Lack of 5-HT1A autoreceptor desensitization following chronic citalopram treatment, as determined by in vivo microdialysis.

abstract：:The Forkhead Box G1 (FOXG1) gene encodes a transcription factor with an essential role in mammalian telencephalon development. FOXG1-related disorders, caused by deletions, intragenic mutations or duplications, are usually associated with severe intellectual disability, autistic features, and, in 87% of subjects, epil...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Testa G,Mainardi M,Olimpico F,Pancrazi L,Cattaneo A,Caleo M,Costa M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide modulates pain development. However, there is no evidence on the effect of nitroxyl (HNO/NO⁻) in nociception. Therefore, we addressed whether nitroxyl inhibits inflammatory hyperalgesia and its mechanism using the nitroxyl donor Angeli's salt (AS; Na₂N₂O₃). Mechanical hyperalgesia was evaluated using a mo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zarpelon AC,Souza GR,Cunha TM,Schivo IR,Marchesi M,Casagrande R,Pinge-Filho P,Cunha FQ,Ferreira SH,Miranda KM,Verri WA Jr

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) is a major bioactive ingredient in Panax ginseng that has low toxicity and has been shown to have neuroprotective effects. The objectives of the present study were to explore the potential of the application of Rg1 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and to determine whether its neuropr...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zhou T,Zu G,Zhang X,Wang X,Li S,Gong X,Liang Z,Zhao J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a touchscreen method that satisfies a proposed 'wish-list' of desirables for a cognitive testing method for assessing rodent models of schizophrenia. A number of tests relevant to schizophrenia research are described which are currently being developed and validated using this method. These tests can be us...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bussey TJ,Holmes A,Lyon L,Mar AC,McAllister KA,Nithianantharajah J,Oomen CA,Saksida LM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine alters affective states in humans and produces reinforcement in humans and animal subjects. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine whether morphine affected the functional activity in brain structures involved in emotion and motivation. Since opioid-induced analgesia largely reflects an influe...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Cohen SR,Kimes AS,London ED

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-type (Cav3) calcium channels play important roles in neuronal excitability, both in normal and pathological activities of the brain. In particular, they contribute to hyper-excitability disorders such as epilepsy. Here we have characterized the anticonvulsant properties of TTA-A2, a selective T-type channel blocker,...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Sakkaki S,Gangarossa G,Lerat B,Françon D,Forichon L,Chemin J,Valjent E,Lerner-Natoli M,Lory P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal damage produces spatial memory impairment and hyperactivity in animals, while reductions in hippocampal size have been associated with memory deficits in humans. There are no known treatments for the behavioral changes specifically related to reduced hippocampal size. The purpose of this study was to deter...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bardgett ME,Baum KT,O'Connell SM,Lee NM,Hon JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are widely used in the treatment of a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions including anxiety, insomnia and epilepsy. BZDs are thought to act predominantly by affecting the gating of GABAA receptor channels, resulting in enhanced GABA-mediated currents in neurons. However, mutations...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lévi S,Le Roux N,Eugène E,Poncer JC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are considered to be viable targets to enhance cognition in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Activation of nAChRs with selective nicotinic receptor agonists may provide effective means to pharmacologically treat cognitive deficits observed in schizophrenia. Cognitive fl...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wood C,Kohli S,Malcolm E,Allison C,Shoaib M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Huntington's disease (HD), dysfunctional affective processes emerge as key symptoms of disturbances. In human HD and transgenic rat models of the disease, the amygdala was previously shown to have a reduced volume and to carry a high load of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) aggregates. In search of the pathophysiology of a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lamirault C,Yu-Taeger L,Doyère V,Riess O,Nguyen HP,El Massioui N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic octapeptide, CYN-154806, inhibited specific [(125)I]-[Tyr(11)]-SRIF binding to CHO-K1 cell membranes expressing human recombinant somatostatin (SRIF) sst(2) receptors (pIC(50) 8. 58) or rat sst(2(a)) and rat sst(2(b)) receptors (pIC(50) 8.35 and 8. 10, respectively). The affinity of CYN-154806 at other huma...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Feniuk W,Jarvie E,Luo J,Humphrey PP

更新日期：2000-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) neurons are involved in wake promotion and exert a strong inhibitory influence on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Such effects have been ascribed, at least in part to the action of 5-HT at post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptors (5-HT1AR) in the brainstem, a major wake/REM sleep regulatory center. However, the...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Chazalon M,Dumas S,Bernard JF,Sahly I,Tronche F,de Kerchove d'Exaerde A,Hamon M,Adrien J,Fabre V,Bonnavion P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of NT on the activity of midbrain DA neurons were studied in rats using single unit recording techniques. NT (i.c.v., 50 micrograms) was found to have no significant effect on the spontaneous activity of DA cells. On the other hand, NT treatment significan...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Shi WS,Bunney BS

