Salivary Acetylcholinesterase Activity Is Increased in Parkinson’s Disease: A Potential Marker of Parasympathetic Dysfunction by Tatyana Fedorova, Cindy Soendersoe Knudsen, Kim Mouridsen, Ebba Nexo, Per Borghammer

“…Future studies are needed to elucidate whether this parameter reflects the extent of neuronal damage and parasympathetic denervation in the salivary glands of PD patients.…”
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Expanded taxonomies of human memory by Jason R. Finley

“…All of the above take place in the human brain, driven by neurons and the processes of long-term potentiation and depression. …”
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PD_EBM: An Integrated Boosting Approach Based on Selective Features for Unveiling Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis With Global and Local Explanations by Fahmida Khanom, Mohammad Shorif Uddin, Rafid Mostafiz

“…The increasing prevalence of PD and its significant impact on the motor neurons of the brain impose a substantial burden on the healthcare system. …”
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Operant Discriminative Learning and Evidence of Subtelencephalic Plastic Changes After Long-Term Detelencephalation in Pigeons by S. M. Cerutti, S. Diaz-Cintra, L. Cintra, E. A. M. Ferrari

“…Morphometric analysis revealed a decreased number of neurons and increased vascularity, associated with increases in the perimeter (p<0.001) in the nucleus rotundus. …”
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The Effect of Different Doses of Botulinum Toxin on Masseter Muscle in Patients with Bruxism. by Kawa F. Dizaye, Sarezh Jamal Jalal

“…It acts by inhibiting the release of acetylcholine from cholinergic neurons. Botulinum toxin has been used for management of bruxism, which is a parafunctional disorder and characterized by clenching or grinding of the teeth or both. …”
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MAP4 kinase-regulated reduced CLSTN1 expression in medulloblastoma is associated with increased invasiveness by Ece Sönmez, Shen Yan, Meng-Syuan Lin, Martin Baumgartner

“…Calsynthenin 1 (CLSTN1) is a neuronal protein involved in cell-cell interaction, vesicle trafficking, and synaptic signaling. …”
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Optimal sigmoid function models for analysis of transspinal evoked potential recruitment curves recorded from different muscles. by Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou

“…Recruitment input-output curves of transspinal evoked potentials that represent the net output of spinal neuronal networks during which cortical, spinal and peripheral inputs are integrated as well as motor evoked potentials and H-reflexes are used extensively in research as neurophysiological biomarkers to establish physiological or pathological motor behavior and post-treatment recovery. …”
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Narcolepsy treatment: from exorcism and bloodletting to modern therapy with histamine receptor inverse agonists by E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė, R. Masaitienė

“…It was not until the late 20th century, when narcolepsy was perceived as a central hypersomnia due to partial or complete loss of hypocretin-secreting neurons in the hypothalamus, that effective symptomatic treatment emerged. …”
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Differential Proteomic Analysis Predicts Appropriate Applications for the Secretome of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Dermal Fibroblasts by Stefania Niada, Chiara Giannasi, Alice Gualerzi, Giuseppe Banfi, Anna Teresa Brini

“…This approach led to the recognition of distinct functions related to the conditioned medium of ASCs and DFs, with the former being involved in the regulation of neuronal death and apoptosis and the latter in bone metabolism and ossification. …”
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Developing a brain inspired multilobar neural networks architecture for rapidly and accurately estimating concrete compressive strength by Bashar Alibrahim, Ahed Habib, Maan Habib

“…The MLANN framework employs various architectures of hidden layers, referred to as “lobes,” each with a unique arrangement of neurons to optimize data processing, reduce training noise, and expedite training time. …”
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Recent advances in genetics of aggressive behavior by J. D. Davydova, S. S. Litvinov, R. F. Enikeeva, S. B.  Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…In addition, there is evidence that the hypothalamic-pituitary system genes (OXT, OXTR, AVPR1A, AVPR1B), the sex hormone receptors genes (ER1, AR), neurotrophin (BDNF) and neuronal apoptosis genes (CASP3, BAX) may also be involved in development of aggressive behavior. …”
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Extramacrochaetae regulates Notch signaling in the Drosophila eye through non-apoptotic caspase activity by Sudershana Nair, Nicholas E Baker

