abstract：:Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS). While the phrase is oft repeated and holds true, the last few years have borne witness to radical change in our understanding of this unique cell type. Once considered static glue, oligodendrocytes are now seen as plastic and adaptive, cap...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Michalski JP,Kothary R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the pial microcirculation remodeling improves neurological outcome after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), accompanied by higher expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), modulating in vivo angiogenesis. This study was ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Lapi D,Vagnani S,Sapio D,Mastantuono T,Boscia F,Pignataro G,Penna C,Pagliaro P,Colantuoni A

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic janus-faced molecule synthesized by nitric oxide synthases (NOS) which plays a critical role in a number of physiological and pathological processes in humans. The physiological roles of NO depend on its local concentrations, as well as its availability and the nature of downstream t...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Yuste JE,Tarragon E,Campuzano CM,Ros-Bernal F

更新日期：2015-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatially localized proteolysis represents an elegant means by which neuronal activity dependent changes in synaptic structure, and thus experience dependent learning and memory, can be achieved. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that matrix metalloproteinase and adamalysin activity is concentrated at the cell surf...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Conant K,Allen M,Lim ST

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neuroinflammation in utero may result in life-long neurological disabilities. The molecular mechanisms whereby microglia contribute to this response remain incompletely understood. METHODS:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or saline were administered intravenously to non-anesthetized chronically instrumented near-ter...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Cao M,Cortes M,Moore CS,Leong SY,Durosier LD,Burns P,Fecteau G,Desrochers A,Auer RN,Barreiro LB,Antel JP,Frasch MG

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The GABAB receptor agonist, baclofen, is used to treat muscle tightness and cramping caused by spasticity in a number of disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS), but its precise mechanism of action is unknown. Neuroinflammation drives the central pathology in MS and is mediated by both immunoreactive glial cells a...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Crowley T,Fitzpatrick JM,Kuijper T,Cryan JF,O'Toole O,O'Leary OF,Downer EJ

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder of multifactorial origin affecting millions of people worldwide. The alarming estimated rates of prevalence and relapse make it a global public health concern. Moreover, the current setback of available antidepressants in the clinical setting is discouraging. Therefor...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Jo WK,Zhang Y,Emrich HM,Dietrich DE

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyneins are a small class of molecular motors that bind to microtubules and walk toward their minus ends. They are essential for the transport and distribution of organelles, signaling complexes and cytoskeletal elements. In addition dyneins generate forces on microtubule arrays that power the beating of cilia and fla...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Roossien DH,Miller KE,Gallo G

更新日期：2015-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Action potential-dependent release of synaptic vesicles and short-term synaptic plasticity are dynamically regulated by the endogenous Ca(2+) buffers that shape [Ca(2+)] profiles within a presynaptic bouton. Calmodulin is one of the most abundant presynaptic proteins and it binds Ca(2+) faster than any other character...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Timofeeva Y,Volynski KE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia is increasingly recognized to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of psychiatric diseases. In particular, microglia may be the cellular link between inflammation and behavioral alterations: by releasing a number of soluble factors, among which pro-inflammatory cytokines, that can regulate synaptic activi...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gentile A,De Vito F,Fresegna D,Musella A,Buttari F,Bullitta S,Mandolesi G,Centonze D

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:At the frog semicircular canals, the afferent fibers display high spontaneous activity (mEPSPs), due to transmitter release from hair cells. mEPSP and spike frequencies are modulated by stimulation that activates the hair cell receptor conductance. The relation between receptor current and transmitter release cannot b...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Martini M,Canella R,Rubbini G,Fesce R,Rossi ML

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggest that astrocytes significantly modulate neuronal function at the level of the tripartite synapse both in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. The global control of the astrocytic syncytium over neuronal networks, however, is still less recognized. Here we examined astrocytic sign...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Kékesi O,Ioja E,Szabó Z,Kardos J,Héja L

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Slc4a10 is a Na(+)-coupled Cl(-)-HCO3 (-) exchanger, which is expressed in principal and inhibitory neurons as well as in choroid plexus epithelial cells of the brain. Slc4a10 knockout (KO) mice have collapsed brain ventricles and display an increased seizure threshold, while heterozygous deletions in man have been as...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Sinning A,Liebmann L,Hübner CA

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a diffusion barrier that has an important role in maintaining a precisely regulated microenvironment protecting the neural tissue from infectious agents and toxins in the circulating system. Compromised BBB integrity plays a major role in the pathogenesis of retroviral associated neuro...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Atluri VS,Hidalgo M,Samikkannu T,Kurapati KR,Jayant RD,Sagar V,Nair MP

