Alterations of specific cortical GABAergic circuits underlie abnormal network 
activity in a mouse model of Down syndrome

Zorrilla de San Martin, J; Donato, C; Peixoto, J; Aguirre, A; Choudhary, V; De Stasi, AM; Lourenço , J; Potier, M-C; Bacco, A

doi:10.7554/eLife.58731

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Alterations of specific cortical GABAergic circuits underlie abnormal network activity in a mouse model of Down syndrome

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Zorrilla de San Martin, J., Donato, C., Peixoto, J., Aguirre, A., Choudhary, V., De Stasi, A., et al. (2020). Alterations of specific cortical GABAergic circuits underlie abnormal network activity in a mouse model of Down syndrome. eLife, 9, 1-23. doi:10.7554/eLife.58731.

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Down syndrome (DS) results in various degrees of cognitive deficits. In DS mouse models, recovery of behavioral and neurophysiological deficits using GABAAR antagonists led to hypothesize an excessive activity of inhibitory circuits in this condition. Nonetheless, whether over-inhibition is present in DS and whether this is due to specific alterations of distinct GABAergic circuits is unknown. In the prefrontal cortex of Ts65Dn mice (a well-established DS model), we found that the dendritic synaptic inhibitory loop formed by somatostatin-positive Martinotti cells (MCs) and pyramidal neurons (PNs) was strongly enhanced, with no alteration in their excitability. Conversely, perisomatic inhibition from parvalbumin-positive (PV) interneurons was unaltered, but PV cells of DS mice lost their classical fast-spiking phenotype and exhibited increased excitability. These microcircuit alterations resulted in reduced pyramidal-neuron firing and increased phase locking to cognitive-relevant network oscillations in vivo. These results define important synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunctions in DS.