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  1. Cognitive functions depend on the time of day in various organisms. Previously, we found that 24-h recognition memory performance of nocturnal mice changes diurnally through SCOP protein-dependent regulation. ...

    Authors: Kimiko Shimizu, Ken-ichi Inoue, Takao Oishi, Masahiko Takada, Yoshitaka Fukada and Hiroo Imai
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:31
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  2. Neuronal voltage changes which are dependent on chloride transporters and channels are involved in forming neural functions during early development and maintaining their stability until adulthood. The intrace...

    Authors: Yanruo Huang, Qihang Wang, Yunsong Peng, Wenjie Du, Qi Wang, Jiangtao Qi, Zijian Hao and Yingwei Wang
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:30
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  4. Taste plays an essential role in the evaluation of food quality by detecting potential harm and benefit in what animals are about to eat and drink. While the affective valence of taste signals is supposed to b...

    Authors: Shun Hamada, Kaori Mikami, Shuhei Ueda, Masashi Nagase, Takashi Nagashima, Mikiyasu Yamamoto, Haruhiko Bito, Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura, Toshihisa Ohtsuka and Ayako M. Watabe
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:28
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  5. Nav1.8-positive afferent fibers are mostly nociceptors playing a role in mediating thermal and mechanical pain, but mechanoreceptors within these afferents have not been fully investigated. In this study, we g...

    Authors: Akihiro Yamada, Ayaka I. Yamada, Jennifer Ling, Hidemasa Furue, Wenqin Luo and Jianguo G. Gu
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:27
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  6. Metabolites secreted by the gut microbiota may play an essential role in microbiota–gut–central nervous system crosstalk. In this study, we explored the changes occurring in the gut microbiota and their metabo...

    Authors: Ganggang Kong, Wenwu Zhang, Siyun Zhang, Jiewen Chen, kejun He, Changming Zhang, Xi Yuan and Baoshu Xie
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:26
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  7. The islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), a pancreas-produced peptide, has beneficial functions in its monomeric form. However, IAPP aggregates, related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), are toxic not only for t...

    Authors: Cristina Nuñez-Diaz, Dovilė Pocevičiūtė, Nina Schultz, Charlotte Welinder, Karl Swärd and Malin Wennström
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:25
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  8. The prenylation of proteins is involved in a variety of biological functions. However, it remains unknown whether it plays an important role in the morphogenesis of the cerebellum. To address this question, we...

    Authors: Qi Cheng, Jing Wu, Yingqian Xia, Qing Cheng, Yinjuan Zhao, Peixiang Zhu, Wangling Zhang, Shihu Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yushan Yuan, Chaojun Li, Guiquan Chen and Bin Xue
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:24
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  9. Jacob is a synapto-nuclear messenger protein that encodes and transduces the origin of synaptic and extrasynaptic NMDA receptor signals to the nucleus. The protein assembles a signalosome that differs in case ...

    Authors: Guilherme M. Gomes, Julia Bär, Anna Karpova and Michael R. Kreutz
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:23
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  10. Melanoma-associated antigen D1 (Maged1) has critical functions in the central nervous system in both developmental and adult stages. Loss of Maged1 in mice has been linked to depression, cognitive disorder, an...

    Authors: Jie Wang, Sheng-Ye Xu, Zhi-Yuan Ye, Zhou-Na Sun, Jia-Qi Zhang, Cui Qi, Rui Liu, Xiang Gao, Chuan He, Wei-Yan You and Jun Gao
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:22
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  11. Electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a unique type of electromagnetic radiation, may induce diverse neuropsychiatric disorders, such as irritability, hyperkinesis, retardation of learning and memory. However, the unde...

    Authors: Xia-Jing Zhang, Zhi-Bin Xiao, Jun-Xiang Gu, Kun Chen, Jian Wang, Sheng-Long Xu, Ke-Ke Xing and Tao Chen
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:21
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  12. NLGN4X was identified as a single causative gene of rare familial nonsyndromic autism for the first time. It encodes the postsynaptic membrane protein Neuroligin4 (NLGN4), the functions and roles of which, howeve...

