Functional magnetic resonance imaging of a parametric working memory task in schizophrenia: relationship with performance and effects of antipsychotic treatment.

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Title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging of a parametric working memory task in schizophrenia: relationship with performance and effects of antipsychotic treatment.
Authors: Ettinger, Ulrich, Williams, Steven, Fannon, Dominic, Premkumar, Preethi, Kuipers, Elizabeth, Möller, Hans-Jürgen, Kumari, Veena
Source: Psychopharmacology. Jul2011, Vol. 216 Issue 1, p17-27. 11p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs.
Subjects: Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, Short-term memory, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotic agents, Brain imaging, Oxygen in the body, Prefrontal cortex, Pathological psychology
Abstract: Rationale: Working memory dysfunction is frequently observed in schizophrenia. The neural mechanisms underlying this dysfunction remain unclear, with functional neuroimaging studies reporting increased, decreased or unchanged activation compared to controls. Objectives: We investigated the neural correlates of spatial working memory in schizophrenia with particular consideration of effects of antipsychotic treatment and relation to performance levels in the patient group. Method: We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and studied the blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) response of 45 schizophrenia outpatients and 19 healthy controls during a parametric spatial n-back task. Results: Performance in both groups deteriorated with increasing memory load (0-back, 1-back, 2-back), but the two groups did not significantly differ in performance overall or as a function of load. Patients produced stronger BOLD signal in occipital and lateral prefrontal cortex during task performance than controls. This difference increased with increasing working memory load in the prefrontal areas. We also found that in patients with good task performance, the BOLD response in left prefrontal cortex showed a stronger parametric increase with working memory load than in patients with poor performance. Second-generation antipsychotics were independently associated with left prefrontal BOLD increase in response to working memory load, whereas first-generation antipsychotics were associated with BOLD decrease with increasing load in this area. Conclusions: Together, these findings suggest that in schizophrenia patients, normal working memory task performance may be achieved through compensatory neural activity, especially in well-performing patients and in those treated with second-generation antipsychotics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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