Cognitive impairment is correlated with insulin resistance degree: the "PA-NICO-study".

abstract：:Increased benzodiazepine (BZ) receptor density has been reported in brains of rabbits with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) due to galactosamine (GalN)-induced fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). These data were generated using detergent-Triton X-100-treated neural membranes. While performing further studies it was noted that...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Rössle M,Mullen KD,Jones EA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a nervous system disorder caused due to liver dysfunction. HE is broadly classified as acute/overt and moderate-minimal HE. Since HE syndrome severely affects quality of life of the patients and it may be life threatening, it is important to develop effective therapeutic strategy...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Mondal P,Trigun SK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism, resulting in pathological accumulation of copper in many organs and tissues. The hallmarks of the disease are the presence of liver disease, neurologic symptoms, and Kayser-Fleischer corneal rings. The leading neurologic symptoms in...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Kitzberger R,Madl C,Ferenci P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an important aspect of normal central nervous system (CNS) function. Recently, it was shown that the BBB breakdown is one of the predisposing factors in the pathogenesis of thiamine-deficiency encephalopathy. The result is discussed along with some reviews on previous ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Harata N,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in NADH dehydrogenase (ND) subunits of complex I lead to mitochondrial encephalomyopathies associated with various phenotypes. This report aims to present the patient's clinical symptomatology in the context of a very rare 13042G>A de novo mutation and with an emphasis on changing phenotypic expression and p...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Schinwelski M,Kierdaszuk B,Dulski J,Tońska K,Kodroń A,Sitek EJ,Bartnik E,Kamińska A,Kwieciński H,Sławek J

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Tissue methylmalonic acid (MMA) accumulation is the biochemical hallmark of methylmalonic acidemia. Clinically, the disease is characterized by progressive neurological deterioration and renal failure, whose pathophysiology is still undefined. In the present study we investigated the effect of acute MMA administration...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Affonso AC,Machado DG,Malgarin F,Fraga DB,Ghedim F,Zugno A,Streck EL,Schuck PF,Ferreira GC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the neuroprotective effects of active compounds from Schisandra chinensis (Trucz.) Baill. (Magnoliaceae) against the D-galactose (D-gal)-induced neurotoxicity in rat. The Wistar rats were subcutaneously injected with D-gal (150 mg/(kg day)) for six weeks and orally administered wit...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Yan T,Shang L,Wang M,Zhang C,Zhao X,Bi K,Jia Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semi-chronic exposure of ICR male Mice to Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in non-toxic doses decreased brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA) and catecholamines without altering tryptophan (TRP) or tyrosine (TYR) levels. A TRP load (300 mg/kg, i.p. x 2 hours) slightly increased brain T...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Kimbrough TD,Llewellyn GC,Weekley LB

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is an increasingly prevalent clinical condition and second leading cause of death globally. The present study evaluated the therapeutic potential of Indian Ginseng, also known as Withania somnifera (WS), supplementation on middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) induced mitochondrial dysfunctions in experimenta...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Sood A,Mehrotra A,Dhawan DK,Sandhir R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of stroke. Strategies using antioxidants to improve neurological functions after stroke have, thus, gained significant attention. Ocimum basilicum L. is used traditionally to treat CNS disorders. Its antioxidant capacity is well established. Our laboratory ha...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Singh V,Krishan P,Shri R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier and the intestinal barrier show signs of disruption in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and animal models of nigrostriatal degeneration, and likewise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) models. A substantial body of evidence shows that defects in epithelial membrane barriers...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Fang X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a demyelinating condition affecting not only the pontine base, but also involving other brain areas. It usually occurs on a background of chronic systemic illness, and is commonly observed in individuals with alcoholism, malnutrition and liver disease. Studies carried out 25-30 ye...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Norenberg MD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain glucose uptake is usually reduced in type 2 diabetes owing to downregulation of brain glucose transporters. The ability of Vernonia amygdalina to stimulate glucose uptake as well as ameliorate glucose-induced oxidative stress and proinflammation were investigated in rat brain. Hot infusion of V. amygdalina leave...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Erukainure OL,Oyebode OA,Ibeji CU,Koorbanally NA,Islam MS

