Progress in characteristics and application of olfactory bulbectomy animal model / 药学学报

In rodents, bilateral olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) results in a series of changes in behaviors and neurobiology, similar to the clinical symptoms of depression in patients. These changes can be reversed by chronic but not acute treatment of antidepressants. Owing to the face, construct and predictive validities, the OBX model has been used to investigate the mechanisms of depression, screen for antidepressants, and reveal the mechanism of drug action. In addition, there are certain features in OBX animals resembling those of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), including the impaired learning and memory ability and the accumulation of amyloid-β protein (Aβ). In this review, we present the association between olfaction and depression or AD, the surgical procedure of OBX, the behavioral features of OBX animals, the abnormal changes in cortex and hippocampus, and the application of this model for studying depression and AD. These lines of information are important for the development of antidepressant and anti-dementia drugs using this model.

Insomnia: The characteristics and mechanisms of cognitive impairment / 第二军医大学学报

Insomnia is one of the common sleep disorders. Despite of wide recognition that patients with insomnia subjectively experience impaired daytime functioning, there is little consistent objective evidence of neurobehavioural performance deficits. However, evidences of potential cognitive impairment in insomnia patients have been found in neuroimaging, neurobiochemistry and neuroelectrophysiology. This paper describes the characteristics of cognitive impairment in insomnia patients, then introduces the evidence of potential cognitive impairment found in neuroimaging, neurobiochemistry and neuroelectrophysiology, and finally analyzes the possible causes of this phenomenon.

The research progress of pathogenesis in depression / 医学研究生学报

Depression is a difficult problem because of its unresolved etiology , complex pathogenic factors ,and unknown path-ogenesis in the field of neuroscience .In recent years,the research of the pathogenesis in depression had made important progress at home and abroad .This article elaborates the mainstream hypothesis of depression mechanism to broaden the understanding depression in the fields of neurobiochemical study , neuroendocrine and neural plasticity studies .

Estrogen and Ability of Learning and Memory:A Review / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Estrogen is an important active endogenous substance which is needed by female to sustain normal psychological and physiological function.Studies have demonstrated that estrogen has an extensive effect on the central nervous system.This review explained the relation between estrogen and learning on a few aspects such as neurobiochemistry,neurophysiology,neuroanatomy,signal transduction and so on.

The Effect of Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal on the Levels of Neurosteroids in Hippocampus of Male Rat / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective: To investigate the effect of morphine dependence and withdrawal on the levels of neurosteroids in hippocampus of male rat.Methods: Rats were given (ip) increasing doses of morphine to form morphine physical dependence, withdrawal syndromes were precipitated by naloxone. The conditioned place preference (CPP) was used to establish morphine psychological dependence. The concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), pregnenolone (PREG), pregnenolone sulfate (PREGS), and allopregnanolone (AP) in rat hippocampus and plasma were quantified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results:The rat model of morphine physical and psychological dependence were successfully established by ip increasing doses of morphine for 7 days and 5mg?kg~ -1 morphine for 10 days respectively. Compared with saline control group, morphine physical dependence increased DHEA and PREG contents in rat hippocampus (0.88?0.19/0.67?0.17,t=2.52,10.94?2.02/7.53?2.64,t=3.24,P