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ReviewJournal of experimental pharmacology2021

Experimental Serotonergic Agents for the Treatment of Schizophrenia.

Enrico Capuzzi, Alice Caldiroli, Veronica Ciscato, Stefania Russo, Massimiliano Buoli

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Review in Journal of experimental pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. The role of lumateperone in the treatment of schizophrenia.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2021
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Enrico CapuzziPsychiatric Department, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Monza, Monza, Italy.
Alice CaldiroliPsychiatric Department, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Monza, Monza, Italy.
Veronica CiscatoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, 20900, Italy.
Stefania RussoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, 20900, Italy.
Massimiliano BuoliDepartment of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, 20122, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3359-3191
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia remains one of the most chronic and highly disabling mental disorder. To date, the pathomechanism of schizophrenia is not fully understood and current treatments are characterized by some limitations. First- and second-generation antipsychotics have shown clinical efficacy in treating positive symptoms, while are poorly effective on both negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. Moreover, they can involve many metabolic and neurological side effects, leading to low therapeutic compliance. Many evidence suggested that serotonin may play a complex role in the neurobiology of schizophrenia. Therefore, new drugs targeting 5-HT receptors (5-HTRs) have become an important area of research in schizophrenia in the hope that treatment efficacy may be improved without inducing side effects observed with currently available antipsychotics. Research using the main database sources was conducted to obtain an overview of preclinical and clinical pharmacological 5-HTR-targeted therapies in patients with schizophrenia. We identified 17 experimental serotonergic agents, under study for their potential use in schizophrenia treatment. Particularly, AVN-211, LuAF-35700 and Brilaroxazine are currently under clinical development. Moreover, some compounds showed some pro-cognitive and antipsychotic-like properties in animal models, while other agents showed contradictory effects in improving symptoms and were removed from the development program. Although some serotonergic drugs seem promising for improving the treatment of schizophrenia, further studies regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia and novel compounds as well as high-quality trials are necessary in order to improve schizophrenia outcomes.

Indexed as

cognitive deficitsexperimental agentsnegative symptomsschizophreniaserotonin

Identifiers

PMID33574716
PMCPMC7872893
OpenAlexW3127005125

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