Motor disturbances and wasting of skeletal muscles (sarcopenia) causes significant
impairment of daily life activities and is a major underlying cause for hospitalization in …

Diabetes is known to be one of the risk factors for dementia; however, neuropathic changes
in the brain of patients with the disease have not been completely revealed. So in the …

Abstract Background and Objectives Photobiomodulation (PBM) has been proposed as a
potential therapy for spinal cord injury (SCI). We aimed to demonstrate that 810 nm light can …

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of
depression as well as neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Recent studies …

Sarcopenia, loss of skeletal muscle mass, is a hallmark of aging commonly attributed to a
decreased capacity to maintain muscle tissue in senescence, yet the mechanism behind the …

Key points Sarcopenia of the diaphragm muscle, ie loss of muscle force and size with
increasing age, may contribute to respiratory impairment in old age but the exact …

purpose. This study sought to elucidate changes in the levels and distribution of brain-
derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the retina throughout aging and depending on visual …

When associated with the Nogo receptor (NgR), the transmembrane receptor p75NTR
signals growth cone collapse. Arrest of CNS axon growth in vivo is mediated by CNS myelin …

This study examined tyrosine kinase receptor (Trk) expression and phosphorylation in
lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (DRG) after acute (8 or 48 hours) or chronic (10 days) …

Neonatal sciatic nerve injury is known to result in an extensive loss of lumbar motor neurons
as well as the disappearance of their respective muscle fibers in the hindlimb musculature …