Interferon γ: a master cytokine in microglia-mediated neural network dysfunction and neurodegeneration

O Kann, F Almouhanna, B Chausse - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Traditionally, lymphocytic interferon γ (IFN-γ) was considered to be a simple'booster'of
proinflammatory responses by microglia (brain-resident macrophages) during bacterial or …

The origin of NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia

K Nakazawa, K Sapkota - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction plays a key role in
pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Since NMDAR hypofunction has also been reported in …

The graphical brain: Belief propagation and active inference

KJ Friston, T Parr, B de Vries - Network neuroscience, 2017 - direct.mit.edu
This paper considers functional integration in the brain from a computational perspective.
We ask what sort of neuronal message passing is mandated by active inference—and what …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction and memory: A predictive coding account

HC Barron, R Auksztulewicz, K Friston - Progress in neurobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
The hippocampus is crucial for episodic memory, but it is also involved in online prediction.
Evidence suggests that a unitary hippocampal code underlies both episodic memory and …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress-driven parvalbumin interneuron impairment as a common mechanism in models of schizophrenia

P Steullet, JH Cabungcal, J Coyle, M Didriksen… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Parvalbumin inhibitory interneurons (PVIs) are crucial for maintaining proper
excitatory/inhibitory balance and high-frequency neuronal synchronization. Their activity …

Parvalbumin interneuron vulnerability and brain disorders

JB Ruden, LL Dugan, C Konradi - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021 - nature.com
Parvalbumin-expressing interneurons (PV-INs) are highly vulnerable to stressors and have
been implicated in many neuro-psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic causal modelling revisited

KJ Friston, KH Preller, C Mathys, H Cagnan, J Heinzle… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper revisits the dynamic causal modelling of fMRI timeseries by replacing the usual
(Taylor) approximation to neuronal dynamics with a neural mass model of the canonical …

[HTML][HTML] Early restoration of parvalbumin interneuron activity prevents memory loss and network hyperexcitability in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

S Hijazi, TS Heistek, P Scheltens, U Neumann… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Neuronal network dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an early symptom in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and may provide new entry points for diagnosis and intervention …

[HTML][HTML] The stroke-migraine depolarization continuum

JP Dreier, C Reiffurth - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
The term spreading depolarization (SD) refers to waves of abrupt, sustained mass
depolarization in gray matter of the CNS. SD, which spreads from neuron to neuron in …

Lactate is an energy substrate for rodent cortical neurons and enhances their firing activity

A Karagiannis, T Gallopin, A Lacroix, F Plaisier… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Glucose is the mandatory fuel for the brain, yet the relative contribution of glucose and
lactate for neuronal energy metabolism is unclear. We found that increased lactate, but not …