Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Present in Dendritic Spines of Neurons in Primary Cultures.

abstract：:To understand the potential role of enhanced hippocampal neurogenesis after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) in the development of epilepsy, we quantitatively analyzed the geometry of apical dendrites, synaptic transmission, and activation levels of normotopically distributed mature newborn granule cells in...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gao F,Song X,Zhu D,Wang X,Hao A,Nadler JV,Zhan RZ

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the function of dendritic spikes? One might argue that they provide conditions for neuronal plasticity or that they are essential for neural computation. However, despite a long history of dendritic research, the physiological relevance of dendritic spikes in brain function remains unknown. This could stem fro...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Manita S,Miyakawa H,Kitamura K,Murayama M

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rac1 is a major player of the Rho family of small GTPases that controls multiple cell signaling pathways, such as the organization of cytoskeleton (including adhesion and motility), cell proliferation, apoptosis and activation of immune cells. In the nervous system, in particular, Rac1 GTPase plays a key regulatory fu...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： D'Ambrosi N,Rossi S,Gerbino V,Cozzolino M

更新日期：2014-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically encoded Ca(2+) indicators (GECIs) are promising tools for cell type-specific and chronic recording of neuronal activity. In the mammalian central nervous system, however, GECIs have been tested almost exclusively in cortical and hippocampal pyramidal cells, and the usefulness of recently developed GECIs ha...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Yamada Y,Michikawa T,Hashimoto M,Horikawa K,Nagai T,Miyawaki A,Häusser M,Mikoshiba K

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The early auditory pathway processes information at high rates and with utmost temporal fidelity. Consequently, the synapses in the auditory pathway are highly specialized to meet the extraordinary requirements on signal transmission. The calyceal synapses in the auditory brainstem feature more than a hundred active z...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Huang CH,Moser T

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneous populations of cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) are arranged into separate longitudinal stripes, which have different topographic afferent and efferent axonal connections presumably involved in different functions, and also show different electrophysiological properties in firing pattern and synaptic plas...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Nguyen-Minh VT,Tran-Anh K,Luo Y,Sugihara I

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a century of intensive investigation the effective treatment of protein aggregation diseases remains elusive. Ordinarily, molecular chaperones ensure that proteins maintain their functional conformation. The appearance of misfolded proteins that aggregate implies the collapse of the cellular chaperone quality ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Koutras C,Braun JE

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) system has been extensively studied for its role in normal physiology and behavior, as well as, neuropsychiatric disorders. The broad influence of 5-HT on brain function, is in part due to the vast connectivity pattern of 5-HT-producing neurons throughout the CNS. 5-HT n...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Spencer WC,Deneris ES

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenon has been shown to have neuroprotective effects and is clinically used as a favorable safe inhalation anesthetic. We previously confirmed the neuroprotective effects of xenon treatment in epileptic animals. However, the mechanism underlying these protective effects remains unclear. We aimed to assess the effects ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Zhu W,Zhu J,Zhao S,Li J,Hou D,Zhang Y,Sun H

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miR)-210 is the most consistently and predominantly up-regulated miR in response to hypoxia in multiple cancer cells. The roles of miR-210 in rat adrenal gland pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cells remain unknown. We aimed to explore the possible effect of miR-210 in neonatal brain injury. We explored the potential...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Luan Y,Zhang X,Zhang Y,Dong Y

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the cerebellum in cognitive function has been broadly investigated in the last decades from an anatomical, clinical, and functional point of view and new evidence points toward a significant contribution of the posterior lobes of the cerebellum in cognition in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present work ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Toniolo S,Serra L,Olivito G,Marra C,Bozzali M,Cercignani M

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous calcium transients are present during early postnatal development in the mouse retina and cochlea, and play an important role in maturation of the sensory organs and neural circuits in the central nervous system (CNS). It is not known whether similar calcium transients occur during postnatal development in...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Holman HA,Poppi LA,Frerck M,Rabbitt RD

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial activation is a key pathogenic process at the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Identifying regulators of microglial activation bears great potential in elucidating causes and mechanisms of AD and determining candidates for early intervention. Previous studies demonstrate abnormal elevation of glutaminase ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gao G,Zhao S,Xia X,Li C,Li C,Ji C,Sheng S,Tang Y,Zhu J,Wang Y,Huang Y,Zheng JC

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain injuries of different etiologies lead to irreversible neuronal loss and persisting neuronal deficits. New therapeutic strategies are emerging to compensate neuronal damage upon brain injury. Some of these strategies focus on enhancing endogenous generation of neurons from neural stem cells (NSCs) to substitute t...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： García-Bernal F,Geribaldi-Doldán N,Domínguez-García S,Carrasco M,Murillo-Carretero M,Delgado-Ariza A,Díez-Salguero M,Verástegui C,Castro C

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapses undergo rapid activity-dependent plasticity to store information, which when left uncompensated can lead to destabilization of neural function. It has been well documented that homeostatic changes, which operate at a slower time scale, are required to maintain stability of neural networks. While there are man...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Lee HK,Kirkwood A

