abstract：:Epigenetic and regulatory elements provide an additional layer of complexity to the heterogeneity of anxiety disorders. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, noncoding RNAs that have recently drawn interest as epigenetic modulators of gene expression in psychiatric disorders. miRNAs elicit their effects by binding ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Malan-Müller S,Hemmings SM,Seedat S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the main intracellular pathway for modulated protein turnover, playing an important role in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. It also exerts a protein quality control through degradation of oxidized, mutant, denatured, or misfolded proteins and is involved in many biolog...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Campello L,Esteve-Rudd J,Cuenca N,Martín-Nieto J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress, unaccompanied by signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, is known to decrease grey matter volume (GMV) in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and hippocampus but not the amygdala in humans. We sought to determine if this was the case in stressed mice using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kassem MS,Lagopoulos J,Stait-Gardner T,Price WS,Chohan TW,Arnold JC,Hatton SN,Bennett MR

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) and diabetes are among the most common diseases associated with ageing. The pathology of AD is strongly associated with accumulated misfolding proteins that results in neuronal dysfunction within the brain. Diabetes, on the contrary, is characterised by altered insulin signaling that results i...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ahmad W

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia in elderly people. There are decreased melatonin levels in the serum of AD patients, and melatonin supplements are able to reverse AD pathology and memory deficits in many animal experiments and clinical trials. However, the underlying mechanism regarding...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang X,Wang ZH,Wu YY,Tang H,Tan L,Wang X,Gao XY,Xiong YS,Liu D,Wang JZ,Zhu LQ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show that myostatin mRNA expression is found in some regions of the brain. However, the functional significance of this is currently unknown. We therefore investigated myostatin expression and function in the brain. In this study, we used immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and RT-PCR analysis ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Iwasaki S,Miyake M,Watanabe H,Kitagawa E,Watanabe K,Ohwada S,Kitazawa H,Rose MT,Aso H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of causative mutations in the (pro)granulin gene (GRN) has been a major breakthrough in the research on frontotemporal dementia (FTD). So far, all FTD-associated GRN mutations are leading to neurodegeneration through a "loss-of-function" mechanism, encouraging researchers to develop a growing number...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kleinberger G,Capell A,Haass C,Van Broeckhoven C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the effect of glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) on the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signalling pathway and whether insulin or epidermal growth factor (EGF) might modulate the effects of GLP-2. GLP-2 produced a dose-dependent decrease in intracellular sodium nitroprusside-induce...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Velázquez E,Blázquez E,Ruiz-Albusac JM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders share many similarities, such as a common mutation type in unrelated human causative genes, neurological character, and certain aspects of pathogenesis, including morphological and physiological neuronal alterations. The similarities in pathogenesis have been confirmed by findings that ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Figiel M,Szlachcic WJ,Switonski PM,Gabka A,Krzyzosiak WJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) are enzymes that catalyze the transfer of ADP-ribose units from β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) to acceptor proteins. PARP-1 is responsible for more than 90 % of protein poly-ADP-ribosylation in the brain and may play a role as a molecular switch for cell survival and ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Banasik M,Stedeford T,Strosznajder RP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a multimodal drug design strategy for age-related neurodegenerative diseases, we have synthesized a multifunctional nontoxic, brain-permeable iron-chelating compound, M30, possessing the neuroprotective N-propargyl moiety of the anti-Parkinsonian drug, monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor, rasagiline and the antioxi...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kupershmidt L,Amit T,Bar-Am O,Weinreb O,Youdim MB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global trend of the phenomenon of population ageing has dramatic consequences on public health and the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases. Physiological changes that occur during normal ageing of the brain may exacerbate and initiate pathological processes that may lead to neurodegenerative disorders, especia...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Schaffer S,Asseburg H,Kuntz S,Muller WE,Eckert GP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin receptors in the brain are found in high densities in the hippocampus, a region that is fundamentally involved in the acquisition, consolidation, and recollection of new information. Using the intranasal method, which effectively bypasses the blood-brain barrier to deliver and target insulin directly from the ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Schiöth HB,Craft S,Brooks SJ,Frey WH 2nd,Benedict C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate reprogramming makes possible the generation of new cell types from healthy adult cells to replace those lost or damaged in disease. Additionally, reprogramming patient cells into specific cell types allows for drug screening and the development of new therapeutic tools. Generation of new neurons is of partic...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Abdullah AI,Pollock A,Sun T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects and mechanism of action of oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing CpG motif (CpG-ODNs) on neuron cells are largely unexamined. Here, we found that CpG-A ODNs but not other types of CpG-ODNs induced neurite retraction and cell apoptosis of rat embryonic neurons in a TLR9-independent manner. These effects of C...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Cheng YC,Chen TA,Chen CY,Liang CM,Liang SM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of leptin and the central melanocortin circuit, electrophysiological studies have played a major role in elucidating mechanisms underlying energy homeostasis. This review highlights the contribution of findings made by electrophysiological measurements to the current understanding of hypothalamic n...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ghamari-Langroudi M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to evaluate if the immunohistochemical expression of alpha-3 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in sympathetic ganglia remains stable after brain death, determining the possible use of sympathetic thoracic ganglia from subjects after brain death as study group. The third left ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： de Moura Júnior NB,das-Neves-Pereira JC,de Campos JR,de Oliveira FR,Wolosker N,Parra ER,Capelozzi VL,Jatene FB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurons, the convergence of multiple intracellular signaling cascades leading to cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) activation suggests that this transcription factor plays a critical role in integrating different inputs and mediating appropriate neuronal responses. The nature of this transcriptional re...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Barco A,Marie H

