abstract：:Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) was first identified in a spontaneous mouse mutant showing cerebellar ataxia. In addition to cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs), retinal photoreceptors, mitral cells in the olfactory bulb, and a discrete subpopulation of thalamic neurons also degenerate in the mutant brains. The gene resp...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhou L,Hossain MI,Yamazaki M,Abe M,Natsume R,Konno K,Kageyama S,Komatsu M,Watanabe M,Sakimura K,Takebayashi H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we discuss the poorly explored role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in memory maintenance, and its influence on memory destabilization. After a brief review on CaMKII and memory destabilization, we present critical pieces of evidence suggesting that CaMKII activity increases ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vigil FA,Giese KP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilament proteins (Nf) are a biomarker of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study investigated whether there are major differences in expression from in vivo measurements of neurofilament isoforms, from the light chain, NfL (68 kDa), compared with larger proteins, the medium chain (...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zucchi E,Lu CH,Cho Y,Chang R,Adiutori R,Zubiri I,Ceroni M,Cereda C,Pansarasa O,Greensmith L,Malaspina A,Petzold A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have highlighted the role of mitochondria in dendritic protrusion growth and plasticity. However, the detailed mechanisms that mitochondria regulate dendritic filopodia morphogenesis remain elusive. Cyclophilin D (CypD, gene name: Ppif) controls the opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sui S,Tian J,Gauba E,Wang Q,Guo L,Du H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic postconditioning is increasingly being investigated as a therapeutic approach for cerebral ischemia. However, the majority of studies are focused on the acute protection of neurons per se. Whether and how postconditioning affects multiple cells in the recovering neurovascular unit remains to be fully elucidat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Esposito E,Hayakawa K,Ahn BJ,Chan SJ,Xing C,Liang AC,Kim KW,Arai K,Lo EH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder is a common form of mental illness. Many brain regions are implicated in the pathophysiology and symptomatology of depression. Among key brain areas is the striatum that controls reward and mood and is involved in the development of core depression-like behavior in animal models of depression...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mao LM,Wang JQ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder with widespread neurodegeneration in the brain. Significant oxidative, reductive, metabolic, and proteotoxic alterations have been observed in PD postmortem brains. The alterations of mitochondrial function resulting in decreased bioenergetic health is important and need...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhang J,Culp ML,Craver JG,Darley-Usmar V

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microinfarcts are small, but strikingly common, ischemic brain lesions in the aging human brain. There is mounting evidence that microinfarcts contribute to vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, but the origins of microinfarcts are unclear. Understanding the vascular pathologies that cause microinfarcts may yiel...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hartmann DA,Hyacinth HI,Liao FF,Shih AY

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcortical ischemic vascular cognitive impairment (SIVCI) is the most preventable form of cognitive dysfunction. There is converging evidence from animal and human studies that indicate vascular injury as the primary cause of SIVCI. Currently, there are no curative pharmaceutical treatments for vascular dementia; how...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dao E,Hsiung GR,Liu-Ambrose T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Editorial highlights an article in the current issue by Tapia-Rojas and Inestrosa suggesting that attenuation of Wnt signalling may be a triggering factor for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) in the J20 mouse model of AD. Their study utilises Wnt signalling inhibitors that operate at different points in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Garner B,Ooi L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) belongs to one of the most multifactorial, complex and heterogeneous morbidity-leading disorders. Despite the extensive research in the field, AD pathogenesis is still at some extend obscure. Mechanisms linking AD with certain comorbidities, namely diabetes mellitus, obesity and dyslipidemia, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nday CM,Eleftheriadou D,Jackson G

