Novel Highly Potent and Selective Sigma1 Receptor Antagonists Effectively Block the Binge Eating Episode in Female Rats
Carlo Cifani, Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Luca Botticelli, Fabio Del Bello, Gianfabio Giorgioni, Pegi Pavletić, Alessandro Piergentili, Wilma Quaglia, Alessandro Bonifazi, Dirk Schepmann, Bernhard Wünsch, Giulio Vistoli, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura
Abstract
receptor as a promising target for the management of eating disorders.
Topics & Concepts
ReceptorOvereatingBinge eatingSigma-1 receptorOpioid receptorNMDA receptorPhencyclidineChemistryDocking (animal)In vivoPharmacologyPsychologyAntagonistInternal medicineEating disordersBiologyMedicineBiochemistryPsychiatryAgonistNursingObesityBiotechnologyPharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and EffectsReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuropeptides and Animal Physiology