Increased anxiety‐like behavior in mice lacking the inhibitory synapse cell adhesion molecule neuroligin 2

J Blundell, K Tabuchi, MF Bolliger… - Genes, Brain and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroligins (NL) are postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules that are thought to specify
synapse properties. Previous studies showed that mutant mice carrying an autism …

Autism-linked neuroligin-3 R451C mutation differentially alters hippocampal and cortical synaptic function

M Etherton, C Földy, M Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple independent mutations in neuroligin genes were identified in patients with familial
autism, including the R451C substitution in neuroligin-3 (NL3). Previous studies showed that …

Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin‐3 R451C knockin mice

KK Chadman, S Gong, ML Scattoni… - Autism …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroligin‐3 is a member of the class of cell adhesion proteins that mediate synapse
development and have been implicated in autism. Mice with the human R451C mutation …

Neuroligin-1–dependent competition regulates cortical synaptogenesis and synapse number

HB Kwon, Y Kozorovitskiy, WJ Oh, RT Peixoto… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Members of the neuroligin family of cell-adhesion proteins are found at excitatory and
inhibitory synapses and are mutated in some familial forms of autism spectrum disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroligin-4 regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in human neurons

SG Marro, S Chanda, N Yang, JA Janas, G Valperga… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The autism-associated synaptic-adhesion gene Neuroligin-4 (NLGN4) is poorly conserved
evolutionarily, limiting conclusions from Nlgn4 mouse models for human cells. Here, we …

Autism-associated neuroligin-4 mutation selectively impairs glycinergic synaptic transmission in mouse brainstem synapses

B Zhang, O Gokce, WD Hale, N Brose… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - rupress.org
In human patients, loss-of-function mutations of the postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecule
neuroligin-4 were repeatedly identified as monogenetic causes of autism. In mice, neuroligin …

Unique versus redundant functions of neuroligin genes in shaping excitatory and inhibitory synapse properties

S Chanda, WD Hale, B Zhang, M Wernig… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuroligins are evolutionarily conserved postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules that interact
with presynaptic neurexins. Neurons express multiple neuroligin isoforms that are targeted …

Neuroligin-1 deletion results in impaired spatial memory and increased repetitive behavior

J Blundell, CA Blaiss, MR Etherton… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuroligins (NLs) are a family of neural cell-adhesion molecules that are involved in
excitatory/inhibitory synapse specification. Multiple members of the NL family (including …

Analyses of the autism-associated neuroligin-3 R451C mutation in human neurons reveal a gain-of-function synaptic mechanism

L Wang, VR Mirabella, R Dai, X Su, R Xu, A Jadali… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Mutations in many synaptic genes are associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
suggesting that synaptic dysfunction is a key driver of ASD pathogenesis. Among these …

Unusually rapid evolution of Neuroligin-4 in mice

MF Bolliger, J Pei, S Maxeiner… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Neuroligins (NLs) are postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecules that are implicated in humans in
autism spectrum disorders because the genes encoding NL3 and NL4 are mutated in rare …