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The Role of Genes, Stress, and Dopamine in the Development of Schizophrenia.

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A model is presented of how genes and environmental factors may sensitize the dopamine system so that it is vulnerable to acute stress, leading to progressive dysregulation and the onset of psychosis.
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This article is published in Biological Psychiatry.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 410 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dopaminergic & Dopamine receptor D3.

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Dopamine: Functions, Signaling, and Association with Neurological Diseases

TL;DR: The aspects of dopamine as a catecholaminergic neurotransmitter and dopamine signaling pathways elicited through dopamine receptor activation in normal brain function are summarized and the potential involvement of these signaling pathways in evoking the onset and progression of some diseases in the nervous system are described.
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30 Years on: How the Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis of Schizophrenia Morphed Into the Developmental Risk Factor Model of Psychosis

TL;DR: The neurodevelopment hypothesis of schizophrenia morphed into the developmental risk factor model of psychosis and integrated new evidence concerning dysregulated striatal dopamine as the final step on the pathway linking risk factors to psychotic symptoms.
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Defining the Locus of Dopaminergic Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: A Meta-analysis and Test of the Mesolimbic Hypothesis

TL;DR: In individuals with schizophrenia dopaminergic dysfunction is greater in dorsal compared to limbic subdivisions of the striatum, which is inconsistent with the mesolimbic hypothesis and identifies the dorsal striatum as a target for novel treatment development.
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Auditory verbal hallucinations and continuum models of psychosis: A systematic review of the healthy voice-hearer literature

TL;DR: Overall the results of the present systematic review support a continuum view rather than a diagnostic model, but cannot distinguish between ‘quasi’ and ‘fully’ dimensional models.
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Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

TL;DR: The largest body of evidence for short- and long-term efficacy of medication currently exists for SSRIs, with promising initial findings for the selective noradrenergic reuptake inhibitor venlafaxine and the atypical antipsychotic risperidone.
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Confirmation of synergy between urbanicity and familial liability in the causation of psychosis.

TL;DR: It is suggested that a substantial proportion of the population morbidity force of schizophrenia may be the result of gene-environment interactions associated with urbanicity.
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Alterations in the serotonin system in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of postmortem and molecular imaging studies

TL;DR: Postmortem and in vivo molecular imaging studies of serotonin function in schizophrenia indicated possible 5-HT alterations at psychosis onset, although due to the limited number of studies it was not possible to combine studies in a meta-analysis.
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Increased caudate dopamine D2 receptor availability as a genetic marker for schizophrenia

TL;DR: The results suggest that caudate dopamine dysregulation is also a trait phenomenon related to psychosis vulnerability, and provides a theoretical rationale for early pharmacologic intervention approaches using dopamine D(2) receptor blocking drugs.
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