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Recent studies have suggested that the activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling may be related to antidepressant action. Therefore, the present study evaluated whether antidepressant drugs ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:39
Published on: 26 April 2017
Review
In this paper we present a mechanistic model that integrates subneuronal structures, namely ion channels, membrane fatty acids, lipid rafts, G proteins and the cytoskeleton in a dynamic system that is finely t...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:38
Published on: 19 April 2017
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The mechanisms of steroids actions in the brain mainly involve the binding and nuclear translocation of specific cytoplasmic receptors. These receptors can act as transcription factors and regulate gene expres...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:37
Published on: 5 April 2017
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Systemic inflammation is known to induce sickness behaviors, including decreased social interaction and pain. We have reported increased serum inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of repetitive strain injury ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:36
Published on: 29 March 2017
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Recent rodent and human studies provide evidence in support of the fact that CD157, well known as bone marrow stromal cell antigen-1 (BST-1) and a risk factor in Parkinson’s disease, also meaningfully acts in ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:35
Published on: 24 March 2017
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Oddball paradigms are frequently used to study auditory discrimination by comparing event-related potential (ERP) responses from a standard, high probability sound and to a deviant, low probability sound. Prev...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:34
Published on: 22 March 2017
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As a complex system, the brain is a self-organizing entity that depends on local interactions among cells. Its regions (anatomically defined nuclei and areas) can be conceptualized as cellular ecosystems, but ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:33
Published on: 20 March 2017
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Ischemic stroke is a major disease that threatens human health in ageing population. Increasing evidence has shown that neuroinflammatory mediators play crucial roles in the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemi...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:32
Published on: 14 March 2017
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Increased motor activity or social interactions through enriched environment are strong stimulators of grey and white matter plasticity in the adult rodent brain. In the present study we evaluated whether spe...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:31
Published on: 9 March 2017
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The possibility of using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for memory enhancement has recently been reported, but the precise underlying mechanisms of its effects remain unknown. Our previous study suggested that s...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:29
Published on: 7 March 2017
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Wallerian degeneration (WD) in injured peripheral nerves is associated with a large number of up- or down-regulated genes, but the effects of these changes are poorly understood. In our previous studies, we re...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:30
Published on: 7 March 2017
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EEG studies investigating the neural networks that facilitate action observation (AO) and kinaesthetic motor imagery (KMI) have shown reduced, or desynchronized, power in the alpha (8–12 Hz) and beta (13–30 Hz...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:28
Published on: 6 March 2017
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Primary open angle glaucoma is a heterogeneous group of optic neuropathies that results in optic nerve degeneration and a loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) ultimately causing blindness if allowed to progre...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:27
Published on: 1 March 2017
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The study investigates oscillatory brain activity during working memory (WM) tasks. The tasks employed varied in two dimensions. First, they differed in complexity from average to highly demanding. Second, we ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:26
Published on: 13 February 2017
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The role of the piriform cortex (PC) in olfactory information processing remains largely unknown. The anterior part of the piriform cortex (APC) has been the focus of cortical-level studies of olfactory codin...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:25
Published on: 8 February 2017
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Sleep is regulated by two main processes. The circadian process provides a 24-h rhythm and the homeostatic process reflects sleep pressure, which increases in the course of wakefulness and decreases during s...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:24
Published on: 7 February 2017
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Synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s disease or multiple system atrophy are characterized by Lewy bodies in distinct brain areas. These aggregates are mainly formed by α-synuclein inclusions, a protein crucia...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:22
Published on: 31 January 2017
Methodology
Cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) are indispensable for maintaining chloride homeostasis in multiple cell types, but K–Cl cotransporter KCC2 is the only CCC member with an exclusively neuronal expression i...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:23
Published on: 31 January 2017
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TDP-43 aggregates accumulate in individuals affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases, representing potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets. Using an atomic forc...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:20
Published on: 25 January 2017
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Previous studies compared evoked potentials (EPs) between several sleep stages but only one uniform wake state. However, using electroencephalography (EEG), several arousal states can be distinguished before s...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:21
Published on: 25 January 2017
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There is a large body of experimental evidence suggesting that omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are capable of modulating immune function. Some studies have shown that these PUFAs might have ...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:19
Published on: 24 January 2017
methodology article
Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a powerful technique for monitoring the temporal and spatial dynamics of gene expression in the mouse brain. However, the black fur, skin pigmentation and hair regrowth after d...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:18
Published on: 23 January 2017
Erratum
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:17
Published on: 23 January 2017
The original article was published in BMC Neuroscience 2015 16:72
Erratum
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:16
Published on: 23 January 2017
The original article was published in BMC Neuroscience 2016 17:33
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Previous studies have indicated that selenium supplementation may be beneficial in neuroprotection against glutamate-induced cell damage, in which mitochondrial dysfunction is considered a major pathogenic fea...
BMC Neuroscience 2017 18:15
Published on: 19 January 2017
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