Klocke B*, Britzolaki A*, Saurine J+, Ott H+, Krone K*, Bahamonde K+, Thelen C*, Tzimas C, Sanoudou D, Kranias EG, Pitychoutis PM (2024). A Novel Role for Phospholamban in the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Nov 23:2023.11.22.568306. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.22.568306. PMID: 38045420; PMCID: PMC10690257. Scientific Reports, 14: 6376
Klocke B*, Moore C*, Ott H+, Pitychoutis PM (2023) Chronic Pharmacological Activation of SERCA with CDN1163 affects spatial cognitive flexibility but not attention and impulsivity in mice. Behavioural Pharmacology, 2023 Dec 1;34(8):477-487.
Klocke B*, Krone K*, Tornes J*, Moore C*, Ott H+, Pitychoutis PM (2023) Insights into the Role of Intracellular Calcium Signaling in the Neurobiology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Frontiers in Neuroscience (Section Neurodevelopment) 17 - 2023 | DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1093099.
Argyrofthalmidou M, Spathis AD, Maniati M, Poula A, Katsianou MA, Sotiriou E, Manousaki M, Perier C, Papapanagiotou I, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Pitychoutis PM, Alexakos P, Vila M, Stefanis L, Vassilatis DK. (2021) Nurr1 repression mediates cardinal features of Parkinson's disease in α-synuclein transgenic mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Jul 28;30(16):1469-1483.
Britzolaki A*, Cronin C+, Flaherty P+, Rufo R+, Pitychoutis PM. (2020) Chronic but not acute pharmacological activation of SERCA induces behavioral and neurochemical effects in male and female mice. Behavioural Brain Research; 399: 112984.
Klocke B*, Pitychoutis PM. (2020) A role for the 5-HT2B receptor in the Neurobiology of Schizophrenia. In: 5-HT2B Receptors: From Molecular Biology to Clinical Applications (Ed Luc Maroteaux & Laurent Monassier; Springer Eds; ISBN: 978-3-030-55919-9)
Britzolaki A*, Saurine J+, Klocke B*, Pitychoutis PM. (2020) A Role for SERCA pumps in the neurobiology of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. In: Calcium Signaling (Ed: Md Shahidul Islam; Springer Eds; ISBN: 978-3-030-12456-4) and Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020; 1131:131-161
Thelen C*, Flaherty E+, Saurine J+, Sens J+, Mohamed S+, Pitychoutis PM, Sex Differences in the Temporal Neuromolecular and Synaptogenic Effects of the Rapid-acting Antidepressant Drug Ketamine in the Mouse Brain. Neuroscience, 398: 182-192.
Britzolaki A*, Saurine J+, Flaherty E+, Thelen C*, Pitychoutis PM, The SERCA2: A Gate-keeper of neuronal calcium homeostasis in the brain. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 38(5): 981-994.
Belmer A, Quentin E, Diaz SL, Guiard BP, Fernandez SP, Doly S, Banas SM, Pitychoutis PM, Moutkine I, Muzerelle A, Tchenio A, Roumier A, Mameli M, Maroteaux L. Positive regulation of raphe serotonin neurons by serotonin 2B receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(7): 1623-1632.
Choi SJ, Mukai J, Kvajo M, Xu B, Diamantopoulou A, Pitychoutis PM, Gou B, Gogos JA, Zhang H. (2017). A Schizophrenia-Related Deletion Leads to KCNQ2-Dependent Abnormal Dopaminergic Modulation of Prefrontal Cortical Interneuron Activity. Cerebral Cortex, 28(6): 2175-2191.
Sens J+, Schneider E+, Mauch J+, Schaffstein A+, Mohamed S+, Fazoli K+, Saurine J+, Britzolaki A*, Thelen C*, Pitychoutis PM (2017) Lipopolysaccharide administration induces sex-dependent behavioral and serotonergic neurochemical signatures in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 153:168-181.
