scholarly journals Increasing astrogenesis in the developing hippocampus induces autistic‐like behavior in mice via enhancing inhibitory synaptic transmission

Glia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Chen ◽  
Xiao‐Lin Ma ◽  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Xiao‐Yu Wang ◽  
Min‐Xin Xu ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Fuenzalida ◽  
Claudia Espinoza ◽  
Miguel Ángel Pérez ◽  
Cheril Tapia-Rojas ◽  
Loreto Cuitino ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 1525-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Ruscito ◽  
Neil L. Harrison

Abstract Liver failure is often accompanied by cognitive impairment and coma, a syndrome known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The administration of flumazenil, a benzodiazepine (BZ) antagonist, is effective in reversing the symptoms of HE in many patients. These clinical observations gave rise to notions of an endogenous BZ-like mechanism in HE, but to date no viable candidate compounds have been characterized. We show here that the hemoglobin (Hb) metabolites hemin and protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) interact with the BZ site on the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor and enhance inhibitory synaptic transmission in a manner similar to diazepam and zolpidem. This finding suggests that hemin and PPIX are neuroactive porphyrins capable of acting as endogenous ligands for the central BZ site. The accumulation of these porphyrins under pathophysiologic conditions provides a potentially novel mechanism for the central manifestations of HE.


2001 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 806-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A Maubach ◽  
Karine Martin ◽  
David W Smith ◽  
Louise Hewson ◽  
Robert A Frankshun ◽  
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