Search Results - "Hughes, Zoë"
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PDE4B as a microglia target to reduce neuroinflammation
Published in Glia (01-10-2016)“…The importance of microglia in immune homeostasis within the brain is undisputed. Their role in a diversity of neurological and psychiatric diseases as well as…”
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Critical data-based re-evaluation of minocycline as a putative specific microglia inhibitor
Published in Glia (01-10-2016)“…Minocycline, a second generation broad‐spectrum antibiotic, has been frequently postulated to be a “microglia inhibitor.” A considerable number of publications…”
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Translational Pharmacology of PRAX‐944, a Novel T‐Type Calcium Channel Blocker in Development for the Treatment of Essential Tremor
Published in Movement disorders (01-06-2022)“…Background Essential tremor is the most common movement disorder with clear unmet need. Mounting evidence indicates tremor is caused by increased neuronal…”
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The novel persistent sodium current inhibitor PRAX‐562 has potent anticonvulsant activity with improved protective index relative to standard of care sodium channel blockers
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-03-2022)“…Objective This study investigates the effects of PRAX‐562 on sodium current (INa), intrinsic neuronal excitability, and protection from evoked seizures to…”
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GM-1020: a novel, orally bioavailable NMDA receptor antagonist with rapid and robust antidepressant-like effects at well-tolerated doses in rodents
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-05-2024)“…The NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine has shown great potential as a rapid-acting antidepressant; however, its use is limited by poor oral…”
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Prefrontal Cortical Kappa Opioid Receptors Attenuate Responses to Amygdala Inputs
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-12-2015)“…Kappa opioid receptors (KORs) have been implicated in anxiety and stress, conditions that involve activation of projections from the basolateral amygdala (BLA)…”
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The location discrimination reversal task in mice is sensitive to deficits in performance caused by aging, pharmacological and other challenges
Published in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) (01-09-2018)“…Deficits in hippocampal-mediated pattern separation are one aspect of cognitive function affected in schizophrenia (SZ) or Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To develop…”
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The isozyme selective phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, ABI-4, attenuates the effects of lipopolysaccharide in human cells and rodent models of peripheral and CNS inflammation
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-08-2017)“…Highlights • ABI-4 is a novel brain penetrant PDE4D-sparing PDE4 inhibitor. • ABI-4 inhibited LPS stimulated central and peripheral inflammation. • The…”
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The metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 allosteric modulator AMN082: a monoaminergic agent in disguise?
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-07-2011)“…Metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) remains the most elusive of the eight known mGluRs primarily because of the limited availability of tool compounds…”
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First-in-Human Evaluation of 18F-PF-06445974, a PET Radioligand That Preferentially Labels Phosphodiesterase-4B
Published in The Journal of nuclear medicine (1978) (01-12-2022)“…Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), which metabolizes the second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), has 4 isozymes: PDE4A, PDE4B, PDE4C, and PDE4D. PDE4B…”
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Size reduction and ornamental oscillation within a Barremian lineage of giant heteromorphic ammonites (Early Cretaceous, northwestern Tethyan margin)
Published in Cretaceous research (01-08-2018)“…Field sampling data in the Vocontian Basin (southeastern France) and Mallorca (Spain), at the transition between the lower and upper Barremian (upper…”
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Pharmacological disruption of mouse social approach behavior: Relevance to negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Published in Behavioural brain research (01-09-2013)“…•Social approach behavior was not disrupted by NMDA antagonists.•The disruption induced by d-amphetamine was variable and was not reversed by…”
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Discovery of the First Orally Available, Selective KNa1.1 Inhibitor: In Vitro and In Vivo Activity of an Oxadiazole Series
Published in ACS medicinal chemistry letters (08-04-2021)“…The gene KCNT1 encodes the sodium-activated potassium channel KNa1.1 (Slack, Slo2.2). Variants in the KCNT1 gene induce a gain-of-function (GoF) phenotype in…”
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Differentiating antidepressants of the future: efficacy and safety
Published in Pharmacology & therapeutics (Oxford) (01-01-2007)“…There have been significant advances in the treatment of depression since the serendipitous discovery that modulating monoaminergic neurotransmission may be a…”
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Verbal working memory and functional large-scale networks in schizophrenia
Published in Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging (30-12-2017)“…The aim of this study was to test whether bilinear and nonlinear effective connectivity (EC) measures of working memory fMRI data can differentiate between…”
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First-in-Human Evaluation of 18 F-PF-06445974, a PET Radioligand That Preferentially Labels Phosphodiesterase-4B
Published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine (01-12-2022)“…Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), which metabolizes the second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), has 4 isozymes: PDE4A, PDE4B, PDE4C, and PDE4D. PDE4B…”
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Discovery of the First Orally Available, Selective K Na 1.1 Inhibitor: In Vitro and In Vivo Activity of an Oxadiazole Series
Published in ACS medicinal chemistry letters (08-04-2021)“…The gene encodes the sodium-activated potassium channel K 1.1 (Slack, Slo2.2). Variants in the gene induce a gain-of-function (GoF) phenotype in ionic currents…”
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Histidine Decarboxylase Deficiency Causes Tourette Syndrome: Parallel Findings in Humans and Mice
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WAY-200070, a selective agonist of estrogen receptor beta as a potential novel anxiolytic/antidepressant agent
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-06-2008)“…Recent studies have reported that estrogen has antidepressant-like effects in animal models. In this study we used the highly selective ERβ agonist,…”
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The orphan GPCR, GPR88, modulates function of the striatal dopamine system: A possible therapeutic target for psychiatric disorders?
Published in Molecular and cellular neuroscience (01-11-2009)“…In rodents, the orphan G protein-coupled receptor, Gpr88, is highly expressed in brain regions implicated in the pathophysiology of and is modulated by…”
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