Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies

BL Edlow, J Claassen, ND Schiff… - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and
promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) …

Understanding neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury: from mechanisms to clinical trials in dementia

NSN Graham, DJ Sharp - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to increased rates of dementia, including Alzheimer's
disease. The mechanisms by which trauma can trigger neurodegeneration are increasingly …

Repopulating microglia promote brain repair in an IL-6-dependent manner

EF Willis, KPA MacDonald, QH Nguyen, AL Garrido… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cognitive dysfunction and reactive microglia are hallmarks of traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet
whether these cells contribute to cognitive deficits and secondary inflammatory pathology …

Axonal marker neurofilament light predicts long-term outcomes and progressive neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury

NSN Graham, KA Zimmerman, F Moro… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Axonal injury is a key determinant of long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI) but
has been difficult to measure clinically. Fluid biomarker assays can now sensitively quantify …

PET imaging of neuroinflammation in neurological disorders

WC Kreisl, MJ Kim, JM Coughlin, ID Henter… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
A growing need exists for reliable in-vivo measurement of neuroinflammation to better
characterise the inflammatory processes underlying various diseases and to inform the …

Acute and non-resolving inflammation associate with oxidative injury after human spinal cord injury

T Zrzavy, C Schwaiger, I Wimmer, T Berger, J Bauer… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury is a devastating insult followed by progressive cord atrophy and
neurodegeneration. Dysregulated or non-resolving inflammatory processes can disturb …

Diffuse axonal injury predicts neurodegeneration after moderate–severe traumatic brain injury

NSN Graham, A Jolly, K Zimmerman, NJ Bourke… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury is associated with elevated rates of neurodegenerative diseases such
as Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In experimental models …

Molecular mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation elicited by occupational injuries and toxicants

D Pathak, K Sriram - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Occupational injuries and toxicant exposures lead to the development of neuroinflammation
by activating distinct mechanistic signaling cascades that ultimately culminate in the …

Cellular mechanisms and treatments for chemobrain: insight from aging and neurodegenerative diseases

LD Nguyen, BE Ehrlich - EMBO molecular medicine, 2020 - embopress.org
Chemotherapy is a life‐saving treatment for cancer patients, but also causes long‐term
cognitive impairment, or “chemobrain”, in survivors. However, several challenges, including …

Present and future of microglial pharmacology

E Šimončičová, EG de Andrade, HA Vecchiarelli… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Microglia, brain resident immune cells, modulate development, activity, and plasticity of the
central nervous system. Mechanistically implicated in numerous neurological pathologies …