Mechanisms of antiparkinsonian anticholinergic therapy revisited

RM Paz, MG Murer - Neuroscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Before the advent of L-DOPA, the gold standard symptomatic therapy for Parkinson's
disease (PD), anticholinergic drugs (muscarinic receptor antagonists) were the preferred …

[HTML][HTML] Lifelong caloric restriction increases working memory in mice

A Kuhla, S Lange, C Holzmann, F Maass, J Petersen… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Caloric restriction (CR) is argued to positively affect general health, longevity and the
normally occurring age-related reduction of cognition. This issue is well examined, but most …

[HTML][HTML] Postmarketing safety surveillance data reveals protective effects of botulinum toxin injections against incident anxiety

MA Wollmer, T Makunts, THC Krüger, R Abagyan - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown an antidepressant effect of glabellar
botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections. In the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) …

[HTML][HTML] Probiotics treatment improves hippocampal dependent cognition in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease

C Xie, AA Prasad - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder with motor dysfunction and a number of
psychiatric symptoms. Symptoms such as anxiety and cognitive deficits emerge prior to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Central Mechanisms of Botulinum Toxin in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review from Animal Models to Human Evidence

C Cutrona, F Marchet, M Costanzo, MI De Bartolo… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Botulinum toxin (BoNT) is an effective and safe therapy for the symptomatic treatment of
several neurological disturbances. An important line of research has provided numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Antidepressant-like properties of intrastriatal botulinum neurotoxin-a injection in a unilateral 6-ohda rat model of parkinson's disease

V Antipova, C Holzmann, A Hawlitschka, M Witt… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's patients often suffer from depression and anxiety, for which there are no optimal
treatments. Hemiparkinsonian (hemi-PD) rats were used to test whether intrastriatal …

GV‐971 attenuates α‐Synuclein aggregation and related pathology

Z Yu, Y Yang, RB Chan, M Shi, T Stewart… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Rationale Synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system
atrophy (MSA), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), share a distinct pathological feature …

BOTOX® counteracts the innate anxiety-related behaviours in correlation with increased activities of key antioxidant enzymes in the hippocampus of ageing …

A Yesudhas, RK Radhakrishnan, A Sukesh… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cholinergic crisis and oxidative stress in the hippocampus of the brain have been known to
induce anxiety disorders upon ageing. BOTOX® is a widely used therapeutic form of …

Rivastigmine ameliorates botulinum-induced hippocampal damage and spatial memory impairment in male rats

K Mehri, ZZ Oskuye, E Nassireslami, E Karami… - NeuroToxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Botulinum toxin (Botox) is widely used in beauty industry and its long-term consequences
can be a matter of concern. The hippocampal cholinergic system plays a significant role in …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effect of the α7 nicotinic receptor agonist PNU-282987 on dopaminergic neurons against 6-hydroxydopamine, regulating anti-neuroinflammatory …

Y Jiang, H Ma, X Wang, Z Wang, Y Yang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation and inner immune dysfunction are increasingly accepted as important
components of the etiopathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). According to emerging …