Neuroprotective effects of low-dose lithium in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis. A longitudinal MRI/MRS study.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To investigate if low-dose lithium may counteract the microstructural and metabolic brain changes proposed to occur in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis. METHODS:Hippocampal T2 relaxation time (HT2RT) and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) measurements were performed prior to initiation and following three months of treatment in 11 UHR patients receiving low-dose lithium and 10 UHR patients receiving treatment as usual (TAU). HT2RT and (1)H-MRS percentage change scores between scans were compared using repeated measures ANOVA and correlated with behavioural change scores. RESULTS:Low-dose lithium significantly reduced HT2RT compared to TAU (p=0.018). No significant group by time effects was seen for any brain metabolites as measured with (1)H-MRS, although myo-inositol, creatine, choline-containing compounds and NAA increased in the group receiving low-dose lithium and decreased or remained unchanged in subjects receiving TAU. CONCLUSIONS:This pilot study suggests that low-dose lithium may protect the microstructure of the hippocampus in UHR states as reflected by significantly decreasing HT2RT. Larger scale replication studies in UHR states using T2 relaxation time as a proxy for emerging brain pathology seem a feasible mean to test neuroprotective strategies such as low-dose lithium as potential treatments to delay or even prevent the progression to full-blown disorder.

journal_name

Curr Pharm Des

authors

Berger GE,Wood SJ,Ross M,Hamer CA,Wellard RM,Pell G,Phillips L,Nelson B,Amminger GP,Yung AR,Jackson G,Velakoulis D,Pantelis C,Manji H,McGorry PD

doi

10.2174/138161212799316163

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

570-5

issue

4

eissn

1381-6128

issn

1873-4286

pii

CPD-EPUB-20120110-017

journal_volume

18

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