INVITED REVIEW

1. MicroRNAs as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for traumatic brain injury
2. Interferon regulatory factor 2 binding protein 2: a new player of the innate immune response for stroke recovery
3. Endogenous retinal neural stem cell reprogramming for neuronal regeneration
4. Regulation of neuronal survival by DNA methyltransferases
5. Taking out the garbage: cathepsin D and calcineurin in neurodegeneration
6. The role of general anesthetics and the mechanisms of hippocampal and extra-hippocampal dysfunctions in the genesis of postoperative cognitive dysfunction
7. Design and criteria of electrospun fibrous scaffolds for the treatment of spinal cord injury
8. ΔN-Bcl-xL, a therapeutic target for neuroprotection

PERSPECTIVE

1. Pathophysiology of periventricular leukomalacia: what we learned from animal models
2. DJ-1 as a deglycating enzyme: a unique function to explain a multifaceted protein?
3. Outlook on the neuroprotective effect of estrogen
4. Should we have a guard against therapeutic nihilism for patients with severe traumatic brain injury?
5. Targeting inflammation to reduce brain injury in growth restricted newborns: a potential treatment?
6. Targeting mitoNEET with pioglitazone for therapeutic neuroprotection after spinal cord injury
7. Motor neuroprosthesis for injured spinal cord: who is an ideal candidate?
8. Therapeutic capacities of human and mouse skeletal muscle-derived stem cells for a long gap peripheral nerve injury
9. Targeting transcriptional regulators to regenerate midbrain dopaminergic axons in Parkinson’s disease

RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Influence of vascular endothelial growth factor and radiation on gap junctional intercellular communication in glioblastoma multiforme cell lines
2. Leap Motion-based virtual reality training for improving motor functional recovery of upper limbs and neural reorganization in subacute stroke patients
3. Activation of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway: a potential response to long-term neuronal loss in the hippocampus after sepsis
4. Expression of NG2 and platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha in the developing neonatal rat brain
5. Ankle-brachial index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity are risk factors for ischemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes
6. Ramulus Cinnamomi extract attenuates neuroin-flammatory responses via downregulating TLR4/MyD88 signaling pathway in BV2 cells
7. Nigral dopaminergic neuron replenishment in adult mice through VE-cadherin-expressing neural progenitor cells
8. Calycosin improves cognitive function in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by activating the protein kinase C pathway
9. Saponins from Panax japonicus attenuate age-related neuroinflammation via regulation of the mitogenactivated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathways
10. Neural progenitor cells but not astrocytes respond distally to thoracic spinal cord injury in rat models
11. Globose basal cells for spinal cord regeneration
12. Effects of neuregulin-1 on autonomic nervous system remodeling post-myocardial infarction in a rat model
13. Evaluation of sensory function and recovery after replantation of fingertips at Zone I in children

REVIEW

1. Research on human glioma stem cells in China

IMAGING IN NEURAL REGENERATION

1. Delayed degeneration of an injured spinothalamic tract in a patient with diffuse axonal injury