Search Results - "Hannan, A J"
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Chronically high stress hormone levels dysregulate sperm long noncoding RNAs and their embryonic microinjection alters development and affective behaviours
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-03-2024)“…Previous studies on paternal epigenetic inheritance have shown that sperm RNAs play a role in this type of inheritance. The microinjection of sperm small…”
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Review: Environmental enrichment and brain repair: harnessing the therapeutic effects of cognitive stimulation and physical activity to enhance experience-dependent plasticity
Published in Neuropathology and applied neurobiology (01-02-2014)“…Environmental enrichment (EE) increases levels of novelty and complexity, inducing enhanced sensory, cognitive and motor stimulation. In wild‐type rodents, EE…”
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Differential effects of voluntary physical exercise on behavioral and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression deficits in huntington’s disease transgenic mice
Published in Neuroscience (01-01-2006)“…Huntington’s disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation of the huntingtin gene and involves progressive motor abnormalities (including…”
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Phospholipase C-β1 knockout mice exhibit endophenotypes modeling schizophrenia which are rescued by environmental enrichment and clozapine administration
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-07-2008)“…Phospholipase C- β 1 (PLC- β 1) is a rate-limiting enzyme implicated in postnatal-cortical development and neuronal plasticity. PLC- β 1 transduces…”
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Delayed onset of Huntington's disease in mice in an enriched environment correlates with delayed loss of cannabinoid CB1 receptors
Published in Neuroscience (2004)“…Huntington's disease (HD) is a late onset progressive genetic disorder characterised by motor dysfunction, personality changes, dementia and premature death…”
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Altered CB1 receptor and endocannabinoid levels precede motor symptom onset in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease
Published in Neuroscience (29-09-2009)“…Abstract Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease characterised by cell dysfunction and death in the basal ganglia and cortex…”
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Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids on Tumor Microenvironment: A Molecular Switch in Neoplasia Transformation
Published in Integrative Cancer Therapies (2022)“…The efficacy of chemotherapy depends on the tumor microenvironment. This microenvironment consists of a complex cellular network that can exert both…”
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Deficits in Spermatogenesis but not Neurogenesis are Alleviated by Chronic Testosterone Therapy in R6/1 Huntington's Disease Mice
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-02-2012)“…Despite the well established central pathophysiology of Huntington’s disease (HD), less is known about systemic impairments that are emerging as significant…”
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Aqueous fraction of Beta vulgaris ameliorates hyperglycemia in diabetic mice due to enhanced glucose stimulated insulin secretion, mediated by acetylcholine and GLP-1, and elevated glucose uptake via increased membrane bound GLUT4 transporters
Published in PloS one (03-02-2015)“…The study was designed to investigate the probable mechanisms of anti-hyperglycemic activity of B. Vulgaris. Aqueous fraction of B. Vulgaris extract was the…”
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Behavioural and molecular consequences of chronic cannabinoid treatment in Huntington's disease transgenic mice
Published in Neuroscience (29-09-2010)“…Abstract Early loss of CB1 receptors is a hallmark of human Huntington's disease. Data from rodent studies suggest that preservation and activation of CB1…”
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Dissociating the therapeutic effects of environmental enrichment and exercise in a mouse model of anxiety with cognitive impairment
Published in Translational psychiatry (26-04-2016)“…Clinical evidence indicates that serotonin-1A receptor (5-HT 1A R) gene polymorphisms are associated with anxiety disorders and deficits in cognition. In…”
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Pharmacologically Active Phytomolecules Isolated from Traditional Antidiabetic Plants and Their Therapeutic Role for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (03-07-2022)“…Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complication that affects people of all ages. The increased prevalence of diabetes worldwide has led to the development of…”
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Social Isolation Alters Social and Mating Behavior in the R451C Neuroligin Mouse Model of Autism
Published in Neural plasticity (01-01-2017)“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder typified by impaired social communication and restrictive and repetitive behaviors. Mice serve…”
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors as targets for novel antipsychotic treatments
Published in Current pharmaceutical biotechnology (01-06-2012)“…In recent years metabotropic glutamate receptors have emerged as key targets for the design of new antipsychotic medications for schizophrenia, in particular…”
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Insulin secretory actions of extracts of Asparagus racemosus root in perfused pancreas, isolated islets and clonal pancreatic β-cells
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-01-2007)“…Asparagus racemosus root has previously been reported to reduce blood glucose in rats and rabbits. In the present study, the effects of the ethanol extract and…”
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Attenuated responses to attention-modulating drugs in the neuroligin-3 R451C mouse model of autism
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-09-2024)“…Attention deficits are frequently reported within the clinical autism population. Despite not being a core diagnostic feature, some aetiological theories place…”
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Attenuated responses to attention‐modulating drugs in the neuroligin‐3R451C mouse model of autism
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-09-2024)“…Attention deficits are frequently reported within the clinical autism population. Despite not being a core diagnostic feature, some aetiological theories place…”
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Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin in the Management of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus
Published in Life (Basel, Switzerland) (28-07-2022)“…Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder that is spreading alarmingly around the globe. Type-2 DM (T2DM) is characterized by low-grade inflammation and…”
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Dysregulation of synaptic proteins, dendritic spine abnormalities and pathological plasticity of synapses as experience-dependent mediators of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington’s disease
Published in Neuroscience (22-10-2013)“…Highlights ► Transgenic mouse models of Huntington’s disease (HD) exhibit abnormalities at dendritic spines and synapses. ► Evidence for HD as a ‘synaptopathy’…”
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Assessing attention orienting in mice: a novel touchscreen adaptation of the Posner-style cueing task
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-01-2021)“…Atypical attention orienting has been found to be impaired in many neuropsychological disorders, but the underlying neural mechanism remains unclear. Attention…”
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