Clinical, genetic and imaging findings identify new causes for corpus callosum development syndromes

TJ Edwards, EH Sherr, AJ Barkovich, LJ Richards - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The corpus callosum is the largest fibre tract in the brain, connecting the two cerebral
hemispheres, and thereby facilitating the integration of motor and sensory information from …

The evolution, formation and connectivity of the anterior commissure

LR Fenlon, R Suarez, Z Lynton, LJ Richards - Seminars in Cell & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The anterior commissure is the most ancient of the forebrain interhemispheric connections
among all vertebrates. Indeed, it is the predominant pallial commissure in all non-eutherian …

Causal effect of disconnection lesions on interhemispheric functional connectivity in rhesus monkeys

JX O'Reilly, PL Croxson, S Jbabdi… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In the absence of external stimuli or task demands, correlations in spontaneous brain activity
(functional connectivity) reflect patterns of anatomical connectivity. Hence, resting-state …

In vivo diffusion tensor imaging and histopathology of the fimbria-fornix in temporal lobe epilepsy

L Concha, DJ Livy, C Beaulieu… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
While diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been extensively used to infer micro-structural
characteristics of cerebral white matter in human conditions, correlations between human in …

Survey of 21 inbred mouse strains in two laboratories reveals that BTBR T/+ tf/tf has severely reduced hippocampal commissure and absent corpus callosum

D Wahlsten, P Metten, JC Crabbe - Brain research, 2003 - Elsevier
A morphometric survey of brain size and forebrain commissures of 21 inbred mouse strains
from the Jackson Laboratory was done with animals tested in two laboratories as part of the …

Histopathologic characterization of the BTBR mouse model of autistic-like behavior reveals selective changes in neurodevelopmental proteins and adult hippocampal …

DT Stephenson, SM O'Neill, S Narayan, A Tiwari… - Molecular autism, 2011 - Springer
Background The inbred mouse strain BTBR T+ tf/J (BTBR) exhibits behavioral deficits that
mimic the core deficits of autism. Neuroanatomically, the BTBR strain is also characterized …

Growth-associated protein-43 is required for commissural axon guidance in the developing vertebrate nervous system

Y Shen, S Mani, SL Donovan, JE Schwob… - Journal of …, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) is a major growth cone protein whose
phosphorylation by PKC in response to extracellular guidance cues can regulate F-actin …

Altered functional connectivity networks in acallosal and socially impaired BTBR mice

F Sforazzini, A Bertero, L Dodero, G David… - Brain Structure and …, 2016 - Springer
Agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC) is a congenital condition associated with wide-
ranging emotional and social impairments often overlapping with the diagnostic criteria for …

Contrasting grooming phenotypes in three mouse strains markedly different in anxiety and activity (129S1, BALB/c and NMRI)

AV Kalueff, P Tuohimaa - Behavioural brain research, 2005 - Elsevier
129S1/SvImJ (129S1), NMRI and BALB/c mice are widely used in behavioural research,
demonstrating marked strain differences in their behavioural phenotypes. Grooming is a …

Quantitative Trait Loci for Interhemispheric Commissure Development and Social Behaviors in the BTBR T+ tf/J Mouse Model of Autism

DM Jones-Davis, M Yang, E Rider, NC Osbun… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Autism and Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (AgCC) are interrelated
behavioral and anatomic phenotypes whose genetic etiologies are incompletely …