2015
Synaptic lipids in cortical function and psychiatric disorders
Stutz B, Horvath TL. Synaptic lipids in cortical function and psychiatric disorders. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2015, 8: 3-5. PMID: 26671988, PMCID: PMC4718156, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201505749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric disordersClinical therapeutic strategiesPathophysiologic mechanismsCortical circuitryCortical functionExcitatory neuronsTherapeutic strategiesAnimal modelsReliable biomarkersPsychiatric diseasesPsychiatric consequencesEMBO Molecular MedicinePsychiatric conditionsMillions of peopleHuman subjectsCircuit functionDisordersLipidsMolecular medicinePatientsPathophysiologyEtiologyDiseaseMiceNeuronsCalcineurin Aγ is a Functional Phosphatase That Modulates Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis*
Cottrell JR, Li B, Kyung JW, Ashford CJ, Mann JJ, Horvath TL, Ryan TA, Kim SH, Gerber DJ. Calcineurin Aγ is a Functional Phosphatase That Modulates Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2015, 291: 1948-1956. PMID: 26627835, PMCID: PMC4722470, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.705319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesicle cyclingVesicle cyclingHippocampal neuronsPsychiatric diseasesSynaptic vesicle endocytosisCultured rat hippocampal neuronsRNAi-mediated knockdownCalcineurin catalytic subunitRat hippocampal neuronsFunctional phosphataseCombination of immunocytochemistryVesicle endocytosisLow expression levelsCatalytic subunitPresynaptic substratePresynaptic terminalsPresynaptic functionΓ isoformsCalcineurin AαCatalytic isoformsImmuno-EMSpecific functionsExpression levelsMost tissuesPPP3CC
2014
Molecular and cellular regulation of hypothalamic melanocortin neurons controlling food intake and energy metabolism
Koch M, Horvath TL. Molecular and cellular regulation of hypothalamic melanocortin neurons controlling food intake and energy metabolism. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 19: 752-761. PMID: 24732669, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypothalamic melanocortin neuronsEnergy metabolismFood intakePotential functional interactionsMelanocortin neuronsCellular regulationCellular processesFunctional interactionNeuronal circuit activityCellular mechanismsPhysiological behaviorEnergy homeostasisMetabolic eventsRegulationHypothalamic neuronsMetabolic healthObese individualsChronic overloadGlial cellsPhysical activityMetabolic disordersMelanocortin systemNeuronal circuitryCentral connectionsPsychiatric diseases