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| NL1 | CA1 HP: vGluT (no), vGAT (no) CA3 HP: vGluT (no), vGAT (no) Layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons: spine density (no) WB of whole brain: synapsin-1a/b (+), NL3 (+), α/β-neurexin (−), PSD-95 (no), vGluT (no), vGAT (no) Cultured cortical neurons: spine density (no) WB of HP: GluA1 (no), GluA2 (−), GluN2A (−), GluN2B (−), GluN1 (−) | DG HP: spine density (−) LA: spine density (no) Layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons: spine density (−) Cultured HP neurons: vGluT (−), vGAT (−), spine number (−) | | Cultured HP neurons: spine number (+), GluN1 (+), GluN2A (+), GluN2B (+), PSD95 (+), vGluT (+), vGAT (+), vGluT : vGAT (no), synapsin (+), GluA1 (no) GluA2/3 (+), bassoon (+), synaptophysin (+) Cultured HP neurons (NL1 R473C overexpression): spine number (−), synapsin (−) | NL1 Tg mice: CA1 HP: vGluT (+), vGAT (+), vGluT/PSD-95 cocluster (+), vGAT/gephyrin cocluster (no), spine density (+), spine length (no), spine head (+), spine neck (−), asymmetric synapse (+), symmetric synapse (no), E/I ratio (+) WB: gephyrin (+), PSD-95 (+), vGluT (+), vGAT (+), GluA2/3 (−), NL3 (+), GluA1 (+) | [17, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 52–55, 57, 66–68] |
| NL2 | CA1 HP: vGAT (−), vGluT (no), synaptophysin (no), asymmetric synapse (no), symmetric synapse (no), VIAAT (no), gephyrin in pyramidale (−), gephyrin in radiatum (no) CA3 HP: vGAT (−), vGluT (no), synaptophysin (no) GCL: gephyrin (−), VIAAT (no), GABAARγ2 subunit (−) ML: no change in gephyrin, VIAAT, or GABARAγ2 Somatic region of cultured neurons: cytoplasmic gephyrin (+), postsynaptic gephyrin (−) WB of whole brain: synaptobrevin2 (+), no change in several other synaptic proteins Retina IPL: GABAAα1 (no), GABAAα3 (−), GABAAγ2 (−), gephyrin (no), GlyR (no) | HP cultured neurons: vGluT (−), vGAT (−), spine number (−) | | Cultured HP neurons: vGluT (+), vGAT (+), vGluT : vGAT puncta (−), spine density (+), synapsin (no) Dorsal HP (mRNA expression): GAD65 (+), GAD67 (no), vGluT (no), gephyrin (no) Ventral HP (mRNA expression): GAD65 (no), GAD67 (no), vGluT (no), gephyrin (no) | NL2 Tg mice: mPFC: vGluT (+), vGAT (+), E/I ratio (−) EM of mPFC: total synapse density (+), symmetric synapse (+), asymmetric synapse (no), E/I ratio (−) WB of whole brain: syntaxin (+), vGluT (+), vGAT (+), NL3 (−), NL1 (no), gephyrin (no), PSD-95 (no) | [17, 31, 33, 40, 45, 71–74] |
| NL3 | WB of brain: NL1 (−), vGAT (no), gephyrin (no), vGluT (no) CA1 HP: vGAT (no), vGluT (no), synaptophysin (no) CA3 HP: vGAT (no), vGluT (no), synaptophysin (no) SSC: vGAT (no), vGluT (no) | HP cultured neurons: vGluT (−), vGAT (no), spine number (−) | NL3 R451C KI: CA1 HP: vGAT (+), vGluT (no), synaptophysin (no), spine density (no), stratum radiatum branch points (+) CA3 HP and SSC: vGAT (+), vGluT (no) WB of whole brain: vGAT (+), gephyrin (+), vGluT (no), NL1 (−), NL3 (−) WB of HP: PSD-95 (+), vGluT (no), vGAT (no), NL3 (−), SAP-102 (+), GluA1 (no), NR1 (no), NR2A (+), NR2B (+) EM from layer2/3 of SSC: synapse number (no), asymmetric/symmetric (no), PSD length (no) EM from stratum radiatum CA1 HP: presynaptic nerve terminal size (−), vesicle number (−), spine size (−), PSD length (no), docked vesicle number (no) NL3 R704C KI: WB of whole brain: GluA1 (+), GluA3 (+), NL3 (−), no change in many other synaptic proteins CA1 HP: synaptophysin (no), vGluT (no), vGAT (no) CA3 HP: synaptophysin (no), vGluT (no), vGAT (no) SSC: synaptophysin (no), vGluT (no), vGAT (no) | Cultured HP neurons: vGluT (+), vGAT (+), vGluT : vGAT (no), synapsin density (+) Cultured HP neurons (NL3 R704C overexpression): synapsin (+), synapse density (+) | | [17, 34, 38, 39] |
| NL4 | Retina: GlyRα1 (−), GlyRα2 (no), GlyRα3 (no), GlyRα4 (no) | | | Cultured HP neurons: spine (+), synapse density (+) Cultured HP neurons (NL4 R87W overexpression): spine (no), synapse density (no) | | [13, 21] |
| NL1/2/3 | PBC: vGluT (+), VIAAT (−) IOM: vGluT (+), VIAAT (−) NH: vGluT (no), VIAAT (no) WB: vGluT1 (−), complexin2 (−), αSNAP (−), synaptobrevin (−), synaptophysin (−), synaptotagmin (−), KCC2 (−), GluN1 (−), no change in many other synaptic proteins Cultured HP neurons: synapsin (no), PSD-95 (no) Cultured cortical neurons: PSD length (no), synaptic cleft width (no), docked vesicle number (no) | Cultured HP neurons: vGluT (−), vGAT (−), spine number (−) | | | | [17, 48] |
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