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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2024

Parvalbumin interneurons in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex: a comprehensive post-mortem study of myelination and perineuronal nets in neurotypical individuals and depressed suicides with and without a history of child abuse.

Stéphanie Théberge, Claudia Belliveau, Dongyue Xie, Roy Khalaf, Kelly Perlman, Reza Rahimian, Maria Antonietta Davoli, Gustavo Turecki, Naguib Mechawar

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2024. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Parvalbumin interneurons under stress: converging mechanisms of vulnerability.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  4. Critical Periods and Beyond: Dynamic Functions of Perineuronal Nets in Cognition, Development, and Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Stéphanie ThébergeMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Claudia BelliveauMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Dongyue XieMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Roy KhalafMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Kelly PerlmanMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Reza RahimianMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Maria Antonietta DavoliMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Gustavo TureckiMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Naguib MechawarMcGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Funding

Brain CanadaCIHR PJT-173287Healthy Brains for Healthy Livesles Troubles de l'Humeur et les Troubles AssociésRéseau Québécois sur le Suicide
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cortical parvalbumin interneurons (PV+) are major regulators of excitatory/inhibitory information processing, and their maturation is associated with the opening of developmental critical periods (CP). Recent studies reveal that cortical PV+ axons are myelinated, and that myelination along with perineuronal net (PNN) maturation around PV+ cells is associated with the closures of CP. Although PV+ interneurons are susceptible to early-life stress, their relationship between their myelination and PNN coverage remains unexplored. This study compared the fine features of PV+ interneurons in well-characterized human post-mortem ventromedial prefrontal cortex samples (n = 31) from depressed suicides with or without a history of child abuse (CA) and matched controls. In healthy controls, 81% of all sampled PV+ interneurons displayed a myelinated axon, while a subset (66%) of these cells also displayed a PNN, proposing a relationship between both attributes. Intriguingly, a 3-fold increase in the proportion of unmyelinated PV+ interneurons with a PNN was observed in CA victims, along with greater PV-immunofluorescence intensity in myelinated PV+ cells with a PNN. This study, which is the first to provide normative data on myelination and PNNs around PV+ interneurons in human neocortex, sheds further light on the cellular and molecular consequences of early-life adversity on cortical PV+ interneurons.

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InterneuronsParvalbuminsPrefrontal CortexAdultAgedAutopsyChild AbuseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyelin SheathSuicideYoung AdultParvalbuminschild abusemyelinparvalbuminperineuronal netspost-mortem ventromedial prefrontal cortex

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PMID38760318
PMCPMC11101286

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