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 …

Revisiting functional dysconnectivity: a review of three model frameworks in schizophrenia

A Harikumar, KP Solovyeva, M Misiura, A Iraji… - Current Neurology and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Over the last decade, evidence suggests that a combination of
behavioral and neuroimaging findings can help illuminate changes in functional …

Unraveling the Link between Olfactory Deficits and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

K Yang, C Ayala-Grosso, JP Bhattarai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Smell loss has caught public attention during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Research on
olfactory function in health and disease gains new momentum. Smell deficits have long …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal development of thalamocortical functional connectivity in 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome

CH Schleifer, KP O'Hora, M Jalbrzikowski… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (22qDel) is a genetic copy number
variant that strongly increases risk for schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental …

Thalamic regulation of ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex

Y Qin, M Ahmadlou, S Suhai, P Neering, L de Kraker… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Experience-dependent plasticity in the adult visual system is generally thought of as a
cortical process. However, several recent studies have shown that perceptual learning or …

[PDF][PDF] Unmasking schizophrenia: synaptic pruning in adolescence reveals a latent physiological vulnerability in prefrontal recurrent networks

MV Chafee, BB Averbeck - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
Theories of the pathophysiology in schizophrenia are converging on the synapse. This
special issue collects papers from leading researchers that suggest a hypothesis that …

[HTML][HTML] From operational diagnostic to dimensional-continuum concepts of psychotic and non-psychotic illness: embracing catatonia across psychopathology and …

JL Waddington - Schizophrenia Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Psychiatry is currently negotiating several challenges that are typified by (but are not unique
to) schizophrenia: do periodic refinements in operational diagnostic algorithms (a) resolve …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose lithium adjunct to quetiapine improves cognitive task performance in mice with MK801-induced long-term cognitive impairment: Evidence from a …

C Zhuo, H Tian, J Zhu, T Fang, J Ping, L Wang… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Low-dose lithium (LD-Li) has been shown to rescue cognitive impairment in
mouse models of short-term mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and schizophrenia …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical interneurons in schizophrenia–cause or effect?

MV Prkačin, I Banovac, Z Petanjek… - Croatian medical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
GABAergic cortical interneurons are important components of cortical microcircuits. Their
alterations are associated with a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders, and are …

Altered dynamic functional connectivity of the thalamus subregions in patients with schizophrenia

W Yang, H Niu, Y Jin, J Cui, M Li, Y Qiu, D Lu… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Previous neuroimaging studies indicated that patients with schizophrenia
showed impaired thalamus and thalamo-cortical circuits. However, the dynamic functional …