A single dose of escitalopram blunts the neural response in the thalamus and caudate during monetary loss.
Journal
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN
ISSN: 1488-2434
Titre abrégé: J Psychiatry Neurosci
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9107859
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 04 2021
27 04 2021
Historique:
entrez:
27
4
2021
pubmed:
28
4
2021
medline:
27
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) show acute effects on the neural processes associated with negative affective bias in healthy people and people with depression. However, whether and how SSRIs also affect reward and punishment processing on a similarly rapid time scale remains unclear. We investigated the effects of an acute and clinically relevant dose (20 mg) of the SSRI escitalopram on brain response during reward and punishment processing in 19 healthy participants. In a doubleblind, placebo-controlled study using functional MRI, participants performed a well-established monetary reward task at 3 time points: at baseline; after receiving placebo or escitalopram; and after receiving placebo or escitalopram following an 8-week washout period. Acute escitalopram administration reduced blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) response during punishment feedback in the right thalamus (family-wise error corrected [FWE] p = 0.013 at peak level) and the right caudate head (pFWE = 0.011 at peak level) compared to placebo. We did not detect any significant BOLD changes during reward feedback. We included only healthy participants, so interpretation of findings are limited to the healthy human brain and require future testing in patient populations. The paradigm we used was based on monetary stimuli, and results may not be generalizable to other forms of reward. Our findings extend theories of rapid SSRI action on the neural processing of rewarding and aversive stimuli and suggest a specific and acute effect of escitalopram in the punishment neurocircuitry.
Sections du résumé
Background
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) show acute effects on the neural processes associated with negative affective bias in healthy people and people with depression. However, whether and how SSRIs also affect reward and punishment processing on a similarly rapid time scale remains unclear.
Methods
We investigated the effects of an acute and clinically relevant dose (20 mg) of the SSRI escitalopram on brain response during reward and punishment processing in 19 healthy participants. In a doubleblind, placebo-controlled study using functional MRI, participants performed a well-established monetary reward task at 3 time points: at baseline; after receiving placebo or escitalopram; and after receiving placebo or escitalopram following an 8-week washout period.
Results
Acute escitalopram administration reduced blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) response during punishment feedback in the right thalamus (family-wise error corrected [FWE] p = 0.013 at peak level) and the right caudate head (pFWE = 0.011 at peak level) compared to placebo. We did not detect any significant BOLD changes during reward feedback.
Limitations
We included only healthy participants, so interpretation of findings are limited to the healthy human brain and require future testing in patient populations. The paradigm we used was based on monetary stimuli, and results may not be generalizable to other forms of reward.
Conclusion
Our findings extend theories of rapid SSRI action on the neural processing of rewarding and aversive stimuli and suggest a specific and acute effect of escitalopram in the punishment neurocircuitry.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33904667
doi: 10.1503/jpn.200121
pmc: PMC8327975
doi:
Substances chimiques
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
0
Escitalopram
4O4S742ANY
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E319-E327Informations de copyright
© 2021 CMA Joule Inc. or its licensors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
E. Forbes declares an honorarium for editorial activities for the Association for Psychological Science; paid consultancy for DSMB, Durham VA (sponsor), Otsuka (funder); an honorarium for mentoring activities as part of Research Centre, Brown University; research funding from the National Institutes of Health; and an honorarium for a grant review from the National Institutes of Health, all outside the published work. No other competing interests declared.
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