Changes in alpha- and beta-receptor densities in rat brain as a result of treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibiting antidepressants.

abstract：:Neurosteroids are synthesized in the brain and have been demonstrated to modulate various cerebral functions. Allopregnanolone (3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one), a naturally occurring neurosteroid, and ganaxolone (3alpha-hydroxy-3beta-methyl-5alpha-pregnan-20-one), a synthetic derivative, are two neurosteroids ac...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Citraro R,Russo E,Di Paola ED,Ibbadu GF,Gratteri S,Marra R,De Sarro G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of orexin receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell in rat turning behaviour of rats was studied. Unilateral injection of neither the orexin 1 and 2 receptor agonist orexin A (2 microg) nor the orexin 1 receptor antagonist SB 334867 (20 ng) into the nucleus accumbens shell elicited turning behaviour. Unilatera...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kotani A,Ikeda H,Koshikawa N,Cools AR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the role GABA(C) receptors play in the central nervous system is limited due to a lack of specific ligands. Here we describe the pharmacological effects of (+/-)-cis-3- and (+/-)-trans-3-(aminocyclopentyl)methylphosphinic acids ((+/-)-cis- and (+/-)-trans-3-ACPMPA) as novel ligands for the GABA(C)...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Chebib M,Hanrahan JR,Kumar RJ,Mewett KN,Morriss G,Wooller S,Johnston GA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with partial, unilateral lesions of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway, synthesis of dopamine (DA) per surviving neurone was assessed by measuring the ratio of DOPA accumulated after inhibition of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase to dopamine (DOPA/DA ratio). Release of DA per surviving neurone was assesse...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hefti F,Enz A,Melamed E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR4,7,8) are widely distributed in the basal ganglia. Injection of group III mGluR agonists into the striatopallidal complex alleviates parkinsonian symptoms in 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats. In vitro rodent studies have suggested that this may be partly due to modulatio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bogenpohl J,Galvan A,Hu X,Wichmann T,Smith Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) holds a pivotal role in brain development and maintenance, been also involved in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we provide evidence that a novel C17-spiroepoxy steroid derivative, BNN27, specifically interacts with and activates the TrkA receptor of NGF, inducing pho...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Pediaditakis I,Efstathopoulos P,Prousis KC,Zervou M,Arévalo JC,Alexaki VI,Nikoletopoulou V,Karagianni E,Potamitis C,Tavernarakis N,Chavakis T,Margioris AN,Venihaki M,Calogeropoulou T,Charalampopoulos I,Gravanis A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) plays an important role in treatment of stress-related depression through regulation of antioxidant defense and neuroprotective mechanisms. However, the causal relationship between PDE2 and the prevalence of depression and anxiety upon exposure to oxidative stress has not been investigated. ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Huang X,Xiaokaiti Y,Yang J,Pan J,Li Z,Luria V,Li Y,Song G,Zhu X,Zhang HT,O'Donnell JM,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several psychiatric disorders involving the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are associated with a dysfunction of 5-HT(1A) receptors (5-HT(1A)R). These receptors, located on interneurons and pyramidal neurons, may influence neuronal excitability through a regulation of the balance between excitation (E) and inhibition (I). Pat...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Meunier CN,Amar M,Lanfumey L,Hamon M,Fossier P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of three, structurally distinct, 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptor radioligands was characterized in rat cerebral cortex, rabbit ileum myenteric plexus and NG-108-15 neuroblastoma cells. The density of sites labeled by the three ligands in rat cortex or in rabbit ileum was markedly different. [3H]Quipa...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wong EH,Bonhaus DW,Lee JA,Wu I,Loury DN,Eglen RM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postsynaptic induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) at cortical and thalamic afferent synapses onto lateral amygdala (LA) projection neurons not only involves NMDA receptor activation, but also depends on L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels (L-VDCCs). Here we show, using whole cell recordings and two-photon C...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Humeau Y,Lüthi A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioural studies can help to validate, modify and refine schemes for classifying receptors that are developed from electrophysiological and biochemical experiments. Drug discrimination constitutes one family of behavioural techniques that is being extensively used for studying subtypes of receptors, mainly because ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Stolerman IP,Stephenson JD,Rauch RJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the novel antidepressant tianeptine on behaviours induced by the serotonin (5-HT) precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and the 5-HT1A agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)-tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) were investigated. Tianeptine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly attenuated wet dog shakes (WDS) induced by 5-HTP...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Datla KP,Curzon G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of central ATP-mediated synaptic currents were studied using whole-cell patch-clamp recording in rat medial habenula slices. Release was shown to be calcium dependent with a Hill coefficient of approximately 2. The voltage dependence of synaptic current amplitudes was approximately linear. Some reductio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Edwards FA,Robertson SJ,Gibb AJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies on humans and mice support oxytocin's role in improving social behaviour, but its use in pharmacotherapy presents some important limiting factors. To date, it is emerging a pharmacological potential for melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) agonism in social deficits treatment. Recently, we demonstrated that ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mastinu A,Premoli M,Maccarinelli G,Grilli M,Memo M,Bonini SA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addiction is associated with changes in synaptic plasticity mediated, in part, by alterations in the trafficking and stabilization of AMPA receptors at synapses within the nucleus accumbens. Exposure to cocaine can lead to protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of GluA2 AMPA subunits and this phosphorylation event ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Briand LA,Deutschmann AU,Ellis AS,Fosnocht AQ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) is facilitated by BDNF, through the activation of tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB) receptors. However, an influence of BDNF upon Long-Term Depression (LTD) was also shown. The present work aimed to further evaluate the effect of BDNF and TrkB receptors upon CA1 hippocampal L...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Rodrigues TM,Jerónimo-Santos A,Sebastião AM,Diógenes MJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral sensitization, or augmented locomotor response to successive drug exposures, results from neuroadaptive changes contributing to addiction. Both the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) influence behavioral sensitization and display increased immediate-early gene and BDNF expressi...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Fanous S,Lacagnina MJ,Nikulina EM,Hammer RP Jr

