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The Effect of Dopamine Agonists on Adaptive and Aberrant Salience in Parkinson's Disease

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Nagy, Helga, Levy-Gigi, Einat, Somlai, Zsuzsanna, Takáts, Annamária, Bereczki, Dániel, Kéri, Szabolcs·2012·Neuropsychopharmacology

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Clinical evidence suggests that after initiation of dopaminergic medications some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the neurocognitive basis of this phenomenon can be defined as the formation of arbitrary and illusory associations between conditioned stimuli and reward signals, called aberrant salience. Young, never-medicated PD patients and matched controls were assessed on a speeded reaction time task in which the probe stimulus was preceded by conditioned stimuli that could signal monetary reward by color or shape. The patients and controls were re-evaluated after 12 weeks during which the patients received a dopamine agonist (pramipexole or ropinirole). Results indicated that dopamine agonists increased both adaptive and aberrant salience in PD patients, that is, formation of real and illusory associations between conditioned stimuli and reward, respectively. This effect was present when associations were assessed by means of faster responding after conditioned stimuli signaling reward (implicit salience) and overt rating of stimulus-reward links (explicit salience). However, unusual feelings and experiences, which are subclinical manifestations of psychotic-like symptoms, were specifically related to irrelevant and illusory stimulus-reward associations (aberrant salience) in PD patients receiving dopamine agonists. The learning of relevant and real stimulus-reward associations (adaptive salience) was not related to unusual experiences. These results suggest that dopamine agonists may increase psychotic-like experiences in young patients with PD, possibly by facilitating dopaminergic transmission in the ventral striatum, which results in aberrant associations between conditioned stimuli and reward.

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  • In some circumstances, pramipexole impairs behavioral learning, possibly by disrupting phasic dopaminergic signaling, in reinforcement learning tasks and other learning or decision making tasks.

    “In some circumstances, pramipexole impairs behavioral learning, possibly by disrupting phasic dopaminergic signaling, in reinforcement learning tasks (Nagy et al. 2012; Pizzagalli et al. 2008), and other learning or decision making tasks (Haley Gallant et al. 2016).”

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Authors
Nagy, H., Levy-Gigi, E., Somlai, Z., Takáts, A., Bereczki, D., & Kéri, S.
Affiliations
  • Semmelweis University (HU)
  • University of Szeged (HU)
Corresponding author
Kéri, Szabolcs
Venue
Neuropsychopharmacology
Published
2011-11-16
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
950-958
ISSN
  • 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
  • 1740-634X
OpenAlex
W2085102516
Cited by
42
References
55
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SZTE Publicatio Repozitórium (University of Szeged) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Semmelweis University Repository (Semmelweis University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, dopamine agonists, pramipexole, ropinirole, aberrant salience, psychotic-like experiences, hallucinations, delusions, ventral striatum, dopamine signaling
MeSH terms
Adult, Antiparkinson Agents, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Illusions, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Psychoses, Substance-Induced, Dopamine Agonists

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