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Open AccessThe NADPH oxidase NOX2 as a novel biomarker for suicidality: evidence from human post mortem brain samples
Recent evidence points towards a role of oxidative stress in suicidality. However, few studies were carried out on the sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in subjects with suicidal behaviour. We have prev...
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Open AccessNADPH oxidase elevations in pyramidal neurons drive psychosocial stress-induced neuropathology
Oxidative stress is thought to be involved in the development of behavioral and histopathological alterations in animal models of psychosis. Here we investigate the causal contribution of reactive oxygen speci...
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Role of endocannabinoids and their analogues in obesity and eating disorders
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Short- and long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid agonist WIN55,212-2 on rat glutamate transmission and cognitive functions
The aim of the present review is to summarize integrated neurochemical, morphological and neurobehavioral evidence, in particular from our laboratory, which emphasize the short- and long-term consequences of p...
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Accumulation of zinc-phthalocyanine (Zn-Pc) in the aorta of atherosclerotic rabbits
Phthalocyanines are structural analogs of porphyrins and are characterized by a closely similar mechanism of transport in the bloodstream. We evaluated the accumulation of liposomebound Zn(II)-phthalocyanine (...
