Downregulation of autophagy by 12/15Lipoxygenase worsens the phenotype of an Alzheimer's disease mouse model with plaques, tangles, and memory impairments.

abstract：:Serotonergic (5HT) neurons exert diverse and widespread functions in the brain. Dysfunction of the serotonergic system gives rise to a variety of mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism and eating disorders. Here we show that human primary fibroblasts were directly convert...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Xu Z,Jiang H,Zhong P,Yan Z,Chen S,Feng J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others have previously reported linkage to schizophrenia on chromosome 10q25-q26 but, to date, a susceptibility gene in the region has not been identified. We examined data from 3606 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapping to 10q25-q26 that had been typed in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of schi...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： O'Donovan MC,Norton N,Williams H,Peirce T,Moskvina V,Nikolov I,Hamshere M,Carroll L,Georgieva L,Dwyer S,Holmans P,Marchini JL,Spencer CC,Howie B,Leung HT,Giegling I,Hartmann AM,Möller HJ,Morris DW,Shi Y,Feng G,H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlpfc) is strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BPD) and, within this region, abnormalities in glutamatergic neurotransmission and synaptic function have been described. Proteins associated with these functions are enriched in membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Behan AT,Byrne C,Dunn MJ,Cagney G,Cotter DR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies report association and linkage between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the 7-repeat allele of a 48 base-pair repeat in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4). We examined the frequency of this allele in a sample of probands with DSM-IV ADHD using a case-control design, as well as the t...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Mill J,Curran S,Kent L,Richards S,Gould A,Virdee V,Huckett L,Sharp J,Batten C,Fernando S,Simanoff E,Thompson M,Zhao J,Sham P,Taylor E,Asherson P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several microbes have been suspected as pathogenetic factors in schizophrenia. We have previously observed increased frequencies of chlamydial infections and of human lymphocyte antigen (HLA)-A10 in independent studies of schizophrenia. Our aim here was to analyze frequencies of three types of Chlamydiaceae in schizop...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Fellerhoff B,Laumbacher B,Mueller N,Gu S,Wank R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that obesity-related disorders are increased among people with depression. Variation in the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene has been shown to contribute to common forms of human obesity. This study aimed to investigate the genetic influence of polymorphisms in FTO in relation to body mass ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Rivera M,Cohen-Woods S,Kapur K,Breen G,Ng MY,Butler AW,Craddock N,Gill M,Korszun A,Maier W,Mors O,Owen MJ,Preisig M,Bergmann S,Tozzi F,Rice J,Rietschel M,Rucker J,Schosser A,Aitchison KJ,Uher R,Craig IW,Lewis

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report a novel target of the drug memantine, ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels, potentially relevant to memory improvement. We confirmed that memantine antagonizes memory impairment in Alzheimer's model APP23 mice. Memantine increased CaMKII activity in the APP23 mouse hippocampus, and memantine-induced enhanc...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Moriguchi S,Ishizuka T,Yabuki Y,Shioda N,Sasaki Y,Tagashira H,Yawo H,Yeh JZ,Sakagami H,Narahashi T,Fukunaga K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to severe stressors increases the risk for psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals, but can lead to positive outcomes for others. However, it remains unknown how severe stress affects neural functioning in humans and what factors mediate individual differences in the neural sequelae of stress. The amy...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： van Wingen GA,Geuze E,Vermetten E,Fernández G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial and twin studies have suggested that anorexia nervosa (AN) is a multifactorial disorder with a substantial genetic contribution. The hSKCa3 potassium channel gene, which contains polymorphic CAG repeats in the coding region and is involved in the regulation of neuronal activity, may be a candidate gene for AN...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Koronyo-Hamaoui M,Danziger Y,Frisch A,Stein D,Leor S,Laufer N,Carel C,Fennig S,Minoumi M,Apter A,Goldman B,Barkai G,Weizman A,Gak E

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Recent studies have revealed that the gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we show that bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN) derived from the commensal gut microbiota can be translocated into the brain and sensed by specific pattern-recognit...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Arentsen T,Qian Y,Gkotzis S,Femenia T,Wang T,Udekwu K,Forssberg H,Diaz Heijtz R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood behavioral disorders. Genetic factors contribute to the underlying liability to develop ADHD. Reports implicate variants of genes important for the synthesis, uptake, transport and receptor binding of dopamine in the etiology of ADHD, ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Kustanovich V,Ishii J,Crawford L,Yang M,McGough JJ,McCracken JT,Smalley SL,Nelson SF

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the cerebral cortex is a tightly regulated process that relies on exquisitely coordinated actions of intrinsic and extrinsic cues. Here, we show that the communication between forebrain meninges and apical neural progenitor cells (aNPC) is essential to cortical development, and that the basal compar...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Boucherie C,Boutin C,Jossin Y,Schakman O,Goffinet AM,Ris L,Gailly P,Tissir F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder in childhood with substantial heritability. Pharmacological and molecular genetic studies as well as characterization of animal models have implicated serotonergic dysfunction in the pathophysiology of ADHD. Here, we investigated th...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Walitza S,Renner TJ,Dempfle A,Konrad K,Wewetzer Ch,Halbach A,Herpertz-Dahlmann B,Remschmidt H,Smidt J,Linder M,Flierl L,Knölker U,Friedel S,Schäfer H,Gross C,Hebebrand J,Warnke A,Lesch KP

