PAS kinase is a nutrient and energy sensor in hypothalamic areas required for the normal function of AMPK and mTOR/S6K1.

abstract：:Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is a high-occurrence neurological disorder but the difficulty in identifying precise and early biomarkers has complicated the understanding of the disease and the development of new treatments. In this sense, important knowledge is emerging regarding novel molecular and biological...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Herrera-Espejo S,Santos-Zorrozua B,Álvarez-González P,Lopez-Lopez E,Garcia-Orad Á

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a key component of the pathological cascade in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Fucoxanthin (Fx) possesses a strong antioxidant property and has shown neuroprotective effects in acute brain injuries such as ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury. Here, we investigated the beneficial effects of Fx...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhang XS,Lu Y,Tao T,Wang H,Liu GJ,Liu XZ,Liu C,Xia DY,Hang CH,Li W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain injuries such as trauma and stroke lead to glial scar formation by reactive astrocytes which produce and secret axonal outgrowth inhibitors. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) constitute a well-known class of extracellular matrix molecules produced at the glial scar and cause growth cone collapse. The CSPG...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Galindo LT,Mundim MTVV,Pinto AS,Chiarantin GMD,Almeida MES,Lamers ML,Horwitz AR,Santos MF,Porcionatto M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase C beta 1 (PLCβ1) expresses in gliomas and cultured glial cells, but its expression is barely detectable in normal glial cells. We analyzed data from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO-GDSxxx), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and the Repository for Molecular Brain Neoplasia Data (REMBRANDT) to explore the poten...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lu G,Chang JT,Liu Z,Chen Y,Li M,Zhu JJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are major challenges in research and clinical medicine world-wide and contribute to the most common neurodegenerative disorders. Previously, specific mitochondrial polymorphisms have been found to enhance clearance of amyloid-β from the brain of APP-transgenic mice lea...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Fröhlich C,Zschiebsch K,Gröger V,Paarmann K,Steffen J,Thurm C,Schropp EM,Brüning T,Gellerich F,Radloff M,Schwabe R,Lachmann I,Krohn M,Ibrahim S,Pahnke J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drastic increase in the consumption of fructose encouraged the research to focus on its effects on brain physio-pathology. Although young and adults differ largely by their metabolic and physiological profiles, most of the previous studies investigated brain disturbances induced by long-term fructose feeding in ad...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Cigliano L,Spagnuolo MS,Crescenzo R,Cancelliere R,Iannotta L,Mazzoli A,Liverini G,Iossa S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimebon (latrepirdine) is an anti-histaminergic agent which belongs to a fast-growing group of "old" medicines suggested to be of therapeutic utility for pathological conditions different from their original design ("repositioning"). Here, we overview the most recent studies on Dimebon directed to pathological process...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ustyugov A,Shevtsova E,Bachurin S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder accompanied by depletion of dopamine and loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain that is believed to be responsible for the motor and non-motor symptoms in this disease. The main drug prescribed for Parkinsonian patients is L-dopa, which can be converted to dopamin...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Jamebozorgi K,Taghizadeh E,Rostami D,Pormasoumi H,Barreto GE,Hayat SMG,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine if nicotine was able to improve cognition deficits in a mouse model of chronic mild stress. Twenty-four male C57BL/6 mice were divided into three groups: control, stress, and stress with nicotine treatment. The animal model was established by combining chronic unpredictable mild st...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Shang X,Shang Y,Fu J,Zhang T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent childhood psychiatric disorders. During the past decades, studies have focused on its genetic background and the abnormality of the brain structure and function. Recently, an advanced technique linking these two areas, namely, the imaging gen...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wu Z,Yang L,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence suggesting that one of the most relevant pathophysiological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neuroinflammation, which plays an important role in the production and regulation of AD-related proteins (amyloid beta (Aβ) and Tau) and exacerbates AD pathology. Neuroinflammation can also ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Magalhães TNC,Weiler M,Teixeira CVL,Hayata T,Moraes AS,Boldrini VO,Dos Santos LM,de Campos BM,de Rezende TJR,Joaquim HPG,Talib LL,Forlenza OV,Cendes F,Balthazar MLF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a multimodal drug design strategy for age-related neurodegenerative diseases, we have synthesized a multifunctional nontoxic, brain-permeable iron-chelating compound, M30, possessing the neuroprotective N-propargyl moiety of the anti-Parkinsonian drug, monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor, rasagiline and the antioxi...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kupershmidt L,Amit T,Bar-Am O,Weinreb O,Youdim MB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has been implicated in neuroimmune responses and has pleiotropic actions in the brain. Compelling evidence has shown that IL-1 is a major mediator of inflammation and the progression of cell death in response to brain injury and cerebral ischemia. Its expression is strongly increased in these path...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Boutin H,Kimber I,Rothwell NJ,Pinteaux E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine has a broad impact on both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Over the past decades, an increasing number of genes potentially involved in nicotine addiction have been identified by different technical approaches. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction remain largely unknown....

