NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-25DOI: 10.1159/000531588
Maria Grazia Di Benedetto, Paola Landi, Claudio Mencacci, Annamaria Cattaneo
{"title":"Depression in Women: Potential Biological and Sociocultural Factors Driving the Sex Effect.","authors":"Maria Grazia Di Benedetto, Paola Landi, Claudio Mencacci, Annamaria Cattaneo","doi":"10.1159/000531588","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Important sex-related differences have been observed in the onset, prevalence, and clinical phenotype of depression, based on several epidemiological studies. Social, behavioural, and educational factors have a great role in underlying this bias; however, also several biological factors are extensively involved. Indeed, sexually dimorphic biological systems might represent the underlying ground for these disparities, including cerebral structures and neural correlates, reproductive hormones, stress response pathways, the immune system and inflammatory reaction, metabolism, and fat distribution. Furthermore, in this perspective, it is also important to consider and focus the attention on specific ages and life stages of individuals: indeed, women experience during their life specific periods of reproductive transitional phases, which are not found in men, that represent windows of particular psychological vulnerability. In addition to these, other biologically related risk factors, including the occurrence of sleep disturbances and the exposure to childhood trauma, which are found to differentially affect men and women, are also putative underlying mechanisms of the clinical bias of depression. Overall, by taking into account major differences which characterize men and women it might be possible to improve the diagnostic process, as well as treat more efficiently depressed individuals, based on a more personalized medicine and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"2-16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10871691/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139562622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1159/000538781
Kathrin Kreuzer, Anna Maria Birkl-Toeglhofer, Johannes Haybaeck, Alexandra Reiter, Nina Dalkner, Frederike T Fellendorf, Alexander Maget, Martina Platzer, Matthias Seidl, Lilli-Marie Mendel, Melanie Lenger, Armin Birner, Robert Queissner, Marco Mairinger, Anna Obermayer, Alexandra Kohlhammer-Dohr, Tatjana Maria Stross, Alfred Häussl, Carlo Hamm, Helmut Schöggl, Daniela Amberger-Otti, Annamaria Painold, Theresa Lahousen-Luxenberger, Birgitta Leitner-Afschar, Tanja Färber, Sabrina Mörkl, Jolana Wagner-Skacel, Nathalie Meier-Allard, Sonja Lackner, Sandra Holasek, Hansjörg Habisch, Tobias Madl, Eva Reininghaus, Susanne Astrid Bengesser
{"title":"PROVIT-CLOCK: A Potential Influence of Probiotics and Vitamin B7 Add-On Treatment and Metabolites on Clock Gene Expression in Major Depression.","authors":"Kathrin Kreuzer, Anna Maria Birkl-Toeglhofer, Johannes Haybaeck, Alexandra Reiter, Nina Dalkner, Frederike T Fellendorf, Alexander Maget, Martina Platzer, Matthias Seidl, Lilli-Marie Mendel, Melanie Lenger, Armin Birner, Robert Queissner, Marco Mairinger, Anna Obermayer, Alexandra Kohlhammer-Dohr, Tatjana Maria Stross, Alfred Häussl, Carlo Hamm, Helmut Schöggl, Daniela Amberger-Otti, Annamaria Painold, Theresa Lahousen-Luxenberger, Birgitta Leitner-Afschar, Tanja Färber, Sabrina Mörkl, Jolana Wagner-Skacel, Nathalie Meier-Allard, Sonja Lackner, Sandra Holasek, Hansjörg Habisch, Tobias Madl, Eva Reininghaus, Susanne Astrid Bengesser","doi":"10.1159/000538781","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>An increasing body of evidence suggests a strong relationship between gut health and mental state. Lately, a connection between butyrate-producing bacteria and sleep quality has been discussed. The PROVIT study, as a randomized, double-blind, 4-week, multispecies probiotic intervention study, aims at elucidating the potential interconnection between the gut's metabolome and the molecular clock in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The aim of the PROVIT-CLOCK study was to analyze changes in core clock gene expression during treatment with probiotic intervention versus placebo in fasting blood and the connection with the serum- and stool-metabolome in patients with MDD (n = 53). In addition to clinical assessments in the PROVIT study, metabolomics analyses with 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (stool and serum) and gene expression (RT-qPCR) analysis of the core clock genes ARNTL, PER3, CLOCK, TIMELESS, NR1D1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of fasting blood were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The gene expression levels of the clock gene CLOCK were significantly altered only in individuals receiving probiotic add-on treatment. TIMELESS and ARNTL gene expression changed significantly over the 4-week intervention period in both groups. Various positive and negative correlations between metabolites in serum/stool and core clock gene expression levels were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Changing the gut microbiome by probiotic treatment potentially influences CLOCK gene expression. The preliminary results of the PROVIT-CLOCK study indicate a possible interconnection between the gut microbiome and circadian rhythm potentially orchestrated by metabolites.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"135-151"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11548105/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141081956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-15DOI: 10.1159/000536280
{"title":"Prof. Werner Strik's Retirement from the Role of Editor-in-Chief of Neuropsychobiology.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000536280","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536280","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139472791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-22DOI: 10.1159/000535409
