Interaction of schizophrenia and chronic cannabis use on reward anticipation sensitivity

Abstract Chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia are both thought to affect reward processing. While behavioural and neural effects on reward processing have been investigated in both conditions, their interaction has not been studied, although chronic cannabis use is common among these patients. In...

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Autores principales: Simon Fish, Foteini Christidi, Efstratios Karavasilis, Georgios Velonakis, Nikolaos Kelekis, Christoph Klein, Nicholas C. Stefanis, Nikolaos Smyrnis
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c647b422637432a9c6148ebe20912ed2021-12-02T16:04:35ZInteraction of schizophrenia and chronic cannabis use on reward anticipation sensitivity10.1038/s41537-021-00163-22334-265Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4c647b422637432a9c6148ebe20912ed2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-021-00163-2https://doaj.org/toc/2334-265XAbstract Chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia are both thought to affect reward processing. While behavioural and neural effects on reward processing have been investigated in both conditions, their interaction has not been studied, although chronic cannabis use is common among these patients. In the present study eighty-nine participants divided into four groups (control chronic cannabis users and non-users; schizophrenia patient cannabis users and non-users) performed a two-choice decision task, preceded by monetary cues (high/low reward/punishment or neutral), while being scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Reward and punishment anticipation resulted in activation of regions of interest including the thalamus, striatum, amygdala and insula. Chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia had opposing effects on reward anticipation sensitivity. More specifically control users and patient non-users showed faster behavioural responses and increased activity in anterior/posterior insula for high magnitude cues compared to control non-users and patient users. The same interaction pattern was observed in the activation of the right thalamus for reward versus punishment cues. This study provided evidence for interaction of chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia on reward processing and highlights the need for future research addressing the significance of this interaction for the pathophysiology of these conditions and its clinical consequences.Simon FishFoteini ChristidiEfstratios KaravasilisGeorgios VelonakisNikolaos KelekisChristoph KleinNicholas C. StefanisNikolaos SmyrnisNature PortfolioarticlePsychiatryRC435-571ENnpj Schizophrenia, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Simon Fish
Foteini Christidi
Efstratios Karavasilis
Georgios Velonakis
Nikolaos Kelekis
Christoph Klein
Nicholas C. Stefanis
Nikolaos Smyrnis
Interaction of schizophrenia and chronic cannabis use on reward anticipation sensitivity
description Abstract Chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia are both thought to affect reward processing. While behavioural and neural effects on reward processing have been investigated in both conditions, their interaction has not been studied, although chronic cannabis use is common among these patients. In the present study eighty-nine participants divided into four groups (control chronic cannabis users and non-users; schizophrenia patient cannabis users and non-users) performed a two-choice decision task, preceded by monetary cues (high/low reward/punishment or neutral), while being scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Reward and punishment anticipation resulted in activation of regions of interest including the thalamus, striatum, amygdala and insula. Chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia had opposing effects on reward anticipation sensitivity. More specifically control users and patient non-users showed faster behavioural responses and increased activity in anterior/posterior insula for high magnitude cues compared to control non-users and patient users. The same interaction pattern was observed in the activation of the right thalamus for reward versus punishment cues. This study provided evidence for interaction of chronic cannabis use and schizophrenia on reward processing and highlights the need for future research addressing the significance of this interaction for the pathophysiology of these conditions and its clinical consequences.
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Foteini Christidi
Efstratios Karavasilis
Georgios Velonakis
Nikolaos Kelekis
Christoph Klein
Nicholas C. Stefanis
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title Interaction of schizophrenia and chronic cannabis use on reward anticipation sensitivity
title_short Interaction of schizophrenia and chronic cannabis use on reward anticipation sensitivity
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