Schizophrenia: from neurochemistry to circuits, symptoms and treatments

OD Howes, BR Bukala, K Beck - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2024 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a leading cause of global disability. Current pharmacotherapy for the
disease predominantly uses one mechanism—dopamine D2 receptor blockade—but often …

[HTML][HTML] Ulotaront: review of preliminary evidence for the efficacy and safety of a TAAR1 agonist in schizophrenia

ED Achtyes, SC Hopkins, N Dedic, H Dworak… - European Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Ulotaront is a trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonist in Phase 3 clinical
development for the treatment of schizophrenia. Ulotaront was discovered through a unique …

Antipsychotic drug efficacy correlates with the modulation of D1 rather than D2 receptor-expressing striatal projection neurons

S Yun, B Yang, JD Anair, MM Martin, SW Fleps… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Elevated dopamine transmission in psychosis is assumed to unbalance striatal output
through D1-and D2-receptor-expressing spiny-projection neurons (SPNs). Antipsychotic …

Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling of trace amine receptor TAAR1

Z Xu, L Guo, J Yu, S Shen, C Wu, W Zhang, C Zhao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Trace-amine-associated receptors (TAARs), a group of biogenic amine receptors, have
essential roles in neurological and metabolic homeostasis. They recognize diverse …

TAAR1 as an emerging target for the treatment of psychiatric disorders

J Liu, R Wu, JX Li - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Trace amines, a group of amines expressed at the nanomolar level in the mammalian brain,
can modulate monoamine transmission. The discovery of and the functional research on the …

[HTML][HTML] TAAR1 agonist ulotaront modulates striatal and hippocampal glutamate function in a state-dependent manner

SM Yang, A Ghoshal, JM Hubbard, F Gackière… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Aberrant dopaminergic and glutamatergic function, particularly within the striatum and
hippocampus, has repeatedly been associated with the pathophysiology of schizophrenia …

[HTML][HTML] TAAR1 agonists improve glycemic control, reduce body weight and modulate neurocircuits governing energy balance and feeding

N Dedic, L Wang, E Hajos-Korcsok… - Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Metabolic Syndrome, which can be induced or exacerbated by current
antipsychotic drugs (APDs), is highly prevalent in schizophrenia patients. Recent preclinical …

Up-regulation of the Trace Amine Receptor, TAAR-1, in the prefrontal cortex of individuals affected by schizophrenia

T Imbriglio, M Alborghetti, V Bruno… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Type-1 trace amine-associated receptors (TAAR1)
modulate dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission and are targeted by novel …

Parkinson disease psychosis: from phenomenology to neurobiological mechanisms

J Pagonabarraga, H Bejr-Kasem… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) psychosis (PDP) is a spectrum of illusions, hallucinations and
delusions that are associated with PD throughout its disease course. Psychotic phenomena …

[HTML][HTML] Canonical and non-canonical antipsychotics' dopamine-related mechanisms of present and next generation molecules: a systematic review on translational …

A de Bartolomeis, M Ciccarelli, G De Simone… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric illness affecting almost 25 million people worldwide
and is conceptualized as a disorder of synaptic plasticity and brain connectivity …