Neuron-specific signatures in the chromosomal connectome associated with schizophrenia risk

P Rajarajan, T Borrman, W Liao, N Schrode, E Flaherty… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Chromosomal conformations, topologically associated chromatin domains
(TADs) assembling in nested fashion across hundreds of kilobases, and other “three …

Decreased prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors in schizophrenia revealed by PET

Y Okubo, T Suhara, K Suzuki, K Kobayashi, O Inoue… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is believed to involve altered activation of dopamine receptors, and support
for this hypothesis conies from the antipsychotic effect of antagonists of the dopamine D2 …

Profiling gene expression in the human dentate gyrus granule cell layer reveals insights into schizophrenia and its genetic risk

AE Jaffe, DJ Hoeppner, T Saito, L Blanpain… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Specific cell populations may have unique contributions to schizophrenia but may be missed
in studies of homogenate tissue. Here laser capture microdissection followed by RNA …

De novo mutations in schizophrenia implicate chromatin remodeling and support a genetic overlap with autism and intellectual disability

SE McCarthy, J Gillis, M Kramer, J Lihm, S Yoon… - Molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder with a broadly undiscovered genetic
etiology. Recent studies of de novo mutations (DNMs) in schizophrenia and autism have …

Developmental timing and critical windows for the treatment of psychiatric disorders

O Marín - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
There is a growing understanding that pathological genetic variation and environmental
insults during sensitive periods in brain development have long-term consequences on …

Activity-dependent neuronal signalling and autism spectrum disorder

DH Ebert, ME Greenberg - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Neuronal activity induces the post-translational modification of synaptic molecules, promotes
localized protein synthesis within dendrites and activates gene transcription, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] Endophenotypes in schizophrenia: digging deeper to identify genetic mechanisms

TA Greenwood, A Shutes-David… - Journal of psychiatry …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a severe psychotic disorder that is highly heritable and common in the
general population. The genetic heterogeneity of SZ is substantial, with contributions from …

Progress toward treatments for synaptic defects in autism

R Delorme, E Ey, R Toro, M Leboyer, C Gillberg… - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a range of disorders that are characterized
by social and communication deficits and repetitive behaviors. For the majority of affected …

Shared molecular neuropathology across major psychiatric disorders parallels polygenic overlap

MJ Gandal, JR Haney, NN Parikshak, V Leppa… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The predisposition to neuropsychiatric disease involves a complex, polygenic, and
pleiotropic genetic architecture. However, little is known about how genetic variants impart …

[HTML][HTML] De novo CNV analysis implicates specific abnormalities of postsynaptic signalling complexes in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia

G Kirov, AJ Pocklington, P Holmans, D Ivanov… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
A small number of rare, recurrent genomic copy number variants (CNVs) are known to
substantially increase susceptibility to schizophrenia. As a consequence of the low fecundity …