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ArticleNature2016

Thalamic reticular impairment underlies attention deficit in Ptchd1(Y/-) mice.

Michael F Wells, Ralf D Wimmer, L Ian Schmitt, Guoping Feng, Michael M Halassa

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Article in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael F WellsDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Ralf D WimmerNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
L Ian SchmittNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
Guoping FengMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Michael M HalassaNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
NYU Langone Health · USBroad Institute · USDuke University · US

Funding

The cognitive searchlight: TRN circuit dissection in health and diseaseR01MH107680 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HALASSA, MICHAEL M · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
Shank3 in Synaptic Function and AutismR01MH097104 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FENG, GUOPING · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Causal examination of TRN role in neocortical spindle generation and functionR00NS078115 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HALASSA, MICHAEL M · 2014 to 2016
$747k
The Striatal Circuitry Underlying Autistic-Like BehaviorsF31MH098641 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WELLS, MICHAEL FREDERICK · 2012 to 2014
$96k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH098641NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH097104NIMH NIH HHS R01MH097104NIMH NIH HHS R01MH10768NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107680NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS078115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental disabilities, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability (ID), and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), affect one in six children in the USA. Recently, gene mutations in patched domain containing 1 (PTCHD1) have been found in ~1% of patients with ID and ASD. Individuals with PTCHD1 deletion show symptoms of ADHD, sleep disruption, hypotonia, aggression, ASD, and ID. Although PTCHD1 is probably critical for normal development, the connection between its deletion and the ensuing behavioural defects is poorly understood. Here we report that during early post-natal development, mouse Ptchd1 is selectively expressed in the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a group of GABAergic neurons that regulate thalamocortical transmission, sleep rhythms, and attention. Ptchd1 deletion attenuates TRN activity through mechanisms involving small conductance calcium-dependent potassium currents (SK). TRN-restricted deletion of Ptchd1 leads to attention deficits and hyperactivity, both of which are rescued by pharmacological augmentation of SK channel activity. Global Ptchd1 deletion recapitulates learning impairment, hyper-aggression, and motor defects, all of which are insensitive to SK pharmacological targeting and not found in the TRN-restricted deletion mouse. This study maps clinically relevant behavioural phenotypes onto TRN dysfunction in a human disease model, while also identifying molecular and circuit targets for intervention.

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Gene DeletionAggressionAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAttentionAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalElectric ConductivityFemaleGABAergic NeuronsHumansLearning DisabilitiesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMembrane ProteinsPotassium Channels, Calcium-ActivatedPtchd1 protein, mouse

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PMID27007844
PMCPMC4875756
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