Unbalanced dendritic inhibition of CA1 neurons drives spatial-memory deficits in the Ts2Cje Down syndrome model

Exaggerated synaptic inhibition is hypothesised to be a main cause of cognitive deficits in Down syndrome models. The authors identify triplication of the kainate receptor encoding gene Grik1 as the cause of memory deficits due to a reorganization of synaptic inhibition along the CA1 dendritic tree.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergio Valbuena, Álvaro García, Wilfrid Mazier, Ana V. Paternain, Juan Lerma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13004-9
Description
Summary:Exaggerated synaptic inhibition is hypothesised to be a main cause of cognitive deficits in Down syndrome models. The authors identify triplication of the kainate receptor encoding gene Grik1 as the cause of memory deficits due to a reorganization of synaptic inhibition along the CA1 dendritic tree.
ISSN:2041-1723