Spinal interneurons as gatekeepers to neuroplasticity after injury or disease

LV Zholudeva, VE Abraira… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Spinal interneurons are important facilitators and modulators of motor, sensory, and
autonomic functions in the intact CNS. This heterogeneous population of neurons is now …

The NRF2-dependent transcriptional regulation of antioxidant defense pathways: Relevance for cell type-specific vulnerability to neurodegeneration and therapeutic …

SM Boas, KL Joyce, RM Cowell - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology and pathobiology of various
neurodegenerative diseases. At baseline, the cells of the nervous system have the capability …

[HTML][HTML] A cellular taxonomy of the adult human spinal cord

A Yadav, KJE Matson, L Li, I Hua, J Petrescu, K Kang… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The mammalian spinal cord functions as a community of cell types for sensory processing,
autonomic control, and movement. While animal models have advanced our understanding …

Spinal inhibitory neurons degenerate before motor neurons and excitatory neurons in a mouse model of ALS

R Montañana-Rosell, R Selvan… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the progressive loss of somatic motor
neurons. A major focus has been directed to motor neuron intrinsic properties as a cause for …

Neural circuit and synaptic dysfunctions in ALS-FTD pathology

S Mora, I Allodi - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Action selection is a capital feature of cognition that guides behavior in processes that range
from motor patterns to executive functions. Here, the ongoing actions need to be monitored …

Selective loss of MATR3 in spinal interneurons, upper motor neurons and hippocampal CA1 neurons in a MATR3 S85C knock-in mouse model of amyotrophic lateral …

J You, K Maksimovic, J Lee, M Khan, R Masuda, J Park - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease
affecting the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Mutations in the gene Matr3 have …

[HTML][HTML] Sarm1 knockout modifies biomarkers of neurodegeneration and spinal cord circuitry but not disease progression in the mSOD1G93A mouse model of ALS

JM Collins, RAK Atkinson, LM Matthews… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanisms underlying the loss of motor neuron axon integrity in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) are unclear. SARM1 has been identified as a genetic risk variant in sporadic …

Genetic inactivation of cholinergic C bouton output improves motor performance but not survival in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Konsolaki, E Koropouli, E Tsape, K Pothakos… - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects
upper and lower motor neurons and leads to death a few years after symptom onset. Despite …

How do we get from hyperexcitability to excitotoxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

GL Odierna, S Vucic, M Dyer, T Dickson, A Woodhouse… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that, at present,
has no effective cure. Evidence of increased circulating glutamate and hyperexcitability of …

Diseased, differentiated and difficult: Strategies for improved engineering of in vitro neurological systems

N Elder, F Fattahi, TC McDevitt… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The rapidly growing field of cellular engineering is enabling scientists to more effectively
create in vitro models of disease and develop specific cell types that can be used to repair …