Development of drugs based on imidazole and benzimidazole bioactive heterocycles: recent advances and future directions

M Gaba, C Mohan - Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016 - Springer
Imidazole and benzimidazole rings are the most important nitrogen-containing heterocycles,
which are widely explored and utilized by the pharmaceutical industry for drug discovery …

Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

MJ Millan, Y Agid, M Brüne, ET Bullmore… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Studies of psychiatric disorders have traditionally focused on emotional symptoms such as
depression, anxiety and hallucinations. However, poorly controlled cognitive deficits are …

[图书][B] Veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics

JE Riviere, MG Papich - 2018 - books.google.com
Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tenth Edition is a fully updated and revised
version of the gold-standard reference on the use of drug therapy in all major veterinary …

Noradrenergic pain modulation

A Pertovaara - Progress in neurobiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Norepinephrine is involved in intrinsic control of pain. Main sources of norepinephrine are
sympathetic nerves peripherally and noradrenergic brainstem nuclei A1–A7 centrally …

[HTML][HTML] Xylazine in the opioid epidemic: a systematic review of case reports and clinical implications

S Ayub, S Parnia, K Poddar, AK Bachu, A Sullivan… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction and objectives: The opioid overdose epidemic is exacerbated by the
emergence of Xylazine as an illicit drug adulterant. Xylazine, a veterinary sedative, can …

The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine network optimizes coupling of cerebral blood volume with oxygen demand

LK Bekar, HS Wei… - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Given the brain's uniquely high cell density and tissue oxygen levels bordering on hypoxia,
the ability to rapidly and precisely match blood flow to constantly changing patterns in neural …

Optoactivation of locus ceruleus neurons evokes bidirectional changes in thermal nociception in rats

L Hickey, Y Li, SJ Fyson, TC Watson… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Pontospinal noradrenergic neurons are thought to form part of a descending endogenous
analgesic system that exerts inhibitory influences on spinal nociception. Using optogenetic …

Therapeutic approaches to epileptogenesis—hope on the horizon

A Pitkänen - Epilepsia, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Prevention of epileptogenesis is an unmet need in medicine. During the last 3 years,
however, several preclinical studies have demonstrated remarkable favorable effects of …

Combined treatment with naloxone and the alpha2 adrenoceptor antagonist atipamezole reversed brain hypoxia induced by a fentanyl-xylazine mixture in a rat model

S Choi, MR Irwin, MR Noya, Y Shaham… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Xylazine, a veterinary tranquillizer known by drug users as “Tranq”, is being increasingly
detected in people who overdose on opioid drugs, indicating enhanced health risk of …

Noradrenergic versus dopaminergic modulation of impulsivity, attention and monitoring behaviour in rats performing the stop-signal task: possible relevance to ADHD

A Bari, TW Robbins - Psychopharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Rationale Deficient response inhibition is a prominent feature of many pathological
conditions characterised by impulsive and compulsive behaviour. Clinically effective doses …