Excitatory/inhibitory balance and circuit homeostasis in autism spectrum disorders

SB Nelson, V Valakh - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and related neurological disorders are associated with
mutations in many genes affecting the ratio between neuronal excitation and inhibition …

Interneuron dysfunction in psychiatric disorders

O Marín - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disabilities are best understood as spectrums of
diseases that have broad sets of causes. However, it is becoming evident that these …

Dopaminergic neurons promote hippocampal reactivation and spatial memory persistence

CG McNamara, Á Tejero-Cantero, S Trouche… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
We found that optogenetic burst stimulation of hippocampal dopaminergic fibers from
midbrain neurons in mice exploring novel environments enhanced the reactivation of …

Synaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders associated with autism and intellectual disabilities

HY Zoghbi, MF Bear - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The discovery of the genetic causes of syndromic autism spectrum disorders and intellectual
disabilities has greatly informed our understanding of the molecular pathways critical for …

Dysfunction in GABA signalling mediates autism-like stereotypies and Rett syndrome phenotypes

HT Chao, H Chen, RC Samaco, M Xue, M Chahrour… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Mutations in the X-linked MECP2 gene, which encodes the transcriptional regulator methyl-
CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2), cause Rett syndrome and several neurodevelopmental …

Neuromodulation of spike-timing-dependent plasticity: past, present, and future

Z Brzosko, SB Mierau, O Paulsen - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity (STDP) is a leading cellular model for behavioral
learning and memory with rich computational properties. However, the relationship between …

Rett syndrome: a complex disorder with simple roots

MJ Lyst, A Bird - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder caused by mutations in the X-linked
gene MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein 2). Two decades of research have fostered the …

Rett syndrome: insights into genetic, molecular and circuit mechanisms

JPK Ip, N Mellios, M Sur - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder caused by mutations in the gene
encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2). Almost two decades of research into RTT …

Functional neuroanatomy of the central noradrenergic system

E Szabadi - Journal of psychopharmacology, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The central noradrenergic neurone, like the peripheral sympathetic neurone, is
characterized by a diffusely arborizing terminal axonal network. The central neurones …

A role for glia in the progression of Rett's syndrome

DT Lioy, SK Garg, CE Monaghan, J Raber, KD Foust… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Rett's syndrome (RTT) is an X-chromosome-linked autism spectrum disorder caused by loss
of function of the transcription factor methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2). Although …