Large animal models contribute to the development of therapies for central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction in patients with lysosomal storage diseases

BL Gurda, CH Vite - Human Molecular Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of 70 monogenic disorders characterized
by the lysosomal accumulation of a substrate. As a group, LSDs affect~ 1 in 5000 live births; …

MRI of brain disease in veterinary patients part 2: acquired brain disorders

S Hecht, WH Adams - Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal …, 2010 - vetsmall.theclinics.com
Inflammatory brain diseases can affect brain parenchyma (encephalitis), meninges
(meningitis), or both (meningoencephalitis). 1 Depending on the underlying causes …

Clinical, electrophysiological, and serum biochemical measures of progressive neurological and hepatic dysfunction in feline Niemann-Pick type C disease

CH Vite, W Ding, C Bryan, P O'Donnell, K Cullen… - Pediatric …, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) disease is a neurovisceral lysosomal storage disease
characterized by neurologic dysfunction, hepatosplenomegaly, and early death. Natural …

Comparative analysis of brain lipids in mice, cats, and humans with Sandhoff disease

RC Baek, DR Martin, NR Cox, TN Seyfried - Lipids, 2009 - Springer
Sandhoff disease (SD) is a glycosphingolipid (GSL) storage disease that arises from an
autosomal recessive mutation in the gene for the β-subunit of β-Hexosaminidase A (Hexb …

Global CNS correction in a large brain model of human alpha-mannosidosis by intravascular gene therapy

SY Yoon, JE Hunter, S Chawla, DL Clarke, C Molony… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Intravascular injection of certain adeno-associated virus vector serotypes can cross the
blood–brain barrier to deliver a gene into the CNS. However, gene distribution has been …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution MRI anatomy of the cat brain at 3 Tesla

HL Gray-Edwards, N Salibi, EM Josephson… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Feline models of neurologic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases,
leukodystrophies, Parkinson's disease, stroke and NeuroAIDS, accurately recreate many …

A review of gene therapy in canine and feline models of lysosomal storage disorders

AM Bradbury, BL Gurda, ML Casal… - Human Gene …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are inherited diseases that result from the intracellular
accumulation of incompletely degraded macromolecules. The majority of LSDs affect both …

Correlating magnetic resonance findings with neuropathology and clinical signs in dogs and cats

CH Vite, JR Cross - Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The histologic characteristics that are the basis for diagnosis of central nervous system
conditions cannot be visualized directly using magnetic resonance (MR) methods, but …

White matter alteration and cerebellar atrophy are hallmarks of brain MRI in alpha-mannosidosis

J Majovska, I Nestrasil, A Paulson, D Nascene… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Despite profound neurological symptomatology there are only few MRI studies
focused on the brain abnormalities in alpha-mannosidosis (AM). Our aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Volumetric, relaxometric and diffusometric correlates of psychotic experiences in a non-clinical sample of young adults

M Drakesmith, A Dutt, L Fonville, S Zammit… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Grey matter (GM) abnormalities are robust features of schizophrenia and of
people at ultra high-risk for psychosis. However the extent to which neuroanatomical …