[HTML][HTML] Exploring the role of neuroplasticity in development, aging, and neurodegeneration

P Marzola, T Melzer, E Pavesi, J Gil-Mohapel… - Brain sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to reorganize and modify its neural
connections in response to environmental stimuli, experience, learning, injury, and disease …

Physiology of astroglia

A Verkhratsky, M Nedergaard - Physiological reviews, 2018‏ - journals.physiology.org
Astrocytes are neural cells of ectodermal, neuroepithelial origin that provide for homeostasis
and defense of the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

Z Yao, CTJ van Velthoven, M Kunst, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The mammalian brain consists of millions to billions of cells that are organized into many cell
types with specific spatial distribution patterns and structural and functional properties …

AgRP/NPY and POMC neurons in the arcuate nucleus and their potential role in treatment of obesity

MS Vohra, K Benchoula, CJ Serpell, WE Hwa - European journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Obesity is a major health crisis affecting over a third of the global population. This
multifactorial disease is regulated via interoceptive neural circuits in the brain, whose …

Hypothalamic stem cells control ageing speed partly through exosomal miRNAs

Y Zhang, MS Kim, B Jia, J Yan, JP Zuniga-Hertz, C Han… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
It has been proposed that the hypothalamus helps to control ageing, but the mechanisms
responsible remain unclear. Here we develop several mouse models in which hypothalamic …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals hypothalamic cell diversity

R Chen, X Wu, L Jiang, Y Zhang - Cell reports, 2017‏ - cell.com
The hypothalamus is one of the most complex brain structures involved in homeostatic
regulation. Defining cell composition and identifying cell-type-specific transcriptional …

Beyond the hippocampus and the SVZ: adult neurogenesis throughout the brain

MP Jurkowski, L Bettio, E K. Woo, A Patten… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Convincing evidence has repeatedly shown that new neurons are produced in the
mammalian brain into adulthood. Adult neurogenesis has been best described in the …

The cellular and molecular bases of leptin and ghrelin resistance in obesity

H Cui, M López, K Rahmouni - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2017‏ - nature.com
Obesity, a major risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases
and certain types of cancer, arises from a chronic positive energy balance that is often due to …

Obesity-induced inflammation: connecting the periphery to the brain

O Le Thuc, C García-Cáceres - Nature Metabolism, 2024‏ - nature.com
Obesity is often associated with a chronic, low-grade inflammatory state affecting the entire
body. This sustained inflammatory state disrupts the coordinated communication between …

Application of human brain organoids—opportunities and challenges in modeling human brain development and neurodevelopmental diseases

S Kim, MY Chang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Brain organoids are three-dimensional (3D) structures derived from human pluripotent stem
cells (hPSCs) that reflect early brain organization. These organoids contain different cell …