supported by NIH grants AG079264(to PHR)and AG071560(to APR)。
The process of neurite outgrowth and branching is a crucial aspect of neuronal development and regeneration.Axons and dendrites,sometimes referred to as neurites,are extensions of a neuron's cellular body that are use...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory brain networks,leading to aberrant homeostatic synaptic plasticity.AD has progressively been recognized as syna ptopathy and ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos. 81760247, 82171450;the Scientific Research Foundation for Doctors of the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University,No.(2016)14 (all to HH)。
Current treatments for epilepsy can only manage the symptoms of the condition but cannot alter the initial onset or halt the progression of the disease. Consequently, it is crucial to identify drugs that can target no...
supported by the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Hefei Brain Project(to KW);the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos.31970979(to KW),82101498(to XW);the STI2030-Major Projects,No.2021ZD0201800(to PH).
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease resulting from deficits in synaptic transmission and homeostasis.The Alzheimer’s disease brain tends to be hyperexcitable and hypersynchronized,thereby causing neur...
supported by NIH grants NS093382,NS108115,AG053391,HL063762 (to JH);supported by Blue Field Project to Cure FTD,BrightFocus Foundation (A20135245 and A2016396S)。
Apolipoprotein E receptor 2(ApoER2)is a receptor for the protein ApoE,the most common genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease(AD).It is also a key modulator of syna ptic homeostasis,in part through its ...
Parkinson's disease is characterized by the selective degeneration of dopamine neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway and dopamine deficiency in the striatum.The precise reasons behind the specific degeneration of these...
In multiple sclerosis,only immunomodulato ry and immunosuppressive drugs are recognized as disease-modifying therapies.Howeve r,in recent years,several data from pre-clinical and clinical studies suggested a possible ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82101493(to JY)。
Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease affecting older adults.Primary features of Alzheimer’s disease include extra cellular aggregation of amyloid-βplaques and the accumulation of neur...
supported by the Chongqing Science and Technology Committee;Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,No.cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0065 (to YL)。
Autism spectrum disorders are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders involving more than 1100 genes,including Ctnnd2 as a candidate gene.Ctnnd2knockout mice,serving as an animal model of autis m,have been demonstrate...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;No.32200778(to QC);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province;No.BK20220494(to QC);Suzhou Medical and Health Technology Innovation Project;No.SKY2022107(to QC);a grant from the Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University;Nos.ND2022A04(to QC)and ND2023B06(to JS)。
Microglia are the main non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system that have important roles in brain development and functional connectivity of neural circuits.In brain physiology,highly dynamic microglial proce...