Role of endocannabinoid system in mental diseases.

abstract：:Microglial activation and subsequent release of toxic pro-inflammatory factors are believed to play an important role in neuronal cell death associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Compounds that inhibit microglia activation and suppress pro-inflammatory factor release have been reported to have neuroprotective effe...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Chinta SJ,Ganesan A,Reis-Rodrigues P,Lithgow GJ,Andersen JK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early-life stress is a potent risk factor for development of psychiatric conditions such as depression. The underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we used the early-life social isolation (ESI) model of early-life stress in rats to characterize development of depressive-like behavior, the role of microgl...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Wang HT,Huang FL,Hu ZL,Zhang WJ,Qiao XQ,Huang YQ,Dai RP,Li F,Li CQ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam (LVT) is a relatively novel antiepileptic drug (AED) known to act through binding with the synaptic vesicular 2A (SV2A) protein, thus modulating the presynaptic neurotransmitter release. The tryptophan metabolite quinolinic acid (QUIN) acts as an excitotoxin when its brain concentrations reach toxic leve...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Dircio-Bautista M,Colín-González AL,Aguilera G,Maya-López M,Villeda-Hernández J,Galván-Arzate S,García E,Túnez I,Santamaría A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a requirement of zinc (Zn) for normal brain development is well documented, the extent to which Zn can modulate neuronal proliferation and apoptosis is not clear. Thus, we investigated the role of Zn in the regulation of these two critical events. A low Zn availability leads to decreased cell viability in hum...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Adamo AM,Zago MP,Mackenzie GG,Aimo L,Keen CL,Keenan A,Oteiza PI

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting from the progressive loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain. To date, clinically effective neuroprotective agents have not been available. The current study demonstrates for the first time that huperzine A, a potential neuroprotec...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Hemendinger RA,Armstrong EJ 3rd,Persinski R,Todd J,Mougeot JL,Volvovitz F,Rosenfeld J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphate (OP) poisoning is associated with long-lasting neurological damage, which is attributed mainly to the excessive levels of glutamate caused by the intoxication. Glutamate toxicity, however, is not specific to OP poisoning, and is linked to propagation of damage in both acute and chronic neurodegenerativ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Eisenkraft A,Falk A,Finkelstein A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preterm infants, phenobarbital is the first-line antiepileptic drug for neonatal seizures while caffeine is used for the treatment of apnea. Data from experimental animals suggest that phenobarbital and other anticonvulsants are toxic for the developing brain, while neuroprotective effects have been reported for ca...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Endesfelder S,Weichelt U,Schiller C,Winter K,von Haefen C,Bührer C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays an important role in neural progenitor cell (NPC) propagation and dopaminergic differentiation. In the presence of oxygen and iron, hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1alpha) is rapidly degraded via the prolyl hydroxylase (PHD)/VHL pathway. In addition to hypoxia, various no...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Milosevic J,Adler I,Manaenko A,Schwarz SC,Walkinshaw G,Arend M,Flippin LA,Storch A,Schwarz J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol is a neuroteratogen and neurodegeneration is the most devastating consequence of developmental exposure to ethanol. A sublethal preconditioning has been proposed as a neuroprotective strategy against several central nervous system neurodegenerative diseases. We have recently demonstrated that autophagy is a pr...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Wang H,Bower KA,Frank JA,Xu M,Luo J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maillard reactions have been explored by food chemists for many years. It is only recently that the advanced glycation end products (AGEs), the end products of the Maillard reaction, have been detected in a wide variety of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, cataractogenesis, Parkinson disease and Alzheimer di...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Reddy VP,Obrenovich ME,Atwood CS,Perry G,Smith MA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salsolinol (1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline), a metabolite of dopamine, may act as an endogenous neurotoxin and contribute to the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). The inverse relationship between smoking and PD prompted our previous investigation and the report of protective effects of nicot...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Copeland RL Jr,Das JR,Kanaan YM,Taylor RE,Tizabi Y

