Synaptic density marker SV2A is reduced in schizophrenia patients and unaffected by antipsychotics in rats

Onwordi, Ellis Chika; Halff, Els F.; Whitehurst, Thomas; Mansur, Ayla; Cotel, Marie-Caroline; Wells, Lisa; Creeney, Hannah; Bonsall, David; Rogdaki, Maria; Shatalina, Ekaterina; Reis Marques, Tiago; Rabiner, Eugenii A.; Gunn, Roger N.; Natesan, Sridhar; Vernon, Anthony C.; Howes, Oliver D.

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14122-0

Synaptic density marker SV2A is reduced in schizophrenia patients and unaffected by antipsychotics in rats

Synaptic dysfunction is hypothesised to play a key role in schizophrenia pathogenesis, but this has not been tested directly in vivo. Here, we investigated synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) levels and their relationship to symptoms and structural brain measures using [ 11 C]UCB-J positron e…