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Circuit and plasticity defects in the developing somatosensory cortex of FMR1 knock-out mice.


ABSTRACT: Silencing of the Fmr1 gene causes fragile X syndrome. Although defects in synaptic plasticity in the cerebral cortex have been linked to cognitive impairments in Fmr1 knock-out (ko) mice, the specific cortical circuits affected in the syndrome are unknown. Here, we investigated the development of excitatory projections in the barrel cortex of Fmr1 ko mice. In 2-week-old Fmr1 ko mice, a major ascending projection connecting layer 4 (L4) to L3 (L4-->L3), was defective in multiple and independent ways: its strength was reduced, caused by a lower connection probability; the axonal arbors of L4 cells were spatially diffuse in L2/3; the L4-->L3 projection did not show experience-dependent plasticity. By 3 weeks, the strength of the L4-->L3 projection was similar to that of wild type. Our data indicate that Fmr1 shapes sensory cortical circuits during a developmental critical period.

SUBMITTER: Bureau I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696604 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Circuit and plasticity defects in the developing somatosensory cortex of FMR1 knock-out mice.

Bureau Ingrid I   Shepherd Gordon M G GM   Svoboda Karel K  

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20080501 20


Silencing of the Fmr1 gene causes fragile X syndrome. Although defects in synaptic plasticity in the cerebral cortex have been linked to cognitive impairments in Fmr1 knock-out (ko) mice, the specific cortical circuits affected in the syndrome are unknown. Here, we investigated the development of excitatory projections in the barrel cortex of Fmr1 ko mice. In 2-week-old Fmr1 ko mice, a major ascending projection connecting layer 4 (L4) to L3 (L4-->L3), was defective in multiple and independent w  ...[more]

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