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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Previous neuropathological studies have revealed that the corticolimbic system of schizophrenic patients expresses abnormal levels of various synaptic molecules, which are known to be influenced by the neuronal differentiation factors, neurotrophins. Therefore, we determined levels of neurotrophins and their receptors in the postmortem brains of schizophrenic patients and control subjects in relation to molecular impairments in schizophrenia. Among the neurotrophins examined, levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were elevated specifically in the anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus of schizophrenic patients, but levels of nerve growth factors and neurotrophin-3 showed no change in any of the regions examined. In parallel, the expressions of TrkB receptor and calbindin-D, which are both influenced by BDNF, were reduced significantly in the hippocampus or the prefrontal cortex. However, neuroleptic treatment did not appear to mimic the neurotrophic change. Neither withdrawal of drug treatment in patients nor chronic administration of haloperidol to rats altered levels of BDNF. These findings suggest that neurotrophic abnormality is associated with the corticolimbic structures of schizophrenic patients and might provide the molecular substrate for pathological manifestations of the illness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1359-4184
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Autopsy, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Gyrus Cinguli, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Haloperidol, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Receptor, trkB, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:10889532-Schizophrenia
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormal expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in the corticolimbic system of schizophrenic patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 951-8585, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't