Intracellular GABA-activated in-->out permeation of chloride across the Deiters' neuron membrane: modulation by phosphorylating activities.

abstract：:The recent publication of the human genome sequence provides an opportunity both to combat diseases that are presently considered as pharmaceutically intractable and also to improve current therapies for many common human diseases. The identification of every human gene by ongoing bioinformatic efforts has the potenti...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Butcher SP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) is extensively used to investigate the role of central serotonin (5-HT). However, several studies reported that ATD had no significant effect on central 5-HT concentration and some ATD-induced changes was independent of 5-HT in the rodent brain. Therefore, the potential mechanism of AT...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Liu H,Zhou J,Fang L,Liu Z,Fan S,Xie P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic lipid formulations consisting of 3beta [N-(N', N'-dimethylaminoethane)-carbamoyl] cholesterol (DC-Chol) and the helper lipid dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) (1.5: 1 molar ratio) were prepared by solvent evaporation and sized by high pressure extrusion. Liposomes made of 1:1 molar ratio 1 ,2-dioleoyl-3...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ajmani PS,Hughes JA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferulago angulata (Apiaceae) is a shrub indigenous to western Iran, Turkey and Iraq. In traditional medicine, F. angulata is recommended for treating digestive pains, hemorrhoids, snake bite, ulcers and as sedative. In the present study, the effects of inhaled F. angulata essential oil (1 and 3%, daily, for 21 days) o...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hritcu L,Bagci E,Aydin E,Mihasan M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous phosphorylation of proteins from rat brain synaptosomal plasma membranes was studied in vitro. Cyclic AMP (cAMP) markedly stimulated(32)P incorporation in three protein bands with molecular weights of 75,000, 57,000, and 54,000, respectively. The effect of the behaviorally active peptide ACTH1-24 on this en...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zwiers H,Veldhuis HD,Schotman P,Gispen WH

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of gene expression in the brain is a valuable tool to study the function of the brain under normal and pathological conditions. Although there are many techniques used to measure gene expression the validity of any such experiment is directly related to the quality of the RNA in the samples. The most readily ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Van Deerlin VM,Gill LH,Nelson PT

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute lorazepam challenges on plasma (p) HVA, MHPG, and 5-HIAA, and their relationship to drug-induced cognitive and motor deficits and the apolipoprotein (APOE)-epsilon4 allele were examined. Eighteen healthy elderly (8 epsilon4 carriers) received placebo or acute oral lorazepam doses (0.5 mg or 1 mg) ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pomara N,Willoughby LM,Hashim A,Sershen H,Sidtis JJ,Wesnes K,Greenblatt DJ,Lajtha A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Level of adenosine, an endogenous astrocyte-based neuromodulator, is primarily regulated by adenosine P1 receptors. This study assessed expression of adenosine P1 receptors, ADORA1 (adenosine A1 receptor) and ADORA2A (adenosine A2a receptor) and their association with glioma development and epilepsy in glioma patients...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Huang J,Chen MN,Du J,Liu H,He YJ,Li GL,Li SY,Liu WP,Long XY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal cells dissociated from 5-day-old rat pups were grown in a suitable chemically defined basal medium, supplemented or not with 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3), [Arg8]-vasopressin (AVP), or both, at different concentrations. Four days after plating, neuron-like cells began to degenerate drastically in the bas...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Clos J,Gabrion J

