Agmatine: metabolic pathway and spectrum of activity in brain

A Halaris, J Plietz - CNS drugs, 2007 - Springer
Agmatine is an endogenous neuromodulator that, based on animal studies, has the
potential for new drug development. As an endogenous aminoguanidine compound (1 …

Agmatine: multifunctional arginine metabolite and magic bullet in clinical neuroscience?

G Laube, HG Bernstein - Biochemical Journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Agmatine, the decarboxylation product of arginine, was largely neglected as an important
player in mammalian metabolism until the mid-1990s, when it was re-discovered as an …

The pharmacological importance of agmatine in the brain

TI Uzbay - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Agmatine is a polyamine that is produced via decarboxylation of l-arginine by the enzyme
arginine decarboxylase. It binds to various receptors and has been accepted as a novel …

Current and future issues in the development of spinal agents for the management of pain

TL Yaksh, CJ Fisher, TM Hockman… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Targeting analgesic drugs for spinal delivery reflects the fact that while the conscious
experience of pain is mediated supraspinally, input initiated by high intensity stimuli, tissue …

Disruption of nNOS‐PSD95 protein–protein interaction inhibits acute thermal hyperalgesia and chronic mechanical allodynia in rodents

SK Florio, C Loh, SM Huang… - British journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: Post‐synaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) contains three
PSD95/Dosophilia disc large/ZO‐1 homology domains and links neuronal nitric oxide …

Antidepressant like effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors involve modulation of imidazoline receptors by agmatine

BG Taksande, NR Kotagale, SJ Tripathi, RR Ugale… - …, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent findings demonstrated the dysregulation of imidazoline receptor binding sites in
major depression and their normalization by chronic treatment with antidepressants …

Agmatine, an endogenous imidazoline receptor ligand modulates ethanol anxiolysis and withdrawal anxiety in rats

BG Taksande, NR Kotagale, MR Patel… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Present study investigated the role of agmatine in ethanol-induced anxiolysis and
withdrawal anxiety using elevated plus maze (EPM) test in rats. The anxiolytic-like effect of …

Agmatine effects on mitochondrial membrane potential andNF‐κB activation protect against rotenone‐induced cell damage in human neuronal‐like SH‐SY5Y cells

S Condello, M Currò, N Ferlazzo… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2011) 116, 67–75. Abstract Agmatine, an endogenous arginine metabolite,
has been proposed as a novel neuromodulator that plays protective roles in the CNS in …

Imidazoline I2 receptors: target for new analgesics?

JX Li, Y Zhang - European journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Pain remains a major clinical challenge because there are no effective analgesics for some
pain conditions and the mainstay analgesics for severe pain, opioids, have serious …

Putrescine produces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and in the tail suspension test in mice

ADE Zomkowski, ARS Santos… - Progress in Neuro …, 2006 - Elsevier
Putrescine, a polyamine present at high concentrations in the mammalian brain, was
suggested to play a role in the modulation of depression. Thus, this study investigated the …