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GABAergic and inflammatory changes in the frontal cortex following neonatal PCP plus isolation rearing, as a dual-hit neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia (2024)
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Cale, J. A., Chauhan, E. J., Cleaver, J. J., Fusciardi, A. R., McCann, S., Waters, H. C., …King, M. V. (in press). GABAergic and inflammatory changes in the frontal cortex following neonatal PCP plus isolation rearing, as a dual-hit neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia. Molecular Neurobiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-024-03987-y

The pathogenesis of schizophrenia begins in early neurodevelopment and leads to excitatory-inhibitory imbalance. It is therefore essential that preclinical models used to understand disease, select drug targets and evaluate novel therapeutics encompa... Read More about GABAergic and inflammatory changes in the frontal cortex following neonatal PCP plus isolation rearing, as a dual-hit neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia.

Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia (2020)
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Shortall, S. E., Brown, A. M., Newton-Mann, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Evans, C., Fowler, M., & King, M. V. (2020). Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia. Molecular Neurobiology, 57(9), 3439–3457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-01938-x

© 2020, The Author(s). Despite several compounds entering clinical trials for the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia, few have progressed beyond phase III. This is partly attributed to a need for improved preclinical models, to understa... Read More about Calbindin Deficits May Underlie Dissociable Effects of 5-HT6 and mGlu7 Antagonists on Glutamate and Cognition in a Dual-Hit Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia.

Gestational poly(I:C) attenuates, not exacerbates, the behavioral, cytokine and mTOR changes caused by isolation rearing in a rat ‘dual-hit’ model for neurodevelopmental disorders (2020)
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Goh, J. Y., O'Sullivan, S. E., Shortall, S. E., Zordan, N., Piccinini, A. M., Potter, H. G., …King, M. V. (2020). Gestational poly(I:C) attenuates, not exacerbates, the behavioral, cytokine and mTOR changes caused by isolation rearing in a rat ‘dual-hit’ model for neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 89, 100-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.076

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Many psychiatric illnesses have a multifactorial etiology involving genetic and environmental risk factors that trigger persistent neurodevelopmental impairments. Several risk factors have been individually replicated in rodents,... Read More about Gestational poly(I:C) attenuates, not exacerbates, the behavioral, cytokine and mTOR changes caused by isolation rearing in a rat ‘dual-hit’ model for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Oxytocin attenuates phencyclidine hyperactivity and increases social interaction and nucleus accumben dopamine release in rats (2018)
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Kohli, S., King, M. V., Williams, S., Edwards, A., Ballard, T. M., Steward, L. J., …Fone, K. C. F. (2019). Oxytocin attenuates phencyclidine hyperactivity and increases social interaction and nucleus accumben dopamine release in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(2), 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0171-0

The pituitary neuropeptide oxytocin promotes social behavior, and is a potential adjunct therapy for social deficits in schizophrenia and autism. Oxytocin may mediate pro-social effects by modulating monoamine release in limbic and cortical areas, wh... Read More about Oxytocin attenuates phencyclidine hyperactivity and increases social interaction and nucleus accumben dopamine release in rats.

Characterization of behavioral, signaling and cytokine alterations in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia, and their reversal by the 5-HT6 receptor antagonist SB-399885 (2018)
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Shortall, S. E., Negm, O. H., Fowler, M., Fairclough, L. C., Tighe, P. J., Wigmore, P. M., & King, M. (2018). Characterization of behavioral, signaling and cytokine alterations in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia, and their reversal by the 5-HT6 receptor antagonist SB-399885. Molecular Neurobiology, 55(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-018-0940-0

Post-weaning social isolation of rats produces neuroanatomical, neurochemical and behavioral alterations resembling some core features of schizophrenia. This study examined the ability of the 5-HT? receptor antagonist SB-399885 to reverse isolation-i... Read More about Characterization of behavioral, signaling and cytokine alterations in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia, and their reversal by the 5-HT6 receptor antagonist SB-399885.

Post-weaning social isolation of rats leads to long-term disruption of the gut microbiota-immune-brain axis (2017)
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Doherty, F. D., O’Mahony, S. M., Peterson, V. L., O’Sullivan, O., Crispie, F., Cotter, P. D., …Fone, K. C. (2018). Post-weaning social isolation of rats leads to long-term disruption of the gut microbiota-immune-brain axis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 68, 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.024

Early-life stress is an established risk for the development of psychiatric disorders. Post-weaning isolation rearing of rats produces lasting developmental changes in behavior and brain function that may have translational pathophysiological relevan... Read More about Post-weaning social isolation of rats leads to long-term disruption of the gut microbiota-immune-brain axis.

Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats (2016)
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Shortall, S. E., Green, A. R., Fone, K. C., & King, M. V. (2016). Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116650408

Administration of caffeine with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) alters the pharmacological properties of MDMA in rats. The current study examined whether caffeine alters the behavioural and neurochemical effects of mephedrone, which has simi... Read More about Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats.

The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia (2015)
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Watson, D. J., King, M. V., Gyertyán, I., Kiss, B., Adham, N., & Fone, K. C. (2016). The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.020

Current antipsychotic medication is largely ineffective against the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. One promising therapeutic development is to design new molecules that balance actions on dopamine D2 and D3 receptors to maximise be... Read More about The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia.

Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone (2015)
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Shortall, S. E., Spicer, C. H., Ebling, F. J., Green, A. R., Fone, K. C., & King, M. V. (2016). Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone. Addiction Biology, 21(6), 1127-1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12283

© 2015 Society for the Study of Addiction The psychoactive effects of mephedrone are commonly compared with those of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, but because of a shorter duration of action, users often employ repeated administration to mainta... Read More about Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone.

The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring (2014)
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Wright, T., King, M., Davey, W., Langley-Evans, S. . C., & Voigt, J. (2014). The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring. British Journal of Nutrition, 112, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514003134

There is increasing evidence that hyperenergetic diets impact on memory in rodents. However, it is largely unknown how diets, such as a cafeteria diet (CD), that mimic a Western diet act on learning and memory, in particular when fed during early sta... Read More about The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring.