Hippocampal dysfunction in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: a selective review and hypothesis for early detection and intervention

JA Lieberman, RR Girgis, G Brucato, H Moore… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Scientists have long sought to characterize the pathophysiologic basis of schizophrenia and
develop biomarkers that could identify the illness. Extensive postmortem and in vivo …

Dendritic spines in depression: what we learned from animal models

H Qiao, MX Li, C Xu, HB Chen, SC An… - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Depression, a severe psychiatric disorder, has been studied for decades, but the underlying
mechanisms still remain largely unknown. Depression is closely associated with alterations …

The hippocampus in aging and disease: from plasticity to vulnerability

T Bartsch, P Wulff - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
The hippocampus has a pivotal role in learning and in the formation and consolidation of
memory and is critically involved in the regulation of emotion, fear, anxiety, and stress …

A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease

SA Small, SA Schobel, RB Buxton, MP Witter… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The hippocampal formation has been implicated in a growing number of disorders, from
Alzheimer's disease and cognitive ageing to schizophrenia and depression. How can the …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging patients with psychosis and a mouse model establishes a spreading pattern of hippocampal dysfunction and implicates glutamate as a driver

SA Schobel, NH Chaudhury, UA Khan, B Paniagua… - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
The hippocampus in schizophrenia is characterized by both hypermetabolism and reduced
size. It remains unknown whether these abnormalities are mechanistically linked. Here we …

Neuroinflammation and neuronal loss precede Aβ plaque deposition in the hAPP-J20 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

AL Wright, R Zinn, B Hohensinn, LM Konen… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Recent human trials of treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been largely
unsuccessful, raising the idea that treatment may need to be started earlier in the disease …

Hippocampal and amygdalar volume changes in major depressive disorder: a targeted review and focus on stress

M Nolan, E Roman, A Nasa, KJ Levins… - Chronic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Medial temporal lobe structures have long been implicated in the pathogenesis of major
depressive disorder. Although findings of smaller hippocampal and amygdalar volumes are …

Multiple risk pathways for schizophrenia converge in serine racemase knockout mice, a mouse model of NMDA receptor hypofunction

DT Balu, Y Li, MD Puhl… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Schizophrenia is characterized by reduced hippocampal volume, decreased dendritic spine
density, altered neuroplasticity signaling pathways, and cognitive deficits associated with …

Neuroprotective function for ramified microglia in hippocampal excitotoxicity

J Vinet, HRJ van Weering, A Heinrich, RE Kälin… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Most of the known functions of microglia, including neurotoxic and
neuroprotective properties, are attributed to morphologically-activated microglia. Resting …

Progression from selective to general involvement of hippocampal subfields in schizophrenia

NF Ho, JE Iglesias, MY Sum, CN Kuswanto… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Volume deficits of the hippocampus in schizophrenia have been consistently reported.
However, the hippocampus is anatomically heterogeneous; it remains unclear whether …