A possible role for the striatum in the pathogenesis of the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia

EH Simpson, C Kellendonk, E Kandel - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
The cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia are largely resistant to current treatment and are
thus a life-long burden of the illness. Studies of cognitive symptoms have commonly focused …

Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia

UE Lang, I Puls, DJ Müller, N Strutz-Seebohm… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2007 - karger.com
Schizophrenia is a complex disorder, where family, twin and adoption studies have been
demonstrating a high heritability of the disease and that this disease is not simply defined by …

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of human brain tissue from schizophrenia patients

LF Wockner, EP Noble, BR Lawford… - Translational …, 2014 - nature.com
Recent studies suggest that genetic and environmental factors do not account for all the
schizophrenia risk, and epigenetics also has a role in disease susceptibility. DNA …

Transient and selective overexpression of dopamine D2 receptors in the striatum causes persistent abnormalities in prefrontal cortex functioning

C Kellendonk, EH Simpson, HJ Polan, G Malleret… - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
Increased activity of D2 receptors (D2Rs) in the striatum has been linked to the
pathophysiology of schizophrenia. To determine directly the behavioral and physiological …

Polymorphisms in human dopamine D2 receptor gene affect gene expression, splicing, and neuronal activity during working memory

Y Zhang, A Bertolino, L Fazio, G Blasi… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Subcortical dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) signaling is implicated in cognitive processes
and brain disorders, but the effect of DRD2 variants remains ambiguous. We measured …

Psychosis pathways converge via D2High dopamine receptors

P Seeman, J Schwarz, JF Chen, H Szechtman… - Synapse, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this review is to identify a target or biomarker of altered neurochemical
sensitivity that is common to the many animal models of human psychoses associated with …

Dopamine D2 receptors as treatment targets in schizophrenia

P Seeman - Clinical schizophrenia & related psychoses, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
The antipsychotic effectiveness of chlorpromazine and haloperidol started a search for their
therapeutic targets. The antipsychotic receptor target turned out to be a dopamine receptor …

Intronic polymorphisms affecting alternative splicing of human dopamine D2 receptor are associated with cocaine abuse

RA Moyer, D Wang, AC Papp, RM Smith… - …, 2011 - nature.com
The dopamine receptor D2 (encoded by DRD2) is implicated in susceptibility to mental
disorders and cocaine abuse, but mechanisms responsible for this relationship remain …

[HTML][HTML] G protein-coupled receptors in major psychiatric disorders

LA Catapano, HK Manji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although the molecular mechanisms underlying psychiatric illnesses such as depression,
bipolar disorder and schizophrenia remain incompletely understood, there is increasing …

Modeling cognitive endophenotypes of schizophrenia in mice

C Kellendonk, EH Simpson, ER Kandel - Trends in neurosciences, 2009 - cell.com
Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that is still characterized by its symptoms rather
than by biological markers because we have only a limited knowledge of its underlying …