GABAergic circuit dysfunctions in neurodevelopmental disorders

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Chattopadhyaya, Bidisha ^a   Di Cristo, Graziella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Basket cells; Development; GABA; Interneurons; Neurodevelopmental plasticity; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN GAT1; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMORY DISORDER; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84866778001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00051     Document Type: Review

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