Guidelines for the measurement of vascular function and structure in isolated arteries and veins

CF Wenceslau, CG McCarthy… - American Journal …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The measurement of vascular function in isolated vessels has revealed important insights
into the structural, functional, and biomechanical features of the normal and diseased …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of in vitro electrophysiological methods in CNS safety pharmacology

MV Accardi, MK Pugsley, R Forster, E Troncy… - … of pharmacological and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Adverse CNS effects account for a sizeable proportion of all drug attrition cases. These
adverse CNS effects are mediated predominately by off-target drug activity on neuronal ion …

Astrocytic K+ clearance during disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

R Stevenson, E Samokhina, A Mangat, I Rossetti… - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which patients lose
motor functions due to progressive loss of motor neurons in the cortex, brainstem, and spinal …

Applicability of hiPSC-Derived Neuronal Cocultures and Rodent Primary Cortical Cultures for In Vitro Seizure Liability Assessment

AM Tukker, FMJ Wijnolts, A de Groot… - Toxicological …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Seizures are life-threatening adverse drug reactions which are investigated late in drug
development using rodent models. Consequently, if seizures are detected, a lot of time …

A living ex vivo platform for functional, personalized brain cancer diagnosis

B Mann, X Zhang, N Bell, A Adefolaju, M Thang… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Functional precision medicine platforms are emerging as promising strategies to improve
pre-clinical drug testing and guide clinical decisions. We have developed an organotypic …

Towards animal-free neurotoxicity screening: Applicability of hiPSC-derived neuronal models for in vitro seizure liability assessment

AM Tukker, RGDM Van Kleef, FMJ Wijnolts… - ALTEX-Alternatives to …, 2020 - altex.org
A sizeable proportion of drug attrition is due to drug-induced seizures. Currently available
animal models frequently fail to predict human seizure liability. Therefore, there is a need for …

Fast Metabolic Glycan Labeling for Click-Labeling and Imaging of Sialoglycans in Living Acute Brain Slices from Mice and Human Patients

X **a, D Sun, Q Tang, X Liu, X Fan, Y Wan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Living acute brain slices provide a practical platform for imaging sialylation in human brain
pathology. However, the limited lifespan of acute brain slices has impeded the use of …

Chronic neuroinflammation during aging leads to cholinergic neurodegeneration in the mouse medial septum

R Gamage, I Rossetti, G Niedermayer, G Münch… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Low-grade, chronic inflammation in the central nervous system characterized
by glial reactivity is one of the major hallmarks for aging-related neurodegenerative …

Neuronal loss of the glutamate transporter GLT-1 promotes excitotoxic injury in the hippocampus

TS Rimmele, S Li, JV Andersen, EW Westi… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
GLT-1, the major glutamate transporter in the mammalian central nervous system, is
expressed in presynaptic terminals that use glutamate as a neurotransmitter, in addition to …

Astrocytic modulation of cortical oscillations

A Bellot-Saez, G Cohen, A van Schaik, L Ooi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Brain waves are rhythmic voltage oscillations emerging from the synchronization of
individual neurons into a neuronal network. These oscillations range from slow to fast …