List of works - Nikolaos Kokras

A novel UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomics strategy enables the discovery of potential neuroactive metabolites in mice plasma, following i.p. administration of the main Crocus sativus L. bioactive component

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

A severe and irreversible case of tardive rigid-akinetic parkinsonian syndrome: the role of the DaTscan

scientific article published in September 2013

Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Cell-Derived Peripheral Inflammatory Cytokines in Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Acute but not sustained aromatase inhibition displays antidepressant properties

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Adjunctive low-dose amisulpride in motor conversion disorder

scientific article published in November 2009

Allosteric modulation of AMPA receptors counteracts Tau-related excitotoxic synaptic signaling and memory deficits in stress- and Aβ-evoked hippocampal pathology

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Antidepressants induce regionally discrete, sex-dependent changes in brain's glutamate content

scientific article published on 8 August 2009

Behavioral sexual dimorphism in models of anxiety and depression due to changes in HPA axis activity

scientific article

Bupropion-induced sleepwalking

scientific article published in February 2010

Cardiac rhythm management devices and electroconvulsive therapy: a critical review apropos of a depressed patient with a pacemaker.

scientific article published on September 2011

Chronic mild stress impact: are females more vulnerable?

scientific article published on 26 August 2005

Chronic stress triggers divergent dendritic alterations in immature neurons of the adult hippocampus, depending on their ultimate terminal fields

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

Citalopram-mediated anxiolysis and differing neurobiological responses in both sexes of a genetic model of depression.

scientific article published on 4 August 2011

Developmental fluoxetine and prenatal stress effects on serotonin, dopamine, and synaptophysin density in the PFC and hippocampus of offspring at weaning

scientific article

Do corticosterone levels predict female depressive-like behavior in rodents?

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Dysfunctional remembered parenting in oncology outpatients affects psychological distress symptoms in a gender-specific manner

scientific article published in October 2012

Effect of Levodopa on Reward and Impulsivity in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

scientific article

Effect of sertraline on central serotonin and hippocampal plasticity in pregnant and non-pregnant rats

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Escalating low-dose Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence induces differential behavioral and neurochemical effects in male and female adult rats

scientific article published on 18 October 2019

Experimental evidence for sildenafil's action in the central nervous system: dopamine and serotonin changes in the medial preoptic area and nucleus accumbens during sexual arousal

scientific article

Forced swim test: What about females?

scientific article published on April 2015

Gestational stress and fluoxetine treatment differentially affect plasticity, methylation and serotonin levels in the PFC and hippocampus of rat dams

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Head shaking in the forced swim test: A robust but unexplored sex difference

scientific article

Increased co-morbidity of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and common risk factors in intensive care unit survivors: a two-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Kinoscope: An Open-Source Computer Program for Behavioral Pharmacologists.

scientific article

Neudesin is involved in anxiety behavior: structural and neurochemical correlates

scientific article

Neuroplasticity-related correlates of environmental enrichment combined with physical activity differ between the sexes

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Perinatal fluoxetine effects on social play, the HPA system, and hippocampal plasticity in pre-adolescent male and female rats: Interactions with pre-gestational maternal stress

scientific article

Perinatal fluoxetine prevents the effect of pre-gestational maternal stress on 5-HT in the PFC, but maternal stress has enduring effects on mPFC synaptic structure in offspring

scientific article

Personality characteristics and individual factors associated with PTSD in firefighters one month after extended wildfires

scientific article

Pharmacogenetic considerations for late life depression therapy

scientific article published on 04 May 2013

Preclinical sex differences in depression and antidepressant response: Implications for clinical research

scientific article published on January 2017

Predicting insomnia in medical wards: the effect of anxiety, depression and admission diagnosis.

scientific article

Psychological but not vasomotor symptoms are associated with temperament and character traits

scientific article published on 8 March 2014

Sertraline behavioral response associates closer and dose-dependently with cortical rather than hippocampal serotonergic activity in the rat forced swim stress

scientific article published on 3 July 2012

Sex Matters in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Sex differences in animal models of depression and antidepressant response.

scientific article published on 30 December 2009

Sex differences in animal models of psychiatric disorders

scientific article

Sex differences in behavioral and neurochemical effects of gonadectomy and aromatase inhibition in rats.

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Sex differences in pharmacokinetics of antidepressants

scientific article published on 31 December 2010

Sex differences in response to stress and expression of depressive-like behaviours in the rat.

scientific article published on January 2011

Sex differences in the effects of two stress paradigms on dopaminergic neurotransmission

scientific article published on 30 October 2007

Sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: An obstacle to antidepressant drug development?

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Sex-dependent neurochemical effects of environmental enrichment in the visual system

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

Sex-related differential response to clomipramine treatment in a rat model of depression

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

Stress induced risk-aversion is reverted by D2/D3 agonist in the rat.

