abstract：:Local field potential recordings made from the basal ganglia of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation have suggested that frequency specific activity is involved in determining the rate of force development and the peak force at the outset of a movement. However, the extent to which the basal ganglia might be inv...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Tan H,Pogosyan A,Anzak A,Foltynie T,Limousin P,Zrinzo L,Ashkan K,Bogdanovic M,Green AL,Aziz T,Brown P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of inflammation and degeneration as well as of gray matter abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) are controversial. We analyzed the pathological manifestations in two EAE models, the chronic oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-induced ver...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Aharoni R,Sasson E,Blumenfeld-Katzir T,Eilam R,Sela M,Assaf Y,Arnon R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although axons lose some of their intrinsic capacity for growth after their developmental period, some axons retain the potential for regrowth after injury. When provided with a growth-promoting substrate such as a peripheral nerve graft (PNG), severed axons regenerate into and through the graft; however, they stop wh...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Tom VJ,Sandrow-Feinberg HR,Miller K,Domitrovich C,Bouyer J,Zhukareva V,Klaw MC,Lemay MA,Houlé JD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have characterised the locomotor recovery, and temporal profile of cell loss, in a novel thoracic compression spinal cord injury (SCI) in the mouse. We have also shown that treatment with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is neuroprotective in this model of SCI, strengthening the growing literature demonstra...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Lim SN,Huang W,Hall JC,Michael-Titus AT,Priestley JV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have provided evidence that the progression of HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) involves alterations in dopamine (DA) systems. Drugs of abuse that act on the brain DA system, such as cocaine (Coc), may exacerbate HIV-1 infection and consequent behavioral and neurological manifestations...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Moran LM,Booze RM,Webb KM,Mactutus CF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an essential role in sensory neuronal activation in response to visceral inflammation. Here we report that BDNF up-regulation in the primary afferent neurons in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) in a rat model of colitis is mediated by the activation of endogenous extracellul...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Yu SJ,Grider JR,Gulick MA,Xia CM,Shen S,Qiao LY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a consensus that active sleep (AS; i.e., REM sleep) is produced by cholinergic projections from the pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei (PPT) that activate AS-on neurons in the nucleus pontis oralis (NPO) that are components of the AS-Generator. However, there is a growing body of evidence indicating that other...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Xi M,Fung SJ,Zhang J,Sampogna S,Chase MH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss or injury of neurons associated with oxidative and nitrosative redox stress plays an important role in the onset of various neurodegenerative diseases. Specifically, nitric oxide (NO), can affect neuronal survival through a process called S-nitrosylation, by which the NO group undergoes a redox reaction with ...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Nakamura T,Cho DH,Lipton SA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that the immune system plays important functional roles in regeneration after injury to the spinal cord. Immune response towards injury involves a complex interplay of immune system cells, such as neutrophils, macrophages and microglia, T- and B-lymphocytes. We investigated the influence of the l...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Wu B,Matic D,Djogo N,Szpotowicz E,Schachner M,Jakovcevski I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD, Krabbe Disease) is a lysosomal storage disease, resulting from the genetic deficiency of galactosylceramidase (GALC). This disease is marked by accumulation of the cytotoxic lipid psychosine (Psy). Psychosine is known to induce oxidative stress in cultured cells, and this stress can b...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Hawkins-Salsbury JA,Qin EY,Reddy AS,Vogler CA,Sands MS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures are the most common seizure type in children under the age of five, but mechanisms underlying seizure generation in vivo remain unclear. Animal models to address this issue primarily focus on immature rodents heated indirectly using a controlled water bath or air blower. Here we describe an in vivo mo...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Hunt RF,Hortopan GA,Gillespie A,Baraban SC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After spinal cord injury, proteoglycans with growth-inhibitory glycosaminoglycan (GAG-) side chains in scar tissue limit spontaneous axonal sprouting/regeneration. Interventions that reduce scar-related inhibition facilitate an axonal growth response and possibly plasticity-based spinal cord repair. Xylosyltransferase...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Oudega M,Chao OY,Avison DL,Bronson RT,Buchser WJ,Hurtado A,Grimpe B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silent strokes occur more frequently than classic strokes; however, symptoms may go unreported in spite of lasting tissue damage. A silent stroke may indicate elevated susceptibility to recurrent stroke, which may eventually result in apparent and lasting impairments. Here we investigated if multiple silent strokes to...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Faraji J,Kurio K,Metz GA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic factors leading to selective degeneration of motoneurons in ALS are not yet understood. However, altered functionality of voltage-dependent Na(+) channels may play a role since cortical hyperexcitability was described in ALS patients and riluzole, the only drug approved to treat ALS, seems to decrease g...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： DiFebo F,Curti D,Botti F,Biella G,Bigini P,Mennini T,Toselli M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal oscillatory activity in the basal ganglia is increasingly implicated in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. Such activity is recorded in patients in the form of oscillations in the local field potential (LFP) picked up in the subthalamic nucleus. Previous studies have focused on correlations between f...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Little S,Pogosyan A,Kuhn AA,Brown P