Pilar Salgado-Pineda, Marc Ferrer, Natàlia Calvo, Xavier Costa, María Ángeles Pozuelo-López, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Brenda Tarragona, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Raymond Salvador, Edith Pomarol-Clotet
{"title":"Brain Functional Correlates of Recall of Life Events in Medication-Naïve Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder.","authors":"Pilar Salgado-Pineda, Marc Ferrer, Natàlia Calvo, Xavier Costa, María Ángeles Pozuelo-López, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Brenda Tarragona, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Raymond Salvador, Edith Pomarol-Clotet","doi":"10.1159/000535409","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recall of autobiographical events has been found to be impaired in borderline personality disorder (BPD), but few studies have examined if this impairment has brain functional correlates. This study evaluated brain functional alterations during autobiographical recall using medication-naive adolescent patients to avoid potential confounding effects of treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-two adolescent female patients with BPD who were never-medicated and without psychiatric comorbidity and 33 matched healthy females underwent fMRI while they viewed individualized cue words that evoked autobiographical memories. Control conditions included viewing non-memory-evoking cues and a low-level baseline (cross-fixation).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During autobiographical recall, in comparison to the low-level baseline, the BPD patients showed increased brain activity in regions including the posterior hippocampus, the lingual and calcarine cortex, and the precuneus compared to the healthy controls. The BPD patients also showed a failure to deactivate the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during autobiographical recall. No patient-control differences were found when memory-evoking words were compared to non-memory-evoking words.</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusions: </strong>This study finds evidence of hippocampal/lingual/calcarine/precuneus hyperactivation to stimuli that evoke autobiographical memories in patients with BPD. As the changes were seen in never-treated patients without other comorbidities, they could be considered intrinsic to the disorder. Our study also adds to existing evidence for failure of deactivation in BPD, this time outside the default mode network.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"49-60"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139520338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Targeting Method for rTMS for Treating Depression in Japanese Patients: A Comparison of the Standard, F3, and Neuronavigation Approaches.","authors":"Banri Tsukuda, Shunichiro Ikeda, Shota Minami, Koji Katsura, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Tomohide Kame, Keiichiro Nishida, Masafumi Yoshimura, Toshihiko Kinoshita","doi":"10.1159/000541006","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000541006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (lDLPFC) is a commonly targeted brain region for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for depression. The lDLPFC has been identified using the \"5-cm rule.\" However, identification of the lDLPFC may deviate from the ideal stimulation site localized by neuronavigation. Therefore, we aimed to compare this method with other methods and examine the relationship between deviation from the ideal stimulation site and treatment effects. While most existing studies have focused on participants of European descent, this study focused on Japanese participants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study participants were 16 patients who underwent rTMS and had the stimulus location identified using the 5-cm method. The lDLPFC was identified by the F3 electrode position and neuronavigation in addition to the 5-cm rule, and these locations were compared. We then performed a correlation analysis of the distance between the sites identified by the 5-cm method and by neuronavigation, as well as changes in scores on the 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The lDLPFC identified by the F3 site and neuronavigation was approximately 3 cm more anterolateral than that identified by the 5-cm method. A significant correlation was found between the distance between the sites identified by the 5-cm method and neuronavigation and the rate of change in HAMD-17 scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ideal stimulation site may be approximately 3 cm anterior to the site identified by the 5-cm method, and stimulation of the F3 site may be a valid alternative to the 5-cm method.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"170-178"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142392097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1159/000538693
Mark A Colijn, David N Crockford
