Transcriptional architecture of synaptic communication delineates GABAergic neuron identity

A Paul, M Crow, R Raudales, M He, J Gillis, ZJ Huang - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Understanding the organizational logic of neural circuits requires deciphering the biological
basis of neuronal diversity and identity, but there is no consensus on how neuron types …

A molecular network of the aging human brain provides insights into the pathology and cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease

S Mostafavi, C Gaiteri, SE Sullivan, CC White… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
There is a need for new therapeutic targets with which to prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD),
a major contributor to aging-related cognitive decline. Here we report the construction and …

Human breast cancer metastases to the brain display GABAergic properties in the neural niche

J Neman, J Termini, S Wilczynski… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Dispersion of tumors throughout the body is a neoplastic process responsible for the vast
majority of deaths from cancer. Despite disseminating to distant organs as malignant scouts …

Cross-laboratory analysis of brain cell type transcriptomes with applications to interpretation of bulk tissue data

BO Mancarci, L Toker, SJ Tripathy, B Li, B Rocco… - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Establishing the molecular diversity of cell types is crucial for the study of the nervous
system. We compiled a cross-laboratory database of mouse brain cell type-specific …

Developmental transformation of Ca2+ channel-vesicle nanotopography at a central GABAergic synapse

JJ Chen, WA Kaufmann, C Chen, I Arai, O Kim… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
The coupling between Ca 2+ channels and release sensors is a key factor defining the
signaling properties of a synapse. However, the coupling nanotopography at many …

Cerebellar associative sensory learning defects in five mouse autism models

AD Kloth, A Badura, A Li, A Cherskov, SG Connolly… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Sensory integration difficulties have been reported in autism, but their underlying brain-
circuit mechanisms are underexplored. Using five autism-related mouse models …

Mouse Cntnap2 and Human CNTNAP2 ASD Alleles Cell Autonomously Regulate PV+ Cortical Interneurons

D Vogt, KKA Cho, SM Shelton, A Paul, ZJ Huang… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Human mutations in CNTNAP2 are associated with an array of neuropsychiatric and
neurological syndromes, including speech and language disorders, epilepsy, and autism …

Human induced pluripotent stem cell-based modelling of spinocerebellar ataxias

MP Hommersom, RAM Buijsen… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2022 - Springer
Dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) constitute a large group of phenotypically and
genetically heterogeneous disorders that mainly present with dysfunction of the cerebellum …

Bias-adjusted spectral clustering in multi-layer stochastic block models

J Lei, KZ Lin - Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We consider the problem of estimating common community structures in multi-layer
stochastic block models, where each single layer may not have sufficient signal strength to …

Triple function of synaptotagmin 7 ensures efficiency of high-frequency transmission at central GABAergic synapses

C Chen, R Satterfield, SM Young, P Jonas - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Summary Synaptotagmin 7 (Syt7) is thought to be a Ca 2+ sensor that mediates
asynchronous transmitter release and facilitation at synapses. However, Syt7 is strongly …