Browsing School of Medicine by Author "Hughes, Edel M."
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Kappa opioid receptor-mediated modulation of social responding in adolescent rats and in rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid
Hughes, Edel M.; Thornton, Aoife M.; Kerr, Daniel M.; Smith, Karen; Sanchez, Connie; Kelly, John P.; Finn, David P. (Elsevier, 2020-08-05)The kappa opioid receptor (KOP) system modulates social play responding, however a paucity of studies have examined effects on social motivation and cognition in the absence of play. Prenatal exposure to the anti epileptic ... -
Pharmacological inhibition of FAAH modulates TLR-induced neuroinflammation, but not sickness behaviour: An effect partially mediated by central TRPV1
Henry, Rebecca J.; Kerr, Daniel M.; Flannery, Lisa E.; Killilea, Marykate; Hughes, Edel M.; Corcoran, Louise; Finn, David P.; Roche, Michelle (Elsevier, 2017-02-22)Aberrant activation of toll-like receptors (TLRs), key components of the innate immune system, has been proposed to underlie and exacerbate a range of central nervous system disorders. Increasing evidence supports a role ... -
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid reduces social responses and alters mRNA levels of opioid receptor and pre-pro-peptide in discrete brain regions of adolescent and adult male rats
Hughes, Edel M.; Calcagno, Patricia; Clarke, Morgane; Sanchez, Connie; Smith, Karen; Kelly, John P.; Finn, David P.; Roche, Michelle (Elsevier, 2020-01-21)Altered social behaviours are a hallmark of several psychiatric and developmental disorders. Clinical and preclinical data have demonstrated that prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), an anti-epileptic and mood stabiliser, ...