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MMP‐9 in translation: from molecule to brain physiology, pathology, and therapy
This article is part of the 60th Anniversary special issue. MMP‐9, through cleavage of specific target proteins, plays a major role in synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammation, and by those virtues contributes to brain physiology and a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders. This article is part of the 60th Anniversary special issue.
Source: Journal of Neurochemistry - March 21, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Behnam Vafadari, Ahmad Salamian, Leszek Kaczmarek Tags: Bench to Bedside Source Type: research

MMP ‐9 in translation: from molecule to brain physiology, pathology, and therapy
This article is part of the 60th Anniversary special issue. MMP‐9, through cleavage of specific target proteins, plays a major role in synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammation, and by those virtues contributes to brain physiology and a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders. This article is part of the 60th Anniversary special issue.
Source: Journal of Neurochemistry - March 20, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Behnam Vafadari, Ahmad Salamian, Leszek Kaczmarek Tags: Bench to Bedside Source Type: research

Multiple faces of protein interacting with C kinase 1 (PICK1): structure, function, and diseases
Publication date: Available online 9 March 2016 Source:Neurochemistry International Author(s): Yun-Hong Li, Nan Zhang, Ya-Nan Wang, Ying Shen, Yin Wang Protein interacting with C-kinase 1 (PICK1) has received considerable attention because it is the only protein that contains both PSD-95/DlgA/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain and Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs (BAR) domain. Through PDZ and BAR domains, PICK1 binds to a large number of membrane proteins and lipid molecules, and is thereby of multiple functions. PICK1 is widely expressed in various tissues, particularly abundant in the brain and testis. In the central nervous system (CNS), PICK...
Source: Neurochemistry International - March 9, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Erectile Dysfunction in Individuals with Neurologic Disability: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study
Conclusion: The occurence of erectile dysfunction is significantly more prevalent among neurologically disabled men, particularly those with lesions below S2–S4, than among men without neurologic disability. Considering the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among neurologically disabled men, sexual functioning should be regularly evaluated during acute and long-term rehabilitation, and any existing sexual dysfunction should be addressed in the treatment plan. Introduction Penile erection is a neurovascular event characterized by the dilation of arteries that cause the corpora cavernosa and corpora spongiosum of the peni...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - February 22, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Current Issue Medical Issues Neurologic Systems and Symptoms Neurology Neuromuscular Disease Original Research Neurogenic SD; Erectile Dysfunction; sexual health; Quality of life Source Type: research

The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Signaling Pathway as a Discovery Target in Stroke
Abstract Protein kinases are critical modulators of a variety of intracellular and extracellular signal transduction pathways, and abnormal phosphorylation events can contribute to disease progression in a variety of diseases. As a result, protein kinases have emerged as important new drug targets for small molecule therapeutics. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway transmits signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus in response to a variety of different stimuli. Because this pathway controls a broad spectrum of cellular processes, including growth, inflammation, and stress responses, ...
Source: Journal of Molecular Neuroscience - February 3, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Erectile Dysfunction in Individuals with Neurologic Disability: A Hospital-based, Cross-sectional Study
Conclusion: The occurence of erectile dysfunction is significantly more prevalent among neurologically disabled men, particularly those with lesions below S2–S4, than among men without neurologic disability. Considering the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among neurologically disabled men, sexual functioning should be regularly evaluated during acute and long-term rehabilitation, and any existing sexual dysfunction should be addressed in the treatment plan. Introduction Penile erection is a neurovascular event characterized by the dilation of arteries that cause the corpora cavernosa and corpora spongiosum of the peni...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - February 1, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Current Issue Medical Issues Neurologic Systems and Symptoms Neurology Neuromuscular Disease Original Research Neurogenic SD; Erectile Dysfunction; sexual health; Quality of life Source Type: research

Metastatic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma to the brain
This report documents an unusual case of a patient with a chromophobe renal cell carcinoma presenting with a brain metastasis. A 58-year-old man presented with stroke-like symptomatology, including expressive aphasia, right side facial weakness, headaches and vomiting. CT imaging demonstrated a 4.7cm left frontal lobe hemorrhagic mass. He underwent surgery with excision of the mass, which was marked by sheets of large cells with lightly eosinophilic to clear cytoplasm. PAX8 staining was positive and a diagnosis of clear cell carcinoma of probably renal origin was rendered. Subsequently, CT imaging of the abdomen revealed a...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - November 17, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Minocycline mitigates the gliogenic effects of proinflammatory cytokines on neural stem cells
Mobilizing endogenous neural stem cells (NSCs) in the adult brain is designed to enhance the brain's regenerative capacity after cerebral lesions, e.g., as a result of stroke. Cerebral ischemia elicits neuroinflammatory processes affecting NSCs in multiple ways, the precise mechanisms of which currently remain elusive. An inhibitory effect of minocycline on microglia activation, a hallmark of postischemic neuroinflammation, has already been demonstrated in clinical trials, showing minocycline to be safe and potentially effective in ischemic stroke. Here we investigate the direct effects of minocycline and of proinflammator...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Research - November 3, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sabine Ulrike Vay, Stefan Blaschke, Rebecca Klein, Gereon Rudolf Fink, Michael Schroeter, Maria Adele Rueger Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

