INVITED REVIEWS

1. The role of undifferentiated adipose-derived stem cells in peripheral nerve repair
2. An update–tissue engineered nerve grafts for the repair of peripheral nerve injuries
3. Sigma-1 receptor: a new player in neuroprotection against chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
4. Nerve conduction models in myelinated and unmyelinated nerves based on three-dimensional electrostatic interaction
5. Fatigability during volitional walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: cardiorespiratory and motor performance considerations
6. Retinoid receptor-related orphan receptor alpha: a key gene setting brain circuits

PERSPECTIVES

1. Semaphorin 3A: from growth cone repellent to promoter of neuronal regeneration
2. Current opinion on a role of the astrocytes in neuroprotection
3. Novel function of the chemorepellent draxin as a regulator for hippocampal neurogenesis
4. Forkhead box protein P1, a key player in neuronal development?
5. When and how does brain-derived neurotrophic factor activate Nrf2 in astrocytes and neurons?
6. Visual prostheses, optogenetics, stem cell and gene therapies: splitting the cake
7. Magnesium acethyltaurate as a potential agent for retinal and optic nerve protection in glaucoma
8. Silkworm silk biomaterials for spinal cord repair: promise for combinatorial therapies
9. Functional changes after spinal lesions: implications for interventions
10. Autophagy inhibition: a new therapeutic target in spinal muscular atrophy
11. The role of DJ-1 complexes and catecholamine metabolism: relevance for familial and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a new treatment approach for Alzheimer’s disease

RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Dexmedetomidine attenuates traumatic brain injury:action pathway and mechanisms
2. Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress alleviates secondary injury after traumatic brain injury
3. Chaihu-Shugan-San exerts an antidepressive effect by downregulating miR-124 and releasing inhibition of the MAPK14 and Gria3 signaling pathways
4. Baseline effects of lysophosphatidylcholine and nerve growth factor in a rat model of sciatic nerve regeneration after crush injury
5. Validation of a novel animal model for sciatic nerve repair with an adipose‐derived stem cell loaded fibrin conduit
6. Phrenic and intercostal nerves with rhythmic discharge can promote early nerve regeneration after brachial plexus repair in rats
7. Early electrical field stimulation prevents the loss of spinal cord anterior horn motoneurons and muscle atrophy following spinal cord injury
8. Dynamic correlation of diffusion tensor imaging and neurological function scores in beagles with spinal cord injury
9. Endothelial progenitor cell-conditioned medium promotes angiogenesis and is neuroprotective after spinal cord injury
10. Nogo receptor expression in microglia/macrophages during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis progression
11. Association between Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and early demyelination and oligodendrocyte dysfunction
12. Trillium tschonoskii maxim extract attenuates abnormal Tau phosphorylation
13. Inhibition of retinal ganglion cell apoptosis:regulation of mitochondrial function by PACAP

REVIEW

1. Exosomes: a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease?

IMAGING IN NEURAL REGENERATION

1. Weak phonation due to unknown injury of the corticobulbar tract in a patient with mild traumatic brain injury: a diffusion tensor tractography study