Understanding the physiological roles of the neuronal calcium sensor proteins

RD Burgoyne, LP Haynes - Molecular brain, 2012 - Springer
Calcium signalling plays a crucial role in the control of neuronal function and plasticity.
Changes in neuronal Ca 2+ concentration are detected by Ca 2+-binding proteins that can …

Advanced biomaterial strategies to transplant preformed micro-tissue engineered neural networks into the brain

JP Harris, LA Struzyna, PL Murphy… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Connectome disruption is a hallmark of many neurological diseases and trauma
with no current strategies to restore lost long-distance axonal pathways in the brain. We are …

Neuronal calcium sensor-1 regulation of calcium channels, secretion, and neuronal outgrowth

JL Weiss, H Hui, RD Burgoyne - Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Calcium (Ca 2+) is an important intracellular messenger underlying cell physiology.
Ca 2+ channels are the main entry route for Ca 2+ into excitable cells, and regulate …

Microtissue engineered constructs with living axons for targeted nervous system reconstruction

DK Cullen, MD Tang-Schomer, LA Struzyna… - … Engineering Part A, 2012 - liebertpub.com
As a common feature of many neurological diseases and injury, the loss of axon pathways
can have devastating effects on function. Here, we demonstrate a new strategy to restore …

Neurotrophic factors in combinatorial approaches for spinal cord regeneration

J McCall, N Weidner, A Blesch - Cell and tissue research, 2012 - Springer
Axonal regeneration is inhibited by a plethora of different mechanisms in the adult central
nervous system (CNS). While neurotrophic factors have been shown to stimulate axonal …

Corticospinal tract transduction: a comparison of seven adeno-associated viral vector serotypes and a non-integrating lentiviral vector

TH Hutson, J Verhaagen, RJ Yáñez-Muñoz, LDF Moon - Gene therapy, 2012 - nature.com
The corticospinal tract (CST) is extensively used as a model system for assessing potential
therapies to enhance neuronal regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord …

Docosahexaenoic acid reduces microglia phagocytic activity via miR-124 and induces neuroprotection in rodent models of spinal cord contusion injury

PK Yip, AL Bowes, JCE Hall… - Human molecular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Microglia are activated after spinal cord injury (SCI), but their phagocytic mechanisms and
link to neuroprotection remain incompletely characterized. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) …

[HTML][HTML] Sense and specificity in neuronal calcium signalling

RD Burgoyne, LP Haynes - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca 2+] i) in neurons
regulate many and varied aspects of neuronal function over time scales from microseconds …

Biomaterial and tissue-engineering strategies for the treatment of brain neurodegeneration

B Martinez, PV Peplow - Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing due to changing age
demographics and the incidence of sports-related traumatic brain injury is tending to …

Spinal cord injury and the neuron-intrinsic regeneration-associated gene program

ND Fagoe, J van Heest, J Verhaagen - Neuromolecular medicine, 2014 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects millions of people worldwide and causes a significant
physical, emotional, social and economic burden. The main clinical hallmark of SCI is the …