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Reward learning as a potential target for pharmacological augmentation of cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: a roadmap for preclinical development

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Acheson, Dean T., Twamley, Elizabeth W., Young, Jared W.·2013·Frontiers in Neuroscience

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RATIONALE: Impaired cognitive abilities are a key characteristic of schizophrenia. Although currently approved pharmacological treatments have demonstrated efficacy for positive symptoms, to date no pharmacological treatments successfully reverse cognitive dysfunction in these patients. Cognitively-based interventions such as cognitive remediation (CR) and other psychosocial interventions however, may improve some of the cognitive and functional deficits of schizophrenia. Given that these treatments are time-consuming and labor-intensive, maximizing their effectiveness is a priority. Augmenting psychosocial interventions with pharmacological treatments may be a viable strategy for reducing the impact of cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia. OBJECTIVE: We propose a strategy to develop pharmacological treatments that can enhance the reward-related learning processes underlying successful skill-learning in psychosocial interventions. Specifically, we review clinical and preclinical evidence and paradigms that can be utilized to develop these pharmacological augmentation strategies. Prototypes for this approach include dopamine D1 receptor and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists as attractive targets to specifically enhance reward-related learning during CR. CONCLUSION: The approach outlined here could be used broadly to develop pharmacological augmentation strategies across a number of cognitive domains underlying successful psychosocial treatment.

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  • No interventions yet target subclinical anhedonia or reinforcement-learning deficits in at-risk groups, but evidence suggests they could work.

    “To our knowledge, interventions meant to target subclinical anhedonia or impairments in reinforcement learning in at risk populations have yet to be tested, however there is evidence for potential efficacy.”

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Authors
Acheson, D. T., Twamley, E. W., & Young, J. W.
Affiliations
University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Young, Jared W.
Venue
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Published
2013
Volume
7
Pages
103-103
ISSN
1662-453X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1991130665
Cited by
26
References
162
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P30MH080002, MH091571, MH93453, MH080002, R34 MH93453, MH080150, R01MH080150, R21MH091571)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Keywords
schizophrenia, cognitive remediation, reward learning, drug augmentation, cognitive impairment, dopamine D1 receptor agonist, α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, psychosocial interventions, skill acquisition, preclinical drug development

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