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NMDA receptor signaling in health and disease: novel neuroprotective treatment strategies Bading working group

We are interested in neuronal calcium signaling in synapse-to-nucleus communication and in how neuronal activity-regulated gene expression leads to neuroprotection and other adaptive responses in the brain including memory formation. Based on studies of toxic extrasynaptic NMDA receptor signaling, we are developing broad-spectrum neuroprotectants.

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Neuron-astrocyte metabolic coupling facilitates spinal plasticity and maintenance of inflammatory pain

This study describes a previously unappreciated mechanism of astrocyte-neuron metabolic communication through glycogen breakdown in the spinal cord that fuels spinal neuron hyperexcitability.

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