期刊
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
卷 168, 期 1-2, 页码 285-291出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.08.009
关键词
Attention; Schizophrenia; Clozapine; Attentional networks; Attention network test
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资金
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Attentional deficits are prominent in the cognitive profile of patients with schizophrenia. However, it remains unclear whether treatment with clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic and first-line intervention used to reduce positive and negative symptoms of psychosis, improves the attentional functions. We used the revised attention network test to measure alerting, orienting, and executive control of attention both pre- and post-treatment with clozapine in patients with schizophrenia (n = 32) and compared performance to healthy controls (n = 32). Results revealed that there were deficits in all three attentional functions pre-treatment, and while clozapine improved the orienting function in patients with schizophrenia, there was no evidence for improvement in the alerting and executive control of attention. The enhancement of the orienting function by clozapine may increase the ability of patients with schizophrenia to orient towards objects and thoughts of interest. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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