Folia Neuropathologica

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Official journal of the Polish Association of Neuropathologists and M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Zawiadamiamy z ogromnym smutkiem, że 10 października 2025 roku, zmarł po wieloletniej chorobie wybitny specjalista w dziedzinie patomorfologii i neuropatologii prof. dr hab. n. med. Janusz Szymaś.

Wieloletni przewodniczący Stowarzyszenia Neuropatologów Polskich oraz członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Patologów. Były Kierownik Pracowni Patomorfologii Neurochirurgicznej Katedry Anatomii Patologicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu. Profesor Janusz Szymaś był autorem wielu prac naukowych oraz pionierem telediagnostyki w Polsce.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Janusz Szymaś, a distinguished specialist in the fields of pathology and neuropathology, on October 10, 2025, after a long illness.

He served for many years as the President of the Association of Polish Neuropathologists and was a member of the Polish Society of Pathologists. He was also the former Head of the Neurosurgical Pathology Laboratory at the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Poznań University of Medical Sciences.

Professor Janusz Szymaś was the author of numerous scientific publications and a pioneer of telediagnostics in Poland.

Z głębokim żalem zawiadamiamy o nagłej śmierci prof. dr. hab. n. med. Pawła Piotra Liberskiego, wybitnego neurologa i neuropatologa, Członka Stowarzyszenia Neuropatologów Polskich, kierownika Zakładu Patologii Molekularnej i Neuropatologii oraz byłego Prorektora ds. Nauki Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. Profesor Paweł Liberski był światowej klasy specjalistą w dziedzinie chorób prionowych, autorem ponad 670 publikacji naukowych, promotorem wielu prac doktorskich i habilitacyjnych, cenionym wykładowcą oraz mentorem. Jego dorobek naukowy i wkład w rozwój medycyny pozostaną trwałym śladem w historii polskiej nauki. Łączymy się w bólu z Rodziną i Bliskimi, składając najszczersze wyrazy współczucia.

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the sudden death of Prof. Paweł Piotr Liberski, MD, PhD, an eminent neurologist and neuropathologist, Member of the Association of Polish Neuropathologists, Head of the Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology and former Vice-Rector for Science at the Medical University of Lodz. Professor Paweł Liberski was a world-class specialist in the field of prion diseases, the author of over 670 scientific publications, the supervisor of many doctoral and postdoctoral theses, a valued lecturer and mentor. His scientific achievements and contribution to the development of medicine will remain a permanent trace in the history of Polish science. We join in the pain with the Family and Loved Ones, expressing our sincerest condolences.

4/2019
vol. 57

Review paper

Rotenone: from modelling to implication in Parkinson’s disease

Khaled Radad, Mubarak Al-Shraim, Ahmed Al-Emam, Feixue Wang, Barbara Kranner, Wolf-Dieter Rausch, Rudolf Moldzio

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 317-326

Online publish date: 2019-11-18

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.89857

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Myricitrin attenuates memory impairment in a rat model of sepsis-associated encephalopathy via the NLRP3/Bax/Bcl pathway

Junzuo Gong, Shu Luo, Shiqiao Zhao, Songlin Yin, Xiaofeng Li, Tianyi Mou

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 327-334

Online publish date: 2019-11-18

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.89856

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Association of mitochondrial variants A4336G of the tRNAGln gene and 8701G/A of the MT-ATP6 gene in Mexicans Mestizos with Parkinson disease

Silvia García, Luz Berenice López-Hernández, Luis Dávila-Maldonado, Carlos Cuevas-García, Martha Patricia Gallegos-Arreola, Sofía Lizeth Alcaraz-Estrada, Leticia Cortes-Espinosa, Carlos Palma Flores, Patricia Canto, Ramón Mauricio Coral Vázquez

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 335-339

Online publish date: 2019-11-18

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.89859

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Epigallocatechin gallate enhances the motor neuron survival and functional recovery after brachial plexus root avulsion by regulating FIG4

Yinjuan Tang, Jianjun Wang, Shengjie Wan, Lanbing Luo, Yuxia Qiu, Shiyin Jiang, Guihua Yue, Yumei Tang, Weijun Tang

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 340-347

Online publish date: 2019-12-19

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.90819

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Cepharanthine promotes the effect of dexmedetomidine on the deposition of β-amyloid in the old age of the senile dementia rat model by regulating inflammasome expression

Youhua Wu, Yunfei Cao, Shuyu Wang, Xianfei Xu, Ming Wang

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 348-356

Online publish date: 2019-11-18

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.89855

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LncRNA FGD5-AS1 acts as a competing endogenous RNA for miRNA-223 to lessen oxygen-glucose deprivation and simulated reperfusion (OGD/R)-induced neurons injury

Xue-Qiang Zhang, Li-Hong Song, She-Jun Feng, Xiao-Min Dai

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 357-365

Online publish date: 2019-12-30

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.91194

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Case report

Adrenal metastasis of anaplastic meningioma: report of a rare case

Jiri Soukup, Petra Kasparova, Milan Vajda, Ales Ryska

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (4): 366-372

Online publish date: 2019-12-30

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.91195

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Abstracts from the Conference NEUROPATHOLOGY. NEUROGENETICS 2019

Online publish date: 2019-12-30

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.90820

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