The aging navigational system

AW Lester, SD Moffat, JM Wiener, CA Barnes… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The discovery of neuronal systems dedicated to computing spatial information, composed of
functionally distinct cell types such as place and grid cells, combined with an extensive body …

Drug repositioning and repurposing for Alzheimer disease

C Ballard, D Aarsland, J Cummings, J O'Brien… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Drug repositioning and repurposing can enhance traditional drug development efforts and
could accelerate the identification of new treatments for individuals with Alzheimer disease …

Implications of phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt (PI3K-Akt) pathway in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

M Kumar, N Bansal - Molecular neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the foremost type of dementia that afflicts considerable morbidity
and mortality in aged population. Several transcription molecules, pathways, and molecular …

[HTML][HTML] ROCK inhibition in models of neurodegeneration and its potential for clinical translation

JC Koch, L Tatenhorst, AE Roser, KA Saal… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis are affecting a rapidly increasing population worldwide. While common …

Non-muscle myosin II in disease: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

KA Newell-Litwa, R Horwitz… - Disease models & …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The actin motor protein non-muscle myosin II (NMII) acts as a master regulator of cell
morphology, with a role in several essential cellular processes, including cell migration and …

RhoA and ROCK mediate histamine-induced vascular leakage and anaphylactic shock

CM Mikelis, M Simaan, K Ando, S Fukuhara… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Histamine-induced vascular leakage is an integral component of many highly prevalent
human diseases, including allergies, asthma and anaphylaxis. Yet, how histamine induces …

Rho GTPases mediate the mechanosensitive lineage commitment of neural stem cells

AJ Keung, EM de Juan-Pardo, DV Schaffer… - Stem cells, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) play important roles in learning and memory and are
negatively impacted by neurological disease. It is known that biochemical and genetic …

Non-muscle myosin 2A (NM2A): structure, regulation and function

C Brito, S Sousa - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-muscle myosin 2A (NM2A) is a motor cytoskeletal enzyme with crucial importance from
the early stages of development until adulthood. Due to its capacity to convert chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid β synaptotoxicity is Wnt-PCP dependent and blocked by fasudil

KJ Sellers, C Elliott, J Jackson, A Ghosh, E Ribe… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Synapse loss is the structural correlate of the cognitive decline indicative of
dementia. In the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers, amyloid β (Aβ) peptides aggregate …

Memory suppressor genes: modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting

NC Noyes, A Phan, RL Davis - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The brain has a remarkable but underappreciated capacity to limit memory formation and
expression. The term" memory suppressor gene" was coined in 1998 as an attempt to …