Francois Feron
Aix-Marseille University
127 Papers
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Francois Feron is an academic researcher from Aix-Marseille University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vitamin D and neurology & Olfactory ensheathing glia. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 122 publications. Previous affiliations of Francois Feron include Centre for Mental Health & University of Queensland.
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Papers
Vitamin D3 and brain development.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that rats born to vitamin D(3)-deficient mothers had profound alterations in the brain at birth, which would suggest that low maternal vitamin D (3) has important ramifications for the developing brain.
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Autologous olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in human spinal cord injury
Francois Feron,Chris T. Perry,J. Cochrane,P. Licina,Adrian M. Nowitzke,S. Urquhart,Timothy Geraghty,Alan Mackay-Sim +7 more
TL;DR: Autologous olfactory ensheathing cells transplanted into the injured spinal cord in animals promote regeneration and remyelination of descending motor pathways through the site of injury and the return of motor functions in human paraplegia.
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Vitamin D, a neuro-immunomodulator: implications for neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases.
TL;DR: How vitamin D imbalance may lay the foundation for a range of adult disorders, including brain pathologies (Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, depression) and immune-mediated disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus or inflammatory bowel diseases) is assessed.
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Olfactory ensheathing cells promote locomotor recovery after delayed transplantation into transected spinal cord
TL;DR: Olfactory ensheathing cells from the nasal olfactory lamina propria have the ability to promote spinal cord regeneration when transplanted 4 weeks after complete transection, and this study further supports clinical use of these cells in repairing the human spinal cord via autologous transplantation.
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New Techniques for Biopsy and Culture of Human Olfactory Epithelial Neurons
TL;DR: The techniques presented here make the human Olfactory epithelium a useful model for clinical research into certain olfactory dysfunctions and a model for the causes of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.
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