies suggested that opiate withdrawal may increase anxiety and disrupt brain-derived neurotrophic factor function, but the effects of i.v. morphine self-administration on these measures remain unclear. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were implanted with a catheter in the jugular vein. After 1 week of recovery, the animals were allowed to self-administer either i.v. morphine (0.5 mg/kg per infusion, 4 h/d) or saline in the operant conditioning chambers. The acoustic startle reflex and prepulse inhibition were measured at a baseline and on self-administration days 1, 3, 5, and 7 (1- and 3-hour withdrawal). Blood samples were collected on self-administration days 3, 5, and 7 from separate cohorts of animals, and the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and corticosterone were assayed using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. RESULTS Compared with the saline group, the morphine self-administration group showed hyper-locomotor activity and reduced defecation during the self-administration. The morphine self-administration increased acoustic startle reflex at 1-hour but not 3-hour withdrawal from morphine and disrupted prepulse inhibition at 3-hour but not 1-hour withdrawal. The blood brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels were decreased in the morphine self-administration group at self-administration days 3 and 5, while the corticosterone levels remained unchanged throughout the study. CONCLUSIONS The current findings suggest that spontaneous withdrawal from i.v. morphine self-administration may have transient effects on acoustic startle, sensorimotor gating, and peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels, and these changes may contribute to the adverse effects of opiate withdrawal.
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- Bong Hyo Lee
- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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- Department of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Lee); Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Lee, Mr Park, Ms Lin, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Center for Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Mr Park, Dr Li, and Dr Choi); Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, Republic of Korea (Dr Yang); Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Choi)
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Matsuo J, Ota M, Hori H, Hidese S, Teraishi T, Ishida I, Hiraishi M, Kunugi H. A large single ethnicity study of prepulse inhibition in schizophrenia: Separate analysis by sex focusing on effect of symptoms. J Psychiatr Res 2016; 82:155-62. [PMID: 27505440 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Deficits in sensorimotor gating, as measured with prepulse inhibition (PPI), have been considered an endophenotype of schizophrenia. However, the question remains whether these deficits are related to current symptoms. This single site study aimed to explore clinical features related to the modulation of startle reflex in a large sample of Japanese patients with schizophrenia (DSM-IV). The subjects comprised 181 patients and 250 healthy controls matched for age and sex. Schizophrenia symptoms were assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Startle reflex to acoustic stimuli was recorded using a startle stimulus of 115 dB and a prepulse of four different conditions (intensity: 86 dB or 90 dB; lead interval: 60 ms or 120 ms). Patients exhibited significantly reduced startle magnitude (p < 0.001), habituation (p = 0.001), and PPI (90 dB, 60 ms, p = 0.016; 90 dB, 120 ms, p = 0.001) compared with controls. Patients of both sexes exhibited significantly lower habituation and PPI (90 dB, 120 ms) compared with the same sex controls. We could not detect a significant correlation with any clinical variable in the entire patients, however, when men and women were examined separately, there was a negative correlation with the PANSS cognitive domain (ρ = -0.33, p = 0.008) in men, but not in women. Moreover, when patients were subdivided into four clusters, two clusters with high positive symptoms showed significant PPI deficits in men. Our results suggest that sensorimotor gating is impaired in schizophrenia of both sexes, and PPI deficits may be related to thought disturbance and disorganization in male patients with schizophrenia.
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- Junko Matsuo
- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kedzior KK, Wehmann E, Martin-Iverson M. Habituation of the startle reflex depends on attention in cannabis users. BMC Psychol 2016; 4:50. [PMID: 27782849 PMCID: PMC5080700 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-016-0158-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cannabis use is associated with an attention-dependent deficit in prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex (PPI). The aim of the current study was to investigate startle habituation in cannabis users and healthy controls during two attentional tasks. METHODS Auditory startle reflex was recorded from orbicularis oculi muscle while participants (12 controls and 16 regular cannabis users) were either attending to or ignoring 100 dB startling pulses. Startle habituation was measured as the absolute reduction in startle magnitude on block 2 (last nine trials) vs. block 1 (first nine trials). RESULTS Startle habituation with moderate effect sizes was observed in controls and cannabis users only while they were ignoring the startling pulses but not while they were attending to them. Similar results were also observed in controls (lifetime non-users of cannabis) and cannabis users with lifetime cannabis use disorders (CUD). CONCLUSION Startle habituation appears to depend on selective attention but not on cannabis use. Startle habituation was present when attention was directed away from auditory startling pulses in healthy controls and cannabis users. Such a similar pattern of results in both groups suggests that at least a trend exists towards presence of startle habituation regardless of cannabis use or CUD in otherwise healthy members of the general population.
