Astrocyte energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: integration of the glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle

JV Andersen, A Schousboe, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Astrocytes contribute to the complex cellular pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Neurons and astrocytes function in close collaboration through neurotransmitter recycling …

Glutamate and dopamine in schizophrenia: An update for the 21st century

O Howes, R McCutcheon… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The glutamate and dopamine hypotheses are leading theories of the pathoaetiology of
schizophrenia. Both were initially based on indirect evidence from pharmacological studies …

Hippocampal dysfunction in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: a selective review and hypothesis for early detection and intervention

JA Lieberman, RR Girgis, G Brucato, H Moore… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Scientists have long sought to characterize the pathophysiologic basis of schizophrenia and
develop biomarkers that could identify the illness. Extensive postmortem and in vivo …

Energy metabolism and inflammation in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease

F Yin, H Sancheti, I Patil, E Cadenas - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
The high energy demand of the brain renders it sensitive to changes in energy fuel supply
and mitochondrial function. Deficits in glucose availability and mitochondrial function are …

NMR metabolomics: A look ahead

DS Wishart - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2019 - Elsevier
NMR has been used to perform metabolic studies, metabolic profiling and metabolomics in
biofluids and tissues for more than 40 years. This close connection between metabolic …

Glutamate and GABA homeostasis and neurometabolism in major depressive disorder

A Sarawagi, ND Soni, AB Patel - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of distress, disability, and suicides. As
per the latest WHO report, MDD affects more than 260 million people worldwide. Despite …

Elimination of substances from the brain parenchyma: efflux via perivascular pathways and via the blood–brain barrier

SB Hladky, MA Barrand - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2018 - Springer
This review considers efflux of substances from brain parenchyma quantified as values of
clearances (CL, stated in µL g− 1 min− 1). Total clearance of a substance is the sum of …

Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis

G Tononi, C Cirelli - Sleep medicine reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper reviews a novel hypothesis about the functions of slow wave sleep—the synaptic
homeostasis hypothesis. According to the hypothesis, plastic processes occurring during …

Energy metabolism of the brain, including the cooperation between astrocytes and neurons, especially in the context of glycogen metabolism

A Falkowska, I Gutowska, M Goschorska… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Glycogen metabolism has important implications for the functioning of the brain, especially
the cooperation between astrocytes and neurons. According to various research data, in a …

Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

MZ Zhong, T Peng, ML Duarte, M Wang… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the United
States (US). Animal models, specifically mouse models have been developed to better …