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Loss of asymmetry in D2 receptors of putamen in unaffected family members at increased genetic risk for schizophrenia

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Authors

Lee, K J; Lee, J S; Kim, S J; Correll, C U; Wee, H; Yoo, S Y; Jeong, J M; Lee, D S; Lee, S I; Kwon, J S

Issue Date
2008-08-14
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Citation
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008;118(3):200-208
Keywords
AdolescentAdultBrain/physiopathology/radionuclide imagingCognition Disorders/diagnosis/genetics/psychologyFamily/*psychologyFemaleFunctional Laterality/*geneticsGenetic Markers/geneticsGenetic Predisposition to Disease/*psychologyHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuropsychological Tests/statistics & numerical dataPositron-Emission Tomography/methodsPutamen/*physiopathologyReceptors, Dopamine D2/*geneticsSchizophrenia/*geneticsYoung Adult
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Dopamine dysregulation has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The present study was performed to examine whether unaffected relatives at high genetic risk of schizophrenia have dopamine dysregulation in comparison with healthy controls. METHOD: Eleven unaffected relatives from families with two or more first- or second-degree relatives with schizophrenia (n = 9) or with a monozygotic schizophrenic twin (n = 2) and 11 age- and sex-matched controls were examined using positron emission tomography (PET) with [(11)C] raclopride. Subjects also underwent extensive neuropsychological testing. RESULTS: Subjects with high genetic risk showed a loss of asymmetry of D(2) receptors in the putamen in comparison with healthy controls. In addition, they showed significantly poorer performance on neuropsychological tests than controls. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that dopamine dysregulation and neuropsychological dysfunction may be present in subjects at high genetic risk of schizophrenia. However, further studies are required to confirm these findings.
ISSN
1600-0447 (Electronic)
Language
English
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18699953

https://hdl.handle.net/10371/67807
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01223.x
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