The absence of VGLUT3 predisposes to cocaine abuse by increasing dopamine and glutamate signaling in the nucleus accumbens.

abstract：:Large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are being identified by several laboratories for the purpose of developing dense genetic maps. Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis has been widely used as a method for detecting novel sequence variations in PCR products. Differences in migrati...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Gonen D,Veenstra-VanderWeele J,Yang Z,Leventhal B,Cook EH Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophins promote neuronal survival and synaptic plasticity via activating the tropomyosin receptor kinases. BDNF and its high-affinity receptor TrkB are reduced in Alzheimer's disease (AD), contributing to progressive cognitive decline. However, how the signaling mediates AD pathologies remains incompletely under...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Xia Y,Wang ZH,Liu P,Edgington-Mitchell L,Liu X,Wang XC,Ye K

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular pathology and ischemic lesions contribute substantially to neuronal dysfunction and loss that lead to Alzheimer disease (AD). To facilitate recovery, the brain stimulates neovascularization of damaged tissue via sprouting angiogenesis, a process regulated by endothelial cell (EC) sprouting and the EphB4/...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Yoon Y,Voloudakis G,Doran N,Zhang E,Dimovasili C,Chen L,Shao Z,Darmanis S,Tang C,Tang J,Wang VX,Hof PR,Robakis NK,Georgakopoulos A

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.107. ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Selzam S,Krapohl E,von Stumm S,O'Reilly PF,Rimfeld K,Kovas Y,Dale PS,Lee JJ,Plomin R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are well-replicated, independent lines of evidence supporting a role for corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the pathophysiology of depression. CRH receptor 1 (CRHR1), which we first mapped in the brain in 1994, has been implicated in the treatment of depression and anxiety. We studied the association of CR...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Licinio J,O'Kirwan F,Irizarry K,Merriman B,Thakur S,Jepson R,Lake S,Tantisira KG,Weiss ST,Wong ML

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychotropic medications target glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β), but the functional integration with other factors relevant for drug efficacy is poorly understood. We discovered that the suggested psychiatric risk factor FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP51) increases phosphorylation of GSK3β at serine 9 (pGSK3β(S9))....

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Gassen NC,Hartmann J,Zannas AS,Kretzschmar A,Zschocke J,Maccarrone G,Hafner K,Zellner A,Kollmannsberger LK,Wagner KV,Mehta D,Kloiber S,Turck CW,Lucae S,Chrousos GP,Holsboer F,Binder EB,Ising M,Schmidt MV,Rein T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic deficit-induced excitation and inhibition (E/I) imbalance have been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Using in vivo two-photon microscopy, we examined the dynamic plasticity of dendritic spines of pyramidal neurons (PNs) and "en passant" axonal bouton of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons (PVI...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Huang Y,Jiang H,Zheng Q,Fok AHK,Li X,Lau CG,Lai CSW

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal development of cortical circuits, including experience-dependent cortical maturation and plasticity, requires precise temporal regulation of gene expression and molecular signaling. Such regulation, and the concomitant impact on plasticity and critical periods, is hypothesized to be disrupted in neurodevelopmen...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Chen K,Ma X,Nehme A,Wei J,Cui Y,Cui Y,Yao D,Wu J,Anderson T,Ferguson D,Levitt P,Qiu S

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Although disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) has been implicated in many psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and major depression, its biological role in these disorders is unclear. To better understand this gene and its role in psychiatric disease, we conducted ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Carless MA,Glahn DC,Johnson MP,Curran JE,Bozaoglu K,Dyer TD,Winkler AM,Cole SA,Almasy L,MacCluer JW,Duggirala R,Moses EK,Göring HH,Blangero J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying genes for bipolar mood disorders through classic genetics has proven difficult. Here, we present a comprehensive convergent approach that translationally integrates brain gene expression data from a relevant pharmacogenomic mouse model (involving treatments with a stimulant--methamphetamine, and a mood sta...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Ogden CA,Rich ME,Schork NJ,Paulus MP,Geyer MA,Lohr JB,Kuczenski R,Niculescu AB