{"title":"18q Deletion Syndrome-Associated Schizophrenia: A Case Report.","authors":"Mark A Colijn, David N Crockford","doi":"10.1159/000538693","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>18q deletion syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by various neurodevelopmental anomalies and medical issues. Although the occurrence of psychosis has been reported in a small number of cases, details regarding the nature of such symptoms and their response to treatment have not been described.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>We describe a 31-year-old male with a history of speech delays, autistic features, a tethered spinal cord, bilateral vertical talus, subaortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation, recurrent otitis media, mild hearing loss, and hypospadias, who experienced a first episode of psychosis in his late 20s. His psychotic symptoms included auditory hallucinations, various delusions, and disorganization of thought. Although his presentation is atypical in certain ways (e.g., exhibiting highly fluctuant symptoms), he nonetheless meets criteria for schizophrenia. Given his overall clinical picture, chromosomal microarray analysis was completed, which revealed a 19.78 Mb deletion at 18q21.32 from nucleotide 58,226,713 to 78,015,180 (GRCh37). Despite exhibiting a somewhat idiosyncratic response to numerous antipsychotic medications, he eventually achieved partial remission of symptoms with improved insight on relatively low dose oral aripiprazole therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first in-depth description of 18q deletion syndrome-associated schizophrenia. While our patient's atypical presentation and idiosyncratic response to treatment may be mediated by his comorbid diagnosis of autism, his unusual psychiatric phenotype may alternatively be directly related to his underlying genetic disorder. The description of additional cases in the future will hopefully help clarify matters further.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"179-182"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140857608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1159/000541720
Hao Zheng, Siyu Fan, Xiaonan Pang, Qiang Wei, Yue Wu, Yanghua Tian, Kai Wang
{"title":"Altered Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Signal Stability in the Brain of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder Undergoing Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.","authors":"Hao Zheng, Siyu Fan, Xiaonan Pang, Qiang Wei, Yue Wu, Yanghua Tian, Kai Wang","doi":"10.1159/000541720","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000541720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, relapse-prone psychiatric disorder with unknown pathogenesis. Previous studies on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging of MDD have mostly focused on the spontaneous activity of blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signals; however, a few studies have investigated BOLD signal stability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a resting-state functional study in 42 patients with MDD and 42 healthy controls (HC) matched for age and sex. This included the BOLD signal stability, resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis, correlation analysis, and support vector machine (SVM) analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The BOLD signal stability of the left fusiform gyrus, right inferior temporal gyrus, right temporal pole superior temporal gyrus, and left thalamus was significantly lower in the MDD group compared to the HC group. Further RSFC analysis revealed that the connectivity between right inferior temporal gyrus and both left inferior temporal gyrus and left supramarginal gyrus was significantly reduced in the MDD group. Additionally, the RSFC levels of left thalamus and right thalamus were decreased. Combining BOLD signal stability and RSFC, the SVM-based classification model achieved an accuracy of 80.95% (sensitivity: 78.57%; specificity: 83.33%; receiver-operating characteristic area under the curve: 0.8793).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The integration of the BOLD signal stability index and RSFC index demonstrates a robust capability to differentiate between individuals with MDD and HC subjects. We tentatively believe that a combination of the BOLD signal stability index and RSFC can be used to diagnose MDD.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"193-204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142731122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Light Exposure on Alertness after Wake-Up in Healthy Men: Comparing Dim, Bright, Red, and Blue Light.","authors":"Liza Mekschrat, Torsten Straßer, Shiwa Ghassabei, Bjarne Schmalbach, Mathias Niedling, Katja Petrowski","doi":"10.1159/000541230","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000541230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Light is a key factor in moderating human alertness, both subjective and objective. However, the methodology applies in research on the effects of exposure to light of different wavelengths and intensities on objective and subjective alertness varies greatly and evidence on objective alertness in particular is still inconclusive. Thus, the present, highly standardized within-subject laboratory study on N = 44 healthy males explored how LED light of different intensities (dim vs. bright light) and wavelengths (red vs. blue) affected objective (reaction time/RT) as well as subjective (sleepiness) alertness in the morning after wake-up.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants spent two separate nights in the laboratory and were exposed to either one of the two light intensities or colors for 60 min after wake-up. Additionally, they indicated their sleepiness on the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and participated in an auditory RT task before and after light intervention. It was hypothesized that both bright and blue light would lead to greater subjective and objective alertness when compared to dim and red light, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicated that average RTs were longer for participants in the bright light condition (p = 0.004, f2 = 0.07) and that RTs decreased post-light exposure irrespective of light being dim or bright (p = 0.026, f2 = 0.07). However, dim versus bright light and RT did not interact (p = 0.758, f2 = 0.07). Chronotype was a significant covariate in the interaction of dim versus bright light and subjective sleepiness (p = 0.008, f2 = 0.22). There was no difference in RTs when comparing exposure to red or blue light (p = 0.488, f2 = 0.01). Findings on subjective sleepiness and light of different wavelengths revealed that sleepiness was reduced after light exposure (p = 0.007, f2 = 0.06), although the wavelength of light did not appear to play a role in this effect (p = 0.817, f2 = 0.06).