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Ann Neurol
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Centre of Expertise for Parkinson and Movement Disorders, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Objective: Parkinson's disease (PD) resting tremor is thought to be initiated in the basal ganglia and amplified in the cerebello-thalamo-cortical circuit. Because stress worsens tremor, the noradrenergic system may play a role in amplifying tremor. We tested if and how propranolol, a non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist, reduces PD tremor and whether or not this effect is specific to stressful conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neuroinflammation
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1050 Arastradero Road, Building A, Palo Alto, Stanford, CA, 94304, United States of America.
Norepinephrine (NE) modulates cognitive function, arousal, attention, and responses to novelty and stress, and it also regulates neuroinflammation. We previously demonstrated behavioral and immunomodulatory effects of beta-adrenergic pharmacology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The current studies were designed to block noradrenergic signaling in 5XFAD mice through (1) chemogenetic inhibition of the locus coeruleus (LC), (2) pharmacologic blocking of β-adrenergic receptors, and (3) conditional deletion of β1- or β2-adrenergic receptors (adrb1 or adrb2) in microglia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Dermatol
December 2024
Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Newtown, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
Infantile Haemangioma (IH) is vascular tumour in infants exhibiting rapid proliferation and angiogenesis followed by gradual involution.10% of cases are associated with disfiguring complications and requires medical interventions with β-blockers such as propranolol, surgery, or laser therapy. An in vitro IH three-dimensional (3D) model will improve our understanding of the disease mechanism(s).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biomol Struct Dyn
December 2024
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The present study examined the vascular effects of peppermint or mint () using an abdominal aortic rings model. Concentration-response curves for mint oil were generated after precontracting isolated mouse aorta with phenylephrine. The effect of different receptor antagonists and ion channel or enzyme inhibitors on the vasorelaxant potential of mint oil were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBehav Brain Res
March 2025
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Neuropharmacology (LABIONEM), Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Bioprospecting (PPGBBio), Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Food Sciences Center (CCQFA), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS 96010-900, Brazil. Electronic address:
1-(2-(4-(4-ethylphenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)phenyl)ethanone (ETAP) is a novel hybrid compound containing 1,2,3-triazole and acetophenone. It exhibits antidepressant-like effects in male mice, linked to modulation of serotonergic receptors and monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) inhibition. This study aimed to evaluate the involvement of the dopaminergic and noradrenergic systems, as well as MAO-B activity inhibition, in the antidepressant-like effect of ETAP in male mice, and to evaluate the antidepressant-like effect of ETAP in female mice.
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