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a highly heritable disorder with a polygenic pattern of inheritance and a population prevalence of ~1%. Previous studies have implicated synaptic dysfunction in schizophrenia. We tested the accumulated association of genetic variants in expert-curated synaptic gene groups with schizophrenia in 4673 ca...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Lips ES,Cornelisse LN,Toonen RF,Min JL,Hultman CM,International Schizophrenia Consortium.,Holmans PA,O'Donovan MC,Purcell SM,Smit AB,Verhage M,Sullivan PF,Visscher PM,Posthuma D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that expression level of LIM (ENH, PDLIM5) was significantly and commonly increased in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression. Expression of LIM was decreased in the lymphoblastoid cells derived from patients with bipolar disorders and schizophrenia. LI...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Kato T,Iwayama Y,Kakiuchi C,Iwamoto K,Yamada K,Minabe Y,Nakamura K,Mori N,Fujii K,Nanko S,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the fast advance of connectome imaging techniques, we have the opportunity of mapping the human brain pathways in vivo at unprecedented resolution. In this article we review the current developments of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the reconstruction of anatomical pathways in connectome studies. ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Shi Y,Toga AW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdeletions of chromosomal region 2q23.1 that disrupt MBD5 (methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 5) contribute to a spectrum of neurodevelopmental phenotypes; however, the impact of this locus on human psychopathology has not been fully explored. To characterize the structural variation landscape of MBD5 disruptions a...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hodge JC,Mitchell E,Pillalamarri V,Toler TL,Bartel F,Kearney HM,Zou YS,Tan WH,Hanscom C,Kirmani S,Hanson RR,Skinner SA,Rogers RC,Everman DB,Boyd E,Tapp C,Mullegama SV,Keelean-Fuller D,Powell CM,Elsea SH,Morton CC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying biological mechanisms through which the experience of adversity emerges as individual risk for mental illness is an important step toward developing strategies for personalized treatment and, ultimately, prevention. Preclinical studies have identified epigenetic modification of gene expression as one such ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Swartz JR,Hariri AR,Williamson DE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have implicated DTNBP1 as a schizophrenia susceptibility gene and its encoded protein, dysbindin, as a potential regulator of synaptic vesicle physiology. In this study, we found that endogenous levels of the dysbindin protein in the mouse brain are developmentally regulated, with higher levels observ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Ghiani CA,Starcevic M,Rodriguez-Fernandez IA,Nazarian R,Cheli VT,Chan LN,Malvar JS,de Vellis J,Sabatti C,Dell'Angelica EC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although therapeutic interventions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) still focus on the dopaminergic system, recent studies indicate a serotonergic dysfunction in this disease as well. In that respect, several variants of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene (TPH2), which codes for the rate-limiting enzyme...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Baehne CG,Ehlis AC,Plichta MM,Conzelmann A,Pauli P,Jacob C,Gutknecht L,Lesch KP,Fallgatter AJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric diseases have a strong heritable component known to not be restricted to DNA sequence-based genetic inheritance alone but to also involve epigenetic factors in germ cells. Initial evidence suggested that sperm RNA is causally linked to the transmission of symptoms induced by traumatic experiences. Here, we...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Gapp K,van Steenwyk G,Germain PL,Matsushima W,Rudolph KLM,Manuella F,Roszkowski M,Vernaz G,Ghosh T,Pelczar P,Mansuy IM,Miska EA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphism in the human dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) exon III has been associated in some but not all studies of the human personality trait of Novelty Seeking. We searched for polymorphisms in the 5' region of DRD4 and identified six polymorphisms as follows: -1217G Ins/Del, -809G/A, -616C/G, -603T Ins/Del, -60...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Okuyama Y,Ishiguro H,Nankai M,Shibuya H,Watanabe A,Arinami T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating research demonstrates the potential of intranasal delivery of psychopharmacological agents to treat a range of psychiatric disorders and symptoms. It is believed that intranasal administration offers both direct and indirect pathways to deliver psychopharmacological agents to the central nervous system. T...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Quintana DS,Guastella AJ,Westlye LT,Andreassen OA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autistic individuals experience significantly elevated rates of childhood trauma, self-harm and suicidal behaviour and ideation (SSBI). Is this purely the result of negative environmental experiences, or does this interact with genetic predisposition? In this study we investigated if a genetic predisposition for autis...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Warrier V,Baron-Cohen S

