ArticleCell reports. Medicine2021
Metformin pretreatment rescues olfactory memory associated with subependymal zone neurogenesis in a juvenile model of cranial irradiation.
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- Primitive and Definitive Neural Precursor Cells Are Present in Human Cerebral Organoids.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Inhibition of Apoptosis in a Model of Ischemic Stroke Leads to Enhanced Cell Survival, Endogenous Neural Precursor Cell Activation and Improved Functional Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Metformin Improves Functional Outcomes, Activates Neural Precursor Cells, and Modulates Microglia in a Sex-Dependent Manner After Spinal Cord Injury.Stem cells translational medicine · 2023Article
- Metformin Protects Radiation-Induced Early Brain Injury by Reducing Inflammation and DNA Damage.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The endogenous progenitor response following traumatic brain injury: a target for cell therapy paradigms.Neural regeneration research · 2022Review
- Reduced microglia activation following metformin administration or microglia ablation is sufficient to prevent functional deficits in a mouse model of neonatal stroke.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2022Article
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- Metformin effects on brain development following cranial irradiation in a mouse model.Neuro-oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cranial irradiation (IR) is an effective adjuvant therapy in the treatment of childhood brain tumors but results in long-lasting cognitive deficits associated with impaired neurogenesis, as evidenced in rodent models. Metformin has been shown to expand the endogenous neural stem cell (NSC) pool and promote neurogenesis under physiological conditions and in response to neonatal brain injury, suggesting a potential role in neurorepair. Here, we assess whether metformin pretreatment, a clinically feasible treatment for children receiving cranial IR, promotes neurorepair in a mouse cranial IR model. Using immunofluorescence and the
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