Thelen C*, Sens J+, Mauch J+, Pandit R+, Pitychoutis PM, (2016) Repeated ketamine treatment induces sex-specific behavioural and neurochemical effects in mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 312:305-312.
Pitychoutis PM, Belmer A, Moutkine I, Adrien J, Maroteaux L. (2015) Mice Lacking the Serotonin Htr2B Receptor Gene Present an Antipsychotic-Sensitive Schizophrenic-Like Phenotype. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(12):2764-73.
Franceschelli A*, Sens J+, Herchick S+, Thelen C+, Pitychoutis PM (2015) Sex differences in the rapid and the sustained antidepressant-like effects of ketamine in stress-naïve and "depressed" mice exposed to chronic mild stress. Neuroscience, 290:49-60; Ranked 8th among the “Hottest 25 Articles” of Neuroscience (January-March 2015).
Franceschelli A*, Herchick S+, Thelen C+, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Pitychoutis PM (2014) Sex differences in the chronic mild stress model of depression. Behavioural Pharmacology, 25;372-383.
Sfikakis A, Pitychoutis PM, Tsouma A, Messari I, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2014) Effects of testosterone and estradiol on stress-induced adrenal and hippocampal weight in female rats. Hormones, 13: 119-133.
Pitychoutis PM, Sanoudou D, Papandreou M, Nasias D, Kouskou M, Tomlinson CR, Tsonis PA#, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2014) Forced swim test induces divergent global transcriptomic alterations in the hippocampus of high versus low novelty-seeker rats. Human Genomics, 25;8(1):4; Annotated “Highly Accessed” Article.
Bessinis DP, Dalla C, Kokras N, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2013) Sex-dependent neurochemical effects of environmental enrichment in the visual system. Neuroscience, 254:130-140
Pitychoutis PM, Kokras N, Sanoudou D, Dalla C, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2013) Pharmacogenetic considerations for late-life depression therapy. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicology, 9(8):989-99
Xilouri M, Brekk OR, Landeck N, Pitychoutis PM, Papasilekas T, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Kirik D, Stefanis L (2013). Boosting Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy mitigates alpha-synuclein-mediated neurodegeneration in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease. Brain, 136: 2130-2146.
Narboux-Nême N, Angenard G, Mosienko V, Klempin F, Pitychoutis PM, Deneris E, Bader M, Giros B, Alenina N, Gaspar P (2013). Postnatal growth defects in mice with constitutive depletion of central serotonin, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 16;4(1):171-181.
Athanasopoulos C, Pitychoutis PM, Messari I, Lionis C, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2013). Is drug utilization in Greece sex-dependent? A population-based study. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 112(1):55-62.
Pitychoutis PM, Dalla C, Sideris A, Tsonis PA, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2012). 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT2C receptor mRNA modulation by antidepressant treatment in the chronic mild stress model of depression: sex differences exposed. Neuroscience 210: 152-167.
Xilouri M, Kyratzi E, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Vila M, Maniati M, Ulusoy A, Kirik D, Park D, Wada K, Stefanis L (2012). Selective neuroprotective effects of the S18Y polymorphic variant of UCH-L1 in the dopaminergic system. Human Molecular Genetics, 21(4):874-889.
Kokras N, Sotiropoulos I, Pitychoutis PM, Almeida OFX, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z. (2011). Citalopram-mediated anxiolysis and differing neurobiological responses in both sexes of a genetic model of depression. Neuroscience, 27;194:62-71.
Pitychoutis PM, Pallis E, Mikail HG, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2011). Individual differences in novelty-seeking predict differential responses to chronic antidepressant treatment through sex- and phenotype-dependent neurochemical signatures. Behavioral Brain Research, 223(1):154-168.
Dalla C, Pitychoutis PM, Kokras N., Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2011). Sex differences in response to stress and expression of depressive-like behaviours in the rat. Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience 8, 97-118.
Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2010). Of depression and immunity: does sex matter? International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 13: 675-689.
Pitychoutis PM, Zisaki A, Dalla C, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2010). Pharmacogenetic insights into depression and antidepressant response: does sex matter? Current Pharmaceutical Design, 16: 2214-2223.
Dalla C, Pitychoutis PM, Kokras N, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2010). Sex differences in the neurobiological substrate of depression and antidepressant response. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 106: 226-233.
Pitychoutis PM, Griva E, Ioannou K, Tsitsilonis OE, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2009). Chronic antidepressant treatment exerts sexually dimorphic immunomodulatory effects in an experimental model of major depression: do females lack an advantage? International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 12: 1157-1163.
Pitychoutis PM, Tsitsilonis OE, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2010). Antidepressant pharmacotherapy: focus on sex differences in neuroimmunopharmacological crossroads. Future Neurology, 5: 581-596.
Kamper EF, Chatzigeorgiou A, Tsimpoukidi O, Kamper M, Dalla C, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2009). Sex differences in oxidant/antioxidant balance under a chronic mild stress regime. Physiology & Behavior, 98: 215-222.
Pitychoutis PM, Nakamura K, Tsonis PA, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2009). Neurochemical and behavioral alterations in an inflammatory model of depression: sex differences exposed. Neuroscience, 159: 1216-1232.
Zampeli E, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Tiligada E (2009). Systemic challenge with lipopolysaccharide induces histamine levels in the rat conjunctiva and cartilage but not in the hypothalamus. Inflammation Research 58: S49-50.
Sfikakis A, Pitychoutis PM, Antoniou K, Bikas N, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2008). The impact of the hormonal milieu and stress-associated hypothalamic dopaminergic activation on the rapid compensatory adrenal growth in cycling female rats. Hormones, 7:307-316.
Marazioti A, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Spyraki C, Thermos K (2008). Activation of somatostatin receptors in the globus pallidus increases rat locomotor activity and dopamine release in the striatum. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 201:413-22.
Flaherty P+, Pitychoutis PM (2019) On the Behavioral and Neuromolecular Effects of Adolescent Social Defeat Stress in Rats and Mice. In: Proceedings 2019 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, pp: 76-82.
Pitychoutis PM (2017, 2018, 2019) Neurobiology Laboratory Manual, Department of Biology, University of Dayton (Laboratory Manual).
Saurine J+, Pitychoutis PM (2017) SERCA2: A Gatekeeper of Calcium Homeostasis in the Brain. In: Proceedings 2017 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, pp: 86-90.
Dalla C, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2013). Principles of Psychopharmacology. In: Modern Psychiatry by Papadimitirou, Liapas and Lykouras. Vita Eds, Athens, Greece, ISBN: 960-452-162-4.
Dalla C, Kokras N, Pitychoutis PM, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Olivier JDA (2013). The differential involvement of the serotonergic system in depression and antidepressant treatment of males and females. In Hall, FS. ed. Serotonin: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Health Implications, Hauppauge, NY, NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 9781624176364.
Pitychoutis PM, Sanoudou D, Dalla C, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z (2012) Neuropharmacogenetics of depressive disorders: has the time come to take both sexes into account? In: Clinical Appplications of Pharmacogenetics, InTech Eds, ISBN 978-953-307-821-2.
Dalla C, Pitychoutis PM, Sanoudou D, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z 2011. “The Neurobiological substrate of psychoses: implications in developing new treatments”. In: Clinical Psychopharmacology: latest advances by Prof K. Soldatos and D. Dikeos. Vita Eds, Athens, Greece, ISBN 978-960-452-139-5.
Pitychoutis PM, Dalla C, Sanoudou D, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z. (2012) “Pharmacology of nicotine addiction”. In: Lung Cancer Atlas, by Prof. Syrigos, Parisianos Eds, Athens, Greece, ISBN 978-960-394-838-4.