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick disease type A (NPA) is a rare lysosomal storage disorder characterized by severe neurological alterations that leads to death in childhood. Loss-of-function mutations in the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) gene cause NPA, and result in the accumulation of sphingomyelin (SM) in lysosomes and plasma membrane o...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Pérez-Cañamás A,Benvegnù S,Rueda CB,Rábano A,Satrústegui J,Ledesma MD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have suggested the presence of anticipation in bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). In addition, independent studies using the RED (repeat expansion detection) have shown association between BPAD and longer CAG/CTG repeats. Therefore loci with large CAG/CTG repeats are plausible candidates in the inherit...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Meira-Lima IV,Zhao J,Sham P,Pereira AC,Krieger JE,Vallada H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The network theory conceptualizes mental disorders as complex networks of symptoms influencing each other by creating feedback loops, leading to a self-sustained syndromic constellation. Symptoms central to the network have the greatest impact in sustaining the rest of symptoms. This analysis focused on the network st...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Belvederi Murri M,Amore M,Respino M,Alexopoulos GS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest that decreased expression of presynaptic proteins may be characteristic of schizophrenia. We examined one such protein, synapsin, in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Samples of hippocampal tissue from controls (n = 13), patients with schizophrenia (n = 16), or bipolar disorder (n = 6), and s...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Vawter MP,Thatcher L,Usen N,Hyde TM,Kleinman JE,Freed WJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating triglycerides (TGs) normally increase after a meal but are altered in pathophysiological conditions, such as obesity. Although TG metabolism in the brain remains poorly understood, several brain structures express enzymes that process TG-enriched particles, including mesolimbic structures. For this reason,...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Cansell C,Castel J,Denis RG,Rouch C,Delbes AS,Martinez S,Mestivier D,Finan B,Maldonado-Aviles JG,Rijnsburger M,Tschöp MH,DiLeone RJ,Eckel RH,la Fleur SE,Magnan C,Hnasko TS,Luquet S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar disorder (BPD) is characterized by vulnerability to episodic depression and mania and spontaneous cycling. Because of marked advances in candidate-gene and genome-wide association studies, the list of risk genes for BPD is growing rapidly, creating an unprecedented opportunity to understand the pathophysiology...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Chen G,Henter ID,Manji HK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability of lithium to reduce neurodegeneration and to stimulate cell proliferation in a rat model of Huntington's disease in which quinolinic acid (QA) was unilaterally infused into the striatum. LiCl (0.5-3.0 mEq/kg) was injected subcutaneously 24 h before and 1 h after QA infusion. At 7 days after QA...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Senatorov VV,Ren M,Kanai H,Wei H,Chuang DM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and pharmacological studies have emphasised the role of serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) as a possible etiologic factor in the development of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of serotonin from tryptophan. Originally,...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Sheehan K,Lowe N,Kirley A,Mullins C,Fitzgerald M,Gill M,Hawi Z

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage studies of mental illness have provided suggestive evidence of susceptibility loci over many broad chromosomal regions. Pinpointing causative gene mutations by conventional linkage strategies alone is problematic. The breakpoints of chromosomal abnormalities occurring in patients with mental illness may be mor...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： MacIntyre DJ,Blackwood DH,Porteous DJ,Pickard BS,Muir WJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00