Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Wilm’s tumor 1 promotes memory flexibility

  • Chiara Mariottini,
  • Leonardo Munari,
  • Ellen Gunzel,
  • Joseph M. Seco,
  • Nikos Tzavaras,
  • Jens Hansen,
  • Sarah A. Stern,
  • Virginia Gao,
  • Hossein Aleyasin,
  • Ali Sharma,
  • Evren U. Azeloglu,
  • Georgia E. Hodes,
  • Scott J. Russo,
  • Vicki Huff,
  • Marc R. Birtwistle,
  • Robert D. Blitzer,
  • Cristina M. Alberini,
  • Ravi Iyengar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11781-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Impairments in memory flexibility are associated with neuropsychiatric disorders such as PTSD and autism. Here, the authors report that the transcriptional repressor Wilm's Tumor 1 regulates synaptic plasticity leading to weakening of memory strength and enabling memory flexibility.