2018
Early Correction of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Function Improves Autistic-like Social Behaviors in Adult Shank2 −/− Mice
Chung C, Ha S, Kang H, Lee J, Um SM, Yan H, Yoo YE, Yoo T, Jung H, Lee D, Lee E, Lee S, Kim J, Kim R, Kwon Y, Kim W, Kim H, Duffney L, Kim D, Mah W, Won H, Mo S, Kim JY, Lim CS, Kaang BK, Boeckers TM, Chung Y, Kim H, Jiang YH, Kim E. Early Correction of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Function Improves Autistic-like Social Behaviors in Adult Shank2 −/− Mice. Biological Psychiatry 2018, 85: 534-543. PMID: 30466882, PMCID: PMC6420362, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSocial behaviorSpectrum disorderAutistic-like phenotypesLate pathophysiologyNMDAR hypofunctionHuman autism spectrum disorderNMDAR hyperfunctionN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor hypofunctionAutistic-like behaviorsNMDAR antagonist memantineAspartate Receptor FunctionEarly pathophysiologyPup stageEarly correctionAdult miceBehavioral analysisNMDAR dysfunctionPostnatal day 21Receptor hypofunctionChronic suppressionAnimal studiesDay 21HypofunctionDisorders
2017
Does age affect response to quinidine in patients with KCNT1 mutations? Report of three new cases and review of the literature
Abdelnour E, Gallentine W, McDonald M, Sachdev M, Jiang YH, Mikati MA. Does age affect response to quinidine in patients with KCNT1 mutations? Report of three new cases and review of the literature. Seizure 2017, 55: 1-3. PMID: 29291456, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.11.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKCNT1 mutationsEpilepsy of infancyRetrospective chart reviewPotassium channel blockerYears of agePotential therapeutic agentFunction mutationsMigrating Focal SeizuresKCNT1 gainKCNT1 geneQuinidine initiationChart reviewRefractory seizuresSeizure frequencyQuinidine therapySeizure responseSeizure typesFocal seizuresEpilepsy syndromesVideo-EEGChannel blockersNew casesTherapeutic agentsPatientsAdditional childrenChinese Norms for the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale
Zhou H, Zhang L, Zou X, Luo X, Xia K, Wu L, Wang Y, Xu X, Ge X, Jiang YH, Fombonne E, Yan W, Wang Y. Chinese Norms for the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale. Neuroscience Bulletin 2017, 33: 161-167. PMID: 28233147, PMCID: PMC5360852, DOI: 10.1007/s12264-017-0105-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research