Excitatory neuron-specific suppression of the integrated stress response contributes to autism-related phenotypes in fragile X syndrome

M Hooshmandi, V Sharma, CT Perez, R Sood… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Dysregulation of protein synthesis is one of the key mechanisms underlying autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). However, the role of a major pathway controlling protein synthesis, the …

Prenatal environmental stressors impair postnatal microglia function and adult behavior in males

CL Block, O Eroglu, SD Mague, CJ Smith, AM Ceasrine… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Gestational exposure to environmental toxins and socioeconomic stressors is
epidemiologically linked to neurodevelopmental disorders with strong male bias, such as …

Commentary:'Camouflaging'in autistic people–reflection on Fombonne (2020)

MC Lai, L Hull, W Mandy, B Chakrabarti… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fombonne's (2020) editorial is a thought‐provoking appraisal of the literature on
'camouflaging', whereby some autistic people mask or compensate for their autistic …

An expanding manifold in transmodal regions characterizes adolescent reconfiguration of structural connectome organization

B Park, RAI Bethlehem, C Paquola, S Larivière… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Adolescence is a critical time for the continued maturation of brain networks. Here, we
assessed structural connectome development in a large longitudinal sample ranging from …

Preconfigured architecture of the developing mouse brain

M Chini, M Hnida, JK Kostka, YN Chen… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
In the adult brain, structural and functional parameters, such as synaptic sizes and neuronal
firing rates, follow right-skewed and heavy-tailed distributions. While this organization is …

Time-resolved correlation of distributed brain activity tracks EI balance and accounts for diverse scale-free phenomena

A Nanda, GW Johnson, Y Mu, MB Ahrens, C Chang… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Much of systems neuroscience posits the functional importance of brain activity patterns that
lack natural scales of sizes, durations, or frequencies. The field has developed prominent …

[HTML][HTML] Natural brain state change with E/I balance shifting toward inhibition is associated with vigilance impairment

B Yang, H Zhang, T Jiang, S Yu - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The delicate balance between cortical excitation and inhibition (E/I) plays a pivotal role in
brain state changes. While previous studies have associated cortical hyperexcitability with …