Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Collection on Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
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Dr. Andrew Clarkson
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Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: stroke; ageing; drug delivery; neuroprotection; neurorepair; learning and memory; behavioural neuroscience; neuropharmacology; CNS diseases; neuroinflammation; epilepsy; extracellular matrix; glial biology
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Dear Colleagues,
We recently started a Special Issue dedicated to systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the molecular and cellular basis of neurological disorders. The scope of the issue is broad and covers all aspects of molecular and cellular neuroscience, from genetic analyses of human populations to tissue culture and animal models of neurological disorders. The covered topics include research on action potentials, glial cells, ion channels, neuroimmunology, neurotransmitters, protein trafficking, and synapses. Of particular interest are studies using animal models of disease with translational prospects, and experimental works utilizing a bedside-to-bench approach to validate disease signatures from human patients.
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Published Papers (1 paper)
2022
Open AccessEditor’s ChoiceReview
Immediate Early Gene c-fos in the Brain: Focus on Glial Cells
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Fernando Cruz-Mendoza, Fernando Jauregui-Huerta, Adriana Aguilar-Delgadillo, Joaquín García-Estrada and Sonia Luquin
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c-fos gene was first described as a proto-oncogene responsible for the induction of bone tumors. A few decades ago, activation of the protein product c-fos was reported in the brain after seizures and other noxious stimuli. Since then, multiple studies have used
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c-fos gene was first described as a proto-oncogene responsible for the induction of bone tumors. A few decades ago, activation of the protein product c-fos was reported in the brain after seizures and other noxious stimuli. Since then, multiple studies have used c-fos as a brain activity marker. Although it has been attributed to neurons, growing evidence demonstrates that c-fos expression in the brain may also include glial cells. In this review, we collect data showing that glial cells also express this proto-oncogene. We present evidence demonstrating that at least astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia express this immediate early gene (IEG). Unlike neurons, whose expression changes used to be associated with depolarization, glial cells seem to express the c-fos proto-oncogene under the influence of proliferation, differentiation, growth, inflammation, repair, damage, plasticity, and other conditions. The collected evidence provides a complementary view of c-fos as an activity marker and urges the introduction of the glial cell perspective into brain activity studies. This glial cell view may provide additional information related to the brain microenvironment that is difficult to obtain from the isolated neuron paradigm. Thus, it is highly recommended that detection techniques are improved in order to better differentiate the phenotypes expressing c-fos in the brain and to elucidate the specific roles of c-fos expression in glial cells.
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