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G-proteins mediate a variety of cellular functions, including signal transduction in sensory neurons of the olfactory system. Whereas the Gα subunits in these neurons are well characterized, the gene transcript expression profile of Gβγ subunits is largely missing. Here we report our comprehensive expre...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Sathyanesan A,Feijoo AA,Mehta ST,Nimarko AF,Lin W

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic plasticity is recognized as a key mechanism of shaping the activity of the neuronal networks. However, its description is challenging because of numerous neuron-specific mechanisms. In particular, while essential role of glial cells in the excitatory plasticity is well established, their involvement in GABAe...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Kaczor PT,Mozrzymas JW

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a diffusion barrier that has an important role in maintaining a precisely regulated microenvironment protecting the neural tissue from infectious agents and toxins in the circulating system. Compromised BBB integrity plays a major role in the pathogenesis of retroviral associated neuro...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Atluri VS,Hidalgo M,Samikkannu T,Kurapati KR,Jayant RD,Sagar V,Nair MP

更新日期：2015-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:After an ischemic stroke, neural precursor cells (NPCs) proliferate within major germinal niches of the brain. Endogenous NPCs subsequently migrate toward the ischemic lesion where they promote tissue remodeling and neural repair. Unfortunately, this restorative process is generally insufficient and thus unable to sup...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Hermann DM,Peruzzotti-Jametti L,Schlechter J,Bernstock JD,Doeppner TR,Pluchino S

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophin receptors use endosomal pathways for signaling in neurons. However, how neurotrophins regulate the endosomal system for proper signaling is unknown. Rabs are monomeric GTPases that act as molecular switches to regulate membrane trafficking by binding a wide range of effectors. Among the Rab GTPases, Rab5 ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Moya-Alvarado G,Gonzalez A,Stuardo N,Bronfman FC

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood brain barrier (BBB) and the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) form the barriers of the brain. These barriers are essential not only for the protection of the brain, but also in regulating the exchange of cells and molecules in and out of the brain. The choroid plexus (CP) epithelial cells and the ara...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Marques F,Sousa JC

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain neurons, to support their neurotransmitter functions, require a several times higher supply of glucose than non-excitable cells. Pyruvate, the end product of glycolysis, through pyruvate dehydrogenase complex reaction, is a principal source of acetyl-CoA, which is a direct energy substrate in all brain cells. Se...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Ronowska A,Szutowicz A,Bielarczyk H,Gul-Hinc S,Klimaszewska-Łata J,Dyś A,Zyśk M,Jankowska-Kulawy A

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by social skills and communication deficits and interfering repetitive behavior. Intellectual disability often accompanies autism. In addition to behavioral deficits, autism is characterized by neuropathology and brain overgrowth. Increased intracranial volume often accom...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Lahiri DK,Sokol DK,Erickson C,Ray B,Ho CY,Maloney B

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) to mature neurons is well-established, since mutations in PARK8, the gene encoding LRRK2, are the most common known cause of Parkinson's disease. Nonetheless, despite the LRRK2 knockout mouse having no overt neurodevelopmental defect, numerous lines of in vitro da...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Berwick DC,Harvey K

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensity and frequency are the two main properties of sound. The non-monotonic neurons in the auditory system are thought to represent sound intensity. The central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC), as an important information integration nucleus of the auditory system, is also involved in the processing of in...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Liu Y,Zhang G,Yu H,Li H,Wei J,Xiao Z

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are the resident immune cells of the brain and react quickly to changes in their environment with transcriptional regulation and morphological changes. Brain tissue injury such as ischemic stroke induces a local inflammatory response encompassing microglial activation. The change in activation status of a mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Heindl S,Gesierich B,Benakis C,Llovera G,Duering M,Liesz A

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a disorder of abnormal brain activity typified by spontaneous and recurrent seizures. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs, critical for the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. MiRNA dysregulation has previously been implicated in the induction of epilepsy. In this study, we examine...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gao X,Guo M,Meng D,Sun F,Guan L,Cui Y,Zhao Y,Wang X,Gu X,Sun J,Qi S

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We live in a world continuously immersed in noise, an environmental, recreational, and occupational factor present in almost every daily human activity. Exposure to high-level noise could affect the auditory function of individuals at any age, resulting in a condition called noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Given th...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Alvarado JC,Fuentes-Santamaría V,Juiz JM

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, auditory hair cells are not replaced when injured. Thus, cochlear hair cell loss causes progressive and permanent hearing loss. Conversely, non-mammalian vertebrates are capable of regenerating lost sensory hair cells. The zebrafish lateral line has numerous qualities that make it well-suited for studying h...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： He Y,Cai C,Tang D,Sun S,Li H

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonic GABA type A (GABAA) conductance is a key factor regulating neuronal excitability and computation in neuronal networks. The magnitude of the tonic GABAA conductance depends on the concentration of ambient GABA originating from vesicular and non-vesicular sources and is tightly regulated by GABA uptake. Here we sh...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Song I,Volynski K,Brenner T,Ushkaryov Y,Walker M,Semyanov A

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00