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ArticleScientific reports2018

Impaired hippocampal representation of place in the Fmr1-knockout mouse model of fragile X syndrome.

Tara Arbab, Cyriel M A Pennartz, Francesco P Battaglia

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tara ArbabCognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. tara.arbab@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7294-7223
Cyriel M A PennartzCognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Francesco P BattagliaCognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an X-chromosome linked intellectual disability and the most common known inherited single gene cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Building upon demonstrated deficits in neuronal plasticity and spatial memory in FXS, we investigated how spatial information processing is affected in vivo in an FXS mouse model (Fmr1-KO). Healthy hippocampal neurons (so-called place cells) exhibit place-related activity during spatial exploration, and their firing fields tend to remain stable over time. In contrast, we find impaired stability and reduced specificity of Fmr1-KO spatial representations. This is a potential biomarker for the cognitive dysfunction observed in FXS, informative on the ability to integrate sensory information into an abstract representation and successfully retain this conceptual memory. Our results provide key insight into the biological mechanisms underlying cognitive disabilities in FXS and ASD, paving the way for a targeted approach to remedy these.

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Orientation, SpatialAction PotentialsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1Fragile X SyndromeHippocampusMemory DisordersMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronsFmr1 protein, mouseFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1

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PMID29892074
PMCPMC5995880
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