    Authors: Akie Toya, Masahide Fukada, Eiko Aoki, Tohru Matsuki, Masashi Ueda, Shima Eda, Yoshio Hashizume, Akio Iio, Shigeo Masaki and Atsuo Nakayama
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:20
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  13. A growing body of evidence suggests that intractable pain reduces both the quality of life and survival in cancer patients. In the present study, we evaluated whether chronic pain stimuli could directly affect...

    Authors: Kenichi Tanaka, Takashige Kondo, Michiko Narita, Takeru Muta, Sara Yoshida, Daisuke Sato, Yukari Suda, Yusuke Hamada, Takatsune Shimizu, Naoko Kuzumaki and Minoru Narita
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:19
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  14. A growing body of evidence suggests that excess stress could aggravate tumor progression. The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus plays an important role in the adaptation to stress because the h...

    Authors: Sara Yoshida, Yusuke Hamada, Michiko Narita, Daisuke Sato, Kenichi Tanaka, Tomohisa Mori, Hiroyuki Tezuka, Yukari Suda, Hideki Tamura, Kazunori Aoki, Naoko Kuzumaki and Minoru Narita
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:18
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  16. It is well documented that 17β estradiol (E2) regulates excitatory synaptic transmission at hippocampal Shaffer-collateral (SC)-CA1 synapses, via activation of the classical estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ). H...

    Authors: Leigh Clements, Amy Alexander, Kirsty Hamilton, Andrew Irving and Jenni Harvey
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:16
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  17. Our previous study showed that the flotillin level is decreased in the blood of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) when compared to that of patients with non-AD and vascular dementia; however, the molecula...

    Authors: Tomohisa Nakamura, Tadahiro Hashita, Yuxin Chen, Yuan Gao, Yang Sun, Sadequl Islam, Hiroyuki Sato, Yasuyuki Shibuya, Kun Zou, Tamihide Matsunaga and Makoto Michikawa
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:15
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  18. Status epilepticus (SE) in humans is characterized by prolonged convulsive seizures that are generalized and often difficult to control. The current antiseizure drugs (ASDs) aim to stop seizures quickly enough...

    Authors: Nelufar Yasmen, Madison N. Sluter, Lexiao Li, Ying Yu and Jianxiong Jiang
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:14
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  19. The central nervous system is organized into different neural circuits, each with particular functions and properties. Studying neural circuits is essential to understanding brain function and neuronal disease...

    Authors: Sukmin Han, Seokyoung Bang, Hong Nam Kim, Nakwon Choi and Sung Hyun Kim
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:13
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  20. The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NRs) in hippocampal CA3 are crucial for the synaptic transmission and plasticity within the CA3 recurrent circuit, which supports the hippocampal functions, such as pattern com...

    Authors: Masanori Nomoto, Noriaki Ohkawa, Kaoru Inokuchi and Naoya Oishi
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:12
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  21. Although dyslipidemia in the brain has been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders, the molecular mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis have been largely unclear. PDZD8 is a lipid transfer protein and mice...

    Authors: Yuji Kurihara, Kotone Mitsunari, Nagi Mukae, Hirotaka Shoji, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa and Michiko Shirane
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:11
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  23. The consolidation of learned information into long-lasting memories requires the strengthening of synaptic connections through de novo protein synthesis. Translation initiation factors play a cardinal role in ...

    Authors: Shane Wiebe, Ziying Huang, Reese Jalal Ladak, Agnieszka Skalecka, Roberta Cagnetta, Jean-Claude Lacaille, Argel Aguilar-Valles and Nahum Sonenberg
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:9
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  24. Saltatory conduction is the propagation of action potentials along myelinated nerves, which enables fast propagation through the node of Ranvier. Recently, we demonstrated that K2P channels, TWIK-related K+ chann...

    Authors: Hirosato Kanda, Koichi Noguchi and Yi Dai
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:8
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  25. Studies of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have demonstrated that nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) is involved in AD pathology. However, the effects of NOS2 on the pathology of Parkinson’s disease (PD) ...

