Muradashvili, Nino Charkviani, Mariam Sulimai, Nurul Tyagi, Neetu Crosby, Jeff Lominadze, David
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with increased blood content of fibrinogen (Fg), called hyperfibrinogenemia (HFg), which results in enhanced cerebrovascular permeability and leads to short-term memory (STM) reduction. Previously, we showed that extravasated Fg was deposited in the vasculo-astrocyte interface and was co-localized with cel...
Marques, Danuzia A Gargaglioni, Luciane H Joseph, Vincent Bretzner, Frédéric Bícego, Kênia C Fournier, Stéphanie Kinkead, Richard
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The neural network that regulates breathing shows a significant sexual dimorphism. Ovarian hormones contribute to this distinction as, in rats, ovariectomy reduces the ventilatory response to CO2. Microglia are neuroimmune cells that are sensitive to neuroendocrine changes in their environment. When reacting to challenging conditions, these cells s...
Kanda, Hirosato Kobayashi, Kimiko Yamanaka, Hiroki Okubo, Masamichi Dai, Yi Noguchi, Koichi
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a lipid mediator which plays a role in the generation of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. In the peripheral nervous system, PGE2 sensitizes nociceptive afferent neurons through E-prostanoid (EP) receptors. In the central nervous system, PGE2 modulates pain sensitivity and contributes to the development of neuropathic pa...
Cleber Gama de Barcellos Filho, Procópio... Campos Zanelatto, Leonardo Amélia Aparecida Santana, Barbara Calado, Rodrigo T Rodrigues Franci, Celso
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Chronic stress is related to the acceleration of telomere shortening. Recent work showed a correlation between chronic psychosocial stress and reduced telomere length in certain cells. The exposure of T lymphocytes to cortisol promoted a significant reduction in telomerase activity. Although stress can promote changes in telomere length, whether in...
Feng, Pengjiu Zhang, Aimin Su, Ming Cai, Hai Wang, Xiaogang Zhang, Yan
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There is an increasing interest concerning the contribution of astrocytes to the intrinsic bioremediation of ischemic brain injury. The aim of this work was to disclose the effects and mechanism of dexmedetomidine (DEX) on the apoptosis of astrocytes under oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) condition. Primary cultured astrocytes separated from Spragu...
Cai, Xiao Ouyang, Mingkun Yin, Yulong Zhang, Qingfang
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Bilinguals differ substantially in their second language (L2) proficiency, but it remains unclear whether language proficiency modulates the effect of L2 semantically related distractors in L2 spoken word production. In the present study, two groups of high proficiency and low proficiency Chinese-English bilinguals named target pictures in their L2...
Miranda-Azpiazu, Patricia Svedberg, Marie Higuchi, Makoto Ono, Maiko Jia, Zhisheng Sunnemark, Dan Elmore, Charles S Schou, Magnus Varrone, Andrea
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The neuropathological hallmark of Parkinsońs disease, multiple system atrophy and dementia with Lewy bodies is the accumulation of α-synuclein. The development of an imaging biomarker for α-synuclein is an unmet need. To date, no selective α-synuclein imaging agent has been identified, though initial studies suggest that the tau tracer [11C]PBB3 di...
Szumlinski, Karen K Thompson, Daria L Renton, Rachel M Ary, Alexis W Lominac, Kevin D
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For over 50 years, the sympathomimetic phenylpropanolamine (PPA; ±-norephedrine) was a primary active ingredient in over-the-counter nasal decongestants for both children and adults and continues to be prevalent in the vast majority of countries today. Previously, we reported that juvenile PPA exposure alters the developmental trajectory of catecho...
Luan, Xiaoqian Cheng, Haoran Chen, Yunbin Cheng, Lin Zhou, Shengnan Song, Jiaying Lin, Gangqiang Qiu, Huihua He, Jincai
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Studies have shown that high levels of the fibrinogen (FIB) are related to anxiety and depression. However, the relationship between FIB and post-stroke emotional impairment (PSEI) remains unclear, which includes post-stroke anxiety (PSA) and post-stroke depression (PSD). A total of 555 patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) were enrolled in thi...
Kuang, Xiao-Yan Ren, Yong Chen, Cong Su, Jun Li, Hua-Mei Liu, Si-Jia Sun, Tian-Jing Mu, Dong-Yun Lu, Jing Chen, Lan
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Neovascularization is a histological feature of glioma, especially of glioblastoma (GBM), being associated with tumor invasiveness and poor prognosis. However, current anti-angiogenic therapies targeting vascular endothelial cells (ECs), has exhibited poor efficacy in some GBM cases. This may be at least partially attributed to the potential of gli...