Animal models for osteoporosis

T Komori - European journal of pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
The major types of osteoporosis in humans are postmenopausal osteoporosis, disuse
osteoporosis, and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Animal models for postmenopausal …

Behavioral and neurobiological consequences of prolonged glucocorticoid exposure in rats: relevance to depression

EY Sterner, LE Kalynchuk - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Stress is a critical environmental trigger for the development of clinical depression, yet little
is known about the specific neurobiological mechanisms by which stress influences the …

Gene expression patterns in the hippocampus and amygdala of endogenous depression and chronic stress models

BM Andrus, K Blizinsky, PT Vedell, K Dennis… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
The etiology of depression is still poorly understood, but two major causative hypotheses
have been put forth: the monoamine deficiency and the stress hypotheses of depression. We …

Glutamine has antidepressive effects through increments of glutamate and glutamine levels and glutamatergic activity in the medial prefrontal cortex

H Son, JH Baek, BS Go, D Jung, SB Sontakke… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence has shown the low levels of glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln) and the
hypoactivity in the cortex of patients with depression. The hypoactivity is closely related with …

Therapeutic potential of mangiferin in the treatment of various neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders

V Walia, SK Chaudhary, NK Sethiya - Neurochemistry international, 2021 - Elsevier
Xanthones are important chemical class of bioactive products that confers therapeutic
benefits. Of several xanthones, mangiferin is known to be distributed widely across several …

[HTML][HTML] A chronic immobilization stress protocol for inducing depression-like behavior in mice

H Son, JH Yang, HJ Kim… - JoVE (Journal …, 2019 - www-jove-com-443.vpn.cdutcm.edu …
Depression is not yet fully understood, but various causative factors have been reported.
Recently, the prevalence of depression has increased. However, therapeutic treatments for …

Developing better and more valid animal models of brain disorders

AM Stewart, AV Kalueff - Behavioural brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Valid sensitive animal models are crucial for understanding the pathobiology of complex
human disorders, such as anxiety, autism, depression and schizophrenia, which all have the …

Gene expression studies in major depression

D Mehta, A Menke, EB Binder - Current psychiatry reports, 2010 - Springer
The dramatic technical advances in methods to measure gene expression on a genome-
wide level thus far have not been paralleled by breakthrough discoveries in psychiatric …

Glutamine deficiency in the prefrontal cortex increases depressive-like behaviours in male mice

Y Lee, H Son, G Kim, S Kim, DH Lee, GS Roh… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2013 - jpn.ca
Background: The brain levels of glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln) are partially regulated
through the Glu–Gln cycle. Astrocytes play a role in regulating the Glu–Gln cycle, and loss of …

Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons bidirectionally mediate depression-like behaviors in mice

YF Zhang, J Wu, Y Wang, NL Johnson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The ventral striatum is a reward center implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. It
contains islands of Calleja, clusters of dopamine D3 receptor-expressing granule cells …