Neural mechanisms underlying repetitive behaviors in rodent models of autism spectrum disorders

T Gandhi, CC Lee - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is comprised of several conditions characterized by
alterations in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors. Genetic and …

Altered motor learning and coordination in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder

KR Cording, HS Bateup - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with increasing
prevalence. Over 1,000 risk genes have now been implicated in ASD, suggesting diverse …

Dentate granule cell recruitment of feedforward inhibition governs engram maintenance and remote memory generalization

N Guo, ME Soden, C Herber, MTW Kim, A Besnard… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Memories become less precise and generalized over time as memory traces reorganize in
hippocampal–cortical networks. Increased time-dependent loss of memory precision is …

Synapse type-specific proteomic dissection identifies IgSF8 as a hippocampal CA3 microcircuit organizer

N Apóstolo, SN Smukowski, J Vanderlinden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Excitatory and inhibitory neurons are connected into microcircuits that generate circuit
output. Central in the hippocampal CA3 microcircuit is the mossy fiber (MF) synapse, which …

Both rare and common genetic variants contribute to autism in the Faroe Islands

CS Leblond, F Cliquet, C Carton, G Huguet… - NPJ genomic …, 2019 - nature.com
The number of genes associated with autism is increasing, but few studies have been
performed on epidemiological cohorts and in isolated populations. Here, we investigated …

Mapping the proteome of the synaptic cleft through proximity labeling reveals new cleft proteins

T Cijsouw, AM Ramsey, TKT Lam, BE Carbone… - Proteomes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Synapses are specialized neuronal cell-cell contacts that underlie network communication
in the mammalian brain. Across neuronal populations and circuits, a diverse set of synapses …

Cntn4, a risk gene for neuropsychiatric disorders, modulates hippocampal synaptic plasticity and behavior

A Oguro-Ando, RA Bamford, W Sital… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders
(ASD), anorexia nervosa (AN), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and schizophrenia (SZ), are …

Extracellular vesicle biomarkers for complement dysfunction in schizophrenia

T Xue, W Liu, L Wang, Y Shi, Y Hu, J Yang, G Li… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Schizophrenia, a complex neuropsychiatric disorder, frequently experiences a high rate of
misdiagnosis due to subjective symptom assessment. Consequently, there is an urgent …

Heterophilic type II cadherins are required for high-magnitude synaptic potentiation in the hippocampus

R Basu, X Duan, MR Taylor, EA Martin, S Muralidhar… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Hippocampal CA3 neurons form synapses with CA1 neurons in two layers, stratum oriens
(SO) and stratum radiatum (SR). Each layer develops unique synaptic properties but …

Stable bulged G-quadruplexes in the human genome: identification, experimental validation and functionalization

C Papp, VT Mukundan, P Jenjaroenpun… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
DNA sequence composition determines the topology and stability of G-quadruplexes (G4s).
Bulged G-quadruplex structures (G4-Bs) are a subset of G4s characterized by 3D …