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List of works by Ashish Dhir

An activity model for novel antidepressants that interact with the serotonin transporter (SERT).

scientific article published in September 2011

An overview of curcumin in neurological disorders.

scientific article published on March 2010

Animal models of tardive dyskinesia

scientific article published on January 2011

Antagonistic activity of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) on dopaminergic modulation: apomorphine-induced stereotypic behavior in mice

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Anticonvulsant potencies of the enantiomers of the neurosteroids androsterone and etiocholanolone exceed those of the natural forms

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Antidepressant-like effect of 1-(7-methoxy-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-4-YL)-cyclohexanol, a putative trace amine receptor ligand involves l-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway.

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Antidepressant-like effect of 17beta-estradiol: involvement of dopaminergic, serotonergic, and (or) sigma-1 receptor systems

scientific article published in October 2008

Ascorbic Acid inhibits development of tolerance and dependence to opiates in mice: possible glutamatergic or dopaminergic modulation

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Berberine: a plant alkaloid with therapeutic potential for central nervous system disorders.

scientific article published on March 2010

Characterization of seizures induced by acute and repeated exposure to tetramethylenedisulfotetramine

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Curcumin in epilepsy disorders

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Curcumin potentiates the anti-inflammatory activity of cyclooxygenase inhibitors in the cotton pellet granuloma pouch model.

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Current investigational drugs for major depression

scientific article (publication date: June 2009)

Cyclooxygenase in epilepsy: from perception to application.

scientific article published on February 2009

Effect of Withania somnifera Dunal root extract against pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold in mice: possible involvement of GABAergic system

scientific article published in June 2008

Effect of addition of yohimbine (alpha-2-receptor antagonist) to the antidepressant activity of fluoxetine or venlafaxine in the mouse forced swim test.

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Effect of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced convulsions: Possible mechanism of action

scientific article published on 17 July 2006

Effect of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors in various animal models (bicuculline, picrotoxin, maximal electroshock-induced convulsions) of epilepsy with possible mechanism of action

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Effect of naproxen, a non-selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, on pentylenetetrazol-induced kindling in mice

scientific article published in July 2005

Effect of preferential cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced striatal lesions in rats: behavioral, biochemical and histological evidences.

scientific article published on June 2010

Effect of rofecoxib, a cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor, on various biochemical parameters of brain associated with pentylenetetrazol-induced chemical kindling in mice

scientific article published in June 2006

Effect of systemic administration of adenosine on brain adenosine levels in pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure threshold in mice

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

Effect of various antiepileptic drugs in a pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure model in mice

scientific article published in September 2009

Effect of various classes of antidepressants in behavioral paradigms of despair

scientific article published on 18 May 2007

Effect of withdrawal of diazepam or morphine treatment on gastric motility (charcoal meal test) in mice: possible role of different central and peripheral receptors.

scientific article published in July 2007

Evaluation of antidepressant activity of 1-(7-methoxy-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-4-YL)-cyclohexanol, a β-substituted phenylethylamine in mice

scientific article published on January 31, 2011

Involvement of L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of venlafaxine in mice

scientific article published on 20 February 2007

Involvement of dopamine (DA)/serotonin (5-HT)/sigma (sigma) receptor modulation in mediating the antidepressant action of ropinirole hydrochloride, a D2/D3 dopamine receptor agonist

scientific article published on 30 May 2007

Involvement of nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in the antidepressant action of bupropion, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor

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Involvement of sigma (sigma1) receptors in modulating the anti-depressant effect of neurosteroids (dehydroepiandrosterone or pregnenolone) in mouse tail-suspension test

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Involvement of sigma-1 receptor modulation in the antidepressant action of venlafaxine

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Mechanisms of action of antiseizure drugs

scientific article published on January 2012

Memantine delayed N-methyl-D-aspartate -induced convulsions in neonatal rats

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Natural polyphenols in preclinical models of epilepsy

scientific article published on 15 February 2020

Natural polyphenols in the management of major depression

scientific article published on 06 May 2013

Neuroprotective effect of nimesulide, a preferential COX-2 inhibitor, against pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced chemical kindling and associated biochemical parameters in mice

scientific article published on 2 July 2007

New therapeutic promises in the treatment of depression and schizophrenia.

scientific article published in December 2008

Nitric oxide and major depression

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Nitric oxide signaling pathway in the anti-convulsant effect of adenosine against pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure threshold in mice

scientific article published on 30 March 2008

Novel discoveries in understanding the complexities of epilepsy and major depression

scientific article published on January 2010

On the anticonvulsant effect of allopregnanolone (a neurosteroid) in neonatal rats

scientific article published on 20 September 2015

On the mechanism of antidepressant-like action of berberine chloride

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) Kindling Model of Epilepsy

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Perampanel, a potent AMPA receptor antagonist, protects against tetramethylenedisulfotetramine-induced seizures and lethality in mice: comparison with diazepam

scientific article published on 29 April 2021

Possible involvement of L-arginine-nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling pathway in the antidepressant activity of berberine chloride

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Possible involvement of nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of MK-801(dizocilpine), a NMDA receptor antagonist in mouse forced swim test.

scientific article published in March 2008

Possible involvement of sigma-1 receptors in the anti-immobility action of bupropion, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor

scientific article published in August 2008

Potentials of curcumin as an antidepressant.

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Pre- and post-exposure talampanel (GYKI 53773) against kainic acid seizures in neonatal rats.

scientific article published in September 2015

Pro-convulsant effect of cefazolin sodium against pentylenetetrazol- or picrotoxin-induced convulsions in mice

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Propofol hemisuccinate suppresses cortical spreading depression

scientific article published on February 25, 2012

Protective effect of cyclooxygenase (COX)-inhibitors against drug-induced catatonia and MPTP-induced striatal lesions in rats

scientific article published on 8 August 2009

Protective effect of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors but not non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-inhibitors on ethanol withdrawal-induced behavioural changes

scientific article published in December 2005

Protective effect of naproxen (non-selective COX-inhibitor) or rofecoxib (selective COX-2 inhibitor) on immobilization stress-induced behavioral and biochemical alterations in mice

scientific article published on 7 March 2006

Protective effect of non-selective and selective COX-2-inhibitors in acute immobilization stress-induced behavioral and biochemical alterations.

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Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic enhances the antidepressant-like effect of venlafaxine or fluoxetine: possible involvement of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors

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Rofecoxib potentiates the anticonvulsant effect of topiramate

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Rofecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor increases pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold in mice: possible involvement of adenosinergic mechanism

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Rofecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor potentiates the anticonvulsant activity of tiagabine against pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions in mice

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Role of neurosteroids in the anticonvulsant activity of midazolam

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Seizure protection by intrapulmonary delivery of midazolam in mice

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Seizure protection by intrapulmonary delivery of propofol hemisuccinate

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Systemic administration of adenosine ameliorates pentylenetetrazol-induced chemical kindling and secondary behavioural and biochemical changes in mice

scientific article published in December 2007

The efficacy of vortioxetine for the treatment of major depressive disorder.

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Tiagabine, a GABA uptake inhibitor, attenuates 3-nitropropionic acid-induced alterations in various behavioral and biochemical parameters in rats

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Venlafaxine reverses chronic fatigue-induced behavioral, biochemical and neurochemical alterations in mice

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

Vortioxetine for the treatment of major depression

scientific article published on December 2013

Withania somnifera: an Indian ginseng

scientific article published on 21 September 2007

sigma-1 receptors in major depression and anxiety

scientific article published on July 2009