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Study of the evolution of terminal differentiation programs using C. elegans serotonergic neurons as a model
2019
Tesis, 407 páginas, figuras y tablas.
Marcadores genéticos dopaminérgicos, serotoninérgicos y de la monoamino-oxidasa (MAO) relacionados con la adicción a los opiáceos, a la cocaína y al …
2013
Introducción: la genética está experimentando un avance espectacular y se postula como una herramienta importante para aportar nuevos descubrimientos en trastornos complejos como son las adicciones. En el presente trabajo se ha realizado un estudio de asociación genética de polimorfismos VNTR, un estudio familiar y un estudio mixto de asociación genético-familiar en una muestra de policonsumidores con adicción al alcohol, la cocaína y los opiáceos. Material y métodos: en una muestra de 302 policonsumidores, se recogieron y genotiparon muestras a partir de células epiteliales de la mejilla para observar las frecuencias de marcadores de las vías dopaminérgica, serotoninérgica y de la MAO en l…
Implication du récepteur 5-HT4 cardiaque humain dans la fibrillation auriculaire : rôle d’auto-anticorps dirigés contre ce récepteur ?
2004
The human cardiac 5-HT4 receptor was cloned in 1997. It is functional only in atrial myocytes where it is positively coupled via Gs to the adenylate cyclase, activates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and in consequence phosphorylates a variety of intracellular proteins implicated in excitation-contraction coupling. A number of studies suggest a role for the 5-HT4 receptor in the maintenance or elongation of atrial fibrillation. It is now accepted that certain cardiac pathologies involve auto-immune processes. Antibodies directed against the second extracellular loop of a number of cardiac G-protein linked receptors have been found. The human cardiac 5-HT4 receptor could therefore al…
Bases hormonals de la conducta prosocial: una revisió de la literatura
2016
Resumen: En los últimos años se ha intensificado el estudio de las conductas prosociales, incluyendo una mayor atención a los aspectos neuropsicobiológicos implicados en tales conductas, para entender su funcionamiento, así como para fomentarlas. Las investigaciones también pueden proporcionar una aproximación a la búsqueda de tratamientos más acertados a aquellas enfermedades en las que la cognición social se ve alterada. El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es establecer el estado actual de la cuestión, revisando la literatura publicada sobre las hormonas que influyen a la conducta prosocial, tanto en animales como en humanos. Los resultados de la investigación apuntan a la oxitocin…
Data from: Multidimensionality in host manipulation mimicked by serotonin injection
2014
Manipulative parasites often alter the phenotype of their hosts along multiple dimensions. ‘Multidimensionality’ in host manipulation could consist in the simultaneous alteration of several physiological pathways independently of one another, or proceed from the disruption of some key physiological parameter, followed by a cascade of effects. We compared multidimensionality in ‘host manipulation’ between two closely related amphipods, Gammarus fossarum and Gammarus pulex, naturally and experimentally infected with Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala), respectively. To that end, we calculated in each host–parasite association the effect size of the difference between infected and uninfecte…
Direct radiofluorination of [18F]MH.MZ for 5-HT2A receptor molecular imaging with PET
2012
Imaging the serotonin 2A neuroreceptor with positron emission tomography has been carried out with [11C]MDL 100907 and [18F]altanserin for years. Recently, the MDL 100907 analogue [18F]MH.MZ was developed by combining the increased selectivity profile of MDL 100907 and the favourable radiophysical properties of fluorine-18. Here, we want to report the synthesis of [18F]MH.MZ via direct radiofluorination. Unfortunately, the direct radiofluorination did not have any significant benefits over the indirect labelling method. This is mainly because the precursor for the direct labelling approach is not completely stable and slowly decomposes. However, only one HPLC separation is necessary for the…
Potential drug-drug interaction between duloxetine and acenocoumarol in a patient with Alzheimer's disease
2007
Abstract Background : Recent evidence suggests that duloxetine may increase the effect of warfarin, thereby increasing the possibility of bleeding. However, a MEDLINE search for articles published between 1980 and May 2007 (terms: duloxetine , anticoagulants , acenocoumarol , and interaction ; no language restriction) did not yield any reports of an interaction between concomitant use of duloxetine and acenocoumarol. Objective : The aim of this study was to describe a potential drug-drug interaction between duloxetine and acenocoumarol in a patient with Alzheimer's disease. The possible mechanism of this potential interaction is examined. Case summary : This report presents the case of a 63…
Paroxetine Administration Affects Microbiota and Bile Acid Levels in Mice.
2020
Recent interest in the role of microbiota in health and disease has implicated gut microbiota dysbiosis in psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder. Several antidepressant drugs that belong to the class of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been found to display antimicrobial activities. In fact, one of the first antidepressants discovered serendipitously in the 1950s, the monoamine-oxidase inhibitor Iproniazid, was a drug used for the treatment of tuberculosis. In the current study we chronically treated DBA/2J mice for 2 weeks with paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and collected fecal pellets as a proxy for the gut microbiota from the animals…
Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism in eating disorders: Data from a new biobank and META-analysis of previous studies.
2016
Objectives Growing interest focuses on the association between 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and eating disorders (ED), but published findings have been conflicting. Methods The Italian BIO.VE.D.A. biobank provided 976 samples (735 ED patients and 241 controls) for genotyping. We conducted a literature search of studies published up to 1 April 2015, including studies reporting on 5HTTLPR genotype and allele frequencies in obesity and/or ED. We ran a meta-analysis, including data from BIO.VE.D.A. – comparing low and high-functioning genotype and allele frequencies in ED vs. controls. Results Data from 21 studies, plus BIO.VE.D.A., were extracted providing information from 3,736 patients and 2,707 co…
Severe Tremor After Cotrimoxazole-Induced Elevation of Venlafaxine Serum Concentrations in a Patient With Major Depressive Disorder
2013
: We describe a female patient who was an extensive metabolizer of cytochrome P450 isoenzyme (CYP) 2D6 and an intermediate metabolizer of CYP2C19 (genotype: CYP2C19 *1/*2). She exhibited high serum concentrations of venlafaxine and O-desmethylvenlafaxine and developed severe tremor after comedication with cotrimoxazole (sulfamethazole/trimethoprim). Venlafaxine is mainly metabolized by O- and N-demethylation. O-demethylation is catalyzed by the highly polymorphic CYP2D6 and N-demethylation by several enzymes, CYP2C19, CYP2C9, and CYP3A4. The observed overall pharmacokinetic effect was most probably the result of decreased N-demethylation of venlafaxine by (1) reduced expression of CYP2C19 d…