Caecal ligation and puncture in the rat mimics the pathophysiological changes in human sepsis and causes multi-organ dysfunction.

abstract：:Calotropis procera (CP; Apocynaceae) is reported to have several neuroprotective activities however it's anti-depressant activity yet to be established. Therefore, the present study was proposed to evaluate the anti-depressant activity of the standardized ethanolic extract of CP (ECP) in chronic unpredictable mild str...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Garabadu D,Srivastava N,Murti Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) is a toxin sometimes produced on moldy crops (sugarcane, peanuts, etc.) in amounts sufficient to cause severe neurological disorders when consumed by humans. In vitro, 3-NPA irreversibly inactivates SDH, a Complex II respiratory enzyme required for mitochondrial energy production. A singl...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Nony PA,Scallet AC,Rountree RL,Ye X,Binienda Z

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia--the macrophage equivalent of the CNS--safeguards and supports neuronal functions. Threats to the CNS homeostasis can trigger a rapid transformation of these cells from a normally "resting" into alerted and "activated" states. Microglia primarily serves the tissue defence and protection when participating in...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： van Rossum D,Hanisch UK

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholesterol-raising properties of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon-4 (ε-4) allele has been validated in the South African population. Mounting evidence supports the added value of APOE genotyping for the evaluation of cardiovascular risk in dyslipidemic patients beyond its established role in the diagnosis of l...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Lückhoff HK,Kidd M,van Rensburg SJ,van Velden DP,Kotze MJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiological spectrum of neuromyelitis optica has become broader since the detection of aquaporin4 antibodies. We report a case of neuromyelitis optica patient with pseudotumoral encephalic lesion. A 66 year-old woman presented with sudden left lateral homonymous hemianopsia. A brain MRI showed an isolated and ext...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Fargeot G,Aboab J,Savatovsky J,Marignier R,Lecler A,Gout O

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high co-morbidity between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression suggests there might be similar mechanisms underlying the course of these diseases. Previous studies have shown that p38MAPK plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of AD and depression. However, little is known about whether SB203580, a selectiv...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Guo J,Chang L,Li C,Li M,Yan P,Guo Z,Wang C,Zha Q,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of streptozotocin (STZ) is a well established procedure to induce neuroinflammation leading to dementia in experimental animals. However, the optimal dose of STZ has not been determined. In the present study, rats were ICV injected with 1.5, 3 and 6 mg of STZ per kg of body weig...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ghosh R,Sil S,Gupta P,Ghosh T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to Wilson's disease (WD) and its clinical manifestations are thought to be affected by genetic factors, including polymorphisms. The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases is now widely discussed. The aim of the present study was to evaluate th...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Mirowska-Guzel D,Litwin T,Gromadzka G,Czlonkowski A,Czlonkowska A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined how serum cholesterol, an established risk factor for cerebrovascular disease (CVD), relates to cognitive function in healthy middle-older aged individuals with no neurologic or CVD history. A complete lipid panel was obtained from a cohort of one hundred twenty individuals, ages 43-85, who also underwent ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Leritz EC,McGlinchey RE,Salat DH,Milberg WP

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-galactose (GAL) causes aging-related changes and oxidative stress in the organism. We investigated the effect of whole fresh blueberry (BB) (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) treatment on oxidative stress in age-related brain damage model. Rats received GAL (300 mg/kg; s.c.; 5 days per week) alone or together with 5 % (BB1) ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Çoban J,Doğan-Ekici I,Aydın AF,Betül-Kalaz E,Doğru-Abbasoğlu S,Uysal M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective vulnerability of pyramidal neurons in the CA1 hippocampal region in ischemic rat brain may be preceded by regional alterations of energy metabolism during early reperfusion. We measured ATP, phosphocreatine (PCr), and glucose in paramedian and lateral CA1 and in an area showing little postischemic cell l...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Pettigrew LC,Grotta JC,Rhoades HM,Reid C,McCandless DW

