Current Insights on Neuroprotection
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2024 | Viewed by 4837
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Preservation of the neuronal structure and function after a neurodegenerative insult is the hallmark of neuroprotection. It involves the maintenance of neuronal integrity by preventing or decelerating neuronal loss, as well as secondary injuries, thereby slowing the progression of neurological disease. Reduced delivery of oxygen and glucose to the brain, mitocondrial dysfunction, excitotoxicity, inflammation and elevated levels of oxidative stress are all mechanisms of neuronal injury. Limiting these mechanisms is the essence of neuroprotection.
This Special Issue on neuroprotection will present new advances in some of the most common mechanisms known to trigger neuronal injury and death.
For this Special Issue, we invite research, as well as review articles, on the role of the signaling pathways involved in mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, excitotoxicity and oxidative stress, as well as how these pathways could be targeted as therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Jover-Mengual Teresa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neuronal structure
- neuronal function
- neuroprotection
- secondary injuries
- oxygen
- glucose
- oxidative stress
- mitochondrial dysfunction
- inflammation
- excitotoxicity
