2024
Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders
Datta D, Yang S, Joyce M, Woo E, McCarroll S, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Perone I, Uchendu S, Ling E, Goldman M, Berretta S, Murray J, Morozov Y, Arellano J, Duque A, Rakic P, O’Dell R, van Dyck C, Lewis D, Wang M, Krienen F, Arnsten A. Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81: 870-881. PMID: 38776078, PMCID: PMC11112502, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.1112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexLayer III pyramidal cellsWorking memoryCognitive disordersNeuronal firingPrimate dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPyramidal cellsSpatial working memoryWorking memory performanceRisk of mental disordersCalcium-related proteinsReduced neuronal firingL-type calcium channel Cav1.2GluN2B-NMDA receptorsL-type calcium channel activityPrefrontal neuronsL-type calcium channel blockerMemory performanceL-type calcium channelsMental disordersRisk of cognitive disordersCognitive behaviorProtein expressionAssociated with increased risk
2009
Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function
Arnsten AF. Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2009, 10: 410-422. PMID: 19455173, PMCID: PMC2907136, DOI: 10.1038/nrn2648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal functionMemory abilityUncontrollable stressPrefrontal cortex structurePrefrontal pyramidal cellsControl of behaviorCognitive abilitiesEmotional operationsPrefrontal networkImpair performanceMental illnessPrefrontal dysfunctionPrefrontal cortexPrefrontal gray matterPrefrontal neuronsMemory functionStress impairsPersistent firingNeurochemical environmentStress exposureNeurochemical eventsCortex structureHigh levelsEmotionsChronic stress