Psychedelics in psychiatry: neuroplastic, immunomodulatory, and neurotransmitter mechanisms

A Inserra, D De Gregorio, G Gobbi, M Nader - Pharmacological Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Mounting evidence suggests safety and efficacy of psychedelic compounds as potential
novel therapeutics in psychiatry. Ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug …

Therapeutic landscape for Batten disease: current treatments and future prospects

TB Johnson, JT Cain, KA White… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Batten disease (also known as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses) constitutes a family of
devastating lysosomal storage disorders that collectively represent the most common …

Crystal structure of the human σ1 receptor

HR Schmidt, S Zheng, E Gurpinar, A Koehl, A Manglik… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The human σ1 receptor is an enigmatic endoplasmic-reticulum-resident transmembrane
protein implicated in a variety of disorders including depression, drug addiction, and …

The molecular function of σ receptors: past, present, and future

HR Schmidt, AC Kruse - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2019 - cell.com
The σ 1 and σ 2 receptors are enigmatic proteins that have attracted attention for decades
due to the chemical diversity and therapeutic potential of their ligands. However, despite …

Lifelong choline supplementation ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology and associated cognitive deficits by attenuating microglia activation

R Velazquez, E Ferreira, S Knowles, C Fux… - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, there are no effective therapies to ameliorate the pathological progression of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence suggests that environmental factors may contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Methamphetamine-induced neuronal damage: neurotoxicity and neuroinflammation

B Kim, J Yun, B Park - Biomolecules & therapeutics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methamphetamine (METH) is a highly addictive psychostimulant and one of the most widely
abused drugs worldwide. The continuous use of METH eventually leads to drug addiction …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacology of dextromethorphan: Relevance to dextromethorphan/quinidine (Nuedexta®) clinical use

CP Taylor, SF Traynelis, J Siffert, LE Pope… - Pharmacology & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dextromethorphan (DM) has been used for more than 50 years as an over-the-counter
antitussive. Studies have revealed a complex pharmacology of DM with mechanisms …

Widespread cell stress and mitochondrial dysfunction occur in patients with early Alzheimer's disease

AV Venkataraman, A Mansur, G Rizzo… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Cell stress and impaired oxidative phosphorylation are central to mechanisms of synaptic
loss and neurodegeneration in the cellular pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this …

From psychiatry to neurology: Psychedelics as prospective therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders

U Kozlowska, C Nichols, K Wiatr… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The studies of psychedelics, especially psychedelic tryptamines like psilocybin, are rapidly
gaining interest in neuroscience research. Much of this interest stems from recent clinical …

Multi-target drug candidates for multifactorial Alzheimer's disease: AChE and NMDAR as molecular targets

MS Uddin, A Al Mamun, MT Kabir, GM Ashraf… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common forms of dementia among elder
people, which is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that results from a chronic loss of …