The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function
Nguyen L, Xu Y, Nair M, Bordey A. The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function. ELife 2024, 12 DOI: 10.7554/elife.91010.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMouse medial prefrontal cortexMedial prefrontal cortexFocal malformations of cortical developmentMalformations of cortical developmentExcitatory synaptic activityExcitatory synaptic transmissionCortical neuron developmentPyramidal neuron morphologyMechanisms of hyperexcitabilityResponse to therapeutic interventionsMTORC1 signalingGene-specific mechanismsPrefrontal cortexFocal malformationsBrain somatic mutationsMTOR complex 1Membrane excitabilityBiallelic inactivationClinical manifestationsGene mutationsNetwork hyperexcitabilitySynaptic transmissionSynaptic activityIntractable epilepsyRepressor geneThe mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function
Nguyen L, Xu Y, Nair M, Bordey A. The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function. ELife 2024, 12: rp91010. PMID: 38411613, PMCID: PMC10942629, DOI: 10.7554/elife.91010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse medial prefrontal cortexMedial prefrontal cortexFocal malformations of cortical developmentMalformations of cortical developmentExcitatory synaptic activityExcitatory synaptic transmissionCortical neuron developmentPyramidal neuron morphologyMechanisms of hyperexcitabilityResponse to therapeutic interventionsMTORC1 signalingGene-specific mechanismsPrefrontal cortexFocal malformationsBrain somatic mutationsMTOR complex 1Membrane excitabilityBiallelic inactivationClinical manifestationsGene mutationsNetwork hyperexcitabilitySynaptic transmissionSynaptic activityIntractable epilepsyRepressor gene