2016
Synaptic Actin Dysregulation, a Convergent Mechanism of Mental Disorders?
Yan Z, Kim E, Datta D, Lewis D, Soderling S. Synaptic Actin Dysregulation, a Convergent Mechanism of Mental Disorders? Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 36: 11411-11417. PMID: 27911743, PMCID: PMC5125208, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2360-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental disordersActivity-dependent modulationCritical neural pathwaysGenetic risk allelesExcitatory synapsesNeurodevelopmental disturbancesNeural pathwaysBrain disordersSynaptic cytoskeletonRisk allelesDisordersNeurodevelopmental disordersActin dysregulationSpine structureConvergent mechanismsAutism spectrum disorderPostsynaptic complexSpectrum disorderPathwayActin cytoskeletonCandidate genesGenetic evidenceActin polymerizationAbnormalitiesSchizophreniaLayer 3 Excitatory and Inhibitory Circuitry in the Prefrontal Cortex: Developmental Trajectories and Alterations in Schizophrenia
Hoftman G, Datta D, Lewis D. Layer 3 Excitatory and Inhibitory Circuitry in the Prefrontal Cortex: Developmental Trajectories and Alterations in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2016, 81: 862-873. PMID: 27455897, PMCID: PMC5136518, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.05.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexInhibitory gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neuronsGamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neuronsPrefrontal cortexCertain clinical featuresExcitatory pyramidal neuronsAdverse environmental exposuresDisorders of neurodevelopmentNature of schizophreniaDLPFC circuitryInhibitory circuitryClinical featuresPyramidal neuronsDisease processDevelopmental refinementMemory impairmentMemory alterationsDevelopmental disturbancesNeural circuitrySchizophreniaEnvironmental exposuresLate developmental processesNeurodevelopmental disordersSpecific populationsAlterations
2015
Reciprocal Alterations in Regulator of G Protein Signaling 4 and microRNA16 in Schizophrenia
Kimoto S, Glausier J, Fish K, Volk D, Bazmi H, Arion D, Datta D, Lewis D. Reciprocal Alterations in Regulator of G Protein Signaling 4 and microRNA16 in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2015, 42: 396-405. PMID: 26424323, PMCID: PMC4753606, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbv139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG protein-coupled receptorsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexG Protein Signaling 4Schizophrenia subjectsRGS4 mRNANMDAR hypofunctionNMDAR activityProtein levelsN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor hypofunctionRole of RGS4Pathology of schizophreniaHealthy comparison subjectsRGS4 mRNA levelsLevels of miR16RGS4 levelsProtein-coupled receptorsPyramidal neuronsReceptor hypofunctionPyramidal cellsComparison subjectsIncreased expressionHypofunctionPrefrontal cortexSchizophreniaMRNA levels