| First Author | Moreno-Cugnon L | Year | 2019 |
| Journal | Aging Cell | Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | e13044 |
| PubMed ID | 31560167 | Mgi Jnum | J:295406 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6460483 | Doi | 10.1111/acel.13044 |
| Citation | Moreno-Cugnon L, et al. (2019) Neuronal p38alpha mediates age-associated neural stem cell exhaustion and cognitive decline. Aging Cell 18(6):e13044 |
| abstractText | Neuronal activity regulates cognition and neural stem cell (NSC) function. The molecular pathways limiting neuronal activity during aging remain largely unknown. In this work, we show that p38MAPK activity increases in neurons with age. By using mice expressing p38alpha-lox and CamkII-Cre alleles (p38alpha-N), we demonstrate that genetic deletion of p38alpha in neurons suffices to reduce age-associated elevation of p38MAPK activity, neuronal loss and cognitive decline. Moreover, aged p38alpha-N mice present elevated numbers of NSCs in the hippocampus and the subventricular zone. These results reveal novel roles for neuronal p38MAPK in age-associated NSC exhaustion and cognitive decline. |
