Neuroscience

Autism-associated synaptic vesicle transcripts are differentially expressed in maternal plasma exosomes of physiopathologic pregnancies

During intrauterine development, the formation and function of synaptic vesicles (SVs) are thought to be fundamental conditions essential for normal development of the brain. Lacking advanced technology during...

Authors: Yangwu Fang, Chan Wan, Youlu Wen, Ze Wu, Jing Pan, Mei Zhong and Nanbert Zhong

Clinical pharmacogenomics in action: design, assessment and implementation of a novel pharmacogenetic panel supporting drug selection for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS)

Pharmacogenomics describes the link between gene variations (polymorphisms) and drug responses. In view of the implementation of precision medicine in personalized healthcare, pharmacogenetic tests have recent...

Authors: E. Bothos, E. Ntoumou, K. Kelaidoni, D. Roukas, N. Drakoulis, M. Papasavva, F. A. Karakostis, P. Moulos and K. Karakostis

Anti-migraine agents from an immunological point of view

The new wave of anti-migraine agents is nothing less than a milestone in our battle to manage this devastating disease. However, concerns have recently increased regarding the safety of these drugs. CGRP, whil...

Authors: Bakri M. Assas

Comparing COVID-19-linked neurological complications with other viral infections

Authors: Xiao Deng, Yew-Long Lo and Eng -King Tan

Relation between FCGRIIB rs1050501 and HSV-1 specific IgG antibodies in Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles and neuronal loss in the central nervous system (CNS). Pathogens a...

Authors: Andrea Saul Costa, Simone Agostini, Franca Rosa Guerini, Roberta Mancuso, Mario Clerici and Janardan P. Pandey

Convective forces increase rostral delivery of intrathecal radiotracers and antisense oligonucleotides in the cynomolgus monkey nervous system

The intrathecal (IT) dosing route introduces drugs directly into the CSF to bypass the blood–brain barrier and gain direct access to the CNS. We evaluated the use of convective forces acting on the cerebrospin...

Authors: Jenna M. Sullivan, Curt Mazur, Daniel A. Wolf, Laura Horky, Nicolas Currier, Bethany Fitzsimmons, Jacob Hesterman, Rachel Pauplis, Scott Haller, Berit Powers, Leighla Tayefeh, Bea DeBrosse-Serra, Jack Hoppin, Holly Kordasiewicz, Eric E. Swayze and Ajay Verma

Identifying the pattern of immune related cells and genes in the peripheral blood of ischemic stroke

Ischemic stroke (IS) is the second leading cause of death worldwide which is a serious hazard to human health. Evidence suggests that the immune system plays a key role in the pathophysiology of IS. However, t...

Authors: Zijian Li, Yueran Cui, Juan Feng and Yanxia Guo

The brains of aged mice are characterized by altered tissue diffusion properties and cerebral microbleeds

Brain aging is a major risk factor in the progression of cognitive diseases including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia. We investigated a mouse model of brain aging up to 24 months old (mo).

Authors: Erik N. Taylor, Nasi Huang, Jonathan Wisco, Yandan Wang, Kathleen G. Morgan and James A. Hamilton

HSP90 inhibitor 17AAG attenuates sevoflurane-induced neurotoxicity in rats and human neuroglioma cells via induction of HSP70

17AAG has been extensively studied for its antitumor effects that protect cells from lethal stress by maintaining protein stability. The role of 17AAG in sevoflurane-induced neuronal injury has never been stud...

Authors: Min Liu, Moyun Li, Yu Zhou, Qian Zhou and Yugang Jiang

Trehalose alleviates the phenotype of Machado–Joseph disease mouse models

Machado–Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is the most common of the dominantly inherited ataxias worldwide and is characterized by mutant ataxin-3 aggregation and neuronal dege...

Authors: Magda M. Santana, Susana Paixão, Janete Cunha-Santos, Teresa Pereira Silva, Allyson Trevino-Garcia, Laetitia S. Gaspar, Clévio Nóbrega, Rui Jorge Nobre, Cláudia Cavadas, Hagar Greif and Luís Pereira de Almeida

Circulating PAMM, a novel antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protein, is elevated in acute SCI

Peroxiredoxin activated in M-CSF stimulated monocytes (PAMM) is a novel protein produced by adipocytes with putative redox regulatory and anti-inflammatory properties. Because acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is...

Authors: Leslie R. Morse, Nguyen Nguyen, Yan Xu, Prakash Jha and Ricardo A. Battaglino

LincRNA-EPS in biomimetic vesicles targeting cerebral infarction promotes inflammatory resolution and neurogenesis

Inflammatory damage following stroke aggravates brain damage, resulting in long-term neurological sequelae. The purpose of this study was to identify ways to reduce inflammatory reactions and to accelerate neu...