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report reversible abnormalities in magnetic resonance spectra acquired from a patient with AIDS undergoing antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy for disseminated nocardiosis, a rare opportunistic infection of immunosuppressed patients which can cause cerebral abscess formation. There was no clinical, CT or MRI evid...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Marcus CD,Taylor-Robinson SD,Cox IJ,Sargentoni J,Shaunak S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is a naturally occurring compound in the central nervous system (CNS) whose tissue concentration are highly increased in the neurometabolic-inherited deficiency of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) activity or due to intoxication. SSADH deficiency is biochemically characterize...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Sgaravatti AM,Magnusson AS,Oliveira AS,Mescka CP,Zanin F,Sgarbi MB,Pederzolli CD,Wyse AT,Wannmacher CM,Wajner M,Dutra-Filho CS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of factors released from N2A neuroblastoma cells on the expression of myelin protein genes in glioma C6 cells, i.e., proteolipid protein (PLP) and myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), was studied. Both cells lines were propagated in serum-free DMEM-F10 (1:1) medium. The addition of 50% N2A conditioned medi...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Kanoh M,Wiggins RC,Konat G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary tyrosinemia type I (HT1) is caused by mutations in the fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH) gene, the template for the final enzyme in the tyrosine catabolism pathway. If left untreated this deficiency of functional FAH leads to a buildup of toxic metabolites that can cause liver disease, kidney dysfunction ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Moore ME,Koenig AE,Hillgartner MA,Otap CC,Barnby E,MacGregor GG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the pattern of brain volume changes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and correlation with clinical and neuropsychological (NP) tests. Fifty seven ESRD patients with no anatomical abnormalities in conventional magnetic resonance imaging [24 patients with...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zhang LJ,Wen J,Ni L,Zhong J,Liang X,Zheng G,Lu GM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is accompanied with enhanced matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) activity and elevated levels of plasma fibrinogen (Fg), which is a known inflammatory agent. Activation of MMP-9 and increase in blood content of Fg (i.e. hyperfibrinogenemia, HFg) both contribute to cerebrovascular disorders ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Muradashvili N,Benton RL,Saatman KE,Tyagi SC,Lominadze D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with severe liver disease. Although the molecular basis for the neurological disorder in HE remains elusive, elevated ammonia and its chief metabolite glutamine are believed to be important factors responsible for altered cerebral...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Rao KV,Norenberg MD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is known to be associated with metabolic disturbances including diabetes mellitus, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. A growing body of evidence has suggested abnormal cytokine levels in schizophrenia. In the present study, we explored the effects of low-grade chronic inflammation on behavioral stereot...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Erbaş O,Akseki HS,Aktuğ H,Taşkıran D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While risk factors for konzo are known, determinants of cognitive impairment in konzo-affected children remain unknown. We anchored cognitive performance (KABC-II scores) to serum levels of free-thyroxine (free-T4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), albumin, and motor proficiency (BOT-2 scores) in 40 children includi...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Bumoko GM,Sombo MT,Okitundu LD,Mumba DN,Kazadi KT,Tamfum-Muyembe JJ,Lasarev MR,Boivin MJ,Banea JP,Tshala-Katumbay DD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence demonstrated that maternal dietary nutrients can significantly determine the susceptibility to developing metabolic disorders in the offspring. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the later-life effects of maternal and postweaning diets interaction on epigenetic modification of the central nervous ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zheng J,Xiao X,Zhang Q,Yu M,Xu J,Wang Z,Qi C,Wang T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylketonuria (PKU) is the most common inborn error of amino acid metabolism. Usually diagnosed within the first month of birth, it is essential that the patient strictly follow the dietary restriction of natural protein intake. Otherwise, PKU impacts the development of the brain severely and may result in microceph...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Bortoluzzi VT,Brust L,Preissler T,de Franceschi ID,Wannmacher CMD

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd) exposure leads to production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are associated with Cd-induced neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity. Selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) have high bioavailability and antioxidant activities so it attracted wide spread attention. The present study examined the possible ameliora...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Sadek KM,Lebda MA,Abouzed TK,Nasr SM,Shoukry M

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:We discuss the case of a rare and often unrecognized neurologic syndrome, called Acquired Hepatocerebral Degeneration (AHD), observed in patients with advanced liver disease and portosystemic shunts. The clinical manifestations can be very heterogeneous and in our case included a combination of cerebellar and extrapyr...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Pigoni A,Iuculano F,Saetti C,Airaghi L,Burdick L,Spreafico S,Curioni M,Lombardi R,Valenti L,Fracanzani AL,Fargion S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral glutamine challenge is a method to increase blood ammonia and may be used to study the ammonia lowering effect of drugs potentially useful in hepatic encephalopathy (HE). We tested its influence on the psychometric performance of 18 cirrhotic patients without HE. Twelve nonencephalopatic cirrhotic patients were s...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Masini A,Efrati C,Merli M,Nicolao F,Amodio P,Del Piccolo F,Riggio O

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near infrared radiation (NIR) is known to penetrate and affect biological systems in multiple ways. Recently, a series of experimental studies suggested that low intensity NIR may protect neuronal cells against a wide range of insults that mimic diseases such as stroke, brain trauma and neurodegeneration. However, the...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Yu Z,Liu N,Zhao J,Li Y,McCarthy TJ,Tedford CE,Lo EH,Wang X

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major complication of liver failure/disease which frequently develops during the progression of end-stage liver disease. This metabolic neuropsychiatric syndrome involves a spectrum of symptoms, including cognition impairment, attention deficits and motor dysfunction which eventually c...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Bémeur C,Cudalbu C,Dam G,Thrane AS,Cooper AJ,Rose CF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C 1 (NPC1) disease is an autosomal recessive cholesterol transport defect resulting in a neurodegenerative process in patients mainly at an early age, although some patients may start with manifestation in adult. Since loss of myelin is considered as a main pathogenetic factor, the precise mechanism ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Yan X,Lukas J,Witt M,Wree A,Hübner R,Frech M,Köhling R,Rolfs A,Luo J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00