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ArticleGene & protein in disease2025

Exploring dopamine as the master regulator of brain circuitry and mental health genome.

Kenneth Blum, Eric R Braverman, Alireza Sharafshah, Igor Elman, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Abdalla Bowirrat, Albert Pinhasov, Panayotis K Thanos, Mark S Gold, Catherine A Dennen and 14 more

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Article in Gene & protein in disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Kenneth BlumDivision of Clinical Neurology, The Blum Institute of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Austin, Texas, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6727-803X
Eric R BravermanDivision of Clinical Neurology, The Blum Institute of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Austin, Texas, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5525-8314
Alireza SharafshahCellular and Molecular Research Center, School of Medicine, Guilin University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-8048-9587
Igor ElmanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1345-2677
Kai-Uwe LewandrowskiDivision of Personalized Pain Therapy Research and Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7842-2914
Abdalla BowirratDepartment of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8185-0688
Albert PinhasovDepartment of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8116-4565
Panayotis K ThanosDepartment of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9784-731X
Mark S GoldDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4713-3751
Catherine A DennenDepartment of Family Medicine, Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0003-7059-8386
Edward J ModestinoDepartment of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7611-5144
Rajendra D BadgaiyanDepartment of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5586-5114
David BaronDivision of Addiction Research and Education, Center for Sports, Exercise, and Mental Health, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7670-2613
Brian FuehrleinDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3202-8089
Daniel SippleM Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0003-6516-5260
John Wesson AshfordDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9600-6471
Keerthy SunderDepartment of Medicine, Riverside School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0004-2361-3384
Milan MakaleDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5414-0517
Kevin MurphyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Nicole JafariDepartment of Applied Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7762-9673
Foojan ZeineDepartment of Health Science, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0006-7709-5580
Aryeh R PollackDivision of Clinical Neurology, The Blum Institute of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Austin, Texas, United States of America.
Alexander P L LewandrowskiDivision of Clinical Neurology, The Blum Institute of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Austin, Texas, United States of America.
Jag KhalsaDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

Funding

Dopamine Neurotransmission in Tourette SyndromeR01NS073884 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
A Systematic Medical Approach to Reward Transformation (SMART) for Brain Health in Opioid Use DisorderR41MD012318 · NIMHD · VERSA INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, INC. · PI BLUM, KENNETH, GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C · 2017 to 2017
$221k
CSRD VA I01 CX000479NIMHD NIH HHS R41 MD012318NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificially increasing dopamine transmission is the common mechanism by which substances with addictive potential lead to addiction. A key area of research in neurobiology is the role of dopamine. Significant advancements have been made in uncovering the intracellular signaling pathways that mediate both dopamine's immediate effects and its long-term influence on brain function. Recent discoveries have also highlighted specific molecules that could serve as potential therapeutic targets for neurological and psychiatric disorders. While understanding several important caveats, we believe dopamine acts as a master regulator of brain circuitry across major chromosomes mapping the mental health genome. This view may have important clinical relevance, emphasizing the critical role of dopaminergic activity across the genome. Importantly, we are cognizant that dopamine does not work in insolation, and its finite actions are due to a highly interactive network (known as the brain reward cascade), involving at least seven other major neurotransmitters.

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AddictionBrain reward cascadeDopamineGeneticsPsychiatric disorders

Identifiers

PMID40746483
PMCPMC12311831

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