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Investigating social communication in mice: A two-intruders test approach 研究小鼠的社会交流：双入侵者测试法

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25365

Maryana V. Morozova, Lidiya V. Boldyreva, Maria A. Borisova, Elena N. Kozhevnikova

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A systematic review of MRI studies on the effects of maternal obesity on offspring brain structure and function 关于母体肥胖对后代大脑结构和功能影响的磁共振成像研究的系统回顾。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25368

Mohammadamin Parsaei, Seyedeh Melika Hashemi, Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Bradley S. Peterson

{"title":"A systematic review of MRI studies on the effects of maternal obesity on offspring brain structure and function","authors":"Mohammadamin Parsaei, Seyedeh Melika Hashemi, Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Bradley S. Peterson","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25368","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25368","url":null,"abstract":"Maternal obesity before or during pregnancy has been associated previously in offspring with a wide range of poor neurodevelopmental outcomes and mental health problems. The effects of maternal obesity on offspring brain structure and function that may be responsible for these poor outcomes are not well understood. We, therefore, undertook a systematic review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies that have assessed the associations of maternal obesity with brain measures in offspring. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and PsycINFO on August 20, 2023. Of 15 eligible studies, seven employed functional MRI (fMRI), five diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and four anatomical MRI (one used both DTI and anatomical MRI) in the offspring. The ages of offspring varied widely: one was a study of fetuses in utero, five of neonates, one of infants, five of school-aged children, two of both neonates and infants, and one of both children and adults. Collectively, 12 studies reported significant associations of maternal obesity with structural or functional alterations of the offspring's brain, most frequently in the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. In conclusion, maternal obesity appears to have a profound influence on offspring brain development, particularly within the prefrontal and limbic networks that regulate emotion and behavior. Further studies are needed to identify how changes in brain structure and function mediate the effects of maternal obesity on long-term emotional and behavioral outcomes, as well as the molecular pathways through which maternal obesity alters offspring brain development.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jnr.25368","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Restoration of sleep–wake behavior following short photoperiod exposure in ventral subicular lesioned male Wistar rats: A 24-h sleep–wake electroencephalographical study 短光周期照射后雄性 Wistar 大鼠腹侧线粒体病变后睡眠-觉醒行为的恢复：24小时睡眠-觉醒脑电图研究

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-07-13 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25367

Neethi Prem, Arun Sasidharan, Bettadapura N. Srikumar, Byrathnahalli S. Shankaranarayana Rao, Bindu M. Kutty

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A strike to the head: Parallels between the pediatric and adult human and the rodent in traumatic brain injury 头部受到撞击小儿、成人和啮齿动物在脑外伤中的相似之处。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25364

Allie M. Smith, Bernadette E. Grayson

{"title":"A strike to the head: Parallels between the pediatric and adult human and the rodent in traumatic brain injury","authors":"Allie M. Smith, Bernadette E. Grayson","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25364","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25364","url":null,"abstract":"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a condition that occurs commonly in children from infancy through adolescence and is a global health concern. Pediatric TBI presents with a bimodal age distribution, with very young children (0–4 years) and adolescents (15–19 years) more commonly injured. Because children's brains are still developing, there is increased vulnerability to the effects of head trauma, which results in entirely different patterns of injury than in adults. Pediatric TBI has a profound and lasting impact on a child's development and quality of life, resulting in long-lasting consequences to physical, cognitive, and emotional development. Chronic issues like learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and emotional disturbances can develop. Early intervention and ongoing support are critical for minimizing these long-term deficits. Many animal models of TBI exist, and each varies significantly, displaying different characteristics of clinical TBI. The neurodevelopment differs in the rodent from the human in timing and effect, so TBI outcomes in the juvenile rodent can thus vary from the human child. The current review compares findings from preclinical TBI work in juvenile and adult rodents to clinical TBI research in pediatric and adult humans. We focus on the four brain regions most affected by TBI: the prefrontal cortex, corpus callosum, hippocampus, and hypothalamus. Each has its unique developmental projections and thus is impacted by TBI differently. This review aims to compare the healthy neurodevelopment of these four brain regions in humans to the developmental processes in rodents.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141492263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gray matter alterations in Huntington's disease: A meta-analysis of VBM neuroimaging studies 亨廷顿氏病的灰质改变：VBM神经影像学研究的荟萃分析。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25366

