David A Lewis

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Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Intrinsic excitatory connections in the prefrontal cortex and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Brain Res Bull 52:309-17. 2000
  2. ncbi Dopamine transporter immunoreactivity in monkey cerebral cortex: regional, laminar, and ultrastructural localization
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 432:119-36. 2001
  3. ncbi Lamina-specific deficits in parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia: evidence for fewer projections from the thalamus
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1411-22. 2001
  4. ncbi The human brain revisited: opportunities and challenges in postmortem studies of psychiatric disorders
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 26:143-54. 2002
  5. ncbi Altered cortical glutamate neurotransmission in schizophrenia: evidence from morphological studies of pyramidal neurons
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1003:102-12. 2003
  6. ncbi Schizophrenia as a disorder of neurodevelopment
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Annu Rev Neurosci 25:409-32. 2002
  7. ncbi Specificity in the functional architecture of primate prefrontal cortex
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Neurocytol 31:265-76. 2002
  8. ncbi Gene expression deficits in a subclass of GABA neurons in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Neurosci 23:6315-26. 2003
  9. ncbi Conserved regional patterns of GABA-related transcript expression in the neocortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:479-89. 2008
  10. ncbi Molecular evidence for increased expression of genes related to immune and chaperone function in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia
    Dominique Arion
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 62:711-21. 2007

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  1. ncbi Intrinsic excitatory connections in the prefrontal cortex and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Brain Res Bull 52:309-17. 2000
    ....
  2. ncbi Dopamine transporter immunoreactivity in monkey cerebral cortex: regional, laminar, and ultrastructural localization
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 432:119-36. 2001
    ..Moreover, this distribution of DAT suggests that cortical DA fibers may permit greater neurotransmitter diffusion than subcortical DA axons...
  3. ncbi Lamina-specific deficits in parvalbumin-immunoreactive varicosities in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia: evidence for fewer projections from the thalamus
    D A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1411-22. 2001
    ..The authors tested the hypothesis that schizophrenia is associated with a selective deficit in a marker of thalamic axon terminals in the middle layers of the prefrontal cortex, the primary zone of termination of thalamic axons...
  4. ncbi The human brain revisited: opportunities and challenges in postmortem studies of psychiatric disorders
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 26:143-54. 2002
    ....
  5. ncbi Altered cortical glutamate neurotransmission in schizophrenia: evidence from morphological studies of pyramidal neurons
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1003:102-12. 2003
    ....
  6. ncbi Schizophrenia as a disorder of neurodevelopment
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Annu Rev Neurosci 25:409-32. 2002
    ....
  7. ncbi Specificity in the functional architecture of primate prefrontal cortex
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Neurocytol 31:265-76. 2002
    ....
  8. ncbi Gene expression deficits in a subclass of GABA neurons in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Neurosci 23:6315-26. 2003
    ....
  9. ncbi Conserved regional patterns of GABA-related transcript expression in the neocortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:479-89. 2008
    ....
  10. ncbi Molecular evidence for increased expression of genes related to immune and chaperone function in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia
    Dominique Arion
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 62:711-21. 2007
    ..Schizophrenia is characterized by complex gene expression changes. The transcriptome alterations in the prefrontal cortex have been the subject of several recent postmortem studies that yielded both convergent and divergent findings...
  11. ncbi Altered markers of tonic inhibition in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Jaime G Maldonado-Aviles
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara St, W1651 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:450-9. 2009
    ..The authors assessed the expression of GABA(A) receptor alpha4 and delta subunits, which coassemble to form receptors mediating tonic inhibition, in schizophrenia...
  12. ncbi Relationship of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor TrkB to altered inhibitory prefrontal circuitry in schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Neurosci 25:372-83. 2005
    ..Decreased TrkB signaling appears to underlie the dysfunction of inhibitory neurons in the PFC of subjects with schizophrenia...
  13. ncbi Pyramidal neuron number in layer 3 of primary auditory cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Karl Anton Dorph-Petersen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Brain Res 1285:42-57. 2009
    ..Our approach represents a powerful new method for stereologic estimation of features of interest within individual layers of cerebral cortex, with applications beyond the current study...
  14. ncbi Reduced dendritic spine density in auditory cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34:374-89. 2009
    ..This may contribute to impairments in auditory sensory processing that are present in subjects with schizophrenia...
