Resveratrol as a therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases.

abstract：:The characteristic functions of tissues and organs result from the integrated activity of individual cells. Nowhere is this more evident than in the nervous system, where the activities of single neurons communicating via electrical and chemical signals mediate complex functions, such as learning and memory. The past ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： O'Dowd DK,Smith MA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor (EGF) family of polypeptides is regulators for tissue development and repair, and is characterized by the fact that their mature forms are proteolytically derived from their integral membrane precursors. This article reviews roles of the prominent members of the EGF family (EGF, transformin...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Xian CJ,Zhou XF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal-specific cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) is important for brain cholesterol elimination. Cyp46a1 null mice exhibit severe deficiencies in learning and hippocampal long-term potentiation, suggested to be caused by a decrease in isoprenoid intermediates of the mevalonate pathway. Conversely, transgeni...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Moutinho M,Nunes MJ,Gomes AQ,Gama MJ,Cedazo-Minguez A,Rodrigues CM,Björkhem I,Rodrigues E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by cytosine-adenine-guanine trinucleotide repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene. Growing evidence supports the regulatory functions of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the disease process, but little is known about the association between ln...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Sunwoo JS,Lee ST,Im W,Lee M,Byun JI,Jung KH,Park KI,Jung KY,Lee SK,Chu K,Kim M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissues within the central nervous system (CNS) have generally been regarded as immunologically privileged. However, in recent decades, it has been shown that immune reactions in the CNS continuously occur via various types of inflammation following autoimmune diseases and mechanical insults such as spinal cord injury...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Shin T,Ahn M,Moon C,Kim S,Sim KB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside Rg1 is efficient to prevent or treat mental disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the effects of ginsenoside Rg1 on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are still not known. In this study, single-prolonged stress (SPS) regime, as well as injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), was used to produce P...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhang Z,Song Z,Shen F,Xie P,Wang J,Zhu AS,Zhu G

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenpropathrin is one of the widely used pyrethroids in agriculture and household and also reported to have neurotoxic effects in rodent models. In our Parkinson's disease (PD) clinic, there was a unique patient with a history of daily exposure to fenpropathrin for 6 months prior to developing Parkinsonian symptoms pro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Xiong J,Zhang X,Huang J,Chen C,Chen Z,Liu L,Zhang G,Yang J,Zhang Z,Zhang Z,Lin Z,Xiong N,Wang T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular nucleotides, particularly adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), act as signaling molecules in the inner ear. Roles as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and as autocrine or paracrine humoral factors are evident. The diversity of the signaling pathways for nucleotides, which include a variety of ATP-gated ion...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Housley GD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of leptin and the central melanocortin circuit, electrophysiological studies have played a major role in elucidating mechanisms underlying energy homeostasis. This review highlights the contribution of findings made by electrophysiological measurements to the current understanding of hypothalamic n...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ghamari-Langroudi M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of the Bax gene from mice completely protects the somas of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) from apoptosis following optic nerve injury. This makes BAX a promising therapeutic target to prevent neurodegeneration. In this study, Bax+/- mice were used to test the hypothesis that lowering the quantity of BAX in RGCs...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Donahue RJ,Maes ME,Grosser JA,Nickells RW

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a major cause for drug-resistant epilepsies. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of epileptogenesis in FCD are still poorly understood. Some studies have suggested that deficiencies of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system may play an important role in type II FCD, but it remains contro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhong S,Zhao Z,Xie W,Cai Y,Zhang Y,Ding J,Wang X

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LIM domain is a cysteine-rich zinc-finger motif found in a large family of proteins. In LIM-homeodomain (LIM-hd) transcription factors and LIM-only (LMO) factors, the LIM domains are responsible for key interactions with co-activators, co-repressors, competitors, and other transcription factors, and are therefore ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Rétaux S,Bachy I

