Integrative Brain Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Region-Specific and Broad Molecular Changes in Shank3-Overexpressing Mice

C Jin, H Kang, JR Ryu, S Kim, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Variants of the SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domain 3 (SHANK3) gene, encoding
excitatory postsynaptic core scaffolding proteins, are causally associated with numerous …

Effects of autophagy on synaptic-plasticity-related protein expression in the hippocampus CA1 of a rat model of vascular dementia

B Liu, J Liu, J Zhang, W Mao, S Li - Neuroscience Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore the relationship between autophagy and synaptic plasticity in
the pathogenesis of vascular dementia (VD). The autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3 …

Kirrel3-mediated synapse formation is attenuated by disease-associated missense variants

MR Taylor, EA Martin, B Sinnen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Missense variants in Kirrel3 are repeatedly identified as risk factors for autism spectrum
disorder and intellectual disability, but it has not been reported if or how these variants …

Neph2/Kirrel3 regulates sensory input, motor coordination, and home‐cage activity in rodents

LA Völker, BA Maar, BA Pulido Guevara… - Genes, Brain and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) are essential for neuronal
synapse development across evolution and control various aspects of synapse formation …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of synaptic specificity: spotlight on hippocampal and cerebellar synapse organizers

D Park, S Bae, TH Yoon, J Ko - Molecules and cells, 2018 - Elsevier
Synapses and neural circuits form with exquisite specificity during brain development to
allow the precise and appropriate flow of neural information. Although this property of …

Sevoflurane Impairs Short‐Term Memory by Affecting PSD‐95 and AMPA Receptor in the Hippocampus of a Mouse Model

Y Jiao, H Fan, K Wang, S Lu - Behavioural Neurology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To explore the effects of sevoflurane on the latency and error times of the passive
avoidance and levels of PSD‐95 and AMPA receptors in the hippocampus. We evaluated …

Examining hippocampal mossy fiber synapses by 3D electron microscopy in wildtype and Kirrel3 knockout mice

EA Martin, D Woodruff, RL Rawson, ME Williams - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Neural circuits balance excitatory and inhibitory activity and disruptions in this balance are
commonly found in neurodevelopmental disorders. Mice lacking the intellectual disability …

The interaction of early life factors and depression-associated loci affecting the age at onset of the depression

Y Chen, C Pan, S Cheng, C Li, H Zhang… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple previous studies explored the associations between early life factors and the age at
onset of the depression. However, they only focused on the influence of environmental or …

Modular Splicing is Linked to Evolution in the Synapse-Specificity Molecule Kirrel3

D Traenkner, O Shennib, A Johnson, A Weinbrom… - Eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Kirrel3 is a cell-adhesion molecule that instructs the formation of specific synapses during
brain development in mouse and Kirrel3 variants may be risk factors for autism and …

Comprehensive expression pattern of kin of irregular chiasm-like 3 in the adult mouse brain

T Hisaoka, T Komori, K Fujimoto, T Kitamura… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Kin of irregular chiasm-like 3 (Kirrel3), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is
expressed in the central nervous system during development and in adulthood. It has been …