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- Karina K Kedzior
- Institute of Psychology and Transfer, University of Bremen, (FB 11), Grazer Str. 2c, 28359, Bremen, Germany. .,School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany. .,Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Graylands Hospital and Pharmacology & Anaesthesiology Unit, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Graylands Hospital and Pharmacology & Anaesthesiology Unit, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Mena A, Ruiz-Salas JC, Puentes A, Dorado I, Ruiz-Veguilla M, De la Casa LG. Reduced Prepulse Inhibition as a Biomarker of Schizophrenia. Front Behav Neurosci 2016; 10:202. [PMID: 27803654 PMCID: PMC5067522 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The startle response is composed by a set of reflex behaviors intended to prepare the organism to face a potentially relevant stimulus. This response can be modulated by several factors as, for example, repeated presentations of the stimulus (startle habituation), or by previous presentation of a weak stimulus (Prepulse Inhibition [PPI]). Both phenomena appear disrupted in schizophrenia that is thought to reflect an alteration in dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission. In this paper we analyze whether the reported deficits are indicating a transient effect restricted to the acute phase of the disease, or if it reflects a more general biomarker or endophenotype of the disorder. To this end, we measured startle responses in the same set of thirteen schizophrenia patients with a cross-sectional design at two periods: 5 days after hospital admission and 3 months after discharge. The results showed that both startle habituation and PPI were impaired in the schizophrenia patients at the acute stage as compared to a control group composed by 13 healthy participants, and that PPI but not startle habituation remained disrupted when registered 3 months after the discharge. These data point to the consideration of PPI, but not startle habituation, as a schizophrenia biomarker.
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- Auxiliadora Mena
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville Seville, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville Seville, Spain
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- Neurosciences Institute, El Bosque University Bogotá, Colombia
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío Seville, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville Seville, Spain
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Takahashi H, Nakahachi T, Stickley A, Ishitobi M, Kamio Y. Stability of the acoustic startle response and its modulation in children with typical development and those with autism spectrum disorders: A one-year follow-up. Autism Res 2016; 10:673-679. [DOI: 10.1002/aur.1710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Hidetoshi Takahashi
- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging; Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
- Stockholm Center for Health and Social Change (Scohost); Södertörn University; Huddinge Sweden
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Tokyo Japan
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Individual difference in prepulse inhibition does not predict spatial learning and memory performance in C57BL/6 mice. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2016; 15:878-88. [PMID: 25893564 DOI: 10.3758/s13415-015-0356-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The startle reflex to an intense acoustic pulse stimulus is attenuated if the pulse stimulus is shortly preceded by a weak non-startling prepulse stimulus. This attenuation of the startle reflex represents a form of pre-attentional sensory gating known as prepulse inhibition (PPI). Although PPI does not require learning, its expression is regulated by higher cognitive processes. PPI deficits have been detected in several psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia where they co-exist with cognitive deficits. A potential link between PPI expression and cognitive performance has therefore been suggested such that poor PPI may predict, or may be mechanistically linked to, overt cognitive impairments. A positive relationship between PPI and strategy formation, planning efficiency, and execution speed has been observed in healthy humans. However, parallel studies in healthy animals are rare. It thus remains unclear what cognitive domains may be associated with, or orthogonal to, sensory gating in the form of PPI in healthy animals. The present study evaluated a potential link between the magnitude of PPI and spatial memory performance by comparing two subgroups of animals differing substantially in baseline PPI expression (low-PPI vs high-PPI) within a homogenous cohort of 100 male adult C57BL/6 mice. Assessment of spatial reference memory in the Morris water maze and spatial recognition memory in the Y-maze failed to reveal any difference between low-PPI and high-PPI subjects. These negative findings contrast with our previous reports that individual difference in PPI correlated with sustained attention and working memory performance in C57BL/6 mice.
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Mortezapouraghdam Z, Wilson RC, Schwabe L, Strauss DJ. Bayesian Modeling of the Dynamics of Phase Modulations and their Application to Auditory Event Related Potentials at Different Loudness Scales. Front Comput Neurosci 2016; 10:2. [PMID: 26858631 PMCID: PMC4730906 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We study the effect of long-term habituation signatures of auditory selective attention reflected in the instantaneous phase information of the auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) at four distinct stimuli levels of 60, 70, 80, and 90 dB SPL. The analysis is based on the single-trial level. The effect of habituation can be observed in terms of the changes (jitter) in the instantaneous phase information of ERPs. In particular, the absence of habituation is correlated with a consistently high phase synchronization over ERP trials. We estimate the changes in phase concentration over trials using a Bayesian approach, in which the phase is modeled as being drawn from a von Mises distribution with a concentration parameter which varies smoothly over trials. The smoothness assumption reflects the fact that habituation is a gradual process. We differentiate between different stimuli based on the relative changes and absolute values of the estimated concentration parameter using the proposed Bayesian model.
