Author name: Kristen Hartman

Therapeutic agent delivery across the blood-brain barrier using focused ultrasound

McMahon D, O’Reilly MA, Hynynen K (2021) Therapeutic agent delivery across the blood-brain barrier using focused ultrasound. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 23:89-113. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-062117-121238 PMID: 33752471 Summary: Review of the use of focused ultrasound, in combination with circulating microbubbles, can be used to transiently and noninvasively increase cerebrovascular permeability with a high level of spatial […]

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Airway basal stem cells reutilize the embryonic proliferation regulator, Tgfβ-Id2 axis, for tissue regeneration

Kiyokawa H, Yamaoka A, Matsuoka C, Tokuhara T, Abe T, Morimoto M (2021) Airway basal stem cells reutilize the embryonic proliferation regulator, Tgfβ-Id2 axis, for tissue regeneration. Dev Cell 56(13):1917-1929.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.05.016 PMID: 34129836 Objective: To investigate the molecular mechanisms regulating how basal cells contribute to adult tissue regeneration by shifting from slow cycling to

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Sneezing reflex is mediated by a peptidergic pathway from nose to brainstem

Li F, Jiang H, Shen X, Yang W, Guo C, Wang Z, Xiao M, Cui L, Luo W, Kim BS, Chen Z, Huang AJW, Liu Q (2021) Sneezing reflex is mediated by a peptidergic pathway from nose to brainstem. Cell 184(14):3762-3773.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.017 Objective: To test the hypothesis that a neuronal population postsynaptic to nasal

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The medial septum as a potential target for treating brain disorders associated with oscillopathies

Takeuchi Y, Nagy AJ, Barcsai L, Li Q, Ohsawa M, Mizuseki K, Berényi A (2021) The medial septum as a potential target for treating brain disorders associated with oscillopathies. Front Neural Circuits 15:701080. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.701080 Summary: The medial septum (MS) may be a potential target for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders with abnormal oscillations (oscillopathies)

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Can Src protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors be combined with opioid analgesics? Src and opioid-induced tolerance, hyperalgesia and addiction

Li Y, Bao Y, Zheng H, Qin Y, Hua B (2021) Can Src protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors be combined with opioid analgesics? Src and opioid-induced tolerance, hyperalgesia and addiction. Biomed Pharmacother 139:111653. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111653 Summary: In this review the authors discuss the important role Src protein tyrosine kinase plays in the adverse consequences of clinical

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Reduction of falls in a rat model of PD falls by the M1 PAM TAK-071

Kucinski A, Sarter M (2021) Reduction of falls in a rat model of PD falls by the M1 PAM TAK-071. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 238(7):1953-1964. doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-05822-x Summary: In addition to the disease-defining motor symptoms, patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) exhibit gait dysfunction, postural instability, and a propensity for falls. The muscarinic M1-positive allosteric modulator (PAM) TAK-071

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Angiotensin (1-7) alleviates postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction by suppressing oxidative stress through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase, protein kinase b, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase signaling pathway

Zhu L, Liu Z, Huang LP, Zhou HR, Cao Y, Yang XP, Wang BJ, Yang ZL, Chen J (2021) Angiotensin (1-7) alleviates postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction by suppressing oxidative stress through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase, protein kinase b, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase signaling pathway. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 78(1):e65-e76. doi: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000001037 PMID: 33929390 Objective: To investigate the

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PARVing the way to cap translation for seizure control

Gross C (2021) PARVing the way to cap translation for seizure control. Epilepsy Curr 21(5):360-362. doi: 10.1177/15357597211027010 Summary: Loss of GABAergic interneurons leads to spontaneous recurrent seizures that persist over months if the amount and spatial spread of initial inhibitory neuron loss is sufficient. Usage: Intrahippocampal injections of SSP-SAP (0.4 ng/10 nL) were performed using

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Studying human nociceptors: from fundamentals to clinic

Middleton SJ, Barry AM, Comini M, Li Y, Ray PR, Shiers S, Themistocleous AC, Uhelski ML, Yang X, Dougherty PM, Price TJ, Bennett DL (2021) Studying human nociceptors: from fundamentals to clinic. Brain 144(5):1312-1335. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab048 Summary: The authors injected 5 µg of IB4-SAP into the sciatic nerve in the left thigh. Lesioned animals displayed

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Neurotoxic effects, mechanisms, and outcome of 192 IgG-Saporin lesions.

Petrosini L, De Bartolo P, Cutuli D (2021) Neurotoxic effects, mechanisms, and outcome of 192 IgG-Saporin lesions. RM Kostrzewa (Ed.): Handbook of Neurotoxicity . Springer, Cham doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-71519-9_79-1 Summary: 192-IgG-saporin selectively destroys basal forebrain cholinergic neurons that provide cholinergic input to the hippocampus, entire cortical mantle, amygdala, and olfactory bulb. Immunotoxic lesions by 192-IgG-saporin represent

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