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Spinal cord injury induces astroglial conversion towards neuronal lineage
(Biomed Central, 2016-10-06)
Background: Neurons have intrinsic capability to regenerate after lesion, though not spontaneously. Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes permanent neurological impairments partly due to formation of a glial scar that is composed ...
Regulation of Nociceptive Plasticity Threshold and DARPP-32 Phosphorylation in Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons by Convergent Dopamine and Glutamate Inputs
(Public Library Science, 2016-09-09)
Dopamine can influence NMDA receptor function and regulate glutamate-triggered long-term changes in synaptic strength in several regions of the CNS. In spinal cord, regulation of the threshold of synaptic plasticity may ...
Mutations in LRRK2 impair NF-κB pathway in iPSC-derived neurons
(Biomed Central, 2016-11-18)
Background: Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) contribute to both familial and idiopathic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Neuroinflammation is a key event in neurodegeneration and aging, and there is ...
Cognitive behavioral therapy program for cannabis use cessation in first-episode psychosis patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Biomed Central, 2016-07-29)
Background: The high rate of cannabis use among patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP), as well as the associated negative impact on illness course and treatment outcomes, underlines the need for effective interventions ...
Differences in Facial Emotion Recognition between First Episode Psychosis, Borderline Personality Disorder and Healthy Controls
(Public Library Science, 2016-07-28)
Background
Facial emotion recognition (FER) is essential to guide social functioning and behaviour for interpersonal communication. FER may be altered in severe mental illness such as in psychosis and in borderline ...
Anatomical Characterization of the Type-1 cannabinoid receptors in specific brain cell populations of mutant mice
(2016-12-02)
The Cannabinoid Type I receptor protein (CB1) expression in the hippocampus of rescue mice modified to express the gene exclusively in specific brain cell types: such as dorsal telencephalic glutamatergic neurons, or ...
The Link of Inflammation and Neurodegeneration in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
(Biomed Central, 2016-05-24)
Progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized clinically by the accumulation of neurological disability without
unequivocal recovery. Understanding the mechanisms that determine entering in this stage of the disease ...
Opposite Cannabis-Cognition Associations in Psychotic Patients Depending on Family History
(Public Library Science, 2016-08-11)
The objective of this study is to investigate cognitive performance in a first-episode psychosis sample, when stratifying the interaction by cannabis use and familial or non-familial psychosis. Hierarchical-regression ...
Online psycho-education to the treatment of bipolar disorder: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
(Biomed Central, 2016-12-22)
Background: Bipolar disorder patients frequently present recurrent episodes and often experience subsyndromal symptoms, cognitive impairment and difficulties in functioning, with a low quality of life, illness relapses and ...