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Hamon M, Coskun O, Courthéoux P, Théron J, Leclerc L. Diffusion MR imaging of the central nervous system: clinical applications [in French]. Clin Imaging 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hamon M, Oppenheim C, Leclerc X, Gauvrit JY, Pruvo JP, Meder JF. [Neuroimaging characteristics of cerebral infarcts]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2005; 161:1131-40. [PMID: 16288181 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(05)85183-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Over the last years, technical advances in neuroimaging have allowed drastic improvements in the assessment of acute ischemic cerebral events. Beyond conventional morphological analysis, diffusion-weighted and perfusion-weighted MRI now enable routine functional assessment of brain tissue; spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging still remains in the domain of clinical research. During acute ischemia events, diffusion-weighted MRI can detect the movements of water molecules and cytotoxic edema related to cell injury enabling rapid diagnosis and early assessment of cerebral ischemia. In conjunction with perfusion imaging, which detects hypoperfusion areas, diffusion-weighted MRI provides a means to identify areas of penumbra ischemia. More recent multislice computed tomographic (CT) scans with multimodal analysis are also very competitive for assessment of cerebral ischemia (non-enhanced CT, CT angiography and perfusion CT). The purpose of this paper is to describe the CT and MRI patterns during the different stages of cerebral infarcts.
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Guignabert C, Li Z, Hanoune N, Tu L, Raffestin B, Rodman D, Hamon M, Adnot S, Eddahibi S. 107 Mice overexpressing the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter in smooth muscle cells spontaneously develop pulmonary hypertension. Rev Mal Respir 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(05)92519-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Forget B, Hamon M, Thi??bot M. B104 DIFFERENTIAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EXPRESSION OF NICOTINE-INDUCED CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE IN RATS. Behav Pharmacol 2005. [DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200509001-00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sevoz-Couche C, Machado B, Hamon M, Laguzzi R. The Key Role of Medullary 5-HT3 Receptors in the Serotonin-Mediated Neural Control of Cardiovascular Function. Curr Neuropharmacol 2005; 3:231-248. [DOI: 10.2174/1570159054368277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Carroll CB, Hilton DA, Hamon M, Zajicek JP. Muscle cramps and weakness secondary to graft versus host disease fasciitis. Eur J Neurol 2005; 12:320-2. [PMID: 15804251 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00964.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oppenheim C, Naggara O, Hamon M, Gauvrit JY, Rodrigo S, Bienvenu M, Ménégon P, Cosnard G, Meder JF. Imagerie par résonance magnétique de diffusion de l'encéphale chez l'adulte : technique, résultats normaux et pathologiques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.emcrad.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hamon M, Coskun O, Courthéoux P, Théron J, Leclerc X. IRM de diffusion du système nerveux central : applications cliniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 86:369-85. [PMID: 15959429 DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Diffusion-weighted MR imaging is a technique in which image contrast is determined by the motion of water molecules within tissues. This motion is characterized by the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). This technique is particularly useful for the early detection of cerebral infarction but many other diseases of the central nervous system are associated with a change in water diffusion and may be assessed by diffusion-weighted MR imaging. This is an easy and fast pulse sequence providing useful data for early diagnosis and prognosis as well as information about underlying pathophysiology. After an overview of the basic concepts of diffusion imaging and the knowledge required for image interpretation, we will assess the potential value of this technique for the diagnosis of the main diseases of the central nervous system.
