Advantages and limitations of animal schizophrenia models

M Białoń, A Wąsik - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mental illness modeling is still a major challenge for scientists. Animal models of
schizophrenia are essential to gain a better understanding of the disease etiopathology and …

Cognitive deficit in schizophrenia: from etiology to novel treatments

AL Martínez, J Brea, S Rico, MT De los Frailes… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia is a major mental illness characterized by positive and negative symptoms,
and by cognitive deficit. Although cognitive impairment is disabling for patients, it has been …

Diosgenin alleviates alcohol-mediated escalation of social defeat stress and the neurobiological sequalae

B Ben-Azu, EG Moke, LE Chris-Ozoko… - …, 2024 - Springer
Rationale Emerging evidence indicates that persistent alcohol consumption escalates
psychosocial trauma achieved by social defeat stress (SDS)-induced neurobiological …

Normalization of HPA axis, cholinergic neurotransmission, and inhibiting brain oxidative and inflammatory dynamics are associated with the adaptogenic-like effect of …

JOT Emudainohwo, B Ben-Azu, OG Adebayo… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Social defeat stress (SDS) due to changes in biochemical functions has been implicated in
the pathogenesis of affective and cognitive disorders. Employing pharmacological approach …

Emerging epigenetic dynamics in gut-microglia brain axis: experimental and clinical implications for accelerated brain aging in schizophrenia

B Ben-Azu, EC Del Re, J VanderZwaag… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Brain aging, which involves a progressive loss of neuronal functions, has been reported to
be premature in probands affected by schizophrenia (SCZ). Evidence shows that SCZ and …

[HTML][HTML] Antipsychotic effect of diosgenin in ketamine-induced murine model of schizophrenia: Involvement of oxidative stress and cholinergic transmission

B Ben-Azu, OG Adebayo, AR Fokoua… - IBRO Neuroscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
A decrease in the levels of antioxidant arsenals exacerbate generation of reactive
oxygen/nitrogen species, leading to neurochemical dysfunction, with significant impact on …

Involvement of GABAergic, BDNF and Nox-2 mechanisms in the prevention and reversal of ketamine-induced schizophrenia-like behavior by morin in mice

B Ben-Azu, AO Aderibigbe, AM Ajayi, AEO Eneni… - Brain Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
GABAergic (Gamma-aminobutyric acid) and neurotrophic derangements have important
implication in schizophrenia, a neuropsychiatric disease. Previous studies have shown that …

Aripiprazole combined with nerve growth factor improves cognitive function in mice with schizophrenia model

C Lu, S Li, L Kang, Q Li, H Chen, Y Lin, H Zhang… - Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pathogenesis and treatment of cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia
(SCZ) remains a challenge. Exploring new effective treatment strategies is relevant for the …

Potential effectiveness and adverse implications of repurposing doxycycline in COVID-19 treatment

L Narendrakumar, I Joseph… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: COVID-19 infection with no known-specific drugs or vaccines has impacted
mankind and has become beyond precedence. Currently, re-purposing of existing drugs is …

Effective action of silymarin against ketamine-induced schizophrenia in male mice: Insight into the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of action

B Ben-Azu, AR Fokoua, OS Annafi, OG Adebayo… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Neurochemical dysregulations resulting from N-methyl-D-aspartate
hypofunction (NMDA), are exacerbated by neuroimmune and oxidative stress and are …