Development and functional diversification of cortical interneurons

L Lim, D Mi, A Llorca, O Marín - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
In the cerebral cortex, GABAergic interneurons have evolved as a highly heterogeneous
collection of cell types that are characterized by their unique spatial and temporal …

Common mechanisms of excitatory and inhibitory imbalance in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders

R Gao, P Penzes - Current molecular medicine, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Schizophrenia (SCZ) are cognitive disorders with
complex genetic architectures but overlap** behavioral phenotypes, which suggests …

Neuregulin-ERBB signaling in the nervous system and neuropsychiatric diseases

L Mei, KA Nave - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Neuregulins (NRGs) comprise a large family of growth factors that stimulate ERBB receptor
tyrosine kinases. NRGs and their receptors, ERBBs, have been identified as susceptibility …

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 …

Anatomical characterization of Cre driver mice for neural circuit map** and manipulation

JA Harris, KE Hirokawa, SA Sorensen, H Gu… - Frontiers in neural …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Significant advances in circuit-level analyses of the brain require tools that allow for labeling,
modulation of gene expression, and monitoring and manipulation of cellular activity in …

Expression and function of the epidermal growth factor receptor in physiology and disease

J Chen, F Zeng, SJ Forrester, S Eguchi… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is the prototypical member of a family of
membrane-associated intrinsic tyrosine kinase receptors, the ErbB family. EGFR is activated …

Human pallial MGE-type GABAergic interneuron cell therapy for chronic focal epilepsy

M Bershteyn, S Bröer, M Parekh, Y Maury, S Havlicek… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common focal epilepsy. One-third of
patients have drug-refractory seizures and are left with suboptimal therapeutic options such …

Prenatal infection and schizophrenia: a review of epidemiologic and translational studies

AS Brown, EJ Derkits - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2010 - psychiatryonline.org
An emerging literature from epidemiologic, clinical, and preclinical investigations has
provided evidence that gestational exposure to infection contributes to the etiology of …

Schizophrenia genes, gene expression, and neuropathology: on the matter of their convergence

PJ Harrison, DR Weinberger - Molecular psychiatry, 2005 - nature.com
This review critically summarizes the neuropathology and genetics of schizophrenia, the
relationship between them, and speculates on their functional convergence. The …

Neuregulin 1 in neural development, synaptic plasticity and schizophrenia

L Mei, WC **ong - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a highly debilitating mental disorder that affects∼ 1% of the general
population, yet it continues to be poorly understood. Recent studies have identified …