Revisiting traumatic brain injury: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic interventions

A Jarrahi, M Braun, M Ahluwalia, RV Gupta, M Wilson… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Studying the complex molecular mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
crucial for developing new therapies for TBI. Current treatments for TBI are primarily focused …

Revisiting excitotoxicity in traumatic brain injury: from bench to bedside

D Baracaldo-Santamaría, DF Ariza-Salamanca… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Consequences vary from mild cognitive impairment to death and, no matter the severity of …

Enhancement of the liver's neuroprotective role ameliorates traumatic brain injury pathology

Y Dai, J Dong, Y Wu, M Zhu, W Xiong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a pervasive problem worldwide for which no effective
treatment is currently available. Although most studies have focused on the pathology of the …

SerpinA3N attenuates ischemic stroke injury by reducing apoptosis and neuroinflammation

Y Zhang, Q Chen, D Chen, W Zhao… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effect of serine protein inhibitor A3N (serpinA3N) in ischemic stroke
and to explore its mechanism of action. Methods Mouse ischemic stroke model was induced …

nNOS and neurological, neuropsychiatric disorders: A 20-year story

LJ Zhu, F Li, DY Zhu - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
In the central nervous system, nitric oxide (NO), a free gas with multitudinous bioactivities, is
mainly produced from the oxidation of L-arginine by neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) …

Development of a potent cyclic peptide inhibitor of the nNOS/PSD-95 interaction

JR Balboa, DJ Essig, S Ma, N Karer… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The complex between the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), neuronal nitric oxide
synthase (nNOS), and the postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95) is an attractive …

GluN2B-containing NMDARs in the mammalian brain: pharmacology, physiology, and pathology

Y Ge, YT Wang - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is critical for promoting physiological
synaptic plasticity and neuronal viability. As a major subpopulation of the NMDAR, the …

Gamma frequency entrainment rescues cognitive impairment by decreasing postsynaptic transmission after traumatic brain injury

W Wang, X Zhang, R He, S Li, D Fang… - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The relationship between oscillatory activity in hippocampus and cognitive
impairment in traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains unclear. Although TBI decreases gamma …

Sirt1 attenuates astrocyte activation via modulating Dnajb1 and chaperone-mediated autophagy after closed head injury

Z Zhang, X Zhang, X Wu, Y Zhang, J Lu, D Li - Cerebral Cortex, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Our previous study indicates that Silent information regulator 1 (Sirt1) is involved in
macroautophagy by upregulating light chain 3 (LC3) expression in astrocyte to exert a …

Targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase and the nitrergic system in post-traumatic stress disorder

MA Sadeghi, S Hemmati, E Nassireslami… - …, 2022 - Springer
Rationale Current pharmacological approaches to treatment of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) lack adequate effectiveness. As a result, identifying new molecular targets …