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ArticlePloS one2018

Ketamine independently modulated power and phase-coupling of theta oscillations in Sp4 hypomorphic mice.

Xin Wang, António Pinto-Duarte, M Margarita Behrens, Xianjin Zhou, Terrence J Sejnowski

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin WangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3270-3782
António Pinto-DuarteHoward Hughes Medical Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
M Margarita BehrensHoward Hughes Medical Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Xianjin ZhouDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Terrence J SejnowskiHoward Hughes Medical Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Sp4 Pathway in the Modulation of Sensorimotor Gating and MemoryR01MH073991 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZHOU, XIANJIN · 2006 to 2014
$2.9M
Sensitive and Treatable Periods of Brain-Redox Imbalance in SchizophreniaR01MH091407 · NIMH · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI BEHRENS, M MARGARITA, POWELL, SUSAN B · 2010 to 2014
$2.1M
NIH HHS MH073991NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH073991NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH091407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced expression of Sp4, the murine homolog of human SP4, a risk gene of multiple psychiatric disorders, led to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) hypofunction in mice, producing behavioral phenotypes reminiscent of schizophrenia, including hypersensitivity to ketamine. As accumulating evidence on molecular mechanisms and behavioral phenotypes established Sp4 hypomorphism as a promising animal model, systems-level neural circuit mechanisms of Sp4 hypomorphism, especially network dynamics underlying cognitive functions, remain poorly understood. We attempted to close this gap in knowledge in the present study by recording multi-channel epidural electroencephalogram (EEG) from awake behaving wildtype and Sp4 hypomorphic mice. We characterized cortical theta-band power and phase-coupling phenotypes, a known neural circuit substrate underlying cognitive functions, and further studied the effects of a subanesthetic dosage of ketamine on theta abnormalities unique to Sp4 hypomorphism. Sp4 hypomorphic mice had markedly elevated theta power localized frontally and parietally, a more pronounced theta phase progression along the neuraxis, and a stronger frontal-parietal theta coupling. Acute subanesthetic ketamine did not affect theta power in wildtype animals but significantly reduced it in Sp4 hypomorphic mice, nearly completely neutralizing their excessive frontal/parietal theta power. Ketamine did not significantly alter cortical theta phase progression in either wildtype or Sp4 hypomorphic animals, but significantly strengthened cortical theta phase-coupling in wildtype, but not in Sp4 hypomorphic animals. Our results suggested that the resting-state phenotypes of cortical theta oscillations unique to Sp4 hypomorphic mice closely mimicked a schizophrenic endophenotype. Further, ketamine independently modulated Sp4 hypomorphic anomalies in theta power and phase-coupling, suggesting separate underlying neural circuit mechanisms.

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AnimalsBrainElectroencephalographyExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleKetamineMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPhenotypeSp4 Transcription FactorTheta RhythmExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsKetamineSp4 protein, mouseSp4 Transcription Factor

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PMID29513708
PMCPMC5841791
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