  15. ncbi GABA neuron alterations, cortical circuit dysfunction and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Neural Plast 2011:723184. 2011
    ..Alterations of GABA signaling that impair gamma oscillations and, as a result, cognitive function suggest paths for novel therapeutic interventions...
  16. ncbi Heat shock protein 12A shows reduced expression in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Julie L Pongrac
    Department of Psychiatry, E1655 BST, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 56:943-50. 2004
    ..001; mean log2 signal difference = -.58) in transcript expression for a gene clone KIAA0417. This database entry has been recently annotated as two highly homologous members of a heat-shock protein family (HSPA12A and HSPA12B)...
  17. ncbi GABA-related transcripts in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in mood disorders
    Etienne Sibille
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 14:721-34. 2011
    ..Results were not explained by other clinical, demographic or technical parameters. In summary, MDD was characterized by low DLPFC SST, whereas decreased PV mRNA appears to distinguish BPD from MDD...
  18. ncbi GABA transporter GAT1 prevents spillover at proximal and distal GABA synapses onto primate prefrontal cortex neurons
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1651 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Neurophysiol 101:533-47. 2009
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  19. ncbi Protracted developmental trajectories of GABAA receptor alpha1 and alpha2 subunit expression in primate prefrontal cortex
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 65:1015-23. 2009
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  20. ncbi Effect of chronic exposure to antipsychotic medication on cell numbers in the parietal cortex of macaque monkeys
    Glenn T Konopaske
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 32:1216-23. 2007
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  21. ncbi Linkage disequilibrium patterns and functional analysis of RGS4 polymorphisms in relation to schizophrenia
    Kodavali V Chowdari
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Schizophr Bull 34:118-26. 2008
    ..This information will be useful for further analysis of samples in which genetic association of RGS4 polymorphisms with SZ has been reported...
  22. ncbi Effect of chronic antipsychotic exposure on astrocyte and oligodendrocyte numbers in macaque monkeys
    Glenn T Konopaske
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 63:759-65. 2008
    ..Consequently, in this study we sought to determine whether the lower glial cell number was due to fewer oligodendrocytes as opposed to lower numbers of astrocytes...
  23. ncbi Functional maturation of excitatory synapses in layer 3 pyramidal neurons during postnatal development of the primate prefrontal cortex
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15261, USA
    Cereb Cortex 18:626-37. 2008
    ..Thus, remodeling of excitatory connectivity in the DLPFC during adolescence may occur in the absence of widespread maturational changes in synaptic strength...
  24. ncbi BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and GAD67 mRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Takanori Hashimoto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:534-7. 2006
    ..The authors examined in subjects with schizophrenia the effect in the human BDNF gene of a single nucleotide polymorphism (Val66Met), which reduces the trafficking and secretion of BDNF protein, on the expression of GAD(67) mRNA...
  25. ncbi Altered cortical CDC42 signaling pathways in schizophrenia: implications for dendritic spine deficits
    Masayuki Ide
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 68:25-32. 2010
    ..Therefore, alterations in CDC42EP3 could contribute to the lamina-specific spine deficits in schizophrenia...
  26. ncbi Cannabinoid CB1 receptor immunoreactivity in the prefrontal cortex: Comparison of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder
    Stephen M Eggan
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 35:2060-71. 2010
    ..Thus, the lower levels of CB1R immunoreactivity may be common in schizophrenia, conserved across DLPFC regions, not present in MDD, and not attributable to other factors, and thus a reflection of the underlying disease process...
  27. ncbi Postnatal development of pre- and postsynaptic GABA markers at chandelier cell connections with pyramidal neurons in monkey prefrontal cortex
    Dianne A Cruz
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 465:385-400. 2003
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  28. ncbi A molecular signature of depression in the amygdala
    Etienne Sibille
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara St, BST W1643, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:1011-24. 2009
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  29. ncbi GABA neurons in the human prefrontal cortex
    Carol Tamminga
    UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, NC5.914, Dallas, TX 75390-9070, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1764. 2004
  30. ncbi Cell and receptor type-specific alterations in markers of GABA neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neurotox Res 14:237-48. 2008
    ..In concert with previous findings, these data suggest that working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia may be attributable to altered GABA neurotransmission in specific DLPFC microcircuits...