更新日期：2015-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The piriform cortex (PC) is richly innervated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and serotonin (5-HT) containing axons arising from central amygdala and Raphe nucleus. CRFR1 and 5-HT2A/2CRs have been shown to interact in manner where CRFR activation subsequently potentiates the activity of 5-HT2A/2CRs. The purpos...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Narla C,Dunn HA,Ferguson SS,Poulter MO

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid peptide is able to promote the activation of microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this stimulates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Inflammation contributes to the process of neurodegeneration and therefore is a key factor in the development of AD. Some of the most important pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Toral-Rios D,Franco-Bocanegra D,Rosas-Carrasco O,Mena-Barranco F,Carvajal-García R,Meraz-Ríos MA,Campos-Peña V

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation and maturation of oligodendroglial cells are postnatal processes that involve specific morphological changes correlated with the expression of stage-specific surface antigens and functional voltage-gated ion channels. A small fraction of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) generated during developm...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Coppi E,Cellai L,Maraula G,Dettori I,Melani A,Pugliese AM,Pedata F

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 396 in vol. 8, PMID: 25505873.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Frontiers Production Office.

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Loud sound exposure exacerbates aminoglycoside ototoxicity, increasing the risk of permanent hearing loss and degrading the quality of life in affected individuals. We previously reported that loud sound exposure induces temporary threshold shifts (TTS) and enhances uptake of aminoglycosides, like gentamicin, by cochl...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Li H,Kachelmeier A,Furness DN,Steyger PS

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood brain barrier (BBB) and the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) form the barriers of the brain. These barriers are essential not only for the protection of the brain, but also in regulating the exchange of cells and molecules in and out of the brain. The choroid plexus (CP) epithelial cells and the ara...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Marques F,Sousa JC

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Climbing fiber (CF) triggered complex spikes (CS) are massive depolarization bursts in the cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC), showing several high frequency spikelet components (±600 Hz). Since its early observations, the CS is known to vary in shape. In this study we describe CS waveforms, extracellularly recorded in awa...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Warnaar P,Couto J,Negrello M,Junker M,Smilgin A,Ignashchenkova A,Giugliano M,Thier P,De Schutter E

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma aminobutric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult brain and mechanisms of GABAergic inhibition have been intensely investigated in the past decades. Recent studies provided evidence for an important role of astrocytes in shaping GABAergic currents. One of the most obvious, but yet poo...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Kaczor P,Rakus D,Mozrzymas JW

更新日期：2015-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress affects brain areas involved in learning and emotional responses, which may contribute in the development of cognitive deficits associated with major depression. These effects have been linked to glial cell activation, glutamate release and changes in neuronal plasticity and survival including atrophy of hippoc...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Orellana JA,Moraga-Amaro R,Díaz-Galarce R,Rojas S,Maturana CJ,Stehberg J,Sáez JC

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of auditory sensory hair cells (HCs) is the most common cause of hearing loss. This review addresses the signaling pathways that are involved in the programmed and necrotic cell death of auditory HCs that occur in response to ototoxic and traumatic stressor events. The roles of inflammatory processes, oxidative s...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Dinh CT,Goncalves S,Bas E,Van De Water TR,Zine A

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence for both neurotoxic and neuroprotective roles of nitric oxide (NO) in the brain and changes in the expression of the neuronal isoform of NO synthase (nNOS) gene occur during aging. The current studies have investigated potential support for either a neurotoxic or neuroprotective role of NO derived fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： James BM,Li Q,Luo L,Kendrick KM

更新日期：2015-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonlinear dendritic integration is thought to increase the computational ability of neurons. Most studies focus on how supralinear summation of excitatory synaptic responses arising from clustered inputs within single dendrites result in the enhancement of neuronal firing, enabling simple computations such as feature ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Tran-Van-Minh A,Cazé RD,Abrahamsson T,Cathala L,Gutkin BS,DiGregorio DA

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain is accompanied with long-term sensory, affective and cognitive disturbances. What are the mechanisms that mediate the long-term consequences of painful experiences and embed them in the genome? We hypothesize that alterations in DNA methylation, an enzymatic covalent modification of cytosine bases in DNA,...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Alvarado S,Tajerian M,Suderman M,Machnes Z,Pierfelice S,Millecamps M,Stone LS,Szyf M

