Given the complexities of the mammalian CNS, its regeneration is viewed as the holy grail of
regenerative medicine. Extraordinary efforts have been made to understand developmental …

In this article, we rethink the spatial and racial politics of the environmental justice movement
in the United States by linking it to abolitionist theories that have emerged from the Black …

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and interleukin (IL)-10 gene expression is equivocal
in normal brain and upregulated in over a dozen central and peripheral diseases/disorders …

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) promote astrocytic differentiation of cultured
subventricular zone stem cells. To determine whether BMPs regulate the astrocytic lineage …

There is an increasing number of neurologic disorders found to be associated with loss
and/or dysfunction of the CNS myelin sheath, ranging from the classic demyelinating …

The most prevalent neurological disorders of myelin include perinatal brain injury leading to
cerebral palsy in infants and multiple sclerosis in adults. Although these disorders have …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a damage to the brain from an external force that results in
temporary or permanent impairment in brain functions. Unfortunately, not many treatment …

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and their endogenous inhibitors, including noggin,
chordin and follistatin, have roles in pattern formation and fate specification of neuronal and …

Arsenic promotes hippocampal neuronal damage inducing cognitive impairments. However,
mechanism arbitrating arsenic-mediated cognitive deficits remains less-known. Here, we …

Inflammation of the central nervous system is an important but poorly understood part of
neurological disease. After acute brain injury or infection there is a complex inflammatory …