Genetic influences on the developing young brain and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders

AM Alex, C Buss, EP Davis, G de Los Campos… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Imaging genetics provides an opportunity to discern associations between genetic variants
and brain imaging phenotypes. Historically, the field has focused on adults and adolescents; …

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 …

Electrophysiological measures from human iPSC-derived neurons are associated with schizophrenia clinical status and predict individual cognitive performance

SC Page, SR Sripathy, F Farinelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been used to
model basic cellular aspects of neuropsychiatric disorders, but the relationship between the …

The miR-124-AMPAR pathway connects polygenic risks with behavioral changes shared between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

H Namkung, H Yukitake, D Fukudome, BJ Lee, M Tian… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) are highly heritable major psychiatric
disorders that share a substantial portion of genetic risk as well as their clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial WNT5A supports dendritic spines maturation and neuronal firing

H Yeh, ME Woodbury, KLI Dixie, T Ikezu… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence showing that microglia play a critical role in mediating synapse
formation and spine growth, although the molecular mechanism remains elusive. Here, we …

Convergent genomic and pharmacological evidence of PI3K/GSK3 signaling alterations in neurons from schizophrenia patients

L Stertz, J Di Re, G Pei, GR Fries, E Mendez… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) allow for the establishment of brain cellular
models of psychiatric disorders that account for a patient's genetic background. Here, we …

Stimulating Wnt signaling reveals context-dependent genetic effects on gene regulation in primary human neural progenitors

N Matoba, BD Le, JM Valone, JM Wolter, JT Mory… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Gene regulatory effects have been difficult to detect at many non-coding loci associated with
brain-related traits, likely because some genetic variants have distinct functions in specific …

Androgen effects on neural plasticity

N Kuwahara, K Nicholson, L Isaacs… - … : Clinical Research and …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Androgens are synthesized in the brain, gonads, and adrenal glands, in both sexes, exerting
physiologically important effects on the structure and function of the central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] The pseudogenes of eukaryotic translation elongation factors (EEFs): Role in cancer and other human diseases

L Cristiano - Genes & Diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
The eukaryotic translation elongation factors (EEFs), ie EEF1A1, EEF1A2, EEF1B2, EEF1D,
EEF1G, EEF1E1 and EEF2, are coding-genes that play a central role in the elongation step …

Cultured mesenchymal cells from nasal turbinate as a cellular model of the neurodevelopmental component of schizophrenia etiology

VSK Tung, F Mathews, M Boruk, G Suppa… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of neurodevelopmental molecular mechanisms in schizophrenia requires the
development of adequate biological models such as patient-derived cells and their …