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Keever KM, Li Y, Womble PD, Sullens DG, Otazu GH, Lugo JN, Ramos RL. Neocortical and cerebellar malformations affect flurothyl-induced seizures in female C57BL/6J mice. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1271744. [PMID: 38027492 PMCID: PMC10651747 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1271744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain malformations cause cognitive disability and seizures in both human and animal models. Highly laminated structures such as the neocortex and cerebellum are vulnerable to malformation, affecting lamination and neuronal connectivity as well as causing heterotopia. The objective of the present study was to determine if sporadic neocortical and/or cerebellar malformations in C57BL/6J mice are correlated with reduced seizure threshold. The inhaled chemi-convulsant flurothyl was used to induce generalized, tonic-clonic seizures in male and female C57BL/6J mice, and the time to seizure onset was recorded as a functional correlate of brain excitability changes. Following seizures, mice were euthanized, and brains were extracted for histology. Cryosections of the neocortex and cerebellar vermis were stained and examined for the presence of molecular layer heterotopia as previously described in C57BL/6J mice. Over 60% of mice had neocortical and/or cerebellar heterotopia. No sex differences were observed in the prevalence of malformations. Significantly reduced seizure onset time was observed dependent on sex and the type of malformation present. These results raise important questions regarding the presence of malformations in C57BL/6J mice used in the study of brain development, epilepsy, and many other diseases of the nervous system.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katherine M. Keever
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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Lillis KP. Molecular Layer Heterotopia: Harmless Brain Warts or Ictal Main Force? Epilepsy Curr 2022; 22:258-260. [PMID: 36187144 PMCID: PMC9483762 DOI: 10.1177/15357597221101263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Original Article Citation Li, A. M., Hill, R. A. & Grutzendler, J. Intravital Imaging of Neocortical
Heterotopia Reveals Aberrant Axonal Pathfinding and Myelination around Ectopic
Neurons. Cereb Cortex 31, 4340-4356 (2021). doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab090. Neocortical heterotopia consist of ectopic neuronal clusters that are frequently
found in individuals with cognitive disability and epilepsy. However, their
pathogenesis remains poorly understood due in part to a lack of tractable animal
models. We have developed an inducible model of focal cortical heterotopia that
enables their precise spatiotemporal control and high-resolution optical imaging in
live mice. Here, we report that heterotopia are associated with striking patterns of
circumferentially projecting axons and increased myelination around neuronal clusters.
Despite their aberrant axonal patterns, in vivo calcium imaging revealed that
heterotopic neurons remain functionally connected to other brain regions, highlighting
their potential to influence global neural networks. These aberrant patterns only form
when heterotopia are induced during a critical embryonic temporal window, but not in
early postnatal development. Our model provides a new way to investigate heterotopia
formation in vivo and reveals features suggesting the existence of developmentally
modulated, neuron-derived axon guidance and myelination factors.
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Otazu GH, Li Y, Lodato Z, Elnasher A, Keever KM, Li Y, Ramos RL. Neurodevelopmental malformations of the cerebellum and neocortex in the Shank3 and Cntnap2 mouse models of autism. Neurosci Lett 2021; 765:136257. [PMID: 34555490 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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There are many mouse models of autism with broad use in neuroscience research. Genetic background can be a major contributor to the phenotype observed in any mouse model of disease, including genetic models of autism. C57BL/6 mice display spontaneous glio-neuronal heterotopia in the cerebellar vermis and neocortex which may also exist in mouse models of autism created on this background. In the present report, we document the presence of cerebellar and neocortical heterotopia in heterozygous and KO Shank3 and Cntnap2 mice which are due to the C57BL/6 genotype and discuss the role these malformations may play in research using these genetic models of autism.
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- Gonzalo H Otazu
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States.
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PARD3 dysfunction in conjunction with dynamic HIPPO signaling drives cortical enlargement with massive heterotopia. Genes Dev 2018; 32:763-780. [PMID: 29899142 PMCID: PMC6049519 DOI: 10.1101/gad.313171.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this study, Liu et al. investigated the molecular mechanisms regulating the proper organization and orderly mitosis of radial glial progenitors (RGPs), which drive the formation of a laminated mammalian cortex in the correct size. They show that RGP behavior and cortical development are controlled by partitioning-defective 3 (PARD3) in concert with dynamic HIPPO and NOTCH signaling regulation, thus providing new insights into mammalian cortical development. Proper organization and orderly mitosis of radial glial progenitors (RGPs) drive the formation of a laminated mammalian cortex in the correct size. However, the molecular underpinnings of the intricate process remain largely unclear. Here we show that RGP behavior and cortical development are controlled by temporally distinct actions of partitioning-defective 3 (PARD3) in concert with dynamic HIPPO signaling. RGPs lacking PARD3 exhibit developmental stage-dependent abnormal switches in division mode, resulting in an initial overproduction of RGPs located largely outside the ventricular zone at the expense of deep-layer neurons. Ectopically localized RGPs subsequently undergo accelerated and excessive neurogenesis, leading to the formation of an enlarged cortex with massive heterotopia and increased seizure susceptibility. Simultaneous removal of HIPPO pathway effectors Yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) suppresses cortical enlargement and heterotopia formation. These results define a dynamic regulatory program of mammalian cortical development and highlight a progenitor origin of megalencephaly with ribbon heterotopia and epilepsy.