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) is required for synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. In particular, MMP-9 involvement in long-term potentiation (LTP, the model of synaptic plasticity) in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex has previously been demonstrated. Recent data suggest the role ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gorkiewicz T,Balcerzyk M,Kaczmarek L,Knapska E

更新日期：2015-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The silent mating type information regulation 2 proteins (sirtuins) 1 of class III histone deacetylases (HDACs) have been associated with health span and longevity. SIRT1, the best studied member of the mammalian sirtuins, has a myriad of roles in multiple tissues and organs. However, a significant part of SIRT1's rol...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Ng F,Wijaya L,Tang BL

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Purkinje cell (PC) is among the most complex neurons in the brain and plays a critical role for cerebellar functioning. PCs operate as fast pacemakers modulated by synaptic inputs but can switch from simple spikes to complex bursts and, in some conditions, show bistability. In contrast to original works emphasizin...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Masoli S,Solinas S,D'Angelo E

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurodegenerative disorders are linked to irreversible protein aggregation, a process that usually comes along with toxicity and serious cellular damage. However, it is emerging that protein aggregation can also serve for physiological purposes, as impressively shown for prions. While the aggregation of this prot...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Falsone A,Falsone SF

更新日期：2015-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we discuss molecular and cellular mechanisms important for the function of neuronal progenitors during development, revealed by their perturbation in different cortical malformations. We focus on a class of neuronal progenitors, radial glial cells (RGCs), which are renowned for their unique morphologic...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Bizzotto S,Francis F

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtubule-associated axonal specification collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) is a novel target for neuroprotection. A CRMP2 peptide (TAT-CBD3) conjugated to the HIV transactivator of transcription (TAT) protein's cationic cell penetrating peptide (CPP) motif protected neurons in the face of toxic leve...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Moutal A,François-Moutal L,Brittain JM,Khanna M,Khanna R

更新日期：2015-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable fatal motoneuron disease with a lifetime risk of approximately 1:400. It is characterized by progressive weakness, muscle wasting, and death ensuing 3-5 years after diagnosis. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a drug candidate for ALS, with e...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Henriques A,Kastner S,Chatzikonstantinou E,Pitzer C,Plaas C,Kirsch F,Wafzig O,Krüger C,Spoelgen R,Gonzalez De Aguilar JL,Gretz N,Schneider A

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The malignancy of glioblastoma multiform (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of human brain tumors, strongly correlates with the presence of hypoxic areas, but the mechanisms controlling the hypoxia-induced aggressiveness are still unclear. GBM cells express a number of ion channels whose activity supports cell...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Sforna L,Cenciarini M,Belia S,D'Adamo MC,Pessia M,Franciolini F,Catacuzzeno L

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and protein misfolding are associated with various neurodegenerative diseases. ER stress activates unfolded protein response (UPR), an adaptative response. However, severe ER stress can induce cell death. Here we show that the E3 ubiquitin ligase and co-chaperone Carboxyl Terminus HSP...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Cabral Miranda F,Adão-Novaes J,Hauswirth WW,Linden R,Petrs-Silva H,Chiarini LB

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult hypothalamus regulates many physiological functions and homeostatic loops, including growth, feeding and reproduction. In mammals, the hypothalamus derives from the ventral diencephalon where two distinct ventricular proliferative zones have been described. Although a set of transcription factors regulating ...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Maggi R,Zasso J,Conti L

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical dysplasia is associated with intractable epilepsy and developmental delay in young children. Recent work with the rat freeze-induced focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) model has demonstrated that hyperexcitability in the dysplastic cortex is due in part to higher levels of extracellular glutamate. Astrocyte gluta...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Campbell SL,Hablitz JJ,Olsen ML

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro approaches have suggested that neuropsin (or kallikrein 8/KLK8), which controls gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission through neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) and its receptor (ErbB4), is involved in neural plasticity (Tamura et al., 2012, 2013). In the present study, we examined whether parvalbumin (PV)-posit...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Suzuki H,Kanagawa D,Nakazawa H,Tawara-Hirata Y,Kogure Y,Shimizu-Okabe C,Takayama C,Ishikawa Y,Shiosaka S

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The second messengers cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) transduce many neuromodulatory signals from hormones and neurotransmitters into specific functional outputs. Their production, degradation and signaling are spatiotemporally regulated to achieve high specificity in si...

journal_title：Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

authors： Gorshkov K,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00