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ReviewNeuropharmacology

GABA(A) receptors and their associated proteins: implications in the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders.

Erik I Charych, Feng Liu, Stephen J Moss, Nicholas J Brandon

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Review in Neuropharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tiagabine in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011
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  3. GABA Deficits Enhance the Psychotomimetic Effects of Δ9-THC.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2015
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  4. Probing GABA receptor function in schizophrenia with iomazenil.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2011
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  9. Proteostasis regulation of GABABiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
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  15. Effective Preparation of [Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  18. Development and Molecular Investigation into the Effects of Carbamazepine Exposure in the Zebrafish (International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Erik I CharychWyeth Research, Neuroscience Discovery, Princeton NJ 08852, USA. charyce@wyeth.com
Feng Liu
Stephen J Moss
Nicholas J Brandon
Princeton University · USUniversity College London · GBWomen's Health Research Institute · CA

Funding

The Synthesis of GABA in Epileptic BrainP01NS054900 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI COULTER, DOUGLAS A · 2007 to 2011
$6.4M
Mechanisms that determine Glutamine synthetase activity in the brainR01NS081986 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2012 to 2022
$3.7M
Constructing inhibitory synapsesR01NS051195 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2006 to 2014
$3.2M
The Regulation of GABAA Receptor Cell Surface StabilityR01NS047478 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2005 to 2009
$2.1M
The role of ubiquitination in regulating GABA(A) receptor functional expressionR01NS056359 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
Impaired KCC2 function underlies pharmacoresistant seizuresR21NS080064 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2013 to 2014
$452k
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS054900NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047478NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS051195NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056359NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081986NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS080064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors play an important role in mediating fast synaptic inhibition in the brain. They are ubiquitously expressed in the CNS and also represent a major site of action for clinically relevant drugs. Recent technological advances have greatly clarified the molecular and cellular roles played by distinct GABA(A) receptor subunit classes and isoforms in normal brain function. At the same time, postmortem and genetic studies have linked neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with GABAergic neurotransmission and various specific GABA(A) receptor subunits, while evidence implicating GABA(A)R-associated proteins is beginning to emerge. In this review we discuss the mounting genetic, molecular, and cellular evidence pointing toward a role for GABA(A) receptor heterogeneity in both schizophrenia etiology and therapeutic development. Finally, we speculate on the relationship between schizophrenia-related disorders and selected GABA(A) receptor associated proteins, key regulators of GABA(A) receptor trafficking, targeting, clustering, and anchoring that often carry out these functions in a subtype-specific manner.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntipsychotic AgentsBipolar DisorderHumansMental DisordersReceptors, GABA-ASchizophreniaAntipsychotic AgentsReceptors, GABA-A

Identifiers

PMID19631671
PMCPMC2836902
OpenAlexW2080749670

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