ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023
Circuit-level theories for sensory dysfunction in autism: convergence across mouse models.
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- Striatal output regulates the postnatal maturation of cortical circuits.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Learning-Associated Flexibility of Cortical Taste Coding Is Impaired in Shank3 Knockout Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Atypical Retinal Ganglion Cell Function in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Impairment in the homeostatic recruitment of layer 5/6 neurons following whisker stimulation in Fmr1 KO mice.Neurobiology of disease · 2025Article
- Excitatory/Inhibitory imbalance as a mechanism linking autism and sleep problems.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025Review
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- Pairing tones with vagus nerve stimulation improves brain stem responses to speech in the valproic acid model of autism.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Degraded tactile coding in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism.Cell reports · 2024Article
- Alterations in KIDINS220/ARMS Expression Impact Sensory Processing and Social Behavior in Adult Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit a diverse range of behavioral features and genetic backgrounds, but whether different genetic forms of autism involve convergent pathophysiology of brain function is unknown. Here, we analyze evidence for convergent deficits in neural circuit function across multiple transgenic mouse models of ASD. We focus on sensory areas of neocortex, where circuit differences may underlie atypical sensory processing, a central feature of autism. Many distinct circuit-level theories for ASD have been proposed, including increased excitation-inhibition (E-I) ratio and hyperexcitability, hypofunction of parvalbumin (PV) interneuron circuits, impaired homeostatic plasticity, degraded sensory coding, and others. We review these theories and assess the degree of convergence across ASD mouse models for each. Behaviorally, our analysis reveals that innate sensory detection behavior is heightened and sensory discrimination behavior is impaired across many ASD models. Neurophysiologically, PV hypofunction and increased E-I ratio are prevalent but only rarely generate hyperexcitability and excess spiking. Instead, sensory tuning and other aspects of neural coding are commonly degraded and may explain impaired discrimination behavior. Two distinct phenotypic clusters with opposing neural circuit signatures are evident across mouse models. Such clustering could suggest physiological subtypes of autism, which may facilitate the development of tailored therapeutic approaches.
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