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Antoine Pianos

Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research

Publications -  22
Citations -  1448

Antoine Pianos is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnenolone & Neuroactive steroid. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1322 citations. Previous affiliations of Antoine Pianos include University of Paris-Sud & Collège de France.

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Neurosteroid quantification in human brain regions: comparison between Alzheimer's and nondemented patients.

TL;DR: High levels of key proteins implicated in the formation of plaques and neurofibrillary tangles were correlated with decreased brain levels of PREGS and DHEAS, suggesting a possible neuroprotective role of these neurosteroids in AD.
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Validation of an analytical procedure to measure trace amounts of neurosteroids in brain tissue by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

TL;DR: The methodology validated here, allows femtomoles of neurosteroids, including the sulfates, found in small brain samples (at least equal to 10 mg) to be quantified simultaneously, and high sensitivity and accuracy were obtained.
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The anxiolytic etifoxine activates the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor and increases the neurosteroid levels in rat brain

TL;DR: Results indicate that following activation of the PBR in the brain, an increased cerebral production of allopregnanolone, a potent positive modulator of the GABA(A) receptor function, may partially contribute to the anxiolytic-like effects of etifoxine.
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Steroid profiling in brain and plasma of male and pseudopregnant female rats after traumatic brain injury: analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

TL;DR: A significant increase in neurosteroid levels in the male brain after TBI is consistent with their role in neuroprotection and in pseudopregnant females, high levels of circulating progestagens may provide protection against TBI.
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Novel lipoidal derivatives of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone and absence of their sulfated counterparts in rodent brain

TL;DR: It is suggested that the discrepancies between analyses with and without deconjugation are caused by internal contamination of brain extract fractions, supposed to contain steroid sulfates, by lipoidal forms of PREG and DHEA (L-PREG and L-DHEA, respectively).