abstract：:GABAergic inhibitory neurotransmission contributes to diverse aspects of brain development and adult plasticity, including the expression of complex cognitive processes. This is afforded for in part by the dynamic adaptations occurring at inhibitory synapses, which show great heterogeneity both in terms of upstream si...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Campbell BFN,Tyagarajan SK

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABAARs) mediate the majority of fast synaptic inhibition in the central nervous system (CNS). GABAARs belong to the Cys-loop superfamily of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGIC) and are assembled from 19 different subunits. As dysfunctional GABAergic neurotransmission mani...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Kasaragod VB,Schindelin H

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE, a prolonged seizure activity) leads to reactive astrogliosis and astroglial apoptosis in the regional specific manners, independent of hemodynamics. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP1) activity is relevant to these distinct astroglial responses. Since various regulatory signaling molecules be...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Kim JE,Kang TC

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a high resolution in situ hybridization technique we have measured PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPV1 transcripts in mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Consistent with previous studies, PIEZO2 transcripts were highly expressed in DRG neurons of all sizes, including most notably the largest diameter neurons implica...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang J,La JH,Hamill OP

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) is a Na+-dependent transporter that plays a key role in glutamate homeostasis by removing excess glutamate in the central nervous system (CNS). GLT-1 dysregulation occurs in various neurological diseases including Huntington's disease (HD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Peterson AR,Binder DK

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of super-resolution optical microscopy to investigating synaptic structures has revealed a highly heterogeneous and variable intra-synaptic organization. Dense subsynaptic protein assemblies named subsynaptic domains or SSDs have been proposed as structural units that regulate the efficacy of neuronal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yang X,Specht CG

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical Parkinson syndromes (APSs) often have symptoms that overlap with those of Parkinson's disease (PD), especially early in the disease, making these disorders difficult to diagnose. Previous studies have demonstrated an association of oligomeric α-synuclein (α-Syn), a key element in the pathogenesis of PD, with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Singh AP,Ramana G,Bajaj T,Singh V,Dwivedi S,Behari M,Dey AB,Dey S

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00099.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yadav SC,Tetenborg S,Dedek K

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are chronic, progressive, and age-associated neurological disorders characterized by neuronal deterioration in specific brain regions. Although the specific path...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Chang X,Wang J,Jiang H,Shi L,Xie J

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all organs of an adult animal, the central nervous system stands out because of its vast complexity and morphological diversity. During early development, the entire central nervous system develops from an apparently homogenous group of progenitors that differentiate into all neural cell types. Therefore, unders...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Contreras EG,Sierralta J,Oliva C

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The astrocyte-specific enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS), which catalyzes the amidation of glutamate to glutamine, plays an essential role in supporting neurotransmission and in limiting NH4+ toxicity. Accordingly, deficits in GS activity contribute to epilepsy and neurodegeneration. Despite its central role in brain p...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Huyghe D,Denninger AR,Voss CM,Frank P,Gao N,Brandon N,Waagepetersen HS,Ferguson AD,Pangalos M,Doig P,Moss SJ

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:SYNGAP1, a Synaptic Ras-GTPase activating protein, regulates synapse maturation during a critical developmental window. Heterozygous mutation in SYNGAP1 (SYNGAP1-/+) has been shown to cause Intellectual Disability (ID) in children. Recent studies have provided evidence for altered neuronal protein synthesis in a mouse...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Paul A,Nawalpuri B,Shah D,Sateesh S,Muddashetty RS,Clement JP

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic interneuron diversity is a key feature in the brain that helps to create different brain activity patterns and behavioral states. Cell type classification schemes-based on anatomical, physiological and molecular features-have provided us with a detailed understanding of the distinct types that constitute thi...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Que L,Winterer J,Földy C

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several agents have been identified to provide therapeutic benefits in Huntington disease (HD), the number of conventionally used treatments remains limited and only symptomatic. Thus, it is plausible that the need to identify new therapeutic targets for the development of alternative and more effective treat...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Di Pardo A,Pepe G,Castaldo S,Marracino F,Capocci L,Amico E,Madonna M,Giova S,Jeong SK,Park BM,Park BD,Maglione V

