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Optogenetic stimulation of basal forebrain parvalbumin neurons activates the default mode network and associated behaviors

Lozano-Montes, Laura ; Dimanico, Marta ; Mazloum, Reza ; Li, Wenxue ; Nair, Jayakrishnan ; Kintscher, Michael ; Schneggenburger, Ralf ; Harvey, Michael ; Rainer, Gregor

In: Cell Reports, 2020, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 108359

Activation of the basal forebrain (BF) has been associated with increased attention, arousal, and a heightened cortical representation of the external world. In addition, BF has been implicated in the regulation of the default mode network (DMN) and associated behaviors. Here, we provide causal evidence for a role of BF in DMN regulation, highlighting a prominent role of parvalbumin (PV)...

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Potential biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease revealed by plasma metabolic profiling

Zhao, Huiyuan ; Wang, Cui ; Zhao, Nan ; Li, Wenxue ; Yang, Zhaofei ; Liu, Xinxin ; Le, Weidong ; Zhang, Xiaozhe

In: Journal of Chromatography B, 2018, vol. 1081–1082, p. 101–108

The plasma of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may contain various altered metabolites associated with the risk or progression of the disease. Characterization of the abnormal metabolic pattern in PD plasma is therefore critical for the search for potential PD biomarkers. We collected blood plasma samples from PD patients and used an LC-MS based metabolomics approach to identify 17...

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Stress impacts the regulation neuropeptides in the rat hippocampus and prefrontal cortex

Li, Wenxue ; Papilloud, Aurelie ; Lozano-Montes, Laura ; Zhao, Nan ; Ye, Xueting ; Zhang, Xiaozhe ; Sandi, Carmen ; Rainer, Gregor

In: PROTEOMICS, 2018, vol. 18, no. 7, p. 1700408

Adverse life experiences increase the lifetime risk to several stress‐related psychopathologies, such as anxiety or depressive‐like symptoms following stress in adulthood. However, the neurochemical modulations triggered by stress have not been fully characterized. Neuropeptides play an important role as signaling molecules that contribute to physiological regulation and have been linked...

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Separation and identification of mouse brain tissue microproteins using top‐down method with high resolution nanocapillary liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Li, Wenxue ; Petruzziello, Filomena ; Zhao, Nan ; Zhao, Huiyuan ; Ye, Xueting ; Zhang, Xiaozhe ; Rainer, Gregor

In: PROTEOMICS, 2017, vol. 17, no. 12, p. -

Microproteins and endogenous peptides in the brain contain important substances that have critical roles in diverse biological processes, contributing to signal transduction and intercellular signaling. However, variability in their physical or chemical characteristics, such as molecule size, hydrophobicity, and charge states, complicate the simultaneous analysis of these compounds, although...