Antipsychotics: mechanisms underlying clinical response and side-effects and novel treatment approaches based on pathophysiology
SJ Kaar, S Natesan, R Mccutcheon, OD Howes - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Antipsychotic drugs are central to the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders but are ineffective for some patients and associated with side-effects and …
disorders but are ineffective for some patients and associated with side-effects and …
Treatment resistant schizophrenia: Clinical, biological, and therapeutic perspectives
FC Nucifora Jr, E Woznica, BJ Lee, N Cascella… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment resistant schizophrenia (TRS) refers to the significant proportion of
schizophrenia patients who continue to have symptoms and poor outcomes despite …
schizophrenia patients who continue to have symptoms and poor outcomes despite …
Brain entropy, fractal dimensions and predictability: A review of complexity measures for EEG in healthy and neuropsychiatric populations
There has been an increasing trend towards the use of complexity analysis in quantifying
neural activity measured by electroencephalography (EEG) signals. On top of revealing …
neural activity measured by electroencephalography (EEG) signals. On top of revealing …
Secondary negative symptoms—a review of mechanisms, assessment and treatment
Negative symptoms in schizophrenia may be classified as primary or secondary. Primary
negative symptoms are thought to be intrinsic to schizophrenia, while secondary negative …
negative symptoms are thought to be intrinsic to schizophrenia, while secondary negative …
An expanding range of targets for kynurenine metabolites of tryptophan
TW Stone, N Stoy, LG Darlington - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2013 - cell.com
The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism accounts for most of the tryptophan that
is not committed to protein synthesis and includes compounds active in the nervous and …
is not committed to protein synthesis and includes compounds active in the nervous and …
Context-processing deficits in schizophrenia: converging evidence from three theoretically motivated cognitive tasks.
To test the hypothesis that the ability to actively represent and maintain context information is
a central function of working memory and that a disturbance in this function contributes to …
a central function of working memory and that a disturbance in this function contributes to …
Is schizophrenia due to excessive synaptic pruning in the prefrontal cortex? The Feinberg hypothesis revisited
MS Keshavan, S Anderson, JW Pettergrew - Journal of psychiatric research, 1994 - Elsevier
Several lines of evidence support the notion that a substantial reorganization of cortical
connections, involving a programmed synaptic pruning, takes place during adolescence in …
connections, involving a programmed synaptic pruning, takes place during adolescence in …
[HTML][HTML] Moderate effects of noninvasive brain stimulation of the frontal cortex for improving negative symptoms in schizophrenia: meta-analysis of controlled trials
Background Negative symptoms in schizophrenia concern a clinically relevant reduction of
goal-directed behavior that strongly and negatively impacts daily functioning. Existing …
goal-directed behavior that strongly and negatively impacts daily functioning. Existing …
Schizophrenic deficits in the processing of context: A test of a theoretical model
D Servan-Schreiber, JD Cohen… - Archives of general …, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Schizophrenic patients show various deficits in cognitive functions that have
been difficult to understand in terms of a common unifying hypothesis. Previously described …
been difficult to understand in terms of a common unifying hypothesis. Previously described …
Increased expression of schizophrenia-associated gene C4 leads to hypoconnectivity of prefrontal cortex and reduced social interaction
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with an unclear pathophysiology. Increased
expression of the immune gene C4 has been linked to a greater risk of developing …
expression of the immune gene C4 has been linked to a greater risk of developing …