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The role of Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor in neuronal death after ischemia and motor dysfunction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the salvage pathway of mammalian nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) ...
The role of astrocytic calcium signaling in brain damage after photothrombosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Our previous study found elevated [Ca[superscript 2+]]i signals in ...
Deletion of IP₃ receptor2 in astrocytes enhances the hippocampal neurogenesis in adult mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Neurogenesis (birth of neurons) is a process by which neurons are generated from neural progenitor cells. It mainly occurs in two regions of brain, one ...
The role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in cerebral ischemia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5), belongs to G-protein coupled receptors family and plays important roles in CNS disorders including ...
The impact of neuronal Nampt on motor function of mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), also named visfatin and pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF), is the rate-limiting enzyme converting ...