Evidence that Alzheimer's disease is a disease of competitive synaptic plasticity gone awry

Z Huang - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Mounting evidence indicates that a physiological function of amyloid-β (Aβ) is to mediate
neural activity-dependent homeostatic and competitive synaptic plasticity in the brain. I have …

The endoplasmic reticulum puts a new spin on synaptic tagging

A Konietzny, S Wegmann, M Mikhaylova - Trends in neurosciences, 2023‏ - cell.com
The heterogeneity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) makes it a versatile platform for a
broad range of homeostatic processes, ranging from calcium regulation to synthesis and …

Amyloid-β causes NMDA receptor dysfunction and dendritic spine loss through mGluR1 and AKAP150-anchored calcineurin signaling

O Prikhodko, RK Freund, E Sullivan… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - jneurosci.org
Neuronal excitatory synapses are primarily located on small dendritic protrusions called
spines. During synaptic plasticity underlying learning and memory, Ca2+ influx through …

Loss of synaptopodin impairs mGluR5 and protein synthesis–dependent mGluR-LTD at CA3-CA1 synapses

PY Wu, L Ji, C De Sanctis, A Francesconi… - PNAS …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent long-term depression (mGluR-LTD) is an
important form of synaptic plasticity that occurs in many regions of the central nervous …

Altered synaptic protein expression, aberrant spine morphology, and impaired spatial memory in Dlgap2 mutant mice, a genetic model of autism spectrum disorder

MY Hsieh, LH Tuan, HC Chang, YC Wang… - Cerebral …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
A microdeletion of approximately 2.4 Mb at the 8p23 terminal region has been identified in a
Taiwanese autistic boy. Among the products transcribed/translated from genes mapped in …

[HTML][HTML] Combined DiI and antibody labeling reveals complex dysgenesis of hippocampal dendritic spines in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

L Speranza, KD Filiz, S Goebel, C Perrone-Capano… - Biomedicines, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Structural, functional, and molecular alterations in excitatory spines are a common hallmark
of many neurodevelopmental disorders including intellectual disability and autism. Here, we …

Synaptopodin: a key regulator of Hebbian plasticity

PY Wu, Y Inglebert, RA McKinney - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Synaptopodin, an actin-associated protein found in a subset of dendritic spines in
telencephalic neurons, has been described to influence both functional and morphological …

Synaptopodin is required for long-term depression at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses

Y Inglebert, PY Wu, J Tourbina-Kolomiets, CL Dang… - Molecular Brain, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract Synaptopodin (SP), an actin-associated protein found in telencephalic neurons,
affects activity-dependant synaptic plasticity and dynamic changes of dendritic spines. While …

Synaptopodin regulates denervation-induced plasticity at hippocampal mossy Fiber synapses

P Kruse, G Brandes, H Hemeling, Z Huang, C Wrede… - Cells, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Neurological diseases can lead to the denervation of brain regions caused by
demyelination, traumatic injury or cell death. The molecular and structural mechanisms …

[PDF][PDF] Synaptopodin Regulates Denervation-Induced Plasticity at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses. Cells 2024, 13, 114

P Kruse, G Brandes, H Hemeling, Z Huang, C Wrede… - 2024‏ - researchgate.net
Neurological diseases can lead to the denervation of brain regions caused by
demyelination, traumatic injury or cell death. The molecular and structural mechanisms …