Variation in the cortical area map of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred mice predicts strain identity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently a hyperthermic rat hippocampal slice model system has been used to investigate febrile seizure pathophysiology. Our previous data indicates that heating immature rat hippocampal slices from 34 to 41 degrees C in an interface chamber induced epileptiform-like population spikes accompanied by a spread...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Wu J,Javedan SP,Ellsworth K,Smith K,Fisher RS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we examined the effects of cyclophosphamide, methothrexate, and 5-Fluorouracil (CMF) drug combination on various aspects of learning and memory. We also examined the effects of CMF on cell proliferation and chromatin remodeling as possible underlying mechanisms to explain chemotherapy-associat...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Briones TL,Woods J

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Berberine is the major alkaloidal component of Rhizoma coptidis, and has multiple pharmacological effects including inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, reducing cholesterol and glucose, lowering mortality in patients with chronic congestive heart failure and anti-inflammation etc. Thus berberine is a promising ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Zhu F,Qian C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that Stroop interference is stronger in children than in adults. However, in a standard Stroop paradigm, stimulus interference and response interference are confounded. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether interference at the stimulus level and the response lev...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Jongen EM,Jonkman LM

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To reach and grasp an object in space on the basis of its image cast on the retina requires different coordinate transformations that take into account gaze and limb positioning. Eye position in the orbit influences the image's conversion from retinotopic (eye-centered) coordinates to an egocentric frame nec...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Andersson F,Etard O,Denise P,Petit L

更新日期：2004-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise control of developmental and cell-specific expression of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is essential for normal neuronal development and the diverse functions of BDNF in the adult organism. We previously showed that the zebrafish BDNF gene has multiple promoters. The complexity of ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Heinrich G,Pagtakhan CJ

更新日期：2004-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Receptor-interacting protein 3 (RIP3), a member of RIP family proteins, has been shown to participate in programmed necrosis or necroptosis in cell biology studies. Evidence suggests that necroptosis may be a mode of neuronal death in the retina. RESULTS:In the present study we determined the expression of ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Huang JF,Shang L,Zhang MQ,Wang H,Chen D,Tong JB,Huang H,Yan XX,Zeng LP,Xiong K

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult neurogenesis continuously adds new neurons to the dentate gyrus and the olfactory bulb. It involves the proliferation and subsequent differentiation of neuronal progenitors, and is thus closely linked to the cell cycle machinery. Cell cycle progression is governed by the successive expression, activati...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Ansorg A,Witte OW,Urbach A

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder characterized by the degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic systems. Free radicals induced by oxidative stress are involved in the mechanisms of cell death in PD. This study clarifies the neuroprotective effects of edaravone (MCI-186, 3-methyl-1-phenyl-...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Yuan WJ,Yasuhara T,Shingo T,Muraoka K,Agari T,Kameda M,Uozumi T,Tajiri N,Morimoto T,Jing M,Baba T,Wang F,Leung H,Matsui T,Miyoshi Y,Date I

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cys-loop receptors play important roles in fast neuronal signal transmission. Functional receptors are pentamers, with each subunit having an extracellular, transmembrane (TM) and intracellular domain. Each TM domain contains 4 α-helices (M1-M4) joined by loops of varying lengths. Many of the amino acid resi...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Tang B,Lummis SCR

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The function of synaptotagmins (syt) in Ca2+-dependent transmitter release has been attributed primarily to Ca2+-dependent isoforms such as syt I. Recently, syt IV, an inducible Ca2+-independent isoform has been implicated in transmitter release. We postulated that the effects of syt IV on transmitter releas...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Moore-Dotson JM,Papke JB,Harkins AB

更新日期：2010-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease is an inherited lysosomal storage disease caused by mutation of the Npc1 gene, resulting in a progressive accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and glycolipids in lysosomes of multiple tissues and leading to neurodegeneration and other disease. In Npc1 mutant mice, reti...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Yan X,Ma L,Hovakimyan M,Lukas J,Wree A,Frank M,Guthoff R,Rolfs A,Witt M,Luo J

更新日期：2014-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After unilateral cervical cord lesion at the C7/C8 border interrupting the dorsolateral funiculus in adult monkeys, neutralization of Nogo-A using a specific monoclonal antibody promoted sprouting of corticospinal (CS) axons rostral and caudal to the lesion and, in parallel, improved functional recovery. In ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Beaud ML,Schmidlin E,Wannier T,Freund P,Bloch J,Mir A,Schwab ME,Rouiller EM

更新日期：2008-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:White matter hyperintensities (WMH) can lead to dementia but the underlying physiological mechanisms are unclear. We compared relative oscillatory power from electroencephalographic studies (EEGs) of 17 patients with subcortical ischemic vascular dementia, based on extensive white matter hyperintensities (SI...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： van Straaten EC,de Haan W,de Waal H,Scheltens P,van der Flier WM,Barkhof F,Koene T,Stam CJ

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human inferior frontal junction area (IFJ) is critically involved in three main component processes of cognitive control (working memory, task switching and inhibitory control). As it overlaps with several areas in established anatomical labeling schemes, it is considered to be underreported as a functio...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Sundermann B,Pfleiderer B

