Increasing evidence supports the idea of a beneficial effect of cannabinoid compounds for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, most experimental data come from animal models of MS. We… (More)
Recently, the zebrafish has been extensively used for studying the development of the central nervous system (CNS). However, the zebrafish CNS has been poorly analyzed in the adult. The… (More)
Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease that affects ≈ 2,000,000 people worldwide. In the advanced stages of the disease, endogenous oligodendrocyte precursors cannot colonize the lesions or… (More)
We have analyzed the distribution pattern of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the zebrafish brain and retina during ontogeny. ChAT-immunoreactive (ChAT-ir) neurons are observed in the… (More)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating/inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Relapsing-remitting MS is characterized by a relapsing phase with clinical symptoms and the production… (More)
Inflammation, autoimmune response, demyelination and axonal damage are thought to participate in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Understanding whether axonal damage causes or originates… (More)
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) originate in specific areas of the developing central nervous system (CNS). Once generated, they migrate towards their destinations where they differentiate… (More)
FGF-2 and Anosmin-1 are diffusible proteins which act in cell proliferation and/or migration during CNS development. We describe their developmental expression patterns in the subventricular zone… (More)
At embryonic stages of development, oligodendrocyte precursors (OPCs) generated in the preoptic area colonize the entire optic nerve (ON). Different factors controlling migration of ON OPCs have been… (More)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease in which an exacerbated immune response provokes oligodendrocyte loss and demyelination, the hallmarks of this neurological disease. The destruction… (More)