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tan-67 is a selective non-peptidic δ-opioid receptor (DOR) agonist that confers neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-caused neuronal injury in pre-treated animals. In this study, we examined whether post-ischemic administration of Tan-67 in stroke mice is also neuroprotective and whether the tre...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Min JW,Liu Y,Wang D,Qiao F,Wang H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative pathology characterized by aggregates of amyloid-β (Aβ) and phosphorylated tau protein, synaptic dysfunction, and spatial memory impairment. The Wnt signaling pathway has several key functions in the adult brain and has been associated with AD, mainly as a neuroprotectiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tapia-Rojas C,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) and GSH-related enzymes constitute the most important defense system that protects cells from free radical, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy attacks. In this study, we aim to explore the potential role and regulatory mechanism of the GSH redox cycle in drug resistance in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) c...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhu Z,Du S,Du Y,Ren J,Ying G,Yan Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy of malignant glioma relies on treatment with the O6 -methylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) concomitant with ionizing radiation followed by adjuvant TMZ. For the treatment of recurrences, DNA chloroethylating drugs are also used. The main killing lesion induced by these drugs is O6 -alkylguanine. Since this dama...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Aasland D,Reich TR,Tomicic MT,Switzeny OJ,Kaina B,Christmann M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the common complications associated with diabetes mellitus and the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Recent research has demonstrated that DR is not only a microvascular disease but may be a result of neurodegenerative processes. Moreover, glucose-induced neuron and glial cell d...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zorrilla-Zubilete MA,Yeste A,Quintana FJ,Toiber D,Mostoslavsky R,Silberman DM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this editorial, we highlight the recent work of Dorninger et al. that demonstrates a reduction in plasmalogens in the motor end plate is associated with a reduction in motor end plate function. This reduction in function is illuminated in reduced muscle function in these mice, corresponding with the reduction in ac...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Murphy EJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron-secreted factors induce astrocytic expression of the glutamate transporter, GLT-1 (excitatory amino acid transporter 2). In addition to their elaborate anatomic relationships with neurons, astrocytes also have processes that extend to and envelop the vasculature. Although previous studies have demonstrated that...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lee ML,Martinez-Lozada Z,Krizman EN,Robinson MB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and is, on a histopathological level, characterized by the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques composed of the protein fragment Aβ, and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, which contain the microtubule-associated protein tau in a hyperphos...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brandt R,Bakota L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Review highlighted in this Editorial followed a CAEN Return Home Grant. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： William Rebeck G,Pak DTS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suprachiasmatic nucleus houses the central circadian clock and is characterized by the timely regulated expression of clock genes. However, neurons of the cerebellar cortex also contain a circadian oscillator with circadian expression of clock genes being controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus. It has been sugg...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bering T,Carstensen MB,Rath MF

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental stress can interact with genetic predisposition to increase the risk of developing psychopathology. In this work, we tested the hypothesis that social isolation stress interacts with impaired glutathione synthesis and have cumulative effects on the neurochemical profile of the frontal cortex. A mouse mod...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Corcoba A,Gruetter R,Do KQ,Duarte JMN

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the protein kinase D (PKD) family of serine/threonine kinases are known to exert diverse roles in neuronal stress responses. Here, we show the transient activation and nuclear translocation of endogenous PKD upon oxidative stress induced by H2 O2 treatment in primary neuronal cultures. Using pharmacological...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liliom H,Tárnok K,Ábrahám Z,Rácz B,Hausser A,Schlett K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Review "The malleable brain: plasticity of neural circuits and behavior - A review from students to students" has been written by a group of students following the International Society for Neurochemistry and Journal of Neurochemistry Flagship School. Comprehensively written by students for students, it provides b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schulz JB,Hausmann L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) are characterized by cognitive impairment and other neurological defects. The definite cause of and pathways underlying the progression of these NDDs are not well-defined. Several mechanisms have been proposed to contribute to the development of NDDs. These mechanisms may procee...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Basavarajappa BS,Shivakumar M,Joshi V,Subbanna S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is a member of the TRAF family and an important multifunctional intracellular adaptin of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily and toll/IL-1 receptor (TIR) superfamily. TRAF6 has been studied in several central nervous system diseases, including ischemic strok...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dou Y,Shen H,Feng D,Li H,Tian X,Zhang J,Wang Z,Chen G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine receptor (GlyR) truncations in the intracellular TM3-4 loop, documented in patients suffering from hyperekplexia and in the mouse mutant oscillator, lead to non-functionality of GlyRs. The missing part that contains the TM3-4 loop, TM4 and C-terminal sequences is essential for pentameric receptor arrangements....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Langlhofer G,Villmann C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult neurogenesis was first observed nearly 60 years ago, and it has since grown into an important neurochemistry research field. Much recent research has focused on the treatment of brain diseases through neuronal regeneration with endogenously generated neurons. In the adult brain, immature neurons called neuroblas...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kaneko N,Sawada M,Sawamoto K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recycling of synaptic vesicle (SV) proteins and transmitter release occur at multiple sites along the axon. These processes are sensitive to inhibition of the small GTP binding protein ARF1, which regulates the adaptor protein 1 and 3 complex (AP-1/AP-3). As the axon matures, SV recycling becomes restricted to the...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rampérez A,Sánchez-Prieto J,Torres M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrolein is one of the most toxic byproducts of lipid peroxidation, and it has been shown to be associated with multiple pathological processes in trauma and diseases, including spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, suppressing acrolein using acrolein scavengers has been suggested...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tian R,Shi R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is a debilitating chronic pain condition occurring after damage in the nervous system and is refractory to the currently available treatments. Major challenges include elucidating its mechanisms and developing new medications to treat it. Nerve injury-induced pain hypersensitivity involves aberrant ex...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tsuda M,Koga K,Chen T,Zhuo M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) is a low-affinity receptor that is capable of binding neurotrophins. Two different p75NTR knockout mouse lines are available either with a deletion in Exon III (p75NTRExIII-/- ) or in Exon IV (p75NTRExIV-/- ). In p75NTRExIII knockout mice, only the full-length p75NTR is deleted, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Busch R,Baldus M,Vogt MA,Berger SM,Bartsch D,Gass P,von Bohlen Und Halbach O

