The "Use It or Lose It" Dogma in the Retina: Visual Stimulation Promotes Protection Against Retinal Ischemia.

abstract：:Cholinergic system is very important for many higher brain functions, including learning and memory. Cholinergic neurons, especially those in the basal forebrain, are specifically susceptible in some neurodegenerative diseases, such as in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we studied the cholinergic system lesion effects...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Yan H,Pang P,Chen W,Zhu H,Henok K A,Li H,Wu Z,Ke X,Wu J,Zhang T,Pan K,Pei L,Han Y,Lu Y

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) produced by sphingosine kinases (SPHK1 and SPHK2) is a signaling molecule involved in cell proliferation and formation of cellular junctions. In this study, we characterized the retinas of Sphk1 knockout (KO) mice by electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry. We also tested cultured Mül...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wilkerson JL,Stiles MA,Gurley JM,Grambergs RC,Gu X,Elliott MH,Proia RL,Mandal NA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that δ-opioid receptor (DOR) activation attenuates α-synuclein expression/aggregation induced by MPP(+) and/or severe hypoxia. Since α-synuclein plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, DOR activation may trigger an antiparkinson pathway(s) against α-synuclein-ind...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Chen T,Wang Q,Chao D,Xia TC,Sheng S,Li ZR,Zhao JN,Wen GQ,Ding G,Xia Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin is an intermediate filament (also known as nanofilament) protein expressed in several cell types of the central nervous system, including astrocytes and neural stem/progenitor cells. Mutation of the vimentin serine sites that are phosphorylated during mitosis (VIM SA/SA ) leads to cytokinetic failures in fibr...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Chen M,Puschmann TB,Marasek P,Inagaki M,Pekna M,Wilhelmsson U,Pekny M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs) are hitherto regarded as perspective candidates for cell transplantation in clinical therapies for multilevel spinal cord injury and function restoration. However, the extreme drawbacks of NSCs available for injury transplantation still represent a significant bottleneck in neural regeneration...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Yang H,Liu C,Chen B,An J,Zhang R,Zhang Q,Zhao J,He B,Hao DJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of heart rate variability (HRV) and autonomic dysfunction are associated with poor outcomes in critically ill patients. Neuronal networks comprising brainstem and hypothalamus are involved in the "flight-or-fight" response via control over the autonomic nervous system and circulation. We hypothesized that sepsis-...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Pinto BB,Ritter C,Michels M,Gambarotta N,Ferrario M,Dal-Pizzol F,Singer M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition from occasional to escalated psychostimulant use is accelerated by prior drug exposure. These behavioral observations may be related to long-lasting transcriptional and/or epigenetic changes induced by the drug pre-exposure. Herein, we investigated if a single methamphetamine (METH) injection would enha...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Jayanthi S,Torres OV,Ladenheim B,Cadet JL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease which is characterized by progressive memory loss, the accumulation of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) (mainly Aβ1-42), and more recently, by neuroinflammation, which has been highlighted as playing a central role in the development and progress of AD. This study utilized...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Garcez ML,Mina F,Bellettini-Santos T,da Luz AP,Schiavo GL,Macieski JMC,Medeiros EB,Marques AO,Magnus NQ,Budni J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) takes advantage of the light-emitting properties of luciferase enzymes, which produce light upon oxidizing a substrate (i.e., D-luciferin) in the presence of molecular oxygen and energy. Photons emitted from living tissues can be detected and quantified by a highly sensitive charge-couple...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Hochgräfe K,Mandelkow EM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striatum is divided into two compartments, the striosomes and extrastriosomal matrix, which differ in several cytochemical markers, input-output connections, and time of neurogenesis. Since it is thought that limbic, reward-related information and executive aspects of behavioral information may be differentially p...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Miura M,Masuda M,Aosaki T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topoisomerase I (topo I) is a nuclear enzyme which participates in most DNA transactions. It was shown to be inhibited in depolarized neurons by poly adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation of the enzyme protein. We demonstrated previously an age and sex dependent topo I activity and enzyme protein level in the vario...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zehorai E,Eitan E,Hershfinkel M,Sekler I,Priel E

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmercury (MeHg) is an extremely dangerous environmental pollutant that induces severe toxic effects in the central nervous system. Neuronal damage plays critical roles mediating MeHg-induced loss of brain function and neurotoxicity. The molecular mechanisms of MeHg neurotoxicity are incompletely understood. The o...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Liu W,Xu Z,Yang T,Xu B,Deng Y,Feng S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of statins for the prevention or treatment of different neurodegenerative diseases has generated considerable interest albeit with some controversy. Mechanisms of statin-induced neuroprotection are not well understood. Recently, we reported that simvastatin stimulated neuronal gene expression and protein level...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Butterick TA,Igbavboa U,Eckert GP,Sun GY,Weisman GA,Müller WE,Wood WG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory perception and learning play a vital role in the animal's entire life for habituation and survival. Insulin and insulin receptor signaling is well known to modulate the olfactory function and is also involved in the regulation of neurogenesis. A very high density of insulin receptors is present in the olfact...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Mishra SK,Hidau M

