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Front Neurosci. 2014 Apr 10;8:71. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00071. eCollection 2014.

Neuroligin-1 knockdown reduces survival of adult-generated newborn hippocampal neurons.

Frontiers in neuroscience

Eric Schnell, Thomas H Long, Aesoon L Bensen, Eric K Washburn, Gary L Westbrook

Affiliations

  1. Portland VA Medical Center Portland, OR, USA ; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR, USA.
  2. School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR, USA.
  3. The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR, USA.

PMID: 24782702 PMCID: PMC3989658 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00071

Abstract

Survival of adult-born hippocampal granule cells is modulated by neural activity, and thought to be enhanced by excitatory synaptic signaling. Here, we report that a reduction in the synaptogenic protein neuroligin-1 in adult-born neurons in vivo decreased their survival, but surprisingly, this effect was independent of changes in excitatory synaptic function. Instead, the decreased survival was associated with unexpected changes in dendrite and spine morphology during granule cell maturation, suggesting a link between cell growth and survival.

Keywords: adult neurogenesis; cell survival; dendritic growth; dendritic spine; neuroligin-1; synaptogenesis

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