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 …

Developmental timing and critical windows for the treatment of psychiatric disorders

O Marín - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
There is a growing understanding that pathological genetic variation and environmental
insults during sensitive periods in brain development have long-term consequences on …

Altered neuronal and circuit excitability in fragile X syndrome

A Contractor, VA Klyachko, C Portera-Cailliau - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) results from a genetic mutation in a single gene yet produces a
phenotypically complex disorder with a range of neurological and psychiatric problems …

Chronic pharmacological mGlu5 inhibition corrects fragile X in adult mice

A Michalon, M Sidorov, TM Ballard, L Ozmen… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability.
Previous studies have implicated mGlu5 in the pathogenesis of the disease, but a crucial …

Pathogenic SYNGAP1 mutations impair cognitive development by disrupting maturation of dendritic spine synapses

JP Clement, M Aceti, TK Creson, ED Ozkan, Y Shi… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Mutations that cause intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are
commonly found in genes that encode for synaptic proteins. However, it remains unclear …

The perineuronal 'safety'net? Perineuronal net abnormalities in neurological disorders

TH Wen, DK Binder, IM Ethell… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Perineuronal nets (PNN) are extracellular matrix (ECM) assemblies that preferentially
ensheath parvalbumin (PV) expressing interneurons. Converging evidence indicates that …

Fragile X syndrome: a review of associated medical problems

SA Kidd, A Lachiewicz, D Barbouth, RK Blitz… - …, 2014 - publications.aap.org
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common known genetic cause of inherited intellectual
disability and the most common known single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder. It …

Imbalance of neocortical excitation and inhibition and altered UP states reflect network hyperexcitability in the mouse model of fragile X syndrome

JR Gibson, AF Bartley, SA Hays… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Despite the pronounced neurological deficits associated with mental retardation and autism,
it is unknown if altered neocortical circuit function occurs in these prevalent disorders. Here …

Sensitive and critical periods during neurotypical and aberrant neurodevelopment: a framework for neurodevelopmental disorders

RM Meredith - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
During sensitive and critical periods, the brain undergoes significant plasticity from the level
of individual synapses and neuronal networks up to the level of behaviour. Both sensitive …

Circuit level defects in the develo** neocortex of Fragile X mice

JT Gonçalves, JE Anstey, P Golshani… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Subtle alterations in how cortical network dynamics are modulated by different behavioral
states could disrupt normal brain function and underlie symptoms of neuropsychiatric …