Astrocytic processes: from tripartite synapses to the active milieu

A Semyanov, A Verkhratsky - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
We define a new concept of 'active milieu'that unifies all components of nervous tissue
(neuronal and glial compartments, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, and vasculature) …

Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release

CR Wasser, GC Werthmann, EM Hall… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background ApoE4, the most significant genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(AD), sequesters a pro-synaptogenic Reelin receptor, Apoer2, in the endosomal …

Responses in fast-spiking interneuron firing rates to parameter variations associated with degradation of perineuronal nets

KØ Hanssen, S Grødem, M Fyhn, T Hafting… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The perineuronal nets (PNNs) are sugar coated protein structures that encapsulate certain
neurons in the brain, such as parvalbumin positive (PV) inhibitory neurons. As PNNs are …

Perineuronal Net Microscopy: From Brain Pathology to Artificial Intelligence

M Paveliev, AA Egorchev, F Musin, N Lipachev… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Perineuronal nets (PNN) are a special highly structured type of extracellular matrix
encapsulating synapses on large populations of CNS neurons. PNN undergo structural …

Increased expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in dentate gyrus and amygdala causes postinfectious seizures

DC Patel, N Swift, BP Tewari, JL Browning, C Prim… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Alterations in the extracellular matrix are common in patients with epilepsy and animal
models of epilepsy, yet whether they are the cause or consequence of seizures and epilepsy …

Early Chronic Memantine Treatment-Induced Transcriptomic Changes in Wild-Type and Shank2-Mutant Mice

YE Yoo, S Lee, W Kim, H Kim, C Chung… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Shank2 is an excitatory postsynaptic scaffolding protein strongly implicated in autism
spectrum disorders (ASDs). Shank2-mutant mice with a homozygous deletion of exons 6 …

Estimation of cumulative amplitude distributions of miniature postsynaptic currents allows characterising their multimodality, quantal size and variability

S Gordleeva, Y Dembitskaya, V Kazantsev… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
A miniature postsynaptic current (mPSC) is a small, rare, and highly variable spontaneous
synaptic event that is generally caused by the spontaneous release of single vesicles. The …

Extracellular matrix and synapse formation

L Yang, M Wei, B Xing, C Zhang - Bioscience Reports, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex molecular network distributed throughout the
extracellular space of different tissues as well as the neuronal system. Previous studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Infection-induced epilepsy is caused by increased expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in hippocampus and amygdala

DC Patel, N Swift, BP Tewari, JL Browning, C Prim… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alterations in the extracellular matrix (ECM) are common in epilepsy, yet whether they are
cause or consequence of disease is unknow. Using Theiler's virus infection model of …

[HTML][HTML] Apoer2-ICD-dependent regulation of hippocampal ribosome mRNA loading

C Wasser, GC Werthmann, EM Hall… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background ApoE4, the most significant genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(AD), sequesters a pro-synaptogenic Reelin receptor, Apoer2, in the endosomal …