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Toia AR, Cuoco JA, Esposito AW, Ahsan J, Joshi A, Herron BJ, Torres G, Bolivar VJ, Ramos RL. Divergence and inheritance of neocortical heterotopia in inbred and genetically-engineered mice. Neurosci Lett 2016; 638:175-180. [PMID: 27993709 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cortical function emerges from the intrinsic properties of neocortical neurons and their synaptic connections within and across lamina. Neurodevelopmental disorders affecting migration and lamination of the neocortex result in cognitive delay/disability and epilepsy. Molecular layer heterotopia (MLH), a dysplasia characterized by over-migration of neurons into layer I, are associated with cognitive deficits and neuronal hyperexcitability in humans and mice. The breadth of different inbred mouse strains that exhibit MLH and inheritance patterns of heterotopia remain unknown. A neuroanatomical survey of numerous different inbred mouse strains, 2 first filial generation (F1) hybrids, and one consomic strain (C57BL/6J-Chr 1A/J/NaJ) revealed MLH only in C57BL/6 mice and the consomic strain. Heterotopia were observed in numerous genetically-engineered mouse lines on a congenic C57BL/6 background. These data indicate that heterotopia formation is a weakly penetrant trait requiring homozygosity of one or more C57BL/6 alleles outside of chromosome 1. These data are relevant toward understanding neocortical development and disorders affecting neocortical lamination.
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- Alyssa R Toia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, 12208, United States; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, 12201, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, 12208, United States; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, 12201, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, United States.
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Ramos RL, Toia AR, Pasternack DM, Dotzler TP, Cuoco JA, Esposito AW, Le MM, Parker AK, Goodman JH, Sarkisian MR. Neuroanatomical characterization of the cellular and axonal architecture of subcortical band heterotopia in the BXD29-Tlr4 lps-2J/J mouse cortex. Neuroscience 2016; 337:48-65. [PMID: 27595889 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) are malformations of the human cerebral cortex typically associated with epilepsy and cognitive delay/disability. Rodent models of SBH have demonstrated strong face validity as they are accompanied by both cognitive deficits and spontaneous seizures or reduced seizure threshold. BXD29-Tlr4lps-2J/J recombinant inbred mice display striking bilateral SBH, partial callosal agenesis, morphological changes in subcortical structures of the auditory pathway, and display sensory deficits in behavioral tests (Rosen et al., 2013; Truong et al., 2013, 2015). Surprisingly, these mice show no cognitive deficits and have a higher seizure threshold to chemi-convulsive treatment (Gabel et al., 2013) making them different than other rodent SBH models described previously. In the present report, we perform a detailed characterization of the cellular and axonal constituents of SBH in BXD29-Tlr4lps-2J/J mice and demonstrate that various types of interneurons and glia as well as cortical and subcortical projections are found in SBH. In addition, the length of neuronal cilia was reduced in SBH compared to neurons in the overlying and adjacent normotopic cortex. Finally, we describe additional and novel malformations of the hippocampus and neocortex present in BXD29-Tlr4lps-2J/J mice. Together, our findings in BXD29-Tlr4lps-2J/J mice are discussed in the context of the known neuroanatomy and phenotype of other SBH rodent models.
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- Raddy L Ramos
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NY State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA; Department of Physiology & Pharmacology and Department of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA.
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Lesional cerebellar epilepsy: a review of the evidence. J Neurol 2016; 264:1-10. [PMID: 27260293 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-016-8161-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Classical teaching in epileptology localizes the origins of focal seizures solely in the cerebral cortex, with only inhibitory effects attributed to subcortical structures. However, electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies over the last decades now provide evidence for an initiation of epileptic seizures within subcortical structures. Intrinsic epileptogenicity of hypothalamic hamartoma has already been established in recognition of subcortical epilepsy, whereas a seizure-generating impact of dysplastic cerebellar lesions remains to be clarified. Herein, we examine the supportive evidence and clinical presentation of cerebellar seizures and review therapy options.
