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SUBMITTER: Mulherkar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587534 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mulherkar Shalaka S Firozi Karen K Huang Wei W Uddin Mohammad Danish MD Grill Raymond J RJ Costa-Mattioli Mauro M Robertson Claudia C Tolias Kimberley F KF
Scientific reports 20170906 1
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes extensive neural damage, often resulting in long-term cognitive impairments. Unfortunately, effective treatments for TBI remain elusive. The RhoA-ROCK signaling pathway is a potential therapeutic target since it is activated by TBI and can promote the retraction of dendritic spines/synapses, which are critical for information processing and memory storage. To test this hypothesis, RhoA-ROCK signaling was blocked by RhoA deletion from postnatal neurons or treat ...[more]