Presynaptic Release-regulating Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: An Update.

abstract：:Eicosanoids are arachidonic acid (AA) derivatives belonging to a family of lipid signalling mediators that are engaged in both physiological and pathological processes in the brain. Recently, their implication in the prolonged inflammatory response has become a focus of particular interest because, in contrast to acut...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Regulska M,Szuster-Głuszczak M,Trojan E,Leśkiewicz M,Basta-Kaim A

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:Over the last decades, the scientific interest in chemistry and pharmacology of cannabinoids has increased. Most attention has focused on ∆(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆(9)-THC) as it is the psychoactive constituent of Cannabis sativa (C. sativa). However, in previous years, the focus of interest in the second plant cons...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Murillo-Rodríguez E,Sarro-Ramírez A,Sánchez D,Mijangos-Moreno S,Tejeda-Padrón A,Poot-Aké A,Guzmán K,Pacheco-Pantoja E,Arias-Carrión O

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General anesthetics are a class of drugs that target the central nervous system and are widely used for various medical procedures. General anesthetics produce many behavioral changes required for clinical intervention, including amnesia, hypnosis, analgesia, and immobility; while they may also induce side effects lik...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Hao X,Ou M,Zhang D,Zhao W,Yang Y,Liu J,Yang H,Zhu T,Li Y,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes the primary reason for mortality and morbidity in persons worldwide below 45 years of age. 1.7 million Traumatic events occur yearly in the United States alone, considering for 50,000 deaths. In severe traumatic brain injury sufferers, a considerable achievement attai...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Kaur P,Sharma S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacopa monnieri, commonly known as Brahmi, has been extensively used as a neuromedicine for various disorders such as anxiety, depression and memory loss. Chemical characterization studies revealed the major active constituents of the herb as the triterpenoid saponins, bacosides. Bacoside A, the vital neuroprotective ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Sekhar VC,Viswanathan G,Baby S

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The only conclusive way to diagnose Alzheimer's is to carry out brain autopsy of the patient's brain tissue and ascertain whether the subject had Alzheimer's or any other form of dementia. However, due to the non-feasibility of such methods, to diagnose and conclude the conditions, medical practitioners use ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Khan S,Barve KH,Kumar MS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of schizophrenia is challenging due to the wide range of symptoms (positive, negative, cognitive) associated with the disease. Typical antipsychotics that antagonize D2 receptors are effective in treating positive symptoms, but extrapyramidal side-effects (EPS) are a common occurrence. Atypical...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Tuplin EW,Holahan MR

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain research is the most expanding interdisciplinary research that is using the state of the art techniques to overcome limitations in order to conduct more accurate and effective experiments. Drug delivery to the target site in the central nervous system (CNS) is one of the most difficult steps in neuroscience rese...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Khanbabaie R,Jahanshahi M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The push-pull superfusion technique (PPST) is a procedure for in vivo examination of transmitter release in distinct brain areas. This technique allows to investigate dynamics of transmitter release both under normal and experimentally evoked conditions. The PPST can be modified so that it is possible to determine rel...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Kraus MM,Philippu A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is among the commonest of psychiatric disorders, and inflammatory mechanisms have been suggested to play a role in its pathophysiology. Interferons are a superfamily of proinflammatory cytokines that play a role in host defence mechanisms. Interferons are used in the treatment of a variety of auto...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Pinto EF,Andrade C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shared connections between physical activity and neuroprotection have been studied for decades, but the mechanisms underlying this effect of specific exercise were only recently brought to light. Several evidences suggest that physical activity may be a reasonable and beneficial method to improve functional ...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Cobianchi S,Arbat-Plana A,Lopez-Alvarez VM,Navarro X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is estimated to impose maximum debilitating effects on the society by 2030, with its critical effects on health, functioning, quality of life and concomitant high levels of morbidity and mortality. Yet, the disease is inadequately understood, diagnosed and treated. Moreover, with the re...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Athira KV,Bandopadhyay S,Samudrala PK,Naidu VGM,Lahkar M,Chakravarty S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Several lines of evidence indicate that rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in response to a wide range of stimuli that are capable of producing either euphoric (positive) or dysphoric (negative) emotional states. On these bases, recordings of USVs are extensively used in preclinical studies of affect, motivatio...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Simola N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a heterogeneous and complex limbic forebrain structure, which plays an important role in controlling autonomic, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses. The BNST is thought to serve as a key relay connecting limbic forebrain structures to hypothalamic and brainstem reg...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Crestani CC,Alves FH,Gomes FV,Resstel LB,Correa FM,Herman JP

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs recently emerged among novel psychoactive substances (NPS) being reported as ingested for recreational purposes. Among them, benzydamine (BZY), normally prescribed as an OTC anti-inflammatory drug, is reportedly being diverted and recreationally used. OBJEC...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Stefania C,Andrea M,Alessio M,Mauro P,Amira G,Martin CJ,Giovanni M,Massimo DG,Fabrizio S

更新日期：2021-01-13 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：:Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) is an important binding protein of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily and the toll/IL-1 receptor (TIR) superfamily, which play an important role in innate immunity and acquired immunity. TRAFs family have 7 members (TRAF1-7), and TRAF6 has its special factur...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Dou Y,Tian X,Zhang J,Wang Z,Chen G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are an important therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer's disease, efforts are being made in search of new molecules with anti-AChE activity. The fact that naturally-occurring compounds from plants are considered to be a potential source of new inhibitors has led to the discovery o...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Murray AP,Faraoni MB,Castro MJ,Alza NP,Cavallaro V

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well recognized the role of the Wnt pathway in many developmental processes such as neuronal maturation, migration, neuronal connectivity and synaptic formation. Growing evidence is also demonstrating its function in the mature brain where is associated with modulation of axonal remodeling, dendrite outgrowth, s...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Ortiz-Matamoros A,Salcedo-Tello P,Avila-Muñoz E,Zepeda A,Arias C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channels are complex transmembrane proteins that orchestrate the electrical signals necessary for normal function of excitable tissues, including the central nervous system, peripheral nerve, and both skeletal and cardiac muscle. Progress in molecular biology has allowed cloning and expression of genes that encode...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Kleopa KA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is the only FDA-approved drug for acute ischemic stroke treatment, but its clinical use is limited due to the narrow therapeutic time window and severe adverse effects, including hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and neurotoxicity. One of the potential resolutions is to use adjunct th...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Chen HS,Qi SH,Shen JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Amphetamines exert their persistent addictive effects by activating brain's reward pathways, perhaps through the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens (and/or in other places). On the other hand, there is a relationship between dopamine and all behavioural aspects that involve motor activity and it has been dem...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Fontes-Ribeiro CA,Marques E,Pereira FC,Silva AP,Macedo TR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver failure can lead to generalized hyperammonemia, which is thought to be the underlying cause of hepatic encephalopathy. This neuropsychiatric syndrome is accompanied by functional changes of astrocytes. These glial cells enter ammonia-induced self-amplifying cycle characterized by brain oedema, oxidative and osmo...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Montana V,Verkhratsky A,Parpura V

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregates or inclusion bodies are common hallmarks of age-related neurodegenerative disorders. Why these aggregates form remains unclear. Equally debated is whether they are toxic, protective, or simple by-products. Increasing evidence, however, supports the notion that in general aggregates confer toxicity a...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Bossy B,Perkins G,Bossy-Wetzel E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00