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A major sensory organ for the detection of pheromones by animals is the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Although pheromones control the behaviors of various species, the effect of pheromones on human behavior has been controversial because the VNO is not functional in adults. However, recent genetic, biochemical, and electro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang Z,Nudelman A,Storm DR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present new ideas about motor control in the human central nervous system and about pathophysiological mechanisms of Parkinson's disease, and we describe the Posturo-Locomotion-Manual (PLM) method, which is a new technique utilizing optoelectronic camera recording for objective, fully quantitative, and standardized...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Steg G,Johnels B

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hGDH2 arose via duplication in the apes and driven by positive selection acquired enhanced catalytic ability under conditions inhibitory to its precursor hGDH1 (common to all mammals). To explore the biological advantage provided by the novel enzyme, we studied, by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescen...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Spanaki C,Kotzamani D,Kleopa K,Plaitakis A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins have proven their effectiveness in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. This class of drugs has also attracted attention as a potential treatment for dissimilar diseases such as certain types of cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. What appears to be a contradiction is that, in the case of cancer, it ha...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wood WG,Igbavboa U,Muller WE,Eckert GP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI) injury still remains an important issue as it is a major cause of neonatal death and neurological dysfunctions. Currently, there are no well-established treatments to reduce brain damage and its long-term sequel in infants. Recently, reported data show that histone deacetylase inhibitors...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ziemka-Nalecz M,Jaworska J,Sypecka J,Polowy R,Filipkowski RK,Zalewska T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) are associated with familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), while wild-type TDP-43 is a pathological hallmark of patients with sporadic ALS and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Various in vitro and in vivo studies have also demonstrated toxicity ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Janssens J,Wils H,Kleinberger G,Joris G,Cuijt I,Ceuterick-de Groote C,Van Broeckhoven C,Kumar-Singh S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social isolation during the vulnerable period of adolescence produces emotional dysregulation that often manifests as abnormal behavior in adulthood. The enduring consequence of isolation might be caused by a weakened ability to forget unpleasant memories. However, it remains unclear whether isolation affects unpleasa...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Liu JH,You QL,Wei MD,Wang Q,Luo ZY,Lin S,Huang L,Li SJ,Li XW,Gao TM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear is crucial for survival, whereas hypermnesia of fear can be detrimental. Inhibition of the Rac GTPase is recently reported to impair the forgetting of initially acquired memory in Drosophila. Here, we investigated whether inhibition of Rac1 activity in rat hippocampus could contribute to the hypermnesia of contex...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Jiang L,Mao R,Zhou Q,Yang Y,Cao J,Ding Y,Yang Y,Zhang X,Li L,Xu L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a common non-motor symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and difficult to treat. Crocin is a natural multipotential neuroprotective compound that has been shown to elicit antidepressant activity and is promising for the therapy of neuropsychological diseases. Here, we investigated the therape...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Tang J,Lu L,Wang Q,Liu H,Xue W,Zhou T,Xu L,Wang K,Wu D,Wei F,Tao W,Chen G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Lipoic acid-plus (LAP), an amine derivative of α-lipoic acid (LA), could protect cells against oxidant challenges via chelating intralysosomal iron. However, the application of LAP in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is still not well known. This study was designed to evaluate the potential neuroprotection...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang Y,Gao A,Xu X,Dang B,You W,Li H,Yu Z,Chen G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once infected by HIV-1, microglia abundantly produce accessory protein Nef that enhances virus production and infectivity, but little is known about its intracellular compartmentalization, trafficking mode(s), and release from microglia. Here, we transfected immortalized human microglia with a plasmid encoding Nef tag...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Stenovec M,Lasič E,Dominkuš PP,Bobnar ST,Zorec R,Lenassi M,Kreft M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes are involved in many key physiological processes in the brain, including glutamatergic transmission, energy metabolism, and blood flow control. They become reactive in response to pathological situations, a response that involves well-described morphological alterations and less characterized functional cha...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Escartin C,Bonvento G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain largely unclear. In the present study, we were aimed to identify the potential key molecules involved in spatial memory impairment in a triple transgenic (3xTg-AD) mouse model of AD. By employing two-dimensional fluorescence di...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ying M,Sui X,Zhang Y,Sun Q,Qu Z,Luo X,Chang RC,Ni J,Liu J,Yang X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of α-synuclein has had profound implications concerning our understanding of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders characterized by α-synuclein accumulation. In fact, as compared with pre-α-synuclein times, a "new" PD can now be described as a whole-body disease in which a progre...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ulusoy A,Di Monte DA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decline in brain noradrenaline levels is associated with the progression of certain neurodegenerative diseases. This seems to be due, at least in part, to the ability of noradrenaline to limit glial activation and to reduce the damage associated with it. Our previous studies of the mechanisms involved in this proc...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Gutiérrez IL,González-Prieto M,García-Bueno B,Caso JR,Feinstein DL,Madrigal JLM

更新日期：2018-10-01 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