Mechanisms underlying dorsolateral prefrontal cortex contributions to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

J Smucny, SJ Dienel, DA Lewis… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Kraepelin, in his early descriptions of schizophrenia (SZ), characterized the illness as having
“an orchestra without a conductor.” Kraepelin further speculated that this “conductor” was …

Neuroinflammation in bipolar depression

F Benedetti, V Aggio, ML Pratesi, G Greco… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a leading cause of worldwide disability among mood disorders.
Pathological mechanisms are still vastly unclear, and current treatments with conventional …

Peripheral levels of C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1β across the mood spectrum in bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of …

M Solmi, MS Sharma, EF Osimo, M Fornaro… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Importance It is unclear whether differences exist in the magnitude and variability of pro-
inflammatory mediators in the different phases of bipolar disorder (BD) and among subjects …

The inflamed brain in schizophrenia: the convergence of genetic and environmental risk factors that lead to uncontrolled neuroinflammation

AL Comer, M Carrier, MÈ Tremblay… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia is a disorder with a heterogeneous etiology involving complex interplay
between genetic and environmental risk factors. The immune system is now known to play …

Cytokine alterations in schizophrenia: an updated review

S Momtazmanesh, A Zare-Shahabadi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia, a multisystem disorder with an unknown etiology, is associated with several
immune dysfunctions, including abnormal levels of circulating cytokines. In this review, we …

Neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: the role of nuclear factor kappa B

CE Murphy, AK Walker, CS Weickert - Translational psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Neuroinflammation, particularly in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, is well-established in a
subset of people with schizophrenia, with significant increases in inflammatory markers …

Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in brain development and its association with neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders

S Dash, YA Syed, MR Khan - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome has a tremendous influence on human physiology, including the
nervous system. During fetal development, the initial colonization of the microbiome …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory subgroups of schizophrenia and their association with brain structure: A semi-supervised machine learning examination of heterogeneity

PA Lalousis, L Schmaal, SJ Wood… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Immune system dysfunction is hypothesised to contribute to structural brain
changes through aberrant synaptic pruning in schizophrenia. However, evidence is mixed …

Anti-inflammatory effects of 2nd generation antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

SR Patlola, G Donohoe, DP McKernan - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder with unknown aetiology. Recent
evidence suggests a potential role for cytokines in its pathophysiology and that antipsychotic …

Increased macrophages and C1qA, C3, C4 transcripts in the midbrain of people with schizophrenia

TD Purves-Tyson, K Robinson, AM Brown… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increased cytokine and inflammatory-related transcripts are found in the ventral midbrain, a
dopamine neuron-rich region associated with schizophrenia symptoms. In fact, half of …