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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2011

Linking neurodevelopmental and synaptic theories of mental illness through DISC1.

Nicholas J Brandon, Akira Sawa

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 259 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

259 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Decreased Brain pH as a Shared Endophenotype of Psychiatric Disorders.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicholas J BrandonPfizer Neuroscience, Groton, Connecticut 06437, USA. nick.brandon@pfizer.com
Akira Sawa

Funding

Project 3P50MH094268 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEEK, JEFFREY T. · 2011 to 2020
$19.9M
Research Center for Molecular Pathogenesis of SchizophreniaP20MH084018 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GALLAGHER, MICHAELA · 2008 to 2010
$3.3M
Nuclear pathway of DISC1 in major mental illnesses: biochemistry and cell biologyR01MH069853 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2004 to 2012
$3.2M
Oxidative stress and schizophrenia: combination of cell biology and brain imagingR01MH092443 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Defining of Neurodevelopmental Pathways Regulated by Neuregulin- DISC1 InteractioRC1MH088753 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ANTON, EVA S, SAWA, AKIRA · 2009 to 2010
$933k
PICK1 knockout mice: role for D-serine in neonatal forebrainsR21MH085226 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2010 to 2011
$369k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in our understanding of the underlying genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders has blown away the diagnostic boundaries that are defined by currently used diagnostic manuals. The disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene was originally discovered at the breakpoint of an inherited chromosomal translocation, which segregates with major mental illnesses. In addition, many biological studies have indicated a role for DISC1 in early neurodevelopment and synaptic regulation. Given that DISC1 is thought to drive a range of endophenotypes that underlie major mental conditions, elucidating the biology of DISC1 may enable the construction of new diagnostic categories for mental illnesses with a more meaningful biological foundation.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseMental DisordersAnimalsBrainGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansModels, BiologicalNerve Tissue ProteinsSynapsesTranslocation, GeneticDISC1 protein, humanNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID22095064
PMCPMC3954824

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