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Hamon M, Marié RM, Clochon P, Coskun O, Constans JM, Viader F, Courthéoux P, Baron JC. Relation quantitative des modifications de la diffusion et de la perfusion au sein du parenchyme cérébral au cours de l’accident ischémique aigu. J Neuroradiol 2005; 32:118-24. [PMID: 15984403 DOI: 10.1016/s0150-9861(05)83126-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED MR-based diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging (DWI/PWI) has become the standard imaging technique to assess the individual brain pathophysiological status in acute ischemic stroke. The finding of a "mismatch" with larger PWI than DWI abnormality is thought to reflect the presence of tissue at-risk of infarction, i.e., penumbra. However, there has been no detailed study of the quantitative relationships between perfusion and diffusion changes in stroke patients. According to the experimental concept of penumbra, the ADC would be expected to remain unchanged despite decreasing perfusion until a critical threshold is reached. We have tested this hypothesis directly in man. METHODS DWI/PWI was performed in 7 patients with MCA territory stroke within 4-10 hrs from onset. Mismatch was defined on diffusion and rMTT maps, and circular ROIs were positioned within the ADC lesion (D), the mismatch area (M), and the normal appearing cortex (N); mirror ROIs were also obtained, and affected/unaffected ratios for ADC and rCBF were computed for each ROI. RESULTS The mean (+/-1 SD) ADC ratios were 0.60 +/- 0.09, 0.95 +/- 0.10 and 1.02 +/- 0.04 in L, M and N, respectively; the corresponding rCBF ratios were 0.32 +/- 0.12, 0.75 +/- 0.14 and 0.97 +/- 0.09, respectively. The relationship was non-linear, with the rCBF but not the ADC ratio for M being significantly lower (p < 0.01) than that for N. A threshold for decline in ADC was apparent around 0.50 rCBF ratio. COMMENT These results directly document in man that the ADC declines only after hypoperfusion has reached a certain degree (about 50%), consistent with the concept of the ischaemic penumbra.
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Robert M, Guillamo J, Hamon M, Faure L, Hansen C. 756 Baisse d’acuité visuelle bilatérale révélant une récidive leucémique neuroméningée : à propos d’un cas. J Fr Ophtalmol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(05)73873-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Coskun O, Hamon M, Guieu S, Saoud M, Courtheoux P. P-18 Apport de la tractographie dans l’imagerie du faisceau pyramidal. J Neuroradiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0150-9861(05)83098-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comet MA, Laguzzi R, Hamon M, Sévoz-Couche C. Functional interaction between nucleus tractus solitarius NK and 5-HT receptors in the inhibition of baroreflex in rats. Cardiovasc Res 2005; 65:930-9. [PMID: 15721874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Revised: 10/28/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Previous data showed that in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), 5-HT(3) receptors are critically involved in the inhibition of cardiac baroreceptor reflex response occurring during the defense reaction. Since stimulation of NTS NK(1) receptors has been found to inhibit the baroreflex bradycardia, we examined in this study whether this reflex response is inhibited during the defense reaction via an interaction between NK(1) and 5-HT(3) receptors. METHODS For this purpose, we analyzed in urethane-anaesthetized rats the effects of intra-NTS GR205171, a selective NK(1) receptor antagonist, on the baroreflex bradycardia inhibition observed either during the defense reaction triggered by electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter (dPAG) or after NTS 5-HT(3) receptor activation. RESULTS Intra-NTS GR205171, reversed, in dose-dependent manner, the inhibitory effect of dPAG stimulation on baroreflex bradycardia. This reversion was of 49% when both sinus carotid and aortic baroreceptors were stimulated by phenylephrine, and of 84% when aortic depressor nerve was stimulated. Similarly, intra-NTS GR205171 reversed partially or almost totally the inhibitory effect of local microinjections of phenylbiguanide, a 5-HT(3) receptor agonist, on baroreflex bradycardia induced either by phenylephrine administration or aortic nerve stimulation, respectively. CONCLUSION These results strongly suggest that NK(1) receptors contribute downstream to the 5-HT(3) receptor-mediated inhibition of the aortic but not carotid cardiac baroreflex response occurring during the defense reaction, therefore implying that baroreceptor afferent inputs may be differentially modulated depending on their origin. This differentiation may be useful for a better understanding of baroreflex dysfunction in disease-induced conditions.
