The Absence of Pineal Melatonin Abolishes the Daily Rhythm of Tph1 (Tryptophan Hydroxylase 1), Asmt (Acetylserotonin O-Methyltransferase), and Aanat (Aralkylamine N-Acetyltransferase) mRNA Expressions in Rat Testes.

abstract：:In the present study, we demonstrate that molecular chaperone Hsp70 and Hsc70 is essential for normal organization and development of ommatidial cells in Drosophila melanogaster eye. An exogenously expressed dominant negative mutant of Hsp70 (K71E) and Hsc70.4 (K71S and D206S) in an eye-specific manner resulted in eye...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kumar A,Tiwari AK

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of the neurobiology of learning, significant emphasis has been placed on understanding neural plasticity within a single structure (or synapse type) as it relates to a particular type of learning mediated by a particular brain area. To appreciate fully the breadth of the plasticity responsible for complex...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Mizumori SJ,Cooper BG,Leutgeb S,Pratt WE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile amnesia (IA) refers to the inability of adults to recall episodic memories from infancy or early childhood. While several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the occurrence of IA, the neurobiological and molecular bases for this accelerated forgetting phenomenon remain elusive. Using hippocampus-depende...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Tsai TC,Huang CC,Hsu KS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured hippocampal neurons represent the most widely used experimental substrate for in vitro electrophysiological studies. Nevertheless, in most cases, the nature of neuron under study is not identified as excitatory or inhibitory, or even worse, recorded neurons are considered as excitatory because of the paucity ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Prestigio C,Ferrante D,Valente P,Casagrande S,Albanesi E,Yanagawa Y,Benfenati F,Baldelli P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that fatty acid-binding protein 3 (FABP3) knockout (Fabp3 -/-) mice exhibit abnormal dopamine-related behaviors such as enhanced dopamine D2 receptor antagonist-induced catalepsy behaviors. Here, we report that Fabp3 null mice exhibit cognitive deficits, hyperlocomotion and impaired fear extinct...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Yabuki Y,Takahata I,Matsuo K,Owada Y,Fukunaga K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preconditioning with volatile anesthetics can create an ischemia tolerance against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. We investigated whether ubiquitin conjugase 9 (Ubc9), the E2 conjugase for SUMOylation, is associated with neuroprotection induced by isoflurane preconditioning (IsoPC). In vitro, Ubc9 protein expre...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Tong L,Wu Z,Ran M,Chen Y,Yang L,Zhang H,Zhang L,Dong H,Xiong L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gammaretroviral human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) families MRSV/HERV-W and HERV-H (including the closely related HERV-Fc1) are associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Complete HERV sequences betray their endogenous retroviral origin, with open reading frames in gag, pro, pol and env being fl...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Morris G,Maes M,Murdjeva M,Puri BK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lafora disease (LD, OMIM 254780, ORPHA501) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the presence of glycogen-like intracellular inclusions called Lafora bodies and caused, in the vast majority of cases, by mutations in either EPM2A or EPM2B genes, encoding respectively laforin and malin. In the last year...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Romá-Mateo C,Aguado C,García-Giménez JL,Ibáñez-Cabellos JS,Seco-Cervera M,Pallardó FV,Knecht E,Sanz P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. These seizures are due to abnormal excessive and synchronous neuronal activity in the brain caused by a disruption of the delicate balance between excitation and inhibition. Neuropeptides can contribute to such misbalance by modulating the...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Clynen E,Swijsen A,Raijmakers M,Hoogland G,Rigo JM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) is a pathogenic retrovirus associated with a chronic progressive myelopathy, termed HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), as well as adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). A chronic inflammatory process has been implicated in HAM/TSP by a pathological s...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kira J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of in vitro amplification systems allows detecting femtomolar amounts of prion protein scrapie (PrP(Sc)) in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We performed a CSF study to determine the effects of prion disease type, codon 129 genotype, PrP(Sc) type, and other disease-related factors on the real-time quak...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Cramm M,Schmitz M,Karch A,Zafar S,Varges D,Mitrova E,Schroeder B,Raeber A,Kuhn F,Zerr I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate retina is a "genuine neural center" (Ramón y Cajal), in which glutamate is a major excitatory neurotransmitter. Both N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptors are expressed in the retina. Although non-NMDA receptors and/or metabotropic glutamate receptors are generally thought to be responsible...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Shen Y,Liu XL,Yang XL

