Role of Scavenger Receptors in Glia-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Response Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease by Francisca Cornejo, Rommy von Bernhardi

“…However, it is unknown how these cells initiate the response that results in cognitive impairment and neuronal degeneration. Here, we review the participation of the immune response mediated by glial cells in Alzheimer’s disease and the role played by scavenger receptors in the development of this pathology, focusing on the relevance of class A scavenger receptor (SR-A) for Aβ clearance and inflammatory activation of glial cell, and as a potential target for Alzheimer’s disease therapy.…”
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Intracellular α-synuclein assemblies are sufficient to alter nanoscale diffusion in the striatal extracellular space by J. Estaun-Panzano, S. Nandi, Q. Gresil, E. Doudnikoff, C. Mazzocco, ML. Arotcarena, MH. Canron, B. Dehay, L. Cognet, E. Bezard

“…To disentangle the consequences of neuronal loss versus α-synuclein-positive intracellular assemblies formation, we performed near-infrared single-particle tracking to characterise ECS rheology in the striatum of mouse models of α-synucleinopathies. …”
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Cortical AAV-CNTF Gene Therapy Combined with Intraspinal Mesenchymal Precursor Cell Transplantation Promotes Functional and Morphological Outcomes after Spinal Cord Injury in Adult... by Stuart I. Hodgetts, Jun Han Yoon, Alysia Fogliani, Emmanuel A. Akinpelu, Danii Baron-Heeris, Imke G. J. Houwers, Lachlan P. G. Wheeler, Bernadette T. Majda, Sreya Santhakumar, Sarah J. Lovett, Emma Duce, Margaret A. Pollett, Tylie M. Wiseman, Brooke Fehily, Alan R. Harvey

“…Cortical neurons were transduced with a bicistronic adeno-associated viral vector (AAV1) expressing a secretory form of CNTF coupled to mCHERRY (AAV-CNTFmCherry) or with control AAV only (AAV-GFP) two weeks prior to SCI. …”
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Parkinson’s Disease Prediction: An Attention-Based Multimodal Fusion Framework Using Handwriting and Clinical Data by Sabrina Benredjem, Tahar Mekhaznia, Abdulghafor Rawad, Sherzod Turaev, Akram Bennour, Bourmatte Sofiane, Abdulaziz Aborujilah, Mohamed Al Sarem

“…Our focus in this investigation is on PD, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, leading to motor disturbances. …”
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Antidepressant Effects of Probucol on Early-Symptomatic YAC128 Transgenic Mice for Huntington’s Disease by Cristine de Paula Nascimento-Castro, Ana Claudia Wink, Victor Silva da Fônseca, Claudia Daniele Bianco, Elisa C. Winkelmann-Duarte, Marcelo Farina, Ana Lúcia S. Rodrigues, Joana Gil-Mohapel, Andreza Fabro de Bem, Patricia S. Brocardo

“…Endogenous markers were used to assess the effect of probucol on cell proliferation (Ki-67 and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)) and neuronal differentiation (doublecortin (DCX)) in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). …”
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Edaravone dexborneol alleviates pericyte-mediated fibrosis depositing extracellular matrix through TGF-β1/IL-11 in cerebral small vessel disease by Qingrui Duan, Zhiyang Liu, Yuxuan Xing, Haifeng Huang, Lin Zhu, Jiaxuan Liu, Peikun He, Guixian Ma, Yuhu Zhang, Kun Nie, Yuyuan Gao, Lijuan Wang

“…Measures of cognitive function, neuronal damage, white matter lesion (WML), the fibrous profiles of pericytes and ECM protein were investigated to assess the effect of EDB. …”
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Interleukin 10 Plays an Important Role in Neonatal Rats with Hypoxic-Ischemia Associated with B-Cell Lymphoma 2 and Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein 29 by Xue Bai, Liu-Lin Xiong, Chang-Le Fang, Hao-Li Zhou, Lu-Lu Xue, Yue Hu, Qing-Jie Xia, Jia Liu, Jun-Yan Zhang, Ting-Hua Wang, Si-Jin Yang

“…The results demonstrated that the IL-10 expression was markedly increased after HI and IL-10 were colocalized with neurons and astrocytes which were badly injured by HI insult. …”
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SF1-specific deletion of the energy sensor AMPKγ2 induces obesity by Óscar Freire-Agulleiro, Ánxela Estévez-Salguero, Vitor Ferreira, Cassie Lynn Holleman, Julia García-Currás, Ismael González-García, Rubén Nogueiras, Manuel Tena-Sempere, Cristina García-Cáceres, Carlos Diéguez, Miguel López

“…Methods: To fill this gap of knowledge, we investigated the effects of selectively deleting the regulatory isoform AMPKγ2, which is a primary “energy sensor”, in steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1) neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH). …”
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Increased DNA Copy Number Variation Mosaicism in Elderly Human Brain by Darine Villela, Claudia K. Suemoto, Renata Leite, Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci, Lea T. Grinberg, Peter Pearson, Carla Rosenberg

“…Previous reports have shown that the genome of neuronal cells displays somatic genomic mosaicism including DNA copy number variations (CNVs). …”
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Diospyros mespilifoemis hochst Modulates the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of Wistar Rat following Lithium chloride pilocarpine-induced Epilepsy by Sunday Yinka Olatunji, Oluwafemi Ezekiel Kale, Oluseyi Abimbola Ogunsola, John Afees Olanrewaju, Ijeoma Esiaba, Taiye Adelodun, Olubunmi Philip Ogunnaike

