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Glutamatergic dysfunction leads to a hyper-dopaminergic phenotype through deficits in short-term habituation: a mechanism for aberrant salience.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Feb 2023
Panayi Marios C, Boerner Thomas, Jahans-Price Thomas, Huber Anna, Sprengel Rolf, Gilmour Gary, Sanderson David J, Harrison Paul J, Walton Mark E, Bannerman David M
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Psychosis in disorders like schizophrenia is commonly associated with aberrant salience and elevated striatal dopamine. However, the underlying cause(s) of this hyper-dopaminergic state remain elusive. Various lines of evidence point to glutamatergic dysfunction and impairments in synaptic plasticity in the etiology of schizophrenia, including deficits associated with the GluA1 AMPAR subunit. GluA1 knockout...
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