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Therapeutic potential of NOX inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders

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Neuropsychiatric disorders encompass a broad category of medical conditions that include both neurology as well as psychiatry such as major depressive disorder, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia as well as psychosis.

Objective

NADPH-oxidase (NOX), which is the free radical generator, plays a substantial part in oxidative stress in neuropsychiatric disorders. It is thought that elevated oxidative stress as well as neuroinflammation plays a part in the emergence of neuropsychiatric disorders. Including two linked with membranes and four with subunits of cytosol, NOX is a complex of multiple subunits. NOX has been linked to a significant source of reactive oxygen species in the brain. NOX has been shown to control memory processing and neural signaling. However, excessive NOX production has been linked to cardiovascular disorders, CNS degeneration, and neurotoxicity. The increase in NOX leads to the progression of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Result

Our review mainly emphasized the characteristics of NOX and its various mechanisms, the modulation of NOX in various neuropsychiatric disorders, and various studies supporting the fact that NOX might be the potential therapeutic target for neuropsychiatric disorders.

Conclusion

Here, we summarizes various pharmacological studies involving NOX inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders.

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The authors are grateful to the Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab, India, for providing the necessary facilities to carry out the research work.

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Conceptualization and conceived and designed the experiments: Thakur Gurjeet Singh. Analyzed the data: Heena Khan and Thakur Gurjeet Singh. Wrote the manuscript: Parneet Kaur and Heena Khan. Editing of the manuscript: Heena Khan and Amarjot Kaur Grewal. Critically reviewed the article: Thakur Gurjeet Singh.

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Kaur, P., Khan, H., Grewal, A.K. et al. Therapeutic potential of NOX inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders. Psychopharmacology 240, 1825–1840 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06424-5

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