abstract：:The molecular genetic research on panic disorder (PD) has grown tremendously in the past decade. Although the data from twin and family studies suggest an involvement of genetic factors in the familial transmission of PD with the heritability estimate near 40%, the genetic substrate underlying panicogenesis is not yet...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Maron E,Hettema JM,Shlik J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of technologies that allow simultaneous genotyping of thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the genome, the genetic contributions to complex diseases can be explored at an unprecedented detail. This study is among the first to apply the genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Feulner TM,Laws SM,Friedrich P,Wagenpfeil S,Wurst SH,Riehle C,Kuhn KA,Krawczak M,Schreiber S,Nikolaus S,Förstl H,Kurz A,Riemenschneider M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that ovarian steroids promote neuroprotection in serotonin neurons by decreasing the expression of pro-apoptotic genes and proteins in the dorsal raphe nucleus of rhesus macaques, even in the absence of overt injury. In this study, we questioned whether these actions would lead to a reduction in DN...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Lima FB,Bethea CL

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urocortin (Ucn) family of neuropeptides is suggested to be involved in homeostatic coping mechanisms of the central stress response through the activation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 2 (CRFR2). The neuropeptides, Ucn1 and Ucn2, serve as endogenous ligands for the CRFR2, which is highly expresse...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Neufeld-Cohen A,Evans AK,Getselter D,Spyroglou A,Hill A,Gil S,Tsoory M,Beuschlein F,Lowry CA,Vale W,Chen A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is more prevalent in subjects with schizophrenia compared to those with other psychiatric disorders or the general population and could therefore affect molecular pathways that impact the pathophysiology of this disorder. As smoking is also known to suppress immune responses, we investigated the effe...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Herberth M,Krzyszton DN,Koethe D,Craddock MR,Bulger E,Schwarz E,Guest P,Leweke FM,Bahn S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based linkage analysis is a new method for analysing genomewide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotype data in case-control samples, which does not assume a common disease, common variant model. The genome is scanned for extended segments that show increased identity-by-descent sharing within case-ca...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Francks C,Tozzi F,Farmer A,Vincent JB,Rujescu D,St Clair D,Muglia P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to compare the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts in the United States in 1991-1992 and 2001-2002, and identify sociodemographic groups at increased risk for suicidal ideation and attempts. Data were drawn from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1991-1992 National ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Baca-Garcia E,Perez-Rodriguez MM,Keyes KM,Oquendo MA,Hasin DS,Grant BF,Blanco C

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:A 3-day Nobel Conference entitled 'The role of genetics in promoting suicide prevention and the mental health of the population' was held at the Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden, during 8-10 June 2009. The conference was sponsored by the Nobel Assembly for Physiology or Medicine and organize...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Wasserman D,Terenius L,Wasserman J,Sokolowski M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although few studies dispute that there are gender differences in depression, the etiology is still unknown. In this review, we cover a number of proposed factors and the evidences for and against these factors that may account for gender differences in depression. These include the possible role of estrogens at puber...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Young E,Korszun A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with a world-wide prevalence of 1%. The pathophysiology of the illness is not understood, but is thought to have a strong genetic component with some environmental influences on aetiology. To gain further insight into disease mechanism, we used microarray technology to de...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Maycox PR,Kelly F,Taylor A,Bates S,Reid J,Logendra R,Barnes MR,Larminie C,Jones N,Lennon M,Davies C,Hagan JJ,Scorer CA,Angelinetta C,Akbar MT,Hirsch S,Mortimer AM,Barnes TR,de Belleroche J

