Disease-associated epigenetic changes in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

EL Dempster, R Pidsley, LC Schalkwyk… - Human molecular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Studies of the major psychoses, schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), have
traditionally focused on genetic and environmental risk factors, although more recent work …

Chronic stress induces changes in the structure of interneurons and in the expression of molecules related to neuronal structural plasticity and inhibitory …

J Gilabert-Juan, E Castillo-Gomez, M Pérez-Rando… - Experimental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic stress in experimental animals, one of the most accepted models of chronic anxiety
and depression, induces structural remodeling of principal neurons in the amygdala and …

Polysialic acid is required for dopamine D2 receptor-mediated plasticity involving inhibitory circuits of the rat medial prefrontal cortex

E Castillo-Gomez, E Varea, JM Blasco-Ibáñez… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Decreased expression of dopamine D2 receptors (D2R), dysfunction of inhibitory
neurotransmission and impairments in the structure and connectivity of neurons in the …

Molecular mechanisms underlying activitydependent GABAergic synapse development and plasticity and its implications for neurodevelopmental disorders

B Chattopadhyaya - Neural plasticity, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
GABAergic interneurons are critical for the normal function and development of neural
circuits, and their dysfunction is implicated in a large number of neurodevelopmental …

Thalamocortical pathfinding defects precede degeneration of the reticular thalamic nucleus in polysialic acid-deficient mice

M Schiff, I Röckle, H Burkhardt, B Weinhold… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
The modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) with polysialic acid (polySia)
is tightly linked to neural development. Genetic ablation of the polySia-synthesizing …

Sensory experience differentially modulates the mRNA expression of the polysialyltransferases ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV in postnatal mouse visual cortex

MC Belanger, G Di Cristo - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Polysialic acid (PSA) is a unique carbohydrate composed of a linear homopolymer of α-2, 8
linked sialic acid, and is mainly attached to the fifth immunoglobulin-like domain of the …