Abstract:
:A strong positive association between depression and alcoholism is evident in epidemiological studies. Curiously, the incidence of smoking (nicotine intake) is also very high among depressed individuals. Because neuronal nicotinic receptors have been implicated in mood regulation as well as in reinforcing effects of alcohol, it was of interest to determine whether inherent changes in these receptors may be manifested in an animal model that expresses both depressive-like characteristics and high alcohol intake. Thus, Fawn-Hooded (FH) rats along with their control ACI rats were used to measure the density of the high affinity nicotinic receptor in discrete brain regions. Furthermore, the effects of acute and chronic nicotine on depressive-like characteristics of FH rats were also evaluated. Measurements of [(3)H]cytisine binding (selective for alpha4beta2 nicotinic receptor subtype) revealed a reduction in these receptors only in the striatum of FH rats, a result very similar to that observed in selectively-bred alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Administration of nicotine acutely (0.4 mg/kg, sc) resulted in a significant reduction of immobility in the forced swim test (FST) in FH rats only, implying an antidepressant-like effect of nicotine. Another group of FH rats were administered 0.4 mg/kg nicotine (daily, sc) for 14 days and their behavior in the FST was evaluated 22-24 h after the last injection. In this case, nicotine also had a significant antidepressant-like effect in FH rats suggesting no tolerance to nicotine had occurred. The effects of nicotine on FST behavior are very similar to those observed in Flinders Sensitive Line rats, a putative animal model of depression. Together, these findings provide additional evidence for antidepressant-like effects of nicotine and strengthen the postulated association between striatal nicotinic receptors and high alcohol intake. Thus, nicotinic receptors could be suitable targets for the development of novel pharmacotherapy for treatment of depression and possibly alcoholism.
journal_name
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatryauthors
Tizabi Y,Getachew B,Rezvani AH,Hauser SR,Overstreet DHdoi
10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.09.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-04-30 00:00:00pages
398-402issue
3eissn
0278-5846issn
1878-4216pii
S0278-5846(08)00288-1journal_volume
33pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Low resting heart rate is a strong and consistent predictor of conduct disorder and chronic aggression. Explanations such as fearlessness and low arousal-induced stimulus-seeking have been offered, assuming a causal association between the phenomena, but the origin of low heart rate and its significance for understand...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.10.019
更新日期:2009-03-17 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor neurological abnormalities, including motor, sensory, and inhibitory dysfunction. Schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders are associated with a higher prevalence of NSS. However, the relationships between NSS and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major de...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.12.006
更新日期:2013-06-03 00:00:00
abstract::1. A sample of 165 schizophrenic subjects was compared to a normal control group in order to evaluate associations between white matter hyperintensity signals and vascular risk factors. 2. A comprehensive medical chart review was completed on all subjects evaluating potential vascular risk factors. Brain MRI acquisiti...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(94)00102-n
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies have reported that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may induce or exacerbate rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) and increase the risk of developing REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). However, most of these studies are retrospective and cross-sectional and employed smal...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.08.010
更新日期:2013-12-02 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Schizophrenia-specific alterations in the densities of interneurons immunoreactive (ir) to the calcium binding proteins are reported for several cortical regions. However, no reported studies have searched for such differences within the posterior cingulate cortex using antibodies to a specific calcium bindi...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.11.041
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Study of alcoholic chronic organic brain syndrome may have applicability to the large population of alcoholics with less severe cerebral dysfunction. Brain impairment in alcoholics may be conceptualized as two clinically and neuropathologically distinguishable organic brain syndromes: alcohol amnestic disorder or Kors...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(86)90069-2
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. In lower vertebrates, optic fibers form a highly ordered retinotopic projection to the contralateral midbrain. 2. The formation of fine retinotopy during development or regeneration requires patterned impulse activity in optic fibers. 3. The transmitter used by optic fibers is probably glutamate. 4. Blockade of NMD...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(93)90052-t
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The term "drug of abuse" is highly contextual. What constitutes a drug of abuse for one population of patients does not for another. It is therefore important to examine the needs of the patient population to properly assess the status of drugs of abuse. The focus of this article is on the bidirectional relationship b...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.03.013
更新日期:2016-01-04 00:00:00
abstract::Characteristics of primary cultures of neurons or of astrocytes are discussed which suggest that such cultures are appropriate models for their in vivo counterparts. Advantages or disadvantages of these cultures for studies of receptor binding are: Neuronal and astrocytic binding can be studied separately. Binding can...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(83)90045-3
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Only two-thirds of depressive patients respond to antidepressant treatment. Recently, addition of an atypical antipsychotic drug to ongoing treatment with an antidepressant has been considered effective and well-tolerated. In the present study, we examined the effects of various atypical antipsychotic drugs as adjuvan...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.12.003
更新日期:2010-03-17 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Oral naltrexone is an approved treatment for opioid dependence. However, the impact of sustained release naltrexone on the mental health of treated opioid users has not been studied. AIMS:To assess if naltrexone via implant treatment was associated with any change in (i) risk, (ii) rate, and (iii) duration ...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.12.005
更新日期:2007-04-13 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies have demonstrated dopaminergic (DA) modulation of stimulus selection performance in the overshadowing and Kamin blocking (KB) tasks. Systemic administration of the DA agonist D-amphetamine selectively disrupted overshadowing in the rat. In the present study, we examined the ability of the selective DA...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.06.009
