2016
Tsc1 haploinsufficiency is sufficient to increase dendritic patterning and Filamin A levels
Zhang L, Huang T, Bordey A. Tsc1 haploinsufficiency is sufficient to increase dendritic patterning and Filamin A levels. Neuroscience Letters 2016, 629: 15-18. PMID: 27345385, PMCID: PMC4983256, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.06.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTuberous sclerosis complexDendritic complexityDendritic patterningTotal dendritic lengthTsc1 haploinsufficiencyFLNA levelsNeonatal electroporationDendritic lengthNewborn neuronsDendritic abnormalitiesSholl analysisOlfactory bulbFilamin ATsc1 lossHeterozygote miceCognitive defectsDendritic morphologyMiceA levelsMost individualsHaploinsufficiencyHeterozygote conditionLevelsAbnormalitiesNeurons
2013
Rheb Activation in Subventricular Zone Progenitors Leads to Heterotopia, Ectopic Neuronal Differentiation, and Rapamycin-Sensitive Olfactory Micronodules and Dendrite Hypertrophy of Newborn Neurons
Lafourcade CA, Lin TV, Feliciano DM, Zhang L, Hsieh LS, Bordey A. Rheb Activation in Subventricular Zone Progenitors Leads to Heterotopia, Ectopic Neuronal Differentiation, and Rapamycin-Sensitive Olfactory Micronodules and Dendrite Hypertrophy of Newborn Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 2419-2431. PMID: 23392671, PMCID: PMC3711634, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1840-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell DifferentiationCell EnlargementCell Line, TumorCell MovementCerebral VentriclesDendritesElectroporationFemaleHypertrophyMaleMiceMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisNeuronsNeuropeptidesOlfactory BulbRas Homolog Enriched in Brain ProteinSirolimusStem CellsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsNeural progenitor cellsWild-type miceOlfactory bulbMTOR activitySynaptic inputsEctopic neuronal differentiationSubventricular zone neural progenitor cellsActive ras homologNeuronal differentiationGABAergic synaptic inputsTsc1 mutant miceSubventricular zone progenitorsDendritic complexityNewborn neuronsTuberous sclerosisOlig2 cellsHyperactive mTORHeterozygote miceCircuit formationAction potentialsNeuronal morphologyNewborn cellsMutant miceEctopic cellsMammalian target