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 National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81970991(to GC);Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader,No.22XD1423400(to HG)。
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive dysfunction and behavioral abnormalities.Neuroinflammatory plaques formed through the extracellular deposition of amyloid-βproteins,as we...
Neuroprotection is a proactive approach to safeguarding the nervous system,including the brain,spinal cord,and peripheral nerves,by preventing or limiting damage to nerve cells and other components.It primarily defend...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21961142009 to Guang Liang and 82360805 to Jinfeng Sun);Zhejiang Provincial Key Scientific Project(2021C03041 to Guang Liang);Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang province(LQ23H090018 to Xia Zhao);Medical and health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province(2024KY055 to Xia Zhao).
Alzheimer’s disease(AD)is the major form of dementia in the elderly and is closely related to the toxic effects of microglia sustained activation.In AD,sustained microglial activation triggers impaired synaptic pruni...
supported by the Uehara Memorial Foundation,JSPS under the Joint Research Program implemented in association with SNSF(JRPs),Grant No.JPJSJRP20221507 and KAKENHI Grant No.22K15711,JST FOREST Program(Grant No.JPMJFR2269,Japan);2022 iPS Academia Japan Grant,Life Science Foundation of Japan,Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation,THE YUKIHIKO MIYATA MEMORIAL TRUST FOR ALS RESEARCH,the ICHIRO KANEHARA FOUNDATION,Takeda Science Foundation,and the YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY FUNDATION(all to HN).
The blood-brain barrier is a unique function of the microvasculature in the brain parenchyma that maintains homeostasis in the central nervous system.Blood-brain barrier breakdown is a common pathology in various neur...
supported partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32161143021,81271410);Henan University Graduate《Talent Program》of Henan Province(SYLYC2023092);Henan Natural Science Foundation of China(182300410313).
In China,Parkinson’s disease(PD)is the second most prevalent central nervous system(CNS)degenerative illness affecting middle-aged and older persons.Movement disorders including resting tremor,bradykinesia,myotonia,p...
supported by the Neural Regeneration Co-innovation Center of Jiangsu Province,Nantong University(to DC);the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos.81872853(to DC),81870941(to JHG);the Science and Technology Project of Nantong City,Nos.JC22022022(to FW)and JC2021059(to JM)。
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by two major neuropathological hallmarks—the extracellularβ-amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles consisting of aggregated and hyperphosphorylated Tau protein...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health awarded a research grant(Award Number:R01NS102573)to study the role of MMP-12 in ischaemic stroke.
This article focuses on the emerging role of matrix metalloproteinase-12(MMP-12)in ischaemic stroke(IS).MMP-12 expression in the brain increases dramatically in animal models of IS,and its suppression reduces brain da...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871201 and 31371060).
Friedreich's ataxia(FRDA)is the most common neurodegenerative disease caused by an autosomal recessive singlegene mutation,affecting 2-4 per 100,000 Caucasians[1].The causative gene is frataxin(FXN),located on chromos...
funded in part by a Nihon University Research Grant for 2022-2023(to YK,HM,YA,and TS);JSPS KAKENHI(22K06654 to YK and TS,and 21K06620 to HM and YK).
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons.The pathogenesis of ALS remains largely unknown;however,inflammatio...