Prefrontal cortex development in health and disease: lessons from rodents and humans

M Chini, IL Hanganu-Opatz - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
The role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) takes center stage among unanswered questions in
modern neuroscience. The PFC has a Janus-faced nature: it enables sophisticated cognitive …

Aberrant maturation and connectivity of prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia—contribution of NMDA receptor development and hypofunction

WJ Gao, SS Yang, NR Mack, LA Chamberlin - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The neurobiology of schizophrenia involves multiple facets of pathophysiology, ranging from
its genetic basis over changes in neurochemistry and neurophysiology, to the systemic level …

Increased fMRI connectivity upon chemogenetic inhibition of the mouse prefrontal cortex

F Rocchi, C Canella, S Noei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While shaped and constrained by axonal connections, fMRI-based functional connectivity
reorganizes in response to varying interareal input or pathological perturbations. However …

Thalamocortical organoids enable in vitro modeling of 22q11. 2 microdeletion associated with neuropsychiatric disorders

D Shin, CN Kim, J Ross, KM Hennick, SR Wu… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Thalamic dysfunction has been implicated in multiple psychiatric disorders. We sought to
study the mechanisms by which abnormalities emerge in the context of the 22q11. 2 …

Mutations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions delineate functional brain connectivity dimensions contributing to autism and schizophrenia

CA Moreau, SGW Urchs, K Kuldeep, P Orban… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract 16p11. 2 and 22q11. 2 Copy Number Variants (CNVs) confer high risk for Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SZ), and Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder …

Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics

CA Moreau, A Raznahan, P Bellec, M Chakravarty… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Neuroimaging genomic studies of autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia have mainly
adopted a 'top-down'approach, beginning with the behavioural diagnosis, and moving down …

A developmental increase of inhibition promotes the emergence of hippocampal ripples

I Pochinok, TM Stöber, J Triesch, M Chini… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Sharp wave-ripples (SPW-Rs) are a hippocampal network phenomenon critical for memory
consolidation and planning. SPW-Rs have been extensively studied in the adult brain, yet …

Impaired theta phase coupling underlies frontotemporal dysconnectivity in schizophrenia

RA Adams, D Bush, F Zheng, SS Meyer, R Kaplan… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal dysconnectivity is a key pathology in schizophrenia. The specific nature of
this dysconnectivity is unknown, but animal models imply dysfunctional theta phase coupling …

The thalamus in psychosis spectrum disorder

A Anticevic, MM Halassa - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Psychosis spectrum disorder (PSD) affects 1% of the world population and results in a
lifetime of chronic disability, causing devastating personal and economic consequences …

Abnormal development and dysconnectivity of distinct thalamic nuclei in patients with 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome experiencing auditory hallucinations

V Mancini, D Zöller, M Schneider, M Schaer… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Several studies in patients with schizophrenia have demonstrated an abnormal
thalamic volume and thalamocortical connectivity. Specifically, hyperconnectivity with …