Effects of subanesthetic doses of ketamine on sensorimotor information processing in healthy subjects. 2002

Joëlle Micallef, and Yves Guillermain, and Sophie Tardieu, and Thierry Hasbroucq, and Camille Possamaï, and Elisabeth Jouve, and Olivier Blin
Center de Pharmacologie Clinique et d'Evaluations Thérapeutiques et Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, UMR-CNRS-FRE-Université de la Méditerranée, Développement et Pathologie du Mouvement, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.

Ketamine, an antagonist N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor, induces a broad range of anomalies in healthy subjects similar to those observed in psychosis. Previous studies have shown that information sensorimotor processing was impaired in patients with schizophrenia. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of subanesthetic doses of ketamine on behavior symptoms and information processing in healthy volunteers. A double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled study was performed with eight subjects. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, and Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms assessed behavior changes. Information processing was assessed using a choice reaction time. Three experimental factors (stimulus intensity, stimulus response compatibility, and foreperiod duration) chosen to affect a different stage of information processing were manipulated. Our study has demonstrated that administration of ketamine produced significant effects on Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, and Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms scores. Results on choice reaction time demonstrated a significant longer reaction time under ketamine. Effects of stimulus intensity and compatibility stimulus response were similar under ketamine and under placebo. Moreover, there was a specific interaction between ketamine and foreperiod. This interaction indicated that foreperiod's effect was more prolonged under ketamine (29 ms) than under placebo (17 ms). These results showed that the clinical effects of ketamine were associated with schizophrenic-like impairments on choice reaction time in healthy subjects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007262 Infusions, Intravenous The long-term (minutes to hours) administration of a fluid into the vein through venipuncture, either by letting the fluid flow by gravity or by pumping it. Drip Infusions,Intravenous Drip,Intravenous Infusions,Drip Infusion,Drip, Intravenous,Infusion, Drip,Infusion, Intravenous,Infusions, Drip,Intravenous Infusion
D007649 Ketamine A cyclohexanone derivative used for induction of anesthesia. Its mechanism of action is not well understood, but ketamine can block NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE) and may interact with sigma receptors. 2-(2-Chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexanone,CI-581,Calipsol,Calypsol,Kalipsol,Ketalar,Ketamine Hydrochloride,Ketanest,Ketaset,CI 581,CI581
D008297 Male Males
D008606 Mental Processes Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. Information Processing, Human,Human Information Processing
D010054 Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale A scale comprising 18 symptom constructs chosen to represent relatively independent dimensions of manifest psychopathology. The initial intended use was to provide more efficient assessment of treatment response in clinical psychopharmacology research; however, the scale was readily adapted to other uses. (From Hersen, M. and Bellack, A.S., Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques, p. 87) Overall and Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale,Overall-Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale,Overall Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
D011597 Psychomotor Performance The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D002755 Choice Behavior The act of making a selection among two or more alternatives, usually after a period of deliberation. Approach Behavior,Approach Behaviors,Behavior, Approach,Behavior, Choice,Behaviors, Approach,Behaviors, Choice,Choice Behaviors
D004311 Double-Blind Method A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment. Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked
D005260 Female Females

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