Authors: Benping Zhang, Qian Li, Shuwei Jia, Feng Li, Qingsong Li and Jiebing Li

Integrative systems and functional analyses reveal a role of dopaminergic signaling in myelin pathogenesis

Myelin sheaths surrounding axons are critical for electrical signal transmission in the central nervous system (CNS). Diseases with myelin defects such as multiple sclerosis (MS) are devastating neurological c...

Authors: Sujun Ding, Yun Gu, Yunyun Cai, Meijuan Cai, Tuo Yang, Shuangxi Bao, Weixing Shen, Xuejun Ni, Gang Chen and Lingyan Xing

Is insulin-like growth factor-1 involved in Parkinson’s disease development?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results in the death of dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra pars compacta and the reduction in dopaminergic control over striatal output ...

Authors: Inma Castilla-Cortázar, Gabriel A. Aguirre, Giovana Femat-Roldán, Irene Martín-Estal and Luis Espinosa

The important role of connexin 43 in subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm

Gap junctions are involved in the development of cerebral vasospasm (CVS) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, the specific roles and regulatory functions of related connexin isoforms remain unknown. ...

Authors: Le Yang, Jian Yan, Jin-An Zhang, Xin-Hui Zhou, Chao Fang, Er-Ming Zeng, Bin Tang, Jian Duan, Guo-Hui Lu and Tao Hong

Beneficial effects of xenon inhalation on behavioral changes in a valproic acid-induced model of autism in rats

Xenon (Xe) is a noble gas that has been used for the last several decades as an anesthetic during surgery. Its antagonistic effect on glutamate subtype of NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartate) receptors resulted in evaluat...

Authors: A. P. Dobrovolsky, V. R. Gedzun, V. I. Bogin, D. Ma, T. E. Ichim, Iu. A. Sukhanova, A. V. Malyshev and V. A. Dubynin

Placental mitochondrial DNA content is associated with childhood intelligence

Developmental processes in the placenta and the fetal brain are shaped by the similar biological signals. Evidence accumulates that adaptive responses of the placenta may influence central nervous system devel...

Authors: Esmée M. Bijnens, Catherine Derom, Steven Weyers, Bram G. Janssen, Evert Thiery and Tim S. Nawrot

First confirmatory study on PTPRQ as an autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss gene

Biallelic PTPRQ pathogenic variants have been previously reported as causative for autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss. In 2018 the first heterozygous PTPRQ variant has been implicated in the developme...

Authors: Dominika Oziębło, Anna Sarosiak, Marcin L. Leja, Birgit S. Budde, Grażyna Tacikowska, Nataliya Di Donato, Hanno J. Bolz, Peter Nürnberg, Henryk Skarżyński and Monika Ołdak

CCNB1 affects cavernous sinus invasion in pituitary adenomas through the epithelial–mesenchymal transition

To investigate the relationship between cyclin B1 (CCNB1) gene expression and cavernous sinus invasion in pituitary adenomas.

Authors: Bin Li, Jianhua Cheng, Hongyun Wang, Sida Zhao, Haibo Zhu, Chuzhong Li, Yazhuo Zhang and Peng Zhao

Plasma peroxiredoxin changes and inflammatory cytokines support the involvement of neuro-inflammation and oxidative stress in Autism Spectrum Disorder

It has been established that children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are affected by oxidative stress, the origin of which is still under investigation. In the present work, we evaluated inflammatory and...

Authors: P. M. Abruzzo, A. Matté, A. Bolotta, E. Federti, A. Ghezzo, T. Guarnieri, M. Marini, A. Posar, A. Siciliano, L. De Franceschi and P. Visconti

Overinterpretation of high throughput sequencing data in medical genetics: first evidence against TMPRSS3/GJB2 digenic inheritance of hearing loss

Hearing loss (HL) is the most common disability of human senses characterized by a great allelic heterogeneity. GJB2 and TMPRSS3 are two well-known HL genes typically underlying its monogenic form. Recently, TMPR...

Authors: Monika Ołdak, Urszula Lechowicz, Agnieszka Pollak, Dominika Oziębło and Henryk Skarżyński

Adipose afferent reflex is enhanced by TNFα in paraventricular nucleus through NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS generation in obesity-related hypertensive rats

The adipose afferent reflex (AAR), a sympatho-excitatory reflex, can promote the elevation of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and blood pressure (BP). Inflammation in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) involve...

