Reversible alterations in brain metabolites during therapy for disseminated nocardiosis using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

abstract：:As feared and deadly human diseases globally, Rabies virus contrived mechanisms to escape early immune recognition via suppression of the interferon response. This study, preliminarily investigated whether Rabies virus employs epigenetic mechanism for the suppression of the interferon using the Challenge virus standar...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Abdulazeez M,Kia GSN,Abarshi MM,Muhammad A,Ojedapo CE,Atawodi JC,Dantong D,Kwaga JKP

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that antidepressants, including the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have neurotrophic effects. Nevertheless, the impact of treatment with a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor on regional brain volumes in social anxiety disorder has not been studied. 11 subjects with social anxiety di...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Cassimjee N,Fouche JP,Burnett M,Lochner C,Warwick J,Dupont P,Stein DJ,Cloete KJ,Carey PD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental model of central pontine myelinolysis--chronic (4-day) hyponatremia induced by daily injections of hypotonic dextrose solutions and vasopressin followed by rapid correction with saline--was used in young fasted and thirsted mice. In normal controls chronic fasting and thirsting lowered plasma and brai...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Thurston JH,Hauhart RE,Nelson JS

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-glycerate 2 kinase (DGK) is an enzyme that mediates the conversion of D-glycerate, an intermediate metabolite of serine and fructose metabolism, to 2-phosphoglycerate. Deficiency of DGK leads to accumulation of D-glycerate in various tissues and its massive excretion in urine. D-glyceric aciduria (DGA) is an autosom...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zehavi Y,Mandel H,Eran A,Ravid S,Abu Rashid M,Jansen EEW,Wamelink MMC,Saada A,Shaag A,Elpeleg O,Spiegel R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sertraline, haloperidol or olanzapine administration on ketamine-induced behaviours in mice were examined. The aim was to ascertain the degree of reversal of such behaviours by sertraline, and compare its effectiveness to haloperidol and olanzapine. Ten-week old mice (N = 120) were equally divided into main...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Onaolapo OJ,Paul TB,Onaolapo AY

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral inflammation plays a role in diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and depression. Iron is involved in infection and inflammation through free radical production. Theoretically transferrin should prohibit iron from participating in oxidative reactions, but transferrin has also be...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： van Rensburg SJ,van Zyl J,Hon D,Daniels W,Hendricks J,Potocnik F,Erasmus R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) leads to increased oxidative stress in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) and in animal models of PKU. Early diagnosis and immediate adherence to a phenylalanine-restricted diet prevents HPA and, consequently, severe brain damage. However, treated adolescent and adult PKU patients have dif...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Mazzola PN,Karikas GA,Schulpis KH,Dutra-Filho CS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (AIPD) is well recognised, relatively little is known about the condition. We undertook a review of the literature to identify studies on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, underlying neurobiology and treatment of AIPD. Few prospective studies have been conducted on AIP...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Jordaan GP,Emsley R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 35 years, the outlook for a patient presenting with acute liver failure (ALF) has changed beyond all recognition. A patient presenting in 1984 had an 80 % likelihood of succumbing to intracranial hypertension. Today due to dramatic improvements in intensive care in dedicated liver transplant units, this ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ryan JM,Tranah T,Mitry RR,Wendon JA,Shawcross DL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling mental disorders that affects up to 1 % of the population worldwide. Although the causes of this disorder remain unknown, it has been extensively characterized by a broad range of emotional, ideational and cognitive impairments. Studies indicate that schizophrenia affects neu...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zugno AI,Julião RF,Budni J,Volpato AM,Fraga DB,Pacheco FD,Deroza PF,Luca RD,de Oliveira MB,Heylmann AS,Quevedo J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study evaluating zinc supplementation in patients with Alzheimer's disease yielded variable zinc plasma levels in spite of positive cognitive and physiological results. In an attempt to raise and sustain plasma zinc levels, a single patient was given 15 mg zinc/day with various combinations of vitamins. A sustained ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Potocnik FC,van Rensburg SJ,Hon D,Emsley RA,Moodie IM,Erasmus RT

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of an animal model is crucial in studying the pathophysiological mechanisms of disease and to test possible therapies. Now, there are several models for the study of liver diseases, but there still remains a lack of a satisfactory animal model of chronic liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Jover R,Madaria E,Felipo V,Rodrigo R,Candela A,Compañ A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Alzheimer's disease (AD) basal forebrain cholinergic neurons appear to be targeted primarily in early stages of the disease. Scopolamine (muscarinic receptor antagonist) has been used for decades to induce working and reference memory impairment in rodents. In this study, we evaluated the protective effect of kolav...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ishola IO,Adamson FM,Adeyemi OO

