Here is this weeks edition of the Digest. Hope everyone has a great
week. Till next week thanks for all you do. Danny


1: Neurology

Tau protein hyperphosphorylation in sporadic ALS with cognitive
impairment. http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4980
PMID: 16769962 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

2: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Als2-deficient mice exhibit disturbances in endosome trafficking
associated with motor behavioral abnormalities.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4979
PMID: 16769894 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

3: Arch Neurol

Novel mitochondrial transfer RNA(Phe) gene mutation associated with
late-onset neuromuscular disease.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4978
PMID: 16769874 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

4: J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods

Neurotoxicity assessment using zebrafish.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4977
PMID: 16769228 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

5: Neurobiol Aging

Interleukin-10 protects against inflammation-mediated degeneration of
dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4976
PMID: 16769155 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

6: Rinsho Shinkeigaku

[Usefulness of polysomnography at an early stage of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis] http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4975
PMID: 16768102 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

7: J Neurosci Res

Intravenous immunoglobulin enhances the clearance of fibrillar
amyloid-beta peptide.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4974
PMID: 16767774 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

8: Neurochem Int

PPARgamma as a therapeutic target in central nervous system diseases.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4973
PMID: 16766086 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

9: Biochim Biophys Acta

The molecular genetics of non-ALS motor neuron diseases.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4972
PMID: 16765570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

10: Clin Neurophysiol

Distal excitability changes in motor axons in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis. http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4971
PMID: 16765084 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

11: Med Princ Pract

Antioxidative and neuroprotective activities of extracts from the fruit
hull of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.).
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4970
PMID: 16763395 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

12: Stem Cells

Mesenchymal stem cells instruct oligodendrogenic fate decision on adult
neural stem cells.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4969
PMID: 16763198 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

13: Trends Pharmacol Sci

Neurotransmitter transporters: molecular function of important drug
targets. http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4968
PMID: 16762425 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

14: Neuropharmacology

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease
prevent glutamate neurotoxicity via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase cascade.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4967
PMID: 16762377 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

15: Clin Neurophysiol

Axonal excitability properties in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4966
PMID: 16759905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

16: J Neurobiol

Reduced metabolites mediate neuroprotective effects of progesterone in
the adult rat hippocampus. The synthetic progestin medroxyprogesterone
acetate (Provera) is not neuroprotective.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4965
PMID: 16758493 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

17: Mov Disord

Glutamate release inhibition ineffective in Levodopa-induced motor
complications.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4964
PMID: 16758479 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

18: Cell Mol Neurobiol

Neuroprotective Agents: Is Effective on Toxicity in Glial Cells?
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4963
PMID: 16758318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

19: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

Parkinson's disease with camptocormia.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4962
PMID: 16754693 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

20: Amyotroph Lateral Scler

Monozygotic twins discordant for primary lateral sclerosis.
http://www.als.net/articles/articleD...articleId=4961
PMID: 16753978 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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