Authors: Lei Ding, Ying Kang, Hang-Bing Dai, Fang-Zheng Wang, Hong Zhou, Qing Gao, Xiao-Qing Xiong, Feng Zhang, Tian-Run Song, Yan Yuan, Ming Liu, Guo-Qing Zhu and Ye-Bo Zhou

Proteomic profiling of plasma biomarkers in acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) is a devastating cerebrovascular disorder, which could benefit from collateral circulation. Proteins associated with acute LVO pathogenesis and e...

Authors: Chuan Qin, Xin-Ling Zhao, Xiao-Tong Ma, Luo-Qi Zhou, Long-jun Wu, Ke Shang, Wei Wang and Dai-Shi Tian

Hemodynamic impacts of flow diverter devices on the ophthalmic artery

Flow diverter devices are increasingly used for endovascular treatment of internal carotid artery aneurysms. Treatment of ophthalmic segment aneurysms with flow diverter devices also includes coverage of the o...

Authors: Xinzhi Wu, Zhongbin Tian, Jian Liu, Wenqiang Li, Junfan Chen, Yangyang Zhou, Xinjian Yang and Shiqing Mu

Chronic abdominal vagus stimulation increased brain metabolic connectivity, reduced striatal dopamine transporter and increased mid-brain serotonin transporter in obese miniature pigs

Changes in brain metabolism has been investigated thoroughly during unilateral cervical chronic vagal stimulation in epileptic or depressive patients. Bilateral stimulation of the abdominal vagus (_aVNS) has recei...

Authors: Charles-Henri Malbert, Mickael Genissel, Jean-Louis Divoux and Christine Henry

Pediatric sleep disturbances and treatment with melatonin

There are no guidelines concerning the best approach to improving sleep, but it has been shown that it can benefit the affected children and their entire families. The aim of this review is to analyse the effi...

Authors: Susanna Esposito, Daniela Laino, Renato D’Alonzo, Annalisa Mencarelli, Lorenza Di Genova, Antonella Fattorusso, Alberto Argentiero and Elisabetta Mencaroni

Identification of a multidimensional transcriptome signature for survival prediction of postoperative glioblastoma multiforme patients

Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) is a devastating brain tumor with maximum surgical resection, radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ) as the standard treatment. Diverse clinicopathological a...

Authors: Wei-Zhen Gao, Lie-Mei Guo, Tian-Qi Xu, Yu-Hua Yin and Feng Jia

Gut microbiota dysbiosis in male patients with chronic traumatic complete spinal cord injury

Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is a major physical and psychological problem in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), and gut dysbiosis is commonly occurs in SCI. Here, we document neurogenic bowel manag...

Authors: Chao Zhang, Wenhao Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yingli Jing, Mingliang Yang, Liangjie Du, Feng Gao, Huiming Gong, Liang Chen, Jun Li, Hongwei Liu, Chuan Qin, Yanmei Jia, Jiali Qiao, Bo Wei, Yan Yu…

Increased circulating endothelial progenitor cells and improved short-term outcomes in acute non-cardioembolic stroke after hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of mortality and long-term disability, and profiles of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) reflect the degree of endothelial impairment. This study tested the hypothesi...

Authors: Chen-Yu Chen, Re-Wen Wu, Nai-Wen Tsai, Mel S. Lee, Wei-Che Lin, Mei-Chi Hsu, Chih-Cheng Huang, Yun-Ru Lai, Chia-Te Kung, Hung-Chen Wang, Yu-Jih Su, Chih-Min Su, Sheng-Yuan Hsiao, Ben-Chung Cheng, Yi-Fang Chiang and Cheng-Hsien Lu

The dimensionality of fatigue in Parkinson’s disease

Fatigue is a common problem among individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). It may occur before the overt symptoms of bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor. Little is understood about how to measure fatigue in PD...

Authors: Raymond Chong, Lauren Albor, Chandramohan Wakade and John Morgan

Multimodal characterization of the semantic N400 response within a rapid evaluation brain vital sign framework

For nearly four decades, the N400 has been an important brainwave marker of semantic processing. It can be recorded non-invasively from the scalp using electrical and/or magnetic sensors, but largely within th...

Authors: Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Careesa C. Liu, Xiaowei Song, Shaun D. Fickling, Teresa P. L. Cheung and Ryan C. N. D’Arcy

Adolescent mental health education InSciEd Out: a case study of an alternative middle school population

Mental illness contributes substantially to global disease burden, particularly when illness onset occurs during youth and help-seeking is delayed and/or limited. Yet, few mental health promotion interventions...

