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We have analysed the impact of NSPCs on anti-CD3/CD28-activated T cells. In vitro analyses clearly show that porcine, rat, and mouse NSPCs inhibit the proliferation of activated T cells. This result raises new perspectives concerning the use of NSPCs in cell therapy....
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PMID: 20941615
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We screened pools of P element-mediated mutants and tested locomotor activity of homozygous flies. Of 1014 P element-mutagenized lines, 638 were homozygous viable. These lines were tested for climbing ability and lifespan. We isolated dGIPC, a Drosophila homolog of GIPC, that produced a 50% prematur...
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PMID: 21029723
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The human brain contains more than 100 trillion (10(14)) synaptic connections, which form all of its neural circuits. Neuroscientists have long been interested in how this complex synaptic web is weaved during development and remodelled during learning and disease. Recent studies hav...
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PMID: 21068831
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The myelination of axons by glial cells was the last major step in the evolution of cells in the vertebrate nervous system, and white-matter tracts are key to the architecture of the mammalian brain. Cell biology and mouse genetics have provided insight into axon-glia signalling and the molecular ar...
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PMID: 21068833
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Blood flow in the brain is regulated by neurons and astrocytes. Knowledge of how these cells control blood flow is crucial for understanding how neural computation is powered, for interpreting functional imaging scans of brains, and for developing treatments for neurological disorders. It is now rec...
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PMID: 21068832
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Oligodendrocytes and astrocytes are macroglial cells of the vertebrate central nervous system. These cells have diverse roles in the maintenance of neurological function. In the embryo, the genetic mechanisms that underlie the specification of macroglial precursors in vivo appear strikingly similar...
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PMID: 21068830
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We describe a new experimental system that efficiently elucidates the role of MeCP2 in neural development. MeCP2-null and control ES cells were generated by adenoviral conditional targeting and examined for maintenance of the undifferentiated ES cell state, neurogenesis, and gliogenesis during in vi...
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PMID: 20816763
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We aim to give an overview of the current literature and patents for inhibitors of inflammatory oxidative enzymes in glia such as NADPH oxidase, myeloperoxidase, COX-2 and 5-lipooxygenase.
Recent literature and patents on natural products or small molecule-based inhibitors of glial oxidative enzymes...
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PMID: 20939683
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An increase in PCO(2) in the arterial blood triggers immediate release of ATP from the ventral chemosensory site(s) on the surface of the medulla oblongata. Systemic hypoxia in anesthetized rats was also associated with increased ATP release on the ventral medullary surface. During both hypoxia and...
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PMID: 20601205
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We discuss this plasticity of the endocannabinoid system during the aforementioned central nervous system disorders, as well as its dysregulation, both of which have opened the way to the use of either direct and indirect activators or blockers of CB₁ and CB₂ receptors for the treatment of the s...
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PMID: 20632970
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We report that CG10527 is expressed widely in secondary cells in the male accessory glands, in ovarian follicle cells, and in glial cells in the nervous system. Furthermore, CG10527 is expressed abundantly in the corpora allata where JH is synthesized. To understand the physiological functions of CG...
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PMID: 20833126
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The applicability of CMCht/PAMAM dendrimer nanoparticles for CNS applications was investigated. AFM and TEM observations revealed that the nanoparticles possessed a nanosphere-like shape with a size from 22.0 to 30.7 nm. The nanoparticles could be bound to fluorescent-probe FITC fo...
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PMID: 20602413
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Poly(ethylene glycol) or PEG-based hydrogels provide a useful methodology for tissue engineering and the controlled-release of drugs within the central nervous system (CNS). To be successful, the local neuroinflammatory response to an implant must be well understood. Toward this end,...
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PMID: 20740603
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We recently reported that after implantation of chitosan channels with complete spinal cord transection, the tissue bridging the spinal cord stumps contained axons and radial glial cells. The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of the radial glial cells in the tissue bridges. Chitosan chan...
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PMID: 20671580
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We have summarized recent data indicating that the multifaceted glial compartment of the brainstem should be considered in future research aimed at identifying feeding-related processes operating at this level.
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PMID: 20451504
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Despite multimodal therapeutic concepts, advanced localized and high-risk neuroblastoma remains a therapeutic challenge with a long-term survival rate below 50%. Consequently, new modalities for the treatment of neuroblastoma, e.g., oncolytic virotherapy are urgently required. H-1PV...
