2012
Environmental Enrichment Increases the GFAP+ Stem Cell Pool and Reverses Hypoxia-Induced Cognitive Deficits in Juvenile Mice
Salmaso N, Silbereis J, Komitova M, Mitchell P, Chapman K, Ment LR, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM. Environmental Enrichment Increases the GFAP+ Stem Cell Pool and Reverses Hypoxia-Induced Cognitive Deficits in Juvenile Mice. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 8930-8939. PMID: 22745493, PMCID: PMC3399175, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1398-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBromodeoxyuridineCell CountCell DifferentiationCognition DisordersDeoxyuridineDisease Models, AnimalEnvironmentEstrogen AntagonistsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansHypoxiaIdoxuridineKi-67 AntigenMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogenesisNeurogliaReceptors, EstrogenStem CellsTamoxifenConceptsHypoxic injuryBrain injuryAstroglial cellsChronic hypoxic injuryDevelopmental brain injuryLow birth weightCell poolEnvironmental enrichmentAdult brain injuryAbnormal lung developmentStem cell poolPerinatal hypoxic injuryFate-mapping modelsSocio-demographic factorsNeurobiological recoveryHippocampal neurogenesisVLBW cohortPremature childrenBirth weightCardiovascular abnormalitiesJuvenile miceAnimal modelsLung developmentInjuryCognitive deficits
2011
Cortical Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein-Positive Cells Generate Neurons after Perinatal Hypoxic Injury
Bi B, Salmaso N, Komitova M, Simonini MV, Silbereis J, Cheng E, Kim J, Luft S, Ment LR, Horvath TL, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM. Cortical Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein-Positive Cells Generate Neurons after Perinatal Hypoxic Injury. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 9205-9221. PMID: 21697371, PMCID: PMC3142780, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0518-11.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cellsCortical excitatory neuronsProtein-positive cellsPerinatal hypoxic injuryPostnatal hypoxiaGenetic fate mappingCortical astrogliaPremature childrenHypoxic injuryBrain injuryNew neuronsPreterm childrenNeurogenic nicheCognitive recoveryExcitatory neuronsGenerate neuronsNeuronal fateNeuronsHypoxiaCortical parenchymaInjuryParenchymaFate mappingCellsChildren
2009
Hypoxic Injury during Neonatal Development in Murine Brain: Correlation between In Vivo DTI Findings and Behavioral Assessment
Chahboune H, Ment LR, Stewart WB, Rothman DL, Vaccarino FM, Hyder F, Schwartz ML. Hypoxic Injury during Neonatal Development in Murine Brain: Correlation between In Vivo DTI Findings and Behavioral Assessment. Cerebral Cortex 2009, 19: 2891-2901. PMID: 19380380, PMCID: PMC2774398, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic sublethal hypoxiaLow birth weight preterm infantsBirth weight preterm infantsHypoxia-induced modificationNeonatal rodent modelPreterm birth resultsWeight preterm infantsSignificant neurodevelopmental disabilitiesOpen field taskGreater locomotor activityPreterm infantsPreterm birthNeurodevelopmental consequencesBirth resultsHypoxic injurySomatosensory cortexCaudate putamenCallosal connectivityCorpus callosumBehavioral deficitsNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesRodent modelsNeonatal developmentDTI findingsSublethal hypoxiaFgfr1 Is Required for Cortical Regeneration and Repair after Perinatal Hypoxia
Fagel DM, Ganat Y, Cheng E, Silbereis J, Ohkubo Y, Ment LR, Vaccarino FM. Fgfr1 Is Required for Cortical Regeneration and Repair after Perinatal Hypoxia. Journal Of Neuroscience 2009, 29: 1202-1211. PMID: 19176828, PMCID: PMC2768410, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4516-08.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBromodeoxyuridineCell ProliferationCerebral CortexCreatinineDNA-Binding ProteinsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHypoxiaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNerve RegenerationNeurogenesisNeuronsOlfactory BulbParvalbuminsPhosphopyruvate HydrataseReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1T-Box Domain ProteinsConceptsWild-type miceCortical neuronsOlfactory bulbSubventricular zoneChronic postnatal hypoxiaNeonatal hypoxic injuryPersistent behavioral deficitsExcitatory cortical neuronsSVZ cell proliferationCell proliferationPostnatal day 3Receptor 1 geneNormoxic miceOB neurogenesisReactive neurogenesisPerinatal hypoxiaPostnatal hypoxiaNeuronal recoveryFibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) geneHypoxic miceChronic hypoxiaGABAergic interneuronsHypoxic injuryResidual deficitsCortical regeneration