The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia version III: a master mechanism

OD Howes, EC Onwordi - Molecular psychiatry, 2023‏ - nature.com
The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia has been highly influential. However, new
approaches mean there has been a step-change in the evidence available, and some tenets …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating the neurodevelopmental and dopamine hypotheses of schizophrenia and the role of cortical excitation-inhibition balance

OD Howes, E Shatalina - Biological psychiatry, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The neurodevelopmental and dopamine hypotheses are leading theories of the
pathoetiology of schizophrenia, but they were developed in isolation. However, since they …

Schizophrenia: from neurochemistry to circuits, symptoms and treatments

OD Howes, BR Bukala, K Beck - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a leading cause of global disability. Current pharmacotherapy for the
disease predominantly uses one mechanism—dopamine D2 receptor blockade—but often …

Schizophrenia—an overview

RA McCutcheon, TR Marques, OD Howes - JAMA psychiatry, 2020‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Schizophrenia is a common, severe mental illness that most clinicians will
encounter regularly during their practice. This report provides an overview of the clinical …

The role of gut dysbiosis in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders

N Anand, VR Gorantla, SB Chidambaram - Cells, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Mounting evidence shows that the complex gut microbial ecosystem in the human
gastrointestinal (GI) tract regulates the physiology of the central nervous system (CNS) via …

The schizophrenia syndrome, circa 2024: What we know and how that informs its nature

R Tandon, H Nasrallah, S Akbarian… - Schizophrenia …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
With new data about different aspects of schizophrenia being continually generated, it
becomes necessary to periodically revisit exactly what we know. Along with a need to review …

Neuroimaging in schizophrenia: an overview of findings and their implications for synaptic changes

OD Howes, C Cummings, GE Chapman… - …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Over the last five decades, a large body of evidence has accrued for structural and metabolic
brain alterations in schizophrenia. Here we provide an overview of these findings, focusing …

Antipsychotics: mechanisms underlying clinical response and side-effects and novel treatment approaches based on pathophysiology

SJ Kaar, S Natesan, R Mccutcheon, OD Howes - Neuropharmacology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Antipsychotic drugs are central to the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders but are ineffective for some patients and associated with side-effects and …

The clinical significance of duration of untreated psychosis: an umbrella review and random‐effects meta‐analysis

OD Howes, T Whitehurst, E Shatalina… - World …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The idea that a longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) leads to poorer outcomes has
contributed to extensive changes in mental health services worldwide and has attracted …

Synaptic density marker SV2A is reduced in schizophrenia patients and unaffected by antipsychotics in rats

EC Onwordi, EF Halff, T Whitehurst, A Mansur… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Synaptic dysfunction is hypothesised to play a key role in schizophrenia pathogenesis, but
this has not been tested directly in vivo. Here, we investigated synaptic vesicle glycoprotein …