Mechanisms of inhibition of LHRH release by alcohol and cannabinoidsValeria Rettori
, Serrano 669, 1414, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prog Brain Res 141:175-81. 2002
Endocannabinoids in TNF-alpha and ethanol actionsValeria Rettori
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 14:188-92. 2007
..In summary, similar mechanisms mediate the inhibitory actions of endocannabinoids and cannabinoids in both hypothalamus and submandibular gland during drug consumption and inflammation...
Alcohol and endocannabinoids: neuroendocrine interactions in the reproductive axisValeria Rettori
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, CEFYBO CONICET UBA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, piso 16, 1121ABG, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exp Neurol 224:15-22. 2010
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Neuroimmune interactionsValeria Rettori
Center of Pharmacological and Botanical Studies, CEFYBO-CONICET-UBA, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exp Physiol 92:799-800. 2007
Participation of the endocannabinoid system in lipopolysaccharide-induced inhibition of salivary secretionJavier Fernandez-Solari
Catedra de Fisiologia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arch Oral Biol 55:583-90. 2010
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Acute effect of manganese on hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone secretion in adult male rats: involvement of specific neurotransmitter systemsJuan Pablo Prestifilippo
Center of Pharmacological and Botanical Studies CEFyBO CONICET UBA, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Paraguay 2155, piso 16, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Toxicol Sci 105:295-302. 2008
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Role of the endocannabinoid system in ethanol-induced inhibition of salivary secretionJuan Pablo Prestifilippo
Catedra de Fisiologia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alcohol Alcohol 44:443-8. 2009
..The aim of the present study was to determine whether the endocannabinoid system could be involved in the ethanol-induced inhibition of salivation in adult male Wistar rats...
Inhibition of salivary secretion by activation of cannabinoid receptorsJuan Pablo Prestifilippo
Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos CEFYBO CONICET ex CIBIER, Paraguay 2155, piso 16, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 231:1421-9. 2006
..This increase was synergized after coinjection with AM630. Therefore, we concluded that AEA decreases saliva secretion in the SMG acting through CB1 and CB2 receptors...
The inhibitory effect of anandamide on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone secretion is reversed by estrogenCamila Scorticati
, , Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:11891-6. 2004
..It inhibits LHRH and consequently diminishes LH release in males and OVX females, but stimulates LHRH followed by increased LH release in OVX-E-primed rats...
The hypothalamic endocannabinoid system participates in the secretion of oxytocin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha induced by lipopolysaccharideAndrea De Laurentiis
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, CEFYBO CONICET UBA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Neuroimmunol 221:32-41. 2010
..Our findings reveal a hypothalamic interaction between oxytocin, endocannabinoid and NO-ergic systems providing a regulation of the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal axis under basal and stress conditions...
Effect of manganese on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone secretion in adult male ratsJuan Pablo Prestifilippo
Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Toxicol Sci 97:75-80. 2007
..These results indicate Mn(+2) can cause LHRH release in adult males, and this action is discussed in relation to age, gender, as well as mechanistic and functional differences between adult and immature animals...
The effect of anandamide on prolactin secretion is modulated by estrogenCamila Scorticati
, , Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:2134-9. 2003
..Importantly, in OVX-E rats, the elevated Prl release and the response to AEA were blocked by the AEA antagonist, indicating that AEA is a synaptic transmitter released from neurons that decrease inhibitory control of Prl release...
Alcohol inhibits luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone release by activating the endocannabinoid systemJavier Fernandez-Solari
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Argentina, Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:3264-8. 2004
..Therefore, our results indicate that EtOH inhibits the release of LHRH acting through the endocannabinoid system...
Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone through melanocortin-4 receptor inhibits nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase expression in the hypothalamus of male ratsCarla Caruso
, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroendocrinology 79:278-86. 2004
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Participation of the endocannabinoid system in the effect of TNF-alpha on hypothalamic release of gonadotropin-releasing hormoneJavier Fernandez-Solari
, , Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1088:238-50. 2006
..Therefore, our data demonstrate a key role for the endocannabinoid system in the response of the reproductive system to inflammatory signals...
Anti-inflammatory effect of the endocannabinoid anandamide in experimental periodontitis and stress in the ratElisa Rettori
Department of Physiology, School of Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 19:293-303. 2012
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Nitric oxide at the crossroad of immunoneuroendocrine interactionsValeria Rettori
Center of Pharmacological and Botanical Studies, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1153:35-47. 2009
..In summary, this review describes the wide participation of NO in the cross-talk between neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems in physiological and pathological processes...
Effect of neurogenic stress and ethanol on nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase activities in rat adrenalsValeria Rettori
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos (CEFYBO-CONICET, Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ann N Y Acad Sci 992:86-98. 2003
..Consequently, NO activated corticosterone release not by PGs, but by activation of guanylyl cyclase and release of cGMP. PGs have a negative feedback to suppress corticosterone release...
Endocannabinoid system participates in neuroendocrine control of homeostasisAndrea De Laurentiis
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, CEFYBO CONICET UBA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 17:153-6. 2010
..After LPS, there is an increase in eCB synthesis that enhances OXT secretion...
The rapid release of corticosterone from the adrenal induced by ACTH is mediated by nitric oxide acting by prostaglandin E2Claudia E Mohn
, , Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:6213-8. 2005
..The mechanism of rapid release is as follows: NO produced by NO synthase activation by ACTH activates cyclooxygenase, which generates PGE(2), which in turn releases corticosterone stored in microvesicles and other organelles...
Decrease in salivary secretion by radiation mediated by nitric oxide and prostaglandinsCarolina de la Cal
, , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 13:19-27. 2006
..These modifications decrease salivary secretion...
Cannabinoid receptors in conjunctival epithelium: identification and functional propertiesMaría Iribarne
Facultad de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidad Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:4535-44. 2008
..The endocannabinoid system may be regulating these processes. Therefore, the authors explored the presence and properties of cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) in conjunctival epithelial cells...
Role of ammonia and nitric oxide in the decrease in plasma prolactin levels in prehepatic portal hypertensive male ratsCamila Scorticati
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 13:152-9. 2006
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The effect of D-aspartate on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, GABA and dopamine releaseMacarena Pampillo
, Facultad de Medicina, Piso 10, Universidad de Buenos Aires (C1121ABG, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroreport 13:2341-4. 2002
..We report that D-aspartate differentially affects the release of hypothalamic and posterior pituitary factors involved in the regulation of pituitary hormone secretion...
Lipopolysaccharide- and tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced changes in prolactin secretion and dopaminergic activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary axisAndrea De Laurentiis
, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Neuroimmunomodulation 10:30-9. 2002
..Furthermore, the increase in dopaminergic activity elicited by LPS could be mediated by an increase in hypothalamic TNF-alpha during endotoxemia...
Role of type IV collagen in prolactin release from anterior pituitaries of male ratsEmilce S Diaz
, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Endocrine 18:185-9. 2002
..These results suggest that type IV collagen, similar to laminin-1, modulates PRL released from hemipituitaries, in vitro...
Chronology of advances in neuroendocrine immunomodulationSamuel M McCann
Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1088:1-11. 2006
..All of these transmitters are controlled by neuronal transmitters. We anticipate further rapid progress and clinical application of these transmitters and the discovery of new ones...
Retinal changes in an experimental model of early type 2 diabetes in rats characterized by non-fasting hyperglycemiaEzequiel M Salido
Laboratory of Retinal Neurochemistry and Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires CEFyBO, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exp Neurol 236:151-60. 2012
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