[PDF][PDF] Misregulation of an activity-dependent splicing network as a common mechanism underlying autism spectrum disorders

M Quesnel-Vallières, Z Dargaei, M Irimia… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
A key challenge in understanding and ultimately treating autism is to identify common
molecular mechanisms underlying this genetically heterogeneous disorder. Transcriptomic …

Restoring GABAergic inhibition rescues memory deficits in a Huntington's disease mouse model

Z Dargaei, JY Bang, V Mahadevan… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Huntington’s disease (HD) is classically characterized as a movement disorder, however
cognitive impairments precede the motor symptoms by ∼15 y. Based on proteomic and …

Native KCC2 interactome reveals PACSIN1 as a critical regulator of synaptic inhibition

V Mahadevan, CS Khademullah, Z Dargaei, J Chevrier… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.28270.001 KCC2 is a neuron-specific K + -Cl – cotransporter essential for
establishing the Cl - gradient required for hyperpolarizing inhibition in the central nervous …

Cortical interneuron-mediated inhibition delays the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

CS Khademullah, AJ Aqrabawi, KM Place, Z Dargaei… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal disease resulting from motor neuron degeneration in
the cortex and spinal cord. Cortical hyperexcitability is a hallmark feature of amyotrophic …

[HTML][HTML] Top-down modulation of olfactory-guided behaviours by the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis and ventral hippocampus

AJ Aqrabawi, CJ Browne, Z Dargaei, D Garand… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Olfactory processing is thought to be actively modulated by the top-down input from cortical
regions, but the behavioural function of these signals remains unclear. Here we find that …

[HTML][HTML] A kainate receptor subunit promotes the recycling of the neuron-specific K+-Cl− co-transporter KCC2 in hippocampal neurons

…, V Mahadevan, CS Khademullah, Z Dargaei… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Synaptic inhibition depends on a transmembrane gradient of chloride, which is set by the
neuron-specific K + -Cl − co-transporter KCC2. Reduced KCC2 levels in the neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Neto2-null mice have impaired GABAergic inhibition and are susceptible to seizures

V Mahadevan, Z Dargaei, EA Ivakine… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Neto2 is a transmembrane protein that interacts with the neuron-specific K + -Cl − cotransporter
(KCC2) in the central nervous system (CNS). Efficient KCC2 transport is essential for …

Alterations in hippocampal inhibitory synaptic transmission in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease

Z Dargaei, X Liang, M Serranilla, J Santos, MA Woodin - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous
system characterized by choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and …

Electrical coupling between Aplysia bag cell neurons: characterization and role in synchronous firing

Z Dargaei, PLW Colmers… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
In neuroendocrine cells, hormone release often requires a collective burst of action
potentials synchronized by gap junctions. This is the case for the electrically coupled bag cell …

[PDF][PDF] Astrocytic neurexin-1 orchestrates functional synapse assembly

JH Trotter, Z Dargaei, M Wöhr, K Liakath-Ali, K Raju… - BioRxiv, 2020 - scholar.archive.org
… Trotter1,*,#, Zahra Dargaei1,*, Markus Wöhr1,&, Kif Liakath-Ali1, Karthik Raju1, …
Roppongi, RT, Dhume, SH, Padmanabhan, N., Silwal, P., Zahra, N., Karimi, B., Bomkamp, C …