Reorganization of adolescent prefrontal cortex circuitry is required for mouse cognitive maturation

JA Pöpplau, T Schwarze, M Dorofeikova, I Pochinok… - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
Most cognitive functions involving the prefrontal cortex emerge during late development.
Increasing evidence links this delayed maturation to the protracted timeline of prefrontal …

Neuroimmune transcriptome changes in patient brains of psychiatric and neurological disorders

Y Chen, J Dai, L Tang, T Mikhailova, Q Liang, M Li… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Neuroinflammation has been implicated in multiple brain disorders but the extent and the
magnitude of change in immune-related genes (IRGs) across distinct brain disorders has not …

Profiling cell-type specific gene expression in post-mortem human brain samples through laser capture microdissection

D Almeida, G Turecki - Methods, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The transcriptome of a cell constitutes an essential piece of cellular identity and contributes
to the multifaceted complexity and heterogeneity of cell-types within the mammalian brain …

Common changes in rat cortical gene expression after valproate or lithium treatment particularly affect pre-and post-synaptic pathways that regulate four …

B Dean, E Scarr - The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objectives We have postulated that common changes in gene expression after treatment
with different therapeutic classes of psychotropic drugs contribute to their common …

Antipsychotic drug use complicates assessment of gene expression changes associated with schizophrenia

A Schulmann, S Marenco, MP Vawter, N Akula… - Translational …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Recent postmortem transcriptomic studies of schizophrenia (SCZ) have shown hundreds of
differentially expressed genes. However, the extent to which these gene expression …

Lower levels of kainate receptors, but not AMPA or NMDA receptors, in Brodmann's area (BA) 9, but not BA 10, from a subgroup of people with schizophrenia who …

M Snelleksz, E Scarr, B Dean - Schizophrenia Research, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In a previous study on ionotropic glutamate receptors, we have shown that [3 H] kainate, but
not [3 H] AMPA or [3 H] NMDA, receptor binding was lower in Brodmann's area (BA) 9 from …

Molecular neurobiology of loss: A role for basolateral amygdala extracellular matrix

MA Smail, BL Smith, R Shukla, K Alganem… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Psychological loss is a common experience that erodes well-being and negatively impacts
quality of life. The molecular underpinnings of loss are poorly understood. Here, we …

Interpreting and visualizing pathway analyses using embedding representations with PAVER

AS Imami, HA Sajid, J Vergis, X Zhang, J Meller… - …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Omics studies use large-scale high-throughput data to explain changes underlying different
traits or conditions. However, omics analysis often results in long lists of pathways that are …

Evidence that a working memory cognitive phenotype within schizophrenia has a unique underlying biology.

B Dean, EHX Thomas, K Bozaoglu, EJ Tan… - Psychiatry …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
It is suggested studying phenotypes within the syndrome of schizophrenia will accelerate
understanding the complex molecular pathology of the disorder. Supporting this hypothesis …

Neuronal alterations in AKT isotype expression in schizophrenia

EA Devine, AS Imami, H Eby, S Sahay, A Hamoud… - Molecular …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Schizophrenia is characterized by substantial alterations in brain function, and previous
studies suggest insulin signaling pathways, particularly involving AKT, are implicated in the …