ArticleHeliyon2020
Possible involvement of NMDA receptor in the anxiolytic-like effect of caffeic acid in mice model of maternal separation stress.
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- Impact of Stress on Brain Morphology: Insights into Structural Biomarkers of Stress-related Disorders.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Adolescent Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure induces differential acute and long-term neuronal and molecular disturbances in dorsal vs. ventral hippocampal subregions.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Physiological and cognitive changes after treatments of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil: implications of the gut microbiome and depressive-like behavior.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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- Low doses of ketamine and guanosine abrogate corticosterone-induced anxiety-related behavior, but not disturbances in the hippocampal NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.Psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Assessment of Antidepressant-like, Anxiolytic Effects and Impact on Memory ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimAnxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders worldwide. Common anti-anxiety medications are associated with several side effects. Caffeic acid (CA) is a phenolic compound with several pharmacological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the anxiolytic-like effect of CA in maternally separated (MS) mice focusing on the possible involvement of the NMDA receptor. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this study, we used the MS paradigm (as a valid animal model of anxiety) in male mice and examined their anxiety-like behavior in postnatal day (PND) 45. The animals were divided into 12 experimental groups. Mice treated with CA alone and in combination with the NMDA receptor agonist/antagonist and then using open field (OFT) and elevated plus maze (EPM) anxiety-like behavior was assessed. Finally, the expression of NMDA receptor subtypes was assessed in the hippocampus using RT- PCR.
resultsFinding showed that CA exerted anxiolytic -like effects in the OFT and EPM tests. We showed that administration of effective dose of NMDA significantly reversed the anxiolytic-like effect of effective dose of CA and co-administration of ketamine (a NMDA receptor antagonist) significantly potentiated the effect of sub-effective dose of CA. Furthermore, ketamine enhanced the CA-reducing effect on NMDA receptors in the MS mice.
conclusionOur finding demonstrated that, probably at least, NMDA receptors are involved in the anxiety-like properties of CA in MS mice.
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