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) can result in an irreversible disability due to loss of sensorimotor function below the lesion. Presently, clinical treatments for SCI mainly include surgery, drugs and postoperative rehabilitation. The prospective roles of bioscaffolds and exosomes in several neurological diseases have been r...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang X,Botchway BOA,Zhang Y,Yuan J,Liu X

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The polycomb group proteins (PcGs) are a group of epigenetic factors associated with gene silencing. They are found in several families of multiprotein complexes, including polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). EZH2, EED and SUZ12 form the core components of the PRC2 complex, which is responsible for the mono, di- and...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wever I,Wagemans CMRJ,Smidt MP

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00312.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lima da Cruz RV,Moulin TC,Petiz LL,Leão RN

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells of the neural crest, often referred to as neural crest stem cells, give rise to a number of sub-lineages, one of which is Schwann cells, the glial cells of peripheral nerves. Crest cells transform to adult Schwann cells through the generation of two well defined intermediate stages, the Schwann cell precurso...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Jessen KR,Mirsky R

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke results in high morbidity and high mortality worldwide, with ischemic stroke accounting for 80% to 85%. As effective treatments for ischemic stroke remain limited because of the narrow therapeutic time window, a better understanding of the pathologic mechanism and new therapeutic intervention targets are needed...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Chen R,Xu X,Huang L,Zhong W,Cui L

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Many human neurodegenerative diseases are associated with amyloid fibril formation. Inhibition of amyloid formation is of importance for therapeutics of the related diseases. However, the development of selective potent amyloid inhibitors remains challenging. Here based on the structures of amyloid β (Aβ) fibrils and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lu J,Cao Q,Wang C,Zheng J,Luo F,Xie J,Li Y,Ma X,He L,Eisenberg D,Nowick J,Jiang L,Li D

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are key organelles in regulating the metabolic state of a cell. In the brain, mitochondrial oxidative metabolism is the prevailing mechanism for neurons to generate ATP. While it is firmly established that neuronal function is highly dependent on mitochondrial metabolism, it is less well-understood how as...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Fiebig C,Keiner S,Ebert B,Schäffner I,Jagasia R,Lie DC,Beckervordersandforth R

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Convulsive seizures promote adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) through a transient activation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus (DG). However, in a significant population of epilepsy patients, non-convulsive seizures (ncSZ) are observed. The response of NSPCs ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Bielefeld P,Schouten M,Meijer GM,Breuk MJ,Geijtenbeek K,Karayel S,Tiaglik A,Vuuregge AH,Willems RAL,Witkamp D,Lucassen PJ,Encinas JM,Fitzsimons CP

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive CNS disorder that is primarily associated with impaired movement. PD develops over decades and is linked to the gradual loss of dopamine delivery to the striatum, via the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). While the administration o...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lasbleiz C,Mestre-Francés N,Devau G,Luquin MR,Tenenbaum L,Kremer EJ,Verdier JM

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is a neural crest derived malignancy of the peripheral nervous system and is the most common and deadliest tumor of infancy. It is characterized by clinical heterogeneity with a disease spectrum ranging from spontaneous regression without any medical intervention to treatment resistant tumors with metast...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Johnsen JI,Dyberg C,Wickström M

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability. It is caused by the overexpansion of cytosine-guanine-guanine (CGG) trinucleotide in Fmr1 gene, resulting in complete loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Previous studies using Fmr1 knockout (Fmr1 KO) mice have ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yau SY,Bettio L,Chiu J,Chiu C,Christie BR

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 2 (CYFIP2) is a key component of the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) which regulates actin polymerization and branching in diverse cellular compartments. Recent whole exome sequencing studies identified de novo hotspot variants in CYFIP2 from patients with early-onset epileptic encep...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Zhang Y,Kang H,Lee Y,Kim Y,Lee B,Kim JY,Jin C,Kim S,Kim H,Han K

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recoverin (Rcv) is a low molecular-weight, neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) primarily located in photoreceptor outer segments of the vertebrate retina. Calcium ions (Ca2+)-bound Rcv has been proposed to inhibit G-protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRKs) in darkness. During the light response, the Ca2+-free Rcv releases GRK...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Zang J,Neuhauss SCF

