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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
Volume 272, Issue -, Pages 65-70Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.11.014
Keywords
22q11 deletion syndrome; Ultra High Risk Psychosis; Dopamine; SPECT
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- Dutch Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (NWO-Veni grant) [916.76.048]
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Striatal dopamine (DA) dysfunction has been consistently reported in psychotic disorders. Differences and similarities in the pathogenesis between populations at clinical and genetic risk for developing psychosis are yet to be established. Here we explored markers of dopamine (DA) function in subjects meeting clinically ultra-high risk criteria for psychosis (UHR) and in subjects with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), a genetic condition associated with significant risk for developing psychotic disorders. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) with I-123-labelled iodobenzamide ([I-123] IBZM) was used to measure striatal DA D-2/3 receptor binding potential (D2R BPND). Also, peripheral DAergic markers were assessed in serum and urine (plasma prolactin (pPRL), plasma homovanillic acid (pHVA) and urine DA(uDA)). No significant difference in striatal D2R BPND was found between UHR and 22q11DS subjects. Compared to UHR subjects, pPRL and pHVA were lower and uDA levels were higher in the 22q11DS subjects. However, after correcting for age and gender, only pPRL as significantly lower in the 22q11DS patients. These results may suggest that there are differences in DAergic markers between subjects with UHR and with 22q11DS that may reflect differences in the pathways to psychosis. However, bigger samples are needed to replicate these findings.
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