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that neural stem cells (NSCs) can ameliorate cerebral ischemia in animal models. In this study, we investigated the mechanism underlying one of the neuroprotective effects of NSCs: tunneling nanotube (TNT) formation. We addressed whether the control of cell-to-cell communication processes between NS...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang X,Yu X,Xie C,Tan Z,Tian Q,Zhu D,Liu M,Guan Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-50 (GAP-43) is an axonal, plasma membrane-associated protein involved in growth cone morphology and function. We have conducted immunocytochemical, electron microscopic, and time-lapse experiments to visualize morphological consequences of local accumulations of B-50 at the plasma membrane of B-50-transfected PC-B2 ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Aarts LH,Verkade P,Schrama LH,Oestreicher AB,Gispen WH,Schotman P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was aimed at investigating the circulating microRNA (miRNA) profiles in serum and saliva of patients affected by fibromyalgia syndrome (FM), correlating their expression values with clinical and clinimetric parameters and to suggest a mathematical model for the diagnosis of FM. A number of 14 FM patients and...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Masotti A,Baldassarre A,Guzzo MP,Iannuccelli C,Barbato C,Di Franco M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging researches point to a relevant role of postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins, such as PSD-95, Homer, Shank, and DISC-1, in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. The PSD is a thickness, detectable at electronic microscopy, localized at the postsynaptic membrane of glutamatergic syna...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： de Bartolomeis A,Latte G,Tomasetti C,Iasevoli F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) is widely regarded as a neurotoxic heavy metal that causes learning and memory deficits. Recently, it has been proved that the striatum is related to memory and learning ability. However, no previous study focused on the effect of Mn-induced learning and memory deficits on the striatum. This study aims ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Song Q,Deng Y,Yang X,Bai Y,Xu B,Liu W,Zheng W,Wang C,Zhang M,Xu Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) is a member of NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases involved in a wide range of pathophysiological processes including myocardial injury, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease. However, the direct implication of SIRT2 in ischemic stroke is still unclear. In the present study, we observed that ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Xie XQ,Zhang P,Tian B,Chen XQ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonic hedgehog (Shh) has been found to regulate the angiogenic growth factor such as VEGF, Ang-1, and Ang-2 during ischemic insults, but the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. In this study, we employed oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in astrocytes to mimic the ischemia in vitro. We found that OGD could in...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Li Y,Xia Y,Wang Y,Mao L,Gao Y,He Q,Huang M,Chen S,Hu B

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most survivors of ischemic stroke remain physically disabled and require prolonged rehabilitation. However, some stroke victims achieve a full neurological recovery suggesting that the human brain can defend itself against ischemic injury, but the protective mechanisms are unknown. This study used selective pharmacolo...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Sun F,Johnson SR,Jin K,Uteshev VV

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of circulating micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs, miRNAs) have been discovered its potential as biomarkers to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) by many researchers. However, there were obvious inconsistencies among previous studies, and thus we performed this meta-analysis to evaluate whe...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zi Y,Yin Z,Xiao W,Liu X,Gao Z,Jiao L,Deng L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) is a major feature in the pathology of Parkinson's disease (PD). Using neural stem or progenitor cells (NSC/NPCs), the prospect of replacing the missing or damaged DA neurons is very attractive for PD therapy. However, little is known about the endogen...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhou Y,Zhu J,Lv Y,Song C,Ding J,Xiao M,Lu M,Hu G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonic inhibition mediated by ambient levels of GABA that activate extrasynaptic GABAA receptors emerges as an essential factor that tunes neuronal network excitability in vitro and shapes behavioral responses in vivo. To address the role of neuromodulatory transmitter systems on this type of inhibition, we employed pa...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Meis S,Endres T,Munsch T,Lessmann V

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motilin is a 22-amino-acid gastrointestinal polypeptide that was first isolated from the porcine intestine. We identified that motilin receptor is highly expressed in GABAergic interneurons in the basolateral nucleus (BLA) of the amygdala, the structure of which is closely involved in assigning stress disorder and anx...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Feng B,Liu JC,Zhang J,Ozaki K,Guo YY,Yi DH,Li XQ,Zhao MG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by intracellular and extracellular protein aggregates, including microtubule-associated protein tau and cleavage product of amyloid precursor protein, β-amyloid (Aβ). Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is a calcium-dependent enzyme that cross-links proteins forming a γ-glutamyl-ε-l...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhang J,Wang S,Huang W,Bennett DA,Dickson DW,Wang D,Wang R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-DOPA is the main pharmacological therapy for Parkinson's disease. However, long-term exposure to L-DOPA induces involuntary movements termed dyskinesia. Clinical trials show that dyskinesia is attenuated by metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) antagonists. Further, the onset of dyskinesia is delayed by ni...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： García-Montes JR,Solís O,Enríquez-Traba J,Ruiz-DeDiego I,Drucker-Colín R,Moratalla R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra projecting to striatum. The cause of idiopathic PD is obscure, and most cases are sporadic. It is widely accepted that there is a genetic component of the disease, and the earlier the age of onset, the greater the likeli...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Fernandez-Espejo E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian brain contains high densities of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT1) receptors, localized mainly to specific nuclei within the hypothalamus and brainstem regions. Neuronal AT1 receptors within these areas mediate the stimulatory actions of central Ang II on blood pressure, water and sodium intake, and vasop...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Richards EM,Raizada MK,Gelband CH,Sumners C

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and obesity have been implicated as risk factors for dementia. However, metabolic mechanisms and associated signalling pathways have not been investigated in detail in frontotemporal dementia. We therefore here characterised physiological, behavioural and molecular phenotypes of 3- and 8-month-old male tau kn...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Hull C,Dekeryte R,Koss DJ,Crouch B,Buchanan H,Delibegovic M,Platt B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing systemic therapeutics for neuro-inflammatory diseases is a main objective of regenerative medicine, certainly focusing on restoration of BBB dysfunction and neurovascular reconstitution. In this context, the regenerative capacity and therapeutic effects of different stem cells have been recently found to ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Geranmayeh MH,Nourazarian A,Avci ÇB,Rahbarghazi R,Farhoudi M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00