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2020
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mGluR5 receptor availability is associated with lower levels of negative symptoms and better cognition in male patients with chronic schizophrenia
mGluR5 receptor availability is associated with lower levels of negative symptoms and better cognition in male patients with chronic schizophrenia
Consistent findings postulate disturbed glutamatergic function (more specifically a hypofunction of the ionotropic NMDA receptors) as an important pathophysiologic mechanism in schizophrenia. However, the role of the metabotropic glutamatergic receptors type 5 (mGluR5) in this disease remains unclea...
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Personal Name(s): | Régio Brambilla, Cláudia (Corresponding author) |
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Veselinović, Tanja / Rajkumar, Ravichandran / Mauler, Jörg / Orth, Linda / Ruch, Andrej / Ramkiran, Shukti / Heekeren, Karsten / Kawohl, Wolfram / Wyss, Christine / Kops, Elena Rota / Scheins, Jürgen / Tellmann, Lutz / Boers, Frank / Neumaier, Bernd / Ermert, Johannes / Herzog, Hans / Langen, Karl‐Josef / Jon Shah, N. / Lerche, Christoph / Neuner, Irene | |
Contributing Institute: |
Jara-Institut Quantum Information; INM-11 Nuklearchemie; INM-5 JARA-BRAIN; JARA-BRAIN Physik der Medizinischen Bildgebung; INM-4 |
Published in: | Human brain mapping, 41 (2020) 10, S. 2762-2781 |
Imprint: |
New York, NY
Wiley-Liss
2020
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DOI: |
10.1002/hbm.24976 |
PubMed ID: |
32150317 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Neuroimaging |
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Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/25107 in citations.
Consistent findings postulate disturbed glutamatergic function (more specifically a hypofunction of the ionotropic NMDA receptors) as an important pathophysiologic mechanism in schizophrenia. However, the role of the metabotropic glutamatergic receptors type 5 (mGluR5) in this disease remains unclear. In this study, we investigated their significance (using [11C]ABP688) for psychopathology and cognition in male patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy controls. In the patient group, lower mGluR5 binding potential (BPND) values in the left temporal cortex and caudate were associated with higher general symptom levels (negative and depressive symptoms), lower levels of global functioning and worse cognitive performance. At the same time, in both groups, mGluR5 BPND were significantly lower in smokers (F [27,1] = 15.500; p = .001), but without significant differences between the groups. Our findings provide support for the concept that the impaired function of mGluR5 underlies the symptoms of schizophrenia. They further supply a new perspective on the complex relationship between tobacco addiction and schizophrenia by identifying glutamatergic neurotransmission—in particularly mGluR5—as a possible connection to a shared vulnerability. |