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Divergent Effects of Metformin on an Inflammatory Model of Parkinson’s Disease
(Frontiers Media, 2018)
The oral antidiabetic drug metformin is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties through activation of AMP kinase, thus protecting various brain tissues as cortical neurons, for example. However, the effect of metformin ...
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Substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons and striatalinterneurons are engaged in three parallel but interdependentpostnatal neurotrophic circuits
(Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2018-06-11)
The striatum integrates motor behavior using a well‐defined microcircuit whose individual components are independently affected in several neurological diseases. The glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), ...
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Peripheral Inflammation Enhances Microglia Response and Nigral Dopaminergic Cell Death in an in vivo MPTP Model of Parkinson’s Disease
(Frontiers Media, 2018)
The impact of systemic inflammation in nigral dopaminergic cell loss remains unclear. Here, we have investigated the role of peripheral inflammation induced by systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration in the ...
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Long-term immunosuppression for CNS mouse xenotransplantation: Effects on nigrostriatal neurodegeneration and neuroprotective carotid body cell therapy
(Wiley, 2018)
Abstract Background: The use of long-term immunosuppressive treatments on neural trans plantation has been controversial during the last decades. Although nowadays there is a consensus about the necessity of maintaining ...