Repeated Stress Causes Cognitive Impairment by Suppressing Glutamate Receptor Expression and Function in Prefrontal Cortex
Yuen EY, Wei J, Liu W, Zhong P, Li X, Yan Z. Repeated Stress Causes Cognitive Impairment by Suppressing Glutamate Receptor Expression and Function in Prefrontal Cortex. Neuron 2012, 73: 962-977. PMID: 22405206, PMCID: PMC3302010, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.12.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dioneAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBicucullineCognition DisordersDisease Models, AnimalEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsF-Box ProteinsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsImmunoprecipitationIn Vitro TechniquesMaleNedd4 Ubiquitin Protein LigasesNeuropsychological TestsPrefrontal CortexPyramidal CellsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, GlutamateRecognition, PsychologyRestraint, PhysicalRNA, Small InterferingStress, PsychologicalUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsGlutamate receptor expressionPrefrontal cortexRepeated stressReceptor expressionRecognition memoryCognitive processesTemporal order recognition memoryPFC pyramidal neuronsStress-related mental disordersJuvenile male ratsGlutamatergic responsesGlutamatergic transmissionPyramidal neuronsMale ratsSynaptic transmissionStressed animalsInhibition of proteasomeMaladaptive changesGlucocorticoid receptorCognitive impairmentNR1 subunitMental disordersChronic stressUbiquitin/proteasome-mediated degradationReceptor turnoverParkin controls dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
Jiang H, Ren Y, Yuen E, Zhong P, Ghaedi M, Hu Z, Azabdaftari G, Nakaso K, Yan Z, Feng J. Parkin controls dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications 2012, 3: 668. PMID: 22314364, PMCID: PMC3498452, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMidbrain DA neuronsDA neuronsParkinson's diseaseDopamine utilizationDopaminergic neuronsHuman midbrain dopaminergic neuronsSpontaneous DA releaseNigral DA neuronsNigral dopaminergic neuronsDisease-modifying therapiesMidbrain dopaminergic neuronsParkin knockout miceStem cellsPluripotent stem cellsPD patientsDA releaseDA neurotransmissionDA uptakeNormal subjectsKnockout miceParkin mutationsNovel targetNeuronsOxidative stressMonoamine oxidase