2023
Pleiotropic Association of CACNA1C Variants With Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Wang Z, Lin X, Luo X, Xiao J, Zhang Y, Xu J, Wang S, Zhao F, Wang H, Zheng H, Zhang W, Lin C, Tan Z, Cao L, Wang Z, Tan Y, Chen W, Cao Y, Guo X, Pittenger C, Luo X. Pleiotropic Association of CACNA1C Variants With Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2023, 49: 1174-1184. PMID: 37306960, PMCID: PMC10483336, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbad073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeBipolar disorderNeuropsychiatric disordersIntracranial volumeSingle nucleotide polymorphismsParkinson's diseaseCACNA1C variantsCACNA1C mRNARisk allelesAlcohol use disorderAverage cortical thicknessTotal intracranial volumeMultiple psychiatric disordersFalse discovery rate correctionDifferent neuropsychiatric disordersCortical surface areaBrain cohortCortical thicknessIndependent cohortPsychiatric disordersUse disordersMatter volumeSubcortical structuresSubstance dependenceDisease
2020
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity
Xu J, Liu RJ, Fahey S, Frick L, Leckman J, Vaccarino F, Duman RS, Williams K, Swedo S, Pittenger C. Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 178: 48-64. PMID: 32539528, PMCID: PMC8573771, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal cholinergic interneuronsCholinergic interneuronsMouse brain slicesObsessive-compulsive disorderControl subjectsBrain slicesPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersIntravenous immunoglobulin treatmentAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAcute mouse brain slicesParvalbumin-expressing GABAergic interneuronsPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderBrain antigensImmunoglobulin treatmentBaseline serumStreptococcal infectionCritical cellular targetsSymptom improvementGABAergic interneuronsInduced autoimmunityIgG antibodiesMouse slicesIndependent cohortBehavioral pathologyNeuron types