Exosomes: potential disease biomarkers and new therapeutic targets

MI Mosquera-Heredia, LC Morales, OM Vidal… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles released by cells, both constitutively and after cell
activation, and are present in different types of biological fluid. Exosomes are involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive epigenetic priming: leveraging histone acetylation for memory amelioration

AM Burns, J Gräff - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Learning naturally enhances histone acetylation in the hippocampus.•Cognitive
impairments hinder increased acetylation during learning.•HDACi enhances acetylation and …

A microRNA signature that correlates with cognition and is a target against cognitive decline

MR Islam, L Kaurani, T Berulava… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
While some individuals age without pathological memory impairments, others develop age‐
associated cognitive diseases. Since changes in cognitive function develop slowly over time …

A combined miRNA–piRNA signature to detect Alzheimer's disease

G Jain, A Stuendl, P Rao, T Berulava… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder causing huge
emotional and economic burden to our societies. An effective therapy has not been …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease blood highlights robust DNA hypermethylation in the HOXB6 gene

JAY Roubroeks, AR Smith, RG Smith, E Pishva… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A growing number of epigenome-wide association studies have demonstrated a role for
DNA methylation in the brain in Alzheimer's disease. With the aim of exploring peripheral …

Mouse models of neurodegeneration: Know your question, know your mouse

EMC Fisher, DM Bannerman - Science translational medicine, 2019 - science.org
Many mutant mouse strains have been developed as models to investigate
neurodegenerative disease in humans. However, variability in results among studies using …

Current understanding of fear learning and memory in humans and animal models and the value of a linguistic approach for analyzing fear learning and memory in …

J Raber, S Arzy, JB Bertolus, B Depue, HE Haas… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fear is an emotion that serves as a driving factor in how organisms move through the world.
In this review, we discuss the current understandings of the subjective experience of fear …

Update on neurobiological mechanisms of fear: illuminating the direction of mechanism exploration and treatment development of trauma and fear-related disorders

Y Li, W Zhi, B Qi, L Wang, X Hu - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fear refers to an adaptive response in the face of danger, and the formed fear memory acts
as a warning when the individual faces a dangerous situation again, which is of great …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple roles of the actin and microtubule-regulating formins in the developing brain

KK Galbraith, M Kengaku - Neuroscience Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic control of the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons underlie nearly every critical
process during neural development, and requires multiple dimensions of regulation …

Molecular linkage between post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairment: a targeted proteomics study of World Trade Center responders

PF Kuan, S Clouston, X Yang, R Kotov… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Existing work on proteomics has found common biomarkers that are altered in individuals
with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The current …