Search Results - "Griffin, Eadaoin W"
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Acute Inflammation Alters Brain Energy Metabolism in Mice and Humans: Role in Suppressed Spontaneous Activity, Impaired Cognition, and Delirium
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (15-07-2020)“…Systemic infection triggers a spectrum of metabolic and behavioral changes, collectively termed sickness behavior, which while adaptive, can affect mood and…”
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Chronic neurodegeneration induces type I interferon synthesis via STING, shaping microglial phenotype and accelerating disease progression
Published in Glia (01-07-2019)“…Type I interferons (IFN‐I) are the principal antiviral molecules of the innate immune system and can be made by most cell types, including central nervous…”
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Astrocytes Are Primed by Chronic Neurodegeneration to Produce Exaggerated Chemokine and Cell Infiltration Responses to Acute Stimulation with the Cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (03-06-2015)“…Microgliosis and astrogliosis are standard pathological features of neurodegenerative disease. Microglia are primed by chronic neurodegeneration such that…”
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Acute transient cognitive dysfunction and acute brain injury induced by systemic inflammation occur by dissociable IL-1-dependent mechanisms
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-10-2019)“…Systemic inflammation can impair cognition with relevance to dementia, delirium and post-operative cognitive dysfunction. Episodes of delirium also contribute…”
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Aerobic exercise improves hippocampal function and increases BDNF in the serum of young adult males
Published in Physiology & behavior (24-10-2011)“…Abstract Physical activity has been reported to improve cognitive function in humans and rodents, possibly via a brain-derived neurotrophic factor…”
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Cyclooxygenase-1-dependent prostaglandins mediate susceptibility to systemic inflammation-induced acute cognitive dysfunction
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (18-09-2013)“…Systemic inflammatory events often precipitate acute cognitive dysfunction in elderly and demented populations. Delirium is a highly prevalent neuropsychiatric…”
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Acute neuroinflammation, sickness behavior and working memory responses to acute systemic LPS challenge following noradrenergic lesion in mice
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-05-2021)“…•DSP-4 depletes hippocampal noradrenaline by > 80%.•80% noradrenergic depletion does not predispose to acute LPS-induced working memory deficits.•Noradrenaline…”
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Long-term treadmill exposure protects against age-related neurodegenerative change in the rat hippocampus
Published in Hippocampus (01-10-2009)“…The potential of exercise or environmental enrichment to prevent or reverse age‐related cognitive decline in rats has been widely investigated. The data…”
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Double stranded RNA drives anti-viral innate immune responses, sickness behavior and cognitive dysfunction dependent on dsRNA length, IFNAR1 expression and age
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-07-2021)“…•The innate immune response to poly I:C is determined by double stranded RNA length.•Blood IFN-I, induced by high MW poly I:C, is necessary for CNS…”
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Interdependent and independent roles of type I interferons and IL-6 in innate immune, neuroinflammatory and sickness behaviour responses to systemic poly I:C
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-08-2015)“…Graphical abstract…”
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Exercise enhances hippocampal-dependent learning in the rat: Evidence for a BDNF-related mechanism
Published in Hippocampus (01-10-2009)“…Short periods of forced exercise have been reported to selectively induce enhancements in hippocampal‐dependent cognitive function, possibly via brain‐derived…”
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Noradrenaline acting at central β-adrenoceptors induces interleukin-10 and suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 expression in rat brain: Implications for neurodegeneration
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-05-2010)“…Abstract Evidence indicates that the monoamine neurotransmitter noradrenaline elicits anti-inflammatory actions in the central nervous system (CNS), and…”
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The β2 -adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol elicits neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory and neurotrophic actions in the kainic acid model of excitotoxicity
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-11-2010)“…Abstract Excitotoxicity is a mechanism of neuronal cell death implicated in a range of neurodegenerative conditions. Systemic administration of the excitotoxin…”
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Complementary anti-inflammatory actions of the β2 -adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol and the glucocorticoid dexamethasone in rat brain
Published in Journal of neuroimmunology (01-03-2011)“…Abstract Systemic administration of the β2 -adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol induces expression of IL-1β and its negative regulators, interleukin-1 receptor…”
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Noradrenaline acting at β-adrenoceptors induces expression of IL-1β and its negative regulators IL-1ra and IL-1RII, and drives an overall anti-inflammatory phenotype in rat cortex
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-07-2010)“…Evidence indicates that noradrenaline elicits anti-inflammatory actions in the central nervous system (CNS), and plays a neuroprotective role where…”
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Correction: Acute transient cognitive dysfunction and acute brain injury induced by systemic inflammation occur by dissociable IL-1-dependent mechanisms
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-10-2019)“…Following publication of this article, the authors noticed an error in the abstract, where they incorrectly stated that: “Direct application of IL-1β to ex…”
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Clenbuterol activates the central IL-1 system via the β2 -adrenoceptor without provoking inflammatory response related behaviours in rats
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-08-2016)“…Highlights • Clenbuterol induces selective expression of the IL-1 system in the CNS. • Clenbuterol does not induce a classical neuroinflammatory or sickness…”
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At the centre of neuronal, synaptic and axonal pathology in murine prion disease: degeneration of neuroanatomically linked thalamic and brainstem nuclei
Published in Neuropathology and applied neurobiology (01-10-2015)“…Aims The processes by which neurons degenerate in chronic neurodegenerative diseases remain unclear. Synaptic loss and axonal pathology frequently precede…”
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The β2-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol reduces the neuroinflammatory response, neutrophil infiltration and apoptosis following intra-striatal IL-1β administration to rats
Published in Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology (04-03-2018)“…Objectives: Clenbuterol is a brain penetrant β 2 -adrenoceptor agonist with anti-inflammatory and putative neuroprotective properties. In the present…”
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Clenbuterol activates the central IL-1 system via the beta 2-adrenoceptor without provoking inflammatory response related behaviours in rats
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-08-2016)“…The long-acting, highly lipophilic, beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol may represent a suitable therapeutic agent for the treatment of neuroinflammation…”
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