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Spontaneous malformations of the cerebellar vermis: Prevalence, inheritance, and relationship to lobule/fissure organization in the C57BL/6 lineage. Neuroscience 2015; 310:242-51. [PMID: 26383253 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complex neuronal circuitry of the cerebellum is embedded within its lamina, folia, and lobules, which together play an important role in sensory and motor function. Studies in mouse models have demonstrated that both cerebellar lamination and lobule/fissure development are under genetic control. The cerebellar vermis of C57BL/6 mice exhibits spontaneous malformations of neuronal migration of posterior lobules (VIII-IX; molecular layer heterotopia); however, the extent to which other inbred mice also exhibit these malformations is unknown. Using seven different inbred mouse strains and two first filial generation (F1) hybrids, we show that only the C57BL/6 strain exhibits heterotopia. Furthermore, we observed heterotopia in consomic and recombinant inbred strains. These data indicate that heterotopia formation is a weakly penetrant trait requiring homozygosity of one or more C57BL/6 alleles outside of chromosome 1 and the sex chromosomes. Additional morphological analyses showed no relationship between heterotopia formation and other features of lobule/fissure organization. These data are relevant toward understanding normal cerebellar development and disorders affecting cerebellar foliation and lamination.
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Watrin F, Manent JB, Cardoso C, Represa A. Causes and consequences of gray matter heterotopia. CNS Neurosci Ther 2014; 21:112-22. [PMID: 25180909 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The objective of this article is to review the pathophysiological bases of gray matter heterotopia and to appreciate their involvement in brain cortical development and functional consequences, namely epilepsy. The development of the cerebral cortex results from complex sequential processes including cell proliferation, cell migration, cortical organization, and formation of neuronal networks. Disruption of these steps yields different types of cortical malformations including gray matter heterotopia, characterized by the ectopic position of neurons along the ventricular walls or in the deep white matter. Cortical malformations are major causes of epilepsy, being responsible for up to 40% of drug-resistant epilepsy, and the cognitive level of affected patients varies from normal to severely impaired. This review reports data from human patients and animal models highlighting the genetic causes for these disorders affecting not only neuronal migration but also the proliferation of cortical progenitors. Therefore, gray matter heterotopias should not be considered as solely due to an abnormal neuronal migration and classifying them as such may be too restrictive. The review will also summarize literature data indicating that besides ectopic neurons, neighbor cortical areas also play a consistent role in epileptogenesis, supporting the notion that plastic changes secondary to the initial malformation are instrumental in the pathophysiology of epilepsy in affected patients.
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- Françoise Watrin
- INSERM, INMED, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, UMR 901, Marseille, France
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Cid E, Gomez-Dominguez D, Martin-Lopez D, Gal B, Laurent F, Ibarz JM, Francis F, Menendez de la Prida L. Dampened hippocampal oscillations and enhanced spindle activity in an asymptomatic model of developmental cortical malformations. Front Syst Neurosci 2014; 8:50. [PMID: 24782720 PMCID: PMC3995045 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Developmental cortical malformations comprise a large spectrum of histopathological brain abnormalities and syndromes. Their genetic, developmental and clinical complexity suggests they should be better understood in terms of the complementary action of independently timed perturbations (i.e., the multiple-hit hypothesis). However, understanding the underlying biological processes remains puzzling. Here we induced developmental cortical malformations in offspring, after intraventricular injection of methylazoxymethanol (MAM) in utero in mice. We combined extensive histological and electrophysiological studies to characterize the model. We found that MAM injections at E14 and E15 induced a range of cortical and hippocampal malformations resembling histological alterations of specific genetic mutations and transplacental mitotoxic agent injections. However, in contrast to most of these models, intraventricularly MAM-injected mice remained asymptomatic and showed no clear epilepsy-related phenotype as tested in long-term chronic recordings and with pharmacological manipulations. Instead, they exhibited a non-specific reduction of hippocampal-related brain oscillations (mostly in CA1); including theta, gamma and HFOs; and enhanced thalamocortical spindle activity during non-REM sleep. These data suggest that developmental cortical malformations do not necessarily correlate with epileptiform activity. We propose that the intraventricular in utero MAM approach exhibiting a range of rhythmopathies is a suitable model for multiple-hit studies of associated neurological disorders.
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- Elena Cid
- Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales, Instituto Cajal, CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales, Instituto Cajal, CSIC Madrid, Spain ; Servicio de Neurofisiologia Clínica, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales, Instituto Cajal, CSIC Madrid, Spain ; Universidad Europea de Madrid, Ciencias Biomédicas Básicas Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales, Instituto Cajal, CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria Madrid, Spain
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- Institut du Fer à Moulin Paris, France ; Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMRS 839 Paris, France
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Ramos RL, Siu NY, Brunken WJ, Yee KT, Gabel LA, Van Dine SE, Hoplight BJ. Cellular and Axonal Constituents of Neocortical Molecular Layer Heterotopia. Dev Neurosci 2014; 36:477-89. [DOI: 10.1159/000365100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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