Genetics of glutamate and its receptors in autism spectrum disorder

S Nisar, AA Bhat, T Masoodi, S Hashem, S Akhtar… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental impairment characterized by
deficits in social interaction skills, impaired communication, and repetitive and restricted …

Synaptopathology involved in autism spectrum disorder

S Guang, N Pang, X Deng, L Yang, F He… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a group of multifactorial neurodevelopmental
disorders characterized by impaired social communication, social interaction and repetitive …

The role of gut bacterial metabolites in brain development, aging and disease

SMS Tran, MH Mohajeri - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, emerging evidence has reported correlations between the gut
microbiome and human health and disease, including those affecting the brain. We …

Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay

BP Coe, K Witherspoon, JA Rosenfeld, BWM Van Bon… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Copy number variants (CNVs) are associated with many neurocognitive disorders; however,
these events are typically large, and the underlying causative genes are unclear. We …

Neurodevelopmental disease genes implicated by de novo mutation and copy number variation morbidity

BP Coe, HAF Stessman, A Sulovari, MR Geisheker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We combined de novo mutation (DNM) data from 10,927 individuals with developmental
delay and autism to identify 253 candidate neurodevelopmental disease genes with an …

De novo gene disruptions in children on the autistic spectrum

I Iossifov, M Ronemus, D Levy, Z Wang, I Hakker… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Exome sequencing of 343 families, each with a single child on the autism spectrum and at
least one unaffected sibling, reveal de novo small indels and point substitutions, which come …

Autism-associated neuroligin-3 mutations commonly impair striatal circuits to boost repetitive behaviors

PE Rothwell, MV Fuccillo, S Maxeiner, SJ Hayton… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
In humans, neuroligin-3 mutations are associated with autism, whereas in mice, the
corresponding mutations produce robust synaptic and behavioral changes. However …

Synaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders associated with autism and intellectual disabilities

HY Zoghbi, MF Bear - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The discovery of the genetic causes of syndromic autism spectrum disorders and intellectual
disabilities has greatly informed our understanding of the molecular pathways critical for …

Etiological heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorders: more than 100 genetic and genomic disorders and still counting

C Betancur - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) can arise from rare
highly penetrant mutations and genomic imbalances. The rare nature of these variants, and …

Genetic architecture in autism spectrum disorder

B Devlin, SW Scherer - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2012 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in reciprocal social
interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behaviors. Family studies …