Search Results - "Tsvetkov, Evgeny"
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Presenilin-1 Knockin Mice Reveal Loss-of-Function Mechanism for Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (04-03-2015)“…Presenilins play essential roles in memory formation, synaptic function, and neuronal survival. Mutations in the Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) gene are the major cause…”
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Sex-dependent role for EPHB2 in brain development and autism-associated behavior
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-2021)“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social communication and interaction and restricted, repetitive behaviors. It is frequently…”
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NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat stress-induced anhedonia-like behavior and reductions in excitatory synapses
Published in eLife (13-02-2023)“…Chronic stress can produce reward system deficits (i.e., anhedonia) and other common symptoms associated with depressive disorders, as well as neural circuit…”
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Modulation of anxiety and fear via distinct intrahippocampal circuits
Published in eLife (14-03-2016)“…Recent findings indicate a high level of specialization at the level of microcircuits and cell populations within brain structures with regards to the control…”
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Norepinephrine enables the induction of associative long-term potentiation at thalamo-amygdala synapses
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-08-2007)“…Emotional arousal, linked to a surge of norepinephrine (NE) in the amygdala, leads to creation of stronger and longer-lasting memories. However, little is…”
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NPAS4 supports cocaine-conditioned cues in rodents by controlling the cell type-specific activation balance in the nucleus accumbens
Published in Nature communications (08-08-2024)“…Powerful associations that link drugs of abuse with cues in the drug-paired environment often serve as prepotent relapse triggers. Drug-associated contexts and…”
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Essential Role for TRPC5 in Amygdala Function and Fear-Related Behavior
Published in Cell (15-05-2009)“…The transient receptor potential channel 5 (TRPC5) is predominantly expressed in the brain where it can form heterotetrameric complexes with TRPC1 and TRPC4…”
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411 Essential role for the neurodevelopmental disorder-linked gene, MEF2C, in inhibitory neuron function and neurotypical behaviors
Published in Journal of clinical and translational science (01-04-2022)“…OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The MEF2 family of transcription factors regulate gene expression controlling cell differentiation and synapse development. Mutations or…”
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MEF2C Hypofunction in GABAergic Cells Alters Sociability and Prefrontal Cortex Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in a Sex-Dependent Manner
Published in Biological psychiatry global open science (01-03-2024)“…Heterozygous mutations or deletions of MEF2C cause a neurodevelopmental disorder termed MEF2C haploinsufficiency syndrome (MCHS), characterized by autism…”
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stathmin, a Gene Enriched in the Amygdala, Controls Both Learned and Innate Fear
Published in Cell (18-11-2005)“…Little is known about the molecular mechanisms of learned and innate fear. We have identified stathmin, an inhibitor of microtubule formation, as highly…”
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Spatiotemporal Asymmetry of Associative Synaptic Plasticity in Fear Conditioning Pathways
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (07-12-2006)“…Input-specific long-term potentiation (LTP) in afferent inputs to the amygdala serves an essential function in the acquisition of fear memory. Factors…”
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Identification of a Signaling Network in Lateral Nucleus of Amygdala Important for Inhibiting Memory Specifically Related to Learned Fear
Published in Cell (13-12-2002)“…We identified the Grp gene, encoding gastrin-releasing peptide, as being highly expressed both in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala, the nucleus where…”
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Fear Conditioning Occludes LTP-Induced Presynaptic Enhancement of Synaptic Transmission in the Cortical Pathway to the Lateral Amygdala
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (11-04-2002)“…Auditory information critical for fear conditioning, a model of emotional learning, is conveyed to the lateral nucleus of the amygdala via two routes: directly…”
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Glutamate Uptake Determines Pathway Specificity of Long-Term Potentiation in the Neural Circuitry of Fear Conditioning
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (08-01-2004)“…Long-term synaptic modifications in afferent inputs to the amygdala underlie fear conditioning in animals. Fear conditioning to a single sensory modality does…”
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12-Lipoxygenase Metabolites of Arachidonic Acid Mediate Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Depression at Hippocampal CA3-CA1 Synapses
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (10-12-2003)“…Arachidonic acid metabolites have been proposed as signaling molecules in hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) for >15…”
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Repeated methamphetamine administration produces cognitive deficits through augmentation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the prefrontal cortex
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2022)“…Methamphetamine (METH) abuse is associated with the emergence of cognitive deficits and hypofrontality, a pathophysiological marker of many neuropsychiatric…”
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MEF2C Hypofunction in Neuronal and Neuroimmune Populations Produces MEF2C Haploinsufficiency Syndrome–like Behaviors in Mice
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (15-09-2020)“…Microdeletions of the MEF2C gene are linked to a syndromic form of autism termed MEF2C haploinsufficiency syndrome (MCHS). MEF2C hypofunction in neurons is…”
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Epigenetic function during heroin self-administration controls future relapse-associated behavior in a cell type-specific manner
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-02-2023)“…Opioid use produces enduring associations between drug reinforcement/euphoria and discreet or diffuse cues in the drug-taking environment. These powerful…”
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Tonic Inhibitory Control of Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells by α5-Containing GABAA Receptors Reduces Memory Interference
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (07-10-2015)“…Interference between similar or overlapping memories formed at different times poses an important challenge on the hippocampal declarative memory system…”
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Decreased anxiety-like behavior and Gαq/11-dependent responses in the amygdala of mice lacking TRPC4 channels
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (05-03-2014)“…Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are abundant in the brain where they regulate transmission of sensory signals. The expression patterns of different…”
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