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- Zeinab Mortezapouraghdam
- Systems Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar and School of Engineering, Saarland University of Applied SciencesSaarbrücken, Germany; Mathematical Image Processing and Data Analysis Group, Department of Mathematics, Technical University KaiserslauternKaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Adaptive and Regenerative Software Systems, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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- Systems Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar and School of Engineering, Saarland University of Applied SciencesSaarbrücken, Germany; Neurocognitive Haptics Lab at INM - Leibniz Institute for New MaterialsSaarbrücken, Germany; Key Numerics - Neurocognitive TechnologiesSaarbrücken, Germany
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Müller I, Çalışkan G, Stork O. The GAD65 knock out mouse - a model for GABAergic processes in fear- and stress-induced psychopathology. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2015; 14:37-45. [PMID: 25470336 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) synthetic enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)65 is critically involved in the activity-dependent regulation of GABAergic inhibition in the central nervous system. It is also required for the maturation of the GABAergic system during adolescence, a phase that is critical for the development of several neuropsychiatric diseases. Mice bearing a null mutation of the GAD65 gene develop hyperexcitability of the amygdala and hippocampus, and a phenotype of increased anxiety and pathological fear memory reminiscent of posttraumatic stress disorder. Although genetic association of GAD65 in human has not yet been reported, these findings are in line with observations of reduced GABAergic function in these brain regions of anxiety disorder patients. The particular value of GAD65(-/-) mice thus lies in modeling the effects of reduced GABAergic function in the mature nervous system. The expression of GAD65 and a second GAD isozyme, GAD67, are differentially regulated in response to stress in limbic brain areas suggesting that by controlling GABAergic inhibition these enzymes determine the vulnerability for the development of pathological anxiety and other stress-induced phenotypes. In fact, we could recently show that GAD65 haplodeficiency, which results in delayed postnatal increase of GABA levels, provides resilience to juvenile-stress-induced anxiety to GAD65(+/-) mice thus foiling the increased fear and anxiety in homozygous GAD65(-/-) mice.
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- Iris Müller
- Department of Genetics & Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Eells JB, Varela-Stokes A, Guo-Ross SX, Kummari E, Smith HM, Cox AD, Lindsay DS. Chronic Toxoplasma gondii in Nurr1-null heterozygous mice exacerbates elevated open field activity. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119280. [PMID: 25855987 PMCID: PMC4391871 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii is common in humans (approximately 30% of the global population) and is a significant risk factor for schizophrenia. Since prevalence of T. gondii infection is far greater than prevalence of schizophrenia (0.5-1%), genetic risk factors are likely also necessary to contribute to schizophrenia. To test this concept in an animal model, Nurr1-null heterozygous (+/-) mice and wild-type (+/+) mice were evaluate using an emergence test, activity in an open field and with a novel object, response to bobcat urine and prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response (PPI) prior to and 6 weeks after infection with T. gondii. In the emergence test, T. gondii infection significantly decreased the amount of time spent in the cylinder. Toxoplasma gondii infection significantly elevated open field activity in both +/+ and +/- mice but this increase was significantly exacerbated in +/- mice. T. gondii infection reduced PPI in male +/- mice but this was not statistically significant. Aversion to bobcat urine was abolished by T. gondii infection in +/+ mice. In female +/- mice, aversion to bobcat urine remained after T. gondii infection while the male +/- mice showed no aversion to bobcat urine. Antibody titers of infected mice were a critical variable associated with changes in open field activity, such that an inverted U shaped relationship existed between antibody titers and the percent change in open field activity with a significant increase in activity at low and medium antibody titers but no effect at high antibody titers. These data demonstrate that the Nurr1 +/- genotype predisposes mice to T. gondii-induced alterations in behaviors that involve dopamine neurotransmission and are associated with symptoms of schizophrenia. We propose that these alterations in murine behavior were due to further exacerbation of the altered dopamine neurotransmission in Nurr1 +/- mice.
