Emerging epigenetic dynamics in gut-microglia brain axis: experimental and clinical implications for accelerated brain aging in schizophrenia

B Ben-Azu, EC Del Re, J VanderZwaag… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Brain aging, which involves a progressive loss of neuronal functions, has been reported to
be premature in probands affected by schizophrenia (SCZ). Evidence shows that SCZ and …

Effects of perinatal exposure to ketamine on the developing brain

HM Cheung, DTW Yew - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Initially used as an analgesic and anesthetic, ketamine has unfortunately been abused as a
popular recreational party drug due to its psychotropic effects. Over the last decade …

Geraniol attenuates behavioral and neurochemical impairments by inhibitions of HPA-axis and oxido-inflammatory perturbations in mice exposed to post-traumatic …

B Ben-Azu, OG Adebayo, EG Moke… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geraniol is an acyclic isoprenoid monoterpenoid analogue that has been shown to elicit
neuroprotective functions, primarily through its ability to stimulate antioxidant and anti …

Reversal and preventive pleiotropic mechanisms involved in the antipsychotic-like effect of taurine, an essential β-amino acid in ketamine-induced experimental …

B Ben-Azu, CI Uruaka, AM Ajayi, TA Jarikre… - Neurochemical …, 2023 - Springer
Schizophrenia is a life disabling, multisystem neuropsychiatric disease mostly derived from
complex epigenetic-mediated neurobiological changes causing behavioural deficits …

Role of MAPK/NF-κB pathway in cardioprotective effect of Morin in isoproterenol induced myocardial injury in rats

VK Verma, S Malik, SP Narayanan, E Mutneja… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - Springer
Oxidative stress plays a major role in myocardial injury. Morin, a bioflavonoid has known to
possess various biological activities in previous studies. Hence, this study evaluated the …

[HTML][HTML] Kolaviron abates busulfan-induced episodic memory deficit and testicular dysfunction in rats: the implications for neuroendopathobiological changes during …

MO Oyovwi, B Ben-Azu, TP Edesiri, E Victor… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Busulfan is a popular antileukemia chemotherapeutic alkylating agent widely known to
induce variety of serious adverse effects including chemobrain-related cognitive …

Lipopolysaccharide exacerbates ketamine-induced psychotic-like behavior, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation in mice: ameliorative effect of diosmin

AEO Eneni, B Ben-Azu, AM Ajayi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Schizophrenia, a neuropsychiatric disorder has been associated with aberrant
neurotransmission affecting behaviors, social preference, and cognition. Limitations in …

Mechanisms underpinning Carpolobia lutea G. Don ethanol extract's neurorestorative and antipsychotic-like activities in an NMDA receptor antagonist model of …

NA Omeiza, A Bakre, B Ben-Azu, AA Sowunmi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Persistent ketamine insults to the central nervous system
block NMDA receptors and disrupt putative neurotransmission, oxido–nitrosative, and …

Morin decreases cortical pyramidal neuron degeneration via inhibition of neuroinflammation in mouse model of schizophrenia

B Ben-Azu, AO Aderibigbe, AM Ajayi, AEO Eneni… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation plays a prominent role in the pathophysiology and progression of
schizophrenia. Thus, suppression of neuroinflammation may retard the progression of the …

[HTML][HTML] Antipsychotic effect of diosgenin in ketamine-induced murine model of schizophrenia: Involvement of oxidative stress and cholinergic transmission

B Ben-Azu, OG Adebayo, AR Fokoua… - IBRO Neuroscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
A decrease in the levels of antioxidant arsenals exacerbate generation of reactive
oxygen/nitrogen species, leading to neurochemical dysfunction, with significant impact on …