Antipsychotic-induced alterations in lipid turnover

S Pereira, E Au, SM Agarwal, DC Wright… - Endocrinology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that is treated with antipsychotics.
However, despite their efficacy, antipsychotics increase the risk of metabolic disorders in a …

Melatonin: regulation of biomolecular condensates in neurodegenerative disorders

D Loh, RJ Reiter - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles (MLOs) that form dynamic,
chemically distinct subcellular compartments organizing macromolecules such as proteins …

Very-long-chain fatty acids are crucial to neuronal polarity by providing sphingolipids to lipid rafts

A Honda, M Nozumi, Y Ito, R Natsume, A Kawasaki… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Fatty acids have long been considered essential to brain development; however, the
involvement of their synthesis in nervous system formation is unclear. We generate mice …

Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of neurodevelopment by miR-124

X Gu, X Xu, C Jia, J Wang, J Zhang, Q Gao… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract miR-124 is a miRNA predominantly expressed in the nervous system and accounts
for more than a quarter of the total miRNAs in the brain. It regulates neurogenesis, neuronal …

Treadmill exercise exerts a synergistic effect with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes on neuronal apoptosis and synaptic-axonal remodeling

XH Jiang, HF Li, ML Chen, YX Zhang… - Neural Regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Treadmill exercise and mesenchymal stem cell transplantation are both practical and
effective methods for the treatment of cerebral ischemia. However, whether there is a …

The Pursuit of the “Inside” of the Amyloid Hypothesis—Is C99 a Promising Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease?

N Takasugi, M Komai, N Kaneshiro, A Ikeda… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aducanumab, co-developed by Eisai (Japan) and Biogen (US), has received Food and Drug
Administration approval for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition, its successor …

Phosphorylation of GAP-43 T172 is a molecular marker of growing axons in a wide range of mammals including primates

M Okada, Y Kawagoe, Y Sato, M Nozumi, Y Ishikawa… - Molecular Brain, 2021 - Springer
GAP-43 is a vertebrate neuron-specific protein and that is strongly related to axon growth
and regeneration; thus, this protein has been utilized as a classical molecular marker of …

Advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of neuronal polarity

X Gu, C Jia, J Wang - Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
The establishment and maintenance of neuronal polarity are important for neural
development and function. Abnormal neuronal polarity establishment commonly leads to a …

Microtubule retrograde flow retains neuronal polarization in a fluctuating state

M Schelski, F Bradke - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
In developing vertebrate neurons, a neurite is formed by more than a hundred microtubules.
While individual microtubules are dynamic, the microtubule array has been regarded as …

Large-scale analyses of CAV1 and CAV2 suggest their expression is higher in post-mortem ALS brain tissue and affects survival

BN Adey, J Cooper-Knock, A Al Khleifat… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Caveolin-1 and Caveolin-2 (CAV1 and CAV2) are proteins associated with
intercellular neurotrophic signalling. There is converging evidence that CAV1 and CAV2 …