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Université de Fribourg

Cutaneous inputs to dorsal column nuclei in adult macaque monkeys subjected to unilateral lesion of the primary motor cortex or of the cervical spinal cord and treatments promoting axonal growth

Savidan, Julie ; Beaud, Marie-Laure ; Rouiller, Eric M.

In: Neuroscience Insights, 2020, vol. 15, p. 2633105520973991

The highly interconnected somatosensory and motor systems are subjected to connectivity changes at close or remote locations following a central nervous system injury. What is the impact of unilateral injury of the primary motor cortex (hand area; MCI) or of the cervical cord (hemisection at C7-C8 level; SCI) on the primary somatosensory (cutaneous) inputs to the dorsal column nuclei (DCN) in...

Université de Fribourg

Variable interhemispheric asymmetry in layer v of the supplementary motor area following cervical hemisection in adult macaque monkeys

Contestabile, Alessandro ; Colangiulo, R. ; Lucchini, Matteo ; Rouiller, Eric M. ; Schmidlin, Eric

In: eNeuro, 2020, vol. 7, no. 5, p. ENEURO.0280-20.2020

Motor cortical areas from both hemispheres play a role during functional recovery after a unilateral spinal cord injury (SCI). However, little is known about the morphologic and phenotypical differences that a SCI could trigger in corticospinal (CS) neurons of the ipsilesional and contralesional hemisphere. Using an SMI-32 antibody which specifically labeled pyramidal neurons in cortical...

Université de Fribourg

Multiple cryoinjuries modulate the efficiency of zebrafish heart regeneration

Bise, Thomas ; Sallin, Pauline ; Pfefferli, Catherine ; Jaźwińska, Anna

In: Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 11551

Zebrafish can regenerate their damaged hearts throughout their lifespan. It is, however, unknown, whether regeneration remains effective when challenged with successive cycles of cardiac damage in the same animals. Here, we assessed ventricular restoration after two, three and six cryoinjuries interspaced by recovery periods. Using transgenic cell-lineage tracing analysis, we demonstrated...

Université de Fribourg

Towards deciphering variations of heart regeneration in fish

Jaźwińska, Anna ; Blanchoud, Simon

In: Current Opinion in Physiology, 2020, vol. 14, p. 21–26

Among adult vertebrates, the zebrafish presents the rather exceptional capacity to efficiently regenerate its heart after injury. This bony fish has thus become a leading genetic model organism to elucidate the natural mechanisms of successful cardiac restoration. Given its potential biomedical significance, parallel analyses between zebrafish and mammals are aiming at the identification of...

Université de Fribourg

Stimulus reward value interacts with training-induced plasticity in inhibitory control

Pretto, Michael De ; Hartmann, Lea ; Garcia-Burgos, David ; Sallard, Etienne ; Spierer, Lucas

In: Neuroscience, 2019, vol. 421, p. 82–94

Training inhibitory control, the ability to suppress motor or cognitive processes, not only enhances inhibition processes, but also reduces the perceived value and behaviors toward the stimuli associated with the inhibition goals during the practice. While these findings suggest that inhibitory control training interacts with the aversive and reward systems, the underlying spatio-temporal...

Université de Fribourg

Combined with anti‐Nogo‐A antibody treatment, BDNF did not compensate the extra deleterious motor effect caused by large size cervical cord hemisection in adult macaques

Beaud, Marie‐Laure ; Rouiller, Eric M. ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Mir, Anis ; Schwab, Martin E. ; Schmidlin, Eric

In: CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 2019, p. cns.13213

In spinal cord injured adult mammals, neutralizing the neurite growth inhibitor Nogo‐A with antibodies promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery, although axonal regeneration is limited in length. Neurotrophic factors such as BDNF stimulate neurite outgrowth and protect axotomized neurons. Can the effects obtained by neutralizing Nogo‐A, inducing an environment favorable for...

Università della Svizzera italiana

CXCL12α/SDF‐1 from perisynaptic Schwann cells promotes regeneration of injured motor axon terminals

Negro, Samuele ; Lessi, Francesca ; Duregotti, Elisa ; Aretini, Paolo ; La Ferla, Marco ; Franceschi, Sara ; Menicagli, Marco ; Bergamin, Elisanna ; Egle, Radice ; Megighian, Aram ; Pirazzini, Marco ; Mazzanti, Chiara M. ; Rigoni, Michela ; Montecucco, Cesare

In: EMBO molecular medicine, 2017, vol. 9, no. 8, p. 1000–1010

The neuromuscular junction has retained through evolution the capacity to regenerate after damage, but little is known on the inter‐cellular signals involved in its functional recovery from trauma, autoimmune attacks, or neurotoxins. We report here that CXCL12α, also abbreviated as stromal‐derived factor‐1 (SDF‐1), is produced specifically by perisynaptic Schwann cells following ...