  31. ncbi Postnatal development of synaptic structure proteins in pyramidal neuron axon initial segments in monkey prefrontal cortex
    Dianne A Cruz
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 514:353-67. 2009
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  32. ncbi Selective alterations in prefrontal cortical GABA neurotransmission in schizophrenia: a novel target for the treatment of working memory dysfunction
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, W1651 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 174:143-50. 2004
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  33. ncbi Cortical connections of the lateral mediodorsal thalamus in cynomolgus monkeys
    Susan L Erickson
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 473:107-27. 2004
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  34. ncbi Cortical glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 deficiency results in lower cannabinoid 1 receptor messenger RNA expression: implications for schizophrenia
    Stephen M Eggan
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 71:114-9. 2012
    ..However, whether this correlation reflects a cause-effect relationship is unknown...
  35. ncbi Fine-mapping reveals novel alternative splicing of the dopamine transporter
    Michael E Talkowski
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 153:1434-47. 2010
    ..These studies do not provide a compelling link to schizophrenia. However, the impact of the alternative splicing on other neuropsychiatric disorders should be investigated. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc...
  36. ncbi Dopamine increases inhibition in the monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex through cell type-specific modulation of interneurons
    Sven Kroner
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Cereb Cortex 17:1020-32. 2007
    ..Thus, DA and D1 receptor activation affect local recurrent circuits by selectively modulating FS interneurons that control the firing of PCs through perisomatic innervation...
  37. ncbi Selective alterations in postsynaptic markers of chandelier cell inputs to cortical pyramidal neurons in subjects with schizophrenia
    Dianne A Cruz
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34:2112-24. 2009
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  38. ncbi Synaptic efficacy during repetitive activation of excitatory inputs in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
    Cereb Cortex 14:530-42. 2004
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  39. ncbi Cluster analysis-based physiological classification and morphological properties of inhibitory neurons in layers 2-3 of monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    Leonid S Krimer
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Neurophysiol 94:3009-22. 2005
    ..Thus a quantitative approach enabled us to demonstrate that intrinsic electrophysiological properties of neurons in the monkey prefrontal cortex define distinct cell types, which also display distinct morphologies...
  40. ncbi Infragranular gene expression disturbances in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: signature of altered neural development?
    Dominique Arion
    Department of Psychiatry, U of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Neurobiol Dis 37:738-46. 2010
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  41. ncbi [11C]flumazenil binding is increased in a dose-dependent manner with tiagabine-induced elevations in GABA levels
    W Gordon Frankle
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e32443. 2012
    ..67, p = 0.05) measured via EEG during a cognitive control task. These data provide a replication of our previous study demonstrating the ability to measure in vivo, with PET, acute shifts in extracellular GABA...
  42. ncbi Glutamate receptor subtypes mediating synaptic activation of prefrontal cortex neurons: relevance for schizophrenia
    Diana C Rotaru
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Neurosci 31:142-56. 2011
    ..Our results raise interesting questions about the mechanisms that might link NMDAR hypofunction to alterations of FS neurons in schizophrenia...
  43. ncbi Dendritic-targeting GABA neurons in monkey prefrontal cortex: comparison of somatostatin- and calretinin-immunoreactive axon terminals
    Darlene S Melchitzky
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Synapse 62:456-65. 2008
    ..19%, respectively). This specialized synaptic circuitry of SST neurons in the primate PFC suggests that the alterations of these neurons in schizophrenia is likely to have distinct functional consequences...
  44. ncbi Large-scale estimates of cellular origins of mRNAs: enhancing the yield of transcriptome analyses
    Etienne Sibille
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Neurosci Methods 167:198-206. 2008
    ..As this approach can be applied post hoc, we provide tables of ratios for analysis of existing mouse and human brain datasets...
  45. ncbi Anatomical evidence of impaired feedforward auditory processing in schizophrenia
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 61:854-64. 2007
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  46. ncbi Deciphering the disease process of schizophrenia: the contribution of cortical GABA neurons
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Int Rev Neurobiol 78:109-31. 2007
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  47. ncbi Functional properties of fast spiking interneurons and their synaptic connections with pyramidal cells in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
    J Neurophysiol 93:942-53. 2005
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  48. ncbi Stereological analysis of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in schizophrenia: volume, neuron number, and cell types
    Karl-Anton Dorph-Petersen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 472:449-62. 2004
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  49. ncbi Altered expression of 14-3-3 genes in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Frank A Middleton
    Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 30:974-83. 2005
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  50. ncbi Cortical opioid markers in schizophrenia and across postnatal development
    David W Volk
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, W1655 BST, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Cereb Cortex 22:1215-23. 2012
    ..In schizophrenia, higher MOR mRNA levels may contribute to suppressed PFC GABA neuron activity and might be attributable to alterations in the postnatal developmental trajectory of MOR signaling...
