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ReviewProgress in neurobiology2011

Linking oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction to neurocircuitry abnormalities in schizophrenia.

Nagahide Takahashi, Takeshi Sakurai, Kenneth L Davis, Joseph D Buxbaum

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Review in Progress in neurobiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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175citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

175 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 328 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nagahide TakahashiConte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders and the Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Takeshi Sakurai
Kenneth L Davis
Joseph D Buxbaum
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

White Matter Abnormalities in SchizophreniaP50MH066392 · NIMH · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI BUXBAUM, JOSEPH D. · 2002 to 2012
$18.6M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH066392NIMH NIH HHS P50MH066392
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple lines of evidence in schizophrenia, from brain imaging, studies in postmortem brains, and genetic association studies, have implicated oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction in this disease. Recent studies suggest that oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction leads to changes in synaptic formation and function, which could lead to cognitive dysfunction, a core symptom of schizophrenia. Furthermore, there is accumulating data linking oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction with dopamine and glutamate abnormalities, both of which are found in schizophrenia. These findings implicate oligodendrocyte and myelin dysfunction as a primary change in schizophrenia, not only as secondary consequences of the illness or treatment. Strategies targeting oligodendrocyte and myelin abnormalities could therefore provide therapeutic opportunities for patients suffering from schizophrenia.

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AnimalsHumansMyelin SheathNerve NetOligodendrogliaSchizophrenia

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PMID20950668
PMCPMC3622281
OpenAlexW2091960711

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