Purinergic system in psychiatric diseases

A Cheffer, ARG Castillo, J Corrêa-Velloso… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are debilitating diseases, affecting> 80 million people worldwide.
There are no causal cures for psychiatric disorders and available therapies only treat the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of adenosine receptors in psychostimulant addiction

I Ballesteros-Yáñez, CA Castillo, S Merighi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine receptors (AR) are a family of G-protein coupled receptors, comprised of four
members, named A 1, A 2A, A 2B, and A 3 receptors, found widely distributed in almost all …

Repeated Cannabidiol treatment reduces cocaine intake and modulates neural proliferation and CB1R expression in the mouse hippocampus

MÁ Luján, A Castro-Zavala, L Alegre-Zurano… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cannabinoid derivatives have shown promising results for treating neuropsychiatric
disorders, including drug addiction. Recent studies on the therapeutic effects of Cannabidiol …

[HTML][HTML] Purinergic receptors in cognitive disturbances

P Illes, H Ulrich, JF Chen, Y Tang - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Purinergic receptors (Rs) of the ATP/ADP, UTP/UDP (P2X, P2Y) and adenosine (A1, A2A)-
sensitive classes broadly interfere with cognitive processes both under quasi normal and …

Essential Control of the Function of the Striatopallidal Neuron by Pre-coupled Complexes of Adenosine A2A-Dopamine D2 Receptor Heterotetramers and Adenylyl …

S Ferré, J Bonaventura, W Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The central adenosine system and adenosine receptors play a fundamental role in the
modulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission. This is mostly achieved by the strategic co …

Inosine as a tool to understand and treat central nervous system disorders: a neglected actor?

FP Nascimento, SJ Macedo-Júnior… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since the 1970s, when ATP was identified as a co-transmitter in sympathetic and
parasympathetic nerves, it and its active metabolite adenosine have been considered …

Maternal alcohol binge drinking induces persistent neuroinflammation associated with myelin damage and behavioural dysfunctions in offspring mice

L Cantacorps, S Alfonso-Loeches… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol binge drinking is on the increase in the young adult population, and consumption
during pregnancy can be deleterious for foetal development. Maternal alcohol consumption …

Decreased striatal adenosine A2A-dopamine D2 receptor heteromerization in schizophrenia

M Valle-León, LF Callado, E Aso… - …, 2021 - nature.com
According to the adenosine hypothesis of schizophrenia, the classically associated
hyperdopaminergic state may be secondary to a loss of function of the adenosinergic …

Palmitoylation as a functional regulator of neurotransmitter receptors

VS Naumenko, E Ponimaskin - Neural plasticity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of neuronal proteins involved in cellular signaling undergo different
posttranslational modifications significantly affecting their functions. One of these …

Curcumin treatment attenuates alcohol-induced alterations in a mouse model of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

L Cantacorps, S Montagud-Romero… - Progress in Neuro …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alcohol exposure during development produces physical and mental abnormalities in the
foetus that result in long-term molecular adjustments in the brain, which could underlie the …