Cytoskeletal Collapse Node

Actin and microtubule cytoskeleton attacked by multiple mechanisms, leading to dendritic spine loss and synaptic failure.

Converging Mechanisms

  • LIMK1 hyperactivation and cofilin inactivation (Ramsden: GSK3beta cascade)
  • Ephexin5-RhoA-ROCK-mediated actin-myosin contraction (Margolis)
  • Competitive synaptic plasticity dysregulation (Huang)
  • Complement-mediated dendritic spine destruction (Shatz/Brott)

Key Molecules

GSK3beta, LIMK1, cofilin, Ephexin5, RhoA, ROCK, PSD95

To be populated after CSC grading.

See Also

Papers converging on this axis

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Concepts on this axis

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Source: kb/wiki/convergence-nodes/cytoskeletal-collapse.md