Mechanisms governing activity-dependent synaptic pruning in the developing mammalian CNS

TE Faust, G Gunner, DP Schafer - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Almost 60 years have passed since the initial discovery by Hubel and Wiesel that changes
in neuronal activity can elicit developmental rewiring of the central nervous system (CNS) …

The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia version III: a master mechanism

OD Howes, EC Onwordi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia has been highly influential. However, new
approaches mean there has been a step-change in the evidence available, and some tenets …

Mapping of neuronal and glial primary cilia contactome and connectome in the human cerebral cortex

JY Wu, SJ Cho, K Descant, PH Li, A Shapson-Coe… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Primary cilia act as antenna receivers of environmental signals and enable effective
neuronal or glial responses. Disruption of their function is associated with circuit disorders …

[HTML][HTML] The dual hit hypothesis of schizophrenia: Evidence from animal models

CGJ Guerrin, J Doorduin, IE Sommer… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, which can severely impact social
and professional functioning. Epidemiological and clinical studies show that schizophrenia …

A concerted neuron–astrocyte program declines in ageing and schizophrenia

E Ling, J Nemesh, M Goldman, N Kamitaki, N Reed… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Human brains vary across people and over time; such variation is not yet understood in
cellular terms. Here we describe a relationship between people's cortical neurons and …

Cognitive dysfunction and prefrontal cortical circuit alterations in schizophrenia: developmental trajectories

SJ Dienel, KE Schoonover, DA Lewis - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
Individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) exhibit cognitive performance below expected levels
based on familial cognitive aptitude. One such cognitive process, working memory (WM), is …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics

Z Farsi, M Sheng - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects millions of people worldwide;
however, its etiology is poorly understood at the molecular and neurobiological levels. A …

The schizophrenia syndrome, circa 2024: What we know and how that informs its nature

R Tandon, H Nasrallah, S Akbarian… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - Elsevier
With new data about different aspects of schizophrenia being continually generated, it
becomes necessary to periodically revisit exactly what we know. Along with a need to review …

Immune Dysfunction in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

SS Gangadin, AD Enthoven… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Evidence from epidemiological, clinical, and biological research resulted in the immune
hypothesis: the hypothesis that immune system dysfunction is involved in the …

Shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes implicates early neurodevelopmental processes and brain development in …

W Cheng, D van der Meer, N Parker, G Hindley… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with schizophrenia have consistently shown brain volumetric abnormalities,
implicating both etiological and pathological processes. However, the genetic relationship …