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PMID: 20087864
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We tested the effects of mouse embryonic stem cells (mES) grafts in mice spinal cord injury (SCI). Young adult female C57/Bl6 mice were subjected to laminectomy at T9 and 1-minute compression of the spinal cord with a vascular clip. Four groups were analyzed: laminectomy (Sham), injured (SCI), vehic...
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PMID: 20599835
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I ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP). Ricin A chain (RTA) was included for comparison. TCS, RTA, and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled TCS and RTA were separately injected into rat eyes. Saline or pure FITC was used as the control. Electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, and lectin and im...
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PMID: 19851719
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most acute degenerative pathologies in the central nervous system, and in vivo indices enabling an assessment of TBI on a mechanistic basis have yet to be established. The aim of this work was to pursue neuroinflammatory changes and their link to functional...
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PMID: 20504160
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We discuss the case of centrosome asymmetry and the contribution of spindle orientation and non-spindle-related centrosome functions. Although still fragmentary, the emerging picture suggests that both notable parallelisms and striking differences apply....
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PMID: 20537889
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We identify embryonic OE Pax7+ progenitors, detected at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) in the olfactory pit with an antigen profile and location previously assigned to presumptive OE stem cells. Using Cre-loxP technology (Pax7-cre/ROSA YFP mice), we expose a wide range of derivatives, including CNS and...
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PMID: 20631180
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Oxidative stress induced by inhibition of glutathione (GSH) biosynthesis with D,L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO) causes human microglia, human astrocytes, THP-1 cells, and U373 cells to secrete materials toxic to human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells and stimulates them to release TNF-alpha, IL-6, and...
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PMID: 20228251
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We aimed to validate a preclinical model for evaluating dose-dependent efficacy, spinal cord toxicity, and long-term function after intrathecal morphine in the neonatal rat.
Lumbar intrathecal injections were performed in anesthetized rats aged postnatal day (P) 3, 10, and 21. The relationship betwe...
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PMID: 20526189
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Systemic ketamine can trigger apoptosis in the brain of rodents and primates during susceptible developmental periods. Clinically, spinally administered ketamine may improve the duration or quality of analgesia in children. Ketamine-induced spinal cord toxicity has been reported in adult animals but...
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PMID: 20526188
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Sandra Goebbels,
Jan H Oltrogge,
Robert Kemper,
Ingo Heilmann,
Ingo Bormuth,
Susanne Wolfer,
Sven P Wichert,
Wiebke Möbius,
Xin Liu,
Corinna Lappe-Siefke,
Moritz J Rossner,
Matthias Groszer,
Ueli Suter,
Jens Frahm,
Susann Boretius and
Klaus-Armin Nave
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We have hypothesized that it requires additional mechanisms downstream of NRG1/ErbB signaling to trigger myelination in the peripheral nervous system. Here, we demonstrate that elevated levels of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) have developmental effects on both oligodendrocytes and...
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PMID: 20592216
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We report here that Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) is expressed by oligodendrocytes and is up-regulated in MS lesions. Pathogen-derived TLR2 agonists, but not agonists for other TLRs, inhibit OPC maturation in vitro. Hyaluronan-mediated inhibition of OPC maturation requires TLR2 and MyD88, a TLR2 adapt...
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PMID: 20534434
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We previously reported that neuronal protein astrotactin (ASTN1) functions as a neuron-glial ligand during CNS glial-guided migration. Here, we identify a new Astn family member, Astn2, that is expressed at high levels in migrating, cerebellar granule neurons, along with Astn1, at developmental stag...
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PMID: 20573900
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We inactivated Ndufs4 selectively in neurons and glia (NesKO mice). NesKO mice manifested the same symptoms as KO mice including retarded growth, loss of motor ability, breathing abnormalities, and death by approximately 7 wk. Progressive neuronal deterioration and gliosis in specific brain areas co...
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PMID: 20534480
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We evaluated the expression of CXCL12 and its receptor, CXCR4, within the demyelinating and remyelinating corpus callosum (CC). CXCL12 was significantly up-regulated within activated astrocytes and microglia in the CC during demyelination, as were numbers of CXCR4+NG2+ oligodendrocyte precursor cell...
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PMID: 20534485
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Alexander disease is a rare and usually fatal neurological disorder characterized by the abundant presence of protein aggregates in astrocytes. Most cases result from dominant missense de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), but how these mutati...