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Neurobiological disorders have diverse manifestations and symptomology. Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, manifest late in life and are characterized by, among other symptoms, progressive loss of synaptic markers. Developmental disorders, such as autism spectrum, appear in childhood. Neuropsych...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Lahiri DK,Maloney B,Zawia NH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychopathy is strongly associated with serious criminal behaviour (for example, rape and murder) and recidivism. However, the biological basis of psychopathy remains poorly understood. Earlier studies suggested that dysfunction of the amygdala and/or orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) may underpin psychopathy. Nobody, howeve...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Craig MC,Catani M,Deeley Q,Latham R,Daly E,Kanaan R,Picchioni M,McGuire PK,Fahy T,Murphy DG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early-life disruption of the parent-child relationship, for example, in the form of abuse, neglect or loss, dramatically increases risk for psychiatric, as well as certain medical, disorders in adulthood. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) plays a seminal role in mediating social affiliation, attachment, social support, m...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Heim C,Young LJ,Newport DJ,Mletzko T,Miller AH,Nemeroff CB

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classic diathesis-stress framework, which views some individuals as particularly vulnerable to adversity, informs virtually all psychiatric research on behavior-gene-environment (G x E) interaction. An alternative framework of 'differential susceptibility' is proposed, one which regards those most susceptible to a...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Belsky J,Jonassaint C,Pluess M,Stanton M,Brummett B,Williams R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole genome association study was performed in a phase 3 clinical trial conducted to evaluate a novel antipsychotic, iloperidone, administered to treat patients with schizophrenia. Genotypes of 407 patients were analyzed for 334,563 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). SNPs associated with iloperidone efficacy w...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Lavedan C,Licamele L,Volpi S,Hamilton J,Heaton C,Mack K,Lannan R,Thompson A,Wolfgang CD,Polymeropoulos MH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core nature of nicotine dependence is evident in wide variations in how individuals become and remain smokers. Individuals with pre-existing behavioral traits are more likely to develop nicotine dependence and experience difficulty when attempting to quit. Many molecular factors likely contribute to individual var...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hiroi N,Scott D

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) drugs with placebo in schizophrenic patients and which considered 13 different outcome measures. Thirty-eight randomized controlled trials with 7323 participants were included. All SGA...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Leucht S,Arbter D,Engel RR,Kissling W,Davis JM

