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DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 1, Pages 118-127Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20825
Keywords
ankyrin-G; axon initial segment; GABA; prefrontal cortex
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- BMS Foundation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Curridium Ltd.
- Pfizer
- NIH [MH043784, MH051234, MH084053]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R37MH043784, R01MH051234, R01MH043784, P50MH084053] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Markers of GABA neurotransmission between chandelier neurons and their synaptic targets, the axon initial segment (AIS) of pyramidal neurons, are altered in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of subjects with schizophrenia. For example, immunoreactivity for the GABA membrane transporter (GAT1) is decreased in presynaptic chandelier neuron axon terminals, whereas immunoreactivity for the GABA(A) receptor alpha 2 subunit is increased in postsynaptic AIS. These alterations are most marked in cortical layers 2-3. In addition, other determinants of the function of chandelier cell-pyramidal neuron synapses, such as ankyrin-G (which regulates the recruitment of sodium channels to the AIS), are also selectively altered in superficial layer pyramidal neurons in subjects with schizophrenia. Each of these components of chandelier cell-pyramidal neuron connectivity exhibits distinctive developmental trajectories in the primate DLPFC, suggesting that disturbances in these trajectories could contribute to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Recent findings that inputs from neocortical chandelier neurons are excitatory provide new ideas about the role of this circuitry in the pathophysiology of cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 71: 118-127, 2011
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