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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Nov 29;53:36–48. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.11.013

Table 1.

Summary of the molecular deficits in cINs found in SCZ patients and the phenotypes observed. Only postmortem studies that included ≥ 10 SCZ and age-matched control brains are included in the table. All postmortem studies controlled for postmortem interval, brain pH or both between SCZ and control subjects. All measurements of mRNA and/or protein were taken from the PFC of postmortem brains (specifically Brodmann’s areas 9, 10 and 46) unless indicated below.

GABAergic cIN deficits mRNA/protein Post-mortem SCZ brains Linkage studies Behavioral phenotype Biochemical phenotype Physiological phenotype
cIN subgroup markers ↓ Parvalbumin Hashimoto et al., 2003; Beasley et al., 2002; Konradi et al., 2011*
↓ Somatostatin Hashimoto et al., 2008a**,b; Morris et al. 2008; Konradi et al., 2011*
Input synapses (presynaptic changes) Neuregulin ↑Hashimoto et al., 2004; Law et al., 2006; Chong et al., 2008
↓Bertram et al., 2007
Stefansson et al., 2002; Harrison et al., 2006; Mei et al., 2008; Walss-Bass et al., 2006 Stefansson et al., 2002; Karl et al., 2007; O’Tuathaigh et al., 2007, 2008, 2010; Duffy et al., 2010; Chen et al., 2008b; Ehrlichman et al., 2009; Deakin et al., 2009; Kato et al., 2010 Hahn et al., 2006; Fazzari et al., 2010; Shibuya et al., 2010 Chen et al., 2010a
Input synapses (postsynaptic changes) ↓ NMDAR Belforte et al., 2010; Korotkova et al., 2010 Woo et al., 2004, 2008; Bitanihirwe et al., 2009 Homayoun et al., 2007; Belforte et al., 2010, Korotkova et al., 2010
ErbB4 ↑Law et al., 2007; Chong et al., 2008 Silberberg et al., et al., 2006; Nicodemus et al., 2006; Norton et al., 2006; Benzel et al., 2007; Walsh et al., 2008 Stefansson et al., 2002; Golub et al., 2004; Barros et al., 2009; Fazzari et al., 2010; Wen et al., 2010; Chen et al., 2010b Hahn et al., 2006 Barros et al., 2009; Fazzari et al., 2010; Wen et al., 2010; Chen et al., 2010b
Output synapses (presynaptic changes) ↓GAD67 in PV+ cINs Akbarian et al., 1995; Volk et al., 2000; Guidotti et al., 2000***; Hashimoto et al., 2003, 2008a**,b; Thompson et al., 2009****; Curley et al., 2011 Woo et al., 1998;
Output synapses (postsynaptic changes) ↓GAT1 in ChC Pierri et al., 1999; Volk et al., 2001
↓GABAA α1 at BC synapses onto PC Hashimoto et al., 2008a**,b; Beneyto et al., 2011; Glausier et al., 2011
↑GABAA α2 at ChC synapses onto PC Volk et al., 2002; Beneyto et al., 2011
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Konradi et al., 2011 – only examined the hippocampus.

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Hashimoto et al., 2008 – also examined anterior cingulated, M1 and V1.

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Guidotti et al., 2000 – also examined cerebellum.

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Thompson et al., 2009 – examined PFC and other cortical areas, as well as striatum and thalamus. Chandelier cell, ChC; pyramidal cell, PC; basket cell, BC.