Abstract
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is a neurophysiological finding that is decreased in schizophrenia patients and has been used in pathophysiology studies of schizophrenia and the development of antipsychotic drugs. PPI is affected by several drugs including amphetamine, ketamine, and nicotinic agents, and it is reported that several brain regions and modulatory neurotransmitters are involved in PPI. Here we showed that mice with IRSp53 deletion in each dopaminergic, cholinergic, oxytocinergic, and serotoninergic modulatory neurons showed a decrease in PPI. Other than PPI, there were no other behavioral changes among IRSp53 deletion mice. Through this study, we could reconfirm that dysfunction of each modulatory neuron such as dopamine, acetylcholine, oxytocin, and serotonin can result in PPI impairment, and it should be considered that PPI could be broadly affected by changes in one of a certain kind of modulatory neurons.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 114-120 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Volume | 586 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 Jan 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2021R1C1C1003266 to Y.K.) and the intramural study from National Center for Mental Health in South Korea ( R2021-C to Y.K.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Acetylcholine
- Dopamine
- IRSp53
- Oxytocin
- Prepulse inhibition
- Schizophrenia
- Serotonin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology