Dysfunction of outer segment guanylate cyclase caused by retinal disease related mutations.

abstract：:Epilepsy is a chronic brain dysfunction induced by an abnormal neuronal discharge that is caused by complicated psychopathologies. Recently, accumulating studies have revealed a close relationship between inflammation and epilepsy. Specifically, microglia and astrocytes are important inflammatory cells in the central ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Chen L,Zhu L,Lu D,Wu Z,Han Y,Xu P,Chang L,Wu Q

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prominent trait of cellular decline during aging and intimately linked to neuronal degeneration during Parkinson's disease (PD). Various proteins associated with PD have been shown to differentially impact mitochondrial dynamics, quality control and function, including the leucine-rich r...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Aufschnaiter A,Kohler V,Walter C,Tosal-Castano S,Habernig L,Wolinski H,Keller W,Vögtle FN,Büttner S

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical Parkinson syndromes (APSs) often have symptoms that overlap with those of Parkinson's disease (PD), especially early in the disease, making these disorders difficult to diagnose. Previous studies have demonstrated an association of oligomeric α-synuclein (α-Syn), a key element in the pathogenesis of PD, with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Singh AP,Ramana G,Bajaj T,Singh V,Dwivedi S,Behari M,Dey AB,Dey S

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminin-α2-related congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-CMD) is a devastating neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the LAMA2 gene. These mutations result in the complete absence or truncated expression of the laminin-α2 chain. The α2-chain is a major component of the laminin-211 and laminin-221 isoforms, the p...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Barraza-Flores P,Bates CR,Oliveira-Santos A,Burkin DJ

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The central, lateral and basolateral amygdala (BLA) nuclei are essential for the formation of long-term memories including emotional and drug-related memories. Studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory in amygdala may lead to better understanding of how memory is formed and of fear and addiction-related dis...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lamprecht R

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroacupuncture (EA) could improve the hyperactivity of the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis induced by hepatectomy. However, its underlying mechanism still remains largely unclear. Here, we found that hypothalamic corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) modulates the function of the HPA axis, while hepatec...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Zhu J,Chen Z,Meng Z,Ju M,Zhang M,Wu G,Guo H,Tian Z

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid metabolism is drastically dysregulated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and impacts prognosis of patients. Animal models recapitulate alterations in the energy metabolism, including hypermetabolism and severe loss of adipose tissue. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying disease progression in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Henriques A,Croixmarie V,Bouscary A,Mosbach A,Keime C,Boursier-Neyret C,Walter B,Spedding M,Loeffler JP

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive molecular imaging techniques can enhance diagnosis to achieve successful treatment, as well as reveal underlying pathogenic mechanisms in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The cooperation of advanced multimodal imaging techniques and increased knowledge of the MS disease mechanism allows both mon...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Poutiainen P,Jaronen M,Quintana FJ,Brownell AL

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein family has previously been shown to be involved in the development of mesodiencephalic dopaminergic (mdDA) neurons in the murine midbrain. Specifically, Ngn2 and Mash1 are known to have a role in the specification of neural progenitors in the ventricular zone (VZ) of the midbr...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Mesman S,Smidt MP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetrameric capsaicin receptor transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in mammals has evolved the capability to integrate pain signal arising from harmful temperature and chemical irritants. The four repetitions of TRPV1 subunits result in an ion channel with excellent pain sensitivity, allowing this ionot...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Liu TY,Chu Y,Mei HR,Chang D,Chuang HH

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the discovery that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is the source of β-amyloid peptides (Aβ) that accumulate in Alzheimer's disease (AD), structural analyses suggested that the holoprotein resembles a transmembrane receptor. Initial studies using reconstituted membranes demonstrated that APP can directly ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Copenhaver PF,Kögel D

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brain, metabolic supply and demand is directly coupled to neuronal activation. Methods for culturing primary rodent brain cells have come of age and are geared toward sophisticated modeling of human brain physiology and pathology. However, the impact of the culture microenvironment on neuronal function is rarel...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Sünwoldt J,Bosche B,Meisel A,Mergenthaler P

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contains heterogeneous populations of sensory neurons including primary nociceptive neurons and C-fibers implicated in pain signaling. Recent studies have demonstrated DRG hyperexcitability associated with downregulation of A-type K(+) channels; however, the molecular correlate of the co...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Phuket TR,Covarrubias M

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a high resolution in situ hybridization technique we have measured PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPV1 transcripts in mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Consistent with previous studies, PIEZO2 transcripts were highly expressed in DRG neurons of all sizes, including most notably the largest diameter neurons implica...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang J,La JH,Hamill OP

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation of the P2X7k splice variant on mouse T cells by Ecto-ADP-ribosyltransferase ARTC2.2 in response to its substrate extracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) triggers cell death. Since NAD+ is released as a danger signal during tissue damage, this NAD+-induced cell death (NICD) may impact th...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Rissiek B,Stabernack J,Cordes M,Duan Y,Behr S,Menzel S,Magnus T,Koch-Nolte F

