Marsh - Armstrong, N., Oglesby, E., Buckingham, B., Horner, PJ., Soto, I. (2007) Molecular Changes in DBA / 2J Retinal Ganglion Cells Coinciding
With Axonal Transport Dysfunction (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 48: ARVO E-Abstract 5553).
Glial changes in the optic nerve correlate
with axonal degeneration in a mouse glaucoma model.
A) Proteins that associated
with axonal guidance and signaling were significantly enriched (p = 6 × 10 − 20) in the CSF proteomes for all pooled samples.
In these studies, we developed a method to simultaneously record the activity of multiple excitatory thalamic neurons (ETN) together
with the axonal activity of inhibitory thalamic neurons (ITN) in the same brain volume.
In a final set of experiments, the researchers used necrostatin - 1 to treat mice
with axonal damage and hind leg weakness, a telltale sign of axonal demise similar to the muscle weakness that occurs in the early stages of ALS in humans.
Not exact matches
Instead, the researchers found that dendritic, but not
axonal, varicosities could be induced by prolonged treatment
with glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter that is released from damaged axons.
Chen Gu and colleagues at The Ohio State University discovered that they could induce the formation of
axonal varicosities in hippocampal neurons grown in the lab by «puffing» them
with bursts of liquid from a small pipette.
Ice hockey players
with sports - related concussion have elevations in the
axonal injury biomarker total tau and the astroglial injury biomarker S - 100 calcium - binding protein B, according to a study published online March 13 in JAMA Neurology.
They found subtle evidence of
axonal injury at the cellular level in six athletes who had not been diagnosed
with concussion but sustained RHI during the normal course of play.
Even small defects in the genes that assemble tubulin are associated
with serious developmental disorders, such as Kenny - Caffey syndrome and Giant
Axonal Neuropathy.
Strikingly, the researchers noticed the same signs of
axonal demise in spinal cord cells obtained from human patients
with ALS.
«Given the effectiveness of inosine in promoting cortical plasticity,
axonal sprouting, and dendritic branching, the present evidence of efficacy after cortical injury in a non-human primate, combined
with a long history of safe use, indicates a need for clinical trials
with inosine after cortical injury and spinal cord injury,» noted Dr. Moore.
Necrostatin - 1 not only restored the myelin sheath and stopped
axonal damage but also prevented limb weakness in animals treated
with it.
When pathologists perform autopsies on people
with diffuse
axonal injury, they see severed axons
with swollen tips, just like what Smith sees in his experiments.
When it is experimentally prevented (either by severing the projecting axons, by treating them
with the drug vinblastine, which blocks
axonal transport, or by administering 6 - hydroxydopamine, which destroys the nerve endings), the innervating sympathetic neurons in the ganglion die off.
In conclusion, our findings suggest that microstimulation,
with its anatomical precision, physiologic - level currents, and action via
axonal projections, holds promise for modification of memory circuits and thus for the treatment of memory impairments in people suffering from neurological disorders.
Work in several laboratories has shown that the retrograde
axonal transport of NGF follows its interaction
with specific receptor sites on the nerve terminals of the newly established fibers.
The lethal effects of blocking the
axonal transport of NGF can be completely overcome, however, by supplying the cell bodies
with externally administered NGF.
The distribution and morphology of neurons and
axonal endings (puncta) immunostained
with antibodies to gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine (Gly) were analyzed in auditory brainstem, thalamic,
In my laboratory, we hypothesize that age - dependent neuronal death occurs partly in response to the decline
with age, of the process of
axonal transport of those critical proteins that are needed for neuronal survival.
Aβ proteins, which build up to toxic levels in the brains of people
with Alzheimer's disease, impair the
axonal transport of these cargoes.
Del -1-deficiency was associated
with increased EAE severity, accompanied by increased demyelination and
axonal loss.
This was then subjected to initial testing for immunological efficacy in mThy1 - AS mice, which overexpress WT human AS under the murine Thy1 promoter, and which exhibit sensorimotor behavioral deficits,
axonal AS pathology, and C - terminally - truncated AS aggregates
with regional distribution similar to PD and PD dementia (PDD).
Radial
axonal growth initiates
with myelination, and is dependent upon the C terminus of neurofilament medium (NF - M).
Illustrative example of pathway analysis
with respect to
axonal guidance pathways.
The proband underwent two nerve biopsies which showed an
axonal degeneration, myelin modifications, and intra-
axonal mitochondria
with distorted cristae.
Furthermore, CRF - induced phosphorylation of tau protein interferes
with neuronal energetics as it impairs
axonal transport of mitochondria.»
Preliminary analysis found that children from families living in poverty tended to have a smaller, less - developed hippocampus
with fewer
axonal connections
with the PFC.. On further analysis, the authors determined that it wasn't poverty itself that was associated
with a less - functional hippocampus.
i) The insured person is accepted for admission, on an in - patient basis, to a public hospital named in a Guideline
with positive findings on a computerized axial tomography scan, a magnetic resonance imaging or any other medically recognized brain diagnostic technology indicating intracranial pathology that is a result of the accident, including, but not limited to intracranial contusions or haemorrhages, diffuse
axonal injury, cerebral edema, midline shift or phneumocephaly.
... There is severe
axonal shear injury
with grade I, grade II and grade III lesions noted.
Diffuse
axonal injuries are common traumatic brain injuries that occur when the head rapidly accelerates or decelerates,
with the brain moving faster than the skull.