Authors: Joanna Yang, Roberto Lopez Cervera, Susannah J. Tye, Stephen C. Ekker and Chris Pierret

Facial nerve stimulation in normal pigs and healthy human volunteers: transitional development of a medical device for the emergency treatment of ischemic stroke

Magnetic stimulation of the facial nerve has been tested in preclinical studies as a new, non-invasive emergency treatment of ischemic stroke that acts by increasing cerebral blood flow (CBF). The objective of...

Authors: Olivia Sanchez, Andrea García, Fernando Castro-Prado, Miriam Perez, Rafael Lara-Estrada, Martin Ramirez-Meza, Montserrat Godinez, Michael L. Coco, Joaquín Azpiroz, Mark K. Borsody and Emilio Sacristán

Hepcidin, an emerging and important player in brain iron homeostasis

Hepcidin is emerging as a new important factor in brain iron homeostasis. Studies suggest that there are two sources of hepcidin in the brain; one is local and the other comes from the circulation. Little is k...

Authors: Driton Vela

Novel neuro-audiological findings and further evidence for TWNK involvement in Perrault syndrome

Hearing loss and ovarian dysfunction are key features of Perrault syndrome (PRLTS) but the clinical and pathophysiological features of hearing impairment in PRLTS individuals have not been addressed. Mutations...

Authors: Monika Ołdak, Dominika Oziębło, Agnieszka Pollak, Iwona Stępniak, Michal Lazniewski, Urszula Lechowicz, Krzysztof Kochanek, Mariusz Furmanek, Grażyna Tacikowska, Dariusz Plewczynski, Tomasz Wolak, Rafał Płoski and Henryk Skarżyński

Sodium ferulate and n-butylidenephthalate combined with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) improve the therapeutic effects of angiogenesis and neurogenesis after rat focal cerebral ischemia

Studies have indicated that bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) administration is a promising approach for stroke treatment. For our study, we chose sodium ferulate (SF) and n-butylidenephthalide (BP) combined with B...

Authors: Qian Zhang, Yonghua Zhao, Youhua Xu, Zhenwei Chen, Naiwei Liu, Chienchih Ke, Bowen Liu and Weikang Wu

Longitudinal brain structural alterations and systemic inflammation in obstructive sleep apnea before and after surgical treatment

Systemic inflammation, neurocognitive impairments, and morphologic brain changes are associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Understanding their longitudinal evolution and interactions after surgical tr...

Authors: Wei-Che Lin, Chih-Cheng Huang, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Kun-Hsien Chou, Pei-Chin Chen, Nai-Wen Tsai, Meng-Hsiang Chen, Michael Friedman, Hsin-Ching Lin and Cheng-Hsien Lu

Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on cognitive functioning in rats with cerebral ischemia reperfusion

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has become the most common non-pharmacological treatment for intractable drug-resistant epilepsy. However, the contribution of VNS to neurological rehabilitation following stroke ...

Authors: Ai-fen Liu, Feng-bo Zhao, Jing Wang, Yi-Fan Lu, Jian Tian, Yin Zhao, Yan Gao, Xia-jun Hu, Xiao-yan Liu, Jie Tan, Yun-li Tian and Jing Shi

Betel quid dependence is associated with functional connectivity changes of the anterior cingulate cortex: a resting-state fMRI study

It is generally acknowledged that drug dependence is connected with abnormal functional organization in the individual’s brain. The present study aimed to identify the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) abnormali...

Authors: Tao Liu, Jianjun Li, Zhongyan Zhao, Yuan Zhong, Zhiqiang Zhang, Qiang Xu, Guoshuai Yang, Guangming Lu, Suyue Pan and Feng Chen

Exome sequencing identifies a mutation in TMC1 as a novel cause of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss

Autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) is highly heterogeneous, and mutations in the gene encoding transmembrane channel-like 1 (TMC1) have been implicated in its development. To date, 35 homo...

Authors: Jiongjiong Hu, Fei Liu, Wenjun Xia, Lili Hao, Jun Lan, Zhenghua Zhu, Jing Ye, Duan Ma and Zhaoxin Ma

NGF eye-drops topical administration in patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a pilot study

Preclinical trials have shown beneficial effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) administration on visual function in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The aim of this pilot study was to explore the po...

Authors: Benedetto Falsini, Giancarlo Iarossi, Antonio Chiaretti, Antonio Ruggiero, Luigi Manni, Lucia Galli-Resta, Giovanni Corbo and Edoardo Abed

Brain mediators of systemic oxidative stress on perceptual impairments in Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is well documented to be associated with elevated systemic oxidative stress and perceptual impairments. Furthermore, the striatum and extrastriatal cortical areas, which are involved i...

