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- Title
Long-term antipsychotic use and brain changes in schizophrenia - a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors
Huhtaniska, Sanna; Jääskeläinen, Erika; Hirvonen, Noora; Remes, Jukka; Murray, Graham K.; Veijola, Juha; Isohanni, Matti; Miettunen, Jouko
- Abstract
Objective The association between long-term antipsychotic treatment and changes in brain structure in schizophrenia is unclear. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis on long-term antipsychotic effects on brain structures in schizophrenia focusing on studies with at least 2 years of follow-up between MRI scans. Design Studies were systematically collected using 4 databases, and we also contacted authors for unpublished data. We calculated correlations between antipsychotic dose and/or type and brain volumetric changes and used random effect meta-analysis to study correlations by brain area. Results Thirty-one publications from 16 samples fulfilled our inclusion criteria. In meta-analysis, higher antipsychotic exposure associated statistically significantly with parietal lobe decrease (studies, n = 4; r = −.14, p = .013) and with basal ganglia increase ( n = 4; r = .10, p = .044). Most of the reported correlations in the original studies were statistically nonsignificant. There were no clear differences between typical and atypical exposure and brain volume change. The studies were often small and highly heterogeneous in their methods and seldom focused on antipsychotic medication and brain changes as the main subject. Conclusions Antipsychotic medication may associate with brain structure changes. More long-term follow-up studies taking into account illness severity measures are needed to make definitive conclusions.
- Subjects
ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents; DRUG side effects; ETIOLOGY of diseases; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine)
- Publication
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 2, pn/a
- ISSN
0885-6222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hup.2574