[HTML][HTML] The PFC-LH-VTA pathway contributes to social deficits in IRSp53-mutant mice

YW Noh, Y Kim, S Lee, Y Kim, JJ Shin, H Kang… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) promote social brain functions
by releasing DA onto nucleus accumbens neurons, but it remains unclear how VTA neurons …

Suppressed prefrontal neuronal firing variability and impaired social representation in IRSp53-mutant mice

W Kim, JJ Shin, YJ Jeong, K Kim, JW Bae, YW Noh… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Social deficit is a major feature of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum
disorders, schizophrenia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, but its neural …

Identifying specific prefrontal neurons that contribute to autism-associated abnormalities in physiology and social behavior

AC Brumback, IT Ellwood, C Kjaerby, J Iafrati… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Functional imaging and gene expression studies both implicate the medial prefrontal cortex
(mPFC), particularly deep-layer projection neurons, as a potential locus for autism …

Social deficits in IRSp53 mutant mice improved by NMDAR and mGluR5 suppression

W Chung, SY Choi, E Lee, H Park, J Kang, H Park… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Social deficits are observed in diverse psychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum
disorders and schizophrenia. We found that mice lacking the excitatory synaptic signaling …

[HTML][HTML] IRSp53 deletion in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons and in male and female mice leads to distinct electrophysiological and behavioral phenotypes

Y Kim, YW Noh, K Kim, E Yang, H Kim… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
IRSp53 (also known as BAIAP2) is an abundant excitatory postsynaptic scaffolding protein
implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia, and attention …

[HTML][HTML] Balance between projecting neuronal populations of the nucleus accumbens controls social behavior in mice

J Le Merrer, B Detraux, J Gandía, A De Groote… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Deficient social interactions are a hallmark of major neuropsychiatric disorders,
and accumulating evidence points to altered social reward and motivation as key underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Social defeat stress-specific increase in c-Fos expression in the extended amygdala in mice: Involvement of dopamine D1 receptor in the medial prefrontal …

C Numa, H Nagai, M Taniguchi, M Nagai… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We recently reported that dopamine D1 receptor in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is
activated by subthreshold social defeat stress and suppresses the induction of depressive …

[HTML][HTML] Ventral hippocampal projections to the medial prefrontal cortex regulate social memory

ML Phillips, HA Robinson, L Pozzo-Miller - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Inputs from the ventral hippocampus (vHIP) to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are
implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we show that the vHIP-mPFC …

The infralimbic cortex bidirectionally modulates mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity via distinct neural pathways

MH Patton, BT Bizup, AA Grace - Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) has been implicated in a number of psychiatric disorders,
including schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. One major regulator of the …

[HTML][HTML] NAc-VTA circuit underlies emotional stress-induced anxiety-like behavior in the three-chamber vicarious social defeat stress mouse model

G Qi, P Zhang, T Li, M Li, Q Zhang, F He… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Emotional stress is considered a severe pathogenetic factor of psychiatric disorders.
However, the circuit mechanisms remain largely unclear. Using a three-chamber vicarious …