The origin of NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia

K Nakazawa, K Sapkota - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction plays a key role in
pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Since NMDAR hypofunction has also been reported in …

NMDAR hypofunction animal models of schizophrenia

G Lee, Y Zhou - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction hypothesis has been proposed to
help understand the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This hypothesis was …

NMDA receptor hypofunction for schizophrenia revisited: Perspectives from epigenetic mechanisms

MA Snyder, WJ Gao - Schizophrenia research, 2020 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with cognitive deficits manifesting
during early stages of the disease. Evidence suggests that genetic factors in combination …

NMDA hypofunction as a convergence point for progression and symptoms of schizophrenia

MA Snyder, WJ Gao - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia is a disabling mental illness that is now recognized as a neurodevelopmental
disorder. It is likely that genetic risk factors interact with environmental perturbations to affect …

Spatial and temporal boundaries of NMDA receptor hypofunction leading to schizophrenia

K Nakazawa, V Jeevakumar, K Nakao - NPJ schizophrenia, 2017 - nature.com
The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor hypofunction is one of the most prevalent models of
schizophrenia. For example, healthy subjects treated with uncompetitive N-methyl-d …

GABAergic interneuron origin of schizophrenia pathophysiology

K Nakazawa, V Zsiros, Z Jiang, K Nakao, S Kolata… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Hypofunction of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid-type glutamate receptors (NMDAR) induced by the
systemic administration of NMDAR antagonists is well known to cause schizophrenia-like …

Dizocilpine (MK-801) induces distinct changes of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor subunits in parvalbumin-containing interneurons in young adult rat prefrontal …

D Xi, W Zhang, HX Wang… - International Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction has long been implicated in
schizophrenia and NMDARs on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ergic interneurons are …

Assessment of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit hypofunction in mice as a model for schizophrenia

TB Halene, RS Ehrlichman, Y Liang… - Genes, Brain and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a pivotal role in excitatory
neurotransmission, synaptic plasticity and brain development. Clinical and experimental …

The impact of NMDA receptor hypofunction on GABAergic neurons in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia

SM Cohen, RW Tsien, DC Goff, MM Halassa - Schizophrenia research, 2015 - Elsevier
While the dopamine hypothesis has dominated schizophrenia research for several decades,
more recent studies have highlighted the role of fast synaptic transmitters and their receptors …

The NMDA receptor 'glycine modulatory site'in schizophrenia: D-serine, glycine, and beyond

DT Balu, JT Coyle - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•NMDA receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction contributes to the etiology of
schizophrenia.•Serine racemase, a risk gene for schizophrenia, is expressed primarily in …