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Anjali Bhat, Haritz Irizar, Johan Hilge Thygesen, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Oliver Pain, Rick A. Adams, Eirini Zartaloudi, Jasmine Harju-Seppanen, Isabelle Austin-Zimmerman, Baihan Wang, Rebecca Muir, Ann Summerfelt, Xiaoming Michael Du, Heather Bruce, Patricio O'Donnell, Deepak P. Srivastava, Karl Friston, L. Elliot Hong, Mei-Hua Hall, Elvira Bramon
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Elias D. Mouchlianitis, Lucy D. Vanes, Derek K. Tracy, Anne-Katherin Fett, Daniel Joyce, Sukhi S. Shergill
Summary: Glutamatergic dysfunction is associated with treatment resistance in individuals with schizophrenia. This study used neurochemical and functional brain imaging methods to investigate glutamatergic dysfunction and reward processing in treatment-resistant and treatment-responsive schizophrenia. The results suggest that glutamatergic differences can differentiate treatment-resistant and treatment-responsive schizophrenia, which has potential diagnostic value.
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Psychiatry
RanPiao Gan, YuanQiao Zhao, GuiSen Wu, JiaHui Zeng, YeGang Hu, LiHua Xu, YanYan Wei, XiaoChen Tang, XiaoHua Liu, HaiChun Liu, Tao Chen, JiJun Wang, TianHong Zhang
Summary: This study examined the niacin response abnormality (NRA) in patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and found that a small subgroup of patients showed a clinically significant phospholipid-signaling defect, along with more severe negative symptoms.
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Genetics & Heredity
Baihan Wang, Olga Giannakopoulou, Isabelle Austin-Zimmerman, Haritz Irizar, Jasmine Harju-Seppanen, Eirini Zartaloudi, Anjali Bhat, Andrew McQuillin, Karoline Kuchenbacker, Elvira Bramon
Summary: Verbal memory impairment is a significant cognitive deficit in psychosis, and a GWAS conducted on a diverse population of American adolescents found two novel genome-wide significant associations related to verbal memory. Genetic correlations with schizophrenia were also found, supporting verbal memory as an endophenotype for psychosis.
Review
Psychiatry
Andreas O. Kruse, Juan R. Bustillo
Summary: The NMDA-R hypofunction model suggests that brain glutamatergic abnormalities play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia. However, whether NMDA-R hypofunction is a significant component of the illness is still unclear. The glutamatergic model has heuristic value for guiding future research in schizophrenia.
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Bing Zhang, Xili Yang, Luyu Ye, Rui Liu, Binglu Ye, Weijia Du, Fuyi Shen, Qian Li, Fan Guo, Jinqi Liu, Fei Guo, Yang Li, Zhendong Xu, Zhiqiang Liu
Summary: Ketamine demonstrates rapid antidepressant effects at subanaesthetic doses, but the understanding of its mechanism is still limited. By increasing the excitability of the mPFC, ketamine exerts its antidepressant effects, with a critical role played by the GABAergic system in the mPFC.
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Psychiatry
Toral S. Surti, Mohini Ranganathan, Jason K. Johannesen, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Emma Deaso, Joshua G. Kenney, John H. Krystal, Deepak Cyril D'Souza
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the synergistic effects of a GLYT1 inhibitor and computerized cognitive training (CT) on cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia (CIAS). However, the results showed that the combination of GLYT1 inhibitor with CT did not lead to greater improvement in CIAS compared to CT alone.
