[HTML][HTML] Looking for Novelty in an “Old” Receptor: Recent Advances Toward Our Understanding of GABAARs and Their Implications in Receptor Pharmacology

D Castellano, RD Shepard, W Lu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diverse populations of GABAA receptors (GABAARs) throughout the brain mediate fast
inhibitory transmission and are modulated by various endogenous ligands and therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Brexanolone, a neurosteroid antidepressant, vindicates the GABAergic deficit hypothesis of depression and may foster resilience

B Lüscher, H Möhler - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The GABAergic deficit hypothesis of depression states that a deficit of GABAergic
transmission in defined neural circuits is causal for depression. Conversely, an …

Advances in pharmacotherapy for postpartum depression: a structured review of standard-of-care antidepressants and novel neuroactive steroid antidepressants

Y Kaufman, SV Carlini… - Therapeutic Advances …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Postpartum depression is one of the most common morbidities of childbearing, yet it is
underdiagnosed and undertreated with negative consequences for mother and offspring …

GABAAR isoform and subunit structural motifs determine synaptic and extrasynaptic receptor localisation

S Hannan, M Minere, J Harris, P Izquierdo, P Thomas… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract GABA A receptors (GABA A Rs) are the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter
receptors in the central nervous system. They control neuronal excitability by synaptic and …

Relating neurosteroid modulation of inhibitory neurotransmission to behaviour

D Belelli, GD Phillips, JR Atack… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studies in the 1980s revealed endogenous metabolites of progesterone and
deoxycorticosterone to be potent, efficacious, positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the …

[HTML][HTML] Functional alternatives to alcohol

DJ Nutt, RJ Tyacke, M Spriggs, V Jacoby, AD Borthwick… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
The consumption of alcohol is associated with well-known health harms and many
governments worldwide are actively engaged in devising approaches to reduce them. To …

[HTML][HTML] Tonic GABAA receptor-mediated currents of human cortical GABAergic interneurons vary amongst cell types

M Field, IP Lukacs, E Hunter, R Stacey… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Persistent anion conductances through GABA A receptors (GABA A Rs) are important
modulators of neuronal excitability. However, it is currently unknown how the amplitudes of …

[HTML][HTML] The immediate and maintained effects of neurosteroids on GABAA receptors

D Belelli, JA Peters, GD Phillips, JJ Lambert - Current Opinion in Endocrine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Allopregnanolone is an endogenous neurosteroid that acts in a rapid non-genomic manner
to enhance the function of the GABA A receptor (GABA AR), the major inhibitory receptor in …

[HTML][HTML] Neurosteroid Modulation of Synaptic and Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors of the Mouse Nucleus Accumbens

SJ Mitchell, GD Phillips, B Tench, Y Li, D Belelli… - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
The recent approval of formulations of the endogenous neurosteroid allopregnanolone
(brexanolone) and the synthetic neuroactive steroid SAGE-217 (zuranolone) to treat …

Reducing the harms of alcohol: nutritional interventions and functional alcohol alternatives.

D Belelli, A Riva, DJ Nutt - International Review of Neurobiology, 2024 - europepmc.org
The health risks and harm associated with regular alcohol consumption are well
documented. In a recent WHO statement published in The Lancet Public Health alcohol …