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ArticlePLoS genetics2021

A mouse model of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome has impaired fear memory, which is rescued by lithium treatment.

Thomas K Pak, Calvin S Carter, Qihong Zhang, Sunny C Huang, Charles Searby, Ying Hsu, Rebecca J Taugher, Tim Vogel, Christopher C Cychosz, Rachel Genova and 6 more

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Primary cilia and neural computation.Journal of biomedical science · 2026
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  6. Gene therapy rescues olfactory perception in a clinically relevant ciliopathy model of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas K PakMedical Scientist Training Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2716-1210
Calvin S CarterDepartment of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-8275-8330
Qihong ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.
Sunny C HuangMedical Scientist Training Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3458-8677
Charles SearbyDepartment of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8108-8782
Ying HsuDepartment of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0396-9680
Rebecca J TaugherDepartment of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6710-984X
Tim VogelDepartment of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4371-122X
Christopher C CychoszDepartment of Orthopedics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.
Rachel GenovaMedical Scientist Training Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.
Nina N MoreiraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6476-4518
Hanna StevensNeuroscience Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3906-0786
John A WemmieNeuroscience Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.
Andrew A PieperHarrington Discovery Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6299-6577
Kai WangDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3229-9866
Val C SheffieldNeuroscience Program, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6282-0835
University of Iowa · USCornell University · US

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GEYER, PAMELA K., LENTZ, STEVEN R · 1985 to 2020
$15.9M
Treatment of a Complex Retinal Degenerative SyndromeR01EY011298 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SHEFFIELD, VAL C. · 1996 to 2017
$7.3M
Stem Cell and Organoid CoreP30EY025580 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Budd A Tucker · 2016 to 2026
$6.9M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM139776 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Gordon F Buchanan · 2021 to 2026
$6.4M
Interdisciplinary approach to retinal disease gene identificationR01EY017168 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SHEFFIELD, VAL C. · 2007 to 2017
$5.9M
The Iowa Neuroscience Specialty Program in Research Education (INSPIRE)T32MH019113 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HANNA E STEVENS, John A Wemmie · 1991 to 2026
$5.6M
Endophenotype Network-based Approaches to Prediction and Population-based Validation of In Silico Drug Repurposing for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG066707 · NIA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Feixiong Cheng · 2020 to 2026
$4.9M
Basolateral amygdala circuits in defensive behavior regulationR01MH113325 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WEMMIE, JOHN A · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY025580NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011298NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017168NIA NIH HHS R01 AG066707NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007337NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139776NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113325NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019113
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary cilia are microtubule-based organelles present on most cells that regulate many physiological processes, ranging from maintaining energy homeostasis to renal function. However, the role of these structures in the regulation of behavior remains unknown. To study the role of cilia in behavior, we employ mouse models of the human ciliopathy, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS). Here, we demonstrate that BBS mice have significant impairments in context fear conditioning, a form of associative learning. Moreover, we show that postnatal deletion of BBS gene function, as well as congenital deletion, specifically in the forebrain, impairs context fear conditioning. Analyses indicated that these behavioral impairments are not the result of impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation. However, our results indicate that these behavioral impairments are the result of impaired hippocampal neurogenesis. Two-week treatment with lithium chloride partially restores the proliferation of hippocampal neurons which leads to a rescue of context fear conditioning. Overall, our results identify a novel role of cilia genes in hippocampal neurogenesis and long-term context fear conditioning.

Indexed as

AnimalsBardet-Biedl SyndromeCell ProliferationCiliaDisease Models, AnimalFearHippocampusHumansLithiumMemory DisordersMiceMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeurogenesisNeuronsLithiumMicrotubule-Associated Proteins

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PMID33886537
PMCPMC8061871
OpenAlexW3155994064

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