Browsing Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Gaspar, Jessica C."
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Antinociceptive effects of the GPR55 Antagonist CID16020046 injected into the rat anterior cingulate cortex
Okine, Bright N.; Mc Laughlin, Gemma; Gaspar, Jessica C.; Harhen, Brendan; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (Elsevier, 2020-07-13)The G-protein coupled receptor, GPR55, modulates nociceptive processing. Given the expression of GPR55 in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a key brain region involved in the cognitive and affective dimensions of pain, ... -
Characterisation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor signalling in the midbrain periaqueductal grey of rats genetically prone to heightened stress, negative affect and hyperalgesia
Okine, Bright N.; Gaspar, Jessica C.; Madasu, Manish K.; Olango, Weredeselam M.; Harhen, Brendan; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (Elsevier, 2016-12-01)The stress-hyperresponsive Wistar-Kyoto (WRY) rat strain exhibits a hyperalgesic phenotype and is a useful genetic model for studying stress-pain interactions. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signalling ... -
N-palmitoylethanolamide in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates inflammatory pain behaviour indirectly via a CB1 receptor-mediated mechanism
Okine, Bright N.; Madasu, Manish K.; McGowan, Fiona; Prendergast, Charles; Gaspar, Jessica C.; Harhen, Brendan; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016-12)The neural substrates and mechanisms mediating the antinociceptive effects of the endogenous bioactive lipid, N-palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), require further investigation. We investigated the effects of exogenous PEA ... -
Pharmacological blockade of PPAR isoforms increases conditioned fear responding in the presence of nociceptive tone
Gaspar, Jessica C.; Okine, Bright N.; Llorente-Berzal, Alvaro; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (MDPI, 2020-02-24)Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors with three isoforms (PPAR¿, PPARß/¿, PPAR¿) and can regulate pain, anxiety, and cognition. However, their role in conditioned fear and pain-fear ... -
PPARs and pain
Okine, Bright N.; Gaspar, Jessica C.; Finn, David P. (Wiley, 2018-04-21)Chronic pain is a common cause of disability worldwide and remains a global health and socio-economic challenge. Current analgesics are either ineffective in a significant proportion of patients with chronic pain or ...