The role of brain cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) beyond neuroinflammation: neuronal homeostasis in memory and anxiety

DE López, SJ Ballaz - Molecular Neurobiology, 2020 - Springer
Cyclooxygenases are a group of heme-containing isozymes (namely Cox-1 and Cox-2) that
catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid to largely bioactive prostaglandins (PGs). Cox-1 …

Cyclooxygenase-2 in synaptic signaling

H Yang, C Chen - Current pharmaceutical design, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), a rate-limiting enzyme converting arachidonic acid to
prostaglandins and a key player in neuroinflammation, has been implicated in the …

Interplay between inflammation and neural plasticity: both immune activation and suppression impair LTP and BDNF expression

MT Golia, S Poggini, S Alboni, S Garofalo… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies show that both inflammation and neural plasticity act as key
players in the vulnerability and recovery from psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative …

Disruption of the direct perforant path input to the CA1 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus interferes with spatial working memory and novelty detection

DR Vago, RP Kesner - Behavioural brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
Subregional analyses of the hippocampus suggest CA1-dependent memory processes rely
heavily upon interactions between the CA1 subregion and entorhinal cortex. There is …

Role of COX-2 in inflammatory and degenerative brain diseases

L Minghetti - Inflammation in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases …, 2007 - Springer
In the last decade, the potential role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandins (PGs)
in brain diseases has been extensively studied. COX-2 over-expression has been …

Cyclooxygenase inhibition in ischemic brain injury

E Candelario-Jalil, BL Fiebich - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuroinflammation is one of the key pathological events involved in the progression of brain
damage caused by cerebral ischemia. Metabolism of arachidonic acid through …

The role of the direct perforant path input to the CA1 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus in memory retention and retrieval

DR Vago, A Bevan, RP Kesner - Hippocampus, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Subregional analyses of the hippocampus have suggested a selective role for the CA1
subregion in intermediate/long‐term spatial memory and consolidation, but not short‐term …

Lipid signaling and synaptic plasticity

N Sang, C Chen - The Neuroscientist, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Lipids are essential components of plasma-and organelle-membranes, not only providing a
frame for embedded proteins (eg, receptors and ion channels) but also functioning as …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: are NSAIDs and selective COX-2 inhibitors the next line of therapy?

CH Trepanier, NW Milgram - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is currently treated with cholinergic and glutamatergic therapies,
which provide symptomatic benefit but do not reverse the underlying pathology or cognitive …

Co-administration of 3-acetyl-11-keto-beta-boswellic acid potentiates the protective effect of celecoxib in lipopolysaccharide-induced cognitive impairment in mice …

AS Sayed, NSED El Sayed - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2016 - Springer
Neuro-inflammation is known to initiate the underlying pathogenesis of several
neurodegenerative disorders which may progress to cognitive, behavioral, and functional …