2022
TREM2 Deficiency Disrupts Network Oscillations Leading to Epileptic Activity and Aggravates Amyloid-β-Related Hippocampal Pathophysiology in Mice
Stoiljkovic M, Gutierrez KO, Kelley C, Horvath TL, Hajós M. TREM2 Deficiency Disrupts Network Oscillations Leading to Epileptic Activity and Aggravates Amyloid-β-Related Hippocampal Pathophysiology in Mice. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 88: 837-847. PMID: 34120899, PMCID: PMC8898080, DOI: 10.3233/jad-210041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseMicroglial functionTREM2 functionTheta-phase gamma-amplitude couplingHippocampal network functionSpontaneous epileptiform seizuresNetwork oscillationsTransgenic AD modelHippocampal neuronal excitabilityMyeloid cells 2Clinical Alzheimer's diseaseWild-type miceHippocampal network oscillationsHippocampal pathophysiologyProgressive dementiaTau pathologyUrethane anesthesiaAD pathophysiologyNeuronal excitabilityEpileptiform seizuresEpileptic activityAD modelTREM2Disease pathologyCells 2
2021
Ucp2-dependent microglia-neuronal coupling controls ventral hippocampal circuit function and anxiety-like behavior
Yasumoto Y, Stoiljkovic M, Kim JD, Sestan-Pesa M, Gao XB, Diano S, Horvath TL. Ucp2-dependent microglia-neuronal coupling controls ventral hippocampal circuit function and anxiety-like behavior. Molecular Psychiatry 2021, 26: 2740-2752. PMID: 33879866, PMCID: PMC8056795, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01105-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety-like behaviorReactive oxygen speciesMicroglia-synapse contactsSpine synapse numberHippocampal circuit functionNeuronal circuit dysfunctionMicroglial productionVentral hippocampusCircuit dysfunctionSpine synapsesSynapse numberAdult brainTransient riseMitochondrial ROS generationMicrogliaBrain functionConditional ablationPhagocytic inclusionsSynaptic elementsProtein 2ROS generationSignificant reductionCircuit functionConsequent accumulationOxygen species