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury remains an important cause of brain damage in neonates with potential life-long consequences. Caffeine, which is a competitive inhibitor of adenosine receptors, is commonly used as treatment for preterm apnoea in clinical settings. In the current study, we investigated the effects of...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Di Martino E,Bocchetta E,Tsuji S,Mukai T,Harris RA,Blomgren K,Ådén U

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal damage is a major factor contributing to disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. On the histological level, acute axonal injury is most frequently analyzed by anti-amyloid precursor protein immunohistochemistry. To what extent this method truly detects axonal injury, and whether other proteins ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Rühling S,Kramer F,Schmutz S,Amor S,Jiangshan Z,Schmitz C,Kipp M,Hochstrasser T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to organic forms of mercury has the theoretical capacity to generate a range of immune abnormalities coupled with chronic nitro-oxidative stress seen in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The paper discusses possible mechanisms explaining the neurotoxic effects of mercury and possible associations ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Morris G,Puri BK,Frye RE,Maes M

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：: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：:There is growing interest in the biology of dysbindin and its genetic locus (DTNBP1) due to genetic variants associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. Reduced levels of dysbindin mRNA and protein in the hippocampal formation of schizophrenia patients further support involvement of this locus in disease risk....

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Mullin AP,Gokhale A,Larimore J,Faundez V

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is variety of stem cell sources but problems in ethical issues, contamination, and normal karyotype cause many limitations in obtaining and using these cells. The cells in Wharton's jelly region of umbilical cord are abundant and available stem cells with low immunological incompatibility, which could be conside...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Bahrami N,Bayat M,Mohamadnia A,Khakbiz M,Yazdankhah M,Ai J,Ebrahimi-Barough S

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among elderly people. Despite enormous efforts, the pathogenesis of AD still remains unclear and no drug has yet been proved to be disease-modifying. As the basis of learning and memory, the plasticity of synapse and dendritic spine has been impaired during...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Huang L,Lan J,Tang J,Kang Y,Feng X,Wu L,Peng Y

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) toxicity causes mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to synaptic failure in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Considering presynaptic high energy demand and tight Ca2+ regulation, impairment of mitochondrial function can lead to deteriorated neural activity and cell death. In this study, an AD mouse m...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： da Silva JS,Nonose Y,Rohden F,Lukasewicz Ferreira PC,Fontella FU,Rocha A,Brochier AW,Apel RV,de Lima TM,Seminotti B,Amaral AU,Galina A,Souza DO

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine deficiency (ID) during development results in dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS) and affects psychomotor and motor function. It is worth noting that maternal mild and marginal ID tends to be the most common reason of preventable neurodevelopmental impairment, via a mechanism that has not been eluci...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Dong J,Lei X,Wang Y,Wang Y,Song H,Li M,Min H,Yu Y,Xi Q,Teng W,Chen J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Germline and somatic mutations in key genes of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway have been identified in seizure-associated disorders. mTOR mutations lead to aberrant activation of mTOR signaling, and, although affected neurons are critical for epileptogenesis, the role of mTOR activation in glial cells...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang X,Sha L,Sun N,Shen Y,Xu Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to differentiate into retinal tissue has led to many attempts to direct this process to yield specific retinal cell types. The ability to do so would greatly impact both the study of normal retina development in model systems that can be precisely controlled and the generat...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lu AQ,Barnstable CJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological dysfunction as a result of neuroinflammation has been reported in sepsis and cause high mortality. High levels of cytokines stimulate the formation of neurotoxic metabolites by kynurenine (KYN) pathway. Vitamin B6 (vit B6) has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and also acts as a cofactor for en...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Danielski LG,Giustina AD,Goldim MP,Florentino D,Mathias K,Garbossa L,de Bona Schraiber R,Laurentino AOM,Goulart M,Michels M,de Queiroz KB,Kohlhof M,Rezin GT,Fortunato JJ,Quevedo J,Barichello T,Dal-Pizzol F,Coimbra RS,

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex multifactorial nature of AD pathogenesis has been highlighted by evidence implicating additional neurodegenerative mechanisms, beyond that of amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau. To provide insight into cause and effect, we here investigated the temporal profile and associations of pathological changes in synaptic, end...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Buchanan H,Mackay M,Palmer K,Tothová K,Katsur M,Platt B,Koss DJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been reported that the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway regulates neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) derived from rats or mice and is essential for the self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). However, the roles of ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lee JE,Lim MS,Park JH,Park CH,Koh HC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00