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- Jeffrey B. Eells
- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Sleep deprivation disrupts prepulse inhibition and induces psychosis-like symptoms in healthy humans. J Neurosci 2014; 34:9134-40. [PMID: 24990933 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0904-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Translational biomarkers, such as prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle response, are playing an increasingly important role in the development of antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia and related conditions. However, attempts to reliably induce a PPI deficit by psychotomimetic drugs have not been successful, leaving an unmet need for a cross-species psychosis model sensitive to this widely studied surrogate treatment target. Sleep deprivation (SD) might be such a model as it has previously been shown to induce PPI deficits in rats, which could be selectively prevented with antipsychotic but not anxiolytic or antidepressant compounds. Here, in a first proof-of-concept study we tested whether SD induces a deficit in PPI and an increase in psychosis-like symptoms in healthy humans. In two counterbalanced sessions, acoustic PPI and self-reported psychosis-like symptoms (Psychotomimetic States Inventory) were measured in 24 healthy human volunteers after a normal night's sleep and after a night of total SD. SD decreased PPI (p = 0.001) without affecting the magnitude or habituation of the startle response (all p > 0.13). SD also induced perceptual distortions, cognitive disorganization, and anhedonia (all p < 0.02). Thus, extending previous rodent work, we conclude that SD, in combination with the PPI biomarker, might be a promising translational surrogate model for psychosis as this method represents a possibility to partially and reversibly mimic the pathogenesis of psychotic states.
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Between-site reliability of startle prepulse inhibition across two early psychosis consortia. Neuroreport 2014; 24:626-30. [PMID: 23799460 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e3283637845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) and reactivity of the acoustic startle response are widely used biobehavioral markers in psychopathology research. Previous studies have demonstrated that PPI and startle reactivity exhibit substantial within-site stability; however, between-site stability has not been established. In two separate consortia investigating biomarkers of early psychosis, traveling participants studies were carried out as a part of quality assurance procedures to assess the fidelity of data across sites. In the North American Prodromal Longitudinal Studies (NAPLS) consortium, eight normal participants traveled to each of the eight NAPLS sites and were tested twice at each site on the startle PPI paradigm. In preparation for a binational study, 10 healthy participants were assessed twice in both San Diego and Mexico City. Intraclass correlations between and within sites were significant for PPI and startle response parameters, confirming the reliability of startle measures across sites in both consortia. There were between-site differences in startle magnitude in the NAPLS study that did not appear to be related to methods or equipment. In planning multisite studies, it is essential to institute quality assurance procedures early and establish between-site reliability to assure comparable data across sites.
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Acheson DT, Geyer MA, Risbrough VB. Psychophysiology in the study of psychological trauma: where are we now and where do we need to be? Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2014; 21:157-183. [PMID: 25158622 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major public health concern, which has been seeing increased recent attention partly due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Historically, research attempting to understand the etiology and treatment of PTSD has made frequent use of psychophysiological measures of arousal as they provide a number of advantages in providing objective, non-self-report outcomes that are closely related to proposed neurobiological mechanisms and provide opportunity for cross-species translation. Further, the ongoing shift in classification of psychiatric illness based on symptom clusters to specific biological, physiological, and behavioral constructs, as outlined in the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Domain Criteria project (RDoC), promises that psychophysiological research will continue to play a prominent role in research on trauma-related illnesses. This review focuses on the current state of the knowledge regarding psychophysiological measures and PTSD with a focus on physiological markers associated with current PTSD symptoms, as well as markers of constructs thought to be relevant to PTSD symptomatology (safety signal learning, fear extinction), and psychophysiological markers of risk for developing PTSD following trauma. Future directions and issues for the psychophysiological study of trauma including traumatic brain injury (TBI), treatment outcome studies, and new wearable physiological monitoring technologies are also discussed.
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- D T Acheson
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. Mail Code 0804, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0804, USA
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Prepubertal chronic stress and ketamine administration to rats as a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia symptomatology. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2013; 16:2307-14. [PMID: 23915719 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145713000813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Increased vulnerability to psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, has been associated with higher levels of stress. In the early development of the central nervous system, changes in function of glutamatergic N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors can possibly result in the development of psychosis, cognitive impairment and emotional dysfunction in adulthood. Thus, in this study we examined the behavioural consequences of the exposure of male rats to chronic stress (postnatal days 30-60) and ketamine administration (postnatal days 41-45); both during a sensitive developmental time window. We found that the locomotor activity of both ketamine and ketamine+chronic stress groups was significantly higher compared with that of the control rats. In contrast, the locomotor activity of the chronic stress group was significantly lower compared with all other groups. Examining anhedonia in the sucrose preference test we found a significantly decreased sucrose intake in both ketamine+chronic stress and the chronic stress groups compared with the control rats. No significant differences were observed in sucrose intake between the control and the ketamine group. The object recognition test revealed that the attention to the novel object was significantly impaired in the ketamine+chronic stress group. Similarly, the ketamine+chronic stress group showed the poorest learning ability in the eight-arm radial maze, starting on the 8th day. Finally, throughout the different pre-pulse intensities, the ketamine+chronic stress group showed impaired PPI compared with all other groups. The results indicate that the combination of prepubertal onset of chronic stress and ketamine may serve as a valid novel animal model for schizophrenia-like symptoms.
