Blunted change in cerebral glucose utilization after haloperidol treatment in schizophrenic patients with prominent negative symptoms

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this report was to determine 1) the effects of chronic haloperidol treatment on cerebral metabolism in schizophrenic patients, 2) the relation between negative symptoms and haloperidol-induced regional changes in cerebral glucose utilization, and 3) the relation between metabolic change and clinical antipsychotic effect.

METHOD: Cerebral glucose utilization, as determined by position emission tomography (PET), was studied in 18 male schizophrenic subjects before and after chronic treatment with haloperidol at a standardized plasma level.

RESULTS: Overall, haloperidol caused a widespread decrease in absolute cerebral glucose metabolism. The cerebral metabolic response to haloperidol was blunted in patients with high pretreatment negative symptom scores.

CONCLUSIONS: Taken together with the results from a previously reported PET study of the effects of an acute amphetamine challenge (in which 14 of the current subjects participated), these data suggest that the negative symptom complex is associated with diminished cerebral response to change in dopaminergic activity. This deficit cannot be solely accounted for by structural differences.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1996

Erschienen:

1996

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:153

Enthalten in:

The American journal of psychiatry - 153(1996), 3 vom: 29. März, Seite 346-54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wolkin, A [VerfasserIn]
Sanfilipo, M [VerfasserIn]
Duncan, E [VerfasserIn]
Angrist, B [VerfasserIn]
Wolf, A P [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, T B [VerfasserIn]
Brodie, J D [VerfasserIn]
Laska, E [VerfasserIn]
Rotrosen, J P [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Amphetamines
Clinical Trial
Glucose
Haloperidol
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J6292F8L3D
Journal Article
Receptors, Dopamine
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.05.1996

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM085849073