    Authors: Jieun Kim, Jung-Youn Han, Yujeong Lee, Kipom Kim, Young Pyo Choi, Sehyun Chae and Hyang-Sook Hoe
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:7
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  26. Synaptic degeneration is a precursor of synaptic and neuronal loss in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia with tau pathology (FTD-tau), a group of primary ta...

    Authors: Deonne Taylor, Andrew Kneynsberg, Marloes van Roijen and Jürgen Götz
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:6
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  28. Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a key cellular mechanism for learning and memory, and recent studies in the hippocampus found that LTP was impaired in aged animals. Previous studies of cortical LTP have focuse...

    Authors: Si-Bo Zhou, Man Xue, Weiqi Liu, Yu-Xin Chen, Qi-Yu Chen, Jing-Shan Lu, Jinjun Wang, Keqiang Ye, Xu-Hui Li and Min Zhuo
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:4
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  29. Pain is known to have sensory and affective components. The sensory pain component is encoded by neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1), whereas the emotional or affective pain experience is in large...

    Authors: Guanghao Sun, Michael McCartin, Weizhuo Liu, Qiaosheng Zhang, George Kenefati, Zhe Sage Chen and Jing Wang
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:3
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  30. The 14-3-3 protein family with seven isoforms found in mammals is widely expressed in the brain and plays various roles in cellular processes. Several studies have reported that 14-3-3γ, one of the 14-3-3 prot...

    Authors: Eunsil Cho, Jinsil Park, Eun Mi Hwang, Hyung Wook Kim and Jae-Yong Park
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:2
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  31. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by knee cartilage degeneration and secondary bone hyperplasia, resulting in pain, stiffness, and gait disturbance. The relationship between knee OA and neurodegenerati...

    Authors: Deepak Prasad Gupta, Young-Sun Lee, Youngshik Choe, Kun-Tae Kim, Gyun Jee Song and Sun-Chul Hwang
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2023 16:1
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  32. Recent evidence indicates that ultraviolet (UV) exposure of the skin can affect brain functions such as learning and memory, addictive behavior, and hippocampal neurogenesis. These changes are closely associat...

    Authors: Kyeong-No Yoon, Yujin Kim, Yidan Cui, Jungeun Ji, Gunhyuk Park, Jin Ho Chung, Yong-Seok Lee, Joon-Yong An and Dong Hun Lee
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:102
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  33. Hippocampus-dependent learning and memory originate from long-term synaptic changes in hippocampal networks. The activity of CA1 somatostatin interneurons (SOM-INs) during aversive stimulation is necessary for...

    Authors: Eve Honoré and Jean-Claude Lacaille
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:101
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  34. We recently reported that a neuronal population in the claustrum (CLA) identified under exposure to psychological stressors plays a key role in stress response processing. Upon stress exposure, the main inputs...

    Authors: Masato Tanuma, Misaki Niu, Jin Ohkubo, Hiroki Ueno, Yuka Nakai, Yoshihisa Yokoyama, Kaoru Seiriki, Hitoshi Hashimoto and Atsushi Kasai
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:100
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  35. Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is an electrophysiological event underlying migraine aura. Traditional CSD models are invasive and often cause injuries. The aim of the study was to establish a minimally in...

    Authors: Chenghui Pi, Wenjing Tang, Zhishuai Li, Yang Liu, Qi Jing, Wei Dai, Tao Wang, Chunxiao Yang and Shengyuan Yu
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:99
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  36. The mechanism of assembly of RNA polymerase III (Pol III), the 17-subunit enzyme that synthesizes tRNAs, 5 S rRNA, and other small-nuclear (sn) RNAs in eukaryotes, is not clearly understood. The recent discove...

    Authors: Maxime Pinard, Samaneh Dastpeyman, Christian Poitras, Geneviève Bernard, Marie-Soleil Gauthier and Benoit Coulombe
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:98
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  37. Intercellular communication between vascular and nerve cells mediated by diffusible proteins has recently emerged as a critical intrinsic program for neural development. However, whether the vascular smooth mu...