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein regulated inward rectifying potassium channels (GIRKs) are activated by G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) via the G protein betagamma subunits. However, little is known about the effects of different GPCRs on the deactivation kinetics of transmitter-mediated GIRK currents. In the present study we investiga...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mark MD,Ruppersberg JP,Herlitze S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors composed of glycine-binding GluN1 and GluN3 subunits function as excitatory glycine receptors that respond to agonist application only with a very low efficacy. Binding of glycine to the high-affinity GluN3 subunits triggers channel opening, whereas glycine binding to the low-affi...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mesic I,Madry C,Geider K,Bernhard M,Betz H,Laube B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marijuana use in adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair cognitive functioning and increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. Cortical oscillations are patterns of neural network activity implicated in cognitive processing, and are abnormal in patients with schizophrenia. We have recently reported t...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Raver SM,Keller A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remifentanil is a powerful mu-opioid (MOP) receptor agonist used in anaesthesia with a very short half-life. However, per-operative perfusion of remifentanil was shown to increase morphine consumption during post-operative period to relieve pain. In the present study, we aimed to describe the cellular mechanisms respo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Nowoczyn M,Marie N,Coulbault L,Hervault M,Davis A,Hanouz JL,Allouche S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) shows a complex etiology, where both genetic and environmental factors contribute to initiation and advance of pathology. Mitochondrial dysfunction and mutation of genes implicated in mitochondria quality control are recognized contributors to etiopathology and progression of PD. Here we repor...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Moisoi N,Fedele V,Edwards J,Martins LM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid drugs such as heroin interact directly with opioid receptors whilst other addictive drugs, including marijuana, alcohol and nicotine indirectly activate endogenous opioid systems to contribute to their rewarding properties. The opioid system therefore plays a key role in addiction neurobiology and continues to ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kieffer BL,Evans CJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists inhibit learning and long term potentiation (LTP). However, it has been suggested that direct tonic, i.e. non-temporal, activation of NMDA receptors, in contrast to learning, may lead to an increase in synaptic "noise" and, in turn, to a loss of association ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zajaczkowski W,Frankiewicz T,Parsons CG,Danysz W

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A2a receptors (A2aRs) are highly and selectively expressed in D2-medium spiny neurons (D2-MSNs) that also express a high level of dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs). However, it was not established how A2aR activity affects D2-MSN excitability, let alone the ion channels involved. We have performed two sets of exp...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wang Q,Zhou FM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intravenous administration of L-5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeODMT), p-chloroamphetamine (PCA), LSD and methysergide to acute spinal rats, transected at C1, stimulated the flexor reflexes induced by electrical stimulation applied to the skin of the toe. The enhancement produced...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ono H,Miyamoto M,Kobayashi M,Fukuda H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 3-(5'-hydroxymethyl-2'-furyl)-1-benzyl indazole (YC-1), an activator of soluble guanylyl cyclase, on ionic currents have been assessed in rat pituitary GH(3) lactotrophs. In GH(3) cells bathed in normal Tyrode's solution, YC-1 (1 microM) reversibly suppressed the amplitude of the Ca(2+)-activated K(+) c...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wu SN,Hwang T,Teng CM,Li HF,Jan CR

更新日期：2000-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nimodipine is a 1,4-dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium channel blocker which is used in the treatment of neurological deficits associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Small angle x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and equilibrium and kinetic binding techniques were used to study the interaction of nimod...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Herbette LG,Mason PE,Sweeney KR,Trumbore MW,Mason RP

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Aminopyridine (4-AP) stimulated the release of [3H]dopamine from striatal synaptosomes in the rat. At a concentration of 200 microM, 4-aminopyridine increased the spontaneous efflux of dopamine by 170%. The effect of 4-aminopyridine was calcium-dependent, being abolished when calcium was omitted from the incubation ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Arzate ME,Morán J,Pasantes-Morales H

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition in the brain is dominated by the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA); operating through GABA(A) receptors. This form of neural inhibition was presumed to be mediated by synaptic receptors, however recent evidence has highlighted a previously unappreciated role for extrasynaptic GABA(A) receptors...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wafford KA,van Niel MB,Ma QP,Horridge E,Herd MB,Peden DR,Belelli D,Lambert JJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major mouse model widely adopted in recent years to induce pronounced ethanol intake is the ethanol vapor model known as "CIE" or "Chronic Intermittent Ethanol." One critical question concerning this model is whether the rapid induction of high blood ethanol levels for such short time periods is sufficient to induce...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Renteria R,Maier EY,Buske TR,Morrisett RA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the solitary tract nucleus, neuronal responsiveness to synaptic input from peripheral afferent fibres has been found to decrease as the frequency of that input is increased. The present study investigated the possibility that glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are (1) involved in this phenomenon of "frequen...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Feldman PD,Felder RB

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of specific dopamine (DA) receptor agonists and antagonists to modify the release and metabolism of DA in the ventrolateral striatum of awake rats was assessed using in vivo microdialysis. The specific DA D2 receptor antagonist, raclopride (0.1, 0.5 and 2.0 mg/kg, i.p.), dose-dependently increased release ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： See RE,Sorg BA,Chapman MA,Kalivas PW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gender difference in behavioral and hormonal response to stress is well known, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) and corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) are two major regulatory peptides in the brain involved in stress regulation. Their response to stress has been shown to...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Huang Q,Zhu H,Fischer DF,Zhou JN

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00