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The Role of Astrocytes in the Molecular Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia: Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration.

Licia Vellucci, Benedetta Mazza, Annarita Barone, Anita Nasti, Giuseppe De Simone, Felice Iasevoli, Andrea de Bartolomeis

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Glial Cells in Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. A frontotemporal dementia-like phenotype in schizophrenia: links to striatal dopamine and iron accumulation.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  6. Neurodegeneration and Health: Diagnosis, Mechanisms, Therapeutics.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Licia VellucciSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5301-405X
Benedetta MazzaSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Annarita BaroneSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2751-5683
Anita NastiSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe De SimoneSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0422-3415
Felice IasevoliSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7051-5013
Andrea de BartolomeisSection of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1% of the global population, characterized by disrupted synaptic plasticity and brain connectivity. While substantial evidence supports its classification as a neurodevelopmental disorder, non-canonical neurodegenerative features have also been reported, with increasing attention given to astrocytic dysfunction. Overall, in this study, we explore the role of astrocytes as a structural and functional link between neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration in schizophrenia. Specifically, we examine how astrocytes contribute to forming an aberrant substrate during early neurodevelopment, potentially predisposing individuals to later neurodegeneration. Astrocytes regulate neurotransmitter homeostasis and synaptic plasticity, influencing early vulnerability and disease progression through their involvement in Ca

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AstrocytesSchizophreniaAnimalsGlutamic AcidHumansNeuronal PlasticityGlutamic Acidantipsychoticsastrocytesbrexpiprazoleclozapineneurodegenerationneurodevelopmentpostsynaptic densityschizophreniatreatment resistant schizophreniaxanomeline

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