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal cell death caused by pathophysiological over-activation of glutamate receptors and the subsequent CaII overloading, has been implicated in neurodegeneration after stroke, cerebral trauma and epileptic seizures. Recent findings suggest that certain progesterone metabolites (neurosteroids) such as allopregnanol...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Xilouri M,Papazafiri P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show for the first time that a newly developed polyclonal antibody (pAb) can specifically target the cyanotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and can be used to enable direct visualization of BMAA entry and accumulation in primary brain cells. We used this pAb to investigate the effect of acute and chronic accumul...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Tan VX,Mazzocco C,Varney B,Bodet D,Guillemin TA,Bessede A,Guillemin GJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural transplantation is a promising treatment strategy that can restore the motor, sensory and cognitive functions in the rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model of stroke. In particular, neuronal cells derived from a human teratocarcinoma cell line, called hNT neurons or LBS neurons (clinical grade prepar...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Willing AE,Saporta S,Lixian J,Milliken M,Poulos S,Bowersox SS,Sanberg PR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine is widely used as an anesthetic in pediatric clinical practice. However, numerous studies have reported that exposure to ketamine during the developmental period induces neurotoxicity. Here we investigate the neuroprotective effects of baicalin, a natural flavonoid compound, against ketamine-induced apoptotic...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Zuo D,Lin L,Liu Y,Wang C,Xu J,Sun F,Li L,Li Z,Wu Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are preceded by non-motor symptoms in preclinical stages, including cognition impairment. The current drug treatment for PD is palliative and does not meet the clinical challenges of the disease, such as levodopa-induced dyskinesia, non-motor symptoms, and neuro...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Aguiar AS Jr,Lopes SC,Tristão FS,Rial D,de Oliveira G,da Cunha C,Raisman-Vozari R,Prediger RD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics, or alterations in the phenotype or gene expression due to mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence, reflects the sensitivity and responsiveness of human and animal brains in constantly varying circumstances regulating gene expression profiles that define the biomarkers and present the ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Archer T,Beninger RJ,Palomo T,Kostrzewa RM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaner mice carry a homozygous, autosomal recessive mutation in the mouse CACNA1A gene encoding the Alpha1A subunit of P/Q-type calcium channels, which results in an out-of-frame splicing event in the carboxy terminus of the Alpha1A protein. Leaner mice exhibit severe ataxia, paroxysmal dyskinesia and absence seizures...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Lau FC,Frank TC,Nahm SS,Stoica G,Abbott LC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis-associated encephalopathy causes brain dysfunction that can result in cognitive impairments in sepsis survivor patients. In previous work, we showed that simvastatin attenuated oxidative stress in brain structures related to memory in septic rats. However, there is still a need to evaluate the long-term impact ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Catalão CHR,Santos-Junior NN,da Costa LHA,Souza AO,Cárnio EC,Sebollela A,Alberici LC,Rocha MJA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are the major site of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in mammalian cells. Moreover, mitochondria produce most of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) in nucleated cells. Redox and bioenergetic abnormalities have been seen in mitochondria during the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases....

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： de Oliveira MR,Duarte AR,Chenet AL,de Almeida FJS,Andrade CMB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin β8 is a key regulator of vascular homeostasis in brain development and in vitro studies show that β8 protects against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced neuronal apoptosis. However, the role β8 plays in vivo in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is not known. Here, we report the function of...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Zhang L,Qu Y,Tang B,Zhao F,Xiong T,Ferriero D,Mu D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine is an industrial chemical that can cause central nervous system disorders including excitotoxicity and cognitive impairment. Its illegal use in powdered baby formula was the focus of a milk scandal in China in 2008. One of our previous studies showed that melamine impaired glutamatergic transmission in rat hi...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Zhang H,Wang H,Xiao X,Zhang T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines (TIQs) are compounds frequently described as alkaloids that can be found in the human body fluids and/or tissues including the brain. In most circumstances, TIQs may be originated as a consequence of reactions, known as Pictet-Spengler condensations, between biogenic amines and elec...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Peana AT,Bassareo V,Acquas E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive symptomatology is expressed across a wide spectrum of psychiatric disorders including major depression and schizophrenia. Further, depressive symptomatology is also observed in individuals undergoing withdrawal from chronic exposure to various drugs of abuse including cocaine, amphetamine and nicotine. The ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Markou A,Kenny PJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (METH) is a psychostimulant that damages nigrostriatal dopaminergic terminals, primarily by enhancing dopamine and glutamate release. α₁-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtype involved in METH-induced neurotoxicity in rats was investigated using selective α₁-AR antagonists. METH neurotoxicity was evaluated b...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Kikuchi-Utsumi K,Ishizaka M,Matsumura N,Watabe M,Aoyama K,Sasakawa N,Nakaki T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycyrrhizic acid (GA) is the most effective ingredient in the root of licorice, with important pharmacological effects. We investigate the effects of GA on mitochondrial function and biogenesis in the aluminum toxicity in PC12 cell line. After pretreatment of PC12 cells with different concentrations of GA (5-100 μM),...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Rashedinia M,Saberzadeh J,Khosravi Bakhtiari T,Hozhabri S,Arabsolghar R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue accumulation of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid (L-2-HG) is the biochemical hallmark of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L-2-HGA), a rare neurometabolic inherited disease characterized by neurological symptoms and brain white matter abnormalities whose pathogenesis is not yet well established. L-2-HG was intracerebrally ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Ribeiro RT,Zanatta Â,Amaral AU,Leipnitz G,de Oliveira FH,Seminotti B,Wajner M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The senile plaques (SPs) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are the two major pathological hallmarks of AD, which are composed of β-amyloid protein and Tau protein. So the β-amyloid protein (Aβ) and Tau oligomers (oTau) are the majority in the pathology of AD. Recently, the spreading of Aβ and oTau in the brain of AD ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Lv ZY,Tan CC,Yu JT,Tan L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present studies was to evaluate cocaine-induced changes in the concentrations of different redox forms of cysteine (Cys) and homocysteine (Hcy), and products of anaerobic Cys metabolism, i.e., labile, reduced sulfur (LS) in the rat plasma. The above-mentioned parameters were determined after i.p. acute ...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Kowalczyk-Pachel D,Chwatko G,Iciek M,Czyżyk J,Filip M,Włodek L,Lorenc-Koci E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (1MeTIQ) is present in the human and rodent brain as a mixture of stereospecific (R)- and (S)-1MeTIQ enantiomers. The racemate, (R,S)-1MeTIQ, exhibits neuroprotective activity as shown in the earlier study by the authors, and In addition, it was suggested to play a crucial physi...

journal_title：Neurotoxicity research

authors： Antkiewicz-Michaluk L,Wąsik A,Romańska I,Bojarski A,Michaluk J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00