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Increased opioid dependence in a mouse model of panic disorder
(Frontiers Research Fundation, 2010-02-22)
[EN] Panic disorder is a highly prevalent neuropsychiatric disorder that shows co-occurrence with substance abuse. Here, we demonstrate that TrkC, the high-affinity receptor for neurotrophin-3, is a key molecule involved ...
Evaluation of Fentanyl Disposition and Effects in Newborn Piglets as an Experimental Model for Human Neonates
(Public Library Science, 2014-03-04)
Background: Fentanyl is widely used off-label in NICU. Our aim was to investigate its cerebral, cardiovascular and pulmonary effects as well as pharmacokinetics in an experimental model for neonates.
Methods: Fentanyl ...
Behavioral, neurochemical and morphological changes induced by the overexpression of munc18-1a in brain of mice: relevance to schizophrenia
(Nature Publishing Group, 2013-01)
Overexpression of the mammalian homolog of the unc-18 gene (munc18-1) has been described in the brain of subjects with schizophrenia. Munc18-1 protein is involved in membrane fusion processes, exocytosis and neurotransmitter ...
Acute L-DOPA administration reverses changes in firing pattern and low frequency oscillatory activity in the entopeduncular nucleus from long term L-DOPA treated 6-OHDA-lesioned rats
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
The pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) is associated with aberrant neuronal activity and abnormal high levels of oscillatory activity and synchronization in several basal ganglia ...
Impairment of Serotonergic Transmission by the Antiparkinsonian Drug L-DOPA: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
(Frontiers Media, 2017-09-12)
The link between the anti-Parkinsonian drug L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and the serotonergic (5-HT) system has been long established and has received increased attention during the last decade. Most studies have ...
Pretreatment with Resveratrol Prevents Neuronal Injury and Cognitive Deficits Induced by Perinatal Hypoxia-Ischemia in Rats
(Public Library Science, 2015-11-06)
Despite advances in neonatal care, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury is still a serious clinical problem, which is responsible for many cases of perinatal mortality, cerebral palsy, motor impairment and cognitive deficits. ...
GAT-3 Dysfunction Generates Tonic Inhibition in Exter nal Globus Pallidus Neurons in Parkinsonian Rodents
(Cell Press, 2018-05-08)
The external globus pallidus (GP) is a key GABAergic hub in the basal ganglia (BG) circuitry, a neuronal network involved in motor control. In Parkinson's disease (PD), the rate and pattern of activity of GP neurons are ...
Pimavanserin exhibits serotonin 5-HT 2A receptor inverse agonism for G αi1 - and neutral antagonism for G αq/11 -proteins in human brain cortex
(Elsevier, 2020-06-07)
[EN] Pimavanserin is claimed as the first antipsychotic drug that shows selectivity for serotonin 5- HT 2 receptors (5-HT 2 Rs) and lacks of affinity for dopamine D 2 receptors (D 2 Rs). Cell-based func- tional assays ...
Environmental enrichment shapes striatal spike-timing-dependent plasticity in vivo
(Nature, 2019-12-19)
Behavioural experience, such as environmental enrichment (EE), induces long-term effects on learning and memory. Learning can be assessed with the Hebbian paradigm, such as spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), which ...
Long-term hippocampal interneuronopathy drives sex-dimorphic spatial memory impairment induced by prenatal THC exposure
(Nature, 2020-04)
Prenatal exposure to Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the most prominent active constituent of cannabis, alters neurodevelopmental plasticity with a long-term functional impact on adult offspring. Specifically, THC ...