Histamine in the nervous system

HL Haas, OA Sergeeva, O Selbach - Physiological reviews, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Histamine is a transmitter in the nervous system and a signaling molecule in the gut, the
skin, and the immune system. Histaminergic neurons in mammalian brain are located …

The physiology of brain histamine

RE Brown, DR Stevens, HL Haas - Progress in neurobiology, 2001 - Elsevier
Histamine-releasing neurons are located exclusively in the TM of the hypothalamus, from
where they project to practically all brain regions, with ventral areas (hypothalamus, basal …

Auditory-evoked spike firing in the lateral amygdala and Pavlovian fear conditioning: mnemonic code or fear bias?

KA Goosens, JA Hobin, S Maren - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
Amygdala neuroplasticity has emerged as a candidate substrate for Pavlovian fear memory.
By this view, conditional stimulus (CS)-evoked activity represents a mnemonic code that …

α7 Receptor-selective agonists and modes of α7 receptor activation

RL Papke, E Meyer, T Nutter, VV Uteshev - European journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
The α7-selective agonists 3-(2, 4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-anabaseine (GTS-21), also known
as DMXB, and 3-(4-hydroxy, 2-methoxybenzylidene) anabaseine (4OH-GTS-21) produce a …

Histamine in the brain: beyond sleep and memory

MB Passani, P Giannoni, C Bucherelli, E Baldi… - biochemical …, 2007 - Elsevier
A few decades elapsed between the attribution of unwanted side effects of classic
antihistamine compounds to the blockade of central H1 receptors, and the acceptance of the …

Optogenetics enlightens neuroscience drug discovery

C Song, T Knöpfel - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Optogenetics—the use of light and genetics to manipulate and monitor the activities of
defined cell populations—has already had a transformative impact on basic neuroscience …

Activation of histaminergic H3 receptors in the rat basolateral amygdala improves expression of fear memory and enhances acetylcholine release

I Cangioli, E Baldi, PF Mannaioni… - European Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is involved in learning that certain environmental cues
predict threatening events. Several studies have shown that manipulation of …

Receptor and ionic mechanism of histamine on mouse dorsolateral striatal neurons

JY Peng, KL Shen, XJ Fan, ZX Qi, HW Huang… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
The dorsolateral striatum (DLS) is the critical neural substrate that plays a role in motor
control and motor learning. Our past study revealed a direct histaminergic projection from …

Intraventricular infusion of the histamine H1 receptor antagonist chlorpheniramine improves maze performance and has anxiolytic-like effects in aged hybrid Fischer …

RU Hasenöhrl, K Weth, JP Huston - Experimental Brain Research, 1999 - Springer
In the present study we analyzed the effect of continuous intraventricular infusion of the
histamine H 1 receptor antagonist d-chlorpheniramine on the performance of 32-month-old …

On the paradox of ion channel blockade and its benefits in the treatment of Alzheimer disease

HP Schmitt - Medical hypotheses, 2005 - Elsevier
The surprisingly beneficial effects in Alzheimer disease (AD) of ion channel blockers (ICB)
like memantine that act on NMDA-and other aminergic transmitter receptors are yet poorly …