18 citations
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June 2016 in “Brain Research” Increasing TSPO in the brain may help improve memory problems.
16 citations
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September 2016 in “Neuropharmacology” This study suggests that in an ex vivo rat glaucoma model, TSPO activation is involved in Allopregnanolone synthesis and may help prevent retinal damage, with TSPO agonists as potential therapeutic agents.
5 citations
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October 2020 in “Brain Research Bulletin” This study found that etifoxine pretreatment reduced neuroinflammation and improved cognitive function in LPS-induced neuroinflammation in mice, potentially through increased neurosteroid synthesis and reduced apoptosis.
25 citations
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June 2017 in “Neuropharmacology” This study observed that overexpressing TSPO in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of mice led to significant anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects, potentially mediated by increased allopregnanolone synthesis.
16 citations
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November 2018 in “Medicinal Chemistry” The authors concluded that newly synthesized N-acyl-L-tryptophanyl-isoleucine amides showed high anxiolytic activity in animal models, comparable to diazepam, through interaction with the TSPO receptor.