Microglial displacement of inhibitory synapses provides neuroprotection in the adult brain

Z Chen, W Jalabi, W Hu, HJ Park, JT Gale… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Microglia actively survey the brain microenvironment and play essential roles in sculpting
synaptic connections during brain development. While microglial functions in the adult brain …

Chronic deep cerebellar stimulation promotes long-term potentiation, microstructural plasticity, and reorganization of perilesional cortical representation in a rodent …

J Cooperrider, H Furmaga, E Plow, HJ Park… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Control over postinjury CNS plasticity is a major frontier of science that, if conquered, would
open new avenues for treatment of neurological disorders. Here we investigate the …

The ventral hippocampus, but not the dorsal hippocampus is critical for learned approach‐avoidance decision making

A Schumacher, E Vlassov, R Ito - Hippocampus, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The resolution of an approach‐avoidance conflict induced by ambivalent information
involves the appraisal of the incentive value of the outcomes and associated stimuli to …

Porous silicon nanoparticles targeted to the extracellular matrix for therapeutic protein delivery in traumatic brain injury

LE Waggoner, J Kang, JM Zuidema… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death among children and
young adults in the United States, yet there are currently no treatments that improve the long …

Differential fracture response to traumatic brain injury suggests dominance of neuroinflammatory response in polytrauma

K Morioka, Y Marmor, JA Sacramento, A Lin, T Shao… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Polytraumatic injuries, specifically long bone fracture and traumatic brain injury (TBI),
frequently occur together. Clinical observation has long held that TBI can accelerate fracture …

Chronic 30-Hz deep cerebellar stimulation coupled with training enhances post-ischemia motor recovery and peri-infarct synaptophysin expression in rodents

AG Machado, J Cooperrider, HT Furmaga… - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Over 500 000 Americans have strokes every year, making stroke the
leading cause for disability in the United States and in the industrialized world. New …

Red blood cell microparticles limit hematoma growth in intracerebral hemorrhage

AK Rehni, S Cho, HN Quero, V Shukla, Z Zhang… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) is the deadliest stroke subtype
with no effective therapies. Limiting hematoma expansion is a promising therapeutic …

The role of dorsolateral striatum in the effects of deep cerebellar stimulation-mediated motor recovery following ischemic stroke in rodents

HH Chan, ND Mathews, H Khanna, N Mandava… - Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite great advances in acute care and rehabilitation, stroke remains the leading cause of
motor impairment in the industrialized world. We have developed a deep brain stimulation …

Lateral cerebellar nucleus stimulation promotes motor recovery and suppresses neuroinflammation in a fluid percussion injury rodent model

HH Chan, CA Wathen, ND Mathews, O Hogue… - Brain Stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Many traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors live with persistent disability from
chronic motor deficits despite contemporary rehabilitation services, underscoring the need …

Orthotopic meningioma rat model exhibits morphological and immunohistochemical congruency and epigenetic concordance with benign primary patient-derived …

MS Andersen, B Halle, M Wirenfeldt, JK Petersen… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumor. Clinical trials
have failed to support effective medical treatments, despite initially promising animal studies …