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Evgeniya G. Poltavskaya, Elena G. Kornetova, Maxim B. Freidin, Ivan V. Pozhidaev, Diana Z. Paderina, Anna V. Bocharova, Arkadiy V. Semke, Nikolay A. Bokhan, Svetlana A. Ivanova, Olga Y. Fedorenko
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Yang Sun, Ye Lv, Hui-Wen Ren, Guan-Yu Wang, Li-Na Xuan, Yi-Yang Luo, Zhi-Lin Luan
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Rodrigo San-Martin, Maria Ines Zimiani, Milton Augusto Vendramini de Avila, Rosana Shuhama, Cristina Marta Del-Ben, Paulo Rossi Menezes, Francisco Jose Fraga, Cristiane Salum
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Neurosciences
Michael A. P. Bloomfield, Katherine Petrilli, Rachel Lees, Chandni Hindocha, Katherine Beck, Ryan J. Turner, Ellis Chika Onwordi, Neil Rane, David J. Lythgoe, James M. Stone, H. Valerie Curran, Oliver D. Howes, Tom P. Freeman
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(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tomomi Nakahara, Sakiko Tsugawa, Yoshihiro Noda, Fumihiko Ueno, Shiori Honda, Megumi Kinjo, Hikari Segawa, Nobuaki Hondo, Yukino Mori, Honoka Watanabe, Kazuho Nakahara, Kazunari Yoshida, Masataka Wada, Ryosuke Tarumi, Yusuke Iwata, Eric Plitman, Sho Moriguchi, Camilo de La Fuente-Sandoval, Hiroyuki Uchida, Masaru Mimura, Ariel Graff-Guerrero, Shinichiro Nakajima
Summary: The meta-analyses in this study showed increased levels of glutamatergic metabolites and reduced levels of GABA in patients with schizophrenia, indicating a possible relationship between the disruption of excitatory/inhibitory balance and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
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Behavioral Sciences
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Psychiatry
Junjiao Ping, Jing Wan, Caiying Huang, Jinming Yu, Jiali Luo, Zhiqiang Xing, Xingguang Luo, Baoguo Du, Tingyun Jiang, Jie Zhang
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TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
(2018)
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Immunology
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(2017)
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Rainer Malik, Ganesh Chauhan, Matthew Traylor, Muralidharan Sargurupremraj, Yukinori Okada, Aniket Mishra, Loes Rutten-Jacobs, Anne-Katrin Giese, Sander W. van der Laan, Solveig Gretarsdottir, Christopher D. Anderson, Michael Chong, Hieab H. H. Adams, Tetsuro Ago, Peter Almgren, Philippe Amouyel, Hakan Ay, Traci M. Bartz, Oscar R. Benavente, Steve Bevan, Giorgio B. Boncoraglio, Robert D. Brown, Adam S. Butterworth, Caty Carrera, Cara L. Carty, Daniel I. Chasman, Wei-Min Chen, John W. Cole, Adolfo Correa, Ioana Cotlarciuc, Carlos Cruchaga, John Danesh, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Anita L. DeStefano, Marcel den Hoed, Qing Duan, Stefan T. Engelter, Guido J. Falcone, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Raji P. Grewal, Vilmundur Gudnason, Stefan Gustafsson, Jeffrey Haessler, Tamara B. Harris, Ahamad Hassan, Aki S. Havulinna, Susan R. Heckbert, Elizabeth G. Holliday, George Howard, Fang-Chi Hsu, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth, M. Arfan Ikram, Erik Ingelsson, Marguerite R. Irvin, Xueqiu Jian, Jordi Jimenez-Conde, Julie A. Johnson, J. Wouter Jukema, Masahiro Kanai, Keith L. Keene, Brett M. Kissela, Dawn O. Kleindorfer, Charles Kooperberg, Michiaki Kubo, Leslie A. Lange, Carl D. Langefeld, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J. Launer, Jin-Moo Lee, Robin Lemmens, Didier Leys, Cathryn M. Lewis, Wei-Yu Lin, Arne G. Lindgren, Erik Lorentzen, Patrik K. Magnusson, Jane Maguire, Ani Manichaikul, Patrick F. McArdle, James F. Meschia, Braxton D. Mitchell, Thomas H. Mosley, Michael A. Nalls, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Martin J. O'Donnell, Bruce M. Psaty, Sara L. Pulit, Kristiina Rannikmae, Alexander P. Reiner, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Kenneth Rice, Stephen S. Rich, Paul M. Ridker, Natalia S. Rost, Peter M. Rothwell, Jerome I. Rotter, Tatjana Rundek, Ralph L. Sacco, Saori Sakaue, Michele M. Sale, Veikko Salomaa, Bishwa R. Sapkota, Reinhold Schmidt, Carsten O. Schmidt, Ulf Schminke, Pankaj Sharma, Agnieszka Slowik, Cathie L. M. Sudlow, Christian Tanislav, Turgut Tatlisumak, Kent D. Taylor, Vincent N. S. Thijs, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Steffen Tiedt, Stella Trompet, Christophe Tzourio, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Matthew Walters, Nicholas J. Wareham, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, James G. Wilson, Kerri L. Wiggins, Qiong Yang, Salim Yusuf, Joshua C. Bis, Tomi Pastinen, Arno Ruusalepp, Eric E. Schadt, Simon Koplev, Johan L. M. Bjorkegren, Veronica Codoni, Mete Civelek, Nicholas L. Smith, David A. Tregouet, Ingrid E. Christophersen, Carolina Roselli, Steven A. Lubitz, Patrick T. Ellinor, E. Shyong Tai, Jaspal S. Kooner, Norihiro Kato, Jiang He, Pim van der Harst, Paul Elliott, John C. Chambers, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Andrew D. Johnson, Dharambir K. Sanghera, Olle Melander, Christina Jern, Daniel Strbian, Israel Fernandez-Cadenas, W. T. Longstreth, Arndt Rolfs, Jun Hata, Daniel Woo, Jonathan Rosand, Guillaume Pare, Jemma C. Hopewell, Danish Saleheen, Kari Stefansson, Bradford B. Worrall, Steven J. Kittner, Sudha Seshadri, Myriam Fornage, Hugh S. Markus, Joanna M. M. Howson, Yoichiro Kamatani, Stephanie Debette, Martin Dichgans
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Bo-young Hong, Joseph N. Paulson, O. Colin Stine, George M. Weinstock, Jorge L. Cervantes
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tonya M. Santaus, Shan Li, Paula Ladd, Amanda Harvey, Shannon Cole, O. Colin Stine, Chris D. Geddes
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Braxton D. Mitchell, Gurmannat Kalra, Kathleen A. Ryan, Man Zhang, Carole Sztalryd, Nanette I. Steinle, Simeon I. Taylor, Soren Snitker, Joshua P. Lewis, Michael Miller, Alan R. Shuldiner, Huichun Xu
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Joshua P. Lewis, Joshua D. Backman, Jean-Luc Reny, Thomas O. Bergmeijer, Braxton D. Mitchell, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Jean-Pierre Dery, Ruth E. Pakyz, Li Gong, Kathleen Ryan, Eun-Young Kim, Daniel Aradi, Israel Fernandez-Cadenas, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Ryan M. Whaley, Joan Montaner, Gian Franco Gensini, John H. Cleator, Kiyuk Chang, Lene Holmvang, Willibald Hochholzer, Dan M. Roden, Stefan Winter, Russ B. Altman, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Ho-Sook Kim, Meinrad Gawaz, Kevin P. Bliden, Marco Valgimigli, Rossella Marcucci, Gianluca Campo, Elke Schaeffeler, Nadia P. Dridi, Ming-Shien Wen, Jae Gook Shin, Pierre Fontana, Betti Giusti, Tobias Geisler, Michiaki Kubo, Dietmar Trenk, Jolanta M. Siller-Matula, Jurrien M. ten Berg, Paul A. Gurbel, Matthias Schwab, Teri E. Klein, Alan R. Shuldiner
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Infectious Diseases
Nadia Boisen, Mark T. Osterlund, Katrine G. Joensen, Araceli E. Santiago, Inacio Mandomando, Alejandro Cravioto, Marie A. Chattaway, Laura A. Gonyar, Soren Overballe-Petersen, O. Colin Stine, David A. Rasko, Flemming Scheutz, James P. Nataro
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
(2020)
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Clinical Neurology
Simon Frerich, Rainer Malik, Marios K. Georgakis, Moritz F. Sinner, Steven J. Kittner, Braxton D. Mitchell, Martin Dichgans
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Genetics & Heredity
Zhenyao Ye, Chen Mo, Hongjie Ke, Qi Yan, Chixiang Chen, Peter Kochunov, L. Elliot Hong, Braxton D. Mitchell, Shuo Chen, Tianzhou Ma
Summary: This study utilized eQTL data to conduct transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) and identified genes associated with nicotine addiction and their regulatory mechanism in the brain. Three major gene clusters were identified, and downstream enrichment analysis revealed unique biological pathways associated with nicotine dependence.
