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Tangui Maurice is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, and cell biology.

Their research addresses key topics such as pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Fenfluramine acts as a positive modulator of sigma-1 receptors" (2020), published in Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "Activation of the sigma-1 receptor chaperone alleviates symptoms of Wolfram syndrome in preclinical models" (2022), published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Bi-phasic dose response in the preclinical and clinical developments of sigma-1 receptor ligands for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders" (2020), published in Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
  • "Melatonin- and Ferulic Acid-Based HDAC6 Selective Inhibitors Exhibit Pronounced Immunomodulatory Effects In Vitro and Neuroprotective Effects in a Pharmacological Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model" (2021), published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Nucleoporin POM121 signals TFEB-mediated autophagy via activation of SIGMAR1/sigma-1 receptor chaperone by pridopidine" (2022), published in Autophagy

The frequent collaborators in this body of work include Benjamin Delprat, Lucie Crouzier, Élodie M. Richard, Allison Carles, and Michael Decker.

Tangui Maurice's work has been published repeatedly in certain venues, with several contributions in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Epilepsy & Behavior, and Autophagy.

Best Publications

  • The Pharmacology of Sigma-1 Receptors

    Tangui Maurice;Tsung-Ping Su

  • Amnesia induced in mice by centrally administered beta-amyloid peptides involves cholinergic dysfunction.

    Tangui Maurice;Brian P. Lockhart;Alain Privat

  • The sigma-1 receptor chaperone as an inter-organelle signaling modulator.

    Tsung Ping Su;Teruo Hayashi;Tangui Maurice;Shilpa Buch

  • Protective effect of BDNF against beta-amyloid induced neurotoxicity in vitro and in vivo in rats.

    S. Arancibia;M. Silhol;F. Moulière;J. Meffre

  • Sigma1 (σ1) receptor agonists and neurosteroids attenuate β25–35-amyloid peptide-induced amnesia in mice through a common mechanism

    T Maurice;T.-P Su;A Privat

  • Ca(2+) signaling via sigma(1)-receptors: novel regulatory mechanism affecting intracellular Ca(2+) concentration.

    Teruo Hayashi;Tangui Maurice;Tsung-Ping Su

  • The anti-amnesic and neuroprotective effects of donepezil against amyloid β25-35 peptide-induced toxicity in mice involve an interaction with the σ1 receptor

    J Meunier;J Ieni;T Maurice;T Maurice

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the sigma1 receptor in the adult rat central nervous system

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  • The interaction between neuroactive steroids and the σ1 receptor function: behavioral consequences and therapeutic opportunities

    Tangui Maurice;Alexandre Urani;Alexandre Urani;Vân-Ly Phan;Pascal Romieu

  • Behavioral evidence for a modulating role of σ ligands in memory processes. I. Attenuation of dizocilpine (MK-801)-induced amnesia

    Tangui Maurice;Masayuki Hiramatsu;Jiro Itoh;Tsutomu Kameyama

  • Neuroprotective and anti-amnesic potentials of sigma (σ) receptor ligands

    Tangui Maurice;Brian P. Lockhart

  • Neuroactive Neurosteroids as Endogenous Effectors for the Sigma1 (σ1) Receptor: Pharmacological Evidence and Therapeutic Opportunities

    Tangui Maurice;Vân-Ly Phan;Alexandre Urani;Hiroyuki Kamei

  • The sigma1 protein as a target for the non-genomic effects of neuro(active)steroids: molecular, physiological, and behavioral aspects.

    François P. Monnet;Tangui Maurice

  • The antidepressant-like effect induced by sigma(1)-receptor agonists and neuroactive steroids in mice submitted to the forced swimming test.

    Alexandre Urani;François J. Roman;Vân-Ly Phan;Tsung-Ping Su

  • Oxidative stress, inflammation, and autophagic stress as the key mechanisms of premature age-related hearing loss in SAMP8 mouse Cochlea.

    Julien Menardo;Yong Tang;Sabine Ladrech;Marc Lenoir

  • Anxiolytic properties of green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

    Michel Vignes;Tangui Maurice;Fabien Lanté;Magali Nedjar

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis adaptation processes in a depressive-like state induced by chronic restraint stress.

    Gaelle Naert;Guy Ixart;Guy Ixart;Tangui Maurice;Tangui Maurice;Lucia Tapia-Arancibia;Lucia Tapia-Arancibia

  • Sigma1 (σ1) receptor antagonists represent a new strategy against cocaine addiction and toxicity

    Tangui Maurice;Rémi Martin-Fardon;Pascal Romieu;Rae R Matsumoto

  • In vitro aggregation facilitates β-amyloid peptide-(25–35)-induced amnesia in the rat

    Stéphanie Delobette;Alain Privat;Tangui Maurice

  • Neuro(active)steroids actions at the neuromodulatory sigma1 (σ1) receptor: Biochemical and physiological evidences, consequences in neuroprotection

    Tangui Maurice;Catherine Grégoire;Julie Espallergues

  • Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate attenuates dizocilpine-induced learning impairment in mice via σ1-receptors

    Tangui Maurice;Jean-Louis Junien;Alain Privat

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsung-Ping Su
Tsung-Ping Su National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lucia Tapia-Arancibia
Lucia Tapia-Arancibia Grenoble Alpes University
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Rémi Martin-Fardon
Rémi Martin-Fardon Scripps Research Institute
Nicola Marchi
Nicola Marchi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher University College London
Jenny C. Taylor
Jenny C. Taylor University of Oxford
Alistair T. Pagnamenta
Alistair T. Pagnamenta University of Oxford

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