Unusual Molecular Regulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Layer III Synapses Increases Vulnerability to Genetic and Environmental Insults in Schizophrenia
Arnsten AFT, Woo E, Yang S, Wang M, Datta D. Unusual Molecular Regulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Layer III Synapses Increases Vulnerability to Genetic and Environmental Insults in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2022, 92: 480-490. PMID: 35305820, PMCID: PMC9372235, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental insultsMore superficial layersDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrimate dlPFCInflammatory mechanismsInflammatory insultKynurenic acidNMDA receptorsReceptor neurotransmissionDendritic spinesLayer IIICAMP/PKAGlutamatergic synapsePrefrontal cortexInsultPotassium channelsNeurotransmissionCalcium signalingSynapsesGenetic insultsSuperficial layersSchizophreniaSpineCortexNeuromodulation