Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in major depressive disorder and Alzheimer's disease

T Berger, H Lee, AH Young, D Aarsland… - Trends in molecular …, 2020 - cell.com
Depression and dementia are major public health problems. Major depressive disorder
(MDD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) reciprocally elevate the risk for one another. No …

Sex differences in the epilepsies and associated comorbidities: implications for use and development of pharmacotherapies

CA Christian, DS Reddy, J Maguire, PA Forcelli… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The epilepsies are common neurologic disorders characterized by spontaneous recurrent
seizures. Boys, girls, men, and women of all ages are affected by epilepsy and, in many …

[HTML][HTML] Adult neurogenesis, human after all (again): Classic, optimized, and future approaches

PJ Lucassen, CP Fitzsimons, E Salta… - Behavioural brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this perspective article, we reflect on the recent debate about the existence of human
neurogenesis and discuss direct, and also indirect, support for the ongoing formation, and …

MicroRNAs as potential biomarkers in temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

B Martinez, PV Peplow - Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of focal epilepsy in adults, accounting for
one third of all diagnosed epileptic patients, with seizures originating from or involving …

An excitatory and epileptogenic effect of dentate gyrus mossy cells in a mouse model of epilepsy

JJ Botterill, YL Lu, JJ LaFrancois, HL Bernstein… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The sparse activity of hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells (GCs) is thought to be
critical for cognition and behavior, whereas excessive DG activity may contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Robust chronic convulsive seizures, high frequency oscillations, and human seizure onset patterns in an intrahippocampal kainic acid model in mice

CP Lisgaras, HE Scharfman - Neurobiology of disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Intrahippocampal kainic acid (IHKA) has been widely implemented to simulate temporal
lobe epilepsy (TLE), but evidence of robust seizures is usually limited. To resolve this …

Pyruvate kinase isoform M2 impairs cognition in systemic lupus erythematosus by promoting microglial synaptic pruning via the β-catenin signaling pathway

L Lu, H Wang, X Liu, L Tan, X Qiao, J Ni, Y Sun… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a severe
complication, which involves pathological damage to the brain and cognitive function …

Early seizure activity accelerates depletion of hippocampal neural stem cells and impairs spatial discrimination in an Alzheimer's disease model

CH Fu, DM Iascone, I Petrof, A Hazra, X Zhang… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been reported to be decreased, increased, or not
changed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and related transgenic mouse models. These …

Bcl11 transcription factors regulate cortical development and function

R Simon, C Wiegreffe, S Britsch - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Transcription factors regulate multiple processes during brain development and in the adult
brain, from brain patterning to differentiation and maturation of highly specialized neurons as …

Enhanced excitability of the hippocampal CA2 region and its contribution to seizure activity in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy

AC Whitebirch, JJ LaFrancois, S Jain, P Leary… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
The hippocampal CA2 region, an area important for social memory, has been suspected to
play a role in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) because of its resistance to degeneration …