GDNF to the rescue: GDNF delivery effects on motor neurons and nerves, and muscle re-innervation after peripheral nerve injuries

AF Cintrón-Colón, G Almeida-Alves… - Neural Regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Peripheral nerve injuries commonly occur due to trauma, like a traffic accident. Peripheral
nerves get severed, causing motor neuron death and potential muscle atrophy. The current …

Primary cilia in glial cells: An oasis in the journey to overcoming neurodegenerative diseases

SM Ki, HS Jeong, JE Lee - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many neurodegenerative diseases have been associated with defects in primary cilia, which
are cellular organelles involved in diverse cellular processes and homeostasis. Several …

Quercetin mitigates depression-like behavior via the suppression of neuroinflammation and oxidative damage in corticosterone-induced mice

C Ge, S Wang, X Wu, L Lei - Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 2023 - Elsevier
Depression is a clinically common and easily overlooked mental disease. Quercetin is a
flavonoid compound, which has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant roles. Previous reports …

Nociceptor plasticity: a closer look

MC Pace, MB Passavanti, L De Nardis… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nociceptors are receptors specifically involved in detecting a tissue damage and
transducing it in an electrical signal. Nociceptor activation provoked by any kind of acute …

Long‐term exercise‐specific neuroprotection in spinal muscular atrophy‐like mice

F Chali, C Desseille, L Houdebine… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The real impact of physical exercise parameters, ie intensity, type of contraction
and solicited energetic metabolism, on neuroprotection in the specific context of …

Neuromuscular activity induces paracrine signaling and triggers axonal regrowth after injury in microfluidic lab-on-chip devices

J Sala-Jarque, F Mesquida-Veny, M Badiola-Mateos… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peripheral nerve injuries, including motor neuron axonal injury, often lead to functional
impairments. Current therapies are mostly limited to surgical intervention after lesion, yet …

Reversal of ApoE4-driven brain pathology by vascular endothelial growth factor treatment

S Salomon-Zimri, MJ Glat, Y Barhum… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4), the most prevalent genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease (AD), is associated with increased neurodegeneration and vascular impairments …

Human muscle progenitor cells overexpressing neurotrophic factors improve neuronal regeneration in a sciatic nerve injury mouse model

R Guy, F Grynspan, T Ben-Zur, A Panski… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The peripheral nervous system has an intrinsic ability to regenerate after injury. However,
this process is slow, incomplete, and often accompanied by disturbing motor and sensory …

Combined gene therapy to reduce the neuronal damage in the mouse model of focal ischemic injury

L Molcho, T Ben-Zur, Y Barhum, A Angel, M Glat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Research into stroke is driven by frustration over the limited available therapeutics.
Targeting a single aspect of this multifactorial disease contributes to the therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] MiRNA-206 Affects the Recovery of Sciatic Function by Stimulating BDNF Activity through the Down-regulation of Notch3 Expression

M Wang, S Wu, J Wang, D Fan, Z Li, S Tian… - … of Musculoskeletal & …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanisms of microRNA 206 (miRNA-206) on
neurological recovery through Notch receptor 3 (Notch3). Methods: The sciatic functional …