title: Losing your inhibition: linking cortical GABAergic interneurons to schizophrenia.
abstract: GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex (cINs) play crucial roles in many aspects of cortical function. The diverse types of cINs are classified into subgroups according to their morphology, intrinsic physiology, neurochemical markers and synaptic targeting. Recent advances in mouse genetics, imaging and electrophysiology techniques have greatly advanced our efforts to understand the role of normal cIN function and its dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders. In schizophrenia (SCZ), a wealth of data suggests that cIN function is perturbed, and that interneuron dysfunction may underlie key symptoms of the disease. In this review, we discuss the link between cINs and SCZ, focusing on the evidence for GABAergic signaling deficits from both SCZ patients and mouse models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. inanmeli@gmail.com
authors.forename: Melis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inan
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Petros
authors.forename: Stewart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D059330:GABAergic Neurons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007395:Interneurons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid