supported by FoRUM(Ruhr-University Bochum,Germany,to SCJ);the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,Germany,RE-4543/1-1,to SR).
In a further aging society,excellent eyesight is an integral part of overall well-being and quality of life.Preserving good vision is crucial to maintaining mobility,independence,and mental health.There can be several...
funded by the General Research Fund(GRF)of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong,China(11103721,11102820,and 11100018);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)and RGC Joint Research Scheme(3171101014,N_CityU114/17);the Innovation and Technology Fund Hong Kong,China(CityU 9445909)(all to YL);supported by a grant from City University of Hong Kong Neuroscience Research Infrastructure(9610211);a grant from Center for Biosystems;Neuroscience,and Nanotechnology(9360148)(both to YL)。
Introduction:Astrocytes,the predominant glial cell in the brain,play a vital role in a plethora of central nervous system functions.They are the major storage site of glycogen in the central nervous system.They produc...
A main requirement for cells to function normally is the availability of glucose.Glucose,available either direct from circulation or storage,is converted to the essential energy that cells need to drive critical intri...
NANOCROSS project"Plant virus nanoparticles for blood-brain barrier crossing and medulloblastoma targeting"granted by the Italian Association for Cancer Research:IG 20314 to MM。
Gut-brain axis:does intestinal inflammation affect hippocampal neurogenesis and medulloblastoma development?Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are a group of disorders that cause chronic inflammation in the intestines,...
Belorussian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research(grant No.B19-001).
The brain is an expensive tissue in terms of energy consumption.It composes about 2%of body mass and consumes about 20%of all oxygen and calories(Fedorovich and Waseem,2018).For neurons,glucose is the primary energy s...
support of the Programme Investissements d’Avenir IHU FORe SIGHT(ANR-18-IAHU-01)。
Dry eye disease(DED)is a multifactorial disease characterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film and accompanied by ocular symptoms,in which tear film instability and hyperosmolarity,ocular surface inflammation...
The concept that certain wavelengths of light can change regional brain activity as well as influencing the functional connectivity between different brain centers,is rather striking.Such a concept goes beyond that of...
support of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21500386 (TI);British Heart Foundation (GEM, FS/15/31298; FS/16/67/32548)
Circadian rhythm protects neurons:Although the master clock entrains the whole body rhythm,peripheral tissues also express core clock transcription factors Clock and Bmal1,which regulate expression of clock genes inc...
supported by the grant GACR(Grant Agency of the Czech Republic)P304/12/G069;the Ministry of Education,Youth and Sports under the project“Centre of Reconstructive Neuroscience”,registration number CZ.02.1.01/0.0./0.0/15_003/0000419;project Inter Action LTAUSA17120
Systematic inflammatory response after spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the factors leading to lesion development and a profound degree of functional loss. Anti-inflammatory compounds, such as curcumin and epigall...
funded by Project Management Unit,Banha University,Banha,Egypt
Methylprednisolone(MP) is currently the only drug confirmed to exhibit a neuroprotective effect on acute spinal cord injury(SCI). Vitamin C(VC) is a natural water-soluble antioxidant that exerts neuroprotective ...