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N2 and P3 components of event-related potential in first-episode schizophrenic patients: scalp topography, medication, and latency effects.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12374634     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Auditory N2 and P3 components of event-related potentials were assessed in first-episode schizophrenic and normal control subjects (n=12/group). P3 amplitude was decreased in the patients most prominently over the frontal areas in contrast to a widespread P3 amplitude decrease reported in chronic schizophrenia. Moreover, frontal attenuation of P3 amplitude was greater in the non-medicated compared with medicated patients, a finding that suggests frontal areas are primarily affected at the onset of the first schizophrenic episode. Prolongation of N2 and P3 latencies was also observed in the patients, which indicates that stimulus classification and memory updating processes were slowed even in early stages of schizophrenia. These findings indicate that first-episode schizophrenic patients produce N2 and P3 abnormalities that are distinct from those in chronic patients, and that psychotropic medication can attenuate event-related potential effects in specific ways.
Authors:
Tamer Demiralp; Alp Uçok; Müge Devrim; Ummühan Isoglu-Alkaç; Alper Tecer; John Polich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychiatry research     Volume:  111     ISSN:  0165-1781     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychiatry Res     Publication Date:  2002 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-10-10     Completed Date:  2003-04-07     Revised Date:  2008-04-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7911385     Medline TA:  Psychiatry Res     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  167-79     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34390 Capa-Istanbul, Turkey. demiralp@istanbul.edu.tr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
Cerebral Cortex / drug effects,  physiopathology*
Electroencephalography* / drug effects
Event-Related Potentials, P300 / drug effects,  physiology*
Evoked Potentials, Auditory / drug effects,  physiology*
Female
Frontal Lobe / drug effects,  physiopathology
Humans
Male
Patient Admission
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Reaction Time / drug effects,  physiology
Schizophrenia / diagnosis*,  drug therapy,  physiopathology
Schizophrenic Psychology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01-DA11737-04/DA/NIDA NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antipsychotic Agents

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