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ArticleEuropean neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology2021

Tiagabine induced modulation of oscillatory connectivity and activity match PET-derived, canonical GABA-A receptor distributions.

Alexander D Shaw, Hannah L Chandler, Khalid Hamandi, Suresh D Muthukumaraswamy, Alexander Hammers, Krish D Singh

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Article in European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexander D ShawCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF24 4HQ, Wales. Electronic address: shawa10@cardiff.ac.uk.
Hannah L ChandlerCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF24 4HQ, Wales.
Khalid HamandiCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF24 4HQ, Wales.
Suresh D MuthukumaraswamySchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Alexander HammersKing's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United States.
Krish D SinghCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF24 4HQ, Wales.
Cardiff University · GBThe King's College · USUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council MR/K005464/1Medical Research Council MR/N013042/1Wellcome Trust 104943/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust 203148/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays a crucial role in shaping the frequency and amplitude of oscillations, which suggests a role for GABA in shaping the topography of functional connectivity and activity. This study explored the effects of pharmacologically blocking the reuptake of GABA (increasing local concentrations) using the GABA transporter 1 (GAT1) blocker, tiagabine (15 mg). In a placebo-controlled crossover design, we collected resting magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings from 15 healthy individuals prior to, and at 1-, 3- and 5- hours post, administration of tiagabine and placebo. We quantified whole brain activity and functional connectivity in discrete frequency bands. Drug-by-session (2 × 4) analysis of variance in connectivity revealed interaction and main effects. Post-hoc permutation testing of each post-drug recording vs. respective pre-drug baseline revealed consistent reductions of a bilateral occipital network spanning theta, alpha and beta frequencies, across 1- 3- and 5- hour recordings following tiagabine only. The same analysis applied to activity revealed significant increases across frontal regions, coupled with reductions in posterior regions, across delta, theta, alpha and beta frequencies. Crucially, the spatial distribution of tiagabine-induced changes overlap with group-averaged maps of the distribution of GABA

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Receptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-AAnimalsBraingamma-Aminobutyric AcidHumansMammalsNipecotic AcidsPositron-Emission TomographyTiagabinegamma-Aminobutyric AcidNipecotic AcidsReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-ATiagabineMEG-PETNeuropharmacologyReceptor-mapping

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PMID33957336
PMCPMC8415204
OpenAlexW3157353187

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