The synapse in traumatic brain injury

AAB Jamjoom, J Rhodes, PJD Andrews, SGN Grant - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and is a risk
factor for dementia later in life. Research into the pathophysiology of TBI has focused on the …

Altered neuronal and circuit excitability in fragile X syndrome

A Contractor, VA Klyachko, C Portera-Cailliau - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) results from a genetic mutation in a single gene yet produces a
phenotypically complex disorder with a range of neurological and psychiatric problems …

Hyperexcitable arousal circuits drive sleep instability during aging

SB Li, VM Damonte, C Chen, GX Wang, JM Kebschull… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Sleep quality declines with age; however, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. We
found that hyperexcitable hypocretin/orexin (Hcrt/OX) neurons drive sleep fragmentation …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies in fragile X syndrome: from bench to bedside and back

C Gross, A Hoffmann, GJ Bassell, EM Berry-Kravis - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), an inherited intellectual disability often associated with autism, is
caused by the loss of expression of the fragile X mental retardation protein. Tremendous …

Synapse diversity and synaptome architecture in human genetic disorders

SGN Grant - Human Molecular Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Over 130 brain diseases are caused by mutations that disrupt genes encoding the proteome
of excitatory synapses. These include neurological and psychiatric disorders with early and …

Fmrp interacts with adar and regulates RNA editing, synaptic density and locomotor activity in zebrafish

A Shamay-Ramot, K Khermesh, HT Porath… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most frequent inherited form of mental retardation. The
cause for this X-linked disorder is the silencing of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (fmr1) …

Impairments in dendrite morphogenesis as etiology for neurodevelopmental disorders and implications for therapeutic treatments

T Copf - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Dendrite morphology is pivotal for neural circuitry functioning. While the causative
relationship between small-scale dendrite morphological abnormalities (shape, density of …

Altered dendritic spine function and integration in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

SA Booker, APF Domanski, OR Dando… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Cellular and circuit hyperexcitability are core features of fragile X syndrome and related
autism spectrum disorder models. However, the cellular and synaptic bases of this …

Directly reprogrammed fragile X syndrome dorsal forebrain precursor cells generate cortical neurons exhibiting impaired neuronal maturation

N Edwards, C Combrinck… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The neurodevelopmental disorder fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most
common monogenic cause of intellectual disability associated with autism spectrum …

Correction of amygdalar dysfunction in a rat model of fragile X syndrome

G Fernandes, PK Mishra, MS Nawaz, PG Donlin-Asp… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a commonly inherited form of autism and intellectual disability, is
associated with emotional symptoms that implicate dysfunction of the amygdala. However …