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ReviewProgress in neurobiology2015

Converging models of schizophrenia--Network alterations of prefrontal cortex underlying cognitive impairments.

Takeshi Sakurai, Nao J Gamo, Takatoshi Hikida, Sun-Hong Kim, Toshiya Murai, Toshifumi Tomoda, Akira Sawa

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Review in Progress in neurobiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Takeshi SakuraiMedical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: sakurai@tk.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Nao J GamoDepartment of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Takatoshi HikidaMedical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Sun-Hong KimDepartment of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Toshiya MuraiDepartment of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Toshifumi TomodaMedical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Akira SawaDepartment of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.

Funding

Project 3P50MH094268 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2011 to 2020
$19.9M
WOUND MIGRATION FORCE MONITORINGP41RR001192 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LYUBOVITSKY, JULIA · 1985 to 2011
$14.2M
DISC1-dependent defects in neural fate, corticogenesis and cognition in psychosisR01MH105660 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ISHIZUKA, KOKO, SAWA, AKIRA · 2014 to 2018
$2.8M
Oxidative stress and schizophrenia: combination of cell biology and brain imagingR01MH092443 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR001192NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094268NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH092443NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH105660
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) and its connections with other brain areas are crucial for cognitive function. Cognitive impairments are one of the core symptoms associated with schizophrenia, and manifest even before the onset of the disorder. Altered neural networks involving PFC contribute to cognitive impairments in schizophrenia. Both genetic and environmental risk factors affect the development of the local circuitry within PFC as well as development of broader brain networks, and make the system vulnerable to further insults during adolescence, leading to the onset of the disorder in young adulthood. Since spared cognitive functions correlate with functional outcome and prognosis, a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying cognitive impairments will have important implications for novel therapeutics for schizophrenia focusing on cognitive functions. Multidisciplinary approaches, from basic neuroscience to clinical studies, are required to link molecules, circuitry, networks, and behavioral phenotypes. Close interactions among such fields by sharing a common language on connectomes, behavioral readouts, and other concepts are crucial for this goal.

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Schizophrenic PsychologyAnimalsCognition DisordersHumansModels, NeurologicalModels, PsychologicalNeural PathwaysPrefrontal CortexSchizophreniaBrain imagingCircuitry formationCircuitry maturationCognitive functionNetworksOscillationPrefrontal cortex

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PMID26408506
PMCPMC4656070

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