کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
333205 545907 2016 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Impact of antipsychotic medication on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects in schizophrenia patients
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تاثیر داروهای ضد جنون بر اثرات تحریک جریان مستقیم ترانس کرانیال (TDCS) در بیماران اسکیزوفرنی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی روانپزشکی بیولوژیکی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Add-on tDCS resulted in significant reduction of auditory hallucinations.
• Improvement is significantly affected by antipsychotic’s pharmacological profile.
• Antipsychotics affect the impact of tDCS in a sex-specific manner.
• Sex-specific differences may point towards estrogen-mediated effects.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has generated interest as a treatment modality for schizophrenia. Dopamine, a critical pathogenetic link in schizophrenia, is also known to influence tDCS effects. We evaluated the influence of antipsychotic drug type (as defined by dopamine D2 receptor affinity) on the impact of tDCS in schizophrenia. DSM-IV-TR-diagnosed schizophrenia patients [N=36] with persistent auditory hallucinations despite adequate antipsychotic treatment were administered add-on tDCS. Patients were divided into three groups based on the antipsychotic’s affinity to D2 receptors. An auditory hallucinations score (AHS) was measured using the auditory hallucinations subscale of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS). Add-on tDCS resulted in a significant reduction inAHS. Antipsychotic drug type had a significant effect on AHS reduction. Patients treated with high affinity antipsychotics showed significantly lesser improvement compared to patients on low affinity antipsychotics or a mixture of the two. Furthermore, a significant sex-by-group interaction occurred; type of medication had an impact on tDCS effects only in women. Improvement differences could be due to the larger availability of the dopamine receptor system in patients taking antipsychotics with low D2 affinity. Sex-specific differences suggest potential estrogen-mediated effects. This study reports a first-time observation on the clinical utility of antipsychotic drug type in predicting tDCS effects in schizophrenia.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Psychiatry Research - Volume 235, 30 January 2016, Pages 97–103
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