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by α-secretase generates an extracellularly released fragment termed secreted APP-alpha (APPsα). Not only is this process of interest due to the cleavage of APP within the amyloid-beta sequence, but APPsα itself has many physiological properties that suggest its great po...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Mockett BG,Richter M,Abraham WC,Müller UC

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are essential epigenetic regulators with critical roles in tumor initiation and malignant progression. However, the roles and mechanisms of aberrantly expressed lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of gliomas are not fully understood. With the development of deep sequencing analyses, an extensive...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yan Y,Xu Z,Li Z,Sun L,Gong Z

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many human neurodegenerative diseases are associated with amyloid fibril formation. Inhibition of amyloid formation is of importance for therapeutics of the related diseases. However, the development of selective potent amyloid inhibitors remains challenging. Here based on the structures of amyloid β (Aβ) fibrils and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lu J,Cao Q,Wang C,Zheng J,Luo F,Xie J,Li Y,Ma X,He L,Eisenberg D,Nowick J,Jiang L,Li D

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) is a gatekeeper of mitochondrial quality control. The present study was aimed to examine whether PINK1 possesses a protective function against gentamicin (GM)-induced sensory hair cell (HC) damage in vitro. The formation of parkin particles (a mar...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yang Q,Zhou Y,Yin H,Li H,Zhou M,Sun G,Cao Z,Man R,Wang H,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several agents have been identified to provide therapeutic benefits in Huntington disease (HD), the number of conventionally used treatments remains limited and only symptomatic. Thus, it is plausible that the need to identify new therapeutic targets for the development of alternative and more effective treat...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Di Pardo A,Pepe G,Castaldo S,Marracino F,Capocci L,Amico E,Madonna M,Giova S,Jeong SK,Park BM,Park BD,Maglione V

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) are two motoneuron diseases (MNDs) characterized by aberrant protein behavior in affected cells. In familial ALS (fALS) and in SBMA specific gene mutations lead to the production of neurotoxic proteins or peptides prone to misfold, which...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Rusmini P,Cristofani R,Galbiati M,Cicardi ME,Meroni M,Ferrari V,Vezzoli G,Tedesco B,Messi E,Piccolella M,Carra S,Crippa V,Poletti A

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunctions in hearing and balance are largely connected with hair cell (HC) loss. Although regeneration of HCs in the adult cochlea does not occur, there is still limited capacity for HC regeneration in the mammalian utricle from a distinct population of supporting cells (SCs). In response to HC damage, these Lgr5+ ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： You D,Guo L,Li W,Sun S,Chen Y,Chai R,Li H

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that glutamate is the most important excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS). However, there is also a large amount of glutamate in the blood. Generally, the concentration gradient of glutamate between intraparenchymal and blood environments is stable. However, this gradie...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Bai W,Zhou YG

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain contains an enormous, but finite, number of neurons. The ability of this limited number of neurons to produce nearly limitless neural information over a lifetime is typically explained by combinatorial explosion; that is, by the exponential amplification of each neuron's contribution through its incorporatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yagi T

更新日期：2012-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter systems is crucial for the modulation of neuronal excitability in the central nervous system (CNS). The activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is reported to enhance the response of hippocampal glutamate receptors, but whether the i...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Hong Z,Tian Y,Qi M,Li Y,Du Y,Chen L,Liu W,Chen L

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Following axotomy, the activation of multiple intracellular signaling cascades causes the expression of a cocktail of regeneration-associated transcription factors which interact with each other to determine the fate of the injured neurons. The nerve injury response is channeled through manifold and parallel pathways,...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Patodia S,Raivich G

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is complex and heterogeneous. Even though numerous independent studies indicate cortical hyperexcitability as a potential contributor to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathology, the mechanisms that are responsible for upper motor neuron (UMN) vulnerability remain elusive. To reveal the electrophysiolog...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Jara JH,Sheets PL,Nigro MJ,Perić M,Brooks C,Heller DB,Martina M,Andjus PR,Ozdinler PH

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA(A) receptors are located on the majority of neurons in the central and peripheral nervous system, where they mediate important actions of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid. Early in development the trophic properties of GABA allow a healthy development of the nervous system. Most neurons have a high in...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Tretter V,Moss SJ

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine receptors (GlyRs) containing the α2 subunit are highly expressed in the developing brain, where they regulate neuronal migration and maturation, promote spontaneous network activity and subsequent development of synaptic connections. Mutations in GLRA2 are associated with autism spectrum disorder, but the unde...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Comhair J,Devoght J,Morelli G,Harvey RJ,Briz V,Borrie SC,Bagni C,Rigo JM,Schiffmann SN,Gall D,Brône B,Molchanova SM

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The tyrosine kinase Fyn plays an important role in synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Here we report that Fyn is activated in response to 15 min D1 receptor (D1R) but not D2 receptor (D2R) stimulation specifically in the dorsomedial striatum (DMS) of mice but not in the other substriatal regions, the dorsolate...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Phamluong K,Darcq E,Wu S,Sakhai SA,Ron D

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00