MMP‐9 in Translation: From Molecule to Brain Physiology, Pathology and Therapy
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Source: Journal of Neurochemistry - November 3, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Behnam Vafadari, Ahmad Salamian, Leszek Kaczmarek Tags: Review Source Type: research

Pathobiology of tobacco smoking and neurovascular disorders: untied strings and alternative products
Abstract Tobacco smoke (TS) is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide. In addition to a host of well characterized diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, oral and peripheral cancers and cardiovascular complications, epidemiological evidence suggests that chronic smokers are at equal risk to develop neurological and neurovascular complications such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, vascular dementia and small vessel ischemic disease (SVID). Unfortunately, few direct neurotoxicology studies of tobacco smoking and its pathogenic pathways have been produced so far. A ...
Source: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS - October 31, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Intranasal Delivery of Apelin-13 Is Neuroprotective and Promotes Angiogenesis After Ischemic Stroke in Mice
This study demonstrates a noninvasive intranasal delivery of apelin-13 after stroke, suggesting that the reduced inflammatory activities, decreased cell death, and increased angiogenesis contribute to the therapeutic benefits of apelin-13.
Source: ASN Neuro - September 21, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Chen, D., Lee, J., Gu, X., Wei, L., Yu, S. P. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Modulation of BV-2 microglia functions by novel quercetin pivaloyl ester
Publication date: Available online 16 September 2015 Source:Neurochemistry International Author(s): Nataša Mrvová, Martin Škandík, Marcela Kuniaková, Lucia Račková Chronic inflammation in brain plays a critical role in major neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s disease, stroke or multiple sclerosis. Microglia, resident macrophages and intristinc components of CNS, appear to be main effectors in this pathological process. Quercetin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, was proven to downregulate inflammatory genes in microglia. Synthetically modified quercetin, 3´-O-(3-chloropivaloyl) quer...
Source: Neurochemistry International - September 18, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Resveratrol Neuroprotection in Stroke and Traumatic CNS injury
Publication date: Available online 12 August 2015 Source:Neurochemistry International Author(s): Mary Lopez, Robert J. Dempsey, Raghu Vemuganti Resveratrol, a stilbene formed in many plants in response to various stressors, elicits multiple beneficial effects in vertebrates. Particularly, resveratrol was shown to have therapeutic properties in cancer, atherosclerosis and neurodegeneration. Resveratrol-induced benefits are modulated by multiple synergistic pathways that control oxidative stress, inflammation and cell death. Despite the lack of a definitive mechanism, both in vivo and in vitro studies suggest that resve...
Source: Neurochemistry International - August 14, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Hyperlipidemia exacerbates cerebral injury through oxidative stress, inflammation and neuronal apoptosis in MCAO/reperfusion rats.
Abstract Recent studies showed that hyperglycemia enhanced brain damage when subjected to transient cerebral ischemic stroke. However, the etiologic link between them has been less known. In the present study, based on an experimental rat's model of hyperlipidemia combined with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R), we herein showed that hyperlipidemia induced by high-fat diet (HFD) resulted in considerable increase in serum triglycerides, cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and remarkable decrease in serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which associated with an exacerbation on neurolo...
Source: Experimental Brain Research - August 4, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Cao XL, Du J, Zhang Y, Yan JT, Hu XM Tags: Exp Brain Res Source Type: research

Inhibition of Tnf-α R1 signalling can rescue functional cortical plasticity impaired in early post-stroke period
TNFα is one of the key players in stroke progression and can interfere with brain functioning. We previously documented an impairment of experience-dependent plasticity in the cortex neighbouring the stroke-induced lesion which was accompanied with an upregulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor - Tnf-α level in the brain of ischemic mice one week after the stroke. Since TnfR1 signaling is believed to be a major mediator of the cytotoxicity of Tnf-α through activation of caspases, we used an anti-inflammatory intervention aimed at Tnf-α R1 pathway, trying to attenuate the detrimental effect of post-stroke inflammation and inv...
Source: Neurobiology of Aging - June 17, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Monika Liguz-Lecznar, Renata Zakrzewska, Malgorzata Kossut Source Type: research

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