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The role of the innate immune system in ALS
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2012 ALS is a fatal, adult-onset neurodegenerative disease which is characterized by the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Recent studies have made clear that although motor neurons are the primary targets of the degenerative process, other cell types ...
Sudarshan ePhani +2 more
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Spinal V2b neurons reveal a role for ipsilateral inhibition in speed control [PDF]
, 2019 The spinal cord contains a diverse array of interneurons that govern motor output. Traditionally, models of spinal circuits have emphasized the role of inhibition in enforcing reciprocal alternation between left and right sides or flexors and extensors ...
Bagnall, Martha W +5 more
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Nonsense mutations in alpha-II spectrin in three families with juvenile onset hereditary motor neuropathy [PDF]
, 2019 Distal hereditary motor neuropathies are a rare subgroup of inherited peripheral neuropathies hallmarked by a length-dependent axonal degeneration of lower motor neurons without significant involvement of sensory neurons.
Asselbergh, B +10 more
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Specifiying Motor Neurons and their Connections [PDF]
Neuron, 1998 The two papers described above provide important insights into two steps in the differentiation program of motor neurons. Motor neurons are the primary efferent class of neurons in the spinal cord and are an essential component of locomotor circuits in the spinal cord.
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Under environmental changes, the expression level of neuropeptide (NP) and neuropeptide receptor (NPR) genes changes to confer context‐dependent adaptation to the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Through finding more regulatory elements in the NPR genes in comparison with their ligands (NPs), we found that NPR‐biased transcriptional regulation ...
SeungHeui Ryu +6 more
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Profound downregulation of the RNA editing enzyme ADAR2 in ALS spinal motor neurons
Neurobiology of Disease, 2012 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset fatal motor neuron disease. In spinal motor neurons of patients with sporadic ALS, normal RNA editing of GluA2, a subunit of the L-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid ...
Takuto Hideyama +6 more
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A Cholinergic Synaptically Triggered Event Participates in the Generation of Persistent Activity Necessary for Eye Fixation [PDF]
, 2004 An exciting topic regarding integrative properties of the nervous system is how transient motor commands or brief sensory stimuli are able to evoke persistent neuronal changes, mainly as a sustained, tonic action potential firing.
Alvarado, JC +5 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We propose a context‐dependent model where the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene acts as a tumour suppressor in aggressive tumours and as an oncogene in less aggressive ones. We propose this model as a unified framework to explain the opposing survival associations with DMD expression and to guide experimental exploration of the dual role of DMD ...
Lee Machado +4 more
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Modeling Motor Neuron Resilience in ALS Using Stem Cells
Stem Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: Oculomotor neurons, which regulate eye movement, are resilient to degeneration in the lethal motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It would be highly advantageous if motor neuron resilience could be modeled in vitro.
Ilary Allodi +8 more
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Subtype-specific plasticity of inhibitory circuits in motor cortex during motor learning. [PDF]
, 2015 Motor skill learning induces long-lasting reorganization of dendritic spines, principal sites of excitatory synapses, in the motor cortex. However, mechanisms that regulate these excitatory synaptic changes remain poorly understood.
Chen, Simon X +3 more
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