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Liu X, Hong X, Chan RCK, Kong F, Peng Z, Wan X, Wang C, Cheng L. Association study of polymorphisms in the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit and catechol-o-methyl transferase genes with sensory gating in first-episode schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2013; 209:431-8. [PMID: 23598060 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2012] [Revised: 03/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The purpose of the current study was to explore the association of auditory P50 sensory gating (P50) and prepulse inhibition (PPI) of schizophrenia with polymorphisms in the CHRNA7 and COMT genes. One hundred and fourty patients with schizophrenia participated in this study. They were administered the tests P50 and PPI. Moreover, three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs2337980, rs1909884 and rs883473) in CHRNA7 and three SNPs (rs4680, rs737865 and rs165599) in COMT were selected to be genotyped by polyacrylamide gel microarray techniques. P50 index showed significant reduction in S2 amplitude between wild-type and mutation groups in the COMT rs4680. S1 amplitude of mutation group in the COMT rs737865 was also lower compared to wild-type group. PPI index revealed a shorter pulse latency of mutation group in the rs4680. The suppression ratio of mutation group was lower in COMT rs165599. Negative findings were shown between comparisons in all the CHRNA7 SNPs. We find that P50 and PPI may be influenced by COMT rs4680 polymorphisms in schizophrenia; more excitingly, we find that P50 might be influenced by COMT rs737865 polymorphisms and PPI may be influenced by COMT rs165599 polymorphisms in schizophrenia, and their mutations are associated with the reduction of the risk of P50 or PPI defects in schizophrenia. Futher studies with a larger number of subjects are needed to verify the present findings.
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- Xia Liu
- Mental Health Center, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, China; Mental health Hospital of Jining, Jining, China
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Oranje B, Glenthøj BY. Clonidine normalizes sensorimotor gating deficits in patients with schizophrenia on stable medication. Schizophr Bull 2013; 39:684-91. [PMID: 22750632 PMCID: PMC3627754 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits form core features in schizophrenia. Several studies have shown improvements in prefrontal cognitive function by α 2 -agonists in schizophrenia. In the present study, it was investigated whether clonidine (an α 2 -adrenoceptor agonist) could normalize sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia. METHODS In a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized, yet balanced, cross-over experiment, 20 male schizophrenia patients on stable medication were assessed in an auditory prepulse inhibition (PPI), sensitization, and habituation of the startle reflex paradigm on 5 occasions: once after oral administration of placebo and after a single dose of 25, 50, 75, and 150 µg of clonidine. Their results were compared with 20 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers, who received no treatment. RESULTS In the placebo treatment, patients showed deficient PPI and sensitization, yet normal habituation compared with the controls. Except the highest dose, all dosages of clonidine significantly increased percentage PPI in the patients compared with placebo, to such levels that it no longer differed significantly from the healthy controls. However, none of the dosages increased sensitization or influenced habituation. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to show that even a single low dose of clonidine added to the medical treatment of patients with schizophrenia who are clinically stable on their antipsychotic medication not only significantly ameliorates their PPI deficits, but also normalizes them. The results have a potentially high clinical relevance for the medical treatment of schizophrenia.
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- Bob Oranje
- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Copenhagen University Hospital, Psychiatric Center Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) and Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS), Copenhagen University Hospital, Psychiatric Center GlostrupGlostrup, Denmark
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Petrovszki Z, Adam G, Tuboly G, Kekesi G, Benedek G, Keri S, Horvath G. Characterization of gene–environment interactions by behavioral profiling of selectively bred rats: The effect of NMDA receptor inhibition and social isolation. Behav Brain Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Stability of prepulse inhibition and habituation of the startle reflex in schizophrenia: a 6-year follow-up study of initially antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011; 14:913-25. [PMID: 21294942 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145711000034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Deficits in information processing appear to be core features in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Prepulse inhibition (PPI) and habituation of the startle reflex are operational measures of early information processing. Impaired PPI in schizophrenia has been replicated in many studies and is regarded as an endophenotype for schizophrenia. However, reports on the stability of PPI over a longer period of time are lacking, both for patients with schizophrenia and for healthy subjects. The current study examined 25 initially drug-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients and 23 healthy matched controls. Three PPI measures [stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) 30, 60, 120 ms] and habituation were assessed at baseline, and again after 6 yr. Sixteen patients and 17 healthy controls completed the study, and 13 patients and 17 healthy controls were included in the final analysis. The schizophrenia patients had PPI deficits compared to controls at baseline. After 6 yr, no significant group differences were found. PPI had increased significantly in the patients and had decreased significantly in controls. In addition, patients showed significantly less habituation than controls while habituation did not change in patients or controls. The present results show that PPI in drug-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients can improve significantly over time. As PPI increased in patients over the same period that it decreased in controls, it is likely that the increase was caused by disease-related factors such as disease process, clinical state, or medication.
