Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D.

Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University

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Inhibitory regulation of calcium transients in prefrontal dendritic spines is compromised by a nonsense Shank3 mutation. Ali F., Shao L.X., Gerhard D.M., Sweasy K., Pothula S., Pittenger C., Duman R.S., Kwan A. C.

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Ketamine disinhibits dendrites and enhances calcium signals in prefrontal dendritic spines. Ali F., Gerhard D.M., Sweasy K., Pothula S., Pittenger C., Duman R.S., Kwan A. C.

Targeted interneuron depletion in the dorsal striatum produces autism-like behavioral abnormalities in male but not female mice. Rapanelli M., Frick L.R., Xu M., Groman S.M., Jindachomthong K., Tamamaki N., Tanahira C., Taylor J.R., Pittenger C.