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  1. Article ; Online: An Unusual Cause of Stroke in a Young Adult.

    Montgomery, Claire L / Murphy, Alexandra M / Joseph, Jijin

    Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

    2020  Volume 34, Issue 8, Page(s) 2269–2271

    Abstract: Stroke is an uncommon presentation in young adults, with different causes and risks factors implicated. Cardiogenic cerebral embolus is one of the most common causes in younger patients and must be considered in the investigation of young patients ... ...

    Abstract Stroke is an uncommon presentation in young adults, with different causes and risks factors implicated. Cardiogenic cerebral embolus is one of the most common causes in younger patients and must be considered in the investigation of young patients presenting with stroke. The authors describe a case of a young patient presenting with stroke as a result of distal embolization from a previously undiagnosed congenital mitral valve defect.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Intracranial Embolism ; Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging ; Mitral Valve/surgery ; Stroke/diagnostic imaging ; Stroke/etiology ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1067317-9
    ISSN 1532-8422 ; 1053-0770
    ISSN (online) 1532-8422
    ISSN 1053-0770
    DOI 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.01.021
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  2. Article ; Online: Dimethyl fumarate dose-dependently increases mitochondrial gene expression and function in muscle and brain of Friedreich's ataxia model mice.

    Hui, Chun Kiu / Dedkova, Elena N / Montgomery, Claire / Cortopassi, Gino

    Human molecular genetics

    2021  Volume 29, Issue 24, Page(s) 3954–3965

    Abstract: Previously we showed that dimethyl fumarate (DMF) dose-dependently increased mitochondrial gene expression and function in cells and might be considered as a therapeutic for inherited mitochondrial disease, including Friedreich's ataxia (FA). Here we ... ...

    Abstract Previously we showed that dimethyl fumarate (DMF) dose-dependently increased mitochondrial gene expression and function in cells and might be considered as a therapeutic for inherited mitochondrial disease, including Friedreich's ataxia (FA). Here we tested DMF's ability to dose-dependently increase mitochondrial function, mitochondrial gene expression (frataxin and cytochrome oxidase protein) and mitochondrial copy number in C57BL6 wild-type mice and the FXNKD mouse model of FA. We first dosed DMF at 0-320 mg/kg in C57BL6 mice and observed significant toxicity above 160 mg/kg orally, defining the maximum tolerated dose. Oral dosing of C57BL6 mice in the range 0-160 mg/kg identified a maximum increase in aconitase activity and mitochondrial gene expression in brain and quadriceps at 110 mg/kg DMF, thus defining the maximum effective dose (MED). The MED of DMF in mice overlaps the currently approved human-equivalent doses of DMF prescribed for multiple sclerosis (480 mg/day) and psoriasis (720 mg/day). In the FXNKD mouse model of FA, which has a doxycycline-induced deficit of frataxin protein, we observed significant decreases of multiple mitochondrial parameters, including deficits in brain mitochondrial Complex 2, Complex 4 and aconitase activity, supporting the idea that frataxin deficiency reduces mitochondrial gene expression, mitochondrial functions and biogenesis. About 110 mg/kg of oral DMF rescued these enzyme activities in brain and rescued frataxin and cytochrome oxidase expression in brain, cerebellum and quadriceps muscle of the FXNKD mouse model. Taken together, these results support the idea of using fumarate-based molecules to treat FA or other mitochondrial diseases.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain/drug effects ; Brain/physiology ; Dimethyl Fumarate/pharmacology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Friedreich Ataxia/drug therapy ; Friedreich Ataxia/metabolism ; Friedreich Ataxia/pathology ; Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mitochondria/drug effects ; Mitochondria/physiology ; Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics ; Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism ; Muscles/drug effects ; Muscles/physiology
    Chemical Substances Immunosuppressive Agents ; Mitochondrial Proteins ; Dimethyl Fumarate (FO2303MNI2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1108742-0
    ISSN 1460-2083 ; 0964-6906
    ISSN (online) 1460-2083
    ISSN 0964-6906
    DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddaa282
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  3. Article ; Online: Ketogenic diet and BHB rescue the fall of long-term potentiation in an Alzheimer's mouse model and stimulates synaptic plasticity pathway enzymes.

    Di Lucente, Jacopo / Persico, Giuseppe / Zhou, Zeyu / Jin, Lee-Way / Ramsey, Jon J / Rutkowsky, Jennifer M / Montgomery, Claire M / Tomilov, Alexey / Kim, Kyoungmi / Giorgio, Marco / Maezawa, Izumi / Cortopassi, Gino A

    Communications biology

    2024  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 195

    Abstract: The Ketogenic Diet (KD) improves memory and longevity in aged C57BL/6 mice. We tested 7 months KD vs. control diet (CD) in the mouse Alzheimer's Disease (AD) model APP/PS1. KD significantly rescued Long-Term-Potentiation (LTP) to wild-type levels, not by ...