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Cadenhead KS. Startle reactivity and prepulse inhibition in prodromal and early psychosis: effects of age, antipsychotics, tobacco and cannabis in a vulnerable population. Psychiatry Res 2011; 188:208-16. [PMID: 21555157 PMCID: PMC3114288 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2010] [Revised: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The use of biomarkers in the study of the prodrome and first episode of psychosis provides a means of not only identifying individuals at greatest risk for psychosis but also understanding neurodevelopmental abnormalities early in the course of illness. Prepulse inhibition (PPI), a marker that is deficient in schizophrenia and after developmental manipulations in animal models, was assessed in 75 early psychosis (EP), 89 at risk (AR) for psychosis and 85 comparison subjects (CS) at baseline and 6 months. Consistent with findings in chronic schizophrenia, PPI was stable with repeated assessment and EP subjects had reduced PPI but this was most evident in tobacco smokers. A significant positive PPI and age association in AR and EP samples, but not CS, demonstrated potential neurodevelopmental differences in early psychosis. Unexpected findings included the fact that medication naive EP subjects, as well as AR subjects who later developed psychosis, had greater PPI, introducing the possibility of early compensatory changes that diverge from findings in chronic patients. In addition, subjects with a history of cannabis use had greater startle reactivity while EP and AR subjects who used cannabis and were also taking an antipsychotic had greater PPI, again highlighting the potentially important cannabis/psychosis association.
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle response to a sudden noise is the reduction in startle observed when the noise is preceded shortly by a mild sensory event, which is often a tone. A part of the literature is based on the assumption that PPI is independent of the baseline startle. A simple model is presented and experimental validation provided. The model is based on the commonly accepted observation that the neuronal circuit of PPI differs from that of startle. But, by using a common output, the measures of both phenomena become linked to each other. But, how can we interpret the numerous experimental data showing PPI to be independent of the startle level? It is suggested that in a number of such cases the baseline startle would have been stabilized by a ceiling effect in the startle/PPI neuronal networks. Reducing the startle level, for example in a PPI evaluation procedure, may disclose properties of startle masked by this ceiling effect. Disclosure of habituation to the startle eliciting noise produced an increase of PPI along its initial measurements. Taken together, even if the neuronal process that sustains startle and PPI are distinct, separating them experimentally requires careful parametric methods and caution in the interpretation of the corresponding observations.
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- Guy Sandner
- I.N.S.E.R.M. U666, Faculté de médecine, Université Louis Pasteur, 11, Rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg Cedex, France,
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Hasenkamp W, Kelley M, Egan G, Green A, Wilcox L, Boshoven W, Lewison B, Duncan E. Lack of relationship between acoustic startle and cognitive variables in schizophrenia and control subjects. Psychiatry Res 2011; 187:324-8. [PMID: 21397338 PMCID: PMC3078961 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Measures of acoustic startle such as prepulse inhibition (PPI) and startle latency have been found to be impaired in schizophrenia, and are commonly thought to be related to cognitive deficits in this disease. However, findings about the relationship between startle variables and cognitive performance have been equivocal. In this study, we examined correlations between startle measures (baseline startle magnitude, latency, habituation and PPI) and cognitive performance (using the Benton Visual Retention Test, Conner's Continuous Performance Test, California Verbal Learning Test, Finger Tapping Test, and Wisconsin Card Sort Test) in 107 schizophrenia patients and 94 healthy controls. Overall, there was a lack of any significant relationship between these constructs in both populations when correcting for multiple comparisons. This suggests that alterations in startle measures seen in schizophrenia may not reflect elements of information processing that cause cognitive deficits in the disease.
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- Wendy Hasenkamp
- Mental Health Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
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Ziermans T, Schothorst P, Magnée M, van Engeland H, Kemner C. Reduced prepulse inhibition in adolescents at risk for psychosis: a 2-year follow-up study. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2011; 36:127-34. [PMID: 21266126 PMCID: PMC3044196 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.100063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Reduced prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the auditory startle reflex is a hallmark feature of attention-processing deficits in patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Recent evidence suggests that these deficits may also be present before the onset of psychosis in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) and become progressively worse as psychosis develops. We conducted a longitudinal follow-up study to observe the development of PPI over time in UHR adolescents and healthy controls. METHODS Two-year follow-up data of PPI measures were compared between UHR adolescents and a matched control group of typically developing individuals. RESULTS We included 42 UHR adolescents and 32 matched controls in our study. Compared with controls, UHR individuals showed reduced PPI at both assessments. Clinical improvement in UHR individuals was associated with an increase in PPI parameters. LIMITATIONS A developmental increase in startle magnitude partially confined the interpretation of the association between clinical status and PPI. Furthermore, post hoc analyses for UHR individuals who became psychotic between assessments had limited power owing to a low transition rate (14%). CONCLUSION Deficits in PPI are present before the onset of psychosis and represent a stable vulnerability marker over time in UHR individuals. The magnitude of this marker may partially depend on the severity of clinical symptoms.
