Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

A Verkhratsky, A Butt, B Li, P Illes, R Zorec… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Astroglia are a broad class of neural parenchymal cells primarily dedicated to homoeostasis
and defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Astroglia contribute to the …

Sex and gender in neurodevelopmental conditions

S Bölte, J Neufeld, PB Marschik, ZJ Williams… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Health-related conditions often differ qualitatively or quantitatively between individuals of
different birth-assigned sexes and gender identities, and/or with different gendered …

Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Signalling pathways in autism spectrum disorder: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

CC Jiang, LS Lin, S Long, XY Ke, K Fukunaga… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a prevalent and complex neurodevelopmental disorder
which has strong genetic basis. Despite the rapidly rising incidence of autism, little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic causes and modifiers of autism spectrum disorder

L Rylaarsdam, A Guemez-Gamboa - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental
disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in 59 children. ASD is highly genetically heterogeneous …

Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: diagnostic, neurobiological, and behavioral features

A Napolitano, S Schiavi, P La Rosa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with a
worldwide prevalence of about 1%, characterized by impairments in social interaction …

Autism spectrum disorders: etiology and pathology

AK Sauer, J Stanton, S Hans… - Exon Publications, 2021 - exonpublications.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental diseases. The cause
of ASD is unknown, but several genetic and non-genetic risk factors have been …

Synaptic neurexin complexes: a molecular code for the logic of neural circuits

TC Südhof - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Synapses are specialized junctions between neurons in brain that transmit and compute
information, thereby connecting neurons into millions of overlap** and interdigitated …

Multiplex gene editing by CRISPR–Cpf1 using a single crRNA array

B Zetsche, M Heidenreich, P Mohanraju… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Targeting of multiple genomic loci with Cas9 is limited by the need for multiple or large
expression constructs. Here we show that the ability of Cpf1 to process its own CRISPR RNA …

The valproic acid-induced rodent model of autism

C Nicolini, M Fahnestock - Experimental neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social
communication and interaction and by repetitive patterns of behavior, interests and activities …