Regeneration of spinal cord connectivity through stem cell transplantation and biomaterial scaffolds

H Katoh, K Yokota, MG Fehlings - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Significant progress has been made in the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). Advances in
post-trauma management and intensive rehabilitation have significantly improved the …

The role of Cdk5 in Alzheimer's disease

SL Liu, C Wang, T Jiang, L Tan, A Xing, JT Yu - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known as the most fatal chronic neurodegenerative disease in
adults along with progressive loss of memory and other cognitive function disorders. Cyclin …

Integrated proteogenomic characterization across major histological types of pediatric brain cancer

F Petralia, N Tignor, B Reva, M Koptyra, S Chowdhury… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We report a comprehensive proteogenomics analysis, including whole-genome sequencing,
RNA sequencing, and proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling, of 218 tumors across 7 …

Synaptic input and Ca2+ activity in zebrafish oligodendrocyte precursor cells contribute to myelin sheath formation

J Li, TG Miramontes, T Czopka, KR Monk - Nature Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
In the nervous system, only one type of neuron–glial synapse is known to exist: that between
neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), yet their composition, assembly …

Individual neuronal subtypes exhibit diversity in CNS myelination mediated by synaptic vesicle release

S Koudelka, MG Voas, RG Almeida, M Baraban… - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Regulation of myelination by oligodendrocytes in the CNS has important consequences for
higher-order nervous system function (eg,[1–4]), and there is growing consensus that …

Principles governing locomotion in vertebrates: lessons from zebrafish

EM Berg, ER Björnfors, I Pallucchi, LD Picton… - Frontiers in neural …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Locomotor behaviors are critical for survival and enable animals to navigate their
environment, find food and evade predators. The circuits in the brain and spinal cord that …

An updated reappraisal of synapsins: structure, function and role in neurological and psychiatric disorders

F Longhena, G Faustini, V Brembati, M Pizzi… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Synapsins (Syns) are phosphoproteins strongly involved in neuronal development and
neurotransmitter release. Three distinct genes SYN1, SYN2 and SYN3, with elevated …

Axon and dendritic trafficking

CI Maeder, K Shen, CC Hoogenraad - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mechanisms of cargo sorting in axons and dendrites.•Mechanisms of cargo
motility and anchoring.•Mechanisms of cargo delivery and capturing.Neuronal trafficking is …

Overexpression of the calpain-specific inhibitor calpastatin reduces human alpha-Synuclein processing, aggregation and synaptic impairment in [A30P] αSyn …

M Diepenbroek, N Casadei, H Esmer… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Lewy bodies, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD), contain aggregated
alpha-synuclein (αSyn), which is found in several modified forms and can be discovered …

Phosphorylation of synapsin I by cyclin-dependent kinase-5 sets the ratio between the resting and recycling pools of synaptic vesicles at hippocampal synapses

AMJ Verstegen, E Tagliatti, G Lignani… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5) was reported to downscale neurotransmission by
sequestering synaptic vesicles (SVs) in the release-reluctant resting pool, but the molecular …