  51. ncbi Cortical parvalbumin interneurons and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Trends Neurosci 35:57-67. 2012
    ..This compensation is thought to rebalance cortical excitation and inhibition, but at a level insufficient to generate the gamma oscillation power required for high levels of cognitive control...
  52. ncbi Alterations in metabotropic glutamate receptor 1α and regulator of G protein signaling 4 in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia
    David W Volk
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:1489-98. 2010
    ..The status of endocannabinoid ligands, such as 2-arachidonoylglycerol, can be inferred in part through measures of diacylglycerol lipase and monoglyceride lipase, which synthesize and degrade 2-arachidonoylglycerol, respectively...
  53. ncbi Postnatal development of parvalbumin- and GABA transporter-immunoreactive axon terminals in monkey prefrontal cortex
    Susan L Erickson
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 448:186-202. 2002
    ..These findings suggest that morphologically specialized classes of inhibitory interneurons assume prominence within the prefrontal cortical network at different stages of postnatal development...
  54. ncbi Alterations of cortical GABA neurons and network oscillations in schizophrenia
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 12:335-44. 2010
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  55. ncbi Impaired prefrontal inhibition in schizophrenia: relevance for cognitive dysfunction
    David W Volk
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 15260, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Physiol Behav 77:501-5. 2002
    ..Selective disruptions in inhibitory neurotransmission are likely to distort aspects of pyramidal neuron function important for working memory tasks, and thus may contribute to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia...
  56. ncbi Volume and neuron number of the lateral geniculate nucleus in schizophrenia and mood disorders
    Karl Anton Dorph-Petersen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 117:369-84. 2009
    ..Therefore, our previous observation of a schizophrenia-related reduction of the primary visual cortex is probably not secondary to a reduction in the LGN...
  57. ncbi Subunit-selective modulation of GABA type A receptor neurotransmission and cognition in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, W1651 Biomedical Science Tower, 3511 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:1585-93. 2008
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  58. ncbi Pyramidal neuron local axon terminals in monkey prefrontal cortex: differential targeting of subclasses of GABA neurons
    Darlene S Melchitzky
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Cereb Cortex 13:452-60. 2003
    ..These connections may provide the anatomical substrate for the coordinated activity of pyramidal neurons and fast-spiking GABA neurons during working memory...
  59. ncbi Cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia: convergence of gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate alterations
    David A Lewis
    Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Arch Neurol 63:1372-6. 2006
    ..These findings suggest specific targets for therapeutic interventions to improve cognitive function in individuals with schizophrenia...
  60. ncbi Selective pyramidal cell reduction of GABA(A) receptor α1 subunit messenger RNA expression in schizophrenia
    Jill R Glausier
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 36:2103-10. 2011
    ..The cell type specificity of these findings may reflect a compensatory response to enhance layer 3 pyramidal cell activity in the face of the diminished excitatory drive associated with the lower dendritic spine density on these neurons...
  61. ncbi Postnatal development of prefrontal inhibitory circuits and the pathophysiology of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, W1651 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1021:64-76. 2004
    ..The implications of these findings for treatment and prevention strategies are discussed...
  62. ncbi Lamina-specific reductions in dendritic spine density in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Nutan Kolluri
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:1200-2. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These findings are consistent with the idea that prefrontal pyramidal neurons involved in corticocortical and/or thalamocortical connections are preferentially affected in schizophrenia...
  63. ncbi Immunocytochemical distribution of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor in the primate neocortex: a regional and laminar analysis
    Stephen M Eggan
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Cereb Cortex 17:175-91. 2007
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  64. ncbi Somal size of prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia: differential effects across neuronal subpopulations
    Joseph N Pierri
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 54:111-20. 2003
    ..Thus, a subpopulation of dPFC deep layer 3 pyramidal neurons, other than those identified by NNFP-IR, may be selectively vulnerable in schizophrenia...
