Insulin-like growth factor 1: at the crossroads of brain development and aging

S Wrigley, D Arafa, D Tropea - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) is a polypeptide hormone structurally similar to insulin. It is
central to the somatotropic axis, acting downstream of growth hormone (GH). It activates …

Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and their influence on cognitive aging

WE Sonntag, M Ramsey, CS Carter - Ageing research reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The concept that growth hormone and IGF-1 are required for normal development of the
mammalian body and, more recently the brain, is supported by a vast experimental …

Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in the rat cerebral cortex after transient global ischemia: potential role of insulin-like growth factor-1

JC Chavez, JC LaManna - Journal of Neuroscience, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that regulates the adaptive
response to hypoxia in mammalian cells. It consists of a regulatory subunit HIF-1α, which …

The emerging role of IGF-1 deficiency in cardiovascular aging: recent advances

Z Ungvari, A Csiszar - Journals of Gerontology Series A …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This review focuses on cardiovascular protective effects of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1,
provides a landscape of molecular mechanisms involved in cardiovascular alterations in …

Insulin-like growth factor-1 and post-ischemic brain injury

J Guan, L Bennet, PD Gluckman, AJ Gunn - Progress in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a naturally occurring neurotrophic factor that plays an
important role in promoting cell proliferation and differentiation during normal brain …

Insulin-like growth factor-1 in CNS and cerebrovascular aging

WE Sonntag, F Deak, N Ashpole, P Toth… - Frontiers in aging …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is an important anabolic hormone that decreases with
age. In the past two decades, extensive research has determined that the reduction in IGF-1 …

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in large animal models: Relevance to human neonatal encephalopathy

RC Koehler, ZJ Yang, JK Lee… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia resulting in death or lifelong disabilities remains a major clinical
disorder. Neonatal models of hypoxia-ischemia in rodents have enhanced our …

Combination treatments with therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic‐ischemic neuroprotection

KQ Zhou, JO Davidson, L Bennet… - … Medicine & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic hypothermia is now proven to reduce death or disability in term and near‐term
born infants with moderate to severe hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy. Nevertheless …

Insulin-like growth factor-I overexpression attenuates cerebellar apoptosis by altering the expression of Bcl family proteins in a developmentally specific manner

D Chrysis, AS Calikoglu, P Ye… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
In studies of transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)
exclusively in the CNS, we demonstrated a dramatic increase in cerebellar granule cell …

Convergence of genetic and environmental factors on parvalbumin-positive interneurons in schizophrenia

Z Jiang, RM Cowell, K Nakazawa - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia etiology is thought to involve an interaction between genetic and
environmental factors during postnatal brain development. However, there is a fundamental …