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PMID: 20544858
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Sebastian P Galuska,
Manuela Rollenhagen,
Moritz Kaup,
Katinka Eggers,
Imke Oltmann-Norden,
Miriam Schiff,
Maike Hartmann,
Birgit Weinhold,
Herbert Hildebrandt,
Rudolf Geyer,
Martina Mühlenhoff and
Hildegard Geyer
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We performed a glycoproteomics approach to identify the underlying protein scaffolds. Affinity purification of polysialylated molecules from Ncam(-/-) brain followed by peptide mass fingerprinting led to the identification of the synaptic cell adhesion molecule SynCAM 1 as a so far unknown polySia c...
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PMID: 20479255
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We report that in the immune-mediated motor neuron injury animal model, expression of Nrf2 and antioxidative enzymes including glutathione S-transferase, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced)-quinone oxidoreductase 1 and heme oxygenase 1 were greatly reduced in motor neurons of spina...
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PMID: 19589199
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B Renee Bozard,
Preethi S Ganapathy,
Jennifer Duplantier,
Barbara Mysona,
Yonju Ha,
Penny Roon,
Robert Smith,
I David Goldman,
Puttur Prasad,
Pamela M Martin,
Vadivel Ganapathy and
Sylvia B Smith
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FRalpha and PCFT are expressed in retinal Müller cells and colocalize in the endosomal compartment, suggesting that the two proteins may work coordinately to mediate folate uptake. The unexpected finding of RFC expression and activity in cultured Müller cells may reflect the upregulation of this p...
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PMID: 20053979
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Owing to improved survival rates of premature newborns, the number of very low birth weight infants is rising. Preterm infants display a greater propensity for brain injury caused by hypoxic or ischemic events, infection and/or inflammation that results in prominent white matter inju...
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PMID: 20479779
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Owing to improved survival rates of premature newborns, the number of very low birth weight infants is rising. Preterm infants display a greater propensity for brain injury caused by hypoxic or ischemic events, infection and/or inflammation that results in prominent white matter inju...
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PMID: 20479779
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M Coma,
L Serenó,
B Da Rocha-Souto,
T C Scotton,
J España,
M B Sánchez,
M Rodríguez,
J Agulló,
C Guardia-Laguarta,
M Garcia-Alloza,
L A Borrelli,
J Clarimón,
A Lleó,
B J Bacskai,
C A Saura,
B T Hyman and
T Gómez-Isla
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We investigated the effect of Triflusal on brain Abeta accumulation, neuroinflammation, axonal curvature and cognition in an AD transgenic mouse model (Tg2576). Triflusal treatment did not alter the total brain Abeta accumulation but significantly reduced dense-cored plaque load and associated glial...
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PMID: 20149872
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Maya Yamazaki,
Masahiro Fukaya,
Kouichi Hashimoto,
Miwako Yamasaki,
Mika Tsujita,
Makoto Itakura,
Manabu Abe,
Rie Natsume,
Masami Takahashi,
Masanobu Kano,
Kenji Sakimura and
Masahiko Watanabe
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We pursued their roles in synaptic expression of cerebellar AMPA receptors. In the cerebellar cortex, gamma-2 and gamma-7 were preferentially localized at various asymmetrical synapses. Using quantitative Western blot and immunofluorescence, we found severe reductions in GluA2 and GluA3 and mild red...
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PMID: 20529126
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We sought to determine whether age-related changes in microglia and astrocytes in rhesus monkeys are region-specific, suggestive of involvement in regional differences in vulnerability to degeneration that may be relevant to PD pathogenesis. Gliosis in midbrain DA subregions was measured by estimati...
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PMID: 18715678
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by a selective loss of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Although current therapy can control symptoms of this disorder, there is no effective therapy available to halt its progression. Recently, neuroinf...
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PMID: 20190013
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We explored the effects of the typical antipsychotic haloperidol and the atypical prototype drug clozapine on the release of S100B by astrocytic C6 cells and oligodendrocytic OLN-93 cells. Because of the association between schizophrenia and disturbances in energy metabolism, we assessed the effects...
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PMID: 20226844
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This review begins with the description of the nervous cytogenesis, proliferation of primitive cells, migration and differentiation with antigen expression and regulation through factors. Emphasis is given to neural stem cells, progenitors and to radial glia as belonging to early stages of gliogenes...
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PMID: 20651342
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We use in utero electroporation and genetic fate mapping to show that SNPs and RGCs cohabit the VZ but display different cell cycle kinetics and generate phenotypically different progeny. In addition, we find that RGC progeny undergo additional rounds of cell division as intermediate progenitor cell...
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PMID: 20484645
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