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Summary: After providing care to MRSA patients in the ICU, MRSA isolates are often found on the gloves and gowns of healthcare personnel (HCP), indicating that the patients are the primary source of MRSA transmission. This has important implications for hospitals considering ending the use of contact precautions for MRSA patients, as the MRSA isolates can potentially be spread to other patients or hospital settings through HCP vectors.
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Genetics & Heredity
Huichun Xu, Kevin Nguyen, Brady J. Gaynor, Hua Ling, Wei Zhao, Patrick F. McArdle, Timothy D. O'Connor, O. Colin Stine, Kathleen A. Ryan, Megan Lynch, Jennifer A. Smith, Jessica D. Faul, Yao Hu, Jeffrey W. Haessler, Myriam Fornage, Charles Kooperberg, James A. Perry, Charles C. Hong, John W. Cole, Elizabeth Pugh, Kimberly Doheny, Sharon L. R. Kardia, David R. Weir, Steven J. Kittner, Braxton D. Mitchell
Summary: Recent genome wide association studies have identified 89 common genetic variants associated with ischemic stroke, primarily in non-coding regions. This study performed an exome array analysis and found 15 coding variants significantly associated with ischemic stroke, including common SNPs in the ABO gene. The associations were driven by African American samples and not replicated in other populations, emphasizing the need for diverse cohorts and genotyping technologies for rare variant studies.
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Maya Jammoul, Dareen Jammoul, Kevin K. Wang, Firas Kobeissy, Ralph G. Depalma
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Danusa Mar Arcego, Jan-Paul Buschdorf, Nicholas O'Toole, Zihan Wang, Barbara Barth, Irina Pokhvisneva, Nirmala Arul Rayan, Sachin Patel, Euclides Jose de Mendonca Filho, Patrick Lee, Jennifer Tan, Ming Xuan Koh, Chu Ming Sim, Carine Parent, Randriely Merscher Sobreira de Lima, Andrew Clappison, Kieran J. O'Donnell, Carla Dalmaz, Janine Arloth, Nadine Provencal, Elisabeth B. Binder, Josie Diorio, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Michael J. Meaney
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Milenna T. van Dijk, Ardesheer Talati, Pratik Kashyap, Karan Desai, Nora C. Kelsall, Marc J. Gameroff, Natalie Aw, Eyal Abraham, Breda Cullen, Jiook Cha, Christoph Anacker, Myrna M. Weissman, Jonathan Posner
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BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
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Josephine C. McGowan, Liliana R. Ladner, Claire X. Shubeck, Juliana Tapia, Christina T. LaGamma, Amanda Anqueira-Gonzalez, Ariana DeFrancesco, Briana K. Chen, Holly C. Hunsberger, Ezra J. Sydnor, Ryan W. Logan, Tzong-Shiue Yu, Steven G. Kernie, Christine A. Denny
Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to fear generalization by altering fear memory traces, and this symptom can be improved with (R,S)-ketamine.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2024)