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress and glucocorticoids exacerbate pain via undefined mechanisms. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a constitutively expressed protein that is secreted to maintain immune function when glucocorticoids are elevated by trauma or stress. Here we show that MIF is essential for the development of neuropath...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Alexander JK,Cox GM,Tian JB,Zha AM,Wei P,Kigerl KA,Reddy MK,Dagia NM,Sielecki T,Zhu MX,Satoskar AR,McTigue DM,Whitacre CC,Popovich PG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among endogenous adaptive systems to hypoxia, neuroglobin, a recently discovered heme protein, was suggested as a novel oxygen-dependent neuroprotectant. We aimed to characterize i) maturational age-related regulation of neuroglobin in the developing mouse brain under normoxic and hypoxic conditions, and ii) the role ...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Hümmler N,Schneider C,Giessl A,Bauer R,Walkinshaw G,Gassmann M,Rascher W,Trollmann R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germinal matrix hemorrhage (GMH) is the most common neurological disease of premature newborns. GMH causes neurological sequelae such as cerebral palsy, post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and mental retardation. Despite this, there is no standardized animal model of spontaneous GMH using newborn rats to depict the condit...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Lekic T,Manaenko A,Rolland W,Krafft PR,Peters R,Hartman RE,Altay O,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiosurgery is an important non-invasive procedure for the treatment of tumors and vascular malformations. However, in addition to killing target tissues, cranial irradiation induces damage to adjacent healthy tissues leading to neurological deterioration in both pediatric and adult patients, which is poorly understo...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Kuffler DP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity is a condition that can include increased muscle tone, clonus, spasms, and hyperreflexia. In this study, we report the effect of manually stimulating the dorsal lumbosacral skin on spontaneous locomotor-like activity and on a variety of reflex responses in 5 decerebrate chronic spinal cats treated with clon...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Frigon A,Thibaudier Y,Johnson MD,Heckman CJ,Hurteau MF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Autosomal-recessive mutations in the mitochondrial protein kinase PINK1 (PTEN-induced kinase 1) account for 1-2% of the hereditary early-onset cases. To study the mechanisms underlying disease development, we generated Pink1-deficient mic...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Glasl L,Kloos K,Giesert F,Roethig A,Di Benedetto B,Kühn R,Zhang J,Hafen U,Zerle J,Hofmann A,de Angelis MH,Winklhofer KF,Hölter SM,Vogt Weisenhorn DM,Wurst W

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke causes CNS injury associated with strong fast microglial activation as part of the inflammatory response. In rat models of stroke, sulphonylurea receptor blockade with glibenclamide reduced cerebral edema and infarct volume. We postulated that glibenclamide administered during the early stages of stroke might f...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Ortega FJ,Gimeno-Bayon J,Espinosa-Parrilla JF,Carrasco JL,Batlle M,Pugliese M,Mahy N,Rodríguez MJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantification of intra-epidermal nerve fibers (iENFs) is an important approach to stage diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and is a promising clinical endpoint for identifying beneficial therapeutics. Mechanistically, diabetes decreases neuronal mitochondrial function and enhancing mitochondrial respiratory capacit...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Urban MJ,Pan P,Farmer KL,Zhao H,Blagg BS,Dobrowsky RT