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Hence, neither of the hypotheses could be confirmed. However, they indicated that evening types might benefit from exposure to bright light regarding sleepiness, but not morning types.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"183-192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11651340/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuropsychobiologyPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1159/000537747
Paolo Olgiati, Basilio Pecorino, Alessandro Serretti
{"title":"Neurological, Metabolic, and Psychopathological Correlates of Lifetime Suicidal Behaviour in Major Depressive Disorder without Current Suicide Ideation.","authors":"Paolo Olgiati, Basilio Pecorino, Alessandro Serretti","doi":"10.1159/000537747","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000537747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Suicidal behaviour (SB) has a complex aetiology. Although suicidal ideation (SI) is considered the most important risk factor for future attempts, many people who engage in SB do not report it.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated neurological, metabolic, and psychopathological correlates of lifetime SB in two independent groups of patients with major depression (sample 1: n = 230; age: 18-65 years; sample 2: n = 258; age >60 years) who did not report SI during an index episode.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among adults (sample 1), SB was reported by 141 subjects (58.7%) and severe SB by 33 (15%). After controlling for interactions, four risk factors for SB emerged: male gender (OR 2.55; 95% CI: 1.06-6.12), negative self-perception (OR 1.76; 95% CI: 1.08-2.87), subthreshold hypomania (OR 4.50; 95% CI: 1.57-12.85), and sexual abuse (OR 3.09; 95% CI: 1.28-7.48). The presence of at least two of these factors had the best accuracy in predicting SB: sensitivity = 57.6% (39.2-74.5); specificity = 75.1% (68.5-82.0); PPV = 27.9% (20.9-37.2); NPV = 91.4% (87.6-94.1). In older patients (sample 2), 23 subjects (9%) reported previous suicide attempts, which were characterized by earlier onset (25 years: OR 0.95: 0.92-0.98), impaired verbal performance (verbal fluency: OR 0.95: 0.89-0.99), higher HDL cholesterol levels (OR 1.04: 1.00-1.07) and more dyskinesias (OR 2.86: 1.22-6.70).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings suggest that SB is common in major depressive disorder, even when SI is not reported. In these individuals it is feasible and recommended to investigate both psychiatric and organic risk factors. The predictive power of models excluding SI is comparable to that of models including SI.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"89-100"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"S-Nitrosoglutathione Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Improves Retention Memory Dysfunctions in Intra-Cerebroventricular-Streptozotocin Rat Model of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease via Activation of BDNF and Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor-2 Antioxidant Signaling Pathway.","authors":"Harikesh Dubey, Arunabha Ray, Anamika Dubey, Kavita Gulati","doi":"10.1159/000538348","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000538348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and transcription nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 (NRF-2) play an important role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the interactive involvement of BDNF and NRF-2 in respect to antioxidant mechanisms in different parts of the AD brain is still unclear. Considering the above condition, used S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) to examine whether it modulates the BDNF and NRF-2 levels to activate signaling pathway to promote antioxidant levels in AD brains.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>AD was induced by intracerebroventricular infusion of streptozotocin (ICV-STZ, 3 mg/kg) in Wistar rats. The effect of GSNO was analyzed by evaluating the retention of memory in months 1, 2, and 3. After the behavior study, rats were sacrificed and accessed the amyloid beta (Aβ)-40, Aβ42, glutathione (GSH), BDNF, and NRF-2 levels in the hippocampus, cortex, and amygdala tissue.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pretreatment with GSNO (50 µg/kg/intraperitoneal/day) restored the BDNF, and NRF-2 levels toward normalcy as compared with ICV-STZ + saline-treated animals. Also, GSNO treatment reversed the oxidative stress and increased the GSH levels toward normal levels. Further, reduced Aβ levels and neuronal loss in different brain regions. As a result, GSNO treatment improved the cognitive deficits in ICV-STZ-treated rats.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results showed that endogenous nitric oxide donor GSNO improved the cognitive deficits and ICV-STZ-induced AD pathological conditions, possibly via attenuating the oxidative stress. Hence, the above finding supported that GSNO treatment may activate BDNF and NRF-2 antioxidant signaling pathways in the AD brain to normalize oxidative stress, which is the main causative factor for ICV-STZ-induced AD pathogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19239,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychobiology","volume":" ","pages":"101-113"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140922219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}