Betaine—The dark knight of the brain

M Bhatt, A Di Iacovo, T Romanazzi… - Basic & Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The role of betaine in the liver and kidney has been well documented, even from the cellular
and molecular point of view. Despite literature reporting positive effects of betaine …

Neurotransmitter, peptide, and steroid hormone abnormalities in PTSD: biological endophenotypes relevant to treatment

AM Rasmusson, SL Pineles - Current psychiatry reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes neurotransmitter, peptide, and other
neurohormone abnormalities associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and …

PTSD in women is associated with a block in conversion of progesterone to the GABAergic neurosteroids allopregnanolone and pregnanolone measured in plasma

SL Pineles, YI Nillni, G Pinna, J Irvine, A Webb… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a need to identify new and more effective treatments for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). Allopregnanolone and its stereoisomer pregnanolone (together termed …

GABA type a receptor trafficking and the architecture of synaptic inhibition

JM Lorenz‐Guertin, TC Jacob - Developmental neurobiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitous expression of GABA type A receptors (GABAAR) in the central nervous system
establishes their central role in coordinating most aspects of neural function and …

The neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying fear dysregulation in posttraumatic stress disorder

J Iqbal, GD Huang, YX Xue, M Yang… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress-associated complex and debilitating
psychiatric disorder due to an imbalance of neurotransmitters in response to traumatic …

[HTML][HTML] Altered GABAergic signaling in brain disease at various stages of life

YS Kim, BE Yoon - Experimental neurobiology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the healthy brain, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is regulated by neurons and glia.
This begs the question: what happens in the malfunctioning brain? There are many reasons …

Elevated blood purine levels as a biomarker of seizures and epilepsy

E Beamer, A Lacey, M Alves, G Conte, F Tian… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is a major unmet need for a molecular biomarker of seizures or epilepsy that
lends itself to fast, affordable detection in an easy‐to‐use point‐of‐care device. Purines such …

Activation of GABA (A) receptors inhibits T cell proliferation

EL Sparrow, S James, K Hussain, SA Beers… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The major sites for fast synaptic inhibition in the central nervous system (CNS)
are ion channels activated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). These receptors are referred as …

Recent advances in the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of possible mechanisms underlying an effective pharmacotherapy

N Malikowska-Racia, K Salat - Pharmacological Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent progress in the field of neurobiology supported by clinical evidence gradually
reveals the mystery of human brain functioning. So far, many psychiatric disorders have …

Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

KM Swanberg, L Campos, CG Abdallah… - Chronic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A stressor-related disorder wherein traumatic experience precipitates protracted disruptions
to mood and cognition, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with wide …