Alterations of cortical GABA neurons and network oscillations in schizophrenia

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-344

  Gonzalez Burgos, Guillermo ^a   Hashimoto, Takanori ^b   Lewis, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficit; GABA; Neocortex; Schizophrenia; Synaptic inhibition; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PARVALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77956393566     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0124-8     Document Type: Review

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