Errant gardeners: glial-cell-dependent synaptic pruning and neurodevelopmental disorders

U Neniskyte, CT Gross - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
The final stage of brain development is associated with the generation and maturation of
neuronal synapses. However, the same period is also associated with a peak in synapse …

Post-operative cognitive dysfunction: an exploration of the inflammatory hypothesis and novel therapies

DR Skvarc, M Berk, LK Byrne, OM Dean, S Dodd… - Neuroscience & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) is a highly prevalent condition with
significant clinical, social and financial impacts for patients and their communities. The …

Increased synapse elimination by microglia in schizophrenia patient-derived models of synaptic pruning

CM Sellgren, J Gracias, B Watmuff, JD Biag… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Synapse density is reduced in postmortem cortical tissue from schizophrenia patients, which
is suggestive of increased synapse elimination. Using a reprogrammed in vitro model of …

Associations between gut microbiota and Alzheimer's disease, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia

Z Zhuang, R Yang, W Wang, L Qi, T Huang - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2020 - Springer
Background Growing evidence has shown that alterations in the gut microbiota composition
were associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions. However, whether such …

An update on the efficacy of anti-inflammatory agents for patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

N Çakici, NJM Van Beveren, G Judge-Hundal… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAccumulating evidence shows that a propensity towards a pro-inflammatory
status in the brain plays an important role in schizophrenia. Anti-inflammatory drugs might …

Neurogenesis after stroke: a therapeutic perspective

AA Rahman, N Amruta, E Pinteaux, GJ Bix - Translational stroke research, 2021 - Springer
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Yet therapeutic strategies
available to treat stroke are very limited. There is an urgent need to develop novel …

Maternal immune activation in neurodevelopmental disorders

CM Solek, N Farooqi, M Verly, TK Lim… - Developmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Converging lines of evidence from basic science and clinical studies suggest a relationship
between maternal immune activation (MIA) and neurodevelopmental disorders such as …

Impaired regulatory T cell control of astroglial overdrive and microglial pruning in schizophrenia

F Corsi-Zuelli, B Deakin - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
It is widely held that schizophrenia involves an active process of peripheral inflammation that
induces or reflects brain inflammation with activation of microglia, the brain's resident …

The role of microglia in neuropsychiatric disorders and suicide

R Brisch, S Wojtylak, A Saniotis, J Steiner… - European archives of …, 2022 - Springer
This narrative review examines the possible role of microglial cells, first, in
neuroinflammation and, second, in schizophrenia, depression, and suicide. Recent research …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia at center stage: a comprehensive review about the versatile and unique residential macrophages of the central nervous system

N Lannes, E Eppler, S Etemad, P Yotovski, L Filgueira - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microglia cells are the unique residential macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS).
They have a special origin, as they derive from the embryonic yolk sac and enter the …