    Abstract The Ketogenic Diet (KD) improves memory and longevity in aged C57BL/6 mice. We tested 7 months KD vs. control diet (CD) in the mouse Alzheimer's Disease (AD) model APP/PS1. KD significantly rescued Long-Term-Potentiation (LTP) to wild-type levels, not by changing Amyloid-β (Aβ) levels. KD's 'main actor' is thought to be Beta-Hydroxy-butyrate (BHB) whose levels rose significantly in KD vs. CD mice, and BHB itself significantly rescued LTP in APP/PS1 hippocampi. KD's 6 most significant pathways induced in brains by RNAseq all related to Synaptic Plasticity. KD induced significant increases in synaptic plasticity enzymes p-ERK and p-CREB in both sexes, and of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in APP/PS1 females. We suggest KD rescues LTP through BHB's enhancement of synaptic plasticity. LTP falls in Mild-Cognitive Impairment (MCI) of human AD. KD and BHB, because they are an approved diet and supplement respectively, may be most therapeutically and translationally relevant to the MCI phase of Alzheimer's Disease.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mice ; Animals ; Aged ; Long-Term Potentiation ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/genetics ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/metabolism ; Diet, Ketogenic ; Mice, Transgenic ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Neuronal Plasticity
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2399-3642
    ISSN (online) 2399-3642
    DOI 10.1038/s42003-024-05860-z
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  4. Article: Fire

    Montgomery, Claire A

    The Oxford handbook of land economics , p. 281-301

    an agent and a consequence of land use change

    2014  , Page(s) 281–301

    Author's details Claire A. Montgomery
    Language English
    Publisher Oxford Univ. Press
    Publishing place Oxford [u.a.]
    Document type Article
    ISBN 978-0-19-976374-0 ; 0-19-976374-7
    Database ECONomics Information System

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  5. Article ; Online: Shc inhibitor idebenone ameliorates liver injury and fibrosis in dietary NASH in mice.

    Jiang, Joy X / Tomilov, Alexey / Montgomery, Claire / Hui, Chun Kui / Török, Natalie J / Cortopassi, Gino

    Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

    2021  Volume 35, Issue 10, Page(s) e22876

    Abstract: Shc expression rises in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) livers, and Shc-deficient mice are protected from NASH-thus Shc inhibition could be a novel therapeutic strategy for NASH. Idebenone was recently identified as the first small-molecule Shc ...

    Abstract Shc expression rises in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) livers, and Shc-deficient mice are protected from NASH-thus Shc inhibition could be a novel therapeutic strategy for NASH. Idebenone was recently identified as the first small-molecule Shc inhibitor drug. We tested idebenone in the fibrotic methionine-choline deficient (MCD) diet and the metabolic fast food diet (FFD) mouse models of NASH. In the fibrotic MCD NASH model, idebenone reduced Shc expression and phosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and Shc expression in the liver; decreased serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase; and attenuated liver fibrosis as observed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and hydroxyproline quantification. In the metabolic FFD model, idebenone administration improved insulin resistance, and reduced inflammation and fibrosis shown with qPCR, hydroxyproline measurement, and histology. Thus, idebenone ameliorates NASH in two mouse models. As an approved drug with a benign safety profile, Idebenone could be a reasonable human NASH therapy.
    MeSH term(s) Alanine Transaminase/blood ; Animals ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood ; Choline Deficiency/complications ; Diet/adverse effects ; Disease Models, Animal ; Fast Foods/adverse effects ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism ; Liver/injuries ; Liver/metabolism ; Liver Cirrhosis/blood ; Liver Cirrhosis/complications ; Liver Cirrhosis/drug therapy ; Liver Cirrhosis/etiology ; Male ; Methionine/deficiency ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/blood ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/complications ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/drug therapy ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/etiology ; Phosphorylation/drug effects ; Protective Agents/administration & dosage ; Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction/drug effects ; Therapeutics ; Ubiquinone/administration & dosage ; Ubiquinone/analogs & derivatives
    Chemical Substances Protective Agents ; Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins ; Ubiquinone (1339-63-5) ; Methionine (AE28F7PNPL) ; Aspartate Aminotransferases (EC 2.6.1.1) ; Alanine Transaminase (EC 2.6.1.2) ; idebenone (HB6PN45W4J)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1410020-4
    ISSN 1099-0461 ; 1095-6670
    ISSN (online) 1099-0461
    ISSN 1095-6670
    DOI 10.1002/jbt.22876
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  6. Article: Evaluating wildland fire liability standards – does regulation incentivise good management?

