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Objective To explore the sleep characteristics in first-episode schizophrenics and the effects of olanzapine on body weight and sleep-breathing disorder.Methods 36 first-episode schizophrenics (patient group) and 33 normal controls (control group) were tested with polysomnography(PSG),and compared the difference of PSG,sleep-breathing index and body mass index(BMI) before and after treatment in patient group.Results Before treatment,compared with control group,the patient group had significantly prolonged sleep latency((83.64± 10.62) min vs (29.41 ± 10.05) min),shortened total sleep time ((286.43 ± 17.04) min vs (343.66 ± 16.38)min),decreased sleep efficiency((65.73 ±11.47) vs (86.13 ± 8.15)),increased awake time and arousal number((65.70 ± 10.33) min vs (25.93 ± 9.60) min ; (38.26 ± 6.88) vs (14.40 ± 2.72)) in sleep continuity ; and increased N1 stage ((87.43 ± 11.35) min vs (36.55 ± 6.40) min),decreased N2,N3 stage ((100.53 ± 10.42)minvs (143.35±13.52)min;(49.83±7.51)minvs (87.52±9.74)min) in sleep structure (P ＜ 0.05).After treatment,sleep continuity and sleep structure in patient group were improved,compared with control group,only BMI,arousal index and hypopnea index had statistic difference (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The first-episode schizophrenics have both sleep continuity and sleep structure deficits.Although olanzapine treatment can improve sleep quality,long-term use of it may cause overweight and sleep-breathing disorder.
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Objective To compare the effects of atypical antipsyehoties treatment on PS0 sensory gating in first-episode schizophrenics. Methods The P50 auditory evoked potential was recorded by using conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm and stimulus train paradigm in 36 normal controls and 53 first-episode schizophrenics be-fore and after treatment,and compare the difference of P50 sensory gating after treatment. Results Before treat-ment, compared with control group, the atypical groups both had statistic difference of T-P50 amplitude ((1.01±0.88)μV, (0.68±0.64)μV, (0.58±0.47)μV), P50 suppression ((0.61±0.27), (0.54±0.22, (0. 59± 0.19)) in conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm and P50 amplitude,P50 suppression evoked by high frequency stimuli in stimulus train paradigm(P < 0.05), but no difference among the atypical groups (P > 0.05). After treat-ment,compared with control group, there was no statistic difference in olanzapine and elozapine groups of T-P50 amplitude and P50 suppression in conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm, but the difference in risperidone and que-tiapine groups still obviously(P<0.05). In stimulus train paradigm, there was no statistic difference of P50 ampli-tude, P50 suppression evoked by high frequency stimuli in every groups (P>0.05). Compared within atypical groups, the difference of P50 amplitude and P50 suppression were both obviously(P<0.05). Conclusion Each a-typical antipsychotic has different effect on P50 sensory gating;and the conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm and stimulus train paradigm P50 sensory gating may reflect different central neuron mechanism.
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Objective To compare the effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics treatment on P50 sensory ga-ting in first-episode schizophrenics.Methods Using conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm and stimulus train paradigm to record the P50 auditory evoked potential in 36 normal controls and in 61 first-episode schizophrenics before and after treat-ment.Patients were categorized into two groups:the typical antipsychotic treatment group(typical group)and the atypical antipsychotic treatment group(atypical group).Results Before treatment,both of the typical and atypical groups had low-er levels of S2-P50 amplitude,P50 suppression in conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm and P50 amplitude as well as P50 suppression evoked by high frequency stimuli in stimulus train paradigm in comparison with controls(P<0.05).After treatment,the typical antipsychotic treatment significantly improved the levels of P50 suppression in the stimulus train para-digm but not the levels of S2-P50 amplitude,P50 suppression in the conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm(P<0.05)whereas the atypical antipsychotic treatment improve the levels of P50 amplitude,P50 suppression in both stimulus train paradigm and the conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm(P<0.05). Conclusions The typical antipsychotic treatment can ameliorate the P50 suppression in stimulus train paradigm,but not in the conditioning-testing stimulus paradigm,whereas atypical antipsychotic treatment can ameliorate P50 suppression in both paradigms.