Thursday, April 5, 2012

Does chromatin modulation provide the first wet biomarker for Huntington's disease?

Does chromatin modulation provide the first wet biomarker for Huntington's disease?. Reilmann, R. (2012), Mov. Disord., 27: 473. doi: 10.1002/mds.24914

No abstract is available for this article.

Iron Efflux from Astrocytes Plays a Role in Remyelination

Iron Efflux from Astrocytes Plays a Role in Remyelination. Katrin Schulz,
Antje Kroner, and Samuel David. The Journal of Neuroscience, 4 April 2012, 32(14): 4841-4847; doi: 10.1523/​JNEUROSCI.5328-11.2012

Centre for Research in Neuroscience, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Québec H3G 1A4, Canada

Keywords: iron, myelination, astrocytes, remyelination, ferroportin (Fpn), microglia, cytokines (TNF-α and IL-1β), FGF-2, IL-1β, IGF-1, TNF-α.