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to analyze the mutational spectrum of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene in phenylketonuria (PKU) patients in Northwest China, to identify mutational hot spots, and to determine the correlation between variants and clinical phenotypes of PKU. A large cohort of 475 PKU families in Northwe...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Yan Y,Zhang C,Jin X,Zhang Q,Zheng L,Feng X,Hao S,Gao H,Ma X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allicin, one of the main biologically active compounds derived from garlic, was previously reported to possess multiple pharmacological activities. Whether allicin protected against chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) induced depressive-like behaviors remained unknown. Thus, our present study for the first time invest...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Gao W,Wang W,Liu G,Zhang J,Yang J,Deng Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to stress amplifies locomotor deficits and exacerbates dopamine neuron loss in an animal model for Parkinson's disease. The release of neurotrophic factors such as glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) following neuronal injury attenuates exacerbated degeneration...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ngema PN,Mabandla MV

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyses the potential role of MTHFR gene polymorphism, folate supplementation and dietary pattern among the mothers of NTD neonates and controls in heterogeneous populations of North India, with the special focus on their ethnic labels. Results indicated significant increased risk for neural tube de...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Deb R,Arora J,Meitei SY,Gupta S,Verma V,Saraswathy KN,Saran S,Kalla AK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, author name Masoumeh Asadbegi was incorrectly written as Masoumeh Asadbeigi. The authors regret the oversight. ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Sajadi A,Amiri I,Gharebaghi A,Komaki A,Asadbegi M,Shahidi S,Mehdizadeh M,Asl SS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP is part of an endogenous mechanism that downregulates inflammatory response, and its intracellular concentration is regulated chiefly by cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases type 4. The goal of the present study was to determine whether phosphodiesterases 4 are involved in the inflammatory response of astro...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Borysiewicz E,Fil D,Dlaboga D,O'Donnell JM,Konat GW

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a complex progressive disorder accompanied by activation of inflammatory and Th-1 driven pathways, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS), lowered antioxidant levels, mitochondrial dysfunctions, neuroprogression and increased bacterial translocation. In depression, activation of immuno-inflammatory path...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Maes M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble amyloid-β protein (Aβ) oligomers have been recognized to be early and key intermediates in Alzheimer's disease-related synaptic dysfunction. In this study, using in vitro electrophysiology, we investigated interactions of the acidic oligosaccharide sugar chain (AOSC), a marine-derived acidic oligosaccharide, w...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Chang L,Li F,Chen X,Xu S,Wang C,Chen H,Wang Q

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression, common in chronic medical conditions, and hepatic encephalopathy (HE), a reversible neuropsychiatric syndrome due to liver dysfunction, are associated with impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cirrhosis and hepatitis C (HCV). This study investigated the impact of depression and HE on HRQOL in...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Barboza KC,Salinas LM,Sahebjam F,Jesudian AB,Weisberg IL,Sigal SH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocystinuria is a metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of cystathione beta-synthase activity leading to tissue accumulation of homocysteine (Hcy); affected patients present neurological dysfunction. Considering that Hcy induces free radical formation and that memory is impaired by oxidative stress, in the present...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Reis EA,Zugno AI,Franzon R,Tagliari B,Matté C,Lammers ML,Netto CA,Wyse AT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol dependence (AD) has a large heritable component. Genetic variation in genes involved in the absorption and elimination of ethanol have been associated with AD. However, some of these polymorphisms are not present in an African population. Previous studies have reported that a type of AD which is characterized ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Crawford A,Dalvie S,Lewis S,King A,Liberzon I,Fein G,Koenen K,Ramesar R,Stein DJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were conducted to investigate the direct effects of ethanol on the energy metabolism of astrocytes and C6-glioma cells. Primary astrocytes were prepared from cerebral cortices of neonatal rats, and C6-glioma cells were purchased from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). These cells were exp...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Haghighat N,McCandless DW,Geraminejad P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic administration of Al-gluconate (12.7% Al) at the concentration of 1 mg/kg produces edema in the rat brain, as reflected by the increase in water and Na+ content. The permeability for Evans blue is also increased, which indicates the opening of the blood-brain barrier. Higher concentrations of the Al-...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Stefanovich V,Joó F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) pathway participates in a number of reactions of the cell when responding to various external stimuli. These stimuli include growth factor binding to its receptor as well as stressful situations such as hypoxia and oxidative stress. It has been postulated that one of t...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Daniels WM,Hendricks J,Salie R,Taljaard JJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the HTT gene, consisting of expansion of CAG triplets, cause the Huntington's disease (HD), one of the major neurodegenerative disorders. Formation of aggregates of mutant huntingtin (mHTT, the product of the mutant HTT gene) leads to cellular dysfunctions, and subsequent neurodegeneration which manifest ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Pierzynowska K,Gaffke L,Cyske Z,Węgrzyn G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which develops in patients with severe liver diseases and/or portal-systemic shunting. Minimal HE, the earliest manifestation of HE, has drawn increasing attention in the last decade. Minimal HE is associated with a series of brain functional changes, such as ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zhang LJ,Wu S,Ren J,Lu GM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report treatment outcome of eleven patients with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy caused by pathogenic variants in ALDH7A1 (PDE-ALDH7A1). We developed a clinical severity score to compare phenotype with biochemical features, genotype and delays in the initiation of pyridoxine. Clinical severity score included 1) globa...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Al Teneiji A,Bruun TU,Cordeiro D,Patel J,Inbar-Feigenberg M,Weiss S,Struys E,Mercimek-Mahmutoglu S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00