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Degenerative and regenerative mechanisms governing spinal cord injury

Neurobiology of Disease, 2004
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of disability, and at present, there is no universally accepted treatment. The functional decline following SCI is contributed to both direct mechanical injury and secondary pathophysiological mechanisms that are
Christos Profyris, Surindar S Cheema, DaWei Zang, Michael F Azari, Kristy Boyle, Steven Petratos   +5 more
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Glial Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Neurology Research International, 2011
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult motor neuron disease characterized by premature death of upper and lower motor neurons. Two percent of ALS cases are caused by the dominant mutations in the gene for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) through a ...
Jurate Lasiene, Koji Yamanaka
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Impaired BDNF-TrkB trafficking and signalling in Down syndrome basal forebrain neurons

Cell Death and Disease
Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB) play crucial roles in neuronal development, synaptic transmission, and neuroplasticity. Deficits in BDNF/TrkB signalling and trafficking have been identified in
Emily Blackburn, Nicol Birsa, André Teixeira Lopes, Elizabeth M. C. Fisher, Oscar M. Lazo, Giampietro Schiavo   +5 more
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Real world experience of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the treatment of spasticity using tetrahydrocannabinol:cannabidiol (THC:CBD)

BMC Neurology, 2019
Background Treatment of spasticity poses a major challenge in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient management. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC):cannabidiol (CBD) oromucosal spray (THC:CBD), approved for the treatment of spasticity in multiple ...
Thomas Meyer, Andreas Funke, Christoph Münch, Dagmar Kettemann, André Maier, Bertram Walter, Annett Thomas, Susanne Spittel   +7 more
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Dysfunction of Optineurin in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Glaucoma

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia, and glaucoma, affect millions of people worldwide.
Reka P. Toth, Julie D. Atkin, Julie D. Atkin   +2 more
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Stasimon Contributes to the Loss of Sensory Synapses and Motor Neuron Death in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Cell Reports, 2019
Summary: Reduced expression of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein causes the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Here, we show that adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)-mediated delivery of Stasimon—a gene encoding an ...
Christian M. Simon, Meaghan Van Alstyne, Francesco Lotti, Elena Bianchetti, Sarah Tisdale, D. Martin Watterson, George Z. Mentis, Livio Pellizzoni   +7 more
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Gut transit and gut microbiome changes occur prior to the onset of motor impairment in a mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease

Neurobiology of Disease
We previously identified microbial shifts prior to the onset of motor and neurological symptoms within a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative disease Machado-Joseph disease (MJD).
Vasilisa Zvyagina, Andrea Kuriakose, Ignacio Simó, Julia Y. Kam, Prapti Chakraborty, Katherine J. Robinson, Anastasiya Potapenko, Maxinne Watchon, Ian T. Paulsen, Hasinika K.A.H. Gamage, Angela S. Laird   +10 more
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Dissection and Whole-Mount Immunofluorescent Staining of Mouse Hind Paw Muscles for Neuromuscular Junction Analysis

Bio-Protocol
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a peripheral synaptic connection between a lower motor neuron and skeletal muscle fibre that enables muscle contraction in response to neuronal stimulation.
Rebecca Simkin, Elena Rhymes, Qiuhan Lang, Nicol Birsa, James Sleigh   +4 more
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Longitudinal imaging in C9orf72 mutation carriers: Relationship to phenotype

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016
Expansion mutations in the C9orf72 gene may cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or mixtures of the two clinical phenotypes. Different imaging findings have been described for C9orf72-associated diseases in comparison
Mary Kay Floeter, Devin Bageac, Laura E. Danielian, Laura E. Braun, Bryan J. Traynor, Justin Y. Kwan   +5 more
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Neuronal cell culture from transgenic zebrafish models of neurodegenerative disease

Biology Open, 2018
We describe a protocol for culturing neurons from transgenic zebrafish embryos to investigate the subcellular distribution and protein aggregation status of neurodegenerative disease-causing proteins.
Jamie R. Acosta, Maxinne Watchon, Kristy C. Yuan, Jennifer A. Fifita, Adam J. Svahn, Emily K. Don, Claire G. Winnick, Ian P. Blair, Garth A. Nicholson, Nicholas J. Cole, Claire Goldsbury, Angela S. Laird   +11 more
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