  65. ncbi Pathophysiologically based treatment interventions in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Nat Med 12:1016-22. 2006
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  66. ncbi Analysis of pyramidal neuron morphology in an inducible knockout of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
    Justin J Hill
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 57:932-4. 2005
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  67. ncbi Mapping auditory core, lateral belt, and parabelt cortices in the human superior temporal gyrus
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 491:270-89. 2005
    ..Variability of regional volume estimates was readily constrained using a multifaceted approach to reduce potential sources of variability in regional delineation...
  68. ncbi Reciprocal alterations in pre- and postsynaptic inhibitory markers at chandelier cell inputs to pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia
    David W Volk
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Cereb Cortex 12:1063-70. 2002
    ..Thus, disturbances in inhibition at the chandelier neuron-pyramidal neuron synapse may be a critical component of prefrontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia...
  69. ncbi Effects of a mediodorsal thalamus lesion on prefrontal inhibitory circuitry: implications for schizophrenia
    David W Volk
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 53:385-9. 2003
    ..These results do not support the hypothesis that decreased PFC GAD(67) mRNA expression in schizophrenia is attributable to a reduction in MDTN neuron number...
  70. ncbi Gene expression profiling reveals alterations of specific metabolic pathways in schizophrenia
    Frank A Middleton
    Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Neurosci 22:2718-29. 2002
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  71. ncbi Dopamine D1 receptor activation regulates sodium channel-dependent EPSP amplification in rat prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons
    Diana C Rotaru
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1651 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Physiol 581:981-1000. 2007
    ..Therefore, the effects of D1R activation on Na+ channel-dependent EPSP amplification may regulate the impact of coincidence detection versus temporal integration mechanisms in PFC pyramidal neurons...
  72. ncbi Transcriptome alterations in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia who committed suicide
    Krassimira Garbett
    Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacol Hung 10:9-14. 2008
    ..Finally, the presented data also strengthens previous reports of neuroimmune transcriptome disturbances in subjects with schizophrenia...
  73. ncbi GABA neurons and the mechanisms of network oscillations: implications for understanding cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Schizophr Bull 34:944-61. 2008
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  74. ncbi NPY mRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex: Selective reduction in the superficial white matter of subjects with schizoaffective disorder
    Harvey M Morris
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Schizophr Res 115:261-9. 2009
    ..However, whether the alterations in these two transcripts identify the same, particularly vulnerable, subset of GABA neurons has not been examined...
  75. ncbi The future of psychiatry as clinical neuroscience
    Charles F Reynolds
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Acad Med 84:446-50. 2009
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  76. ncbi A human-mouse conserved sex bias in amygdala gene expression related to circadian clock and energy metabolism
    Li Chun Lin
    Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, and Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Mol Brain 4:18. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that sex differences in molecular structure may contribute to differential mood regulation and disease vulnerability...
  77. ncbi The human precentral sulcus: chemoarchitecture of a region corresponding to the frontal eye fields
    Caterina Rosano
    Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 Bellefield, 519, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Brain Res 972:16-30. 2003
    ..These specific chemoarchitectural features may differentiate the location of the human FEF from rostral cortical regions and support the functions for which it is specialized...
  78. ncbi Neuroplasticity of excitatory and inhibitory cortical circuits in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci 11:269-80. 2009
    ..This article reviews disturbances in excitatory and inhibitory components of DLPFC circuitry from the perspective of developmental neuroplasticity and discusses their implications for the identification of novel therapeutic targets...
  79. ncbi Insights into the neurodevelopmental origin of schizophrenia from postmortem studies of prefrontal cortical circuitry
    Monica Beneyto
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, W1656 Biomedical Science Tower, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Int J Dev Neurosci 29:295-304. 2011
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  80. ncbi Development of cannabinoid 1 receptor protein and messenger RNA in monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    Stephen M Eggan
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Cereb Cortex 20:1164-74. 2010
    ..These findings provide a potential substrate for discrete, age-dependent effects of cannabis exposure on the maturation of primate DLPFC circuitry...
  81. ncbi DNA microarray analysis of postmortem brain tissue
    Karoly Mirnics
    Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    Int Rev Neurobiol 60:153-81. 2004
  82. ncbi Molecular markers distinguishing supragranular and infragranular layers in the human prefrontal cortex
    Dominique Arion
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Eur J Neurosci 25:1843-54. 2007
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  83. ncbi Structure of the human prefrontal cortex
    David A Lewis
    UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dallas, TX 75390-9070, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1366. 2004
  84. ncbi Cortical inhibitory neurons and schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 6:312-24. 2005
    ..These findings reveal specific targets for therapeutic interventions to improve cognitive function in individuals with schizophrenia...