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- Tim Ziermans
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Sensorimotor gating and habituation in antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients before and after 6 months' treatment with quetiapine. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2010; 13:1383-95. [PMID: 20633319 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145710000787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Impaired prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex (PPI) in schizophrenia has been replicated in many studies. However, previous results may have been influenced by course of illness, and antipsychotic medication. Studies on antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients are lacking, since these patients are so difficult to recruit. Furthermore, longitudinal studies are few, and their results are inconsistent: some results indicating a reduction of PPI deficits by treatment with atypical antipsychotics, while others do not. This study reports on PPI, habituation and sensitization of the human startle reflex in a large group of antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients, and the effect of subsequent treatment with quetiapine. Thirty-four antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients (24 males, 10 females), and age- and gender-matched healthy controls were tested in a psychophysiological test battery at baseline and again after 6 months. During this period, the patients were treated with quetiapine, while the controls received no treatment. Sixteen patients completed the study. At baseline, male patients showed significantly lower PPI than controls. Treatment with quetiapine for 6 months increased male PPI to a level where it was no longer statistically different from the controls. The much smaller group of females did not show PPI deficits at baseline. In addition, compared to controls, patients appeared highly aroused and showed a strong yet non-significant trend for reduced sensitization at baseline, but not at follow-up. Patients and controls showed similar levels of habituation, both at baseline, and at follow-up. These findings indicate that PPI deficits are already present from the earliest stage of clinical onset of schizophrenia, before the patients have received any antipsychotic treatment. In addition, following 6 months' treatment with quetiapine these PPI deficits were normalized. Furthermore, the results suggest that schizophrenia patients in the antipsychotic-naive state show reduced levels of sensitization, yet normal levels of habituation.
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Heritability of acoustic startle magnitude, prepulse inhibition, and startle latency in schizophrenia and control families. Psychiatry Res 2010; 178:236-43. [PMID: 20483176 PMCID: PMC2902662 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is an acoustic startle paradigm that has been used as an operational measure of sensorimotor gating. Many patients with schizophrenia have impaired PPI, and several lines of evidence suggest that PPI may represent a heritable endophenotype in this disease. We examined startle magnitude and latencies in 40 schizophrenia patients, 58 first-degree relatives of these patients, and 100 healthy controls. After removing low-startlers, we investigated PPI and startle habituation in 34 schizophrenia patients, 43 relatives, and 86 control subjects. Heritability analyses were conducted using a variance-component approach. We found significant heritability of 45% for PPI at the 60-ms interval and 67% for startle magnitude. Onset latency heritability estimates ranged between 39% and 90% across trial types, and those for peak latency ranged from 29% to 68%. Heritability of startle habituation trended toward significance at 31%. We did not detect differences between controls and either schizophrenia patients or their family members for PPI, startle magnitude, or habituation. Startle latencies were generally longer in schizophrenia patients than controls. The heritability findings give impetus to applying genetic analyses to PPI variables, and suggest that startle latency may also be a useful measure in the study of potential endophenotypes for schizophrenia.
