2020
Dopamine and glutamate in schizophrenia: biology, symptoms and treatment
McCutcheon RA, Krystal JH, Howes OD. Dopamine and glutamate in schizophrenia: biology, symptoms and treatment. World Psychiatry 2020, 19: 15-33. PMID: 31922684, PMCID: PMC6953551, DOI: 10.1002/wps.20693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDopamine systemAberrant dopamine signallingStriatal dopamine synthesisNovel pharmacological therapiesPathophysiology of schizophreniaEnvironmental risk factorsPharmacological therapyGlutamatergic dysfunctionDopaminergic functionRisk factorsGlutamate systemDopamine synthesisGenetic risk variantsPreclinical studiesPsychotic symptomsDopamine functionNew treatmentsNeural circuitsDopamine signalingNeuronal signalingSchizophreniaConsistent findingRisk variantsSymptomsGlutamate
2005
N-acetylcysteine augmentation in serotonin reuptake inhibitor refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder
Lafleur DL, Pittenger C, Kelmendi B, Gardner T, Wasylink S, Malison RT, Sanacora G, Krystal JH, Coric V. N-acetylcysteine augmentation in serotonin reuptake inhibitor refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychopharmacology 2005, 184: 254-256. PMID: 16374600, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0246-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderN-acetylcysteineGlutamatergic neurotransmissionUse of NACYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale scoresSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsEfficacy of augmentationRecent clinical reportsTreatment of OCDCompulsive Scale scoresNAC augmentationGlutamatergic dysfunctionReuptake inhibitorsLabel usePsychiatric disordersClinical reportsScale scoreModulating agentsDisordersSingle casePatientsFluvoxamineNeurotransmissionOCD symptomsRiluzole Augmentation in Treatment-Resistant Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: An Open-Label Trial
Coric V, Taskiran S, Pittenger C, Wasylink S, Mathalon DH, Valentine G, Saksa J, Wu YT, Gueorguieva R, Sanacora G, Malison RT, Krystal JH. Riluzole Augmentation in Treatment-Resistant Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: An Open-Label Trial. Biological Psychiatry 2005, 58: 424-428. PMID: 15993857, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive ScaleY-BOCS scoresTreatment-resistant OCD patientsAddition of riluzolePractical clinical benefitOpen-label trialGlutamate-modulating agentsSerious adverse effectsHamilton Depression InventoryAnxiety Inventory scoresObsessive Compulsive ScaleMost patientsStandard therapyGlutamatergic dysfunctionAugmentation therapyClinical benefitPrimary diagnosisStandard treatmentCorticostriatal pathwayTreatment respondersRiluzolePatientsDepression Inventory
1999
NMDA Agonists and Antagonists as Probes of Glutamatergic Dysfunction and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Krystal J, D'Souza C, Petrakis I, Belger A, Berman R, Charney D, AbiSaab W, Madonick S. NMDA Agonists and Antagonists as Probes of Glutamatergic Dysfunction and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 1999, 7: 125-143. PMID: 10483932, DOI: 10.3109/hrp.7.3.125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subclassChronic pain syndromePain syndromeGlutamatergic dysfunctionNMDA agonistClinical studiesMajor depressionNMDA antagonistsGlutamate receptorsCoagonist siteParkinson's diseaseHuman psychopharmacological studiesPartial agonistAlzheimer's diseaseNeuropsychiatric conditionsNeuropsychiatric disordersDiseasePsychopharmacological studiesAnxiety disordersHuntington's diseaseAgonistsAntagonistTherapeutic hypothesesDisordersAddiction disorders