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Coskun O, Hamon M, Guieu S, Baud J, Boute C, Courtheoux P. P-36 Angio-IRM 3D-Contraste elliptique : exploration du système veineux intracrânien. J Neuroradiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0150-9861(05)83116-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Morley-Fletcher S, Darnaudéry M, Mocaer E, Froger N, Lanfumey L, Laviola G, Casolini P, Zuena AR, Marzano L, Hamon M, Maccari S. Chronic treatment with imipramine reverses immobility behaviour, hippocampal corticosteroid receptors and cortical 5-HT1A receptor mRNA in prenatally stressed rats. Neuropharmacology 2004; 47:841-7. [PMID: 15527818 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2004] [Revised: 06/04/2004] [Accepted: 06/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Prenatal stress in the rat induces enhanced reactivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, disturbances in a variety of circadian rhythms and increased anxiety-like behaviour. Such abnormalities parallel those found in human depressed patients. Prenatally stressed (PS) rats could represent, therefore, an interesting animal model for the evaluation of the efficacy of pharmacotherapeutic intervention in psychiatric disorders that has often been addressed using control animals. In the present study, PS and non-stressed rats were chronically treated with the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine (10 mg/kg i.p. for 21 days) and assessed in the forced swim test. Glucocorticoid receptor binding sites in the hippocampus were measured and 5-HT(1A) receptor mRNA levels in the frontal cortex were also assessed. PS rats were characterised by increased immobility in the forced swim test, reduced hippocampal corticosteroid receptor binding and increased levels of cortical 5-HT(1A) mRNA. All these parameters were significantly reversed by chronic imipramine treatment. Conversely, no significant effects were observed for non-stressed rats. All these effects are consistent with the expected pharmacotherapy of depression-like abnormalities in PS rats. These results further indicate that PS rats are a relevant animal model of depression.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/pharmacology
- Brain Chemistry/physiology
- Cerebral Cortex/drug effects
- Cerebral Cortex/metabolism
- Female
- Hippocampus/drug effects
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Imipramine/pharmacology
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A/drug effects
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A/metabolism
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/drug effects
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stress, Psychological/psychology
- Swimming/psychology
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El Ganouni S, Hanoun N, Boni C, Tazi A, Hakkou F, Hamon M. Prevention of diazepam withdrawal syndrome by nifedipine—behavioural and neurochemical studies. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2004; 79:269-77. [PMID: 15501302 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2004] [Revised: 07/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/26/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Our studies aimed at investigating whether the dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, nifedipine, could prevent anxiogenic-like consequences of diazepam withdrawal in rats. Animals withdrawn from chronic diazepam (2 mg/kg/day i.p. for 2 weeks) drank significantly less water than did control rats in the unfamiliar arm of a Y maze. This anxiogenic-like effect could be prevented by acute administration of nifedipine (at 10 mg/kg i.p., but not at lower doses), which, on its own, did not change water intake in naive rats. Given chronically in combination with diazepam for the second half of a 2-week treatment with this drug, nifedipine (at the daily dose of 5 mg/kg i.p.) also suppressed the reduction of water intake normally observed on diazepam withdrawal. Biochemical measurements showed that acutely, as well as chronically, administered nifedipine increased 5-HT turnover in the hippocampus of diazepam-treated rats, thereby suggesting that the prevention of diazepam withdrawal-induced anxiogenic behaviour by the calcium antagonist might be underlain by serotoninergic mechanisms.
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Pardon MC, Hanoun N, Perez-Diaz F, Joubert C, Launay JM, Christen Y, Hamon M, Cohen-Salmon C. Long-term treatment with the antioxidant drug EGb 761 at senescence restored some neurobehavioral effects of chronic ultramild stress exposure seen in young mice. Neurobiol Aging 2004; 25:1067-83. [PMID: 15212832 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2003] [Accepted: 10/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this study, we compared the effects of chronic ultramild stress (CUMS) exposure on decision-making behavior in a validated test, and on the stress responsive serotoninergic and dopaminergic systems in four age groups of B6D2F1 female mice (5-6, 11-12, 17-18 and 23-24 months old). The levels of serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) were measured in the brain stem, the cortex, the striatum and the hippocampus; the levels of dopamine (DA) and its metabolite dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) were measured in the brain stem and the striatum. The influence of a long-term treatment with the extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves EGb 761 (Tanakan) on age- and stress-related changes was also investigated in the two oldest age groups. In the absence of drug treatment, middle-age mice were the least efficient in making a decision, and senescent mice exhibited reduced levels of both 5-HT and DA and their metabolites in all the brain areas examined. CUMS facilitated evaluation and choice behavior in all age groups, but induced age-dependent reduction of hesitation, acceleration of information processing and reduction in serotoninergic neurotransmission. In senescent mice, EGb 761 reduced the impact of stress on evaluation and hesitation, and restored some stress-related neurobehavioral changes that were only seen in young mice, i.e. acceleration of information processing and reduction in brain 5-HIAA levels. Restoration of some plasticity of the serotoninergic systems might contribute to the stress alleviating influence of EGb 761 in old age.
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Babin E, Hamon M, Bénateau H, Desmonts C, Comoz F, Goullet de Rugy M, Béquignon A, Chesnay E. Intérêt de la fusion TEP/TDM dans l’exploration de l’envahissement mandibulaire des cancers de la cavité orale et de l’oropharynx. ANNALES D'OTOLARYNGOLOGIE ET DE CHIRURGIE CERVICO-FACIALE 2004; 121:235-40. [PMID: 15545932 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-438x(04)95514-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED The aim of the study is to assess mandible involvement in oral cavity and oropharyngeal carcinomas. OBJECTIVE To evaluate interest of fusion of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with Computed Tomography scan (CT scan). METHOD Eight patients were included in this prospective study. Each patient underwent PET and CT scan of the head and neck before surgery including tumorectomy and mandibulectomy. We compared results of PET- CT fusion with histologic examinations. RESULTS Oral cavity (6), oropharyngeal (2) carcinoma: Mandibular invasion was suspected by PET-CT in 3 cases, but was confirmed in histological examination in only 2 cases. In 5 cases, PET-CT did not find mandibular invasion; this was confirmed in histological examination in all cases. Sensibility of PET-CT fusion was 100%, specificity was 83%. Positive predictive value was 66% and negative predictive value was 100%. DISCUSSION PET-CT fusion provided maximal sensitivity. Specificity was better than for MRI but less than CT-scan. There were no false negatives and the false positive rate was 33%. CONCLUSION PET-CT fusion is interesting to predict mandible involvement. Further studies are necessary to confirm these preliminary results.
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Boutin-Forzano S, Adel N, Gratecos L, Jullian H, Garnier JM, Ramadour M, Lanteaume A, Hamon M, Lafay V, Charpin D. Visits to the emergency room for asthma attacks and short-term variations in air pollution. A case-crossover study. Respiration 2004; 71:134-7. [PMID: 15031567 DOI: 10.1159/000076673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2003] [Accepted: 09/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The 'case-crossover' design is a strategy fitted to studying transient effects of intermittent exposure on acute-onset disease occurring shortly after exposure. It has the important advantage of eliminating most confounding variables, allowing a stronger causality inference. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to evaluate the relationships between emergency room (ER) visits for asthma attacks and gaseous air pollution changes. METHODS The study included 549 individuals, 3-49 years old, visiting the ER during 1 year. Exposure to gaseous air pollutants (SO2, NO2, O3) on the same day and up to 4 days before was computed according to the patient's address. The statistical analysis included meteorological data as potential confounding variables. RESULTS No association could be shown between ER visits and SO2 or NO2 levels. In contrast, there was a statistically significant association between ER visits and mean O3 levels, on the day of admission and also on D -2 and D -3. For an increase of 10 microg/m3, the risk of requiring an ER admission increased by 6-10%. CONCLUSIONS Using this new strategy, we confirmed that ozone changes lead to a moderate increase in risk of requiring an ER admission in asthmatic subjects.
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Dubertret C, Hanoun N, Adès J, Hamon M, Gorwood P. Family-based association studies between 5-HT5A receptor gene and schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res 2004; 38:371-6. [PMID: 15203288 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2004.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2003] [Revised: 09/12/2003] [Accepted: 01/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pharmacological and neurodevelopmental data support the idea that the gene, which codes for the 5-HT(5A) receptor is an important candidate gene for schizophrenia susceptibility. However, previous genetic studies focusing on this gene yielded conflicting results, potentially because of: (i) stratification biases of case-control association studies, (ii) genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of schizophrenia, and (iii) variability in the loci analyzed (the 5-HT(5A) gene having many polymorphic sites). METHODS A transmission disequilibrium test was used in the present study aimed at investigating two polymorphisms in exon 1 of the 5-HT(5A) gene, the A12T silent substitution and the C43T transversion leading to a 15Pro --> Ser substitution, in 103 patients with DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, and their 206 parents. RESULTS We found an excess of transmission of the 12T allele from the parents to their affected children (P = 0.02), with evidence for linkage disequilibrium between the 12T-43C haplotype and schizophrenia (P = 0.002). Furthermore, patients with the 12T allele had a significantly later age at onset (P = 0.003), and the Q-TDT approach confirmed that this allele was transmitted with an older age at onset (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These data provided convergent evidence for a significant role of the 5-HT(5A) gene in schizophrenia and more specifically in patients with later age at onset.
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Dubertret C, Hanoun N, Adès J, Hamon M, Gorwood P. Family-based association study of the serotonin-6 receptor gene (C267T polymorphism) in schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2004; 126B:10-5. [PMID: 15048641 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The expression of serotonin type 6 receptor (5-HT(6)) in limbic and cortical regions of the brain, and its high affinity for atypical antipsychotics suggest that its encoding gene may play a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. We firstly performed a meta-analysis of the C267T polymorphism of the 5-HT(6) gene in schizophrenia, based on four different case/control studies, and showed that the allelic distribution is not significantly different between patients and controls, even when taking into account the role of between samples heterogeneity. We then recruited 103 trios (patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (DSM-IV) diagnosis of schizophrenia and their parents), and investigated the C267T polymorphism of the 5-HT(6) receptor gene with regard to family-based association study approach (haplotype relative risk (HRR) and transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)). We found no excess of transmission of one allele from the parents to their affected children, using the HRR (P = 0.60), as well as no evidence for linkage between C267T polymorphism and schizophrenia, using the TDT (P = 0.71). Furthermore, the 267T allele frequency was comparable in the different subgroups defined on age at onset, family history of schizophrenia, treatment response, and subtypes of patients based on positive versus negative predominant symptoms. These data do not support the idea that the 5-HT(6) receptor gene plays a major role in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia.
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Loiseau F, Le Bihan C, Hamon M, Thiébot MH. Distinct effects of diazepam and NK1 receptor antagonists in two conflict procedures in rats. Behav Pharmacol 2004; 14:447-55. [PMID: 14501257 DOI: 10.1097/01.fbp.0000089142.24369.dc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Convergent data suggest that SP, through the activation of neurokinin1 receptors (NK1-R), may be involved in anxiety. In particular, NK1-R antagonists have been reported to exert anxiolytic-like effects in a variety of animal procedures in which anxiety-related behaviour is induced by novelty. The present study investigated the effects of acute blockade of NK1-R in conflict paradigms, another category of anxiety-related procedures, in which positively reinforced responses are suppressed by contingent punishment. For this purpose, three selective antagonists with nanomolar affinity for rat NK1-R, GR205171, RP67580 and [2-cyclopropoxy-5-(5-(trifluoromethyl)tetrazol-1-yl)benzyl]-(2-phenylpiperidin-3-yl)amine (Compound L), were tested in the safety signal withdrawal operant paradigm. In this procedure, suppression of lever pressing for food was induced by the withdrawal of a conditioned signal for safety, with no presentation of a conditioned signal for punishment, and no punishment. Compound L was also tested in the punished drinking test, which consists of the contingent delivery of electric footshocks upon water drinking. As expected, the reference compound, diazepam (2 mg/kg s.c.), induced an anxiolytic-like effect, as indicated by significant increases of the number of responses emitted during conflict period in the operant procedure, and footshocks received in the drinking test. In contrast, GR205171 (10 mg/kg s.c.), RP67580 (0.25-8 mg/kg s.c.) and Compound L (10 and 30 mg/kg s.c.) failed to release lever pressing during the operant conflict period. In addition, punished drinking was not affected by Compound L (3-30 mg/kg s.c.). These data show that NK1-R blockade has no anxiolytic-like effects in conflict paradigms, thereby suggesting that the anxiolytic properties of NK1-R antagonists are less broad than those reported for benzodiazepines.
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Filippi-Codaccioni E, Denizet A, Fradin S, Grollier G, Morello R, Hamon M. [Genetic polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme and morbi-mortality after myocardial infarction]. ARCHIVES DES MALADIES DU COEUR ET DES VAISSEAUX 2004; 97:15-9. [PMID: 15002705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Coronary atherothrombosis is a multifactorial disease dependent on environmental and genetic risk factors, not all of which have been identified. The renin-angiotensin system of the intermediary of the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) plays a key role in cardiovascular physiopathology and contributes to phenomena of atherothrombosis. The concentrations of circulating ACE are partially determined genetically by the presence of polymorphism of insertion and deletion at the 16 intron of the gene. The implications of this polymorphism with respect to coronary disease have already been the object of many publications with contradictory results, usually in case-controlled studies. In this study, the authors sought to determine its influence on the morbi-mortality after myocardial infarction. A prospective cohort of 970 consecutive patients were followed-up for an average of 2.5 years. Genetic analysis was performed by a classical PCR protocol. The following independent predictive factors of mortality were the classical factors of age, hypercholesterolaemia and left ventricular dysfunction. However, the authors did not observe an effect of I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene on the occurrence of adverse cardiac events after myocardial infarction (death, infarction, revascularisation).
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Blain S, Guillou J, Tréguer P, Woerther P, Delauney L, Follenfant E, Gontier O, Hamon M, Leilde B, Masson A, Tartu C, Vuillemin R. High frequency monitoring of the coastal marine environment using the MAREL buoy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 6:569-75. [PMID: 15173911 DOI: 10.1039/b314073c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The MAREL Iroise data buoy provides physico-chemical measurements acquired in surface marine water in continuous and autonomous mode. The water is pumped 1.5 m from below the surface through a sampling pipe and flows through the measuring cell located in the floating structure. Technological innovations implemented inside the measuring cell atop the buoy allow a continuous cleaning of the sensor, while injection of chloride ions into the circuit prevents biological fouling. Specific sensors for temperature, salinity, oxygen and fluorescence investigated in this paper have been evaluated to guarantee measurement precision over a 3 month period. A bi-directional link under Internet TCP-IP protocols is used for data, alarms and remote-control transmissions with the land-based data centre. Herein, we present a 29 month record for 4 parameters measured using a MAREL buoy moored in a coastal environment (Iroise Sea, Brest, France). The accuracy of the data provided by the buoy is assessed by comparison with measurements of sea water weekly sampled at the same site as part of SOMLIT (Service d'Observation du Milieu LIToral), the French network for monitoring of the coastal environment. Some particular events (impact of intensive fresh water discharges, dynamics of a fast phytoplankton bloom) are also presented, demonstrating the worth of monitoring a highly variable environment with a high frequency continuous reliable system.
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Hamon M. [Introduction. Physiological and physiopathological roles of serotonin: recent data from KO mice]. JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DE BIOLOGIE 2004; 198:5-6. [PMID: 15146949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Sévoz-Couche C, Comet MA, Hamon M, Laguzzi R. Role of nucleus tractus solitarius 5-HT3 receptors in the defense reaction-induced inhibition of the aortic baroreflex in rats. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:2521-30. [PMID: 12773495 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00275.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Different stressful conditions elicit a typical behavior called the defense reaction. Our aim was to determine whether 5-HT3 receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) are involved in 1) the inhibition of the baroreflex bradycardia and 2) the rise in blood pressure, which are known to occur during the defense reaction. In urethane-anesthetized rats, the defense reaction was elicited by electrical stimulation of the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (DMH) or the dorsal part of the periaqueductal gray (dPAG). Direct electrical stimulation of the aortic depressor nerve was used to trigger the typical baroreflex responses. Aortic stimulation at high (100-150 microA) and low (50-90 microA) intensity produced a decrease in heart rate of -39 to -44% (relative to baseline, Group 1 responses, n = 113) and -19 to -24% (Group 2 responses, n = 43), respectively. In spontaneously breathing rats, Group 1 and Group 2 bradycardiac responses were inhibited during DMH (-75 +/- 4% and -96 +/- 4%, n = 38 and n = 11, respectively), as well as dPAG (-81 +/- 3% and -95 +/- 4%, n = 36 and n = 10, respectively) stimulation. The aortic baroreflex bradycardia was hardly affected by DMH or dPAG stimulation when bicuculline (5 pmol), a specific GABAA receptor antagonist, had previously been microinjected into the NTS. Likewise, NTS microinjections of granisetron, a specific 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, prevented, in a dose-dependent manner, the baroreflex bradycardia inhibition. In addition, intra-NTS granisetron did not affect the rise in blood pressure induced by either site stimulation. These data show that 5-HT3 receptors in the NTS are involved in the GABAergic inhibition of the aortic baroreflex bradycardia, but not in the rise in blood pressure, occurring during the defense reaction elicited by DMH or dPAG stimulation.
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