“…These effects included acceleration of the morphogenetic furrow, failure of R7 photoreceptor cell specification, and delayed differentiation of non-neuronal cone cells. Within emc mutant clones, Notch signaling was elevated in the morphogenetic furrow, increasing morphogenetic furrow speed. …”
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p38 MAPK Endogenous Inhibition Improves Neurological Deficits in Global Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Mice by Kun Hou, Zhi-cheng Xiao, Hai-Long Dai

“…The cerebral infarction area and volume were assessed and analyzed by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. p38 MAPK and caspase-3 were detected by western blotting. Neuronal apoptosis was measured using TUNEL staining. …”
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Pharmacodynamics of TRPV1 Agonists in a Bioassay Using Human PC-3 Cells by Daniel Alvarez-Berdugo, Marcel Jiménez, Pere Clavé, Laia Rofes

“…TRPV1 is a multimodal channel mainly expressed in sensory neurons. We aimed to explore the pharmacodynamics of the TRPV1 agonists, capsaicin, natural capsaicinoids, and piperine in an in vitro bioassay using human PC-3 cells and to examine desensitization and the effect of the specific antagonist SB366791. …”
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Exploring novel and potent glycogen synthase kinase-3β inhibitors through systematic drug designing approach by Shabir Ahmad Ganai, Suma Mohan, Shahid Ahmad Padder

“…Abstract Significant implications of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) have been reported in various neuronal disorders and malignant cancers. GSK-3β modulates diverse protein targets through phosphorylation, and its aberrant activity leads to neurological complications as well as tumour onset. …”
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Role of PPARs in Progression of Anxiety: Literature Analysis and Signaling Pathways Reconstruction by Olga I. Rudko, Artemii V. Tretiakov, Elena A. Naumova, Eugene A. Klimov

“…Among three PPAR isoforms, PPARG demonstrates the highest expression in CNS, where it can be found in neurons, astrocytes, and glial cells. Herein, the highest PPARG expression occurs in amygdala. …”
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A peripheral subepithelial network for chemotactile processing in the predatory sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica. by Tigran Norekian, Yichen Liu, Ekaterina D Gribkova, Jilai Cui, Rhanor Gillette

“…Sensory nerve spikes and cilia cluster spikes were not identifiable as generated by the same neurons. Ciliary clusters likely drive the sensory nerve spikes via SeN, mediating appetitive and stimulus place codes to CNS. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TURKEYS WITH A/DUCK/ALTAI/469/14 H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS by V. Yu. Sosipatorova, D. A. Altunin, I. A. Chvala, N. S. Mudrak, D. B. Andreychuk

“…Immunohistochemical analysis showed the greatest distribution of the influenza virus antigen in the cerebral endothelium, cerebellar Purkinje neurons, acinar cells of the pancreas and in myocardiocytes of the heart. …”
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Chromatin remodeling in oligodendrogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, N. P. Bondar

“…As they go through the stages of specification and differentiation – from multipotent neuronal cells in the ventricular zone of the neural tube to mature myelinating oligodendrocytes as well as during migration along blood vessels to their destination – cells undergo dramatic changes in the pattern of gene expression. …”
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Shenfu Injection Protects Brain Injury in Rats with Cardiac Arrest through Nogo/NgR Pathway by Haixia Deng, Zhanhong Tang, Peng Tuo, Ruihua Wu, Si Jia, Xuan Zhao, Deqing Huang, Yuguang Gao, Zhou Lan

“…The ultrastructure of neuronal cells in Shenfu group had relatively complete cell membranes and more vesicles than those in the model group. …”
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