Xi Wang, Yuming Li, Boyi Li, Huifang Shang, Jing Yang

{"title":"Gray matter alterations in Huntington's disease: A meta-analysis of VBM neuroimaging studies","authors":"Xi Wang, Yuming Li, Boyi Li, Huifang Shang, Jing Yang","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25366","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25366","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing neuroimaging studies have attempted to identify biomarkers of Huntington's disease (HD) progression. Here, we conducted voxel-based meta-analyses of voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies on HD to investigate the evolution of gray matter volume (GMV) alterations and explore the effects of genetic and clinical features on GMV changes. A systematic review was performed to identify the relevant studies. Meta-analyses of whole-brain VBM studies were performed to assess the regional GMV changes in all HD mutation carriers, in presymptomatic HD (pre-HD), and in symptomatic HD (sym-HD). A quantitative comparison was performed between pre-HD and sym-HD. Meta-regression analyses were used to explore the effects of genetic and clinical features on GMV changes. Twenty-eight studies were included, comparing a total of 1811 HD mutation carriers [including 1150 pre-HD and 560 sym-HD] and 969 healthy controls (HCs). Pre-HD showed decreased GMV in the bilateral caudate nuclei, putamen, insula, anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, middle temporal gyri, and left dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus compared with HCs. Compared with pre-HD, GMV decrease in sym-HD extended to the bilateral median cingulate/paracingulate gyri, Rolandic operculum and middle occipital gyri, left amygdala, and superior temporal gyrus. Meta-regression analyses found that age, mean lengths of CAG repeats, and disease burden were negatively associated with GMV atrophy of the bilateral caudate and right insula in all HD mutation carriers. This meta-analysis revealed the pattern of GMV changes from pre-HD to sym-HD, prompting the understanding of HD progression. The pattern of GMV changes may be biomarkers for disease progression in HD.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141492298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Newborn auditory brainstem response and sudden infant death syndrome 新生儿听觉脑干反应与婴儿猝死综合症

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25362

Sarah E. Maylott, Guangyu Zeng, Tiffany S. Leung, Catalina Sanchez Montenegro, Alexia Barrios, Arushi Malik, Rafael E. Delgado, Christine F. Delgado, Elizabeth A. Simpson

{"title":"Newborn auditory brainstem response and sudden infant death syndrome","authors":"Sarah E. Maylott, Guangyu Zeng, Tiffany S. Leung, Catalina Sanchez Montenegro, Alexia Barrios, Arushi Malik, Rafael E. Delgado, Christine F. Delgado, Elizabeth A. Simpson","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25362","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25362","url":null,"abstract":"Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—the sudden and unexplained death of a seemingly healthy infant, <1 year old—may be associated with abnormalities in the brain regions that underlie breathing and arousal during sleep. While post-mortem studies suggest abnormalities in SIDS infants' brainstems, there are no studies of these infants' brainstem function before death. One way to assess the function of the brainstem is with auditory brainstem response (ABR), a routine hearing-screening method that noninvasively measures the brainstem's response to sound. We hypothesize that anomalies in newborns' ABR measures may predict SIDS. Indeed, previous studies identified abnormalities in ABR characteristics in small samples of near-miss SIDS infants hospitalized for infant apnea syndrome. However, there is a need to examine the ABRs of infants who died of SIDS. Therefore, in the current study, we propose integrating two secondary datasets to examine newborns' ABRs (N = 156,972), including those who later died of SIDS (n = ~42; .27 out of every 1000 infants), using existing archived records of neonatal ABR results from a sample of newborns born in Florida. We hypothesize that infants who die from SIDS are more likely than non-SIDS infants to have abnormal ABRs as newborns. Understanding the association between SIDS and ABR may facilitate more accurate identification of an infant's risk for SIDS at birth, enabling increased monitoring, which may facilitate interventions and improve survivorship.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jnr.25362","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Temporal summation of second pain is affected by cognitive load 第二次疼痛的时间总和受认知负荷的影响。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25363

Lara Rubal-Otero, Antonio Gil-Ugidos, Alberto Jacobo González Villar, María Teresa Carrillo-de-la-Peña

{"title":"Temporal summation of second pain is affected by cognitive load","authors":"Lara Rubal-Otero, Antonio Gil-Ugidos, Alberto Jacobo González Villar, María Teresa Carrillo-de-la-Peña","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25363","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25363","url":null,"abstract":"This work attempted to clarify the interaction of cognition and pain sensitization during a paradigm of Temporal Summation of Second Pain (TSSP). We analyzed pain ratings and electroencephalographic (EEG) activity obtained from 21 healthy participants during the presentation of four experimental conditions that differed in the manipulation of attention to painful stimuli or working memory load (Attention to hand & TSSP; 0-back & TSSP (low cognitive load); 2-back & TSSP (high cognitive load); 2-back (without pain)). We found that the TSSP was reduced when the attention was diverted and the cognitive load increased, and this reduction was accompanied by higher midfrontal theta activity and lower posterior alpha and central beta activity. Although it is well established that TSSP is a phenomenon that occurs at the spinal level, here we show that it is also affected by supraspinal attentional mechanisms. Delivery of painful repeated stimuli did not affect the performance of the 2-back task but was associated with smaller amplitudes of attentional event-related potentials (ERPs) after standard stimuli (not the target). The study of brain activity during TSSP allowed to clarify the role of top-down attentional modulation in pain sensitization processes. Results contribute to a better understanding of cognitive dysfunction in pain conditions and reinforce the use of therapeutic strategies based on distracting attention away from pain.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jnr.25363","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Progresses in the establishment, evaluation, and application of in vitro blood–brain barrier models 体外血脑屏障模型的建立、评估和应用进展。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25359

