Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination

M Zirngibl, P Assinck, A Sizov, AV Caprariello… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background The dietary consumption of cuprizone–a copper chelator–has long been known
to induce demyelination of specific brain structures and is widely used as model of multiple …

The link between neuroinflammation and the neurovascular unit in synucleinopathies

Q Wang, J Zheng, S Pettersson, R Reynolds… - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
The neurovascular unit (NVU) is composed of vascular cells, glial cells, and neurons. As a
fundamental functional module in the central nervous system, the NVU maintains …

The roles of microglia and astrocytes in phagocytosis and myelination: Insights from the cuprizone model of multiple sclerosis

MK Sen, DA Mahns, JR Coorssen, PJ Shortland - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In human demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), an imbalance between
demyelination and remyelination can trigger progressive degenerative processes. The …

Multiple sclerosis animal models: a clinical and histopathological perspective

M Kipp, S Nyamoya, T Hochstrasser, S Amor - Brain pathology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is a broad consensus that multiple sclerosis (MS) represents more than an
inflammatory disease: it harbors several characteristic aspects of a classical …

Astrocytic α2-Na+/K+ ATPase inhibition suppresses astrocyte reactivity and reduces neurodegeneration in a tauopathy mouse model

CN Mann, SS Devi, CT Kersting, AV Bleem… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most dominant form of dementia characterized by the
deposition of extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tau tangles …

Control of autoimmune CNS inflammation by astrocytes

V Rothhammer, FJ Quintana - Seminars in immunopathology, 2015 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis is a neurologic disease caused by immune cell infiltration into the central
nervous system, resulting in gray and white matter inflammation, progressive demyelination …

Five decades of cuprizone, an updated model to replicate demyelinating diseases

JM Vega-Riquer, G Mendez-Victoriano… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) comprise a group
of neurological disorders characterized by progressive (and eventually irreversible) loss of …

In vivo spatiotemporal dynamics of astrocyte reactivity following neural electrode implantation

SP Savya, F Li, S Lam, SM Wellman, KC Stieger… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain computer interfaces (BCIs), including penetrating microelectrode arrays, enable both
recording and stimulation of neural cells. However, device implantation inevitably causes …

Brain region-specific enhancement of remyelination and prevention of demyelination by the CSF1R kinase inhibitor BLZ945

N Beckmann, E Giorgetti, A Neuhaus… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2018 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous
system (CNS). While multiple effective immunomodulatory therapies for MS exist today, they …

Sex differences in glia reactivity after cortical brain injury

E Acaz‐Fonseca, JC Duran, P Carrero… - Glia, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Several brain disorders associated with neuroinflammation show sex differences in their
incidence, onset, progression and/or outcome. The different regulation of the …