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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 125-132Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(99)00096-2
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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; N-acetylaspartate; striatum; dopamine; evoked release; schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia has been linked to abnormal dopamine function, recently to excessive amphetamine-induced release of striatal dopamine, and also to pathology of prefrontal cortical neurons. It has been hypothesized that prefrontal pathology is a primary condition that leads to dopamine dysregulation. We evaluated in vivo the relationship between neuronal integrity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, assessed as N-acetylaspartate (NAA) relative concentrations measured with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, and amphetamine-induced release of striatal dopamine, assessed with C-11-raclopride Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in patients wi;fh schizophrenia and in healthy subjects. In the patients, NAA measures in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex selectively predicted striatal displacement of C-11-raclopride after amphetamine infusions (rho = -0.76, p <.02). In contrast, NAA measures in other cortical regions and in healthy subjects did not show any correlation. These results support the hypothesis that in schizophrenia neuronal pathology of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is directly related to abnormal subcortical dopamine function. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.
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