Neuroinflammation alters GABAergic neurotransmission in hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy, leading to motor incoordination. Mechanisms and …

M Llansola, YM Arenas, M Sancho-Alonso… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Enhanced GABAergic neurotransmission contributes to impairment of motor coordination
and gait and of cognitive function in different pathologies, including hyperammonemia and …

Defensive and emotional behavior modulation by serotonin in the periaqueductal gray

P Vázquez-León, A Miranda-Páez… - Cellular and molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a key neurotransmitter for the modulation
and/or regulation of numerous physiological processes and psychiatric disorders (eg …

Cannabidiol induces rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects through increased BDNF signaling and synaptogenesis in the prefrontal cortex

AJ Sales, MV Fogaça, AG Sartim, VS Pereira… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Currently available antidepressants have a substantial time lag to induce therapeutic
response and a relatively low efficacy. The development of drugs that addresses these …

Opposing roles for cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB1) and transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 channel (TRPV1) on the modulation of panic-like responses in …

PC Casarotto, ALB Terzian, DC Aguiar… - …, 2012 - nature.com
The midbrain dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) has an important role in orchestrating
anxiety-and panic-related responses. Given the cellular and behavioral evidence …

Acute stress affects the global DNA methylation profile in rat brain: modulation by physical exercise

GM Rodrigues Jr, LV Toffoli, MH Manfredo… - Behavioural brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
The vulnerability of epigenetic marks of brain cells to environmental stimuli and its
implication for health have been recently debated. Thus, we used the rat model of acute …

Stressor-induced NMDAR dysfunction as a unifying hypothesis for the aetiology, pathogenesis and comorbidity of clinical depression

WN Marsden - Medical hypotheses, 2011 - Elsevier
Typically the monoamine system has been the central focus of neurobiological research into
depression and represents the major target of modern antidepressant medications; although …

Rodent brain pathology, audiogenic epilepsy

IB Fedotova, NM Surina, GM Nikolaev, AV Revishchin… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The review presents data which provides evidence for the internal relationship between the
stages of rodent audiogenic seizures and post-ictal catalepsy with the general pattern of …

Neuroimmune crosstalk through brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its precursor pro-BDNF: New insights into mood disorders

XP Zhao, H Li, RP Dai - World Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mood disorders are the most common mental disorders, affecting approximately 350 million
people globally. Recent studies have shown that neuroimmune interaction regulates mood …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray contributes to (2R, 6R)-hydroxynorketamine-mediated actions

D Chou - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The ketamine metabolite (2 R, 6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK) has recently been
suggested as an ideal antidepressant for treating animal models of depression. However, its …

Reduction of BDNF results in GABAergic neuroplasticity dysfunction and contributes to late-life anxiety disorder.

G Zhu, X Sun, Y Yang, Y Du, Y Lin, J **ang… - Behavioral …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
The GABAergic neuroplasticity dysfunction (GND) has been proposed as a distinct
pathology for late-life anxiety disorder (LLAD). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a …