Target identification for CNS diseases by transcriptional profiling

CA Altar, MP Vawter, SD Ginsberg - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2009 - nature.com
Gene expression changes in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, and gene
responses to therapeutic drugs, provide new ways to identify central nervous system (CNS) …

Vitamin D and aging: old concepts and new insights

B Lanske, MS Razzaque - The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Aging is a complex biological process driven by a selective class of molecules and
pathways that affect overall deterioration of physiological functions to increase the risk of …

Gene expression profiles in anatomically and functionally distinct regions of the normal aged human brain

WS Liang, T Dunckley, TG Beach… - Physiological …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
In this article, we have characterized and compared gene expression profiles from laser
capture microdissected neurons in six functionally and anatomically distinct regions from …

Down regulation of trk but not p75NTR gene expression in single cholinergic basal forebrain neurons mark the progression of Alzheimer's disease

SD Ginsberg, S Che, J Wuu, SE Counts… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Dysfunction of cholinergic basal forebrain (CBF) neurons of the nucleus basalis (NB) is a
cardinal feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and correlates with cognitive decline. Survival …

Upregulation of select rab GTPases in cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

SD Ginsberg, EJ Mufson, MJ Alldred, SE Counts… - Journal of chemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Endocytic system dysfunction is one of the earliest disturbances that occur in Alzheimer's
disease (AD), and may underlie the selective vulnerability of cholinergic basal forebrain …

Neurons from senescence‐accelerated SAMP8 mice are protected against frailty by the sirtuin 1 promoting agents melatonin and resveratrol

R Cristofol, D Porquet, R Corpas… - Journal of pineal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The senescence‐accelerated prone 8 (SAMP8) mouse strain shows early cognitive loss that
mimics the deterioration of learning and memory in the elderly and is widely used as an …

Shift in the ratio of three‐repeat tau and four‐repeat tau mRNAs in individual cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

SD Ginsberg, S Che, SE Counts… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular mechanisms underlying tauopathy remain undetermined. In the current study,
single cell gene expression profiling was coupled with custom‐designed cDNA array …

Using 'omics' to define pathogenesis and biomarkers of Parkinson's disease

WM Caudle, TK Bammler, Y Lin, S Pan… - Expert review of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Although great effort has been put forth to uncover the complex molecular mechanisms
exploited in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, a satisfactory explanation remains to …

Quantitative study of the effect of coverage on the hybridization efficiency of surface-bound DNA nanostructures

E Mirmomtaz, M Castronovo, C Grunwald, F Bano… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that, contrary to current understanding, the density of probe molecules is
not responsible for the lack of hybridization in high density single-stranded DNA (ss-DNA) …

Aged rats are hypo-responsive to acute restraint: implications for psychosocial stress in aging

HM Buechel, J Popovic, K Staggs… - Frontiers in aging …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive processes associated with prefrontal cortex and hippocampus decline with age
and are vulnerable to disruption by stress. The stress/stress hormone/allostatic load …