Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-0-401974 |
Author: | Lataster, Johan; Collip, Dina; Ceccarini, Jenny; Hernaus, Dennis; Haas, David; Booij, Linda; van Os, Jim; Pruessner, Jens; Van Laere, Koen; Myin-Germeys, Inez |
Year of publication: | 2014 |
Published in: | Schizophrenia Bulletin ; 40 (2014), 1. - pp. 66-77. - ISSN 0586-7614. - eISSN 1745-1701 |
Pubmed ID: | 23363687 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbs187 |
Summary: |
Objective
Patients diagnosed with a psychotic disorder and their first-degree relatives display increased reactivity to stress. Theory predicts that experience of psychosocial stress is associated both with ventromedial prefrontal and mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission. However, while there is evidence of aberrant striatal dopamine processing in psychotic disorder, the role of the prefrontal cortex remains under-researched. This study aimed at investigating stress-induced in vivo dopamine release in ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) of individuals at familial risk for psychosis. Method Fourteen healthy first-degree relatives of patients with a diagnosis of psychotic disorder and 10 control subjects underwent a single dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) scanning session after intravenous administration of 183.2 (SD = 7.6) MBq [18F]fallypride. Psychosocial stress was initiated at 100min postinjection using a computerized mental arithmetic task with social evaluative threat components. PET data were analyzed using the linearized simplified reference region model. Regression analyses were performed to compare the spatial extent of task-related ligand displacement between control subjects and relatives and to find how it related to self-rated experiences of psychosocial stress and psychosis. Results First-degree relatives displayed hyporeactive dopamine signaling in the vmPFC in response to stress. Increased levels of subjectively rated stress were associated with increased intensity of psychotic experiences. This effect was particularly pronounced in first-degree relatives. Conclusion Although previous studies have hypothesized a role for prefrontal dopamine dysfunction in psychosis, this study, to our knowledge, is the first in vivo human imaging study showing attenuated (ie, hyporeactive) dopamine stress neuromodulation in vmPFC of individuals at familial risk for psychosis. |
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Keywords: | schizophrenia, positron emission tomography, neuromodulation, relatives, mesolimbic, salience Topic: dopamine signal transduction ligands prefrontal cortex psychotic disorders stress attenuation first degree relative |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
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LATASTER, Johan, Dina COLLIP, Jenny CECCARINI, Dennis HERNAUS, David HAAS, Linda BOOIJ, Jim VAN OS, Jens PRUESSNER, Koen VAN LAERE, Inez MYIN-GERMEYS, 2014. Familial Liability to Psychosis Is Associated With Attenuated Dopamine Stress Signaling in Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex. In: Schizophrenia Bulletin. 40(1), pp. 66-77. ISSN 0586-7614. eISSN 1745-1701. Available under: doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs187
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