Panfeng Yin, Xianchun Wang

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Effects of a novel regimen of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on neural remodeling and motor function in adult male mice with ischemic stroke 重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）对缺血性中风成年雄性小鼠神经重塑和运动功能的影响。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25358

Wang Peipei, Deng Yu, Lin Xiaoyan, Liu Yunxia, Liang Liuming, Cheng Tongbin, Lv Shaoping

{"title":"Effects of a novel regimen of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on neural remodeling and motor function in adult male mice with ischemic stroke","authors":"Wang Peipei, Deng Yu, Lin Xiaoyan, Liu Yunxia, Liang Liuming, Cheng Tongbin, Lv Shaoping","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25358","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25358","url":null,"abstract":"Neuroinflammation caused by excessive microglial activation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive neuromodulatory technique that has recently been reported to regulate microglial functions and exert anti-inflammatory effects. The intermittent burst stimulation (iTBS) regimen in rTMS improves neuronal excitability. However, whether iTBS exerts its anti-inflammatory effects by stimulating neurons and thereby modulating microglial polarization remains unclear. Motor function was assessed after 1 week of rTMS (iTBS regimen) treatment in adult male mice with occlusion/reperfusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO/r) injury. We also investigated the molecular biological alterations associated with microglial polarization using a cell proliferation assay, multiplex cytokine bioassays, and immunofluorescence staining. iTBS regimen can improve balance and motor coordination function, increase spontaneous movement, and improve walking function in mice with early cerebral ischemia injury. Expression levels of IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-10 increased significantly in mice with MCAO injury. Especially, rTMS significantly increased the number of proliferating cells in the infarcted cortex. The fluorescence intensity of MAP2 in the peri-infarct area of MCAO injured mice was low, but the signal was broader. Compared with MCAO group, the fluorescence intensity of MAP2 in rTMS group was significantly increased. rTMS inhibited pro-inflammatory M1 activation (Iba1+/CD86+) and improved anti-inflammatory M2 activation (Iba1+/CD206+) in the peri-infarct zone, thus significantly changing the phenotypic ratio M1/M2. rTMS improves motor dysfunction and neuroinflammation after cerebral I/R injury in mice by regulating microglial polarization.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141300851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Early-life and chronic exposure to high-fat diet alters noradrenergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission in the male rat amygdala and hippocampus under cognitive challenges 在认知挑战下，雄性大鼠杏仁核和海马的去甲肾上腺素能和谷氨酸能神经传递会发生改变。

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Journal of Neuroscience Research Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25360

Daniel Osorio-Gómez, Claudia I. Perez, Pamela Salcedo-Tello, Arturo Hernández-Matias, Susana Hernández-Ramírez, Benjamin Arroyo, Gustavo Pacheco-López, Ranier Gutierrez, Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, Kioko Guzmán-Ramos, OBETEEN Consortium

{"title":"Early-life and chronic exposure to high-fat diet alters noradrenergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission in the male rat amygdala and hippocampus under cognitive challenges","authors":"Daniel Osorio-Gómez, Claudia I. Perez, Pamela Salcedo-Tello, Arturo Hernández-Matias, Susana Hernández-Ramírez, Benjamin Arroyo, Gustavo Pacheco-López, Ranier Gutierrez, Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, Kioko Guzmán-Ramos, OBETEEN Consortium","doi":"10.1002/jnr.25360","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jnr.25360","url":null,"abstract":"Childhood obesity increases the risk of health and cognitive disorders in adulthood. Consuming high-fat diets (HFD) during critical neurodevelopmental periods, like childhood, impairs cognition and memory in humans and animals, affecting the function and connectivity of brain structures related to emotional memory. However, the underlying mechanisms of such phenomena need to be better understood. This study aimed to investigate the neurochemical profile of the amygdala and hippocampus, brain structures involved in emotional memory, during the acquisition of conditioned odor aversion in male rats that consumed a HFD from weaning to adulthood. The rats gained weight, experienced metabolic changes, and reduced insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. Rats showed enhanced odor aversion memory, contrary to the expected cognitive impairments. This memory enhancement was accompanied by increased noradrenergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission in the amygdala and hippocampus. Importantly, this upregulation was specific to stimuli exposure, as basal neurotransmitter levels remained unaltered by the HFD. Our results suggest that HFD modifies cognitive function by altering neurochemical signaling, in this case, upregulating neurotransmitter levels rendering a stronger memory trace, demonstrating that metabolic dysfunctions do not only trigger exclusively detrimental plasticity processes but also render enhanced plastic effects depending on the type of information.","PeriodicalId":16490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Research","volume":"102 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jnr.25360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141283943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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