Search Results - "Rae, Mariana"
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Effects of environmental enrichment upon ethanol-induced conditioned place preference and pre-frontal BDNF levels in adolescent and adult mice
Published in Scientific reports (17-08-2017)“…Environmental enrichment (EE) provides a non-pharmacological tool to alter drug-induced reward, yet its effects on ethanol-induced reward remain controversial…”
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Recommendations for Optimizing xaʔtus (First Face) for Mental Health Training: Insights from Key Informants
Published in American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (2023)“…Native adolescents experiencing mental health challenges, including substance misuse, often prefer to seek support from their peers and other informal sources,…”
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Carbetocin Inhibits Behavioral Sensitization to Ethanol in Male and Female Mice, Independent of Corticosterone Levels
Published in Toxics (Basel) (01-10-2023)“…Oxytocin (OXT), a pro-social peptide, is increasingly recognized as a potential protective substance against drug addiction. In the context of ethanol,…”
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Environmental enrichment enhances ethanol preference over social reward in male swiss mice: Involvement of oxytocin-dopamine interactions
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-08-2024)“…The impact of environmental enrichment (EE) on natural rewards, including social and appetitive rewards, was investigated in male Swiss mice. EE, known for…”
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Environmental enrichment enhances conditioned place preference to ethanol via an oxytocinergic-dependent mechanism in male mice
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-08-2018)“…Environmental conditions, such as stress and environmental enrichment (EE), influence predisposition to alcohol use/abuse; however, the underlying mechanisms…”
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Oxytocin and vasopressin: Signalling, behavioural modulation and potential therapeutic effects
Published in British journal of pharmacology (01-04-2022)“…Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are endogenous ligands for OT and AVP receptors in the brain and in the peripheral system. Several studies demonstrate that…”
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Preconceptual paternal environmental stimulation alters behavioural phenotypes and adaptive responses intergenerationally in Swiss mice
Published in Physiology & behavior (01-09-2020)“…•Environmental enrichment (EE) changed physiological, molecular and behavioural parameters in F0 male breeders.•F1 male offspring of EE fathers showed poor…”
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Cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization is greater in adolescent than in adult mice and heightens cocaine-induced conditioned place preference in adolescents
Published in Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior (01-06-2019)“…Adolescents are more sensitive than adults to the neural and behavioral effects of psychostimulants, and exhibit greater vulnerability to drug abuse,…”
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Environmental Enrichment Increases Alcohol Reward Via Modulation of The Oxitocinergic System
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2018)“…Environmental enrichment (EE; model of “eustress”) has been hypothesized to prevent and reverse drug addiction‐related behaviors. Our group has already shown a…”
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Social Factors in Ethanol Sensitization
Published in International review of neurobiology (2018)“…Behavioral sensitization is a neuroadaptive process characterized by an increase in a particular behavior after repeated exposure to drugs or other stimuli,…”
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The effect of MK-801 on stress-ethanol cross-sensitization is dissociable from its effects on nNOS activity
Published in Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) (01-11-2023)“…Locomotor behavioral sensitization represents an animal model for understanding neuroadaptive processes related to repeated drug exposure. Repeated stress can…”
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Bioresponsive nanostructured systems for sustained naltrexone release and treatment of alcohol use disorder: Development and biological evaluation
Published in International journal of pharmaceutics (30-07-2020)“…[Display omitted] In this study, microemulsions capable of transforming into nanostructured hexagonal phase gels in vivo upon uptake of biological fluids for…”
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Preconceptual paternal environmental stimulation alters behavioural phenotypes and adaptive responses intergenerationally in Swiss mice: Paternal environment affects progeny behaviour
Published in Physiology & behavior (26-05-2020)“…Experimental research has recently revealed that paternal environmental conditions can influence the offspring phenotype through epigenetic mechanisms…”
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Involvement of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in cross-sensitization between chronic unpredictable stress and ethanol in adolescent and adult mice
Published in Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) (01-05-2018)“…The peculiar neurochemical profile of the adolescent brain renders it differently susceptible to several stimuli, including stress and/or drug exposure. Among…”
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