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:An increase in corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is a putative factor in the pathophysiology of stress-related disorders. As CRF expression in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) is important in adaptation to chronic stress, we hypothesized that unrestrained synthesis of CRF in CeA would mimic the consequence...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Keen-Rhinehart E,Michopoulos V,Toufexis DJ,Martin EI,Nair H,Ressler KJ,Davis M,Owens MJ,Nemeroff CB,Wilson ME

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a widespread and multifunctional biological messenger molecule. It mediates vasodilation of blood vessels, host defence against infectious agents and tumors, and neurotransmission of the central and peripheral nervous systems. In the nervous system, NO is generated by three nitric oxide synthase (...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Yun HY,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify loci associated with Alzheimer disease, we conducted a three-stage analysis using existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and genotyping in a new sample. In Stage I, all suggestive single-nucleotide polymorphisms (at P<0.001) in a previously reported GWAS of seven independent studies (8082 Alzheime...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Boada M,Antúnez C,Ramírez-Lorca R,DeStefano AL,González-Pérez A,Gayán J,López-Arrieta J,Ikram MA,Hernández I,Marín J,Galán JJ,Bis JC,Mauleón A,Rosende-Roca M,Moreno-Rey C,Gudnasson V,Morón FJ,Velasco J,Carrasco JM,A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental enrichment (EE) is known to have an anxiolytic effect in several animal models; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying these behavioral changes are not understood. In this study, we have shown that the anxiolytic effect of EE is associated with alterations in the corticotropin-releasing factor rece...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Sztainberg Y,Kuperman Y,Tsoory M,Lebow M,Chen A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and sex using a 51-plex cyto...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hornig M,Gottschalk G,Peterson DL,Knox KK,Schultz AF,Eddy ML,Che X,Lipkin WI

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala is a key brain region that is critically involved in the processing and expression of anxiety and fear-related signals. In parallel, a growing number of preclinical and human studies have implicated the microbiome-gut-brain in regulating anxiety and stress-related responses. However, the role of the micro...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hoban AE,Stilling RM,Moloney G,Shanahan F,Dinan TG,Clarke G,Cryan JF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress and exposure to glucocorticoids (GC) during early life render individuals vulnerable to brain disorders by inducing structural and chemical alterations in specific neural substrates. Here we show that adult rats that had been exposed to in utero GCs (iuGC) display increased preference for opiates and ethanol, a...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Rodrigues AJ,Leão P,Pêgo JM,Cardona D,Carvalho MM,Oliveira M,Costa BM,Carvalho AF,Morgado P,Araújo D,Palha JA,Almeida OF,Sousa N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different serotonin (5-HT) receptors, including the serotonin transporter (5-HTT), are excellent candidate genes for suicide and suicidal behavior, and thus, they have been investigated in a large number of allelic association studies. The individual results of these studies have been inconsistent and definite con...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Anguelova M,Benkelfat C,Turecki G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How do joint measures of premorbid cognitive ability and familial cognitive aptitude (FCA) reflect risk for a diversity of psychiatric and substance use disorders? To address this question, we examined, using Cox models, the predictive effects of school achievement (SA) measured at age 16 and FCA-assessed from SA in s...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Kendler KS,Ohlsson H,Keefe RSE,Sundquist K,Sundquist J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) comprises a structurally related family of proteins containing heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha) that regulates the development of dopaminergic neurons as well as monoamine metabolism. We assessed the contribution of EGF to sch...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Futamura T,Toyooka K,Iritani S,Niizato K,Nakamura R,Tsuchiya K,Someya T,Kakita A,Takahashi H,Nawa H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on avoidance conditioning began in the late 1930s as a way to use laboratory experiments to better understand uncontrollable fear and anxiety. Avoidance was initially conceived of as a two-factor learning process in which fear is first acquired through Pavlovian aversive conditioning (so-called fear condition...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： LeDoux JE,Moscarello J,Sears R,Campese V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have both been linked to structural abnormalities of the hippocampus, which is consistent with a neurodevelopmental anomaly. One isoform of the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) protein, cytosolic N-CAM 105-115 kDa, was previously shown to be increased in schizophrenia in the hip...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Vawter MP,Howard AL,Hyde TM,Kleinman JE,Freed WJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety-related behaviors are closely linked to neural circuits relaying fear-specific information to the amygdala. Many of these circuits, like those underlying processing of innate fear, are remarkably well understood. Recent imaging studies have contributed to this knowledge by discriminating more detailed corticoa...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Brocke B,Armbruster D,Muller J,Hensch T,Jacob CP,Lesch KP,Kirschbaum C,Strobel A

更新日期：2006-12-01 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