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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：:Schizophrenia is a common and complex mental disorder. Hereditary factors are important for its etiology, but despite linkage signals reported to several chromosomal regions in different populations, final identification of predisposing genes has remained a challenge. Utilizing a large family-based schizophrenia study...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Wedenoja J,Loukola A,Tuulio-Henriksson A,Paunio T,Ekelund J,Silander K,Varilo T,Heikkilä K,Suvisaari J,Partonen T,Lönnqvist J,Peltonen L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar disorder is a major medical, social and economic burden worldwide. However, the mechanisms of action of effective antibipolar disorder drugs remain elusive. In this paper, we review studies using a neuropharmacological approach in unanesthetized rats, combined with kinetic, biochemical and molecular biology te...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Rao JS,Lee HJ,Rapoport SI,Bazinet RP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulin and the neuregulin receptor ERBB4 have been genetically and functionally implicated in schizophrenia. In this study, we used the yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that interact with ERBB4, to identify genes and pathways that might contribute to schizophrenia susceptibility. We identified the MAGI...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Buxbaum JD,Georgieva L,Young JJ,Plescia C,Kajiwara Y,Jiang Y,Moskvina V,Norton N,Peirce T,Williams H,Craddock NJ,Carroll L,Corfas G,Davis KL,Owen MJ,Harroch S,Sakurai T,O'Donovan MC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(A)) receptors are thought to play an important role in modulating the central nervous system in response to stress. Animal data have shown alterations in the GABA(A) receptor complex by uncontrollable stressors. SPECT imaging with benzodiazepine ligands showed lower distribution volumes o...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Geuze E,van Berckel BN,Lammertsma AA,Boellaard R,de Kloet CS,Vermetten E,Westenberg HG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type (ADHD-CT) is associated with spatial working memory deficits. These deficits are known to be subserved by dysfunction of neural circuits involving right prefrontal, striatal and parietal brain regions. This study determines whether decreased right prefrontal, str...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Vance A,Silk TJ,Casey M,Rinehart NJ,Bradshaw JL,Bellgrove MA,Cunnington R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The s allele variant of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) has recently been observed to moderate the relationship of stress to depression and anxiety. To date no study has considered interactive effects of 5-HTT genotype, stress and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function on cognition in healthy, older adul...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： O'Hara R,Schröder CM,Mahadevan R,Schatzberg AF,Lindley S,Fox S,Weiner M,Kraemer HC,Noda A,Lin X,Gray HL,Hallmayer JF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family studies have demonstrated genetic influences on environmental exposure: the phenomenon of gene-environment correlation (rGE). A few molecular genetic studies have confirmed the results, but the identification of rGE in studies that measure genes and environments faces several challenges. Using examples from stu...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Jaffee SR,Price TS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the most consistent results of studies of post-mortem brain tissue from schizophrenia patients (SZP) is the finding that in this disease, several genes expressed by GABAergic neurons are downregulated. This downregulation may be caused by hypermethylation of the relevant promoters in affected neurons. Indeed, in...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Ruzicka WB,Zhubi A,Veldic M,Grayson DR,Costa E,Guidotti A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) has been repeatedly associated with antidepressant response in mood disorder patients, but findings are not consistent across studies. A meta-analysis was performed on 15 studies including data of 1435 subjects. We tested three phenotypes: remission rate,...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Serretti A,Kato M,De Ronchi D,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The prefrontal cortex, a part of the limbic-thalamic-cortical network, participates in regulation of mood, cognition and behavior and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). Many neuropsychological studies demonstrate impairment of working memory in patients with MDD. However, th...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Matsuo K,Glahn DC,Peluso MA,Hatch JP,Monkul ES,Najt P,Sanches M,Zamarripa F,Li J,Lancaster JL,Fox PT,Gao JH,Soares JC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a hormone with pleiotropic functions affecting several tissues. Because leptin has a crucial role in the adaptation of an organism to semi-starvation, anorexia nervosa (AN) serves as a model disorder to elucidate the functional implications of hypoleptinaemia; vice versa, several symptoms in patients with th...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hebebrand J,Muller TD,Holtkamp K,Herpertz-Dahlmann B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Several epidemiological studies confirmed that Anxiety Disorders as a group are the most prevalent psychiatric conditions in the United States. The importance of these conditions is underlined by the fact that they cause significant disability, poor quality of life, alcohol and drug abuse. Anxiety disorders are treata...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Bystritsky A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage studies in schizophrenia have identified a candidate region on chromosome 10p14-11 as reported for several independent samples. We investigated association of DNA sequence variants in a plausible candidate gene located in this region, the gene for phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase IIalpha (PIP5K2A), in...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Schwab SG,Knapp M,Sklar P,Eckstein GN,Sewekow C,Borrmann-Hassenbach M,Albus M,Becker T,Hallmayer JF,Lerer B,Maier W,Wildenauer DB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities in the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter system have been noted in subjects with mood and anxiety disorders. Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) enzymes synthesize GABA from glutamate, and, thus, are reasonable candidate susceptibility genes for these conditions. In this study, we examined th...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Hettema JM,An SS,Neale MC,Bukszar J,van den Oord EJ,Kendler KS,Chen X

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low dietary folate intake has been implicated as a risk factor for depression. However, observational epidemiological studies are plagued by problems of confounding, reverse causality and measurement error. A common polymorphism (C677T) in MTHFR is associated with methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) activity and ...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Lewis SJ,Lawlor DA,Davey Smith G,Araya R,Timpson N,Day IN,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of innate immunity and microglia in the brain is currently a matter of great debate and controversy. While several studies have provided evidence that they contribute to neurodegeneration in various animal models of brain diseases and traumas, others have shown that their inhibition may in contrast be associa...

journal_title：Molecular psychiatry

authors： Simard AR,Rivest S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00