Toxoplasmosis: targeting neurotransmitter systems in psychiatric disorders

T Nayeri, S Sarvi, A Daryani - Metabolic Brain Disease, 2022 - Springer
The most common form of the disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is latent
toxoplasmosis due to the formation of tissue cysts in various organs, such as the brain …

The role of parasites and pathogens in influencing generalised anxiety and predation-related fear in the mammalian central nervous system

M Kaushik, PHL Lamberton, JP Webster - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Neuroendocrine-Immune Axis in Health and Disease.”
Behavioural and neurophysiological traits and responses associated with anxiety and …

Distribution of Wfs1 protein in the central nervous system of the mouse and its relation to clinical symptoms of the Wolfram syndrome

H Luuk, S Koks, M Plaas, J Hannibal… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in the coding region of the WFS1 gene cause Wolfram syndrome, a rare
multisystem neurodegenerative disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance. Patients with …

Wfs1-deficient mice display impaired behavioural adaptation in stressful environment

H Luuk, M Plaas, S Raud, J Innos, S Sütt… - Behavioural brain …, 2009 - Elsevier
Wfs1-deficient mice were generated by disrupting the 8th exon of Wfs1 gene. Reproduction
rates of homozygous Wfs1-deficient mice were slightly below the expected values, they …

Vacuolar-type H+-ATPase V1A subunit is a molecular partner of Wolfram syndrome 1 (WFS1) protein, which regulates its expression and stability

S Gharanei, M Zatyka, D Astuti, J Fenton… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Wolfram syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neurodegeneration
and diabetes mellitus. The gene responsible for the syndrome (WFS1) encodes an …

Effects of age and anxiety on learning and memory

A Küçük, A Gölgeli, R Saraymen, N Koç - Behavioural brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effects of age and anxiety on behavior, learning and
memory in rats. Before and after the anxiety and learning tests, locomotor activity …

Transcriptome analysis identifies genes with enriched expression in the mouse central extended amygdala

JAJ Becker, K Befort, C Blad, D Filliol, A Ghate… - Neuroscience, 2008 - Elsevier
The central extended amygdala (EAc) is an ensemble of highly interconnected limbic
structures of the anterior brain, and forms a cellular continuum including the bed nucleus of …

A screen for genes induced in the amygdaloid area during cat odor exposure

S Kõks, H Luuk, A Nelovkov, T Areda… - Genes, Brain and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of a present study was to identify the genes activated or inactivated in the
amygdaloid area after the exposure to cat odor. Cat odor exposure was used to induce the …

Cat odor causes long-lasting contextual fear conditioning and increased pituitary-adrenal activation, without modifying anxiety

C Muñoz-Abellán, N Daviu, C Rabasa, R Nadal… - Hormones and …, 2009 - Elsevier
A single exposure to a cat or cat odors has been reported by some groups to induce
contextual and auditory fear conditioning and long-lasting changes in anxiety-like …

Metabolomics of the Wolfram Syndrome 1 Gene (Wfs1) Deficient Mice

R Porosk, A Terasmaa, R Mahlapuu… - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Wolfram syndrome 1 is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease
characterized by diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness …