Synaptopathies: synaptic dysfunction in neurological disorders–A review from students to students

K Lepeta, MV Lourenco, BC Schweitzer… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Synapses are essential components of neurons and allow information to travel coordinately
throughout the nervous system to adjust behavior to environmental stimuli and to control …

Cognitive deficits and associated neurological complications in individuals with Down's syndrome

IT Lott, M Dierssen - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Improvements in medical interventions for people with Down's syndrome have led to a
substantial increase in their longevity. Diagnosis and treatment of neurological …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of understanding individual differences in Down syndrome

A Karmiloff-Smith, T Al-Janabi, H D'Souza, J Groet… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this article, we first present a summary of the general assumptions about Down syndrome
(DS) still to be found in the literature. We go on to show how new research has modified …

Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate, a DYRK1A inhibitor, rescues cognitive deficits in D own syndrome mouse models and in humans

R De la Torre, S De Sola, M Pons… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Scope Trisomy for human chromosome 21 results in D own syndrome (DS), which is among
the most complex genetic perturbations leading to intellectual disability. Accumulating data …

Down syndrome: the brain in trisomic mode

M Dierssen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Down syndrome is the most common form of intellectual disability and results from one of the
most complex genetic perturbations that is compatible with survival, trisomy 21. The study of …

DYRK1A, a Dosage-Sensitive Gene Involved in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Is a Target for Drug Development in Down Syndrome

A Duchon, Y Herault - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Down syndrome (DS) is one of the leading causes of intellectual disability, and patients with
DS face various health issues, including learning and memory deficits, congenital heart …

Identification of the translocation breakpoints in the Ts65Dn and Ts1Cje mouse lines: relevance for modeling Down syndrome

A Duchon, M Raveau, C Chevalier, V Nalesso… - Mammalian …, 2011 - Springer
Down syndrome (DS) is the most frequent genetic disorder leading to intellectual disabilities
and is caused by three copies of human chromosome 21. Mouse models are widely used to …

New insights into the troubles of aneuploidy

JJ Siegel, A Amon - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Deviation from a balanced genome by either gain or loss of entire chromosomes is generally
tolerated poorly in all eukaryotic systems studied to date. Errors in mitotic or meiotic cell …

Oxidative stress and Down syndrome: A route toward Alzheimer‐like dementia

M Perluigi, DA Butterfield - Current gerontology and geriatrics …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most frequent genetic abnormalities characterized by
multiple pathological phenotypes. Indeed, currently life expectancy and quality of life for DS …

Rodent models in Down syndrome research: impact and future opportunities

Y Herault, JM Delabar, EMC Fisher… - Disease models & …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Down syndrome is caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. To date, a multiplicity of mouse
models with Down-syndrome-related features has been developed to understand this …