Rein, Theo <br/><br/>
Molecular Psychiatry 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2020 
 - 1 electronic resource (288 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The book highlights important aspects of Molecular Psychiatry, including molecular mechanisms, animal models, biomarkers, advanced methods, drugs and antidepressant response, as well as genetics and epigenetics. Molecular mechanisms are a vital part of the search for the biological basis of psychiatric disorders, providing molecular hints that can later be tested as biomarkers or targets for drug development. Animal models represent a commonly used approach to aid in this bench-to-bed translation; the examples here are social defeat stress and the Roman High-Avoidance (RHA) and the Roman Low-Avoidance (RLA) rats. For biomarkers, psychiatric disorders pose a particular challenge due to the tissue specificity of many currently investigated biomarkers; i.e., not all blood-based measures directly represent changes in the brain. The Ebook includes five articles focused on the challenges of identifying clinically and biologically relevant biomarkers for psychiatric disorders. Scientific progress typically is fostered by the development of new methods. The application of machine learning methods for the proper analysis of Big Data and induced pluripotent stem cells are examples outlined in this Ebook. Furthermore, three articles are devoted to the understanding of the mechanisms of actions of existing drugs with the ultimate goal of identifying ways to predict treatment response in patients. Finally, three articles deepen the insight into the genetics and epigenetics of psychiatric disorders. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>books978-3-03936-121-2 9783039361205 9783039361212 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03936-121-2  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine<br/>Mental health services
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>cardiovascular disease cell adhesion molecules immunology inflammation nervous system schizophrenia bipolar disorder major depressive disorder DNA methylation response variability antipsychotics drug design multi-target drugs polypharmacology multi-task learning machine learning biomarker discovery psychiatry serotonin 5-HT 4 receptor 5-HT4R depression mood disorder expression Alzheimer’s disease cognition Parkinson’s disease forced swimming Roman rat lines stress hippocampus BDNF trkB PSA-NCAM western blot immunohistochemistry general cognitive function intelligence GWAS genetic correlation childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) copy number variation (CNV) early neurodevelopment neuronal differentiation synapse dendritic arborization miRNAs stress physiology cytoskeleton actin dynamics DRR1 TU3A FAM107A acid sphingomyelinase alcohol dependence liver enzymes sphingolipid metabolism withdrawal Hsp90 GR stress response steroid hormones molecular chaperones psychiatric disease circadian rhythms FKBP51 FKBP52 CyP40 PP5 DISC1 neurodevelopment CRMP-2 proteomics antidepressant treatment HPA axis gene expression FKBP5 sleep sleep EEG biomarkers antidepressants cordance gender sex difference antidepressant rapid-acting Ketamine endocrinology (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine electroconvulsive therapy basic-helix-loop-helix brain coactivator glucocorticoids mineralocorticoid receptor knockout transcription biology dopaminergic gene polymorphisms affective temperament obesity alpha-synuclein SNCA major depression Hamilton Scale of Depression chemokines neuroinflammation social defeat Immune response T cells susceptibility resilience Treg cells Th17 cells behavior PPARγ n/a