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：: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：:Tyrosinemia type II is an inborn error of metabolism caused by a deficiency in hepatic cytosolic aminotransferase. Affected patients usually present a variable degree of mental retardation, which may be related to the level of plasma tyrosine. In the present study we evaluated effect of chronic administration of L-tyr...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ferreira GK,Carvalho-Silva M,Gomes LM,Scaini G,Teixeira LJ,Mota IT,Schuck PF,Ferreira GC,Streck EL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium is a toxic environmental and industrial pollutant. Cadmium toxicity has been reported to produce biochemical and behavioral dysfunction that may cause adverse effects on several organs including the central nervous system. The present study was designed to investigate the neurotoxic effects of Cadmium Chloride...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Haider S,Anis L,Batool Z,Sajid I,Naqvi F,Khaliq S,Ahmed S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of phenylketonuria (PKU)-associated disorders has been implicated. Ischemia modified albumin (IMA) is a modified form of serum albumin, which is produced under the conditions of oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to measure the serum level of IMA in the PKU pat...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Keshavarzi F,Rastegar M,Vessal M,Rafiei Dehbidi G,Khorsand M,Ganjkarimi AH,Takhshid MA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-episode psychosis (FEP) patients are more sensitive to neuroleptic side-effects such as hyperprolactinemia. We examined the prolactin levels of previously minimally treated patients with first episode schizophrenia over their first year of treatment with flupenthixol decanoate and the relationship between prolac...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Retief M,Chiliza B,Phahladira L,Emsley R,Asmal L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system is one of the most vulnerable organs affected by mercury toxicity. Both acute and chronic exposure to mercury is also known to cause a variety of neurological or psychiatric disorders. Here, the neuroprotective effect of berberine (BN; 100 mg/kg bwt) on mercuric chloride (HgCl2; 0.4 mg/kg bw...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Abdel Moneim AE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the importance of cholesterol metabolism in the physiopathogenesis of dementia, and knowing the function of ATP-binding cassette A1 transporter (ABCA1) as a cholesterol flow pump at the cellular and cerebral level, it has been noted that the ABCA1 gene may be a good candidate for disease study. In order to ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Teresa JC,Fernado C,Nancy MR,Gilberto VA,Alberto CR,Roberto RR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that fetal metabolic stress may result in a variety of post-natal perturbations during brain development. The goal of the study was to determine the duration of hypoxia/ischemia that would elicit a demonstrable regional depression of metabolism in the fetal brain and further to examine se...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Pundik S,Robinson S,Lust WD,Zechel J,Buczek M,Selman WR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate neurotoxicity was studied in primary neuronal cultures prepared from rat cerebral cortex and hippocampal CA1 sector. Neurons were cultivated with 5% native horse serum and then exposed to 0.1 or 1.0 mM glutamate for 5 min. Subsequently, neurons were allowed to recover for 24 hours either in the presence or i...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Uto A,Dux E,Hossmann KA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Some subjects with multiple sclerosis (MS) present with low blood iron parameters. Anecdotal reports and a single patient study suggest that iron supplementation may be beneficial in these subjects. Myelin is regenerated continually, but prerequisites for this process are iron and a functional folate-vitamin...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： van Rensburg SJ,Kotze MJ,Hon D,Haug P,Kuyler J,Hendricks M,Botha J,Potocnik FC,Matsha T,Erasmus RT

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brain hyperammonemia interferes with ion homeostasis, membrane potentials, neurotransmission, and neurotransmitter recycling and reduces metabolic rates for oxygen and glucose. Because, cerebral blood flow (CBF) is closely coupled to metabolism, CBF is most often reduced in diseases associated with hyperammonem...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Larsen FS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease whose hallmark pathological features include a selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Ciclooxygenase-2 activity induction and oxidative stress have been implicated in the aetiology of Parkinson's disease and in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ortiz GG,Pacheco-Moisés FP,Gómez-Rodríguez VM,González-Renovato ED,Torres-Sánchez ED,Ramírez-Anguiano AC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has established that consumption of High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity is associated with deficits in hippocampus-dependent memory/learning and mood states. Nevertheless the link between obesity and emotional disorders still remains to be elucidated. This issue is of particular interest during adolesc...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Wu H,Liu Q,Kalavagunta PK,Huang Q,Lv W,An X,Chen H,Wang T,Heriniaina RM,Qiao T,Shang J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00