For several years, our laboratory has investigated the role for the HPA axis in cocaine reinforcement. Two classes of drugs that we have studied include corticosterone synthesis inhibitors (e.g., metyrapone) and benzodiazepine receptor agonists (e.g., oxazepam). In the experiments described in this manuscript, we tested the effects of various doses of metyrapone and oxazepam against several dos...

The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of ChamberlainMundlack correlated random effects probit models. Drawing...

The parafascicular nucleus (PFN) of thalamus, as a supraspinal structure, has an important role in processing of nociceptive information. In addition, μ-opioid receptor contributes to supraspinal modulation of nociception. In the present study, the effects of microinjection of naloxone (a non-specific opioid-receptor antagonist) and naloxonazine (a specific μ-opioid receptor antagonist) were in...

I read the recently published article in Vol 6 (3) of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience entitled “Study the Effect of Endocannabinoid System on Rat Behavior in Elevated Plus- Maze” by Komaki et al. (2015). In this valuable article, the authors uncovered the effects of AM251 as a CB1 receptor antagonist on anxiety-like behaviors of rats using elevated plus-maze

objective(s) fatty acid is amide hydrolase which reduce endogenous anandamide. transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (trpv1) channels have been reported to have a role in the modulation of anxiety-like behaviors in rodents. in the present study, the effects of either endocannabinoid system or trpv1 channels and their possible interaction on anxiety-like behaviors of the rats were explored. m...

introduction: the role of adenosine a1 receptors of the amygdala on entorhinal cortex kindled seizures was investigated. material and methods: animals were kindled by daily electrical stimutation of entorhinal cortex. in the full kindled animals, n6-cyclohexyladenosine (cha 10, 50, 100, 500óm), an adenosine a1 receptor agonist and 8-cyclopentyl- 1, 3, dimethylxanthine (cpt, 10, 20 óm), an adeno...

Introduction: Renin angiotensin system has an important role in blood pressure and renal functions. Active angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 converts angiotensin I into angiotensin-(1-7) which is a vasodilator hormone and interacts with nitric oxide changes as well as other angiotensin II receptors. In this study we evaluated the role of Mas receptor antagonist (A779) and renal perfusion press...

This paper analyzes the relation between commuting time and specific health outcomes using the GSOEP and the BHPS. Both countries are in the top three of European countries in which commuting time is largest. First, we analyze whether commuting time affects specific health outcomes. We analyze both subjective health outcomes like health satisfaction and health status, and objective measures lik...