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) protein is abundantly expressed in the central nervous system and retinal neurons, where it regulates many vital processes such as synaptic transmission. It coordinates three calcium ions by EF-hands 2-4, thereby transducing Ca2+ signals to a wide range of protein targets, including G...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Tsvetkov PO,Roman AY,Baksheeva VE,Nazipova AA,Shevelyova MP,Vladimirov VI,Buyanova MF,Zinchenko DV,Zamyatnin AA Jr,Devred F,Golovin AV,Permyakov SE,Zernii EY

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a tandem repeat mutation encoding an expanded polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin protein, which leads to cognitive, psychiatric and motor dysfunction. Exposure to environmental enrichment (EE), which enhances levels of cognitive stimulation and phy...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Zajac MS,Renoir T,Perreau VM,Li S,Adams W,van den Buuse M,Hannan AJ

更新日期：2018-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and levels of catecholamines have yielded inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess whether concentrations of the catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine are associ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Pan X,Kaminga AC,Wen SW,Liu A

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The competitive ectodomain shedding of amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) by α-secretase and β-secretase, and the subsequent regulated intramembrane proteolysis by γ-secretase are the key processes in amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) generation. Previous studies indicate that secretases form binary complex and the interactions ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang X,Pei G

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinsulin was first identified as the primary translation product of the insulin gene in Donald Steiner's laboratory in 1967, and was the first prohormone to be isolated and sequenced. While its role as an insulin precursor has been extensively studied in the field of endocrinology, the bioactivity of the proinsulin ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： de Pablo F,Hernández-Sánchez C,de la Rosa EJ

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) is a gatekeeper of mitochondrial quality control. The present study was aimed to examine whether PINK1 possesses a protective function against gentamicin (GM)-induced sensory hair cell (HC) damage in vitro. The formation of parkin particles (a mar...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yang Q,Zhou Y,Yin H,Li H,Zhou M,Sun G,Cao Z,Man R,Wang H,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past two decades, yeast models have delivered profound insights into basic mechanisms of protein misfolding and the dysfunction of key cellular pathways associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Expressing ALS-associated proteins, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD1), TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-4...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Di Gregorio SE,Duennwald ML

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are characterized by a wide range of symptoms including delayed speech, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, social deficits, breathing problems, structural abnormalities, and epilepsy. Unfortunately, current treatment strategies are limited and innovative new approaches are ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Fisher NM,Seto M,Lindsley CW,Niswender CM

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine receptors (GlyRs) containing the α2 subunit are highly expressed in the developing brain, where they regulate neuronal migration and maturation, promote spontaneous network activity and subsequent development of synaptic connections. Mutations in GLRA2 are associated with autism spectrum disorder, but the unde...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Comhair J,Devoght J,Morelli G,Harvey RJ,Briz V,Borrie SC,Bagni C,Rigo JM,Schiffmann SN,Gall D,Brône B,Molchanova SM

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many unanswered questions about the roles of the actin pointed end capping and actin nucleation by tropomodulins (Tmod) in regulating neural morphology. Previous studies indicate that Tmod1 and Tmod2 regulate morphology of the dendritic arbor and spines. Tmod3, which is expressed in the brain, had only a min...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Gray KT,Stefen H,Ly TNA,Keller CJ,Colpan M,Wayman GA,Pate E,Fath T,Kostyukova AS

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient global cerebral ischemia (tGCI) causes excessive release of glutamate from neurons. Astrocytic glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) and glutamine synthetase (GS) together play a predominant role in maintaining glutamate at normal extracellular concentrations. Though our previous studies reported the alleviation o...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Li K,Zhou H,Zhan L,Shi Z,Sun W,Liu D,Liu L,Liang D,Tan Y,Xu W,Xu E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a higher prevalence in male individuals compared to females, with a ratio of affected boys compared to girls of 4:1 for ASD and 11:1 for Asperger syndrome. Mutations in the SHANK genes (comprising SHANK1, SHANK2 and SHANK3) coding for postsynaptic scaffolding proteins have been tig...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Berkel S,Eltokhi A,Fröhlich H,Porras-Gonzalez D,Rafiullah R,Sprengel R,Rappold GA

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that act as transcription factors in response to endogenous lipid messengers. The fibrates and thiazolidinediones are synthetic PPAR agonists used clinically to treat dyslipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, respectively, but also impr...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Ferguson LB,Zhang L,Wang S,Bridges C,Harris RA,Ponomarev I

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00