Semaphorins in adult nervous system plasticity and disease

D Carulli, F De Winter, J Verhaagen - Frontiers in synaptic …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Semaphorins, originally discovered as guidance cues for develo** axons, are involved in
many processes that shape the nervous system during development, from neuronal …

Kindling and status epilepticus models of epilepsy: rewiring the brain

K Morimoto, M Fahnestock, RJ Racine - Progress in neurobiology, 2004‏ - Elsevier
This review focuses on the remodeling of brain circuitry associated with epilepsy, particularly
in excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA systems, including alterations in synaptic …

Axon guidance proteins in neurological disorders

EY Van Battum, S Brignani, RJ Pasterkamp - The Lancet Neurology, 2015‏ - thelancet.com
Many neurological disorders are characterised by structural changes in neuronal
connections, ranging from presymptomatic synaptic changes to the loss or rewiring of entire …

Guidance molecules in synapse formation and plasticity

K Shen, CW Cowan - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2010‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
A major goal of modern neuroscience research is to understand the cellular and molecular
processes that control the formation, function, and remodeling of chemical synapses. In this …

Molecular signaling mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis

JO McNamara, YZ Huang, AS Leonard - Science's STKE, 2006‏ - science.org
Epilepsy, a disorder of recurrent seizures, is a common and frequently devastating
neurological condition. Available therapy is only symptomatic and often ineffective …

Semaphorin function in neural plasticity and disease

RJ Pasterkamp, RJ Giger - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The semaphorins, originally discovered as evolutionarily conserved steering molecules for
develo** axons, also influence neuronal structure and function in the early postnatal and …

Semaphorin 3F is critical for development of limbic system circuitry and is required in neurons for selective CNS axon guidance events

A Sahay, ME Molliver, DD Ginty… - Journal of …, 2003‏ - jneurosci.org
Little is known about the role of class 3 semaphorins in the development of CNS circuitry.
Several class 3 semaphorins, including semaphorin 3F (Sema3F) bind to the receptor …

Involvement of cortical fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive basket cells in epilepsy

X Jiang, M Lachance, E Rossignol - Progress in brain research, 2016‏ - Elsevier
GABAergic interneurons of the parvalbumin-positive fast-spiking basket cells subtype (PV
INs) are important regulators of cortical network excitability and of gamma oscillations …

Secreted semaphorins modulate synaptic transmission in the adult hippocampus

A Sahay, CH Kim, JP Sepkuty, E Cho… - Journal of …, 2005‏ - jneurosci.org
Modulation of synaptic activity is critical for neural circuit function and behavior. The
semaphorins are a large, phylogenetically conserved protein family with important roles in …

Role of semaphorins in the adult nervous system

J de Wit, J Verhaagen - Progress in neurobiology, 2003‏ - Elsevier
In the develo** nervous system, extending axons are directed towards their appropriate
targets by a myriad of attractive and repulsive guidance cues. Work in the past decade has …