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doi: 10.1111/jnc.12261. Epub 2013 May 22.
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Developmental vulnerability of synapses and circuits associated with neuropsychiatric disorders
Peter Penzes et al. J Neurochem. 2013 Jul.
Abstract
Psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia (SZ), and Alzheimer's disease, pose an immense burden to society. Symptoms of these disorders become manifest at different stages of life: early childhood, adolescence, and late adulthood, respectively. Progress has been made in recent years toward understanding the genetic substrates, cellular mechanisms, brain circuits, and endophenotypes of these disorders. Multiple lines of evidence implicate excitatory and inhibitory synaptic circuits in the cortex and hippocampus as key cellular substrates of pathogenesis in these disorders. Excitatory/inhibitory balance--modulated largely by dopamine--critically regulates cortical network function, neural network activity (i.e. gamma oscillations) and behaviors associated with psychiatric disorders. Understanding the molecular underpinnings of synaptic pathology and neuronal network activity may thus provide essential insight into the pathogenesis of these disorders and can reveal novel drug targets to treat them. Here, we discuss recent genetic, neuropathological, and molecular studies that implicate alterations in excitatory and inhibitory synaptic circuits in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; ErbB4; GABAergic interneuron; autism; dendritic spine; dopamine.
© 2013 International Society for Neurochemistry.
Figures
Figure 1. Trajectory of synapse number across the lifespan
Synapse numbers increase before and after birth; synapse are selectively eliminated during childhood and adolescence to adult levels. Bars on the top indicate the period of emergence of symptoms of specific disorders.
Figure 2. Schematic structure of a spiny synapse
Alterations in the mechanisms that control the formation, maintenance, and elimination of spiny synapses are likely to contribute to synaptic pathology in mental disorders.
Figure 3. Summary diagram of synaptic vulnerability in Alzheimer Disease with Psychosis (AD+P)
Effects for which there is existing evidence are shown as unidirectional solid black arrows. Gray arrows indicate hypothesized effects.
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