Front Psychiatry
November 2023
Major depressive disorder (depression) is a leading cause of disability. The severity of depression is affected by many factors, one of which being comorbidity with diabetes mellitus (DM). The comorbidity of depression with DM is a major public health concern due to the high incidence of both conditions and their mutually exacerbating pathophysiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman genetics strongly support the involvement of synaptopathy in psychiatric disorders. However, trans-scale causality linking synapse pathology to behavioral changes is lacking. To address this question, we examined the effects of synaptic inputs on dendrites, cells, and behaviors of mice with knockdown of SETD1A and DISC1, which are validated animal models of schizophrenia.
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