Publications by authors named "Lionel Bert"

Histaminergic H3 inverse agonists, by stimulating central histamine release, represent attractive drug candidates to treat cognitive disorders. The present studies aimed to describe the mechanistic profile of S 38093 a novel H3 receptors inverse agonist. S 38093 displays a moderate affinity for rat, mouse and human H3 receptors (Ki=8.

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S 38093, a novel histamine H3 receptor inverse agonist, was tested in a series of neurochemical and behavioral paradigms designed to evaluate its procognitive and arousal properties. In intracerebral microdialysis studies performed in rats, S 38093 dose-dependently increased histamine extracellular levels in the prefrontal cortex and facilitated cholinergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of rats after acute and chronic administration (10mg/kg i.p.

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Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) represents a primary degradation enzyme of the endogenous cannabinoid (eCB), 2-arachidonoyglycerol (2-AG). This study reports a potent covalent MAGL inhibitor, SAR127303. The compound behaves as a selective and competitive inhibitor of mouse and human MAGL, which potently elevates hippocampal levels of 2-AG in mice.

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1. Although microdialysis is a widely used approach for in vivo monitoring extracellular neurotransmitter concentrations, it has been previously limited in many cases by its poor temporal resolution. It is clear that when 10-30-min sampling is performed, short-lasting changes in extracellular neurotransmitter concentrations can be overlooked.

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To determine whether glutamate (Glu) and aspartate (Asp) undergo a similar regulation of their extracellular levels, Glu and Asp were simultaneously monitored in the striatum of anesthetized rats after local N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor stimulation, using 1-min in vivo microdialysis coupled to capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. Application of NMDA (10 min, 10(-3) M) through the dialysis probe induced 1) an increase (+50%) in Asp during the NMDA administration and 2) a surprising biphasic effect on Glu, with a rapid increase (+30%) and a return to baseline before the end of NMDA application, followed by a second increase (+40%) occurring after and linked to the end of NMDA administration. When studied in the presence of 10 microM tetrodotoxin (TTX) or 0.

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The aim of the present study was to compare, in chloral-hydrate anaesthetized rats, the alpha(2)-adrenergic properties of the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist, alnespirone (S-20499), with those of buspirone, a 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist exhibiting potent alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist properties via its principal metabolite, 1-(2-pyrimidinyl)-piperazine. Both locus coeruleus spontaneous firing activity and noradrenaline release in the medial prefrontal cortex were potently inhibited by the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine, at a dose of 40 microg/kg (i.p.

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We have investigated the effects of various insults on extracellular glutamate and phosphoethanolamine levels as well as electrical activity alterations in the early period following these insults in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Cultures prepared from 7-day-old rats were maintained in vitro for 7-14 days and then metabolic inhibition was induced: cultures were briefly exposed to potassium cyanide to induce chemical anoxia, 2-deoxyglucose with glucose removal to produce hypoglycaemia, or a combination of both to simulate ischaemia. Chemical anoxia induced a small increase in glutamate and a reversible decrease in evoked field potentials and these were greatly potentiated following simulated ischaemia: high, biphasic glutamate efflux and irreversible field potential abolition as well as increase in phosphoethanolamine levels were observed.

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The neuropeptide neurotensin (NT) exerts a wide range of central and peripheral effects. In particular, ejection of NT (10(-7) M, 65 nl) into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in anaesthetised rats pre-treated with pargyline increases the dopamine (DA) efflux within the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) as measured by differential pulse amperometry (DPA) combined with carbon fibre electrodes. However, this effect is not blocked by systemic pre-treatment with the potent and selective non-peptide NT receptor antagonists SR 48692 and SR 142948A, at any dose studied.

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The present experiments investigated the role of neurokinin-1 (NK(1)) and neurokinin-3 (NK(3)) receptors on the activity of the locus coeruleus (LC)-noradrenergic system by using a dual probe microdialysis technique in anesthetized guinea pigs. The local application in the LC of the selective NK(1) receptor agonists [SAR(9),Met(O(2))(11)]-SP (10 microM) and septide (1 microM) as well as the selective NK(3) receptor agonist senktide (1 microM), enhanced the extracellular norepinephrine (NE) levels in the prefrontal cortex. The enhancing effect of [SAR(9),Met(O(2))(11)]-SP was completely blocked by the peripheral administration of the selective non peptide NK(1) and NK(3) receptor antagonists, GR 205171 (1 mg/kg, i.

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