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 and cognition: A lifelong relationship

ML Arbones, A Thomazeau… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The dosage of the serine threonine kinase DYRK1A is critical in the central nervous system
(CNS) during development and aging. This review analyzes the functions of this kinase by …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Modelling and rescuing neurodevelopmental defect of D own syndrome using induced pluripotent stem cells from monozygotic twins discordant for trisomy 21

Y Hibaoui, I Grad, A Letourneau, MR Sailani… - EMBO molecular …, 2014 - embopress.org
Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is the most common viable chromosomal disorder with
intellectual impairment and several other developmental abnormalities. Here, we report the …

Dysfunction of the corticostriatal pathway in autism spectrum disorders

W Li, L Pozzo‐Miller - Journal of neuroscience research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The corticostriatal pathway that carries sensory, motor, and limbic information to the striatum
plays a critical role in motor control, action selection, and reward. Dysfunction of this …

Dyrk1a from Gene Function in Development and Physiology to Dosage Correction across Life Span in Down Syndrome

H Atas-Ozcan, V Brault, A Duchon, Y Herault - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Down syndrome is the main cause of intellectual disabilities with a large set of comorbidities
from developmental origins but also that appeared across life span. Investigation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Harmine stimulates proliferation of human neural progenitors

V Dakic, R de Moraes Maciel, H Drummond… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Harmine is the β-carboline alkaloid with the highest concentration in the psychotropic plant
decoction Ayahuasca. In rodents, classical antidepressants reverse the symptoms of …

DYRK1A: a potential drug target for multiple Down syndrome neuropathologies

W Becker, U Soppa, FJ Tejedor - CNS & Neurological …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Down syndrome (DS), the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, is caused by
the trisomy of chromosome 21. MNB/DYRK1A (Minibrain/dual specificity tyrosine …

Prefrontal deficits in a murine model overexpressing the down syndrome candidate gene dyrk1a

A Thomazeau, O Lassalle, J Iafrati… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The gene Dyrk1a is the mammalian ortholog of Drosophila minibrain. Dyrk1a localizes in the
Down syndrome (DS) critical region of chromosome 21q22. 2 and is a major candidate for …