We report on two patients with a history of chronic exposure to organochlorine insecticides who developed clinical and electromyographic signs and symptoms of chronic motor neuron disease. Measurements of aldrin, lindane ...

Motor neuron disease is one of the major groups of neurodegenerative diseases, mainly represented by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Despite wide genetic and biochemical data regarding its pathophysiological mechanisms, ...

Membrane traffic has been widely studied in recent decades, and now it is clear that its participation in biologicalprocesses such as cellular migration, mitosis, and immune response, among others, is crucial and ...

Astrocytes protect neurons by modulating neuronal function and survival. Astrocytes support neurons in several ways. They provide energy through the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle, protect neurons from excitotoxicity, ...

Data were recorded on the mean nucleolar areas of neurons from the megacolon of chagasic patients, and neurons from the colon of non-chagasic subjects. The significant differences obtained were indicative of a higher level ...