Astrogliosis and decreased neural viability as consequences of early consumption of aspartame and acesulfame potassium in male Wistar rats.

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：: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：:The associations between thyroid auto-immunity and neuro-psychiatric disorders are well-documented. However, there exists limited literature specifically linking auto-immune thyroid disease (AITD) to bipolar disorder (BD). Thus, we investigated the likely association between Hashimoto's disease and BD through the extr...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Naicker M,Abbai N,Naidoo S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations of levels of apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and apolipoprotein B and ApoB/A1 ratio and risk of a first stroke have not been reliably documented. We performed a meta-analysis to summarize the relationships and confirmed them in a case-control study. We identified relevant publications in PubMed and Embase d...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Dong H,Chen W,Wang X,Pi F,Wu Y,Pang S,Xie Y,Xia F,Zhang Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiamine triphosphate (ThTP) was discovered over 60 years ago and it was long thought to be a specifically neuroactive compound. Its presence in most cell types, from bacteria to mammals, would suggest a more general role but this remains undefined. In contrast to thiamine diphosphate (ThDP), ThTP is not a coenzyme. I...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Bettendorff L,Lakaye B,Kohn G,Wins P

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:There is abundant evidence showing that repeated use of MDMA (3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, ecstasy) has been associated with depression, anxiety and deficits in learning and memory, suggesting detrimental effects on hippocampus. Adenosine is an endogenous purine nucleoside that has a neuromodulatory role in the...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Kermanian F,Mehdizadeh M,Soleimani M,Ebrahimzadeh Bideskan AR,Asadi-Shekaari M,Kheradmand H,Haghir H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaric aciduria type I (GA-I) is an inborn error of lysine and tryptophan metabolism. Clinical manifestations of GA-I include dystonic or dyskinetic cerebral palsy, but when the symptoms occur, treatment is not effective. In Taiwan, newborn screening for GA-I started in 2001; we wish to evaluate the outcomes of pati...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Lee CS,Chien YH,Peng SF,Cheng PW,Chang LM,Huang AC,Hwu WL,Lee NC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, neurological disorders such as epilepsy, depression, tardive dyskinesia, and stress, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia, and Huntington's disease affect millions of people all over the world. Existing pharmacological interventions do not meet the desired t...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Husain I,Zameer S,Madaan T,Minhaj A,Ahmad W,Iqubaal A,Ali A,Najmi AK

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have been conducted to explore the association between proline dehydrogenase gene (PRODH) polymorphisms and schizophrenia (SZ) susceptibility, but providing the controversial results. Here we performed this meta-analysis to determine whether PRODH variants were associated with SZ risk. Relevant studie...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Guo X,Tang P,Yang C,Li R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a major clinical challenge that is associated with encephalopathy and multi-organ dysfunction. Current therapeutic interventions are relatively ineffective and the development of novel treatments is hampered by the lack of a well-characterised animal model. Therefore, the behavioural, metabolic, physiologica...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Brooks HF,Osabutey CK,Moss RF,Andrews PL,Davies DC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which develops in patients with severe liver diseases and/or portal-systemic shunting. Minimal HE, the earliest manifestation of HE, has drawn increasing attention in the last decade. Minimal HE is associated with a series of brain functional changes, such as ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zhang LJ,Wu S,Ren J,Lu GM

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Hepatic encephalopathy can be a life-threatening complication of fulminant hepatic failure. By understanding the pathophysiology involved in the induction of this neuropsychiatric disorder, future therapeutic and/or preventive attempts could be considered. In this study, an attempt has been made in order to shed more ...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Zarros A,Theocharis S,Skandali N,Tsakiris S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gaseous ammonia (NH3) can freely enter cells through the plasma membrane where NH3 is cyto(neuro)toxic, NH3 and ionic ammonia (NH4+) contents have not been studied in biological materials. We developed a new method for measurement of expiratory NH3 concentration, which may reflect blood NH3 concentrations. Th...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Wakabayashi H,Kuwabara Y,Murata H,Kobashi K,Watanabe A

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：: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：: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：:There is evidence to suggest that, in acute liver failure (ALF), brain ammonia and proinflammatory cytokines may act synergistically to cause brain edema and its complications (intracranial hypertension, brain herniation). However, the molecular mechanisms involved remain to be established. In order to address this is...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Chastre A,Jiang W,Desjardins P,Butterworth RF

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Maternal separation in non-human primates has been proposed as a model of early adversity. The symptoms of separation anxiety were studied in vervet monkeys, during the weaning period, when psychotropic medications were administered. The control group received a normal diet and treatment groups received citalopram, re...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Marais L,Daniels W,Brand L,Viljoen F,Hugo C,Stein DJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:Pipecolic acid (PA) levels are increased in severe metabolic disorders of the central nervous system such as Zellweger syndrome, infantile Refsum disease, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy and hyperlysinemia. The affected individuals present progressive neurological dysfunction, hypotonia and growth retardation. The mecha...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Dalazen GR,Terra M,Jacques CE,Coelho JG,Freitas R,Mazzola PN,Dutra-Filho CS

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Overwhelming evidence suggests that microglia play an important role in ischemic injury and they polarize into two different phenotypes with distinct functions after ischemic stroke. We performed the present study to investigate whether L-3-n butylphthalide (NBP) has an effect on microglial polarization. Mice were sub...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Li F,Ma Q,Zhao H,Wang R,Tao Z,Fan Z,Zhang S,Li G,Luo Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Allicin, one of the main biologically active compounds derived from garlic, was previously reported to possess multiple pharmacological activities. Whether allicin protected against chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) induced depressive-like behaviors remained unknown. Thus, our present study for the first time invest...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Gao W,Wang W,Liu G,Zhang J,Yang J,Deng Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing facial neurons of a series of hamsters ranging in age from the 14-day fetus to the 9 day postnatal were axotomized. Postoperative times were graded for each age so that the retrograde response could be observed before any significant amount of cell degeneration or death occurred. The incorporation of tr...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： Clark P,Jones KJ,LaVelle A

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Cerebral inflammation plays a role in diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and depression. Iron is involved in infection and inflammation through free radical production. Theoretically transferrin should prohibit iron from participating in oxidative reactions, but transferrin has also be...

journal_title：Metabolic brain disease

authors： van Rensburg SJ,van Zyl J,Hon D,Daniels W,Hendricks J,Potocnik F,Erasmus R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00