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Modeling psychiatric disorders for developing effective treatments

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Kaiser, Tobias, Feng, Guoping·2015·Nature Medicine

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Recent advances in identifying risk-associated genes have provided unprecedented opportunities for developing animal models for psychiatric disease research with the goal of attaining translational utility to ultimately develop novel treatments. However, at this early stage, successful translation has yet to be achieved. Here we review recent advances in modeling psychiatric disease, discuss the utility and limitations of animal models, and emphasize the importance of shifting from behavioral analysis to identifying neurophysiological abnormalities, which are likely to be more conserved across species and thus may increase translatability. Looking forward, we envision that preclinical research will align with clinical research to build a common framework of comparable neurobiological abnormalities and to help form subgroups of patients on the basis of similar pathophysiology. Experimental neuroscience can then use animal models to discover mechanisms underlying distinct abnormalities and develop strategies for effective treatments.

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  • Prominent differences between rodents and humans in social cognition and communication have led to the exploration of nonhuman primate models for research in psychiatric disorders.

    “The prominent differences that exist between rodents and humans in social cognition and communication have also led to the exploration of nonhuman primate models for research in psychiatric disorders 61 .”
  • Studies in animal models are also shifting from the analysis of behavioral deficits to the interrogation of neural circuit abnormalities, which is proving more powerful for the identification of pathophysiological mechanisms.

    “Studies in animal models are also shifting from the analysis of behavioral deficits to the interrogation of neural circuit abnormalities 61 , which is proving more powerful for the identification of pathophysiological mechanisms.”
  • Translating findings from animal models to humans is challenging.

    “These species-specific differences are further highlighted by challenges in translating findings from animal models”

    From Generation of Functional Human 3D Cortico-Motor Assembloids (2020) · cites this paper as Kaiser and Feng, 2015

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Authors
Kaiser, T., & Feng, G.
Affiliations
  • McGovern Institute for Brain Research (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Feng, Guoping
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2015-09
Volume
21
Issue
9
Pages
979-988
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W1475752521
Cited by
157
References
112
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PMC
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH097104)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
Keywords
mental illness, neurophysiological abnormalities, translational research, patient subgroups
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Animals, Mental Disorders, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Genome-Wide Association Study, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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