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study demonstrates that delayed (initiated 24h post injury) erythropoietin (EPO) therapy for traumatic brain injury (TBI) significantly improves spatial learning. In this study, we investigated the impact of inhibition of EPO treatment-mediated neurogenesis on spatial learning after experimental TBI. Youn...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Zhang Y,Chopp M,Mahmood A,Meng Y,Qu C,Xiong Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of microglia and their contribution to the development and maintenance of pain states has emerged as an attractive field of study. Sensitization of central nociceptors and interneurons is thought to be responsible for the symptoms of chronic neuropathic pain states. Microglia interact with these neurons at th...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Schomberg D,Olson JK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia were described by Pio del Rio-Hortega (1932) as being the 'third element' distinct from neurons and astrocytes. Decades after this observation, the function and even the very existence of microglia as a distinct cell type were topics of intense debate and conjecture. However, considerable advances have been ...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Trang T,Beggs S,Salter MW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary, progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Excitotoxicity and reduced availability of neurotrophic factors (NTFs) likely play roles in HD pathogenesis. Recently we developed a protocol that induces adult human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Sadan O,Shemesh N,Barzilay R,Dadon-Nahum M,Blumenfeld-Katzir T,Assaf Y,Yeshurun M,Djaldetti R,Cohen Y,Melamed E,Offen D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycans have a number of important functions in the central nervous system. Aggrecan (hyaluronan-binding proteoglycan, CSPG-cs56) is found in the extracellular matrix of cartilage as well as in the developing brain. We compared the postnatal distribution of CSPG-cs56 in Long Evans (LE) and Royal College of Surge...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Chen LF,FitzGibbon T,He JR,Yin ZQ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) is an acute event, characterized by repeated or continuous seizures, which alters neuronal properties of the brain and can promote the epileptic disorder. Experimental observations indicate that SE becomes progressively less responsive to anti-epileptic drugs, suggesting changes in the underlyi...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Karunakaran S,Grasse DW,Moxon KA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and maturation of sensory systems depends on the correct pattern of connections which occurs during a critical period when axonal elimination and synaptic plasticity are involved in the formation of topographical maps. Among the mechanisms involved in synaptic stabilization, essential fatty acids (EFAs...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： de Velasco PC,Mendonça HR,Borba JM,Andrade da Costa BL,Guedes RC,Navarro DM,Santos GK,Faria-Melibeu Ada C,Campello Costa P,Serfaty CA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia and parkinsonism are late-onset symptoms associated with repetitive head injury, as documented in multiple contact-sport athletes. Clinical symptomatology is the likely phenotype of chronic degeneration and circuit disruption in the substantia nigra (SN). To investigate the initiating neuropathology, we hypot...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： van Bregt DR,Thomas TC,Hinzman JM,Cao T,Liu M,Bing G,Gerhardt GA,Pauly JR,Lifshitz J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play a pivotal role in the development of pathology associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and following exposure to the environmental toxin trichloroethylene (TCE). Evidence from humans indicates that both TBI and TCE can play a role in the development of PD and that each...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Sauerbeck A,Hunter R,Bing G,Sullivan PG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial collaterals provide residual blood flow to penumbral tissue in acute ischemic stroke and contribute to infarct size variability in humans. In the present study, hemodynamic monitoring of the borderzone territory between the leptomeningeal branches of middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery was...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Riva M,Pappadà GB,Papadakis M,Cuccione E,Carone D,Menendez VR,Sganzerla EP,Beretta S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken as part of the NIH "Facilities of Research-Spinal Cord Injury" project to support independent replication of published studies. Here, we repeated a study reporting that a combinatorial treatment with transplants of Schwann cells, systemic delivery of Rolipram to enhance cyclic AMP levels, and...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Sharp KG,Flanagan LA,Yee KM,Steward O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic dysfunction is implicated in hippocampal deficits of the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome (DS). Since Ts65Dn mice overexpress G-protein coupled inward-rectifying potassium (GIRK2) containing channels, we sought to evaluate whether increased GABAergic function disrupts the functioning of hippocampal circui...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Best TK,Cramer NP,Chakrabarti L,Haydar TF,Galdzicki Z

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments were completed as part of an NIH "Facilities of Research Excellence in Spinal Cord Injury" contract to support independent replication of published studies that could be considered for eventual clinical testing. Recent studies have reported that selective inhibition of the P2X7 receptor improves both...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Marcillo A,Frydel B,Bramlett HM,Dietrich WD

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal lamina II, where nociceptive C-fibers terminate, expresses high amounts of the polysialylated form of neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM). While enzymatic removal of the PSA moiety from NCAM did not affect normal sensitivity to thermal stimuli, it exacerbated nerve injury-induced neuropathic hyperalgesia. ...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： El Maarouf A,Kolesnikov Y,Pasternak G,Rutishauser U

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone and its metabolite, allopregnanolone, are neurosteroids that are present at high concentrations in fetal brains that decrease right after birth. Allopregnanolone is a potent positive modulator of γ-aminobutyric acid A (GABA(A)) receptor function. We examined the effect of exogenous administration of these...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Tsuji M,Taguchi A,Ohshima M,Kasahara Y,Ikeda T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated previously that the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) undergoes a robust axonal sprouting response following unilateral transection of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial tract. Concomitant with this response is an increase in ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and CNTF receptor alpha (CNTFRα) express...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Askvig JM,Leiphon LJ,Watt JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sub-thalamic nucleus (STN) is relevant to the preparation of movement ignition but its role in movement termination is uncertain. Fourteen patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) received local field potentials (LFPs) recording at the left STN on the fourth day after deep brain stimulation surgery. They performed p...

journal_title：Experimental neurology

authors： Hsu YT,Lai HY,Chang YC,Chiou SM,Lu MK,Lin YC,Liu YL,Chen CC,Huang HC,Chien TF,Lin SZ,Chen YY,Tsai CH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00