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies associate lipid peroxidation with long-term memory (LTM) failure in a gastropod model (Lymnaea stagnalis) of associative learning and memory. This process involves activation of Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), an enzyme mediating the release of fatty acids such as arachidonic acid that form the pre...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Hermann PM,Park D,Beaulieu E,Wildering WC

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reuptake of synaptic norepinephrine (NE) via the antidepressant-sensitive NE transporter (NET) supports efficient noradrenergic signaling and presynaptic NE homeostasis. Limited, and somewhat contradictory, information currently describes the axonal transport and localization of NET in neurons. RESULTS:We e...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Matthies HJ,Han Q,Shields A,Wright J,Moore JL,Winder DG,Galli A,Blakely RD

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative fatal disease that can affect the neurons of brain and spinal cord. ALS genetics has identified various genes to be associated with disease pathology. Oxidative stress induced bunina and lewy bodies formation can be regulated through the ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Pal S,Tiwari A,Sharma K,Sharma SK

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Astrocytes are responsible for a broad range of functions that maintain homeostasis in the brain. However, their response to the pro-inflammatory cytokines released by activated microglia in various neurological pathologies may exacerbate neurodegenerative processes. Accumulating evidence suggests that omega...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Zgórzyńska E,Stulczewski D,Dziedzic B,Su KP,Walczewska A

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lateral premotor cortex plays a crucial role in visually guided limb movements. It is divided into two main regions, the dorsal (PMd) and ventral (PMv) areas, which are in turn subdivided into functionally and anatomically distinct rostral (PMd-r and PMv-r) and caudal (PMd-c and PMv-c) sub-regions. We an...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Boussaoud D,Tanné-Gariépy J,Wannier T,Rouiller EM

更新日期：2005-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The megencephaly mouse, mceph/mceph, is epileptic and displays a dramatically increased brain volume and neuronal count. The responsible mutation was recently revealed to be an eleven base pair deletion, leading to a frame shift, in the gene encoding the potassium channel Kv1.1. The predicted MCEPH protein i...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Persson AS,Klement G,Almgren M,Sahlholm K,Nilsson J,Petersson S,Arhem P,Schalling M,Lavebratt C

更新日期：2005-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome (RTT, MIM #312750) is a severe neurological disorder caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Female patients are affected with an incidence of 1/15000 live births and develop normally from birth to 6-18 months of age before the onset of deficits in autonom...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Panayotis N,Ghata A,Villard L,Roux JC

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms of steroids actions in the brain mainly involve the binding and nuclear translocation of specific cytoplasmic receptors. These receptors can act as transcription factors and regulate gene expression. However, steroid-dependent transcriptional regulation in different types of neural cells is no...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Piechota M,Korostynski M,Golda S,Ficek J,Jantas D,Barbara Z,Przewlocki R

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early stages in the excitation cascade of Limulus photoreceptors are mediated by activation of Gq by rhodopsin, generation of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate by phospholipase-C and the release of Ca2+. At the end of the cascade, cGMP-gated channels open and generate the depolarizing receptor potential. A major ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Garger AV,Richard EA,Lisman JE

更新日期：2004-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Astaxanthin (ATX) is a carotenoid pigment with pleiotropic pharmacological properties that is seen as a possible drug for treating cerebral ischemic injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Na+-K+-2Cl- co-transporter-1 (NKCC1), an intrinsic membrane protein expressed by many cell types, is activated by various in...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Zhang M,Cui Z,Cui H,Wang Y,Zhong C

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment that possesses potent antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and immunomodulatory activities. Previous studies have demonstrated that astaxanthin displays potential neuroprotective properties for the treatment of central nervous system diseases, such as ischemic brai...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Zhang M,Cui Z,Cui H,Cao Y,Zhong C,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is enzymatically cleaved by gamma-secretase to form two peptide products, either Abeta40 or the more neurotoxic Abeta42. The Abeta42/40 ratio is increased in many cases of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). The transmembrane domain (TM) of APP contains the known dimerization ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Gorman PM,Kim S,Guo M,Melnyk RA,McLaurin J,Fraser PE,Bowie JU,Chakrabartty A

更新日期：2008-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier functional imaging studies on visually induced self-motion perception (vection) disclosed a bilateral network of activations within primary and secondary visual cortex areas which was combined with signal decreases, i.e., deactivations, in multisensory vestibular cortex areas. This finding led to the...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Becker-Bense S,Buchholz HG,zu Eulenburg P,Best C,Bartenstein P,Schreckenberger M,Dieterich M

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recovery following stroke depends on cellular plasticity in the perilesional zone (PZ). Doublecortin (DCX), a protein mainly labeling immature neurons in neurogenic niches is also highly expressed in the vicinity of focal cortical infarcts. Notably, the number of DCX+ cells positively correlates with the rec...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Kunze A,Achilles A,Keiner S,Witte OW,Redecker C

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How living neural networks retain information is still incompletely understood. Two prominent ideas on this topic have developed in parallel, but have remained somewhat unconnected. The first of these, the "synaptic hypothesis," holds that information can be retained in synaptic connection strengths, or weig...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Chen W,Hobbs JP,Tang A,Beggs JM

更新日期：2010-01-06 00:00:00