Article
Reduced Prepulse Inhibition as a Biomarker of Schizophrenia
Author/s | Mena, Auxiliadora
Ruiz-Salas, Juan C. Puentes, Andrea Dorado, Inmaculada Ruiz Veguilla, Miguel Casa Rivas, Luis Gonzalo de La |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Experimental |
Publication Date | 2016-10-18 |
Deposit Date | 2016-10-20 |
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Abstract | The startle response is composed by a set of reflex behaviors intended to prepare the organism to face a potentially relevant stimulus. This response can be modulated by several factors as, for example, repeated presentations ... The startle response is composed by a set of reflex behaviors intended to prepare the organism to face a potentially relevant stimulus. This response can be modulated by several factors as, for example, repeated presentations of the stimulus (startle habituation), or by previous presentation of a weak stimulus (Prepulse Inhibition [PPI]). Both phenomena appear disrupted in schizophrenia that is thought to reflect an alteration in dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission. In this paper we analyze whether the reported deficits are indicating a transient effect restricted to the acute phase of the disease, or if it reflects a more general biomarker or endophenotype of the disorder. To this end, we measured startle responses in the same set of thirteen schizophrenia patients with a cross-sectional design at two periods: 5 days after hospital admission and 3 months after discharge. The results showed that both startle habituation and PPI were impaired in the schizophrenia patients at the acute stage as compared to a control group composed by 13 healthy participants, and that PPI but not startle habituation remained disrupted when registered 3 months after the discharge. These data point to the consideration of PPI, but not startle habituation, as a schizophrenia biomarker. |
Project ID. | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/PSI2015-64965-P
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/PSI2012-32077 PI11/02334 |
Citation | A. Mena, , J.C. Ruiz-Salas, , A. Puentes, , I. Dorado, , M. Ruiz-Veguilla, y L.G. De la Casa, (2016). Reduced Prepulse Inhibition as a Biomarker of Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciences, 10 |
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