Authors: Wei-Che Lin, Kun-Hsien Chou, Pei-Lin Lee, Yung-Cheng Huang, Nai-Wen Tsai, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Kuei-Yueh Cheng, Hung-Chen Wang, Tsu-Kung Lin, Shau-Hsuan Li, Meng-Hsiang Chen, Cheng-Hsien Lu and Ching-Po Lin

Autophagy biomarkers in CSF correlates with infarct size, clinical severity and neurological outcome in AIS patients

Autophagy is demonstrated to be involved in acute ischemic stroke(AIS), which, however, is confined to cells and/or animals levels. The aim of this study was to determine two autophagy biomarkers, Beclin1 and ...

Authors: Honghong Li, Shuwei Qiu, Xiangpen Li, Mei Li and Ying Peng

Development of patient-derived xenograft models from a spontaneously immortal low-grade meningioma cell line, KCI-MENG1

There is a paucity of effective therapies for recurrent/aggressive meningiomas. Establishment of improved in vitro and in vivo meningioma models will facilitate development and testing of novel therapeutic app...

Authors: Sharon K Michelhaugh, Anthony R Guastella, Kaushik Varadarajan, Neil V Klinger, Prahlad Parajuli, Aamir Ahmad, Seema Sethi, Amro Aboukameel, Sam Kiousis, Ian M Zitron, Salah A Ebrahim, Lisa A Polin, Fazlul H Sarkar, Aliccia Bollig-Fischer and Sandeep Mittal

Severe disturbance of glucose metabolism in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of schizophrenia patients: a targeted metabolomic study

Schizophrenia is a widespread and debilitating mental disorder. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of schizophrenia remains largely unknown and no objective laboratory tests are available to diagnose ...

Authors: Mei-Ling Liu, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Xiang-Yu Du, Zheng Fang, Zhao Liu, Yi Xu, Peng Zheng, Xue-Jiao Xu, Peng-Fei Cheng, Ting Huang, Shun-Jie Bai, Li-Bo Zhao, Zhi-Guo Qi, Wei-Hua Shao and Peng Xie

Differential hypoglycaemic, anorectic, autonomic and emetic effects of the glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist, exendin-4, in the conscious telemetered ferret

Rodents are incapable of emesis and consequently the emetic potential of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists in studies designed to assess a potential blood glucose lowering action of the compou...

Authors: Zengbing Lu, Nathalie Percie Du Sert, Sze Wa Chan, Chi-Kong Yeung, Ge Lin, David TW Yew, Paul LR Andrews and John A Rudd

Growth factor-eluting cochlear implant electrode: impact on residual auditory function, insertional trauma, and fibrosis

A cochlear implant (CI) is an artificial hearing device that can replace a damaged cochlea. The present study examined the use of growth factor-eluting gelatin hydrogel coatings on the electrodes to minimize i...

Authors: Yayoi S Kikkawa, Takayuki Nakagawa, Lin Ying, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Akio Ido and Juichi Ito

Biochemical and inflammatory biomarkers in ischemic stroke: translational study between humans and two experimental rat models

our objective was to examine the plasma levels of three biological markers involved in cerebral ischemia (IL-6, glutamate and TNF-alpha) in stroke patients and compare them with two different rat models of foc...

Authors: Patricia Martínez-Sánchez, María Gutiérrez-Fernández, Blanca Fuentes, Jaime Masjuán, María Alonso de Leciñana Cases, Maria Elena Novillo-López and Exuperio Díez-Tejedor

Existence of a potential neurogenic system in the adult human brain

Prevailingly, adult mammalian neurogenesis is thought to occur in discrete, separate locations known as neurogenic niches that are best characterized in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus and in t...

Authors: Adriano Barreto Nogueira, Mari Cleide Sogayar, Alison Colquhoun, Sheila Aparecida Siqueira, Ariel Barreto Nogueira, Paulo Eurípedes Marchiori and Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira

Developing regional genetic counseling for southern Chinese with nonsyndromic hearing impairment: a unique mutational spectrum

Racial and regional factors are important for the clinical diagnosis of non-syndromic hearing impairment. Comprehensive genetic analysis of deaf patients in different regions of China must be performed to prov...

Authors: Kaitian Chen, Ling Zong, Min Liu, Xianren Wang, Wei Zhou, Yuan Zhan, Hui Cao, Chang Dong, Haocheng Tang and Hongyan Jiang