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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
The aim was to test the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia in a further analysis of D(2)-like dopamine binding using the radioligand [(11)C]raclopride and high resolution 3-dimensional (3D) PET. Eighteen drug-naive patients with schizophrenia and seventeen control subjects were examined. The D(2) binding potential (BP) in the putamen, the caudate and the thalamus was calculated using the simplified reference tissue model. The volume of regions of interest was controlled for by MRI. Symptoms were rated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS). No significant group differences were found for D(2) BP in the putamen or in the caudate and there was no significant hemispheric difference for any region. In the right thalamus the D(2) BP was significantly lower in patients as compared to control subjects, whereas a numerical difference did not reach statistical significance for the left thalamus. There was no significant correlation between D(2) BP and total PANSS score in any region. There was a highly significant age effect in the caudate and in the putamen, but not in the thalamus. In this relatively large PET study of exclusively drug-naive schizophrenic patients, a lower D(2) BP in the right thalamus was found in the patient group. This finding is in agreement with two previous studies in Sweden and in Japan using the high-affinity radioligand [(11)C]FLB 457 and provide further support for a role of dopamine in the thalamus related to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Antipsychotic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Caudate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Dopamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Positron-Emission Tomography, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Psychotic Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Putamen, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Raclopride, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Radioligand Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Receptors, Dopamine D2, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Schizophrenia, Paranoid, pubmed-meshheading:17095199-Thalamus
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Dopamine D2 receptor binding in drug-naïve patients with schizophrenia examined with raclopride-C11 and positron emission tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Karolinska Institute, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry Section, Karolinska Hospital R4, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. mirjam.Talvik@ki.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural