LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Chronic infusion of Montanoa tomentosa reduces despair-like behavior and activates hypothalamic oxytocin neurons in male Wistar rats

Rovirosa Hernández, María de Jesús; Martínez-Flores, Lina Monserrat; Rodríguez-Landa, Juan Francisco; Caba, Marío; Cueto-Escobedo, Jonathan; Hernández-Baltazar, Daniel; Nadella, Rasajna; Bernal-Morales, Blandina; Garcia-Orduña, Francisco.

Bol. latinoam. Caribe plantas med. aromát; 23 (6), 2024

Montanoa tomentosa is used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat reproductive and mood disorders. Preclinical studies support the idea that acute administration of M. tomentosa induces an antidepressant-like response that may be related to oxytocin activation in hypothalamic cells, however...

Montanoa/química, Hipotálamo/efectos de los fármacos, Ratas Wistar, Oxitocina/análisis, Antidepresivos/administración & dosificación, Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación, Neuronas/efectos de los fármacos, Natación, Actividad Motora/efectos de los fármacos, Conducta Animal, Fluoxetina/administración & dosificación

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Intrauterine and postnatal exposure to tobacco and wood smoke on hypothalamic development and cognition: an integrative review of the literature

SUMMARY: Exposure to air pollution and its pollutants has been associated with important effects on human health since the first years of life, thus it has been seen that exposure to tobacco smoke and wood smoke is directly related to cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, respiratory and cancers. Howeve...