Autism spectrum disorder: neurodevelopmental risk factors, biological mechanism, and precision therapy

L Wang, B Wang, C Wu, J Wang, M Sun - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous, behaviorally defined
neurodevelopmental disorder. Over the past two decades, the prevalence of autism …

A synaptic perspective of fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorders

C Bagni, RS Zukin - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Altered synaptic structure and function is a major hallmark of fragile X syndrome (FXS),
autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), and other intellectual disabilities (IDs), which are …

ERK/MAPK signalling in the develo** brain: Perturbations and consequences

JD Iroegbu, OK Ijomone, OM Femi-Akinlosotu… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The extracellular regulated kinase/microtubule-associated protein kinase (ERK/MAPK)
signalling pathway transduces signals that cause an alteration in the ongoing metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] MAP/ERK signaling in develo** cognitive and emotional function and its effect on pathological and neurodegenerative processes

H Albert-Gascó, F Ros-Bernal… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The signaling pathway of the microtubule-associated protein kinase or extracellular
regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) is a common mechanism of extracellular information …

Behavioral neuroscience of autism

T Takumi, K Tamada, F Hatanaka, N Nakai… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Several genetic causes
of ASD have been identified and this has enabled researchers to construct mouse models …

Cortical organoids model early brain development disrupted by 16p11. 2 copy number variants in autism

J Urresti, P Zhang, P Moran-Losada, NK Yu… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Reciprocal deletion and duplication of the 16p11. 2 region is the most common copy number
variation (CNV) associated with autism spectrum disorders. We generated cortical organoids …

Autism spectrum disorder: pathogenesis, biomarker, and intervention therapy

H Zhuang, Z Liang, G Ma, A Qureshi, X Ran… - MedComm, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become a common neurodevelopmental disorder. The
heterogeneity of ASD poses great challenges for its research and clinical translation. On the …

Deletion of autism risk gene Shank3 disrupts prefrontal connectivity

M Pagani, A Bertero, A Liska, A Galbusera… - Journal of …, 2019 - jneurosci.org
Mutations in the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 are a major cause of autism and are
associated with prominent intellectual and language deficits. However, the neural …

Dissecting the autism-associated 16p11. 2 locus identifies multiple drivers in neuroanatomical phenotypes and unveils a male-specific role for the major vault protein

PF Kretz, C Wagner, A Mikhaleva, C Montillot, S Hugel… - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Using mouse genetic studies and systematic assessments of brain
neuroanatomical phenotypes, we set out to identify which of the 30 genes causes brain …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective effect of α-mangostin in ameliorating propionic acid-induced experimental model of autism in Wistar rats

A Tiwari, R Khera, S Rahi, S Mehan, HA Makeen… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several studies have documented the role of hyper-activation of extracellular signal-
regulated kinases (ERK) in Autism pathogenesis. Alpha-mangostin (AMG) is a …