The Parvalbumin/Somatostatin Ratio Is Increased in Pten Mutant Mice and by Human PTEN ASD Alleles
Mutations in the phosphatase PTEN are strongly implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Here, we investigate the function of Pten in cortical GABAergic neurons using conditional mutagenesis in mice.Loss of Pten results in Customizer Default a preferential loss of SST+ interneurons, which increases the ratio of parvalbumin/somatostatin (PV/SST)