Michael Berk

The cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, CRS and MAS compared. Can one sized treatment fit all?

Gerwyn Morris, Chiara C Bortolasci, Basant K Puri, Wolfgang Marx, Adrienne O'Neil, Eugene Athan, Ken Walder, Michael Berk, Lisa Olive, Andre F Carvalho, Michael Maes

Journal article  |  2021  |  CYTOKINE

An analysis of published data appertaining to the cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), an..

Statins: Neurobiological underpinnings and mechanisms in mood disorders.

Adam J Walker, Yesul Kim, Igor Borissiouk, Rodolfo Rehder, Seetal Dodd, Gerwyn Morris, Andrew A Nierenberg, Michael Maes, Brisa S Fernandes, Olivia M Dean, Lana J Williams, Harris A Eyre, Sung-Wan Kim, Sophia Zoungas, Andre F Carvalho, Michael Berk

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurosci Biobehav Rev

Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) treat dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular disease by inhibiting ..

Lithium therapy and weight change in people with Bipolar Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Susana Gomes-da-Costa, Wolfgang Marx, Filippo Corponi, Gerard Anmella, Andrea Murru, Maria Teresa Pons-Cabrera, Anna Giménez-Palomo A, Felipe Gutiérrez-Arango, Cristian Daniel LLach, Giovanna Fico, Georgios D Kotzalidis, Norma Verdolini, Marc Valentí, Michael Berk, Eduard Vieta, Isabella Pacchiarotti

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurosci Biobehav Rev

Lithium remains the gold standard maintenance treatment for Bipolar Disorder (BD). However, weight gain is a side effect of increa..

A proof-of-concept study of maternal immune activation mediated induction of Toll-like receptor (TLR) and inflammasome pathways leading to neuroprogressive changes and schizophrenia-like behaviours in offspring.

Pinku Mani Talukdar, Fazal Abdul, Michael Maes, Michael Berk, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, Bindu M Kutty, Monojit Debnath

Journal article  |  2021  |  Eur Neuropsychopharmacol

Infection, particularly prenatal infection, leads to an enhanced risk of schizophrenia in the offspring. Interestingly, few data e..

Transcriptional Modulation of the Hippo Signaling Pathway by Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Bruna Panizzutti, Chiara C Bortolasci, Briana Spolding, Srisaiyini Kidnapillai, Timothy Connor, Mark F Richardson, Trang TT Truong, Zoe SJ Liu, Gerwyn Morris, Laura Gray, Jee Hyun Kim, Olivia M Dean, Michael Berk, Ken Walder

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Recent reports suggest a link between positive regulation of the Hippo pathway with bipolar disorder (BD), and the Hippo pathway i..

Brain Health Living Labs.

Shannon Richardson, Anika Sinha, Ipsit Vahia, Walter Dawson, Jeffrey Kaye, Charles F Reynolds, Erin Smith, Jeffrey Cummings, Michael Berk, Helen Lavretsky, Harris A Eyre

Journal article  |  2021  |  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

We call on geriatric brain health care providers, executives and entrepreneurs to embrace our Brain Health Living Lab model-a user..

Risk of cancer in bipolar disorder and the potential role of lithium: International collaborative systematic review and meta-analyses

Gerard Anmella, Giovanna Fico, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Oscar Soto-Angona, Anna Gimenez-Palomo, Silvia Amoretti, Andrea Murru, Joaquim Radua, Aleix Solanes, Isabella Pacchiarotti, Norma Verdolini, Stephanie Cowdery, Seetal Dodd, Lana J Williams, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Andre F Carvalho, Lars Vedel Kessing, Eduard Vieta, Michael Berk

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

We examined bipolar disorder (BD) as a risk factor for developing cancer and the role of lithium on cancer incidence. We conducted..

Treatment of Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Nutraceuticals (TRON): A 20-week, open label pilot study.

Jerome Sarris, Gerard J Byrne, Georgina Oliver, Lachlan Cribb, Scott Blair-West, David Castle, Olivia M Dean, David A Camfield, Vlasios Brakoulias, Chad Bousman, Nathan Dowling, Carolyn Ee, Jenifer Murphy, Ranjit Menon, Michael Berk, Suneel Chamoli, Mark Boschen, Chee H Ng

Journal article  |  2021  |  CNS Spectr

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often challenging to treat and resistant to psychological interventions and pre..

Cognition-immune interactions between executive function and working memory, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and soluble TNF receptors (sTNFR1 and sTNFR2) in bipolar disorder

Robson Zazula, Seetal Dodd, Olivia M Dean, Michael Berk, Chiara C Bortolasci, Waldiceu A Verri Jr, Heber O Vargas, Sandra O Nunes

Journal article  |  2021  |  WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: This study examined cognition-immune interactions, specifically executive function, working memory, peripheral levels ..

Miniature FSCV Devices: A Review

Dean M Corva, Scott D Adams, Kevin E Bennet, Michael Berk, Abbas Z Kouzani

Journal article  |  2021  |  IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) is an electrochemical sensing method used for measuring the concentration of neurotransmitters..