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin (5-HT) re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly used in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in Humans. However, because only few animal models display overt anxious-like behavior, detailed preclinical studies of the anxiolytic properties of antidepressants are still lacking. Here, we stu...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Guilloux JP,David DJ,Xia L,Nguyen HT,Rainer Q,Guiard BP,Repérant C,Deltheil T,Toth M,Hen R,Gardier AM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic research can help to elucidate the structure of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex. In this study the evolution of the beta-carboline binding site was traced to see whether it paralleled that of the benzodiazepine binding site. The ratio of [3H]ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (beta-CCE) to [3H]fl...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Friedl W,Hebebrand J,Rabe S,Propping P

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caretakers and clinicians alike have long recognized that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can have altered sensory processing, which can contribute to its core symptoms. However, the pathobiology of sensory alterations in ASD is poorly understood. Here we examined nocifensive behavior in ASD mouse mode...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wang L,Almeida LE,Nettleton M,Khaibullina A,Albani S,Kamimura S,Nouraie M,Quezado ZM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using knockout (KO) mice lacking the histamine (HA)-synthesizing enzyme (histidine decarboxylase, HDC), we have previously shown the importance of histaminergic neurons in maintaining wakefulness (W) under behavioral challenges. Since the central actions of HA are mediated by several receptor subtypes, it remains to b...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Parmentier R,Zhao Y,Perier M,Akaoka H,Lintunen M,Hou Y,Panula P,Watanabe T,Franco P,Lin JS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct GABA agonists that suppress spikes induced by penicillin in cats failed to do so in rats. Phenytoin and large doses of THIP increased the rate of spiking activity of the penicillin focus. Only progabide caused marked, initial, short-lasting suppression and a modest reduction of frequency of spikes for 1 hr. Hom...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Golden GT,Fariello RG

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have shown that activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors potentiates responses to activation of the group I metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 by reversing PKC-mediated desensitization of this receptor. NMDA-induced reversal of mGluR5 desensitization is dependent on activation of protei...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Alagarsamy S,Saugstad J,Warren L,Mansuy IM,Gereau RW 4th,Conn PJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional expression of H4 receptors (H4R) within neurons of the central nervous system has been recently reported, but their role is poorly understood. The present study aims to elucidate the role of neuronal H4R by providing the first description of the behavioural phenotype of H4R-deficient (H4R knockout, H4R-...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Sanna MD,Ghelardini C,Thurmond RL,Masini E,Galeotti N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are implicated in many neurological and psychiatric diseases and are the targets of therapeutic agents currently in clinical development. Their activation has diverse effects in the central nervous system (CNS) that includes an involvement in synaptic plasticity. We previously r...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lodge D,Tidball P,Mercier MS,Lucas SJ,Hanna L,Ceolin L,Kritikos M,Fitzjohn SM,Sherwood JL,Bannister N,Volianskis A,Jane DE,Bortolotto ZA,Collingridge GL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal metabotropic serotonin receptors encode transient experiences into long-lasting changes in motor behavior (i.e. motor plasticity). While interactions between serotonin receptor subtypes are known to regulate plasticity, the significance of molecular divergence in downstream G protein coupled receptor signaling ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Fields DP,Mitchell GS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kindling is a form of experimental epilepsy in which periodic electrical stimulation of a brain pathway induces a permanently hyperexcitable state. A previous study demonstrated that kindling enhances the sensitivity of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells to NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate), consistent with a greater expressio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Nadler JV,Thompson MA,McNamara JO

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA)-replacement therapy utilizing l-DOPA is the gold standard symptomatic treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). A critical complication of this therapy is the development of l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID). The endogenous opioid peptides, including enkephalins and dynorphin, are co-transmitters of dopamine...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Flores AJ,Bartlett MJ,Root BK,Parent KL,Heien ML,Porreca F,Polt R,Sherman SJ,Falk T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha(2)-ARs regulate brain monoaminergic function by inhibiting neuronal firing and release of monoamine neurotransmitters, noradrenaline (NA), serotonin (5-HT) and dopamine (DA). Both alpha(2A)- and alpha(2C)-AR inhibit monoamine release in vitro in brain slices, but the in vivo roles of individual alpha(2)-AR subty...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lähdesmäki J,Sallinen J,MacDonald E,Sirviö J,Scheinin M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in learning and memory formation in a radial maze test, by using the NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), and an NO precursor, L-arginine. Rats were trained on a working and reference memory task in an eight ar...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zou LB,Yamada K,Tanaka T,Kameyama T,Nabeshima T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00