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Vincenzo Micale

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Prenatal Exposure to Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Affects Hippocampus-Related Cognitive Functions in the Adolescent Rat Offspring: Focus on Specific Marke…

2023

Previous evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to THC (pTHC) derails the neurodevelopmental trajectories towards a vulnerable phenotype for impaired emotional regulation and limbic memory. Here we aimed to investigate pTHC effect on hippocampus-related cognitive functions and markers of neuroplasticity in adolescent male offspring. Wistar rats were exposed to THC (2 mg/kg) from gestational day 5 to 20 and tested for spatial memory, object recognition memory and reversal learning in the reinforce-motivated Can test and in the aversion-driven Barnes maze test; locomotor activity and exploration, anxiety-like behaviour, and response to natural reward were assessed in the open field, elevate…

hippocampal excitatory plasticitySettore BIO/14 - FarmacologiaCB1R expressionPharmaceutical Scienceadolescent rat offspringspatial learning and memoryprenatal THC exposure
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Binge-like alcohol exposure in adolescence: behavioural, neuroendocrine and molecular evidence of abnormal neuroplasticity … and return

2021

Binge alcohol consumption among adolescents affects the developing neural networks underpinning reward and stress processing in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). This study explores in rats the long-lasting effects of early intermittent exposure to intoxicating alcohol levels at adolescence, on: (1) the response to natural positive stimuli and inescapable stress

Binge alcohol drinkingmedicine.medical_specialtySettore BIO/14 - FARMACOLOGIAQH301-705.5Medicine (miscellaneous)Nucleus accumbensArticleGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineDopamineDopamine receptor D2Internal medicineNeuroplasticityMedicineCannabidiol[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]Biology (General)030304 developmental biologyDopamine transporter0303 health sciencesbiologyTyrosine hydroxylasebusiness.industryDopaminergicAdolescenceEndocrinologybiology.proteinNucleus accumbens[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]Adolescence Binge alcohol drinking Cannabidiol Nucleus accumbensbusinessCannabidiol030217 neurology & neurosurgerymedicine.drug
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ opioid receptor (NOP) selective ligand MCOPPB links anxiolytic and senolytic effects

2021

Accumulation of senescent cells may drive age-associated alterations and pathologies. Senolytics are promising therapeutics that can preferentially eliminate senescent cells. Here, we performed a high-throughput automatized screening (HTS) of the commercial LOPAC®Pfizer library on aphidicolin-induced senescent human fibroblasts, to identify novel senolytics. We discovered the nociceptin receptor FQ opioid receptor (NOP) selective ligand 1-[1-(1-methylcyclooctyl)-4-piperidinyl]-2-[(3R)-3-piperidinyl]-1H-benzimidazole (MCOPPB, a compound previously studied as potential anxiolytic) as the best scoring hit. The ability of MCOPPB to eliminate senescent cells in in vitro models was further tested…

Agingmedicine.drug_classNarcotic AntagonistsNOPMCOPPBSenescenceLigandsAnxiolyticMice03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicinePiperidinesSenotherapeuticsOpioid receptormedicineAnimalsHumansSenolyticCaenorhabditis elegansReceptorSenolyticCellular Senescence030304 developmental biology0303 health sciencesNOPSenolytic.ChemistryLigand (biochemistry)High-Throughput Screening Assays3. Good healthCell biologyAnalgesics OpioidNociceptin receptorAnti-Anxiety AgentsOpioid PeptidesReceptors OpioidOriginal ArticleGeriatrics and Gerontology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryGeroScience
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