Cortical inhibition in first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients assessed with transcranial magnetic stimulation

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SAKA M. C., Atbasoglu E., ÖZGÜVEN H., Sener H. Ö., Ozay E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.595-599, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s1461145705005456
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.595-599
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cortical inhibition, first-degree relatives, marker, schizophrenia, transcranial magnetic stimulation, CORPUS-CALLOSUM, MOTOR CORTEX, EXCITABILITY, DYSFUNCTION, INDICATOR
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Although cortical inhibition deficit has been shown in schizophrenia patients by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), some controversies remain, possibly due to confounding factors such as medication use and clinical state at the time of assessment. First-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients, who share various degrees of genetic vulnerability with the patients, but are free from confounds related to medication and/or florid psychosis, have not been studied to date. We compared 12 relatives with 14 controls on several paradigms with TMS. Three of the 12 healthy relatives lacked transcallosal inhibition (TI) in one or more of the stimulation levels. There were no significant differences in other parameters. The lack of TI in 25% of the relatives is an important finding that needs to be replicated in larger samples that are heterogeneous in terms of psychosis-proneness.