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Murphy KJ, ter Horst JPF, Cassidy AW, DeSouza IEJ, Morgunova M, Li C, Connole LM, O’Sullivan NC, Loscher JS, Brady AT, Rombach N, Connellan J, McGettigan PA, Scully D, Fedriani R, Lukasz B, Moran MP, McCabe OM, Wantuch CM, Hughes ZA, Mulvany SK, Higgins DG, Pangalos MN, Marquis KL, O’Connor WT, Ring RH, von Schack D, Regan CM. Temporal dysregulation of cortical gene expression in the isolation reared Wistar rat. J Neurochem 2010; 113:601-14. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Assessment of auditory sensory processing in a neurodevelopmental animal model of schizophrenia--gating of auditory-evoked potentials and prepulse inhibition. Behav Brain Res 2010; 213:142-7. [PMID: 20417666 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The use of translational approaches to validate animal models is needed for the development of treatments that can effectively alleviate cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia, which are unsuccessfully treated by the current available therapies. Deficits in pre-attentive stages of sensory information processing seen in schizophrenia patients, can be assessed by highly homologues methods in both humans and rodents, evident by the prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the auditory startle response and the P50 (termed P1 here) suppression paradigms. Treatment with the NMDA receptor antagonist PCP on postnatal days 7, 9, and 11 reliably induce cognitive impairments resembling those presented by schizophrenia patients. Here we evaluate the potential of early postnatal PCP (20mg/kg) treatment in Lister Hooded rats to induce post-pubertal deficits in PPI and changes, such as reduced gating, in the P1 suppression paradigm in the EEG. The results indicate that early postnatal PCP treatment to rats leads to a reduction in PPI of the acoustic startle response. Furthermore, treated animals were assessed in the P1 suppression paradigm and produced significant changes in auditory-evoked potentials (AEP), specifically by an increased P1 amplitude and reduced P2 (P200 in humans) gating. However, the treatment neither disrupted normal P1 gating nor reduced N1 (N100 in humans) amplitude, representing two phenomena that are usually found to be disturbed in schizophrenia. In conclusion, the current findings confirm measures of early information processing to show high resemblance between rodents and humans, and indicate that early postnatal PCP-treated rats show deficits in pre-attentional processing, which are distinct from those observed in schizophrenia patients.
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Martinez-Gras I, Rubio G, del Manzano BA, Rodriguez-Jimenez R, Garcia-Sanchez F, Bagney A, Leza JC, Borrell J. The relationship between prepulse inhibition and general psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia treated with long-acting risperidone. Schizophr Res 2009; 115:215-21. [PMID: 19846280 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Revised: 09/12/2009] [Accepted: 09/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients with schizophrenia exhibit impairments in prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle response. Available data suggest that atypical antipsychotics may be more effective than typical antipsychotics in improving PPI deficits in schizophrenia. However, previous studies have used between-subjects rather than longitudinal within-subjects designs to demonstrate superiority of particular atypical antipsychotics over typical antipsychotics in improving PPI in patients with schizophrenia. This longitudinal within-subjects test-retest study was designed to evaluate changes in PPI and clinical symptoms in patients with schizophrenia after switching from the conventional antipsychotic zuclopenthixol to long-acting injectable risperidone. PPI was measured in 45 chronic male patients with schizophrenia treated with zuclophentixol depot (session T1), and 12 weeks after switching to long-acting injectable risperidone (session T2). Thirty-six healthy control subjects were also evaluated. Patients with schizophrenia showed a significant improvement in PPI after changing to long-acting risperidone. Improvement of PPI deficits between T1 and T2 assessments correlated significantly with improvements in PANSS general psychopathology subscale scores. Our findings indicate that long-acting risperidone improves PPI deficits in subjects with chronic schizophrenia. These results also suggest that the PPI-restoring effect of risperidone may be related to improvement in symptoms other than positive and negative symptoms.
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Halberstadt AL, Geyer MA. Habituation and sensitization of acoustic startle: opposite influences of dopamine D1 and D2-family receptors. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2009; 92:243-8. [PMID: 18644244 PMCID: PMC2745310 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The startle response evoked by repeated presentation of a loud acoustic stimulus is regulated by the independent processes of sensitization and habituation. While schizophrenia is associated with information processing impairments, there is conflicting evidence regarding the existence of habituation deficits in schizophrenic patients. Recent clinical evidence, however, indicates that patients with schizophrenia display exaggerated startle sensitization and diminished habituation. Given the linkage between dopaminergic abnormalities and schizophrenia, the goal of the present investigation was to examine the effect of deleting D1 and D2-like dopamine receptors on sensitization and habituation of the acoustic startle reflex in mice. For these experiments, the acoustic startle reflex was assessed in dopamine D1, D2, and D3 receptor wild-type (WT) and knockout (KO) mice on a C57BL/6J background, using a methodology that can measure both sensitization and habituation. Mice lacking the D1 receptor gene displayed enhanced sensitization, along with a decrease in the amount of habituation that occurs in response to repetitive presentations of a startling stimulus. Conversely, the loss of the dopamine D2 or D3 receptor gene produced a sensitization deficit and a significant increase in habituation. The behavioral phenotype exhibited by D1 receptor KO mice is clearly distinct from that of the D2 and D3 receptor KO mice. The findings in D1 receptor KO mice are reminiscent of the abnormalities observed in schizophrenic patients tested in comparable startle paradigms, and indicate that D1 agonists may possess therapeutic efficacy against the information processing deficits associated with schizophrenia.
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MESH Headings
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic/physiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/genetics
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine D3/genetics
- Receptors, Dopamine D3/metabolism
- Reflex, Startle/physiology
- Schizophrenia/physiopathology
- Schizophrenic Psychology
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- Adam L Halberstadt
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, USA
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