Neuromodulation and Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2800
Special Issue Editors
Interests: regenerative medicine; astrocyte reactivity; neuron-glia communication; 3D culture systems; focused ultrasound; Parkinson's disease
Interests: neuromodulation; social cognition; empathy and theory of mind; mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia/psychosis, depression); stress and lifestyle
Interests: health biotechnology; analytical chromatography; quantification of biomolecules; antimicrobial resistance
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in modulatory and diagnostic technology have introduced enabling tools in pre- and clinical approaches, presenting promising outcomes in neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system. However, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer's have a range of molecular and cellular alterations, namely protein accumulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, glutamate excitotoxicity, calcium load, proteolytic stress, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and aging, contributing to neuronal damage. Consequently, patients develop motor and non-motor deficits, complicating the management procedures and their quality of life.
Neuromodulation technological approaches have emerged over the last decade as a potential method to mitigate these deficits, enhancing neuroplasticity or acting as a neurorehabilitative tool. Additionally, recent clinical prospects have claimed that non-invasive neuromodulation strategies can be used to diagnose and manage neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, in this issue, a particular focus will be given to neuromodulation strategies as a treatment and how they can promote physiological changes to the diagnosis or establishment of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases.
Thus, the current Special Issue will accept original studies and reviews focusing on neuromodulation, precision medicine, -omics, and biomarkers by cellular/molecular diagnostics.
Dr. Fábio Teixeira
Dr. Nuno Barbosa Rocha
Dr. Mónica Vieira
Guest Editors
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