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Artificial Intelligence
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Research topics from publications: Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus play key roles in menopausal hot flashes; Environmental stress during adolescence promotes depression-like behavior and endocrine abnormalities in rats; Changes in vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (Vglut2) and vesicular GABA transporter 1 (Vgat1) in the orofacial pain and temperature perception pathway under low estrogen conditions. Representative work: During menopause, when estrogen levels are low, abnormalities in the hypothalamic preoptic area (POA) of the thermoregulatory center can cause hot flashes. However, the involved neural population has not been identified. Proteomics showed that under low estrogen, differentially expressed proteins in the hypothalamus were associated with glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses. RNAscope, Western blotting and qRT-PCR indicated that the number of glutamatergic neurons in the POA was decreased, while the number of GABAergic neurons was increased. Chemogenetics showed that the rat body temperature decreased slowly after glutamatergic neurons were activated and increased quickly after glutamatergic n OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of estrogen on the threshold and temperature of orofacial pain and explore the influence on the function of glutamate and GABA neurons in the orofacial pain temperature perception pathway by observing the expression of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (Vglut2) and vesicular GABA transporter 1 (Vgat1). METHODS: A total of 24 adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham operation (SHAM), ovariectomized (OVX) and ovariectomized plus estrogen intervention (OVX+E) (n = 8 per group). The threshold of mechanical pain of the orofacial region was assessed with von Frey filaments, and the temperature of the rat orofacial region was monito
Environmental stress during adolescence promotes depression-like behavior and endocrine abnormalities in rats
Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus play key roles in menopausal hot flashes
Changes in vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (Vglut2) and vesicular GABA transporter 1 (Vgat1) in the orofacial pain and temperature perception pathway under low estrogen conditions.
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