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Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognition, symptoms, and smoking in schizophrenia: A randomized controlled study by Smith, Robert C, Boules, Sylvia, Mattiuz, Sanela, Youssef, Mary, Tobe, Russell H, Sershen, Henry, Lajtha, Abel, Nolan, Karen, Amiaz, Revital, Davis, John M

“…Abstract Schizophrenia is characterized by cognitive deficits which persist after acute symptoms have been treated or resolved. Transcranial direct current…”
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Varenicline Effects on Smoking, Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial by Smith, Robert C, Amiaz, Revital, Si, Tian-Mei, Maayan, Lawrence, Jin, Hua, Boules, Sylvia, Sershen, Henry, Li, Chunbo, Ren, Juanjuan, Liu, Yanhong, Youseff, Mary, Lajtha, Abel, Guidotti, Alessandro, Weiser, Mark, Davis, John M

“…Schizophrenic patients have a high rate of smoking and cognitive deficits which may be related to a decreased number or responsiveness of nicotinic receptors…”
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Racemization in Post-Translational Modifications Relevance to Protein Aging, Aggregation and Neurodegeneration: Tip of the Iceberg by Dyakin, Victor V., Wisniewski, Thomas M., Lajtha, Abel

“…Homochirality of DNA and prevalent chirality of free and protein-bound amino acids in a living organism represents the challenge for modern biochemistry and…”
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Deficits in odor discrimination versus odor identification in patients with schizophrenia and negative correlations with GABAergic and DNA methyltransferase mRNAs in lymphocytes by Smith, Robert C, Sershen, Henry, Youssef, Mary, Lajtha, Abel, Jin, Hua, Zhang, Mumei, Chen, Anmei, Guidotti, Alessandro, Davis, John M

“…People with schizophrenia have been reported to show deficits in tests of olfactory function. DNA methylation and GABAergic input have been implicated in…”
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Changes in Expression of DNA-Methyltransferase and Cannabinoid Receptor mRNAs in Blood Lymphocytes After Acute Cannabis Smoking by Smith, Robert C., Sershen, Henry, Janowsky, David S., Lajtha, Abel, Grieco, Matthew, Gangoiti, Jon A., Gertsman, Ilya, Johnson, Wynnona S., Marcotte, Thomas D., Davis, John M.

“…Background Cannabis use is a component risk factor for the manifestation of schizophrenia. The biological effects of cannabis include effects on epigenetic…”
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Chiral Interface of Amyloid Beta (Aβ): Relevance to Protein Aging, Aggregation and Neurodegeneration by Dyakin, Victor V, Wisniewski, Thomas M, Lajtha, Abel

“…Biochirality is the subject of distinct branches of science, including biophysics, biochemistry, the stereochemistry of protein folding, neuroscience, brain…”
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Gene expression of methylation cycle and related genes in lymphocytes and brain of patients with schizophrenia and non-psychotic controls by Sershen, Henry, Guidotti, Alessandro, Auta, James, Drnevich, Jenny, Grayson, Dennis R., Veldic, Marin, Meyers, Jordan, Youseff, Mary, Zhubi, Adrian, Faurot, Keturah, Wu, Renrong, Zhao, Jingping, Jin, Hua, Lajtha, Abel, Davis, John M., Smith, Robert C.

“…•Sex influenced the extent to differences in mRNAs in lymphocytes (PBLs) between schizophrenics (CSZ) and controls (NPC). There were differences between in CSZ…”
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GABAB/NMDA receptor interaction in the regulation of extracellular dopamine levels in rodent prefrontal cortex and striatum by Balla, Andrea, Nattini, Megan E, Sershen, Henry, Lajtha, Abel, Dunlop, David S, Javitt, Daniel C

“…Deficits in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-mediated neurotransmission may underlie dopaminergic hyperactivity in schizophrenia. Dysregulation of the…”
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Food reward-induced neurotransmitter changes in cognitive brain regions by Fallon, Shaun, Shearman, Erin, Sershen, Henry, Lajtha, Abel

“…Recent evidence indicates that mechanisms involved in reward and mechanisms involved in learning interact, in that reward includes learning processes and…”
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In Memoriam: Dr. Soll Berl, 1918–2020

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Letter from Abel Lajtha on Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Neurochemical Research by Lajtha, Abel

“…Issue Title: Special Issue: 40th Year of Neurochemical Research…”
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Serotonin-mediated striatal dopamine release involves the dopamine uptake site and the serotonin receptor by Sershen, Henry, Hashim, Audrey, Lajtha, Abel

“…Modulation of striatal dopamine (DA) release by serotonin (5HT) and its antagonists was studied utilizing in vitro perfusion techniques. In isolated striatal…”
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Welcome New Editor-in-Chief by Lajtha, Abel

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Racemization hypothesis of neurodegeneration (RHND): Developing topics by Dyakin, Victor Vasilyevich, Lajtha, Abel, Dyakina‐Fagnano, Nika Victorovna

“…Abstract Background Biochirality, evident in the homochirality of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the prevalent chirality of amino acids (AAs) in a bilateral…”
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Racemization hypothesis of neurodegeneration (RHND) by Dyakin, Victor Vasilyevich, Lajtha, Abel, Dyakina‐Fagnano, Nika Victorovna

“…Background Biochirality, evident in the homochirality of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the prevalent chirality of amino acids (AAs) in a bilateral organism,…”
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mRNA Expression of Methylation Cycle and Related Genes in Lymphocytes and Brains of Patients With Schizophrenia and Non-Psychotic Controls by Smith, Robert, Sershen, Henry, Auta, James, Zadeh, Jenny, Lajtha, Abel, Davis, John, Guidotti, Alessandro

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Interrelated mechanisms in reward and learning by Lajtha, Abel

“…This brief review is focused on recent work in our laboratory, in which we assayed nicotine-induced neurotransmitter changes, comparing it to changes induced…”
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Phencyclidine-induced dysregulation of dopamine response to amphetamine in prefrontal cortex and striatum by BALLA, Andrea, HASHIM, Audrey, BURCH, Sarah, JAVITT, Daniel C, LAJTHA, Abel, SERSHEN, Henry

“…Phencyclidine (PCP) administration in rodents has been used to model aspects of schizophrenia. One aspect of such treatment has been the enhancement of…”
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The presence of free D-aspartic acid in rodents and man by Dunlop, D S, Neidle, A, McHale, D, Dunlop, D M, Lajtha, A

“…Free D-aspartic acid is present in appreciable quantities in the brain and other tissues of rodents and in human blood. In the newborn rat, the highest…”
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Special Issue of Neurochemical Research in Honor of Frode Fonnum

“…Issue Title: Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Frode Fonnum, Guest Editor: Abel Lajtha…”
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