The emerging role of chromatin remodelers in neurodevelopmental disorders: a developmental perspective

B Mossink, M Negwer, D Schubert… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including intellectual disability (ID) and autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), are a large group of disorders in which early insults during brain …

Epigenetic genes and epilepsy—emerging mechanisms and clinical applications

KMJ Van Loo, GL Carvill, AJ Becker… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
An increasing number of epilepsies are being attributed to variants in genes with epigenetic
functions. The products of these genes include factors that regulate the structure and …

The parvalbumin hypothesis of autism spectrum disorder

F Filice, L Janickova, T Henzi, A Bilella… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—a type of neurodevelopmental disorder—
is increasing and is around 2% in North America, Asia, and Europe. Besides the known …

FriendlyClearMap: an optimized toolkit for mouse brain mapping and analysis

M Negwer, B Bosch, M Bormann, R Hesen, L Lütje… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Tissue clearing is currently revolutionizing neuroanatomy by enabling organ-
level imaging with cellular resolution. However, currently available tools for data analysis …

Auditory processing in rodent models of autism: a systematic review

M Wilde, L Constantin, PR Thorne… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Autism is a complex condition with many traits, including differences in auditory sensitivity.
Studies in human autism are plagued by the difficulty of controlling for aetiology, whereas …

NRSF/REST lies at the intersection between epigenetic regulation, miRNA-mediated gene control and neurodevelopmental pathways associated with Intellectual …

M Alsaqati, BA Davis, J Wood, MM Jones… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic evidence indicates disrupted epigenetic regulation as a major risk factor for
psychiatric disorders, but the molecular mechanisms that drive this association remain to be …

Reprogramming of the epigenome in neurodevelopmental disorders

KD Wilson, EG Porter, BA Garcia - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) remains a challenge for researchers.
Human brain development is tightly regulated and sensitive to cellular alterations caused by …

Following excitation/inhibition ratio homeostasis from synapse to EEG in monogenetic neurodevelopmental disorders

L Geertjens, TW van Voorst, A Bouman, MA van Boven… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pharmacological options for neurodevelopmental disorders are limited to symptom
suppressing agents that do not target underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Studies …

Defensive and offensive behaviours in a Kleefstra syndrome mouse model

A Alonso, A Samanta, J van der Meij, L van den Brand… - Animal Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Kleefstra syndrome in humans is characterized by a general delay in development,
intellectual disability and autistic features. The mouse model of this disease (Ehmt1±) …

Late onset and regional heterogeneity of synaptic deficits in cortical PV interneurons of Shank3B−/− mice

YC Shih, L Nelson, M Janeček, RT Peixoto - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Epilepsy and epileptiform patterns of cortical activity are highly prevalent in autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs), but the neural substrates and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying …