Regulation of neuronal development and function by ROS.

Matthew CW Oswald, Nathan Garnham, Sean T Sweeney, Matthias Landgraf

OAI: oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/274533 • DOI: 10.17863/CAM.21661

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have long been studied as destructive agents in the context of nervous system ageing, disease and degeneration. Their roles as signalling molecules under normal physiological conditions is less well understood. Recent studies have provided ample evidence of ROS-regulating neuronal development and function, from the establishment of neuronal polarity to growth cone pathfinding; from the regulation of connectivity and synaptic transmission to the tuning of neuronal networks. Appreciation of the varied processes that are subject to regulation by ROS might help us understand how changes in ROS metabolism and buffering could progressively impact on neuronal networks with age and disease.

NADPH oxidase axon Cytoskeleton dendrite Nervous System neuronal polarity pathfinding plasticity Reactive Oxygen Species synapse aging Animals Growth Cones Humans Nerve Net Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurogenesis Reactive Oxygen Species Synaptic Transmission