    Authors: Xuzhao Li, Lili Zhou, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Yuxiao Jin, Bingrui Zhao, Dongdong Zhang, Chengjie Xi, Jiayu Ruan, Zhu Zhu and Jie-Min Jia
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:97
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  38. Dopamine-deficient (DD) mice exhibit psychomotor hyperactivity that might be related to a decrease in muscarinic signaling. In the present study, muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 (CHRM2) density decreased ...

    Authors: Masayo Fujita, Yukiko Ochiai, Yoko Hagino, Kazuto Kobayashi, Geoffrey Pavey, Brian Dean and Kazutaka Ikeda
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:96
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  39. Activation of nociceptin opioid peptide receptors (NOP, a.k.a. opioid-like receptor-1, ORL-1) by the ligand nociceptin/orphanin FQ, leads to G protein-dependent regulation of Cav2.2 (N-type) voltage-gated calc...

    Authors: Emanuelle Sistherenn Caminski, Flavia Tasmin Techera Antunes, Ivana Assis Souza, Eliane Dallegrave and Gerald W. Zamponi
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:95
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  40. Calcineurin (Cn), a phosphatase important for synaptic plasticity and neuronal development, has been implicated in the etiology and pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, intel...

    Authors: Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Mahomi Kuroiwa, Isabella A. Graef, Gerald R. Crabtree, Akinori Nishi and Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:94
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  42. The development, maturation, and plasticity of neural circuits are strongly influenced by experience and the interaction of an individual with their environment can have a long-lasting effect on cognitive func...

    Authors: Pacifique Rukundo, Ting Feng, Vincent Pham and Simon Pieraut
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:92
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  43. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a rare form of chronic neuropathic pain characterized by spontaneous or elicited paroxysms of electric shock-like or stabbing pain in a region of the face. While most cases occur i...

    Authors: Emilio R. Mustafá, Eder Gambeta, Robin N. Stringer, Ivana A. Souza, Gerald W. Zamponi and Norbert Weiss
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:91
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  44. Dopamine (DA) plays a vital role in brain physiology and pathology such as learning and memory, motor control, neurological diseases, and psychiatric diseases. In neurons, it has been well established that DA ...

    Authors: Sunpil Kim, Jea Kwon, Mingu Gordon Park and C. Justin Lee
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:90
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  45. Olfactory marker protein (OMP) is a cytosolic protein expressed in mature olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). OMP modulates cAMP signalling and regulates olfactory sensation and axonal targeting. OMP is a small...

    Authors: Noriyuki Nakashima, Akiko Nakashima, Kie Nakashima and Makoto Takano
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:89
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  46. The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a heterogeneous midbrain structure involved in various brain functions, such as motor control, learning, reward, and sleep. Previous studies using conventional tracers hav...

    Authors: Qiao-Qiong Liu, Yu-Xiao Cheng, Qi Jing, Ke-Ming Zhang, Lu-Feng Ding, Xiao-Wei Fan, Chun-Hui Jia, Fang Xu, Guo-Qiang Bi and Pak-Ming Lau
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:88
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  47. Olfactory maturation marker protein (OMP) is expressed in olfactory receptor neurons and hypothalamic neurons. OMP is a nested gene located in the intron of calpain 5 (CAPN5), a Ca2+-dep...

    Authors: Noriyuki Nakashima, Kie Nakashima, Akiko Nakashima and Makoto Takano
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:87
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  48. Microglia are highly dynamic immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Microglial processes interact with neuronal elements constantly on the order of minutes. The functional significance of this acute...

    Authors: Nan Gu, Min-Hee Yi, Madhuvika Murugan, Manling Xie, Sebastian Parusel, Jiyun Peng, Ukpong B. Eyo, Christine L. Hunt, Hailong Dong and Long-Jun Wu
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:86
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  50. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily and is mainly expressed on the surface of myeloid cells such as monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils. ...

    Authors: Chunyan Zhang, Xugang Kan, Baole Zhang, Haibo Ni and Jianfeng Shao
    Citation: Molecular Brain 2022 15:84
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