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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2018

Altered synaptic and firing properties of cerebellar Purkinje cells in a mouse model of ARSACS.

Visou Ady, Brenda Toscano-Márquez, Moushumi Nath, Philip K Chang, Jeanette Hui, Anna Cook, François Charron, Roxanne Larivière, Bernard Brais, R Anne McKinney and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2018. 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 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Visou AdyDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Brenda Toscano-MárquezDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Moushumi NathDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Philip K ChangDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Jeanette HuiDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Anna CookDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
François CharronDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Roxanne LarivièreDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Bernard BraisDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
R Anne McKinneyDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Alanna J WattDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6371-6220
McGill University · CAMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP 130570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsAutosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is an early-onset neurodegenerative human disease characterized in part by ataxia and Purkinje cell loss in anterior cerebellar lobules. A knock-out mouse model has been developed that recapitulates several features of ARSACS. Using this ARSACS mouse model, we report changes in synaptic input and intrinsic firing in cerebellar Purkinje cells, as well as in their synaptic output in the deep cerebellar nuclei. Changes in firing are observed in anterior lobules that later exhibit Purkinje cell death, but not in posterior lobules that do not. Our results show that both synaptic and intrinsic alterations in Purkinje cell properties likely contribute to disease manifestation in ARSACS; these findings resemble pathophysiological changes reported in several other ataxias. ABSTRACT: Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is an early-onset neurodegenerative disease that includes a pronounced and progressive cerebellar dysfunction. ARSACS is caused by an autosomal recessive loss-of-function mutation in the Sacs gene that encodes the protein sacsin. To better understand the cerebellar pathophysiology in ARSACS, we studied synaptic and firing properties of Purkinje cells from a mouse model of ARSACS, Sacs

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCerebellar AtaxiaHeat-Shock ProteinsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMuscle SpasticityMutationPurkinje CellsSpinocerebellar AtaxiasSynapsesHeat-Shock ProteinsSacs protein, mouseaction potentialcerebellumdeep cerebellar nucleisynaptic currents

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PMID29928778
PMCPMC6117548
OpenAlexW2888951055

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