  85. ncbi Somal size of immunolabeled pyramidal cells in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Jaime G Maldonado-Aviles
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 60:226-34. 2006
    ..Consequently, we hypothesized that the somal volume of another subset of pyramidal cells immunoreactive for neuronal calcium binding protein-1 (Necab-1) is significantly reduced in schizophrenia...
  86. ncbi Tiagabine increases [11C]flumazenil binding in cortical brain regions in healthy control subjects
    W Gordon Frankle
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34:624-33. 2009
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  87. ncbi An automated segmentation methodology for quantifying immunoreactive puncta number and fluorescence intensity in tissue sections
    Kenneth N Fish
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Brain Res 1240:62-72. 2008
    ..g., average fluorescence intensity of proteins of interest). Importantly, the segmentation method presented can be easily adapted for use with most existing microscopy analysis packages...
  88. ncbi Prefrontal cortical circuits in schizophrenia
    David W Volk
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, BST W1653, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Curr Top Behav Neurosci 4:485-508. 2010
    ..Increasing knowledge of the nature of the molecular alterations in these cortical circuits may lead to the development of new pathophysiologically informed treatment options for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia...
  89. ncbi Selective reduction by dopamine of excitatory synaptic inputs to pyramidal neurons in primate prefrontal cortex
    Nathaniel N Urban
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    J Physiol 539:707-12. 2002
    ..This input specificity may be a critical aspect of the dopaminergic regulation of recurrent excitatory circuits in the PFC...
  90. ncbi Neuropathologic correlates of late-onset major depression
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 29:2242-50. 2004
    ..These preliminary findings suggest that AD is the predominant neuropathologic condition in LLMD subjects with dementia. Further assessment of the role of comorbid cerebrovascular disease and comorbid DLB is needed...
  91. ncbi Inhibition and timing in cortical neural circuits
    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos
    Am J Psychiatry 164:12. 2007
  92. ncbi Transcriptome alterations in schizophrenia: disturbing the functional architecture of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, and Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, W1652 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
    Prog Brain Res 158:141-52. 2006
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  93. ncbi Primary visual cortex volume and total neuron number are reduced in schizophrenia
    Karl Anton Dorph Petersen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Comp Neurol 501:290-301. 2007
    ..Subjects with schizophrenia therefore have a smaller cortical area allocated to primary visual perception. This finding suggests the existence of a schizophrenia-related change in cortical parcellation...
  94. ncbi Mitochondrial dysfunction as a cause of axonal degeneration in multiple sclerosis patients
    Ranjan Dutta
    Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA
    Ann Neurol 59:478-89. 2006
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  95. ncbi In pursuit of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of schizophrenia: where do we stand?
    David A Lewis
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1467-9. 2002
  96. ncbi Neuroplasticity of neocortical circuits in schizophrenia
    David A Lewis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 33:141-65. 2008
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  97. ncbi Serotonin1A receptors at the axon initial segment of prefrontal pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia
    Dianne A Cruz
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:739-42. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The findings do not support a role for altered serotonin transmission by means of the 5-HT(1A) receptor in dysfunction of prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia...
  98. ncbi Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex
    Giorgio A Ascoli
    Molecular Neuroscience Department and Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, MS2A1, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 9:557-68. 2008
    ..Consistent adoption will be important for the success of such an initiative, and we also encourage the active involvement of the broader scientific community in the dynamic evolution of this project...
  99. ncbi Reduced cortical cannabinoid 1 receptor messenger RNA and protein expression in schizophrenia
    Stephen M Eggan
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara St, W1651 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:772-84. 2008
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  100. ncbi Reduced pyramidal cell somal volume in auditory association cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 28:599-609. 2003
    ..This reduction may contribute to impairment in auditory function. The correlated reductions of somal volume in BA42 and BA9 suggest that a common factor may affect deep layer 3 pyramidal cells in both regions...
  101. ncbi Pyramidal cell size reduction in schizophrenia: evidence for involvement of auditory feedforward circuits
    Robert A Sweet
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 55:1128-37. 2004
    ..This pattern of abnormalities is consistent with impairments of auditory feedforward projection neurons...