Determining the role of microRNAs in psychiatric disorders

O Issler, A Chen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Recent studies have revealed that patients with psychiatric disorders have altered
microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles in the circulation and brain. Furthermore, animal …

Cannabidiol as a potential treatment for anxiety and mood disorders: molecular targets and epigenetic insights from preclinical research

PA Melas, M Scherma, W Fratta, C Cifani… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the most abundant non-psychoactive component of cannabis; it
displays a very low affinity for cannabinoid receptors, facilitates endocannabinoid signaling …

Psychiatric disorders associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a pharmacovigilance analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database

C Zhou, S Peng, A Lin, A Jiang, Y Peng, T Gu… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background With the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for tumour
immunotherapy, the immune-related adverse events (irAEs) caused by their collateral effect …

The microbiome regulates amygdala-dependent fear recall

AE Hoban, RM Stilling, G Moloney, F Shanahan… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
The amygdala is a key brain region that is critically involved in the processing and
expression of anxiety and fear-related signals. In parallel, a growing number of preclinical …

Microbial regulation of microRNA expression in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex

AE Hoban, RM Stilling, GM Moloney, RD Moloney… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background There is growing evidence for a role of the gut microbiome in shaping
behaviour relevant to many psychiatric and neurological disorders. Preclinical studies using …

Neuromuscular synaptogenesis: coordinating partners with multiple functions

H Darabid, AP Perez-Gonzalez… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
The formation of highly efficient and reliable synapses at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
relies on dynamic molecular interactions. Studies of the development and maturation of the …

The roles of the gut microbiota–miRNA interaction in the host pathophysiology

M Li, WD Chen, YD Wang - Molecular Medicine, 2020 - Springer
The gut microbiota regulates the biological processes of organisms acting like
'another'genome, affecting the health and disease of the host. MicroRNAs, as important …

MicroRNA‑34a‑5p expression in the plasma and in its extracellular vesicle fractions in subjects with Parkinson's disease: An exploratory study

I Grossi, A Radeghieri, L Paolini… - International …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an important disabling age‑related disorder and is the second
most common neurodegenerative disease. Currently, no established molecular biomarkers …

Epigenetic mechanisms underlying learning and the inheritance of learned behaviors

BG Dias, SA Maddox, T Klengel, KJ Ressler - Trends in neurosciences, 2015 - cell.com
Gene expression and regulation is an important sculptor of the behavior of organisms.
Epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression not by altering the genetic alphabet but …

A neuroscientist's guide to transgenic mice and other genetic tools

S Navabpour, JL Kwapis, TJ Jarome - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
The past decade has produced an explosion in the number and variety of genetic tools
available to neuroscientists, resulting in an unprecedented ability to precisely manipulate …