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ArticleScientific reports2016

Premature changes in neuronal excitability account for hippocampal network impairment and autistic-like behavior in neonatal BTBR T+tf/J mice.

Giada Cellot, Laura Maggi, Maria Amalia Di Castro, Myriam Catalano, Rosanna Migliore, Michele Migliore, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Gemma Calamandrei, Enrico Cherubini

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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  8. Autistic-like behavior, spontaneous seizures, and increased neuronal excitability in a Scn8a mouse model.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021
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  12. [A review on the role of γ-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway in autism spectrum disorder].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2018
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Giada CellotInternational School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
Laura MaggiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Maria Amalia Di CastroDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Myriam CatalanoDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Rosanna MiglioreInstitute of Biophysics, National Research Council, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Michele MiglioreInstitute of Biophysics, National Research Council, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Maria Luisa ScattoniDepartment of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Gemma CalamandreiDepartment of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Enrico CherubiniInternational School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coherent network oscillations (GDPs), generated in the immature hippocampus by the synergistic action of GABA and glutamate, both depolarizing and excitatory, play a key role in the construction of neuronal circuits. In particular, GDPs-associated calcium transients act as coincident detectors for enhancing synaptic efficacy at emerging GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses. Here, we show that, immediately after birth, in the CA3 hippocampal region of the BTBR T+tf/J mouse, an animal model of idiopathic autism, GDPs are severely impaired. This effect was associated with an increased GABAergic neurotransmission and a reduced neuronal excitability. In spite its depolarizing action on CA3 pyramidal cells (in single channel experiments EGABA was positive to Em), GABA exerted at the network level an inhibitory effect as demonstrated by isoguvacine-induced reduction of neuronal firing. We implemented a computational model in which experimental findings could be interpreted as the result of two competing effects: a reduction of the intrinsic excitability of CA3 principal cells and a reduction of the shunting activity in GABAergic interneurons projecting to principal cells. It is therefore likely that premature changes in neuronal excitability within selective hippocampal circuits of BTBR mice lead to GDPs dysfunction and behavioral deficits reminiscent of those found in autistic patients.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAutistic DisorderBehavior, AnimalCA3 Region, Hippocampalgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsgamma-Aminobutyric Acid

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PMCPMC4985660

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