{"title":"Exercise-induced GPLD1 is associated with neuroprotection and improvement of hippocampal dysfunction in an Alzheimer's disease model.","authors":"Muaz Belviranlı, Nilsel Okudan, Tuğba Sezer","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01857-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-026-01857-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13099819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776250","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}
Atiya Sahar, Haya Majid, Mansi Dahalia, Sajad Ul Islam, Nidhi
{"title":"Association of Wnt1, PORCN, RSPO2 and neuroinflammation with cognitive impairment, depression and quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study.","authors":"Atiya Sahar, Haya Majid, Mansi Dahalia, Sajad Ul Islam, Nidhi","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01842-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-026-01842-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147699234","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}
Lilith Hauck, Carolin Franz, Kimberly Koerbel, Michelle Maiworm, Valentin Krueger, Robin Zeltner, Antonia Hermanns, Clara Baensch, Hendrik Becker, Dilara Dabanli, Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, Yavor Yalachkov
{"title":"Cerebrospinal fluid glucose levels and their association with disability, depression, and cognitive function in multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Lilith Hauck, Carolin Franz, Kimberly Koerbel, Michelle Maiworm, Valentin Krueger, Robin Zeltner, Antonia Hermanns, Clara Baensch, Hendrik Becker, Dilara Dabanli, Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, Yavor Yalachkov","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01846-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11011-026-01846-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13086713/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147699169","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}
Anass M Abbas, Hayder M Al-Kuraishy, Al-Maiahy Thabat J, Ali I Al-Gareeb, Aya M Mustafa, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Gaber El-Saber Batiha
{"title":"Placental dysfunction, inflammation, and impaired autophagy in preeclampsia: A pathophysiological link to autism spectrum disorder.","authors":"Anass M Abbas, Hayder M Al-Kuraishy, Al-Maiahy Thabat J, Ali I Al-Gareeb, Aya M Mustafa, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Gaber El-Saber Batiha","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01835-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-026-01835-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147691164","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}
{"title":"Pharmacological evaluation of Lonafarnib in reversing neurobehavioral, neurochemical and metabolic deficit in mouse models of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS).","authors":"Vivek Kumar Sharma, Shareen Singh, Amritpal Kaur, Somdutt Mujwar, Souvik Banerjee, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Kamal Dua, Thakur Gurjeet Singh","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01836-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-026-01836-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress (CUMS) is a well-established model for inducing behavioral, cognitive, neurochemical, and metabolic impairments associated with neurobehavioral alterations. This study assessed the neuroprotective, antidepressant, and metabolic regulatory effects of Lonafarnib, a selective farnesyltransferase inhibitor, in mice subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) for 28 days. The in silico docking analysis revealed encouraging binding energies of Lonafarnib with AChE (- 11.58 kcal/mol), CRF1 (- 10.94 kcal/mol), BDNF (- 5.99 kcal/mol), 5HT1A (- 10.48 kcal/mol), and 5HT2A (- 10.77 kcal/mol). This suggests a potential structural compatibility with cholinergic, serotonergic, neurotrophic, and stress-related proteins as preliminary results which requires experimental validation. The in -vivo study of Lonafarnib (20 or 40 mg/kg, i.p.) were effective in preventing the neurobehavioral alterations in CUMS mice. As, the behavioral evaluations demonstrated that CUMS resulted in anxiety-like behaviors, depressive-like behaviors, and cognitive impairments (p < 0.0001), all of which were significantly alleviated by Lonafarnib, particularly at a dosage of 40 mg/kg. The administration of Lonafarnib resulted in significant improvements in behavioral performance, a reduction in oxidative and inflammatory markers (IL-6, TNF-α), stabilization of HPA-axis related parameters, normalization of corticosterone, glucose, and lipid profiles, along with an increase in BDNF levels. Histological findings also indicated the preservation of neuronal structure within the hippocampus. In conclusion, these findings suggest that Lonafarnib may offer protective advantages against neurobehavioral and metabolic dysfunction caused by CUMS. However, a comprehensive mechanistic validation of prenylation-dependent signaling pathways is essential for further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147645793","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}
Showkat Ul Nabi, Iyman Rasool, Andleeb Khan, Abrar Ul Haq, Iqra Hussain, Mosin Saleem Khan, Sabhiya Majid, Summya Rashid, Shahzada Mudasir Rashid, Nouroz Sehar, Mashoque Ahmad Rather, Muneeb U Rehman
{"title":"Peptide-based therapeutics in the management of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their potential to develop novel strategies.","authors":"Showkat Ul Nabi, Iyman Rasool, Andleeb Khan, Abrar Ul Haq, Iqra Hussain, Mosin Saleem Khan, Sabhiya Majid, Summya Rashid, Shahzada Mudasir Rashid, Nouroz Sehar, Mashoque Ahmad Rather, Muneeb U Rehman","doi":"10.1007/s11011-025-01781-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-025-01781-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628161","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}
{"title":"Epitranscriptomic and immunometabolic mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine in metabolic-associated cognitive impairment: a narrative review.","authors":"Chengxia Kan, Guoli Zhang, Wei Liu","doi":"10.1007/s11011-026-01822-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-026-01822-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18685,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic brain disease","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623540","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}