Mirtazapine antagonises the subjective, hormonal and neuronal effects of m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) infusion: A pharmacological-challenge fMRI (phMRI) study
dc.contributor.author | Vollm, Birgit A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-29T14:20:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-29T14:20:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | McKie, S., Richardson, P., Elliott, R., Vollm, B. A., Dolan, M. C., Williams, S. R., Anderson, I. M. & Deakin, J. F. W. (2011). Mirtazapine antagonises the subjective, hormonal and neuronal effects of m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) infusion: A pharmacological-challenge fMRI (phMRI) study. NeuroImage, 58 (2), pp.497-507. | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.049 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/9284 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aberrant signalling through central 5-HT2C receptor pathways has been implicated in various psychiatric disorders but this has not been amenable to experimental investigation in the absence of a valid in-vivo biomarker of functional 5-HT2C neurotransmission. One approach is drug-challenge pharmaco-magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI). We have previously shown that intravenous administration of the 5-HT2C agonist m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) elicits increases in blood oxygenation dependent signal (BOLD) in regions consistent with the distribution of 5-HT2C receptors. In the current study we determined whether BOLD signal responses to mCPP could be blocked by pre-treatment with a 5-HT2C antagonist. Healthy male volunteers received oral mirtazapine, 5-HT2/5-HT3 receptor antagonist, or placebo 90min prior to intravenous mCPP challenge phMRI. BOLD signal increases following mCPP infusion occurred in areas known to be rich in 5-HT2C receptors such as the substantia nigra, hypothalamus, pallidum and amygdala. These responses were attenuated by mirtazapine pre-treatment. The results suggest that mCPP-challenge phMRI produces reliable patterns of response that are mediated by 5-HT2C receptors; these responses may therefore be useful in-vivo measures of 5-HT2C function in psychiatric disorders. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. | |
dc.description.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381191100694X | |
dc.subject | Brain | |
dc.subject | Hormones | |
dc.subject | Drug therapy | |
dc.subject | Magnetic resonance imaging | |
dc.title | Mirtazapine antagonises the subjective, hormonal and neuronal effects of m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) infusion: A pharmacological-challenge fMRI (phMRI) study | |
dc.type | Article | |
html.description.abstract | Aberrant signalling through central 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> receptor pathways has been implicated in various psychiatric disorders but this has not been amenable to experimental investigation in the absence of a valid in-vivo biomarker of functional 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> neurotransmission. One approach is drug-challenge pharmaco-magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI). We have previously shown that intravenous administration of the 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> agonist m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) elicits increases in blood oxygenation dependent signal (BOLD) in regions consistent with the distribution of 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> receptors. In the current study we determined whether BOLD signal responses to mCPP could be blocked by pre-treatment with a 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> antagonist. Healthy male volunteers received oral mirtazapine, 5-HT<inf>2</inf>/5-HT<inf>3</inf> receptor antagonist, or placebo 90min prior to intravenous mCPP challenge phMRI. BOLD signal increases following mCPP infusion occurred in areas known to be rich in 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> receptors such as the substantia nigra, hypothalamus, pallidum and amygdala. These responses were attenuated by mirtazapine pre-treatment. The results suggest that mCPP-challenge phMRI produces reliable patterns of response that are mediated by 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> receptors; these responses may therefore be useful in-vivo measures of 5-HT<inf>2C</inf> function in psychiatric disorders. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. |