Articles by author - Pablo Scacchi

Disrupted chronobiology of sleep and cytoprotection in obesity: possible therapeutic value of melatonin.

Cardinali D, Pagano E, Scacchi Bernasconi P, Reynoso R, Scacchi P.

Journal Article 2011; 32(5): 588-606 PubMed PMID: 22167135  Keywords:  Animals, Antioxidants:therapeutic use, Chronobiology Phenomena:drug effects, Circadian Rhythm:drug effects, Cytoprotection:drug effects, Humans, Melatonin:therapeutic use, Obesity:drug therapy, Sleep Wake Disorders:drug therapy,.    Citation

: From a physiological perspective the sleep-wake cycle can be envisioned as a sequence of three physiological states (wakefulness, non-ra.....

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Evidence to suggest glutamic acid involvement in Bisphenol A effect at the hypothalamic level in prepubertal male rats.

Cardoso N, Pandolfi M, Ponzo O, Carbone S, Szwarcfarb B, Scacchi P, Reynoso R.

Journal Article 2010; 31(4): 512-516 PubMed PMID: 20802452  Keywords:  Animals, Benzhydryl Compounds, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone:blood, Glutamic Acid:metabolism, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Hypothalamus:drug effects, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Male, Phenols:pharm.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of present paper was to study the probable role of glutamic acid (GLU) as a mediator of bisphenol A (BPA) effect at th.....

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Hypothalamic nitric oxide synthase activity during sexual maturation in female rats. Effects of estrogens.

Reynoso R, Mohn C, Szwarcfarb B, Ponzo O, Carbone S, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2004; 25(3): 219-222 PubMed PMID: 15349089  Keywords:  Animals, Estradiol:pharmacology, Female, Hypothalamus:enzymology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Sexual Maturation:physiology, Synaptic Transmission:drug effects,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: To determine the hypothalamic activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS, the enzyme involved in the synthesis of nitric oxide NO).....

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Effects of gabaergic and serotoninergic systems on hypothalamic content of catecholamines during sexual development in female rats.

Rondina D, Ponzo O, Szwarcfarb B, Carbone S, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2003; 24(1-2): 46-49 PubMed PMID: 12743531  Keywords:  Animals, Baclofen:pharmacology, Catecholamines:metabolism, Dopamine:metabolism, Female, GABA Agonists:pharmacology, Hypothalamus:growth & development, Muscimol:pharmacology, Norepinephrine:metabolism, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, GABA-A:drug effects, Re.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present investigation was to determine whether the catecholaminergic system is involved in gabaergic and seroto.....

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Changes in the sensitivity of gonadotrophin axis to leptin during sexual maturation in female rats.

Ponzo O, Szwarcfarb B, Rondina D, Carbone S, Reynoso R, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2001; 22(6): 427-431 PubMed PMID: 11781539  Keywords:  Animals, Female, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Hypothalamus:metabolism, Leptin:pharmacology, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Pituitary Gland:metabolism, Rats, Sexual Maturation:drug effects,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present paper was to determine the sensitivity of the GnRH-LH axis to leptin administration during sexual matur.....

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