[HTML][HTML] Molecular neurobiology of mTOR

K Switon, K Kotulska, A Janusz-Kaminska… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that
controls several important aspects of mammalian cell function. mTOR activity is modulated …

Genetic etiologies, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex

CL Salussolia, K Klonowska… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects multiple
organ systems due to an inactivating variant in either TSC1 or TSC2, resulting in the …

mTOR hyperactivity levels influence the severity of epilepsy and associated neuropathology in an experimental model of tuberous sclerosis complex and focal cortical …

LH Nguyen, T Mahadeo, A Bordey - Journal of Neuroscience, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) are focal
malformations of cortical development (FMCDs) that are highly associated with intractable …

[HTML][HTML] mTOR pathway: a potential therapeutic target for spinal cord injury

Y Ding, Q Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the most common disabling spinal injury, and the complex
pathological process can eventually lead to severe neurological dysfunction. Many studies …

Convergent and divergent mechanisms of epileptogenesis in mTORopathies

LH Nguyen, A Bordey - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hyperactivation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) due to
mutations in genes along the PI3K-mTOR pathway and the GATOR1 complex causes a …

Hyperconnectivity of prefrontal cortex to amygdala projections in a mouse model of macrocephaly/autism syndrome

WC Huang, Y Chen, DT Page - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Multiple autism risk genes converge on the regulation of mTOR signalling, which is a key
effector of neuronal growth and connectivity. We show that mTOR signalling is dysregulated …

GATOR opathies: The role of amino acid regulatory gene mutations in epilepsy and cortical malformations

PH Iffland, V Carson, A Bordey, PB Crino - Epilepsia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway has been implicated in a growing
number of malformations of cortical development (MCD) associated with intractable …

The neurodevelopmental pathogenesis of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)

DM Feliciano - Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a model disorder for understanding brain development
because the genes that cause TSC are known, many downstream molecular pathways have …

Ectopic HCN4 expression drives mTOR-dependent epilepsy in mice

LS Hsieh, JH Wen, LH Nguyen, L Zhang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
The causative link between focal cortical malformations (FCMs) and epilepsy is well
accepted, especially among patients with focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) and …

RHEB/mTOR hyperactivity causes cortical malformations and epileptic seizures through increased axonal connectivity

M Proietti Onori, LMC Koene, CB Schäfer, M Nellist… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Hyperactivation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway can cause
malformation of cortical development (MCD) with associated epilepsy and intellectual …