Tyrosol as a neuroprotector: strong effects of a "weak" antioxidant.

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：: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：:It has been well established that there is a connection between type II diabetes (DMTII) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In fact, the increase in AD incidence may be an emerging complication of DMTII. Both pathologies are related to estradiol (E2) exposure on the one hand, estrogen receptors (ER) are emerging as importa...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Ramírez-Expósito MJ,Martínez-Martos JM,Cantón-Habas V,Carrera González MP

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) system have been shown to be involved in the development of psychiatric disorders and are additionally associated with changes in body weight as well as endocrine and metabolic changes in psychiatric patients. TNF-alpha might, for example, contribute to the pathog...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Berthold-Losleben M,Himmerich H

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Sleep, an essential physiological process, has been divided into rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) and non-REMS (NREMS) in higher animals. REMS is a unique phenomenon that unlike other sleep-waking states is not under voluntary control. Directly or indirectly it influences or gets influenced by most of the physiological...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Mehta R,Singh A,Bókkon I,Nath Mallick B

更新日期：2016-01-01 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: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：:To explore the functional consequences of cannabinoid withdrawal in the rat mesolimbic dopamine system, we investigated the anatomical morphology of the mesencephalic, presumed dopaminergic, neurons and their main post-synaptic target in the Nucleus Accumbens. We found that TH-positive neurons shrink and Golgi-stained...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Spiga S,Lintas A,Diana M

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：: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：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：: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：:The activity of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons has been extensively investigated in a variety of behavioural states. In fact this norepinephrine (NE)-containing nucleus modulates many physiological and pathological conditions including the sleep-waking cycle, movement disorders, mood alterations, convulsive seizures, an...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Ferrucci M,Giorgi FS,Bartalucci A,Busceti CL,Fornai F

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) is a mammalian orphan receptor that awaits a formal classification. There are an increasing number of reports directed to know the physiology and pathophysiology of this receptor. Lamentably, its functions in the central nervous system (CNS) have been scarcely elucid...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Marichal-Cancino BA,Fajardo-Valdez A,Ruiz-Contreras AE,Mendez-Díaz M,Prospero-García O

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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: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：: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：BACKGROUND:Currently, there is a great interest in the potential medical use of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating cannabinoid. Productive pharmacological research on CBD occurred in the 1970s and intensified recently with many discoveries about the endocannabinoid system. Multiple preclinical and clinical studies l...

journal_title：Current neuropharmacology

authors： Huestis MA,Solimini R,Pichini S,Pacifici R,Carlier J,Busardò FP

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：: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：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：: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：: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：: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

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：: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