    Lauer, Christopher J / Montgomery, Claire A / Dietterich, Thomas G

    International journal of wildland fire. 2020, v. 29, no. 7

    2020  

    Abstract: Fire spread on forested landscapes depends on vegetation conditions across the landscape that affect the fire arrival probability and forest stand value. Landowners can control some forest characteristics that facilitate fire spread, and when a single ... ...

    Abstract Fire spread on forested landscapes depends on vegetation conditions across the landscape that affect the fire arrival probability and forest stand value. Landowners can control some forest characteristics that facilitate fire spread, and when a single landowner controls the entire landscape, a rational landowner accounts for spatial interactions when making management decisions. With multiple landowners, management activity by one may impact outcomes for the others. Various liability regulations have been proposed, and some enacted, to make landowners account for these impacts by changing the incentives they face. In this paper, the effects of two different types of liability regulations are examined – strict liability and negligence standards. We incorporate spatial information into a model of land manager decision-making about the timing and spatial location of timber harvest and fuel treatment. The problem is formulated as a dynamic game and solved via multi-agent approximate dynamic programming. We found that, in some cases, liability regulation can increase expected land values for individual land ownerships and for the landscape as a whole. But in other cases, it may create perverse incentives that reduce expected land value. We also showed that regulations may increase risk for individual landowners by increasing the variability of potential outcomes.
    Keywords decision making ; fire spread ; forest stands ; forests ; land values ; landscapes ; models ; risk ; spatial data ; wildfires
    Language English
    Size p. 572-580.
    Publishing place CSIRO Publishing
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ZDB-ID 1331562-6
    ISSN 1448-5516 ; 1049-8001
    ISSN (online) 1448-5516
    ISSN 1049-8001
    DOI 10.1071/WF19090
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  7. Article: Institutional environments and arrangements for managing complex aquatic ecosystems in forested landscapes

    Montgomery, Claire A

    Forest policy and economics. 2013 Oct., v. 35

    2013  

    Abstract: The forested watersheds of the Pacific Northwest are complex aquatic ecosystems. They are adapted to disturbance cycles that occur at multiple temporal and spatial scales. They are embedded in a complex institutional system involving multiple governance ... ...

    Abstract The forested watersheds of the Pacific Northwest are complex aquatic ecosystems. They are adapted to disturbance cycles that occur at multiple temporal and spatial scales. They are embedded in a complex institutional system involving multiple governance structures spanning multiple ownership types. The salmon populations that inhabit the streams, rivers, and estuaries are diffuse and provide heterogeneous values to a heterogeneous user population. Management of these watersheds has been controlled by “top down” hierarchical land management agencies with policy dictated at the federal level, but there appears to be a transition to a more collaborative multi-level, polycentric approach based on local watershed councils. In this paper, the relevance of an emerging sub-discipline of economics, known as the New Institutional Economics, is explored as a vehicle for understanding how institutional governance structures relate to characteristics of the resource and the resource user community and guiding future watershed management policy. The recently established Watershed Councils in the state of Oregon, U.S., are explored as an example of how institutional arrangements for resource management may evolve over time. While some studies evaluate the effectiveness of this decentralized approach based on participants' opinions about process, the question of effectiveness with regards to ecosystem health remains to be addressed. This is a topic for future research.
    Keywords aquatic ecosystems ; attitudes and opinions ; economics ; estuaries ; forested watersheds ; governance ; issues and policy ; landscapes ; ownership ; resource management ; rivers ; salmon ; streams ; watershed management ; Oregon
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2013-10
    Size p. 50-56.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ISSN 1389-9341
    DOI 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.06.008
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  8. Article: A spatial, simultaneous model of social capital and poverty

    Harrison, Jane L. / Montgomery, Claire A. / Jeanty, P. Wilner

    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2019 Feb. 01, v. 78

    2019  

    Abstract: This study explores the interrelationship between social capital and poverty, a negative indicator of well-being, in the Western United States. Econometric models that account for the endogeneity of poverty and social capital, spatial dependence, and ... ...

