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Examining The Role Of Chloride Homeostasis And Pge2 Signaling In The Neuroendocrine Stress Response To Inflammation, Samuel A. Mestern
Examining The Role Of Chloride Homeostasis And Pge2 Signaling In The Neuroendocrine Stress Response To Inflammation, Samuel A. Mestern
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The brain senses inflammatory signals and drives the release of glucocorticoids (GCs) — potent immunosuppressants — via the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This inflammation-induced HPA axis activation is largely mediated by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), acting on two subtypes of the PGE2 receptor, EP1 and EP3. Recently, our group revealed EP3 signaling mechanisms that excite HPA axis regulatory neurons. This thesis sought to tease out the remaining EP1 signaling mechanisms. Considering that the excitability of HPA axis regulatory neurons is constrained by GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic inhibition that relies on low-level intracellular Cl-. We hypothesized that PGE2-EP1 …
Brain-Specific And Systemic Inflammatory Response Following Repetitive Concussive Impact In A Mouse Model, So Young Eo
Brain-Specific And Systemic Inflammatory Response Following Repetitive Concussive Impact In A Mouse Model, So Young Eo
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Concussion is the most common form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). TBI resolution is modulated by neuroinflammation, which is augmented by the infiltration of innate immune cells from the circulation. Peripheral, myeloid immune cells not only invade neural tissues but other organs as well causing local inflammation and tissue damage, known as systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Here, I assessed the temporal and anatomical nature of the neural and systemic cellular inflammatory response to repetitive, mTBI in a 3-hit mouse model of concussion. The results showed significant microglial activity, accumulation of peripheral myeloid cells and prominent axonal damage post-injury. The …
White Matter Inflammation And Executive Dysfunction: Implications For Alzheimer Disease And Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Alexander Levit
White Matter Inflammation And Executive Dysfunction: Implications For Alzheimer Disease And Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Alexander Levit
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White matter integrity is crucial to healthy executive function, the cognitive domain that enables functional independence. However, in the ageing brain, white matter is highly vulnerable. White matter inflammation increases with age and Alzheimer disease (AD), which disrupts the normal function of white matter. This may contribute to executive dysfunction, but the relationship between white matter inflammation and executive function has not been directly evaluated in ageing nor AD. White matter is also particularly vulnerable to cerebrovascular disease, corresponding with the common presentation of executive dysfunction in vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Thus, white matter may be an important substrate by …