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| Chaves,C.; Marque,C.R.; Trzesniak,C.; Machado de Sousa,J.P.; Zuardi,A.W.; Crippa,J.A.S.; Dursun,S.M.; Hallak,J.E.. |
| Growing consistent evidence indicates that hypofunction of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) transmission plays a pivotal role in the neuropathophysiology of schizophrenia. Hence, drugs which modulate NMDA neurotransmission are promising approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia. The aim of this article is to review clinical trials with novel compounds acting on the NMDA receptor (NMDA-R). This review also includes a discussion and translation of neuroscience into schizophrenia therapeutics. Although the precise mechanism of action of minocycline in the brain remains unclear, there is evidence that it blocks the neurotoxicity of NMDA antagonists and may exert a differential effect on NMDA signaling pathways. We, therefore, hypothesize that the effects of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Schizophrenia; NMDA agonist; Glycine; Glutamate; Clinical trial; Minocycline. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001100002 |
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| Mahmoud, Motamed Elsayed; Fereig, Ragab; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi. |
| Toxoplasma gondii is a pathogen relevant to psychiatric disorders. We recently showed that reactivation of chronic T. gondii infection induced depression-like behaviors in mice. Furthermore, it has been hypothesized that depression-like behaviors are mediated via a host defense mechanism against invading pathogens; proximate mechanisms of this behavioral hypothesis remain unclear. In the present study, we investigate the contribution of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), inflammation, and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) to anhedonic and despair-related behaviors in T. gondii-infected mice by using sucrose preference and forced-swim tests, respectively. First, we confirmed that BALB/c mice exhibited both sickness and depression-like behaviors during acute... |
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Palavras-chave: Toxoplasma gondii; 1-methyl tryptophan; Minocycline; Interferon gamma; Sickness behavior; Anhedonic behavior; Despair-like behavior. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4507 |
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