Masahiro Osawa, Yoshifumi Fujisawa, Hirotake Katsu, Shohei Yamamoto, Hideki Ono
{"title":"[Effect of L-carnosine on repeated social defeat stress-induced behavioral and neurochemical changes in mice].","authors":"Masahiro Osawa, Yoshifumi Fujisawa, Hirotake Katsu, Shohei Yamamoto, Hideki Ono","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19250,"journal":{"name":"Nihon shinkei seishin yakurigaku zasshi = Japanese journal of psychopharmacology","volume":"33 2","pages":"81-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32747136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced depressive-like behaviors after Toll-like receptor 7 stimulation in mice.","authors":"Yasunori Kubo, Yoshiki Yanagawa, Machiko Matsumoto, Sachiko Hiraide, Hiroko Togashi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7 recognizes viral single-stranded RNA and triggers anti-viral immune responses through the production of type I interferons (IFNs) IFN-alpha and IFN-beta. IFN-alpha is known to induce various psychiatric changes such as depressive symptoms; however, the correlation with TLR7 activation remains to be determined. In this study, we examined the effect of imiquimod, a TLR7 specific ligand, on depressive-like behaviors evaluated by the forced swim test (FST) and the tail suspension test (TST) in mice. Immobility durations were significantly prolonged in both FST and TST by 2 h after imiquimod treatment (50 microg/body, i.p.), indicating that TLR7 activation enhanced depressive-like behaviors in mice. In addition, imiquimod induced IFN-alpha mRNA expression in the hippocampus, whereas it prevented long-term potentiation in the Schaffer-CA1 pathway (i.e., hippocampal synaptic plasticity). Moreover, TLR7 mRNA expression in the hippocampus was higher than that in the whole brain. These findings suggest that TLR7 activation enhances depressive-like behaviors in mice, possibly through increasing IFN-alpha expression and altering synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.</p>","PeriodicalId":19250,"journal":{"name":"Nihon shinkei seishin yakurigaku zasshi = Japanese journal of psychopharmacology","volume":"33 2","pages":"41-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32540212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomoaki Tezuka, Makoto Tamura, Mari A Kondo, M Sakaue, Kinya Okada, Kana Takemoto, Atsushi Fukunari, Hiroshi Yasumatsu, Yasushi Kajii
{"title":"[Cuprizone early deficits accompanied by specific glial activation implicate pathophysiological changes in schizophrenia].","authors":"Tomoaki Tezuka, Makoto Tamura, Mari A Kondo, M Sakaue, Kinya Okada, Kana Takemoto, Atsushi Fukunari, Hiroshi Yasumatsu, Yasushi Kajii","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19250,"journal":{"name":"Nihon shinkei seishin yakurigaku zasshi = Japanese journal of psychopharmacology","volume":"33 2","pages":"65-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32747132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Involvement of sigma 1 receptor in the SSRI-induced suppression of the methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and rewarding effects in mice.","authors":"Mahardian Rahmadi, Tomohisa Mori, Megumi Kanazawa, Hitomi Kubota, Masahiro Shibasaki, Tsutomu Suzuki","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The abuse of methamphetamine causes abnormal behaviors which are indistinguishable from schizophrenia in humans. Recent reports have shown that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have beneficial effects on methamphetamine-related behaviors, including behavioral sensitization and rewarding effects in animals. However, the exact mechanisms by which SSRIs affect methamphetamine-related behaviors are not yet clear. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of SSRIs on the development of methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and rewarding effects in mice. Behavioral sensitization was measured by examining the locomotor activity of mice in a tilting cage after repeated injections of methamphetamine. Repeated administration of methamphetamine significantly induced a behavioral sensitization. Some SSRIs (fluoxetine and fluvoxamine), which have sigma-1 receptor agonistic activity, inhibited the development of methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization. Fluoxetine also dose-dependently attenuated the rewarding effects of methamphetamine as measured by the conditioned place preference paradigm. Furthermore, the sigma-1 receptor antagonist NE-100 significantly reversed the inhibitory effects of fluoxetine on methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and rewarding effects. These results suggest that sigma-1 receptor agonistic activity might be involved in the attenuating effects of fluoxetine and fluvoxamine on methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization and rewarding effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":19250,"journal":{"name":"Nihon shinkei seishin yakurigaku zasshi = Japanese journal of psychopharmacology","volume":"33 2","pages":"49-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32540213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}