Dyrk1a gene dosage in glutamatergic neurons has key effects in cognitive deficits observed in mouse models of MRD7 and Down syndrome.

Perturbation of the excitation/inhibition (E/I) balance leads to neurodevelopmental diseases including to autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, and epilepsy. Loss-of-function mutations in the DYRK1A gene, located on human chromosome 21 (Hsa21,) lead to an intellectual disability syndro...

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Main Authors: Véronique Brault, Thu Lan Nguyen, Javier Flores-Gutiérrez, Giovanni Iacono, Marie-Christine Birling, Valérie Lalanne, Hamid Meziane, Antigoni Manousopoulou, Guillaume Pavlovic, Loïc Lindner, Mohammed Selloum, Tania Sorg, Eugene Yu, Spiros D Garbis, Yann Hérault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009777