The oral administration of D-galactose induces abnormalities within the mitochondrial respiratory chain in the brain of rats.

abstract：:Despite the existence of many preclinical studies, scientific evidence is lacking on the clinical use of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) for central nervous system disorders. Therefore, we aimed at revising the literature concerning the use of ALA for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological conditions and to point out w...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： de Sousa CNS,da Silva Leite CMG,da Silva Medeiros I,Vasconcelos LC,Cabral LM,Patrocínio CFV,Patrocínio MLV,Mouaffak F,Kebir O,Macedo D,Patrocínio MCA,Vasconcelos SMM

更新日期：2019-02-01 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

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：: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：: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：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：:Chronic neuroinflammation is strongly associated with AD and altered peripheral and central levels of chemokines and cytokines have been frequently described in those with AD. Given the increasing evidence of ethnicity-related differences in AD, it was of interest to determine if those altered chemokine and cytokine l...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Ferguson SA,Varma V,Sloper D,Panos JJ,Sarkar S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder often associated with aging and characterized by several critical molecular changes that take place in the brain. Among the molecular hallmarks of AD, increased levels of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) and the subsequent Aβ-derived damage are the most well-studi...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zolezzi JM,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe psychiatric disorders that share many genetic risk factors. This study aimed to investigate the association of phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit1 (PIK3R1) gene rs3756668 and rs3730089 polymorphisms with SCZ and BD risks and determine the expression le...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Huang J,Chen Z,Zhu L,Wu X,Guo X,Yang J,Long J,Su L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipsychotics, such as risperidone, increase food intake and induce alteration in glucose and lipid metabolism concomitantly with overweight and body fat increase, these biological abnormalities belong to the metabolic syndrome definition (high visceral adiposity, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperglycemia, low HDL-choleste...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Auger F,Martin F,Pétrault O,Samaillie J,Hennebelle T,Trabelsi MS,Bailleul F,Staels B,Bordet R,Duriez P

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Transient cerebral ischemia causes long-lasting inhibition of protein synthesis despite recovery of energy metabolism. We investigated the question if this inhibition is due to the formation of a suppression factor which interferes with the function of the protein synthesizing machinery. For this purpose rats were sub...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Erdogdu G,Uto A,Hossmann KA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the short-term brain activity changes in cirrhotic patients with Liver transplantation (LT) using resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) with regional homogeneity (ReHo) method. Twenty-six cirrhotic patients as transplant candidates and 26 healthy controls were included in this study. The assessment was re...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Cheng Y,Huang L,Zhang X,Zhong J,Ji Q,Xie S,Chen L,Zuo P,Zhang LJ,Shen W

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Undernourished suckling rats were administered, by gastric intubation, either soy oil (which is rich in both linoleic and linolenic acids) or safflower oil (which is rich in linoleic acid but deficient in linolenic acid) to determine (1) if dietary supplementation would offset the hypomyelination characteristic of the...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Divakaran P,Pavlina T,Johnson RC,Cotter R,Madsen D,Wiggins R

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone insufficiency during neurodevelopment can result into significant structural and functional changes within the developing central nervous system (CNS), and is associated with the establishment of serious cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptomatology. The aim of the present study was to shed ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Koromilas C,Tsakiris S,Kalafatakis K,Zarros A,Stolakis V,Kimpizi D,Bimpis A,Tsagianni A,Liapi C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that oxidative stress is involved in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). It is suggested that omega-3 (ω3) fatty acids are fundamental to maintaining the functional integrity of the central nervous system. The animal model used in this study displayed fenproporex-induced hyperactivity, a s...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Gomes LM,Carvalho-Silva M,Teixeira LJ,Rebelo J,Mota IT,Bilesimo R,Michels M,Arent CO,Mariot E,Dal-Pizzol F,Scaini G,Quevedo J,Streck EL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism (MIM 209850) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disease that manifests within the first 3 years of life. Numerous articles reported that dysfunctional folate-methionine pathway enzymes may play an important role in the pathophysiology of autism. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a critical enzym...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Rai V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is biochemically characterized by elevated levels of leucine, isoleucine and valine, as well as their corresponding transaminated branched-chain α-keto acids in tissue and biological fluids. Neurological symptoms and cerebral abnormalities, whose mechanisms are still unknown, are typic...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Taschetto L,Scaini G,Zapelini HG,Ramos ÂC,Strapazzon G,Andrade VM,Réus GZ,Michels M,Dal-Pizzol F,Quevedo J,Schuck PF,Ferreira GC,Streck EL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the protective effect of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) against metabolic/excitotoxic insults in vitro, we investigated whether BDNF could limit infarct size after permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in rat (MCAO). BDNF was delivered into the territory of the middle cerebral artery v...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Yamashita K,Wiessner C,Lindholm D,Thoenen H,Hossmann KA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betanin, a natural food colorant with powerful antioxidative properties, has not been studied in terms of neurodegenerative disease intervention. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the neuroprotective effects of betanin against trimethyltin chloride (TMT) -induced neurodegeneration in mice. Forty male I...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Thong-Asa W,Prasartsri S,Klomkleaw N,Thongwan N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The permeability of the blood-brain barrier to glutamate was measured by quantitative autoradiography in brains of 7-day-old rats (average plasma glutamate 114 microM) and rats injected subcutaneously with glutamate (average plasma glutamate 2,670 microM). Measurements of glutamate permeability were initiated by the i...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Viña JR,DeJoseph MR,Hawkins PA,Hawkins RA

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：: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：:Severe neurological symptoms, cerebral edema, and atrophy are common features of the inherited metabolic disorder propionic acidemia. However, the pathomechanisms involved in the neuropathology of this disease are not well established. In this study, we investigate the effects of propionic acid (PA), a metabolite accu...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： de Almeida LM,Funchal C,Gottfried C,Wajner M,Pessoa-Pureur R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applying different technologies to monitor disease activity and treatment efficacy are essential in a complex disease such as multiple sclerosis. Combining current assays with flow cytometry could create a powerful tool for such analyses. The cell surface expression level of CD74, the MHC class II invariant chain, is ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Benedek G,Meza-Romero R,Bourdette D,Vandenbark AA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-induced activation of the expression of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident chaperon and member of the protein disulfide isomerase family erp72 was studied after transient cerebral ischemia in vivo using the four-vessel occlusion method and experimental depletion of ER calcium stores in primary neuronal cel...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Paschen W,Gissel C,Linden T,Doutheil J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) the blood concentration of ammonia is usually highly elevated. Ammonia readily enters brain cells from the blood, and toxic effects of ammonia on brain metabolism and neurotransmission are believed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of HE. It has, however, been a matter...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Sørensen M,Munk OL,Keiding S

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:The present study aimed to investigate the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the neuroprotective effect of Crocus sativus (saffron) against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) in rats. Four groups of a total forty I/R rats with 60-min occlusion followed by 48 h reperfusion or sham surgery wer...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Abdel-Rahman RF,El Awdan SA,Hegazy RR,Mansour DF,Ogaly HA,Abdelbaset M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00