Search Results - "Pothakos, Konstantinos"
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Restorative effect of endurance exercise on behavioral deficits in the chronic mouse model of Parkinson's disease with severe neurodegeneration
Published in BMC neuroscience (20-01-2009)“…Animal models of Parkinson's disease have been widely used for investigating the mechanisms of neurodegenerative process and for discovering alternative…”
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Genetic Inactivation of Cholinergic C Bouton Output Improves Motor Performance but not Survival in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Published in Neuroscience (01-12-2020)“…•Genetic inactivation of cholinergic C bouton output does not alter survival.•Genetic inactivation of cholinergic C bouton output improves motor…”
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Peptidergic modulation of motor neuron output via CART signaling at C bouton synapses
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-09-2023)“…The intensity of muscle contraction, and therefore movement vigor, needs to be adaptable to enable complex motor behaviors. This can be achieved by adjusting…”
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Low-Level Human Equivalent Gestational Lead Exposure Produces Sex-Specific Motor and Coordination Abnormalities and Late-Onset Obesity in Year-Old Mice
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-03-2008)“…Background: Low-level developmental lead exposure is linked to cognitive and neurological disorders in children. However, the long-term effects of gestational…”
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Decreased serotonin levels associated with behavioral disinhibition in tissue plasminogen activator deficient (tPA−/− ) mice
Published in Brain research (22-04-2010)“…Abstract Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) is a serine protease expressed in different areas of the mammalian brain. It has been used clinically to dissolve…”
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Endurance exercise promotes cardiorespiratory rehabilitation without neurorestoration in the chronic mouse model of Parkinsonism with severe neurodegeneration
Published in Neuroscience (12-10-2007)“…Abstract Physical rehabilitation with endurance exercise for patients with Parkinson’s disease has not been well established, although some clinical and…”
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A chronic mouse model of Parkinson's disease has a reduced gait pattern certainty
Published in Neuroscience letters (11-12-2007)“…The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a chronic Parkinson's disease mouse model will display less certainty in its gait pattern due to basal…”
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Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)-deficient mice
Published 01-01-2005“…tPA is a serine protease that converts the inactive precursor plasminogen to the active serine protease plasmin. It has been studied extensively for its…”
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