2022
Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids
Brady M, Mariani J, Koca Y, Szekely A, King R, Bloch M, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Leckman J, Vaccarino F. Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 5007-5019. PMID: 36447010, PMCID: PMC9949887, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01880-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeInterneuron deficitsGABAergic interneuronsHealthy controlsNeurodevelopmental underpinningsNeuropathological deficitsBG circuitryNeuropsychiatric disordersDecreased differentiationT patientsInterneuronsAltered expressionPotential mechanismsCilia disruptionSonic hedgehogOrganoidsStem cellsTS individualsPluripotent stem cellsGli transcription factorsDeficitsOrganoid differentiationEarly stagesCholinergicPatients
2010
Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Fibroblast Growth Factors, and the Developmental Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Stevens HE, Smith KM, Rash BG, Vaccarino FM. Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Fibroblast Growth Factors, and the Developmental Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2010, 4: 59. PMID: 20877431, PMCID: PMC2944667, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00059.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsNeural stem cellsFibroblast growth factorGrowth factorPsychiatric disordersNeuropsychiatric disordersBrain-derived growth factorEmbryonic neural stem cellsNeural stem cell regulationStem cell regulationMajor depressionPsychiatric illnessAdult brainNeurodevelopmental underpinningsMental disordersNeuronal precursorsReceptor tyrosine kinasesCandidate susceptibility genesSchizophrenia 1DisordersHomeodomain genesMental retardationAbnormal specificationCell biologyDevelopmental originsMultipotent cells