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Dwight E. Bergles

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Publications -  148
Citations -  18598

Dwight E. Bergles is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Oligodendrocyte & Glutamate receptor. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 130 publications receiving 15015 citations. Previous affiliations of Dwight E. Bergles include University of Oslo & Discovery Institute.

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β-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression

TL;DR: Using a blinded screen of 1,040 FDA-approved drugs and nutritionals, it is discovered that many β-lactam antibiotics are potent stimulators of GLT1 expression, and this action appears to be mediated through increased transcription of theGLT1 gene.
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Glutamatergic synapses on oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus.

TL;DR: It is reported that stimulation of excitatory axons in the hippocampus elicits inward currents in OPCs that are mediated by AMPA receptors, and electron microscopic analysis revealed that vesicle-filled axon terminals make synaptic junctions with the processes of O PCs in both the young and adult hippocampus.
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Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

Carole Escartin, +88 more
- 15 Feb 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors point out the shortcomings of binary divisions of reactive astrocytes into good-vs-bad, neurotoxic vs-neuroprotective or A1-vs.A2.
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NG2+ CNS Glial Progenitors Remain Committed to the Oligodendrocyte Lineage in Postnatal Life and following Neurodegeneration

TL;DR: The results indicate that NG2+ cells in the normal CNS are oligodendrocyte precursors with restricted lineage potential and that cell loss and gliosis are not sufficient to alter the lineage potential of these progenitors.
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Oligodendrocyte progenitors balance growth with self-repulsion to achieve homeostasis in the adult brain.

TL;DR: Homeostatic control of NG2+ cell density through a balance of active growth and self-repulsion ensures that these progenitors are available to replace oligodendrocytes and participate in tissue repair.