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ReviewPsychopharmacology2019

Computational psychopharmacology: a translational and pragmatic approach.

Trevor W Robbins, Rudolf N Cardinal

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Review in Psychopharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Comparable roles for serotonin in rats and humans for computations underlying flexible decision-making.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  6. Prefrontal cortex and depression.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Trevor W RobbinsDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB23EB, UK. twr2@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0642-5977
Rudolf N CardinalBehavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationalePsychopharmacology needs novel quantitative measures and theoretical approaches based on computational modelling that can be used to help translate behavioural findings from experimental animals to humans, including patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.

objectivesThis brief review exemplifies this approach when applied to recent published studies of the effects of manipulating central dopaminergic and serotoninergic systems in rodents and marmoset monkeys, and possible comparisons with healthy human volunteers receiving systemic agents or patients with depression and schizophrenia.

methodsBehavioural effects of central depletions of dopamine or serotonin in monkeys in probabilistic learning paradigms are characterised further by computational modelling methods and related to rodent and human data.

resultsSeveral examples are provided of the power of computational modelling to derive new measures and reappraise conventional explanations of regional neurotransmitter depletion and other drug effects, whilst enhancing construct validation in patient groups. Specifically, effects are shown on such parameters as 'stimulus stickiness' and 'side stickiness', which occur over and above effects on standard parameters of reinforcement learning, reminiscent of some early innovations in data analysis in psychopharmacology.

conclusionsComputational modelling provides a useful methodology for further detailed analysis of behavioural mechanisms that are affected by pharmacological manipulations across species and will aid the translation of experimental findings to understand the therapeutic effects of medications in neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as facilitating future drug discovery.

Indexed as

AnimalsComputational BiologyDepressive DisorderDopamineHumansLearningPsychopharmacologyReinforcement, PsychologySchizophreniaSerotoninTranslational Research, BiomedicalDopamineSerotoninComputer modellingDepressionDopamineReinforcement learningSchizophreniaSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID31273400
PMCPMC6695356
OpenAlexW2953994914

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