A circuitry and biochemical basis for tuberous sclerosis symptoms: from epilepsy to neurocognitive deficits
Feliciano DM, Lin TV, Hartman NW, Bartley CM, Kubera C, Hsieh L, Lafourcade C, O'Keefe RA, Bordey A. A circuitry and biochemical basis for tuberous sclerosis symptoms: from epilepsy to neurocognitive deficits. International Journal Of Developmental Neuroscience 2013, 31: 667-678. PMID: 23485365, PMCID: PMC3830611, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsTuberous sclerosis complexCortical lesionsBrain lesionsLoss of heterozygosityNeuronal functionNovel therapeutic targetNeuronal circuit formationMolecular mechanisms downstreamRecent mouse modelsNeurological manifestationsNeurological presentationTSC patientsBenign tumorsBrain malformationsDiscrete lesionsMouse modelNeuropsychiatric problemsTherapeutic targetSynaptic plasticityPerinatal developmentCircuit formationLesionsMTOR hyperactivityNeurocognitive deficitsPsychological impairmentRheb Activation in Subventricular Zone Progenitors Leads to Heterotopia, Ectopic Neuronal Differentiation, and Rapamycin-Sensitive Olfactory Micronodules and Dendrite Hypertrophy of Newborn Neurons
Lafourcade CA, Lin TV, Feliciano DM, Zhang L, Hsieh LS, Bordey A. Rheb Activation in Subventricular Zone Progenitors Leads to Heterotopia, Ectopic Neuronal Differentiation, and Rapamycin-Sensitive Olfactory Micronodules and Dendrite Hypertrophy of Newborn Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 2419-2431. PMID: 23392671, PMCID: PMC3711634, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1840-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell DifferentiationCell EnlargementCell Line, TumorCell MovementCerebral VentriclesDendritesElectroporationFemaleHypertrophyMaleMiceMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisNeuronsNeuropeptidesOlfactory BulbRas Homolog Enriched in Brain ProteinSirolimusStem CellsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsNeural progenitor cellsWild-type miceOlfactory bulbMTOR activitySynaptic inputsEctopic neuronal differentiationSubventricular zone neural progenitor cellsActive ras homologNeuronal differentiationGABAergic synaptic inputsTsc1 mutant miceSubventricular zone progenitorsDendritic complexityNewborn neuronsTuberous sclerosisOlig2 cellsHyperactive mTORHeterozygote miceCircuit formationAction potentialsNeuronal morphologyNewborn cellsMutant miceEctopic cellsMammalian target