supported by the NIH grant7R21 NS09662 7-02 to PFF;the Winston and Maxine Wallin Neuroscience Discovery Fund award CON000000083928 to PFF and AC。
The prion protein(PrP) is the key molecular and pathological mediator of prion diseases,a heterogeneous group of brain disorders with fatal outcomes.Prion diseases are rare but deserve special attention because of the...
Parkinson's disease–A lipidopathy?The histopathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease(PD)and dementia with Lewy bodies are inclusions enriched inα-synuclein(α-syn),known as Lewy bodies,which are not only composed...
Valuable implement to the animal neurological models:Neurological diseases remain the largest cause of death and disability.The discovery of effective therapies is chiefly hindered by the lack of realistic neurologica...
supported by The National Institutes of Health(R03AG069056-02,R03AG070580-01);Infectious Diseases Society of America(to DMC).
Age-dependent protein-conformational diseases(PCDs),such as Alzheimer’s disease(AD),Parkinson’s disease(PD),or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS),are characterized by misfolding and aggregation of metastable protein...
The production,transport and integration of myelin components into the membrane during development is a highly coordinated and regulated process that relies heavily on the endoplasmic reticulum(ER),a sub-cellular or...
supported by grants from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology in Japan to MM and TC;the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to MO,MM,and TC;the Japan Science and Technology Agency to M.M.and TC
Microtubules play important roles in neuronal morphogenesis, including cellular polarization, neurite growth, and branching. A microtubule is a polymer of a- and β-tubulin heterodimers that are formed by a multistep ...