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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2012

Glutamate neurocircuitry: theoretical underpinnings in schizophrenia.

Thomas L Schwartz, Shilpa Sachdeva, Stephen M Stahl

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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78citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. TAAR1 agonist ulotaront modulates striatal and hippocampal glutamate function in a state-dependent manner.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  20. Genetics in psychiatry: Methods, clinical applications and future perspectives.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas L SchwartzDepartment of Psychiatry, State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY, USA.
Shilpa Sachdeva
Stephen M Stahl
SUNY Upstate Medical University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia is actively being challenged by the NMDA Receptor Hypofunctioning Hypothesis of Schizophrenia. The latter hypothesis may actually be the starting point in neuronal pathways that ultimately modifies dopamine pathways involved in generating both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia postulated by the former hypothesis. The authors suggest that even this latter, NMDA receptor-based, hypothesis is likely too narrow and offer a review of typical glutamate and dopamine-based neurocircuitry, propose genetic vulnerabilities impacting glutamate neurocircuitry, and provide a broad interpretation of a possible etiology of schizophrenia. In conclusion, there is a brief review of potential schizophrenia treatments that rely on the etiologic theory provided in the body of the paper.

Indexed as

dopamine hypothesisglutamate hypothesisNMDA receptorschizophrenia

Identifiers

PMID23189055
PMCPMC3505861
OpenAlexW1987248281

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