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C has recently attracted considerable attention because of its importance in the control of cell division, cell differentiation, and signal transduction across the cell membrane. The activity of this enzyme is altered by several lipids such as diacylglycerol, free fatty acids, lipoxins, gangliosides, an...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Farooqui AA,Farooqui T,Yates AJ,Horrocks LA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments reported in this paper address the hypothesis that [3H]leucine enkephalin labels both mu and delta receptors. As reported by other workers, this peptide dissociates from rat brain membranes in a biphasic manner. This is consistent with a two site binding model which hypothesizes that the peptide labels...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rothman RB,Westfall TC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat strain has been described as an animal model of depressive behavior that consumes significantly greater amounts of alcohol compared to the Wistar (WIS) rat strain. Since the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) type-2 (D2) receptors mediate reward-related behaviors, the present study measured the bindin...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Morganstern I,Tejani-Butt S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Synuclein (α-Syn) plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD), the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Previous studies have shown that α-Syn regulates dopamine synthesis by binding to and inhibiting tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). In neurons, protein phosphatases (PPs) play a prominent role...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hua G,Xiaolei L,Weiwei Y,Hao W,Yuangang Z,Dongmei L,Yazhuo Z,Hui Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planarians are rapidly developing into very useful research subjects in pharmacology and neuroscience research. Here we report that curare, a cholinergic nicotinic receptor antagonist, alleviates the nicotine-induced planarian seizure-like movements (pSLM) by up to 50 % at equimolar concentrations of nicotine and cura...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pagán OR,Montgomery E,Deats S,Bach D,Baker D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate (βOHB), is metabolised by the brain alongside the mandatory brain fuel glucose. To examine the extent and circumstances by which βOHB can supplement glucose metabolism, we studied guinea pig cortical brain slices using increasing concentrations of [U-13C]D-βOHB in conjunction with [1...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Achanta LB,Rowlands BD,Thomas DS,Housley GD,Rae CD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concise discussion of the role of different geometrical conformational states in the process of self-assembling of gangliosides is given. The report focuses on the effects of the geometrical variations occurring in the head group region of gangliosides as reflected on the geometrical properties of the whole assembly...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Brocca P,Cantù L,Corti M,Del Favero E,Raudino A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Editors have retracted this article [1] following an investigation conducted by the journal. After publication concerns were raised regarding interpretation of the data presented in Fig. 4. The Editors requested additional data and clarification to confirm interpretation of data results. After further review, the ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zhang J,Liu Z,Pei Y,Yang W,Xie C,Long S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate differences in thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level in patients with acute schizophrenia, unipolar depression, bipolar depression and bipolar mania. Serum level of TSH was measured in 1,685 Caucasian patients (1,064 women, 63.1%; mean age 46.4). Mean serum TSH concentration w...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wysokiński A,Kłoszewska I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(4S)-4-Amino-5,6-heptadienoic acid [S)-gamma-allenyl-GABA; MDL 72483) is a potent inactivator of brain GABA-T in mice; (ED50 (i.p.) = 60 mg.kg-1; ED50 (oral) = 70 mg.kg-1). Its anticonvulsant effects against 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA)-induced seizures in mice is related to the elevation of whole brain GABA concent...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Sarhan S,Casara P,Knödgen B,Seiler N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte-neuron communication has recently been proposed as a potential mechanism participating to synaptic transmission. With the development of this concept and accumulating evidences in favor of a modulation of synaptic transmission by astrocytes, has emerged the term gliotransmission. It refers to the capacity of...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ben Achour S,Pascual O

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staurosporine was found to bring about complete growth inhibition of human glioma cell lines. U87 MG cells were arrested in S phase while U373 MG cells in G2/M phase on staurosporine treatment. Consistent with this observation, no change in G1 phase regulators viz., Cyclin D1, D3 and CDK4 was seen on staurosporine tre...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Harmalkar MN,Shirsat NV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes have been considered to be transformed from radial glial cells that appear at early stage of development and play a scaffold-role for neuronal cell migration. Recent studies indicate that neuroepithelial cells in the spinal cord also give rise to astrocytes. However, the mode of astroglial generation and mi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Seo JH,Chang JH,Song SH,Lee HN,Jeon GS,Kim DW,Chung CK,Cho SS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Müller cells, the predominant glial cells in the retina, are thought to play important roles in the survival of retinal neurons. Previous studies have demonstrated that Müller cells express brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which has a pronounced neurotrophic effect on retinal ganglion cells. In this study, we...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Seki M,Tanaka T,Sakai Y,Fukuchi T,Abe H,Nawa H,Takei N

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdissection of selected regions of central nervous system (CNS) has provided the basis of modern chemoarchitectonics. Laser microdissection is a modern variant of the "Palkovits punch" technique and used together with gene array analysis has revolutionalized CNS molecular analysis. Here we describe the use of such...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mutsuga N,Gainer H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from this laboratory and others has shown that neurotransmitters can activate phospholipase D. Unlike the phospholipase C that specifically hydrolyzes inositol-containing phospholipids, phospholipase D in neuronal tissue specifically hydrolyzes phosphatidylcholine. One route for the synthesis of phosphat...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Jacobs TQ,Passarello B,Horwitz J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a promyelinating trophic factor that plays an important role in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, mechanisms by which CNTF expression could be increased in the brain are poorly understood. Recently we have discovered anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities of sodium benz...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Modi KK,Jana M,Mondal S,Pahan K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we have demonstrated that extracellular ATP acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter and enhances cell death in the presence of ferrous ions. By using a newly developed cis-parinaric acid fluorescence technique, we demonstrated that ATP, in a dose dependent manner, enhanced the increased membrane lipid peroxida...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Cheng Y,Chen M,James-Kracke M,Wixom P,Sun AY

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral deposition of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), a fundamental feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), damages the neurocytes and impairs the cognition functions and associative learning memory of AD patients. A series of novel 2-arylethenylquinoline derivatives were synthesized and evaluated in our previous study, which i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： He Q,Huang G,Chen Y,Wang X,Huang Z,Chen Z

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) is the key enzyme in cerebral glutamine production. Understanding the regulation of the expression of GS is important for definition of the control of glutamine metabolism in brain. Therefore, we studied the control of GS expression by 8-bromo cyclic AMP in primary cultures of astrocytes prep...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Max SR,Landry ME,Zielke HR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloidogenic proteins (Abeta peptide) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and alpha-synuclein (alpha-Syn) in Parkinson's disease (PD) are typically soluble monomeric precursors, which undergo remarkable conformational changes and culminate in the form of aggregates in diseased condition. Overlap of clinical and neuropatholog...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mandal PK,Pettegrew JW,Masliah E,Hamilton RL,Mandal R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00