[HTML][HTML] Advantages and limitations of animal schizophrenia models

M Białoń, A Wąsik - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mental illness modeling is still a major challenge for scientists. Animal models of
schizophrenia are essential to gain a better understanding of the disease etiopathology and …

[HTML][HTML] Present and future antipsychotic drugs: A systematic review of the putative mechanisms of action for efficacy and a critical appraisal under a translational …

A de Bartolomeis, A Barone, V Begni, MA Riva - Pharmacological research, 2022 - Elsevier
Antipsychotics represent the mainstay of schizophrenia pharmacological therapy, and their
role has been expanded in the last years to mood disorders treatment. Although introduced …

Antioxidant properties of second-generation antipsychotics: Focus on microglia

G Caruso, M Grasso, A Fidilio, F Tascedda, F Drago… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent studies suggest a primary role of oxidative stress in an early phase of the
pathogenesis of schizophrenia and a strong neurobiological link has been found between …

Structural and biochemical alterations in dendritic spines as key mechanisms for severe mental illnesses

S Reyes-Lizaola, U Luna-Zarate… - Progress in Neuro …, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe mental illnesses (SMI) collectively affect approximately 20% of the global population,
as estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite having diverse etiologies …

Second-generation antipsychotic olanzapine attenuates behavioral and prefrontal cortex synaptic plasticity deficits in a neurodevelopmental schizophrenia-related rat …

DJ Apam-Castillejos, H Tendilla-Beltrán… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Second-generation antipsychotics are the drugs of choice for the treatment of
neurodevelopmental-related mental diseases such as schizophrenia. Despite the …

Amphetamine sensitization alters hippocampal neuronal morphology and memory and learning behaviors

LE Arroyo-García, H Tendilla-Beltrán… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
It is known that continuous abuse of amphetamine (AMPH) results in alterations in neuronal
structure and cognitive behaviors related to the reward system. However, the impact of …

The pathophysiological underpinnings of gamma-band alterations in psychiatric disorders

A Palmisano, S Pandit, CL Smeralda, I Demchenko… - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Investigating the biophysiological substrates of psychiatric illnesses is of great interest to our
understanding of disorders' etiology, the identification of reliable biomarkers, and potential …

The prefrontal cortex as a target for atypical antipsychotics in schizophrenia, lessons of neurodevelopmental animal models

H Tendilla-Beltrán, N del Carmen Sanchez-Islas… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) inflammatory imbalance, oxidative/nitrosative stress (O/NS) and
impaired neuroplasticity in schizophrenia are thought to have neurodevelopmental origins …

[HTML][HTML] Altered antioxidant defenses in drug-naive first episode patients with schizophrenia are associated with poor treatment response to risperidone: 12-week …

XR Li, MH **u, XN Guan, YC Wang, J Wang, E Leung… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abnormal redox regulation is thought to contribute to schizophrenia (SCZ). Accumulating
studies have shown that the plasma antioxidant enzyme activity is closely associated with …

New insights on nitric oxide: Focus on animal models of schizophrenia

JC Morales-Medina, P Aguilar-Alonso… - Behavioural Brain …, 2021 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a devastating complex disorder characterised by a constellation of
behavioral deficits with the underlying mechanisms not fully known. Nitric oxide (NO) has …