Comparison of the Long-Term Efficacy of Targeting the Subthalamic Nucleus Versus the Globus Pallidus Interna for Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment of Motor Dysfunction in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis Study.

A cardinal symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) is motor dysfunction, including bradykinesia and tremors, which is quantified in the Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS). Although some medications provide palliative treatments for these motor deficits, their efficacy wanes and can produce unwanted side effects, such as dyskinesia. Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) has provided an alternative treatment strategy that can benefit many patients, but optimal target structures for DBS and its long-term efficacy are not fully understood.

Glioblastoma therapy: State of the field and future prospects.

Glioblastoma (GB) is a cancerous brain tumor that originates from glial cells and leads to thousands of deaths each year and a five-year survival of only 6.8 %. Treatments for GB include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy.

Delivery of PAMAM dendrimers and dendriplexes across natural barriers (blood-brain barrier and placental barrier) in healthy pregnant mice.

Gene therapy is an important tool for treating fetal diseases that allows for the delivery and integration of therapeutic genes into the genome of cells carrying mutations. Nanomolecules, like PAMAM dendrimers, have recently come into wider use for carrying vectors as they have several advantages over viral vectors. Namely, (1) tunable size and surface chemistry, (2) uniform size, (3) the ability to target specific tissues, and (4) the ability to carry large biomolecules and drugs.

Presymptomatic Targeted Circuit Manipulation for Ameliorating Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis.

Early stages of Huntington's disease (HD) before the onset of motor and cognitive symptoms are characterized by imbalanced excitatory and inhibitory output from the cortex to striatal and subcortical structures. The window before the onset of symptoms presents an opportunity to adjust the firing rate within microcircuits with the goal of restoring the impaired E/I balance, thereby preventing or slowing down disease progression. Here, we investigated the effect of presymptomatic cell-type specific manipulation of activity of pyramidal neurons and parvalbumin interneurons in the M1 motor cortex on disease progression in the R6/2 HD mouse model.