    Abstract This study explores the interrelationship between social capital and poverty, a negative indicator of well-being, in the Western United States. Econometric models that account for the endogeneity of poverty and social capital, spatial dependence, and cross-equation error correlation were used to explore two questions: is the presence of social capital associated with reduced poverty levels and does the presence of poverty impact social capital stocks? We found evidence that communities with higher social capital levels tend to have lower poverty rates and that poverty may pose barriers to social capital formation. This suggests that policies to reduce poverty will be more effective if coupled with policies to support social capital formation. The study's findings are particularly salient for communities in persistent poverty. These results emerged only after accounting for endogeneity and spatial relationships. Because many factors contributing to well-being are jointly determined with well-being and indicators of well-being are frequently spatially clustered, this situation is likely to be more common than has been typically recognized in the literature.
    Keywords econometric models ; journals ; poverty ; public policy ; social barriers ; social capital ; social impact ; social support ; wills ; Western United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-0201
    Size p. 183-192.
    Publishing place Elsevier BV
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2763246-5
    ISSN 2214-8043
    ISSN 2214-8043
    DOI 10.1016/j.socec.2018.09.001
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  9. Article: The influence of age-specific migration on housing growth in the rural Midwest (USA)

    Lee, Yohan / Kline, Jeffrey D / Montgomery, Claire A

    Elsevier B.V. Landscape and urban planning. 2016 Apr., v. 148

    2016  

    Abstract: Natural resource policymakers and planners increasingly rely on regional and national-level spatial data describing projections of future housing growth, to anticipate development impacts on natural resources and identify policy and planning needs. Such ... ...

    Abstract Natural resource policymakers and planners increasingly rely on regional and national-level spatial data describing projections of future housing growth, to anticipate development impacts on natural resources and identify policy and planning needs. Such projections have not always been well-grounded in demographic and other factors that influence population and thus housing growth. We develop an empirical model describing population change and housing growth in the rural Midwestern U.S., as a function of demographic transition, socioeconomic factors, and natural amenities. The empirical model is estimated as a set of three equations characterizing: (1) population growth within three age groups, (2) the influence of farmland cover and other county level variables, and (3) household size, housing services, and second home ownership. The estimated population and housing growth models provide a consistent estimate of past change and can be used to project future change. We found age-structure to be an important factor in housing location decisions. Specifically, the influence of natural amenities on both population growth within counties and subsequent housing density changes varies by age group.
    Keywords age structure ; agricultural land ; equations ; growth models ; home ownership ; issues and policy ; planning ; population growth ; socioeconomic factors ; spatial data ; Midwestern United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-04
    Size p. 68-79.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 742504-1
    ISSN 1872-6062 ; 0169-2046
    ISSN (online) 1872-6062
    ISSN 0169-2046
    DOI 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.12.005
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  10. Article: The Histone H3 K4me3, K27me3, and K27ac Genome-Wide Distributions Are Differently Influenced by Sex in Brain Cortexes and Gastrocnemius of the Alzheimer’s Disease PSAPP Mouse Model

    Casciaro, Francesca / Persico, Giuseppe / Rusin, Martina / Amatori, Stefano / Montgomery, Claire / Rutkowsky, Jennifer R. / Ramsey, Jon J. / Cortopassi, Gino / Fanelli, Mirco / Giorgio, Marco

    Epigenomes. 2021 Nov. 25, v. 5, no. 4

    2021  

    Abstract: Background: Women represent the majority of Alzheimer’s disease patients and show typical symptoms. Genetic, hormonal, and behavioral mechanisms have been proposed to explain sex differences in dementia prevalence. However, whether sex differences exist ... ...

    Abstract Background: Women represent the majority of Alzheimer’s disease patients and show typical symptoms. Genetic, hormonal, and behavioral mechanisms have been proposed to explain sex differences in dementia prevalence. However, whether sex differences exist in the epigenetic landscape of neuronal tissue during the progression of the disease is still unknown. Methods: To investigate the differences of histone H3 modifications involved in transcription, we determined the genome-wide profiles of H3K4me3, H3K27ac, and H3K27me3 in brain cortexes of an Alzheimer mouse model (PSAPP). Gastrocnemius muscles were also tested since they are known to be different in the two sexes and are affected during the disease progression. Results: Correlation analysis distinguished the samples based on sex for H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 but not for H3K27ac. The analysis of transcription starting sites (TSS) signal distribution, and analysis of bounding sites revealed that gastrocnemius is more influenced than brain by sex for the three histone modifications considered, exception made for H3K27me3 distribution on the X chromosome which showed sex-related differences in promoters belonging to behavior and cellular or neuronal spheres in mice cortexes. Conclusions: H3K4me3, H3K27ac, and H3K27me3 signals are slightly affected by sex in brain, with the exception of H3K27me3, while a higher number of differences can be found in gastrocnemius.
    Keywords brain ; disease progression ; epigenetics ; histones ; mice ; neurons
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-1125
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ISSN 2075-4655
    DOI 10.3390/epigenomes5040026
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