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a highly heritable disorder associated with brain connectivity changes. Although the mechanism of disease expression and vulnerability of SCZ have been reported by previous studies, the mechanism of resilience to SCZ based on the brain structural connectivity is poorly understood. The ...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.109917
更新日期:2020-07-13 00:00:00
abstract::This study evaluated the overall effectiveness and tolerability of adjunctive quetiapine as a continuation therapy for the long-term treatment of bipolar mania. Twenty-three patients were enrolled in this study and received quetiapine add-on treatment in combination with their existing or new mood stabilizers. The cli...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.04.024
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is a vast literature examining the neurochemical effects of anxiolytics throughout the rat brain; however, although the behavioural actions of anxiolytic drugs are routinely assessed in animal models of anxiety, the majority of neurochemical studies have been performed in rats with relatively 'normal' behavioura...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0278-5846(03)00032-0
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adolescence is a developmental period marked by robust neural alterations and heightened vulnerability to stress, a factor that is highly associated with increased risk for emotional processing deficits, such as anxiety. Stress-induced upregulation of the dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor (DYN/KOP) system is thought to,...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109812
更新日期:2020-03-02 00:00:00
abstract::Negative symptoms have been associated with structural impairment in the PFC, and hypothesized to arise from a central hypodopaminergic substrate. Corticofugal PFC neurons, which are inhibited by VTA DA innervation, exert a tonic excitatory modulation on DA activity in the NAS. Lesions of ascending DA forebrain projec...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(92)90102-k
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lamotrigine exhibits an anti-immobility effect in the modified forced swimming test, increasing swimming and climbing, behaviors that are related to serotonergic and noradrenergic effects, respectively. However, these effects could be secondary to lamotrigine blockade of Na(+) sensitive channel. Thus, this study inves...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.05.017
更新日期:2007-08-15 00:00:00
abstract::1. The patient population consisting of fifteen patients was divided into three groups, namely: diazepam group, phenobarbital group and placebo group. After three weeks the medicated groups were switched to placebo for a week and the placebo group was given phenobarbital. 2. The parameters to be assessed once a week c...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0278-5846(82)80175-9
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that autism (a neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology) is associated with altered phospholipid-related signal transduction using the niacin skin flush test. This is the first reported use of this test in this disorder. The response to topical aqueous methyl nic...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0278-5846(02)00303-2
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Bipolar disorder type I (BD-I) is characterized by a severe impairment in emotional processing during both acute and euthymic phases of the illness. The aim of the present study was to investigate negative emotion processing in both euthymic patients and non-affected first-degree relatives, looking for sta...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.01.016
更新日期:2015-07-03 00:00:00
abstract::1. The clinical literature regarding the effects of various psychotropic agents on self-injurious behavior is reviewed. Anecdotal reports, open trials and controlled studies are each reviewed. 2. The absence of controlled studies and the failure to distinguish self-injurious behaviors from other forms of aggression ar...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(90)90093-v
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A number of candidate gene studies focused on major depression (MD) and antidepressant (AD) efficacy have been carried out, but results mainly remain inconclusive. We performed a comprehensive meta-analysis of published candidate gene studies focused on AD efficacy in MD to evaluate the cumulative evidence. A random-e...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.05.011
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-ranging consequences for general physical and mental health. Country-specific research reveals a general reduction in mental and physical well-being, due to measures undertaken to stop the spread of COVID-19 disease. However, research is yet to examine the impact of the pandemic on gl...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110236
更新日期:2020-12-26 00:00:00
abstract::Ketamine hydrochloride elicits potent psychotomimetic and neurobehavioural effects which make it incompatible with driving; however, the direct effect on driving performance is yet to be assessed. Using an open label, within-subjects protocol, 15 males and 5 females (mean age = 30.8 years) were administered three fixe...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.05.015
更新日期:2018-08-30 00:00:00
abstract::In the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) signs of neuronal degeneration are accompanied by markers of microglial activation, inflammation, and oxidant damage. The presence of nitrotyrosine in the cell bodies of neurons in AD suggests that peroxynitrite contributes to the pathogenesis of the disease. A d...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0278-5846(01)00192-0
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Azapirones, selective partial agonists at the 5-HT1A receptor subtype, induce hypothermia and corticotropin (ACTH)/cortisol release as specific functional correlates of central 5-HT1A receptor activation. 2. Compared to controls, hypothermic and ACTH/cortisol responses to the azapirone ipsapirone are attenuated in ...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0278-5846(91)90001-h
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Antipsychotics, which act predominantly as dopamine D2 receptor antagonists, have several shortcomings. The exact pathophysiological mechanism leading to dopaminergic dysfunction in schizophrenia is still unclear, but inflammation has been postulated to be a key player in the pathophysiology of the disorder. A dysfunc...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.11.008
更新日期:2013-04-05 00:00:00
abstract::Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by impairments in mnestic functions, especially in the domain of episodic memory. These alterations might affect different aspects of episodic memory functioning. Here we tested PTSD patients and healthy controls (matched for age, sex and education) in a newly dev...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.12.014
更新日期:2018-04-20 00:00:00
abstract::The present study aimed to assess the behavioral effects of chronic treatments of different doses of nicotine by using both quantitative and multivariate T-pattern analysis (TPA), which can reveal hidden behavioral structures, in Sprague-Dawley rats tested in the hole-board apparatus. To this purpose, nicotine ditartr...
journal_title:Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109731
更新日期:2020-01-10 00:00:00