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ReviewCureus2025

A Dive Into Cerebellar Dysfunction, Motor Deficits and GABAergic Signaling in Down Syndrome.

Shannon Feely, Misleydi Rios Rodriguez, Alyssa Shannon, Serena Young, Justin Peter Rosales, Gurjinder Kaur

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shannon FeelyDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Misleydi Rios RodriguezDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Alyssa ShannonDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Serena YoungDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Justin Peter RosalesDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Gurjinder KaurDepartment of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) mouse models and DS human fetus studies clearly indicate severe neurogenesis impairment in the cerebellum. Clinical features of DS include motor dysfunction and cerebellar hypotrophy, with a particularly marked decrease in the number of granule cells (GCs). GCs are crucial for managing sensory communication within the cerebellum via mossy fibers and their interactions with Purkinje cells (PCs) and inhibitory interneurons. The current review discusses cerebellar alterations in DS and its impact on GABAergic transmission, bringing to light the impact on GABAergic signaling and its role in motor coordination dysfunction observed in individuals with DS. The findings highlight the significance of GABAergic transmission in the pathophysiology of DS and its potential as a target for therapeutic innervation. Moreover, understanding the disruptions in GABAergic signaling may provide insights into developing novel treatment strategies.

Indexed as

cerebellumgabagranular cellshyperpolarizationlong-term potentiationmotor coordinationmotor deficits

Identifiers

PMID40151699
PMCPMC11949090

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