Archive for June, 2008

29-06-08(17:41:58)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Authors:
Yasuhara T, Tajiri N, Wang FF, Agari T, Kondo A, Kadota T, Yuan WJ, Liang H, Baba T, Miyoshi Y, Date I

Institutions:
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title of abstract : Effects of rehabilitation upon neurogenesis
Abstract text:
Background
Rehabilitation is an important therapy for patients with functional impairment induced by the central nervous system [...]

29-06-08(19:01:23)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Authors:
Tajiri N., Yasuhara T., Kondo A., Yuan W., Kadota T., Wang FF., Baba T., Liang HB., Miyoshi Y., Date I.

Institutions:
Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title of abstract : Exercise has neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects on Parkinson’s disease model of rats
Abstract text:
Recent studies demonstrates that rehabilitation ameliorates physical [...]

29-06-08(19:01:25)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Authors:
Wang FF., Yasuhara T., Yuan W., Tajiri N., Kondo A., Kadota T., Baba T., Liang HB., Date I.

Institutions:
Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title of abstract : Administration of mesenchymal stem cells has neuroprotective effects through SDF-1 on parkinsonian model rats
Abstract text:
Introduction
Recent studies suggest that transplantation of mesenchymal [...]

26-06-08(14:27:43)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Authors:
Mazurová Y 1, Guncová I 1, Rudolf E 2, Látr I 3
Institutions:
1Dept. of Histology and Embryology and 2Dept. of Medical Biology and Genetics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, 3Neurosurgery Clinic, Faculty Hospital, Hradec Králové - Czech Republic
Title of abstract : Huntington’s disease model: Compartmentalization of neurogenic niche in response to [...]

20-06-08(14:52:53)

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Authors:
Shin E, Palmer MJ, Fricker-Gates RA

Institutions:
Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Title of abstract : Generation of functional GABA neurons from mouse embryonic stem cells
Abstract text:
Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by the mutant protein huntingtin, resulting in selective neuronal cell death in the striatum and cortex. Cell replacement [...]

19-06-08(16:06:45)

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Authors:
Nevalainen N, Rehnmark A, Marschinke F, Berglöf E, and Strömberg I

Institutions:
Department of Intregrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Sweden

Title of abstract : Nigrostriatal cografts degenerate when deprived of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)
Abstract text:
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has promoting effects on ventral mesencephalic (VM) dopamine neurons in terms of cell survival and nerve [...]

19-06-08(15:14:24)

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Authors:
Strömberg I, 1
af Bjerkén S, 1
Nevalaine N, 1
Gerhardt G, 2

Institutions:
1, Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
2, Anatomy, Neurobiology, Neurology, University of Kentucky Med Ctr, Lexington, KY, USA

Title of abstract : L-DOPA CONVERSION TO DOPAMINE IN THE RAT DOPAMINE-DEPLETED STRIATUM
Abstract text:
L-DOPA therapy is a routinely used and efficient treatment of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. [...]

19-06-08(10:33:07)

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Authors:
Franziska Marschinke
Per-Arne Oldenborg
Ingrid Strömberg

Institutions:
Integrative medical biology
Histology with cellbiology

Title of abstract : Blocking CD47 affects nerve fiber formation from cultured VM dopamine neurons
Abstract text:
Fetal ventral mesencephalic (VM) cultures have been utilized to find guiding cues for dopamine nerve fiber formation to enhance outgrowth from grafted dopamine neurons in Parkinson´s disease. Dopamine nerve fiber growth in VM [...]

17-06-08(5:19:20)

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Authors:
Liu DD 1,2
Chiang ES 3
Lin SZ 2
Shyu WC 2
Li H 4

Institutions:
1Department of Dentistry,China Medical University Hospital,Taichung,Taiwan
2Center of Neuropsychiatry,China Medical University Hospital,Taichung, Taiwan
3Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang Ming University,Taipei, Taiwan
4Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Title of abstract : Upregulation of SDF-1/CXCR4 promotes neuroplasticity through enhancing PrPC-mediated neuritogenesis in hOEC/ONF-implanted stroke model
Abstract text:
Murine [...]

04-06-08(16:23:15)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Authors:
Carlsson T 1,2
Carta M 1,2
Muñoz Ana 1
Mattsson B 1
Winkler C 3
Kirik D 2
Björklund A 1

Institutions:
1. Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Dept. Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC A11, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.
2. Brain Repair and Imaging in Neural Systems (B.R.A.I.N.S) Unit, Dept. Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC D11, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.
3. Department of Neurology, Neurocentre, [...]