Zinc transporter 3 (ZnT3) and vesicular zinc in central nervous system function

BB McAllister, RH Dyck - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc transporter 3 (ZnT3) is the sole mechanism responsible for concentrating zinc
ions within synaptic vesicles in a subset of the brain's glutamatergic neurons. This vesicular …

The GABAergic hypothesis for cognitive disabilities in down syndrome

A Contestabile, S Magara, L Cancedda - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of a third copy of
chromosome 21. DS affects multiple organs, but it invariably results in altered brain …

[HTML][HTML] Delayed coupling to feedback inhibition during a critical period for the integration of adult-born granule cells

SG Temprana, LA Mongiat, SM Yang, MF Trinchero… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Developing granule cells (GCs) of the adult dentate gyrus undergo a critical period of
enhanced activity and synaptic plasticity before becoming mature. The impact of developing …

Subfield-specific interneuron circuits govern the hippocampal response to novelty in male mice

T Hainmueller, A Cazala, LW Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The hippocampus is the brain's center for episodic memories. Its subregions, the dentate
gyrus and CA1-3, are differentially involved in memory encoding and recall. Hippocampal …

On how the dentate gyrus contributes to memory discrimination

MT van Dijk, AA Fenton - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The dentate gyrus (DG) is crucial for behaviorally discriminating similar spatial memories,
predicting that DG place cells change (" remap") their relative spatial tuning (" place fields") …

Adult neurogenesis in the mammalian hippocampus: why the dentate gyrus?

LJ Drew, S Fusi, R Hen - Learning & memory, 2013 - learnmem.cshlp.org
In the adult mammalian brain, newly generated neurons are continuously incorporated into
two networks: interneurons born in the subventricular zone migrate to the olfactory bulb …

Refuting the challenges of the developmental shift of polarity of GABA actions: GABA more exciting than ever!

Y Ben-Ari, MA Woodin, E Sernagor… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
During brain development, there is a progressive reduction of intracellular chloride
associated with a shift in GABA polarity: GABA depolarizes and occasionally excites …

A single dose of 5-MeO-DMT stimulates cell proliferation, neuronal survivability, morphological and functional changes in adult mice ventral dentate gyrus

RV Lima da Cruz, TC Moulin, LL Petiz… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The subgranular zone (SGZ) of dentate gyrus (DG) is one of the few regions in which
neurogenesis is maintained throughout adulthood. It is believed that newborn neurons in …

Distinct determinants of sparse activation during granule cell maturation

CV Dieni, AK Nietz, R Panichi, JI Wadiche… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Adult neurogenesis continually produces a small population of immature granule cells (GCs)
within the dentate gyrus. The physiological properties of immature GCs distinguish them …

Intrinsic membrane properties determine hippocampal differential firing pattern in vivo in anesthetized rats

J Kowalski, J Gan, P Jonas… - Hippocampus, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus plays a key role in learning and memory. Previous studies suggested that
the main types of principal neurons, dentate gyrus granule cells (GCs), CA3 pyramidal …