“… Objectives: Epilepsy is a disease with vast complexity and diverse clinical manifestations causing neuronal misfiring. Diospyros mespiliformis (DM) possesses anti-epileptic properties. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of the Combination of Citicoline and CoQ10 in a Mouse Model of Ocular Hypertension by José A. Matamoros, Sara Rubio-Casado, José A. Fernández-Albarral, Miguel A. Martínez-López, Elena Salobrar-García, Eva M. Marco, Victor Paleo-García, Rosa de Hoz, Inés López-Cuenca, Lorena Elvira-Hurtado, Lidia Sánchez-Puebla, José M. Ramírez, Juan J. Salazar, Meritxell López-Gallardo, Ana I. Ramírez

“…This study investigated the neuroprotective effects on RGCs and visual pathway neurons of a compound consisting of citicoline and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in a mouse model of unilateral, laser-induced ocular hypertension (OHT). …”
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The Role of Neural Plasticity in Depression: From Hippocampus to Prefrontal Cortex by Wei Liu, Tongtong Ge, Yashu Leng, Zhenxiang Pan, Jie Fan, Wei Yang, Ranji Cui

“…Neural plasticity, a fundamental mechanism of neuronal adaptation, is disrupted in depression. The changes in neural plasticity induced by stress and other negative stimuli play a significant role in the onset and development of depression. …”
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Abnormalities in Glutamate Metabolism and Excitotoxicity in the Retinal Diseases by Makoto Ishikawa

“…However, excessive glutamate can be toxic to retinal neurons by overstimulation of the glutamate receptors. …”
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Oleander poisoning in cattle by Ozgur Ozdemir, M. Kemal Ciftci, Mehmet Maden

“…In histopathological examination, edema, hyperemia and occasional hemorrhage with degeneration and necrosis in myocytes and neurons in heart and brain were detected. Based on the pathological findings, observations of oleander leaves in the feeders and deaths after the oleander trees were cut down have verified the diagnosis of oleander poisoning in these cattle.…”
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Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine with Seizures and Transient MRI Abnormalities by Harsha Bhatia, Fawzi Babtain

“…Sporadic hemiplegic migraine is a rare variant of migraine, We report a case of sporadic hemiplegic migraine and seizures with MRI features suggestive of cortical hyper intensity and edema on T2 and FLAIR images with no restriction pattern on diffusion and these changes completely resolving over time, suggesting that these changes are due prolonged neuronal depolarization and not of ischemic origin.…”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture Prestimulation with Mental Tri-Needles on the Inflammatory Response of Hippocampus in Aged Rats with Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders by WANG Xiangfeng, HUANG Jinyan, LIU Wei, LUO Huiqin, WANG Guanhui, LIN Qin, CHEN Bin

“…Open field experiment and water maze test were used to evaluate the cognitive function; ELISA method was used to detect interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the plasma; HE staining was used to observe the cell morphology of hippocampal tissue; TUNEL staining was used to observe the apoptosis of hippocampal tissue; Western blot and real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR were used to detect the protein content and mRNA expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in hippocampal tissue.Results(1) Cognitive function: compared with the control group and the anesthesia group, the time of staying in the central quadrant, the number of crossings of the quadrant, the number of standing ups, the total distance of swimming, the swimming speed and the number of platform crossings in the operation group significantly decreased, and the latency and the time of staying in the target quadrant were significantly prolonged (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the operation group, the time of staying in the central square, the number of crossings of the quadrant, the number of standing ups, the total distance of swimming, the swimming speed and the number of platform crossings in the acupuncture group significantly increased, and the latency and the time of staying in the target quadrant were significantly shortened (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). (2) Levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in plasma: compared with the control group, the levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α significantly increased in the anesthesia group, operation group and acupuncture group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the anesthesia group, the levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the operation group significantly increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the operation group, the levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the acupuncture group significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). (3) Morphology and apoptosis of hippocampal neurons: the most sever injury of hippocampal neurons occured in the operation group, showing as interstitial edema and a small amount of glial cell proliferation, while the injury of hippocampal neurons was slight and the morphology was relatively normal in the acupuncture group. …”
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Assessing the effect of foodborne endocrine disruptors exposure on methionine synthase activity in neuro-2a neuroblastoma cell lines by Gabriela García-Cerón, Alba Fernanda Solano-González, Iván Hazael Bello-Cortés, Ileana Andrea Bonilla-Brunner, Daniela Araiza-Olivera, Manuel Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Yazmin Ramiro-Cortés, Marcos Francisco Rosetti, Roeb García-Arrazola

“…In the present study, in vitro neuronal cell cultures were exposed to the two most common varieties of EDCs reported in food, phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA). …”
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Ubiquitination of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Postsynaptic Scaffolding Proteins by Amy W. Lin, Heng-Ye Man

“…The human brain is made up of an extensive network of neurons that communicate by forming specialized connections called synapses. …”
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Management of Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation following Lumbar Puncture in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Kenneth R. Hoffman, Sean W. Chan, Andrew R. Hughes, Stephen J. Halcrow

“…We hypothesize that the changes in brain compliance that are thought to occur in the setting of idiopathic intracranial hypertension are protective against further neuronal injury due to axonal stretch following decompressive craniectomy.…”
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ASIC3: A Lactic Acid Sensor for Cardiac Pain by D.C. Immke, E.W. McCleskey

“…Recent discoveries demonstrate that sensory neurons innervating the heart are richly endowed with an ion channel that is opened by, and perfectly tuned for, the lactic acid released by muscle ischemia[1,2].…”
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