Abstract
The acetylcholine muscarinic M-1 receptor has been implicated in both psychosis and cognition. Post-mortem research has shown reduced muscarinic M-1 receptor density in 25% of chronic patients with schizophrenia. It is unknown whether reduced M-1 receptor density is related to cognitive symptoms of psychosis. We investigated the role of the M-1 receptor in separate cognitive domains in subjects with a psychotic disorder using a muscarinic M-1 antagonist as an acute pharmacological challenge. 33 young subjects with a psychotic disorder and 30 gender, age and IQ matched healthy controls were enrolled. All participants completed a comprehensive cognitive test battery twice: once after placebo and once after oral administration of 4 mg. biperiden (M-1 antagonist). The order of drug administration was counterbalanced. Biperiden significantly negatively influenced both verbal (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 854-864 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | European Neuropsychopharmacology |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
Keywords
- Psychosis
- Muscarinic M-1 receptor
- Acetylcholine
- Cognition
- Biperiden
- HEALTHY-VOLUNTEERS
- PREFRONTAL CORTEX
- SCHIZOPHRENIA
- BINDING
- MEMORY
- PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
- RELIABILITY
- SENSITIVITY
- SCOPOLAMINE
- IMPAIRMENT