Current experimental therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important complication of diabetes and is considered one of the main causes of blindness in moderate-income and highly-developed countries. As it is a major socioeconomic problem, defining all mechanisms that may lead to DR development is of great importance. In the 21st centu...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Mrugacz M,Bryl A,Bossowski A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is reportedly severely toxic to both dopamine (DA) and serotonin neurons. MDMA significantly reduces the number of DA neurons in the substantia nigra, but not in the nucleus accumbens, indicating that MDMA causes selective destruction of DA neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway,...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Takamatsu Y,Shiotsuki H,Kasai S,Sato S,Iwamura T,Hattori N,Ikeda K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant glioma is the most common and destructive form of primary brain tumor. Along with surgery and radiation, chemotherapy remains as the major treatment modality. The emergence of drug resistance, however, often leads to a therapeutic failure in the treatment of glioma, precluding long-term survival of the patie...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Suk K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral neuropathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases affecting peripheral nerves. The causes are multiple: hereditary, metabolic, infectious, inflammatory, toxic, traumatic. The temporal profile includes acute, subacute and chronic conditions. The majority of peripheral neuropathies cause mainly muscle weakne...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Marchettini P,Lacerenza M,Mauri E,Marangoni C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, several meta-analytic studies employing different methodological approaches have had inconsistent conclusions regarding antidepressant efficacy. Herein, we aim to comment on methodological aspects that may have contributed to disparate findings. We initially discuss methodological inconsistenci...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Fountoulakis KN,McIntyre RS,Carvalho AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoids, Δ9 tetrahydrocannabinol and its analogue, nabilone, have been found to reliably attenuate the intensity and frequency of post-traumatic nightmares. This essay examines how a traumatic event is captured in the mind, after just a single exposure, and repeatedly replicated during the nights that follow....

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Mamelak M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the principal cause of invalidity and death in the population under 45 years of age worldwide. This mini-review aims to systematize the forensic approach in neuropathological studies, highlighting the proper elements to be noted during external, radiological, autoptical, and histologica...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Bertozzi G,Maglietta F,Sessa F,Scoto E,Cipolloni L,Di Mizio G,Salerno M,Pomara C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many issues remain unresolved about antipsychotic drugs. Their therapeutic potency scales with affinity for dopamine D2 receptors, but there are indications that they act indirectly, with dopamine D1 receptors (and others) as possible ultimate targets. Classical neuroleptic drugs disinhibit striatal cholinergic intern...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Miller R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural phenolic compounds in medicinal herbs and dietary plants are antioxidants which play therapeutic or preventive roles in different pathological situations, such as oxidative stress and inflammation. One of the most studied phenolic compounds in the last decade is chlorogenic acid (CGA), which is a pot...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Bagdas D,Gul Z,Meade JA,Cam B,Cinkilic N,Gurun MS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent years we have been observing an increased incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents. This leads to a more frequent acute complication of type 1 diabetes among children with hyperglycemia. The most common of these is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), while cerebral edema is the most dangerous. I...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Szmygel Ł,Kosiak W,Zorena K,Myśliwiec M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New psychoactive substances (NPS) have completely modified the drug scene and the current landscape of addiction. Synthetic substances, such as substituted or synthetic cathinones, also known as « legal highs », are often produced and used to mimic the effects of controlled drugs such as cocaine, methylenedioxymethamp...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Karila L,Megarbane B,Cottencin O,Lejoyeux M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a cellular quality control mechanism crucial for neuronal homeostasis. Defects in autophagy are critically associated with mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease (PD), a common and debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. Autophagic dysfunction in PD can occur at several stages of the autophagy/lysosom...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Rivero-Ríos P,Madero-Pérez J,Fernández B,Hilfiker S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors represent the largest family of glutamate receptors in mammals and act as fine tuners of the chemical transmission in central nervous system (CNS). In the last decade, results concerning the expression and the subcellular localization of mGlu receptors further clarified their ro...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Olivero G,Vergassola M,Cisani F,Roggeri A,Pittaluga A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temozolomide (TMZ), an oral alkylating prodrug which delivers a methyl group to purine bases of DNA (O6- guanine; N7-guanine and N3-adenine), is frequently used together with radiotherapy as part of the first-line treatment of high-grade gliomas. The main advantages are its high oral bioavailability (almost 100% altho...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Ortiz R,Perazzoli G,Cabeza L,Jiménez-Luna C,Luque R,Prados J,Melguizo C