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Tau protein is essential for stress-induced brain pathology

scientific article

The effect of treatment response on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in depression. A prospective study

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

The nucleus reuniens: a key node in the neurocircuitry of stress and depression

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

The positive effect on ketamine as a priming adjuvant in antidepressant treatment.

scientific article

Trans-crocin 4 is not hydrolyzed to crocetin following i.p. administration in mice, while it shows penetration through the blood brain barrier

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Women's Psychiatry

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

List of works by Nikolaos Kokras

A novel UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomics strategy enables the discovery of potential neuroactive metabolites in mice plasma, following i.p. administration of the main Crocus sativus L. bioactive component

A severe and irreversible case of tardive rigid-akinetic parkinsonian syndrome: the role of the DaTscan

Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Cell-Derived Peripheral Inflammatory Cytokines in Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

Acute but not sustained aromatase inhibition displays antidepressant properties

Adjunctive low-dose amisulpride in motor conversion disorder

Allosteric modulation of AMPA receptors counteracts Tau-related excitotoxic synaptic signaling and memory deficits in stress- and Aβ-evoked hippocampal pathology

Antidepressants induce regionally discrete, sex-dependent changes in brain's glutamate content

Behavioral sexual dimorphism in models of anxiety and depression due to changes in HPA axis activity

Bupropion-induced sleepwalking

Cardiac rhythm management devices and electroconvulsive therapy: a critical review apropos of a depressed patient with a pacemaker.

Chronic mild stress impact: are females more vulnerable?

Chronic stress triggers divergent dendritic alterations in immature neurons of the adult hippocampus, depending on their ultimate terminal fields

Citalopram-mediated anxiolysis and differing neurobiological responses in both sexes of a genetic model of depression.

Developmental fluoxetine and prenatal stress effects on serotonin, dopamine, and synaptophysin density in the PFC and hippocampus of offspring at weaning

Do corticosterone levels predict female depressive-like behavior in rodents?

Dysfunctional remembered parenting in oncology outpatients affects psychological distress symptoms in a gender-specific manner

Effect of Levodopa on Reward and Impulsivity in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Effect of sertraline on central serotonin and hippocampal plasticity in pregnant and non-pregnant rats

Escalating low-dose Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence induces differential behavioral and neurochemical effects in male and female adult rats

Experimental evidence for sildenafil's action in the central nervous system: dopamine and serotonin changes in the medial preoptic area and nucleus accumbens during sexual arousal

Forced swim test: What about females?

Gestational stress and fluoxetine treatment differentially affect plasticity, methylation and serotonin levels in the PFC and hippocampus of rat dams

Head shaking in the forced swim test: A robust but unexplored sex difference

Increased co-morbidity of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and common risk factors in intensive care unit survivors: a two-year follow-up study

Kinoscope: An Open-Source Computer Program for Behavioral Pharmacologists.

Neudesin is involved in anxiety behavior: structural and neurochemical correlates

Neuroplasticity-related correlates of environmental enrichment combined with physical activity differ between the sexes

Perinatal fluoxetine effects on social play, the HPA system, and hippocampal plasticity in pre-adolescent male and female rats: Interactions with pre-gestational maternal stress

Perinatal fluoxetine prevents the effect of pre-gestational maternal stress on 5-HT in the PFC, but maternal stress has enduring effects on mPFC synaptic structure in offspring

Personality characteristics and individual factors associated with PTSD in firefighters one month after extended wildfires

Pharmacogenetic considerations for late life depression therapy

Preclinical sex differences in depression and antidepressant response: Implications for clinical research

Predicting insomnia in medical wards: the effect of anxiety, depression and admission diagnosis.

Psychological but not vasomotor symptoms are associated with temperament and character traits

Sertraline behavioral response associates closer and dose-dependently with cortical rather than hippocampal serotonergic activity in the rat forced swim stress

Sex Matters in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology

Sex differences in animal models of depression and antidepressant response.

Sex differences in animal models of psychiatric disorders

Sex differences in behavioral and neurochemical effects of gonadectomy and aromatase inhibition in rats.

Sex differences in pharmacokinetics of antidepressants

Sex differences in response to stress and expression of depressive-like behaviours in the rat.

Sex differences in the effects of two stress paradigms on dopaminergic neurotransmission

Sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: An obstacle to antidepressant drug development?

Sex-dependent neurochemical effects of environmental enrichment in the visual system

Sex-related differential response to clomipramine treatment in a rat model of depression

Stress induced risk-aversion is reverted by D2/D3 agonist in the rat.

Tau protein is essential for stress-induced brain pathology

The effect of treatment response on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in depression. A prospective study

The nucleus reuniens: a key node in the neurocircuitry of stress and depression

The positive effect on ketamine as a priming adjuvant in antidepressant treatment.

Trans-crocin 4 is not hydrolyzed to crocetin following i.p. administration in mice, while it shows penetration through the blood brain barrier

Women's Psychiatry