Redox dysregulation, neuroinflammation, and NMDA receptor hypofunction: a “central hub” in schizophrenia pathophysiology?

P Steullet, JH Cabungcal, A Monin, D Dwir… - Schizophrenia …, 2016 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence points to altered GABAergic parvalbumin-expressing interneurons
and impaired myelin/axonal integrity in schizophrenia. Both findings could be due to …

Neurophysiology and regulation of the balance between excitation and inhibition in neocortical circuits

R Tatti, MS Haley, OK Swanson, T Tselha, A Maffei - Biological psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
Brain function relies on the ability of neural networks to maintain stable levels of activity,
while experiences sculpt them. In the neocortex, the balance between activity and stability …

Cortical thickness and subcortical volumes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

LM Rimol, CB Hartberg, R Nesvåg… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are severe psychiatric diseases with
overlapping symptomatology. Widespread brain morphologic abnormalities, including …

The neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion as a heuristic neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia

KY Tseng, RA Chambers, BK Lipska - Behavioural brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
Traditionally, animal models of schizophrenia were predominantly pharmacological
constructs focused on phenomena linked to dopamine and glutamate neurotransmitter …

Long-lasting rescue of network and cognitive dysfunction in a genetic schizophrenia model

A Mukherjee, F Carvalho, S Eliez, P Caroni - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Although sensitizing processes occur earlier, schizophrenia is diagnosed in young
adulthood, which suggests that it might involve a pathological transition during late brain …

Gamma synchrony: towards a translational biomarker for the treatment-resistant symptoms of schizophrenia

MJ Gandal, JC Edgar, K Klook, SJ Siegel - Neuropharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
The lack of efficacy for antipsychotics with respect to negative symptoms and cognitive
deficits is a significant obstacle for the treatment of schizophrenia. Developing new drugs to …

Schizophrenia as a disorder of disconnectivity

A Schmitt, A Hasan, O Gruber, P Falkai - European archives of psychiatry …, 2011 - Springer
Schizophrenia is considered as a neurodevelopmental disorder with genetic and
environmental factors playing a role. Animal models show that developmental hippocampal …

Knockdown of DISC1 by in utero gene transfer disturbs postnatal dopaminergic maturation in the frontal cortex and leads to adult behavioral deficits

M Niwa, A Kamiya, R Murai, K Kubo, AJ Gruber… - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
Adult brain function and behavior are influenced by neuronal network formation during
development. Genetic susceptibility factors for adult psychiatric illnesses, such as …

Evaluation of animal models of neurobehavioral disorders

FJ van der Staay, SS Arndt, RE Nordquist - Behavioral and Brain …, 2009 - Springer
Animal models play a central role in all areas of biomedical research. The process of animal
model building, development and evaluation has rarely been addressed systematically …

Early social experience is critical for the development of cognitive control and dopamine modulation of prefrontal cortex function

PJJ Baarendse, DS Counotte, P O'donnell… - …, 2013 - nature.com
Social experiences during youth are thought to be critical for proper social and cognitive
development. Conversely, social insults during development can cause long-lasting …