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 …

Purinergic signaling: a gatekeeper of blood-brain barrier permeation

Y Wang, Y Zhu, J Wang, L Dong, S Liu, S Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This review outlined evidence that purinergic signaling is involved in the modulation of
blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. The functional and structural integrity of the BBB is …

Clozapine induces astrocyte-dependent FDG-PET hypometabolism

A Rocha, B Bellaver, DG Souza, G Schu… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Advances in functional imaging allowed us to visualize brain glucose metabolism
in vivo and non-invasively with [18F] fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission …

Conspecific alarm substance differently alters group behavior of zebrafish populations: Putative involvement of cholinergic and purinergic signaling in anxiety-and fear …

J Canzian, BD Fontana, VA Quadros… - Behavioural Brain …, 2017 - Elsevier
The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an emergent model organism for assessing fear and anxiety-
like phenotypes. The short fin wild type (WT), and leopard (leo) are two zebrafish …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine receptors as a new target for resveratrol-mediated glioprotection

LD Bobermin, RHA Roppa… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, has been studied as a neuroprotective
molecule. Our group has demonstrated that such effect is closely associated with modulation …

Novel Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one Derivatives as Potential Antifungal Agents: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation

X Cheng, W Wang, Y Wang, D Xia, F Yin… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Plant pathogenic fungi seriously threaten agricultural production. There is an urgent need to
develop novel fungicides with low toxicity and high efficiency. In this study, we designed and …

Dose-dependent toxic effects of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in male rats: Focus on behavioral alterations and inducing TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

M Khalifa, RH Fayed, AA Sedik, HMA Khalil - Toxicology and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a widely used phthalate that possesses a
public health concern. Different concentrations of DEHP, including 50, 300, and 750 mg/kg …

Augmentation effect of ketamine by guanosine in the novelty-suppressed feeding test is dependent on mTOR signaling pathway

A Camargo, FL Pazini, JM Rosa, IAV Wolin… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ketamine's potential for the treatment of refractory depression and anxiety has been
considered one the most important discoveries in the last years, however, repeated use of …

Nonylphenol induces anxiety-like behavior in rats by regulating BDNF/TrkB/CREB signal network

L Tang, S Li, J Yu, Y Zhang, L Yang, D Tong… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to verify whether chronic exposure to nonylphenol (NP) induces anxiety
behavior in rats and explored NP's regulatory effect on the BDNF/TrkB/CREB signal network …

Antidepressant-like effects of chronic guanosine in the olfactory bulbectomy mouse model

RF Almeida, Y Nonose, M Ganzella… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) leads to pervasive changes in the health of afflicted
patients. Despite advances in the understanding of MDD and its treatment, profound …