Article ; Online: Dendritic Integration Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
2021 Volume 43, Issue 3-4, Page(s) 201–221
Abstract: Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) that affect cognition, social interaction, and learning, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID), have a strong genetic component. Our current understanding of risk genes highlights ... ...
Abstract | Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) that affect cognition, social interaction, and learning, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID), have a strong genetic component. Our current understanding of risk genes highlights two main groups of dysfunction: those in genes that act as chromatin modifiers and those in genes that encode for proteins localized at or near synapses. Understanding how dysfunction in these genes contributes to phenotypes observed in ASD and ID remains a major question in neuroscience. In this review, we highlight emerging evidence suggesting that dysfunction in dendrites - regions of neurons that receive synaptic input - may be key to understanding features of neuronal processing affected in these disorders. Dendritic integration plays a fundamental role in sensory processing, cognition, and conscious perception, processes hypothesized to be impaired in NDDs. Many high-confidence ASD genes function within dendrites where they control synaptic integration and dendritic excitability. Further, increasing evidence demonstrates that several ASD/ID genes, including chromatin modifiers and transcription factors, regulate the expression or scaffolding of dendritic ion channels, receptors, and synaptic proteins. Therefore, we discuss how dysfunction of subsets of NDD-associated genes in dendrites leads to defects in dendritic integration and excitability and may be one core phenotype in ASD and ID. |
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MeSH term(s) | Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability/genetics ; Neurodevelopmental Disorders/genetics ; Neurons ; Synapses |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-06-17 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 556887-0 |
ISSN | 1421-9859 ; 0378-5866 |
ISSN (online) | 1421-9859 |
ISSN | 0378-5866 |
DOI | 10.1159/000516657 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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