Schizophrenia and psychosis-related disorders: how the glutamate hypothesis contributes to the onset of the mental illness

Abstract excerpt

Schizophrenia and psychosis in general, are health problems for a lot of patients around the world. The causes of developing those mental illnesses are still unknown. Several hypotheses have been introduced to justify these malfunctions. Our article focuses on the glutaminergic hypothesis and how it might lead to the onset of the disorders. The NMDA receptor controls the release of acetylcholine, GABA, and dopamin...

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• Brain
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Glutamic Acid
• Long-Term Potentiation
• Receptors, AMPA
• Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
• Schizophrenia
• Synapses

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Literature Corpus work

7f24cfed-f983-5925-95b2-91db959dab5a

DOI

10.32388/fuy7vv