The effect of tandospirone, a serotonin(1A) agonist, on memory function in schizophrenia.
Biol Psychiatry
; 49(10): 861-8, 2001 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the addition of tandospirone, a 5-HT(1A) partial agonist, to ongoing treatment with typical antipsychotic drugs, would improve memory function in patients with schizophrenia.METHODS:
Eleven outpatients (male/female = 7/4) with schizophrenia who had been on stable doses of haloperidol and biperiden were given tandospirone, 30 mg/day, for 4 weeks. The Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) was administered at baseline and 4 weeks after the addition of tandospirone. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS; Total, Positive, and Negative subscale scores) and the Simpson-Angus Scale for Extrapyramidal Symptoms (SAS) were also completed on the two occasions. To exclude the possibility of a practice effect on the WMS-R test, 11 age-matched patients with schizophrenia (M/F = 7/4) were tested at baseline and after a 4-week interval.RESULTS:
Repeated measures analysis of variance revealed a significant time by group (patients with or without tandospirone) effect for the Verbal-, but not the Visual Memory composite scores of the WMS-R test; no significant change was observed in patients without tandospirone, whereas improvement in the Verbal Memory score was noted in patients receiving tandospirone. Moreover, there was improvement in the Inclusion score, an index of memory organization as measured by the Logical Memory subtest of WMS-R, only in patients with tandospirone. Scores on the BPRS and SAS were improved during treatment with tandospirone, but the effects did not reach statistical significance.CONCLUSIONS:
The results suggest that adjunctive treatment with 5-HT(1A) agonists may improve some types of memory function in schizophrenia.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Agonistas do Receptor de Serotonina
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Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article