Dopamine, immunity, and disease

B Channer, SM Matt, EA Nickoloff-Bybel, V Pappa… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - ASPET
The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Neuroinflammation in intracerebral haemorrhage: immunotherapies with potential for translation

M Xue, VW Yong - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Intracerebral haemorrhage is inadequately controlled by current treatments, requiring new
solutions to improve the prognosis. Following the primary injury, a proinflammatory cascade …

Practical considerations for choosing a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JL Jankowsky, H Zheng - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is behaviorally identified by progressive memory impairment and
pathologically characterized by the triad of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and …

Time is spine: a review of translational advances in spinal cord injury: JNSPG 75th Anniversary Invited Review Article

JH Badhiwala, CS Ahuja, MG Fehlings - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2018 - thejns.org
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event with far-reaching physical,
emotional, and economic consequences for patients, families, and society at large. Timely …

Minocycline alleviates depression-like symptoms by rescuing decrease in neurogenesis in dorsal hippocampus via blocking microglia activation/phagocytosis

B Bassett, S Subramaniyam, Y Fan, S Varney… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Clinical studies examining the potential of anti-inflammatory agents, specifically of
minocycline, as a treatment for depression has shown promising results. However …

Is there new hope for therapeutic matrix metalloproteinase inhibition?

RE Vandenbroucke, C Libert - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent endopeptidases that form a family of
24 members in mammals. Evidence of the pathological roles of MMPs in various diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of astrocytes to a neuroprotective phenotype by microglia via P2Y1 receptor downregulation

Y Shinozaki, K Shibata, K Yoshida, E Shigetomi… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Microglia and astrocytes become reactive following traumatic brain injury (TBI). However,
the coordination of this reactivity and its relation to pathophysiology are unclear. Here, we …

Microglia regulate the number of neural precursor cells in the developing cerebral cortex

CL Cunningham, V Martínez-Cerdeño… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurogenesis must be properly regulated to ensure that cell production does not exceed the
requirements of the growing cerebral cortex, yet our understanding of mechanisms that …

The impact of microglial activation on blood-brain barrier in brain diseases

ACC da Fonseca, D Matias, C Garcia… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB), constituted by an extensive network of endothelial cells (ECs)
together with neurons and glial cells, including microglia, forms the neurovascular unit …

Minocycline: far beyond an antibiotic

N Garrido‐Mesa, A Zarzuelo… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Minocycline is a second‐generation, semi‐synthetic tetracycline that has been in therapeutic
use for over 30 years because of its antibiotic properties against both gram‐positive and …