Abnormalities of GABAergic interneurons are some of the most consistent findings from post-
mortem studies of schizophrenia. However, linking these molecular deficits with in vivo …

Impaired early auditory processing is a well characterized finding in schizophrenia that is
theorized to contribute to clinical symptoms, cognitive impairment, and social dysfunction in …

Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder and patients experience significant
comorbidity, especially cognitive and psychosocial deficits, already at the onset of disease …

Inter-and intra-subject variability of the motor evoked potentials (MEPs) to TMS is a well-
known phenomenon. Although a possible link between this variability and ongoing brain …

Characterizing the neurobiology of schizophrenia and other major psychiatric disorders is
one of the main challenges of the current research in psychiatry. The availability of …

GABAergic and glutamatergic dysfunction in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) are
thought to be the core pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia. Recently, we have …

Multiple lines of investigations suggest the presence of cortical inhibition aberrations as
central to the phenotypic manifestations of severe mental disorders. Transcranial Magnetic …

Background: Although numerous studies reported some changes of cortical silent period
(CSP), an indicator of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) function in central nervous system …

Motor cortex excitability can be measured by single-and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can induce …

Evidence from clinical populations, such as epilepsy and attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder, suggests a relationship between hyperexcitability and cognitive impairment, but …