The influence of synaptic activity on neuronal health
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According to the theory of neuronal health, neurons exist in a spectrum of states ranging from highly resilient to vulnerable. An unhealthy neuron may be rendered dysfunctional or non-viable by an insult that would ordinarily be non-toxic to a healthy neuron. Over the years it has become clear that a neuron's health is subject to dynamic regulation by electrical or synaptic activity. This review highlights recently identified activity dependent signalling events that boost neuronal health through the transcriptional control of pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic genes, the enhancement of antioxidant defences, and the regulation of mitochondrial and neurotrophic factor availability. Furthermore, activity dependent signals have recently been shown to influence a variety of events specific to individual neurodegenerative diseases, which will also be highlighted.
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NMDARs are permeant to Ca2+, which mediates many consequences of NMDAR activity, including synaptic modification, learning and memory, activity-dependent development, and neuroprotective/homeostatic signaling.
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- Authors
- Bell, K. F., & Hardingham, G. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hardingham, Giles E
- ORCID
- Hardingham, Giles E
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 299-305
- ISSN
- 0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3160470
- OpenAlex
- W2009307312
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 66
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- 0.40
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- journal article
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- en
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- Funders
- Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship (GEH)
- Wellcome Trust
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- EMBO Young Investigator Programme
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nerve injury and regeneration
- Keywords
- neuronal health, synaptic activity, neuronal resilience, apoptosis, transcriptional regulation, antioxidant defense, mitochondrial function, neurotrophic factors, neurodegenerative diseases, neuronal vulnerability
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Neurons, Synapses, Signal Transduction, Neurodegenerative Diseases
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