P50 Suppression among schizophrenia and normal comparison subjects: A methodological analysis

The present report investigated the relationship between P50 suppression and habituation among 20 schizophrenia and 20 normal comparison subjects. Subjects were presented with clicks delivered over headphones in a S1-S2 paradigm (clicks were separated by 500 msec; average intertrial interval was 8 sec). There were 60 total trials; the data were analyzed separately for the first and second 30 trials. The groups did not differ either on the number of usable trials or on the morphology of their P50 responses. Consistent with previous reports, schizophrenia patients demonstrated deficient P50 suppression. The overall suppression effect was not due to a group difference on S1 P50 amplitudes, but was associated with schizophrenia patients having smaller S1-S2 P50 amplitude difference scores than normal comparison subjects. Furthermore, the suppression effect appears to be more pronounced during the first than during the second block of trials. Thus, it may be important to evaluate changes in P50 responses over time among schizophrenia and normal comparison subjects.

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