Siwei Qu, Ning Ma, Weixin Wang, Sen Chen, Qi Wu, Yangqun Li, Zhe Yang
{"title":"Erratum to \"Construction and effect evaluation of different sciatic nerve injury models in rats\".","authors":"Siwei Qu, Ning Ma, Weixin Wang, Sen Chen, Qi Wu, Yangqun Li, Zhe Yang","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2022-0214.].</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9449686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40372790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A rare brainstem anaplastic astrocytoma.","authors":"Rongjiao You, Xiangfa Liu, Songfa Chen, Lixi Tan, Aiqun Liu, Mingfan Hong, Zhongxing Peng","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) is rarely observed in the brainstem and the clinical symptoms and imaging manifestations vary, which present a great challenge to accurate clinical diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Case description: </strong>A 56-year-old woman, with a month-long history of nausea and vomiting, was first diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction and demyelinating disease. The patient showed negative results on enhanced magnetic resonance and <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography, and the clinical symptoms were not typical, leading to early misdiagnosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Finally, the patient was diagnosed with AA by pathological biopsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9449688/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40372791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perinatal diet and offspring anxiety: A scoping review.","authors":"Sasha Monteiro, Yousef Sadat Nejad, Monique Aucoin","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health behaviors during pregnancy have an impact on the developing offspring. Dietary factors play a role in the development of mental illness: however, less is known about the impact of diet factors during pre-conception, gestation, and lactation on anxiety levels in offspring. This scoping review sought to systematically map the available research involving human and animal subjects to identify nutritional interventions which may have a harmful or protective effect, as well as identify gaps. Studies investigating an association between any perinatal diet pattern or diet constituent and offspring anxiety were included. The number of studies reporting an association with increased or decreased levels of anxiety were counted and presented in figures. A total of 55,914 results were identified as part of a larger scoping review, and 120 articles met the criteria for inclusion. A greater intake of phytochemicals and vitamins were associated with decreased offspring anxiety whereas maternal caloric restriction, protein restriction, reduced omega-3 consumption, and exposure to a high fat diet were associated with higher levels of offspring anxiety. Results were limited by a very large proportion of animal studies. High quality intervention studies involving human subjects are warranted to elucidate the precise dietary factors or constituents that modulate the risk of anxiety in offspring.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9449687/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40373636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-cell analysis of gene expression in the substantia nigra pars compacta of a pesticide-induced mouse model of Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Arshad H Khan, Lydia K Lee, Desmond J Smith","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exposure to pesticides in humans increases the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD), but the mechanisms remain poorly understood. To elucidate these pathways, we dosed C57BL/6J mice with a combination of the pesticides maneb and paraquat. Behavioral analysis revealed motor deficits consistent with PD. Single-cell RNA sequencing of substantia nigra pars compacta revealed both cell-type-specific genes and genes expressed differentially between pesticide and control, including <i>Fam241b</i>, <i>Emx2os</i>, <i>Bivm</i>, <i>Gm1439</i>, <i>Prdm15</i>, and <i>Rai2</i>. Neurons had the largest number of significant differentially expressed genes, but comparable numbers were found in astrocytes and less so in oligodendrocytes. In addition, network analysis revealed enrichment in functions related to the extracellular matrix. These findings emphasize the importance of support cells in pesticide-induced PD and refocus our attention away from neurons as the sole agent of this disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438968/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40365595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Propofol ameliorates ischemic brain injury by blocking TLR4 pathway in mice.","authors":"Kazuha Mitsui, Masakazu Kotoda, Sohei Hishiyama, Ayasa Takamino, Sho Morikawa, Tadahiko Ishiyama, Takashi Matsukawa","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ischemic brain injury is one of the most serious perioperative complications. However, effective preventative methods have not yet been established. This study aimed to investigate whether propofol has neuroprotective effects against ischemic brain injury, with a specific focus on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Focal brain ischemia was induced via a combination of left common carotid artery occlusion and distal left middle cerebral artery coagulation in mice. Either propofol (10 mg/kg) or vehicle was intravenously injected 10 min prior to the induction of brain ischemia in wild-type and TLR4 knockout mice. Infarct volume, pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, inflammatory cell infiltration, and neurobehavioral function were assessed. Propofol administration significantly reduced infarct volume in wild-type mice (26.9 ± 2.7 vs 15.7 ± 2.0 mm<sup>3</sup> at day 7), but not in TLR4 knockout mice. Compared with the control mice, the propofol-treated wild-type mice exhibited lower levels of IL-6 (0.57 ± 0.23 vs 1.00 ± 0.39 at 24 h), and smaller numbers of TLR4-expressing microglia in the penumbra (11.7 ± 3.1 vs 25.1 ± 4.7 cells/0.1 mm<sup>2</sup>). In conclusion, propofol administration prior to ischemic brain insult attenuated brain injury by blocking the TLR4-dependent pathway and suppressing pro-inflammatory cytokine production.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40365596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy associated with a novel mutation of <i>KCNT1</i>.","authors":"Jinyu Lu, Gaohua Zhao, Dayao Lv, Lanxiao Cao, Guohua Zhao","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ADSHE) is characterized by severe sleep-related rigid hypermotor seizures. The pathogenic genes of ADSHE include genes encoding subunits of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, <i>KCNT1</i>, <i>DEPDC5</i>, <i>NPRL2/3</i>, <i>CABP4</i>, and <i>CRH.</i> Individuals with <i>KCNT1</i>-related ADSHE are more likely to develop seizures at a younger age, have cognitive comorbidity, and display psychiatric and behavioral problems. In this study, a 12-year-old Chinese girl was referred for genetic evaluation of grand mal seizures. She had paroxysmal convulsions of the limbs and loss of consciousness just after falling asleep without obvious triggers. A novel heterozygous missense mutation c.2797C > T (p.Arg933Cys) in exon 24 of the <i>KCNT1</i> was identified in the proband by whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing, and the clinical symptoms were compatible with ADSHE. The proband's father has been showing similar symptoms for more than 20 years and had the same site mutation. Her mother and sister were physically and genetically normal. The study revealed a novel variant in the <i>KCNT1</i> and expanded the mutation spectrum for this clinical condition. Our results provide further evidence supporting a causative role in <i>KCNT1</i> variants in ADSHE.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438967/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40365597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicola Cirillo, Massimiliano Orlandi, Giuseppe Colella
