The neuroprotective properties of the superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol correlate with its ability to reduce pathological glutamate release in a rodent model of …

…, A Vipani, NH Bowens, JW Nalwalk… - Free Radical Biology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The contribution of oxidative stress to ischemic brain damage is well established. Nevertheless,
for unknown reasons, several clinically tested antioxidant therapies have failed to show …

Opioids activate brain analgesic circuits through cytochrome P450/epoxygenase signaling

…, W Yang, J Yang, MA VanAlstine, JW Nalwalk… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
To assess the importance of brain cytochrome P450 (P450) activity in μ opioid analgesic
action, we generated a mutant mouse with brain neuron–specific reductions in P450 activity; …

Activation of spinal histamine H3 receptors inhibits mechanical nociception

KE Cannon, JW Nalwalk, R Stadel, P Ge… - European journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Previous studies have suggested a possible pain-modulatory role for histamine H 3 receptors,
but the localization of these receptors and nature of this modulation is not clear. In order to …

Histamine-induced modulation of nociceptive responses

KK Thoburn, LB Hough, JW Nalwalk, SA Mischler - Pain, 1994 - Elsevier
… Consistent with our pharmacological results (Hough and Nalwalk 1992a; and Figs. 4-51,
autoradiographic studies have identified HZ receptors in the mesencephalic central grey of the …

Pain-facilitating medullary neurons contribute to opioid-induced respiratory depression

RS Phillips, DR Cleary, JW Nalwalk… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Respiratory depression is a therapy-limiting side effect of opioid analgesics, yet our
understanding of the brain circuits mediating this potentially lethal outcome remains incomplete. …

[PDF][PDF] Conditional deletion of LRRC8A in the brain reduces stroke damage independently of swelling-activated glutamate release

…, S Chen, AL Schober, AM Fidaleo, JW Nalwalk… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The ubiquitous volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs) facilitate cell volume control and
contribute to many other physiological processes. Treatment with non-specific VRAC …

A Third Life for Burimamide: Discovery and Characterization of a Novel Class of Non‐Opioid Analgesics Derived from Histamine Antagonists

LB Hough, JW Nalwalk, WG Barnes… - Annals of the New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Burimamide, a histamine (HA) derivative with both H 2 ‐ and H 3 ‐blocking properties, induces
antinociception when injected into the rodent CNS. Several related compounds share this …

Improgan, a cimetidine analog, induces morphine-like antinociception in opioid receptor-knockout mice

LB Hough, JW Nalwalk, Y Chen, A Schuller, Y Zhu… - Brain research, 2000 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel LB Hough a , JW Nalwalk a , Y. Chen a , A. Schuller b , Y. …
BY Li, JW Nalwalk, JM Finkel, SD Glick, LB Hough … BY Li, JW Nalwalk, LB Hough …

Eight flurothyl-induced generalized seizures lead to the rapid evolution of spontaneous seizures in mice: a model of epileptogenesis with seizure remission

SB Kadiyala, JQ Yannix, JW Nalwalk… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
The occurrence of recurrent, unprovoked seizures is the hallmark of human epilepsy.
Currently, only two-thirds of this patient population has adequate seizure control. New epilepsy …

Pharmacological characterization of GT-2016, a non-thiourea-containing histamine H3 receptor antagonist: in vitro and in vivo studies.

…, SL Yates, GP Pawlowski, JW Nalwalk… - … of Pharmacology and …, 1995 - ASPET
GT-2016, a non-thiourea-containing imidazole, has been developed as a histamine H3
antagonist. In vitro and in vivo studies in rats were conducted to characterize receptor selectivity …