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ArticlePloS one2012

Characterization of neurophysiologic and neurocognitive biomarkers for use in genomic and clinical outcome studies of schizophrenia.

Gregory A Light, Neal R Swerdlow, Anthony J Rissling, Allen Radant, Catherine A Sugar, Joyce Sprock, Marlena Pela, Mark A Geyer, David L Braff

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Effects of clonidine on MMN and P3a amplitude in schizophrenia patients on stable medication.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019
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  12. Neurophysiologic measures of target engagement predict response to auditory-based cognitive training in treatment refractory schizophrenia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019
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  14. Neurophysiological Effects of Bitopertin in Schizophrenia.Journal of clinical psychopharmacology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gregory A LightVISN-22 Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), San Diego VA Health Care System, La Jolla, California, United States of America. glight@ucsd.edu
Neal R Swerdlow
Anthony J Rissling
Allen Radant
Catherine A Sugar
Joyce Sprock
Marlena Pela
Mark A Geyer
David L Braff
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

The Genetics of Endophenotypes and SchizophreniaR01MH065571 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BRAFF, DAVID L. · 2003 to 2013
$7.0M
SENSORY GATING &HABITUATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH042228 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BRAFF, DAVID L. · 1987 to 2015
$6.5M
Pathway(s) From Genes to Functional Deficits of Schizophrenia PatientsR01MH079777 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LIGHT, GREGORY A · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
SENSORY GATING AND HABITUATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIAR37MH042228 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO · PI BRAFF, DAVID L. · 1993 to 2002
$1.3M
NIMH NIH HHS MH042228NIMH NIH HHS MH065571NIMH NIH HHS MH079777NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH042228NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065571NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH079777NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH042228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEndophenotypes are quantitative, laboratory-based measures representing intermediate links in the pathways between genetic variation and the clinical expression of a disorder. Ideal endophenotypes exhibit deficits in patients, are stable over time and across shifts in psychopathology, and are suitable for repeat testing. Unfortunately, many leading candidate endophenotypes in schizophrenia have not been fully characterized simultaneously in large cohorts of patients and controls across these properties. The objectives of this study were to characterize the extent to which widely-used neurophysiological and neurocognitive endophenotypes are: 1) associated with schizophrenia, 2) stable over time, independent of state-related changes, and 3) free of potential practice/maturation or differential attrition effects in schizophrenia patients (SZ) and nonpsychiatric comparison subjects (NCS). Stability of clinical and functional measures was also assessed.

methodsParticipants (SZ n = 341; NCS n = 205) completed a battery of neurophysiological (MMN, P3a, P50 and N100 indices, PPI, startle habituation, antisaccade), neurocognitive (WRAT-3 Reading, LNS-forward, LNS-reorder, WCST-64, CVLT-II). In addition, patients were rated on clinical symptom severity as well as functional capacity and status measures (GAF, UPSA, SOF). 223 subjects (SZ n = 163; NCS n = 58) returned for retesting after 1 year.

resultsMost neurophysiological and neurocognitive measures exhibited medium-to-large deficits in schizophrenia, moderate-to-substantial stability across the retest interval, and were independent of fluctuations in clinical status. Clinical symptoms and functional measures also exhibited substantial stability. A Longitudinal Endophenotype Ranking System (LERS) was created to rank neurophysiological and neurocognitive biomarkers according to their effect sizes across endophenotype criteria.

conclusionsThe majority of neurophysiological and neurocognitive measures exhibited deficits in patients, stability over a 1-year interval and did not demonstrate practice or time effects supporting their use as endophenotypes in neural substrate and genomic studies. These measures hold promise for informing the "gene-to-phene gap" in schizophrenia research.

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AdultBiomarkersEndophenotypesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsSchizophreniaBiomarkers

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PMID22802938
PMCPMC3389010
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