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:The potassium channel tetramerization domain-containing protein 7 (KCTD7) was named after the structural homology of its predicted N-terminal broad complex, tramtrack and bric à brac/poxvirus and zinc finger domain with the T1 domain of the Kv potassium channel, but its expression profile and cellular function are sti...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Azizieh R,Orduz D,Van Bogaert P,Bouschet T,Rodriguez W,Schiffmann SN,Pirson I,Abramowicz MJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological and genetic tools targeting the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)7 receptor in preclinical animal models have implicated this receptor in diverse (patho)physiological processes of the central nervous system (CNS). Some data obtained with 5-HT7 receptor knockout mice, selective antagonists, and, to a lesser ex...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Matthys A,Haegeman G,Van Craenenbroeck K,Vanhoenacker P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by involuntary body movement, cognitive impairment and psychiatric disturbance. A polyglutamine expansion in the amino-terminal region of the huntingtin (htt) protein is the genetic cause of HD. Htt protein interacts with a wid...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Ribeiro FM,Pires RG,Ferguson SS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are highly conserved proteins that are induced in response to various physiological and environmental stressors. HspB1 (Hsp27) is a prominent member of the small Hsps family and is strongly induced during the stress response. Notably, HspB1 has powerful neuroprotective effects, increasing th...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： O'Reilly AM,Currie RW,Clarke DB

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of programmed cell death by apoptosis are the safe and efficient clearance of damaged, infected, or surplus cells, primarily mediated by tissue-resident macrophages or tissue-infiltrating blood monocytes that differentiate into macrophages. Microglial cells are macrophages of the brain parenchyma, importa...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhang J,Shipston MJ,Brown SB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by neuronal loss, cerebrovascular inflammation, and accumulation of senile plaques in the brain parenchyma and cerebral blood vessels. Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta), a major component of senile plaques, has been shown to exert multiple toxic effe...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Yang X,Askarova S,Lee JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess production of reactive oxygen species in the brain has been implicated as a common underlying risk factor for the pathogenesis of a number of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and stroke. In recent years, there is considerable interest concerning investig...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Sun AY,Wang Q,Simonyi A,Sun GY

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a cellular model for learning and memory and believed to be critical for plastic changes in the brain. Depending on the central nervous system region, LTP has been proposed to contribute to many key physiological functions and pathological conditions, such as learning/memory, chronic pa...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Descalzi G,Kim S,Zhuo M

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：: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：:Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and the BK channel are enriched at the presynaptic nerve terminal, where CaMKII associates with synaptic vesicles whereas the BK channel colocalizes with voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channels in the plasma membrane. Mounting evidence suggests that these two proteins p...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wang ZW

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:The survival of an organism depends on its ability to respond to its environment through its senses. The sense of touch is one of the most vital; still, it is the least understood. In the process of touch sensation, a mechanical stimulus is converted into electrical signals. Groundbreaking electrophysiological experim...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Bianchi L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of how pain is processed at each stage in the peripheral and central nervous system is the precondition to develop new therapies for the selective treatment of pain. In the periphery, ATP can be released from various cells as a consequence of tissue injury or visceral distension and may stimulate the...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wirkner K,Sperlagh B,Illes P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids, the active components of Cannabis sativa L., act in the body by mimicking endogenous substances--the endocannabinoids--that activate specific cell surface receptors. Cannabinoids exert various palliative effects in cancer patients. In addition, cannabinoids inhibit the growth of different types of tumor ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Velasco G,Carracedo A,Blázquez C,Lorente M,Aguado T,Haro A,Sánchez C,Galve-Roperh I,Guzmán M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the prevalence of neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy in modern societies, defining new and efficient strategies for the treatment of these two neurodegenerative diseases has become a vital and still unfulfilled urge. Several lines of experimental evidence h...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Charbonnier F

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：: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：:Cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) play a key role in orchestrating the coordination of cell cycle progression in proliferating cells. The escape from the proper control of the cell cycle by the upregulation of cyclins or aberrant activation of Cdks leads to malignant transformation. In quiescent cells and/or terminally ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Schmid G,Strosznajder JB,Wesierska-Gadek J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00