Convergent microstructural brain changes across genetic models of autism spectrum disorder—A pilot study

PA Rowley, J Guerrero-Gonzalez, AL Alexander… - Psychiatry Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex and genetically heterogeneous
neuropsychiatric disease affecting as many as 1 in 68 children. Large scale genetic …

Glial-mediated dysregulation of neurodevelopment in Fragile X Syndrome.

M Napier, K Reynolds, AL Scott - International Review of …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Astrocytes are highly involved in a multitude of developmental processes that are known to
be dysregulated in Fragile X Syndrome. Here, we examine these processes individually and …

Cortical excitation: inhibition imbalance causes network-specific functional hypoconnectivity: a DREADD-fMRI study

M Markicevic, BD Fulcher, C Lewis, F Helmchen… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) is a widespread method utilized for estimating brain-wide
functional connectivity (FC) in health and disease. However, the cellular underpinnings of …

Reduced axonal caliber and structural changes in a rat model of Fragile X syndrome with a deletion of a K-Homology domain of Fmr1

CEM Golden, Y Yee, VX Wang… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by mutations in
the FMR1 gene. Neuroanatomical alterations have been reported in both male and female …

Convergent brain microstructure across multiple genetic models of schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder: a feasibility study

BR Barnett, CP Casey, M Torres-Velázquez… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies of psychiatric illness have revealed a broad spectrum of structural
and functional perturbations that have been attributed in part to the complex genetic …

Tbr1 autism mouse model displays altered structural and functional amygdalar connectivity and abnormal whole-brain synchronization

TT Hsu, CY Wang, YP Hsueh - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are considered neural dysconnectivity syndromes. To
better understand ASD and uncover potential treatments, it is imperative to know and dissect …

Preclinical neuroimaging of gene–environment interactions in psychiatric disease

SY Yi, BR Barnett, JPJ Yu - The British Journal of Radiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Psychiatric disease is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Despite the global
burden and need for accurate diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, psychiatric …

Age-and Sex-Specific Deterioration on Bone and Osteocyte Lacuno-Canalicular Network in a Mouse Model of Premature Aging

R Mueller, D Yilmaz, FC Marques, L Gregorio… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Age-related osteoporosis poses a significant challenge in musculoskeletal health; a
condition characterized by reduced bone density and increased fracture susceptibility in …

Cyfip1 haploinsufficiency is associated with white matter changes, myelin thinning, reduction of mature oligodendrocytes and behavioural inflexibility

AI Silva, JE Haddon, S Trent, YA Syed, TCE Lin… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
The biological basis of the increased risk for psychiatric disorders due to the pathogenic
15q11. 2 copy number deletion is unknown. Previous work has shown disturbances in white …

Dichotomous Intrinsic Properties of Adult Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons Vanish in the Fragile X Mouse Model of Autism

G Giua, O Lassalle, L Makrini-Maleville, E Valjent… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of autism and inherited intellectual
disability, is caused by the mutation of a single gene, fmr1, which encodes the Fragile X …