{"title":"Patients with post-COVID-19 vaccination facial palsy: To boost or not to boost?","authors":"Nicola Cirillo, Massimiliano Orlandi, Giuseppe Colella","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A possible association between Bell's palsy and COVID-19 vaccination has been suggested. While it is likely that COVID-19 vaccine recipients from the general population do have a slightly increased risk of developing Bell's palsy, there are little data regarding this risk in individuals with a history of disease. Gaining a better understanding of this association is particularly important for informing evidence-based recommendations regarding future booster shots in subjects who developed Bell's palsy as a side effect of vaccination, or as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We previously described the first case of COVID-19 vaccine-related Bell's palsy; here we report an 18-month clinical and electromyographic follow-up and discuss the implications of receiving further vaccine doses in patients with positive disease history.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396751/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40349500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning approaches for diagnosing depression using EEG: A review.","authors":"Yuan Liu, Changqin Pu, Shan Xia, Dingyu Deng, Xing Wang, Mengqian Li","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depression has become one of the most crucial public health issues, threatening the quality of life of over 300 million people throughout the world. Nevertheless, the clinical diagnosis of depression is now still hampered by behavioral diagnostic methods. Due to the lack of objective laboratory diagnostic criteria, accurate identification and diagnosis of depression remained elusive. With the rise of computational psychiatry, a growing number of studies have combined resting-state electroencephalography with machine learning (ML) to alleviate diagnosis of depression in recent years. Despite the exciting results, these were worrisome of these studies. As a result, ML prediction models should be continuously improved to better screen and diagnose depression. Finally, this technique would be used for the diagnosis of other psychiatric disorders in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9375981/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40334139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giorgio Leodori, Lorenzo Rocchi, Marco Mancuso, Maria Ilenia De Bartolo, Viola Baione, Matteo Costanzo, Daniele Belvisi, Antonella Conte, Giovanni Defazio, Alfredo Berardelli
{"title":"The effect of stimulation frequency on transcranial evoked potentials.","authors":"Giorgio Leodori, Lorenzo Rocchi, Marco Mancuso, Maria Ilenia De Bartolo, Viola Baione, Matteo Costanzo, Daniele Belvisi, Antonella Conte, Giovanni Defazio, Alfredo Berardelli","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Transcranial magnetic stimulation-evoked electroencephalography potentials (TEPs) have been used to study motor cortical excitability in healthy subjects and several neurological conditions. However, optimal recording parameters for TEPs are still debated. Stimulation rates could affect TEP amplitude due to plasticity effects, thus confounding the assessment of cortical excitability. We tested whether short interpulse intervals (IPIs) affect TEP amplitude.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated possible changes in TEP amplitude and global mean field amplitude (GMFA) obtained with stimulation of the primary motor cortex at IPIs of 1.1-1.4 s in a group of healthy subjects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found no differences in TEP amplitude or GMFA between the first, second and last third of trials.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Short IPIs do not affect TEP size and can be used without the risk of confounding effects due to short-term plasticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9356286/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40431557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increased levels of neurofilament light chain in suicide attempters' serum.","authors":"Mahtab Ramezani, Leila Simani, Mahdiye Golestani Fard, Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Shahin Shadnia","doi":"10.1515/tnsci-2022-0236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2022-0236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A specific biological vulnerability underlies suicidal behavior. Recent findings have suggested a possible role of inflammation and neuroaxonal injury. However, the relationship between inflammation and clinical symptoms in this disorder is still unclear. The objective of this study is applying novel blood markers of neuroaxonal integrity such as neurofilament light chain (NfL) and comparing the results with the healthy control subjects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study patients with suicide attempts were evaluated. The serum concentration of NfL on admission was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 50 patients with a suicide attempts and 35 healthy controls were included in the study. The levels of NfL in attempted suicide patients were significantly higher in comparison with healthy controls (40.52 ± 33.54 vs 13.73 ± 5.11, <i>P</i> < 0.001). A significant association between serum levels of NfL and risk factors for suicide was not found.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings indicate that axonal damage may be an underlying neuropathological component of suicide attempt patients, although no correlation was observed with clinical features. This line of work could lead to new horizons in understanding the neurobiology of suicidal attempts and the development of better management strategies for these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":23227,"journal":{"name":"Translational Neuroscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9356285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40431558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}