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Liu X,Liu M,Li X,Zhang L,Fan R,Wang J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid system (ECS) actively participates in several physiological processes within the central nervous system. Among such, its involvement in the downregulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr) through a modulatory input at the cannabinoid receptors (CBr) has been established. After its produ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Aguilera-Portillo G,Rangel-López E,Villeda-Hernández J,Chavarría A,Castellanos P,Elmazoglu Z,Karasu Ç,Túnez I,Pedraza G,Königsberg M,Santamaría A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that inadequate dystrophin in cortical neurons in mdx mice is associated with age-dependent dyshomeostasis of resting intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and Na+ ([Na+]i), elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, increase in neuronal damage and cognitive deficit. In this study, we assessed ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lopez JR,Uryash A,Kolster J,Estève E,Zhang R,Adams JA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional antidepressant drugs elevate the availability of monoamine neurotransmitters. However, these pharmacological therapies have limited efficacy and a slow onset of action as main limitations. New glutamatergic drugs such as ketamine have shown promise as a rapid-acting antidepressant drugs although with adve...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Gordillo-Salas M,Pascual-Antón R,Ren J,Greer J,Adell A

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) is most commonly associated with the mutations in presenilin-1 (PS1). PS1 is the catalytic component of the γ-secretase complex, which cleaves amyloid precursor protein to produce amyloid-β (Aβ), the major cause of AD. Presenilin enhancer 2 (Pen2) is critical for activatin...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Chen WT,Hsieh YF,Huang YJ,Lin CC,Lin YT,Liu YC,Lien CC,Cheng IH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels and the risk of acute cerebral infarction in patients with carotid artery lesions. A total of 78 patients were divided into two groups, the high Hcy group (n = 38; Hcy levels >15 umol/L) and the low Hcy group (n = 40; Hcy levels ≤15 ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wu W,Guan Y,Xu K,Fu XJ,Lei XF,Lei LJ,Zhang ZQ,Cheng Y,Li YQ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the leading cause of severe disability, and lacunar stroke is related to cognitive decline and hemiparesis. There is no effective treatment for the majority of patients with stroke. Thus, stem cell-based regenerative medicine has drawn a growing body of attention due to the capabilities for trophic factor ex...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Jablonska A,Drela K,Wojcik-Stanaszek L,Janowski M,Zalewska T,Lukomska B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons with a desired neurotransmitter phenotype can be differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells or from somatic cells only through tedious protocols with relatively low yield. Readily available cortical neurons isolated from embryonic rat brain, which have already undergone a complete neuronal differentiat...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Raina A,Mahajani S,Bähr M,Kügler S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder. A defining hallmark of the AD brain is the presence of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) which are made up of abnormally modified tau, with aberrant phosphorylation being the most studied posttranslational modification (PTM)...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Guha S,Johnson GVW,Nehrke K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) bind and internalize long-chain fatty acids, controlling lipid dynamics. Recent studies have proposed the involvement of FABPs, particularly FABP7, in lipid droplet (LD) formation in glioma, but the physiological significance of LDs is poorly understood. In this study, we sought to ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Islam A,Kagawa Y,Miyazaki H,Shil SK,Umaru BA,Yasumoto Y,Yamamoto Y,Owada Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that neurofibromin (NF1) restricts GABA release at inhibitory synapses and regulates dendritic spine formation, which may play an important role in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). NF1 expression was detected by double-label immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and western blot analysis in the bra...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ren M,Li K,Wang D,Guo J,Li J,Yang G,Long X,Shen W,Hu R,Wang X,Zeng K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most frequent adult-onset motor neuron disease characterized by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons (MNs), generalized weakness and muscle atrophy. The "neurocentric" view of ALS assumes that the disease primarily affects motor neurons, while muscle alterations only...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Pansarasa O,Rossi D,Berardinelli A,Cereda C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genome-wide association studies have identified two variants rs10033464 and rs2200733 on chromosome 4q25, significantly associated with ischemic stroke risk. We conducted this study to investigate whether these two variants were associated with age at onset and prognosis of ischemic stroke in a Chinese populati...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Sun L,Tian L,Xu J,Zhang Z,Liu X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron accumulates progressively in the brain with age, and iron-induced oxidative stress has been considered as one of the initial causes for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Based on the role of hepcidin in peripheral organs and its expression in the brain, we hypothesized that this peptide has a...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Du F,Qian ZM,Luo Q,Yung WH,Ke Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpalatable diets (HP) impair brain metabolism, and regular physical exercise has an apparent opposite effect. Here, we combined a prior long-term exposure to HP diet followed by physical exercise and evaluated the impact on some neuroenergetic components and on cognitive performance. We assessed the extracellular ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Portela LV,Brochier AW,Haas CB,de Carvalho AK,Gnoato JA,Zimmer ER,Kalinine E,Pellerin L,Muller AP

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCDH19 encodes for protocadherin-19 (PCDH19), a cell-adhesion molecule of the cadherin superfamily preferentially expressed in the brain. PCDH19 mutations cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome named epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 9 (EIEE9) characterized by seizures associated with cognitive and behavioral de...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Serratto GM,Pizzi E,Murru L,Mazzoleni S,Pelucchi S,Marcello E,Mazzanti M,Passafaro M,Bassani S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00