Schizophrenia: a disorder of broken brain bioenergetics

ND Henkel, X Wu, SM O'Donovan, EA Devine… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
A substantial and diverse body of literature suggests that the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia is related to deficits of bioenergetic function. While antipsychotics are an …

Evidence for altered energy metabolism, increased lactate, and decreased pH in schizophrenia brain: A focused review and meta-analysis of human postmortem and …

BS Pruett, JH Meador-Woodruff - Schizophrenia research, 2020 - Elsevier
Though the pathophysiology of schizophrenia remains poorly understood, altered brain
energy metabolism is increasingly implicated. Here, we conduct meta-analyses of the …

Decreased brain pH and pathophysiology in schizophrenia

HJ Park, I Choi, KH Leem - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Postmortem studies reveal that the brain pH in schizophrenia patients is lower than normal.
The exact cause of this low pH is unclear, but increased lactate levels due to abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] The role of ketogenic metabolic therapy on the brain in serious mental illness: a review

S Sethi, JM Ford - Journal of psychiatry and brain science, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In search of interventions targeting brain dysfunction and underlying cognitive impairment in
schizophrenia, we look at the brain and beyond to the potential role of dysfunctional …

Mini-review: brain energy metabolism and its role in animal models of depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and autism

D Kolar, L Kleteckova, H Brozka, K Vales - Neuroscience letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are cellular organelles essential for energy metabolism and antioxidant
defense. Mitochondrial impairment is implicated in many psychiatric disorders, including …

l-Lactate: Food for Thoughts, Memory and Behavior

MF Veloz Castillo, PJ Magistretti, C Calì - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
More and more evidence shows how brain energy metabolism is the linkage between
physiological and morphological synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. Different …

Ketogenic diet for schizophrenia: clinical implication

Z Sarnyai, AK Kraeuter, CM Palmer - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2019 - journals.lww.com
These results support that ketogenic diet may present a novel therapeutic approach through
restoring brain energy metabolism in schizophrenia. Randomized controlled clinical trials …

Metabolite alterations in adults with schizophrenia, first degree relatives, and healthy controls: a multi-region 7T MRS study

SA Wijtenburg, M Wang, SA Korenic, S Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies in schizophrenia have shown
altered GABAergic, glutamatergic, and bioenergetic pathways, but if these abnormalities are …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in schizophrenia

P Ni, S Chung - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1% of populations
worldwide with a grave disability and socioeconomic burden. Current antipsychotic …

Metabolic contributions to neuronal deficits caused by genomic disruption of schizophrenia risk gene SETD1A

ZS Chong, ZJ Khong, SH Tay, SY Ng - Schizophrenia, 2022 - nature.com
Regulation of neuronal metabolism during early brain development is crucial for directing
synaptic plasticity and proper circuit formation. Alterations in neuronal glycolysis or …