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat shock protein (Hsp) family is an evolutionarily conserved system that is charged with preventing unfolded or misfolded proteins in the cell from aggregating. In Alzheimer's disease, extracellular accumulation of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ) and intracellular aggregation of the microtubule associated protein tau...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Abisambra JF,Jinwal UK,Jones JR,Blair LJ,Koren J 3rd,Dickey CA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acronym TBI refers to traumatic brain injury, an alteration of brain function, or an evidence of brain pathology, that is caused by an external force. TBI is estimated to become the third leading cause of permanent disability and mortality worldwide. TBI-related injuries can be classified in many ways, according t...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Pinchi E,Frati P,Arcangeli M,Volonnino G,Tomassi R,Santoro P,Cipolloni L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'omnipresence' of adenosine in all nervous system cells (neurons and glia) together with the intensive release of adenosine following insults, makes adenosine as a sort of 'maestro' of synapses leading to the homeostatic coordination of brain function. Besides direct actions of adenosine on the neurosecretory mech...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Sebastião AM,Ribeiro JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal behavioural profiles are commonly employed to investigate new therapeutic agents to treat anxiety disorders as well as to investigate the mechanism of action of anxiolytic drugs. However, many clinically important symptoms of anxiety can not be modelled directly in animals. Human models of anxiety should bridge...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Siepmann M,Joraschky P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium (Ca(2+))-sensing receptor (CaR) belongs to family C of the G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). The receptor is activated by physiological levels of Ca(2+) (and Mg(2+)) and positively modulated by a range of proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acids. Recently, several synthetic allosteric modulators of the recepto...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Jensen AA,Bräuner-Osborne H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug addiction results from the interplay between social and biological factors. Among these, genetic variables play a major role. The use of genetically related inbred rat strains that differ in their preference for drugs of abuse is one approach of great importance to explore genetic determinants. Lewis and Fischer ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Higuera-Matas A,Montoya GL,Coria SM,Miguéns M,García-Lecumberri C,Ambrosio E

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although originally proposed as a subtype of opioid receptors, the sigma receptor is now confirmed to be a non-opioid receptor that binds diverse classes of psychotropic drugs. Sigma receptors are subdivided into two subtypes, sigma-1 and sigma-2. The sigma-1 receptor is a 25-kDa protein possessing one putative transm...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Hayashi T,Su T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to a super-family of Cysloop ligand-gated ion channels that respond to endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) or other cholinergic ligands. These receptors are also the targets of drugs such as nicotine (the main addictive agent delivered by cigarette smoke) and are i...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Zoli M,Pucci S,Vilella A,Gotti C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When discussing AED conversion in the clinic, both the patient and physician perspectives on the goals and risks of this change are important to consider. To identify patient-reported and clinician-perceived concerns, a panel of epilepsy specialists was questioned about the topics discussed with patients and the clini...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Smith BJ,St Louis EK,Stern JM,Green C,Bramley T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) are a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular disorders. Mutations of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor epsilon subunit gene (CHRNE) are the most common causes of these disorders. CMSs are gaining increasing recognition by clinicians. However, pharmacological treatment ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Huang K,Luo YB,Bi FF,Yang H

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary cerebellar ataxias are a group of disorders characterized by heterogeneous clinical manifestations, progressive clinical course, and diverse genetic causes. No disease modifying treatments are yet available for many of these disorders. Oxidative stress has been recurrently identified in different ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Barca E,Emmanuele V,DiMauro S,Toscano A,Quinzii CM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel KCa3.1 is widely expressed in cells of the immune system such as T- and B-lymphocytes, mast cells, macrophages and microglia, but also found in dedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and many cancer cells including pancreatic, prostat...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Brown BM,Pressley B,Wulff H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several studies investigating the effects of risperidone in autism, but many of these studies are contradictory or inconclusive. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effects of risperidone on five domains of Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC) scale on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as w...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Mano-Sousa BJ,Pedrosa AM,Alves BC,Galduróz JCF,Belo VS,Chaves VE,Duarte-Almeida JM

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting analgesic drugs for spinal delivery reflects the fact that while the conscious experience of pain is mediated supraspinally, input initiated by high intensity stimuli, tissue injury and/or nerve injury is encoded at the level of the spinal dorsal horn and this output informs the brain as to the peripheral en...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Yaksh TL,Fisher CJ,Hockman TM,Wiese AJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microglia are the resident immunocompetent cells of the CNS and also constitute a unique cell type that contributes to neural network homeostasis and function. Understanding microglia cell-signaling not only will reveal their diverse functions but also will help to identify pharmacological and non-pharmacolo...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Pena-Ortega F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxins that pass through the blood-brain barrier put neurons and glia in peril. The damage inflicted is usually a consequence of the ability of these toxic agents to induce free radical generation within cells but especially at the level of the mitochondria. The elevated production of oxygen and nitrogen-based radical...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Reiter RJ,Manchester LC,Tan DX

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00