2019
Hypervascularization in mTOR‐dependent focal and global cortical malformations displays differential rapamycin sensitivity
Zhang L, Huang T, Teaw S, Bordey A. Hypervascularization in mTOR‐dependent focal and global cortical malformations displays differential rapamycin sensitivity. Epilepsia 2019, 60: 1255-1265. PMID: 31125447, PMCID: PMC6558978, DOI: 10.1111/epi.15969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood vesselsRapamycin treatmentVessel densityVessel abnormalitiesPostnatal day 14 miceAbsence of seizuresWild-type miceConditional transgenic miceTuberous sclerosis complexTypes of MCDDay 14 miceMCD modelFocal MCDMTOR blockersDysplastic neuronsFunctional outcomeEpilepsy treatmentSomatosensory cortexYoung miceFocal malformationsCortical developmentJuvenile miceTotal vessel lengthAnimal modelsTransgenic mice
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