Aging and age-related diseases with a focus on therapeutic potentials of young blood/plasma

L Hosseini, P Shahabi, A Fakhari, HS Zangbar… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2024 - Springer
Aging is accompanied by alterations in the body with time-related to decline of physiological
integrity and functionality process, responsible for increasing diseases and vulnerability to …

Mitochondrial transplantation improves anxiety-and depression-like behaviors in aged stress-exposed rats

G Javani, S Babri, F Farajdokht… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Impaired mitochondrial function and abnormalities in the tryptophan (Trp)-kynurenine (Kyn)
pathway are linked to age-related mood disorders. This study investigated the effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-depressant effects of acupuncture: the insights from NLRP3 mediated pyroptosis and inflammation

Y Chen, C Hao, W Chen, W Cheng, P Li, J Shen… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
The NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis, which could affect inflammation response, plays a key role
in the development of depression. Acupuncture has been shown to be an effective treatment …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of chronic unpredictable mild stress and semi-pure diets on the brain, gut and adrenal medulla in C57BL6 mice

MF Herselman, L Bobrovskaya - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic stress is known to perturb serotonergic regulation in the brain, leading to mood,
learning and memory impairments and increasing the risk of develo** mood disorders …

Non-pharmacological therapeutic paradigms in stress-induced depression: from novel therapeutic perspective with focus on cell-based strategies

M Azarfarin, MM Shahla, G Mohaddes… - Acta …, 2025 - cambridge.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is considered a psychiatric disorder and have a
relationship with stressful events. Although the common therapeutic approaches against …

Mitotherapy restores hippocampal mitochondrial function and cognitive impairment in aged male rats subjected to chronic mild stress

G Javani, S Babri, F Farajdokht, A Ghaffari-Nasab… - Biogerontology, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to determine the effects of mitotherapy on learning and memory and
hippocampal kynurenine (Kyn) pathway, mitochondria function, and dendritic arborization …

Peripheral inflammatory cytokines are associated with the microstructural characteristics of the corpus callosum and prefrontal cortex as detected by magnetic …

L Wang, F Yuan, Q Yuan, G Dai, X Lu, L Zhou, Y Zheng… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Several clinical neuroimaging studies have reported structural and functional
brain abnormalities associated with peripheral inflammatory cytokines or kynurenine …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged stress-induced depression-like behaviors in aged rats are mediated by endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in the hippocampus

A Ghaffari-Nasab, G Javani, H Yousefi… - Neuroscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural and functional recovery from stress-induced depression is impaired in the context
of aging brain. Since investigating the molecular substrates that facilitate behavioral …

Chronic stress-induced apoptosis is mitigated by young mitochondria transplantation in the prefrontal cortex of aged rats

G Javani, A Ghaffari-Nasab… - Iranian Journal of …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective (s): Apoptosis is common and often comorbid with aging and stress-related mood
disorders. Evidence suggests that fresh mitochondria could reverse age-related …

Aging impairs recovery from stress-induced depression in male rats possibly by alteration of microRNA-101 expression and Rac1/RhoA pathway in the prefrontal …

A Ghaffari-Nasab, G Javani, G Mohaddes, MR Alipour - Biogerontology, 2023 - Springer
Along with altering brain responses to stress, aging may also impair recovery from
depression symptoms. In the present study, we investigated depressive-like behaviors in …