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical strain in neural tissues can lead to the up-regulation and release of multiple cytokines including interleukin 6 (IL-6). In the retina, the mechanosensitive release of ATP can autostimulate P2X7 receptors on both retinal ganglion cell neurons and optic nerve head astrocytes. Here, we asked whether the purin...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lu W,Albalawi F,Beckel JM,Lim JC,Laties AM,Mitchell CH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in the Cln2 gene that leads to deficiency or loss of function of the tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1) enzyme. TPP1 deficiency is known to cause the accumulation of autofluoroscent lipid-protein pigments in brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ghosh A,Rangasamy SB,Modi KK,Pahan K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal separation (MS) is known to affect hippocampal function such as learning and memory, yet the molecular mechanism remains unknown. We hypothesized that these impairments are attributed to abnormities of neural circuit formation by MS, and focused on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as key factor becaus...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ohta KI,Suzuki S,Warita K,Kaji T,Kusaka T,Miki T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod, a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) agonist, is clinically available to treat multiple sclerosis and is showing promise in treating stroke. We investigated if fingolimod provides long-term protection from experimental neonatal germinal matrix hemorrhage (GMH), aiming to support a potential mechanism ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rolland WB,Krafft PR,Lekic T,Klebe D,LeGrand J,Weldon AJ,Xu L,Zhang JH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 25 years ago it was first reported that intracellular chloride levels (Cl-in ) were higher in developing neurons than in maturity. This finding has had significant implications for understanding the excitability of developing networks and recognizing the underlying causes of hyperexcitability associated with dise...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lindsly C,Gonzalez-Islas C,Wenner P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain adapts to dynamic environmental conditions by altering its epigenetic state, thereby influencing neuronal transcriptional programs. An example of an epigenetic modification is protein methylation, catalyzed by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMT). One member, Prmt8, is selectively expressed in the cent...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lee PK,Goh WW,Sng JC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ) plays crucial roles in managing microglial activation through the prostanoid EP2 receptor, a PGE2 receptor subtype. In this study, we report that PGE2 enhances interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-induced nitric oxide production in microglia. IFN-γ increased the release of nitrite, a metabolite of nitric oxid...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nagano T,Nishiyama R,Sanada A,Mutaguchi Y,Ioku A,Umeki H,Kishimoto S,Yamanaka D,Kimura SH,Takemura M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Read the highlighted article 'Defective synthesis and release of astrocytic thrombospondin-1 mediates the neuronal TDP-43 proteinopathy, resulting in defects in neuronal integrity associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy: in vitro studies' on page 645. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jaber SM,Polster BM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00