Publications by authors named "Ana Paula Farias Waltrick"

Protectin DX (PDX), a specialized pro-resolving lipid mediator, presents potential therapeutic applications across various medical conditions due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Since type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a disease with an inflammatory and oxidative profile, exploring the use of PDX in addressing T1DM and its associated comorbidities, including diabetic neuropathic pain, depression, and anxiety becomes urgent. Thus, in the current study, after 2 weeks of T1DM induction with streptozotocin (60 mg/kg) in Wistar rats, PDX (1, 3, and 10 ng/animal; i.

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Objectives: In view of the neuroprotective characteristic of cannabidiol (CBD) and its beneficial action on aversive memory in non-diabetic animals, we aimed to investigate in animals with experimentally induced type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) whether CBD treatment would be able to impair the contextual fear memory consolidation, its generalisation and whether the effect would be lasting. We also investigated the CBD effect on anxiety-like responses.

Methods: After T1DM induction, animals received single or more prolonged treatment with CBD and were submitted to the contextual fear conditioning test.

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Diabetic encephalopathy is related to serious damage to the Central Nervous System leading to several disturbances in memory processing and emotions. It is known that the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) responsive element-binding protein (CREB) pathway participates in neuronal plasticity and prevention of neuroinflammation, as well as the mediation of learning/memory processes and emotions in brain areas such as the hippocampus (HIP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC). We aimed to investigate the effect of acute (one injection) and long-term treatment (21 days) with roflumilast (ROF; i.

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic disease related to a persistent inflammatory process reaching the central nervous system, which leads to psychiatric comorbidities such as depression and anxiety. The search for new therapeutic agents effective in alleviating the psychiatric condition associated with T1DM becomes critical. Using an animal model of T1DM, we aimed to evaluate the effect of a specific specialized pro-resolving lipid mediator Resolvin D5 (RvD5), in preventing behaviors related to depression and anxiety, investigating its influence on inflammasome in interleukin (IL)-1β in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.

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Treating depression associated with type-1 diabetesmellitus(T1DM) is a major clinical challenge. Fish oil (FO), composed mostly of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), has been pointed out as quite promising for the treatment of depression given its neuroprotective property. Although DHA and EPA exert several physiological actions, DHA is known to play a critical role in postnatal brain development.

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Aim: To test the hypothesis that the antidepressant-like effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is related to the Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) inhibition.

Methods: Animals were supplemented for 50 days with 3.0 g/kg of Fish Oil (FO) or received water (Control group - C), via gavage.

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Rationale: Studies point out a higher prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals with diabetes mellitus. It is known that glucocorticoid (GR) and mineralocorticoid (MR) receptors are implicated in fear memory processes and PTSD. However, there is no preclinical studies addressing the involvement of these receptors on abnormal fear memories related to diabetic condition.

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Depression associated with diabetes has been described as a highly debilitating comorbidity. Due to its complex and multifactorial mechanisms, the treatment of depression associated with diabetes represents a clinical challenge. Cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychotomimetic compound derived from Cannabis sativa, has been pointed out as a promising compound for the treatment of several psychiatric disorders.

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