D-serine added to antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia

G Tsai, P Yang, LC Chung, N Lange, JT Coyle - Biological psychiatry, 1998 - Elsevier
Background: Hypofunction of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype glutamate receptor has
been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. D-serine is a full agonist of the …

Decreased serum levels of D-serine in patients with schizophrenia: evidence in support of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor hypofunction hypothesis of …

K Hashimoto, T Fukushima, E Shimizu… - Archives of general …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Background The hypofunction of theN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of glutamate
receptors has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Several lines of …

High dose D-serine in the treatment of schizophrenia

JT Kantrowitz, AK Malhotra, B Cornblatt, G Silipo… - Schizophrenia …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: D-serine is an allosteric modulator of the brain N-methyl-d-aspartate
(NMDA) receptor and a potential novel treatment of schizophrenia. Double-blind studies …

D-serine efficacy as add-on pharmacotherapy to risperidone and olanzapine for treatment-refractory schizophrenia

U Heresco-Levy, DC Javitt, R Ebstein, A Vass… - Biological …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: D-serine, a selective full agonist at the glycine site of N-methyl-d-aspartate
glutamate receptor, might presently be the compound of choice for counteracting the …

D-alanine added to antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia

GE Tsai, P Yang, YC Chang, MY Chong - Biological psychiatry, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Hypofunction of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) subtype glutamate
receptor had been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Treatment with D …

d-Serine Added to Clozapine for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

GE Tsai, P Yang, LC Chung, IC Tsai… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: d-Serine is a full agonist at the glycine site on the N-methyl-d-aspartate
(NMDA) receptor. Previous administration of d-serine to schizophrenic patients taking …

Reduced D-serine to total serine ratio in the cerebrospinal fluid of drug naive schizophrenic patients

K Hashimoto, G Engberg, E Shimizu, C Nordin… - Progress in Neuro …, 2005 - Elsevier
Several lines of evidence suggest that d-serine, an endogenous agonist of the glycine site
on the NMDA receptors, might play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The …

A multicenter, add-on randomized controlled trial of low-dose d-serine for negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia

M Weiser, U Heresco-Levy, M Davidson… - The Journal of clinical …, 2012 - psychiatrist.com
Background: Observations that antagonists of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor of
glutamatergic neurons can mimic symptoms of schizophrenia have raised the hope that …

A CSF and postmortem brain study of D-serine metabolic parameters in schizophrenia

I Bendikov, C Nadri, S Amar, R Panizzutti… - Schizophrenia …, 2007 - Elsevier
Clinical trials demonstrated that d-serine administration improves schizophrenia symptoms,
raising the possibility that altered levels of endogenous d-serine may contribute to the N …

Decreased levels of D-aspartate and NMDA in the prefrontal cortex and striatum of patients with schizophrenia

F Errico, F Napolitano, M Squillace, D Vitucci… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
The potential implication of a decrease in the function of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors
(NMDARs) in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia has long been hypothesised …